The project 'Creating Competent Citizens using 4Cs' is designed as a close collaboration between schools who are keenly interested in developing the four skills (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity) while working on issues that form active and responsible citizens. The project coordinator is I LO in Poland. The partnership includes 5 more general education secondary schools from different countries – Romania, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Partners were selected considering their interest in the project topic and the fact that some of them want to incorporate the project results in their school curricula. There will be about 30 participants in each school plus 4-7 staff members working on the project. Students with fewer opportunities, as well as students' parents and other local groups will be included in the project. The project will focus on developing the most needed skills in the contemporary education, finding new ways of introducing them in the school and out-of-school work of students and teachers. Another project aim is to promote active citizenship and show how much our individual actions and decisions matter. While working on the project both students and teachers will exchange good practices, broaden their knowledge and gain new. It will allow them to learn from experience and create inventive approaches to learning and teaching. The project will be realized through a series of activities and workshops carried out in schools and in cooperation with project partners. 5 international project meetings are planned, from which the first one will be a training session for teachers, in the remaining 4 each host school will supervise the development of one particular skill. The work on each skill will include training sessions for teachers and students, workshops, games, debates, outdoor quests, international lessons and more. During each project meeting the students and teachers will create various educational materials. The results of the project will be guides for students and teachers with practical advice on developing the 4Cs and a website promoting active citizenship. They wll be publicly available and open for further use.