With the implementation of the EBIF project, the AEAAG intends to achieve the following objectives: 1. Development of skills in foreign languages (Portuguese/Spanish) and performance in bilingual learning of curriculum contents; 2. Raising awareness of Portugal/Spain interculturality; 3. Awareness of the EU project and values and the development of cross-cutting global citizenship skills; 4. Development of personal skills, professional development and increased skills in foreign languages (Spanish); 5. Development of professional skills, understanding of practices, policies and systems in the fields of education and recognition of innovative educational practices.
The initiative "Bilingual and Intercultural Frontier Schools (EBIF) is a cooperation instrument between the Portuguese State and the Spanish State, with the Organization of Ibero-American States and the European Commission as strategic partners". The objective of this initiative is "to promote cooperation between Portugal and Spain in the educational, social and economic development of border territories, providing the children and young people who inhabit these regions with a quality education, including knowledge, skills and values, associated with bilingualism and to interculturality, relevant to citizenship, the continuation of studies and employability in both countries". In this context, considering the cross-border location of the Afonso de Albuquerque School Group - Guarda (AEAAG) and following the participation of teachers in the EBIF training, given by the Universities of Beira Interior, Aveiro, Salamanca and Madrid, it constituted a fundamental strategy to internationalization, through this Erasmus project, the offer of bilingual and intercultural experiences between border schools, involving students and teachers of the primary school.