The aim of the project is to reduce the fragmentation of study programmes of the study direction “Education and pedagogy” by closing a number of existing programmes and developing new programmes, as well as strengthening the sharing of resources by establishing a joint doctoral programme to ensure development of a conceptually new competence-oriented education in Latvia. The aim of the project corresponds to objective 8.2.1 of specific support of the operational programme “Growth and Employment”.The main results of the project are the development of new pedagogical study programmes by approving, licensing and accrediting them.The planned implementation period of the project is 49 months (from August 2018 to August 2022) and its total investment costs are EUR 2208013.82. The estimated ESF co-financing is EUR 1876811,74 and the state budget grant – EUR 331202.08.