Aims and objectives

Improve the social and civic skills of young children, their teachers and their families in:
- Identifying sources of danger
- Transforming a risk situation into a safe situation
- Recognizing risk situations
- How to act, evacuate and leave in a fast manner
- Providing good advice in case of accidents
Provide opportunities for schools to open up to their local community, its local organisations and work together with them in the implementation of the SOS school programme
Bring external stakeholders to the school establishments so that they also contribute to bringing up the future generation of responsible Europeans
Empower young children so that they feel more confident and responsible towards the society where they live
Facilitate the integration of students from communities at risk of exclusion by providing them with the skills and tools that they need to live in a secured environment
Make the school environment more attractive and avoid early school drop outs
Create an informal network of schools that will exchange experiences, teaching and learning methods and good practices that will continue to exist once the EU funding is over.