From 1995 to 1997, the Director of CIMS, Prof. M. Damanakis, and his collaborators participated in numerous programs aiming at the production of teaching material and teacher education and in-service training.

1995-1996: European Program (COMENIUS): institutions from Belgium, Germany, England, and Greece.

1995-1997: Nationwide research and training program aimed at training educators for teaching Greek to repatriated and foreign students in Greece (see Damanakis, M. (Ed.) (1997a) Education of repatriated and foreign students in Greece, Athens: Gutenberg).

1995-1997: Research on Mother Tongue Classes for Greek immigrant children in Belgium and France (see Damanakis, M. (Ed.) (1997b) The education of Greek children in Belgium and France, Athens: Gutenberg.

1996: Participation in the Mobile Learning Laboratories Development Program, coordinated by the Pedagogical Institute of Essen in Germany.