Origin of bagpipes goes back thousands of years and therefore bagpipes as instrument are deeply rooted in the tradition of European nations. Almost every country in Europe has at least one, and many countries more types of bagpipes. These are basically related instruments, but differ in age, appearance, construction, materials used in manufacture, and in the end by the way and technique of playing. Basically bagpipes can be divided into three basic types: Eastern European, Central European and Western European bagpipes. The difference between these types is in the chanter: number and type of reeds. Within these three most basic types there is at least a hundred subtypes and variants. Also, level of preservation and popularization of bagpipes and development of educational programmes is very different through the EU. In most of the countries educational programmes are at the stage of creation and they are not in connection with vocational trainings or national qualification frameworks, while some other countries have academies, vocations and specialized museums. In all countries is present lack of knowledge about ways of playing and building other EU types of bagpipes, and good practices for preservation and presentation of this rich culture - although they are part of the same tradition, that is in several countries on list of UNESCO Intangible heritage. In the countries involved in the project - Croatia, Slovakia, Poland and Belgium, all three basic types of bagpipes are present, and there are fundamental similarities and differences regarding the tradition of bagpipes. Also, there is no officialy recognized system of adult education for bagpipers, knowledge is transmitted on an individual basis or through diverse organisations. The aim of the project is, based on the similarities and differences of experiences, to make a fundamental mode for preservation, presentation, building and playing of musical instruments bagpipes type which could be applied to all other types and variants of bagpipes present in other EU countries and create base for official recognition of adult education of bagpipers in countries without it. During the project we will organize 4 transnational meetings with exchange of knowledge, skills and experiences between project partners regarding presentation of local bagpipe tradition (ethnological background, building and playing of bagpipes), educational programmes and preservation approaches. During transnational meetings 4 specialized conferences will be organized to foster creation of common criteria for EU methodology for preservation, playing and building of traditional bagpipes - as a main project result. Topics of the conferences are "towards common methodology for: building bagpipes (SK, Dolný Kubín, autumn 2015), playing bagpipes (BL, Elsene, spring 2016), preservation of knowledge about bagpipes (PL, Poznan & Polajewo, winter 2016), methodology for preservation of knowledge about bagpipes (role of museums, experience with reconstruction of the traditions (PL, Poznan & Polajewo, winter 2017 ). On final conference in HR, Zagreb (spring 2017) we will present project results and discuss possible development of common EU online educational platform with local in-situ workshops. Other project activity will be activation of web platform www.bagpipeunion.eu for presentation of bagpipe tradition in EU and worldwide - with publishing another 3 project results that will have free access: a) creation of database of bagpipers in partner countries, b) creation of part dedicated to adult education with publication of Common criteria for EU methodology, database of local educational programmes in partner countries, communication of idea of common EU online education platform with in-situ local educational programmes, c) publication of dictionary with agreed terminology in English for the languages of project countries. All inputs on website will serve as base for further filling of data from other countries. During project activities 48 mobilities will be organized, we plan to involve 12 persons faced with social and economic obstacles and reach wide number of 11800 beneficiaries through dissemination events. Our target groups are bagpipers, adult educators and students of bagpipes, expert community (ethnologists, ethnomusicologists, methodologists, curators, musicians), responsible stakeholders for preservation of cultural heritage and adult education. For realisation of those activities and achievement of project results we will use participatory methods and co-creation approaches. Also, we will promote learner generated approach to its content, peer to peer learning, and recognition of non-formal and informal adult education. Our expected impacts are improving adult educators’ competences of bagpipe players and builders, and methods for preservation of bagpipe tradition. Potential long term benefit is facilitation of learning process for playing and building bagpipes.