•Context/background:In 2017 the formation of the so-called „Bildungscampus Hartberg“ was launched within the municipality of Hartberg after a successful citizens participation phase and with the active involvement of all the local educational facilities. In their efforts to improve the cooperation and to foster joint future activities the idea was born to gather even more inspiration from international educational institutions.•Goals: to work towards a better mutual knowledge and networking, to solve any issues concerning interface management, to develop joint offers, to strengthen Hartberg as a school location, to gather pedagogical and organisational input from the educational establishments visited within the EU mobility project, to recognize possible courses of action. •Number and type / profile of participantsNumber and type / profile of participantsTwelve persons took part in the EU mobility travels, four of which participated in two mobilities. The participants consisted of head teachers (seven persons), one representative of the school quality management, one teacher (who teaches English at two of the participating schools), the educational consultant of the municipality of Hartberg (political), the head of the department for building & construction, infrastructure and urban development of the municipality of Hartberg and Campus-Hartberg representative (responsible, above all, for the construction and maintenance of the educational and sports institutions of the municipality), as well as the head of the department for education, culture and sports of the municipality of Hartberg and Campus-Hartberg representative (in charge of all the educational institutions and the childcare institutions of the municipality of Hartberg in particular).…•Description of previous activities:There were two EU mobility projects – one to Kent, South England, and one to Vänersborg/Göteborg in Sweden. The participants visited educational institutions ranging from kindergarten to university entrance level and were hosted by “The Education People” in England and the Frida-Skolan in Sweden. They gained insight into the individual educational systems with regard to pedagogical as well as organisational aspects and were able to compare their experience and insights to the local circumstances in Hartberg.•Findings and consequences: The participants returned to their home institutions with a lot of insight coming from the educational institutions visited; they presented the experiences they collected to the public and are currently working on adapting the gathered information according to the local framework given. One of the main insights was that the visited educational institutions are closed systems within themselves. A cooperation among each other or with the individual municipal authorities could not be confirmed - a fact which makes the idea of a joint “Bildungscampus”, however, not less attractive.•Long-term effects:To summarize, one of the main effects was the strengthening of the “Bildungscampus Hartberg” by improving the networking and cooperation of the participants.