In Romania, the Bilingualism in Monolingual Contexts – BIMO project Multiplier event has been organised in 2 sessions held on the 9th and on the 10th of March 2023, in Iasi. The 2 events aimed to bring together potential beneficiaries of the BIMO project results, with specific focus on parents and educators. The main aim of the events were to bring in the attention of the parents and teachers the importance of implementing bilingual programmes taught in the classes; with the interest in developing the competences of the content subject secondary school teachers working in bilingual schools; along with the deepen of the views, impressions and needs of the parents in monolingual societies with implemented bilingual education programmes.

The events involved 55 participants, parents and teachers/trainers from different sectors: IT companies, Training companies, Primary Schools, Service companies, Museums, Health institutions, NGOs, Universities, Events organisations, Secondary schools. 

The 2 events held focused on the following agenda:

• Presentation of the contents of the event within the European Erasmus+ Programme
• Presentation of EuroEd and the emblem of the EuroEd School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism in the teaching practice.
• Presentation of the BIMO project - Aims, target group, partnership, actions.
• Discussions on the impact schools, teachers, students and parents can have in being beneficiaries and practitioners of bilingual programs.
• Presentation of the IO1 Set of the three different MOOCs, Massive Online Open Courses, addressing the themes of the benefits and importance of bilingual education, bilingualism and CLIL in school education.
• Review of the MOOCs with focus on functionalities and benefits.
• Presentation of the IO2 Policy Recommendation book with guidelines that can be freely available to anyone interested in the complex issue of bilingualism and bilingual education.
• Review of the IO3 Collection of case studies analysing exemplary best practices in the application of CLIL and bilingual curricula at school to be used as a reference by teachers.
• Presentation on how bilingual classes are held in the EuroEd School. Discussions on benefits and how these practices can be improved.
• Evaluation and Feedback from the participants

The event concluded with the evaluation and collection of feedback from the participants. All participants stated that generally speaking the attitude towards bilingualism is positive. Among the conclusions achieved, can be mentioned:

It is a privilege that BiMo project targets parents who play an important role in students’ foreign language study but are often left out and unaware of what a bilingual education programme means and therefore are unable to make the best decisions about the education of their offspring.

The project brings positive effects of CLIL programs on students’ cognitive development and their mother tongue competencies.

It is vital that students explicitly realize that a foreign language is not a language spoken by the English teacher but a real means of communication.

Teachers’ competencies, enthusiasm and motivation were highlighted as factors contributing to the success of bilingual and CLIL education.