On the 6th and 7th of February, 2008, the Educational Center PRO DIDACTICA has organized an interview, using the focus-group method, with the school principals from Chisinau, Anenii Noi, Straseni and Ialoveni. This activity represents a start of a new project – Participation and quality in Education – a regional research project in South-Eastern European countries, with the financial support ESP (Education Support Program) and coordinated by the Center of Educational Policies from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.