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Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 Grundtvig Adult Education and other Education Pathways

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Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-

2013

Grundtvig Adult Education and

other Education Pathways

Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013

Comenius

School education

ErasmusHigher

education & advanced training

Leonardo da VinciInitial and continuing

VET

Grundtvig

Adult education

Transversal programme4 key activities – Policy development; Language

learning; ICT; Dissemination

Jean Monnet programme3 key activities – Jean Monnet Action; European

Institutions; European Associations

Grundtvig Aims

To respond to the educational challenge of an ageing population in Europe

To help provide adults with pathways to improving their knowledge and competences

Operational Objectives To improve the quality and

accessibility of mobility throughout Europe of people involved in adult education

To improve the quality and to increase the volume of co-operation between organisations involved in adult education throughout Europe

To assist people from vulnerable social groups and in marginal social contexts, in particular older people and those who have left education without basic qualifications, in order to give them alternative opportunities to access adult education

Operational Objectives Cont.

To facilitate the development of innovative practices in adult education and their transfer, including from a participating country to others

To support the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning

To improve pedagogical approaches and the management of adult education organisations

Target Public

Learners in adult education Institutions and organisations

providing learning opportunities in adult education

Teachers and other staff within those institutions or organisations

Establishments involved in the initial or further training of adult education staff

Associations and representatives of those involved in adult education, including learners’ and teachers’ associations

Target public

Bodies providing guidance, counselling and information services relating to any aspect of adult education

Persons and bodies responsible for systems and policies concerning any aspect of adult education at local, regional and national level

Research centres and bodies concerned with adult education issues

Enterprises Not-for-profit organisations, voluntary

bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Higher education institutions

Activities supported by Grundtvig Grundtvig In –Service Training

Grundtvig Partnership Projects

Multilateral Projects

Grundtvig Networks

Centralised Actions Grundtvig Multilateral Projects

(development/innovation of concrete results /products)

Grundtvig Thematic Networks (common platform for discussion and exchange of information on key issues, policy shaping and/or research)

Deadline for both actions 30th March 2007

Please contact The Executive Agency directly for further information on how to participate in a Centralised Action - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/index.htm

Decentralised actions

Grundtvig In –Service Training

Grundtvig Partnership Projects

Grundtvig In-Service Training Mobility to undertake training courses in other

participating countries

Training may include work shadowing and work placements

Courses can be sourced on Comenius/Grundtvig Database www.leargas.ie/education

Courses are intended to cover areas of adult education methodology, language training and/or aspects of European interculturalism

Who may Participate?

The grants are available to staff working with adults, part time or

Full time, which may include volunteer staff, in any sector of adult

education, formal, non-formal or informal, including;

Teachers / trainers working with adults, and the trainers of such teachers / trainers;

Heads and managerial staff of institutions providing adult learning opportunities or remedial education;

Staff involved in intercultural adult education, or working with migrant workers and travellers

Staff working with adults with special educational needs

Staff working with adults at risk, for example mediators and street educators

Counsellors or street advisors The inspectorate Other education staff at the discretion of national

authorities

Who may Participate?

For a grant for language teacher training, applicants must be one of the following;

A qualified and practising foreign language teacher working in adult education;

A trainer of such foreign language teachers;

A teacher re-training as an adult education foreign language teacher

An adult education teacher of another subject through a foreign language

An inspector or advisor in the field of adult education language learning.

Who may Participate?

For a grant for pure language training, applicants

must be one of the following;

An adult education teacher of non-language subjects through a foreign language

A teacher retraining as an adult education foreign language teacher

A member of staff participating in a Grundtvig Partnership and requesting training in a Partnership language

A member of adult education staff requesting training in a less widely taught and less used language for teaching purposes

CriteriaThe criteria to be considered in the context of

GrundtvigIn-Service are: -

Applicants who have not previously been in receipt of European funding

Applicants who show that they have a clear multiplier capacity and willingness to disseminate the results of their in-service activity

Applicants who demonstrate how the activity will contribute to his/her professional development;         

Applicants interested in widening the provision of language activities in their own working environment;

The applicant’s capacity to contribute to the development of other projects within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme

Applicants applying for training developed under the Lifelong Learning Programme (or predecessor)

In Service Training Grant

Travel (100%) Economy/Apex

Course/conference fees will be funded on the basis of real costs and up to a maximum of €150 per day for courses lasting up to 5 full working days. A percentage contribution to the course fee of €150 per day will be awarded for courses that run for longer than one week.

Subsistence (to be agreed)

Application Procedure

Applications must be made directly to Léargas

Applications must be fully completed/ signed/stamped etc

Deadlines: 30th March/ 31st May/31st Oct 2007

Application forms available from the website www.leargas.ie/education

Grundtvig Partnership Projects

In a Grundtvig Partnership, learners and adult

education staff from at least three participating

countries work together around small-scale joint

projects on a specific theme of common interest.

This can involve the organisation of conferences,

exhibitions and visits in order to exchangeexperiences, practices and methods.

Partnership Project Activity

Partner meetings and seminars between all institutions in the Partnership

Exchanges of staff and learners involved in the project activities

Exchanges of experience and good practice by all appropriate means in particular using Information Technology ( e.g. website, email, video conferencing)

Dissemination of project experience and outcomes

Partner findingContact Seminars and Preparatory

Visits

Grants of up to 1,000 available Apply directly to Léargas Not more than one person per

institution Grant covers travel,

accommodation & subsistence and in the case of contact seminars the seminar fee

Partner finding Database

PARTBASE is an EU database on the internet for schools and colleges seeking suitable partners for projects and exchanges: http://partbase.programkontoret.se.

The Norwegian National Agency also have a partner finding database www.siu.no/socpart

A similar type of database can be found on British Councils website at www.wotw.org.uk

Grundtvig Partnerships -LLP Application Deadline 30th March

2007

New projects apply for 2 years

1 year renewals (for projects of 2 yr duration)

2 year renewals ( for projects of 3 yr duration)

Funding – Lumpsums 1 year renewal projectsSmall Partnerships – 2 mobilities -

€5,000Large Partnerships- 6 mobilities -

€10,000

2 year new or renewal projectsSmall Partnerships – 4 mobilities -

€10,000Large Partnerships-12 mobilities -

€18,000

Preparing Applications

Please refer to the Lifelong Learning 2007 General Call for Proposals for European priorities

2008 Year of Intercultural Dialogue

National priorities

Preparing ApplicationsPriority will also be given regardless of theme of

project to work plans which include specific measures to;

Actively involve adult learners through out the project (planning, implementation, evaluation);

Help persons with a disability or other special needs take part in the project;

Help learners or organisations disadvantaged for socio-economic, geographic or other reasons to take part in the project;

Make sure that men and women have equal access to the project.

National Priorities

Proposals that address one or more of the followingthemes will be encouraged (not in order of priority):

Literacy and numeracy

Developing/promoting outreach strategies to reach those marginalised from learning and approaches around introducing adults to learning and a love of learning

Developing strategies around promoting and building working partnerships between the formal and non-formal sectors on various key aspects of adult education such as outreach/community education/access to formal education

Health

For further information and support

Contact:

Denise Shannon [email protected]

May Diamond [email protected]

Check out our website www.leargas.ie