<< Background >>The education of children and adolescents with special educational needs substantially differs among European countries, both with regard to the teachers in charge (specialized teachers with subject-specific knowledge and skills, specialized teachers with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, special education teachers, mainstream teachers specializing in continuing education, school curative educators), as well as in relation to the school system (inclusion, specialized schools, specialized competence centers, combination of different models). The different policy and practice relating to the education of children and adolescents with special needs leads to the question of the best possible education for this target group and thus the best possible basic and continuing education for the teachers in charge of them. Once the international comparison and exchange leads to an identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the respective education systems, the next step would be to adapt the content of the curricula.<< Objectives >>The objective will be to establish a sustainable exchange on an international level, in particular to illuminate and compare the basic and continuing education of teachers in charge of children and adolescents with special needs. The exchange will help to draw conclusions about the requirements for teacher education, especially in relation with specific legislation and policies in many European countries to implement inclusive education. Further, the orientation of the basic and continuing education will be critically examined in connection with the respective education systems. This includes content-related aspects such as education plans and curricula as well as organizational-structural aspects such as the timing and duration of education, the focus on specific versus inclusion-oriented contents of theoretical and practical phases, as well as the combination of theoretical and practical phases. First, the exchange should take place at the level of the professors, then at the level of the current and future teachers. Ultimately, this exchange should develop a network of relationships and connections allowing the preservation of special educational expertise in inclusive settings, which could lead to joint conferences or new education modules.<< Implementation >>The exchange takes place through different types of cooperative meetings: First, digital and in person transnational meetings within the project management framework to plan the project and the transnational learning and exchange forums: - Video conferences address the point on different issues: comparing the job description in the participating European countries or regions, analyzing the respective system of education and continuing education, determining the practical components of the education and continuing education, establishing the subject specificity relating on the education of professionals in the different fields of special education (language, hearing, seeing, cognitive development etc.), determining the contents of the education and continuing education in the different countries and regions. - Four in person meetings involving at each meeting one to two people from the core group of each institution.Secondly, learning and exchange forums lasting two to three days deepening the content of the cooperative partnership, held on a rotating basis at each participant location and dedicated to different topics (e.g. specific features of the education relating to the different fields of special education with regard to inclusion). An additional objective consists in the establishment of a resource sharing cooperative network of professionals for the transmission and sharing of subject-specific contents in connection with inclusive education and in the establishment of a network of professionals specialized in the different fields of special education.<< Results >>The exchange of professors and teachers from different countries illuminates the differences in education and continuing education. The priorities of the respective education system will be presented in an overview (synopsis) and published in digital form. Barrier-free videos are planned to give access to summaries and digital presentations. The videos should be available in German, English and French and, in taking account of the idea of inclusion, in simple language, in sign language and with subtitles, in order to provide an orientation for students interested in studying education or teachers participating in continuing education, as well as for professors and government officials. The exchange could lead to proposals regarding an adjustment of the focus and the contents of the education and continuing education of the teachers, and regarding the weighting of theoretical basics and practical components. The comparative overview of the education and continuing education system of the different partners could help to conceive and to develop transnational continuing education courses within the framework of the cooperative network.