With the project we aimed to improve the professional competences of the Municipal Administration specialists, which are necessary for the implementation of the provisions of inclusive education in the Municipal educational institutions. We aimed to get acquainted with the good experience in the implementation of inclusive education of foreign countries, to develop intercultural cooperation. We aimed that joint learning and job shadowing would unify the concept of inclusive education at the levels of the Municipal Administration, Education and Sports Department and Municipal educational institutions, and the acquired knowledge would become a solid basis for the leadership of project participants to implement the provisions of inclusive education. It was expected that the jog shadowing would ensure the improvement of monitoring, data analysis, reflection abilities, the competences to create an educational environment, also will strengthen strategic foresight, will form the provisions of value creation for society, orientation to the educated person. Planned visits would help improve English language skills.
Department of Education and Sport is a structural unit of the Municipality administration, where 9 specialists are responsible for the implementation of the national education policy in the Siauliai district. They coordinate the activities, advise the heads and pedagogues, initiate international cooperation of educational institutions, etc. In order to ensure the quality of education, the challenge is to implement properly the provisions of the national education policy on inclusive and equal opportunity education. The implementation of inclusive education required theoretical preparation, qualified monitoring of the process, professional analysis, strategic insights and adequate provision. In order to meet the identified needs of educational institutions, the activities planned in the project are focused on improving the professional competences of the managers and specialists of the Municipal Administration. Mobilities created opportunities to get acquainted with the best practices of countries where inclusive education has become an integral part of the culture. this allowed to improve the participants' activity management abilities for implementation of inclusive education.