A new perception of the ‘child’ as a citizen, as a commoner and rights-holder has emerged relatively recently and has affected relationships between adults and children (Baraldi & Cockburn, 2018). This notion was developed on the basis of the perception of child as an active subject, as well as on the basis of the argument that children have the right to participate in the public sphere and, more generally, in the socio-political life. Children with their public interventions and mobilizations, like the recent ones about the protection of the environment and the planet, appear active, critical, and complex, with social skills and abilities. Recent developments in Childhood Studies, have made a decisive contribution to the conceptualization of the “child” as social actor capable of shaping his/her identity, producing and communicating reliable views of the social world, while retaining the right to actively participate in it (Perry-Smith & Thomas, 2010). Strengthening of the status of children, promotion and actualization of their image as ‘capable social actors’ requires an effective educational environment, commons-oriented, with highly skilled teachers able to create elastic, adaptive and smooth educational conditions helping children to consciously act as “commoners”.Project’s aim is to enable university students on Education Sciences, Social Sciences and Communication to explore values and practices of commons pedagogy and become acquainted on using innovative methodologies and tools leading to the development of a commons-based educational environment helping children to act as “commoners”. Through the development of Short-cycle training courses on “Commoning Practices”, based on a blended learning scheme, university students will gain theoretical and practical knowledge around the “commons” discourse (commons’ logic of sharing and caring, fair and open relations, co-participation in the production or provision of knowledge) and develop skills for building/strengthening the identity of commoner both for them and their future students.Therefore, the specific project objectives are, to: a.foster socio-educational and personal development within the Higher Education community.b.spread the dynamic of commons’ values and patterns and enhance individuals’ participation in democratic life, social and civic engagement.c.offer learning-outcomes oriented, practically-based and occupationally-specific certified training courses. d.offer a strategic plan of professional development for academic staff in line with individual needs and objectives.e.ensure a dynamic and professional environment to HEI, ready to integrate good practices and new methods into daily activitiesf.enabling young students to become peer teachers using “commoner” innovative skills.Project target groups are: undergraduate and postgraduate university students on Education Sciences, Social Sciences and Communication, social scientists, school teachers and educators, researchers in the scientific area of “commons”, academic teachers and instructional designers in HE, HEIs, professionals’ associations seeking to further their profession, education authorities and organisations employing commoners. Activities that will be realized in order to contribute to project’s overarching aim involve:a.Creation of a pool of certified learning outcomes oriented e-training material, including self-assessment courses, progress tests and examinations. b.Pilot operation of “ComPra” short-cycle training courses under real conditions, performed through intensive activities of blended training for students.c.Joint staff training activities for professors/tutors on developing blended learning and e-training methodologies as well as on acting as a trainer within the “ComPra” short-cycle training courses.d.Organisation of workshops on “Commoning Practices” training for school teachers, educators and educational authorities.e.Development of a Training e-Portfolio, as a reference tool for ensuring recognition, validation and transparency of competences and qualifications for those active in the field of “Commoning Practices” among Europe.f.Preparation of a catalog of transnational good practices in learning by doing and service-learning experiences, specially related to peer-to-peer coeducation practices.The project addresses the horizontal priorities and dynamic of commons’ values/patterns and participation in democratic life, social and civic engagement through blended learning activities; transparency and recognition of skills and competences through the development of the “Commoners” e-Portfolio. It also addresses key innovations highlighted in the Communication adapted by the European Commission (September, 2013), which are also inevitable conditions for modernization of higher education: open educational resources (OER), technology enhanced learning (TEL) curriculum designing, and virtual and blended mobility forms.