LLP Slovenia

							Lifelong Learning Programme
  Preparation for decentralised actions


      Sectoral programmes COMENIUS and
              LEONARDO da VINCI

             mag. Andreja Lenc




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   CMEPIUS – Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for
      Mobility and European Educational and Training
                       Programmes


Slovene National Agency

  – Established in 1998
  – Part of Centre of the RS for vocational education
    and training, “EU programmes Agency”
  – Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci programmes

  – October 2003 – independent public agency
    established  CMEPIUS (LLP, e Twinning,
    Euraxess, NFM, LABEL …)
  – Took over some bilateral schoolarships from MHe
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    Lifelong Learning Programme

LLP enables people at all stages of their
lives to take part in stimulating learning
experiences, as well as helping to
develop the education and training
sector across Europe

3rd generation period: 2007-2013
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            LLP 2007-2013 AIMS
- With each EU Member State responsible for its
  own education and training systems, Union - level
  policies are designed to support national actions
  and help address common challenges
- Aims:
   – Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality;
   – Improving the quality and efficiency of education and
     training;
   – Promoting equity, social cohesion and active
     citizenship;
   – Enhancing creativity and innovation, including
     entrepreneurship, at all levels of education and
     training.
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        LLP 2007-2013 TARGETS
Targets have been set for the four sub-programmes:

   – Comenius should involve at least 3 million pupils in
     joint educational activities, over the period of the
     programme;
   – Erasmus should reach a total of 3 million individual
     participants in student mobility actions since the
     programme began;
   – Leonardo da Vinci should increase placements in
     enterprises to 80 000 a year by the end of the
     programme;
   – Grundtvig should support the mobility of 7 000
     individuals involved in adult education a year by 2013.
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          LLP 2007-2013 Benchmarks
- A series of benchmarks are set for 2020:
    –   at least 95 % of children between the age of 4 and the age for starting
        compulsory primary education should participate in early childhood
        education;
    –   the share of 15-years olds with insufficient abilities in reading,
        mathematics and science should be less than 15 %;
    –   the share of early leavers from education and training should be less than
        10 %;
    –   the share of 30 -34 year olds with tertiary educational attainment should
        be at least 40 %;
    –   an average of at least 15 % of adults (age group 25-64) should participate
        in Lifelong Learning.

- EU level activities are being developed to address priority areas
in each of the different levels of education and training.

- Budget of LLP 2007-2013 nearly 7 billion EUR.
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               LLP Slovenija

- 1996-1999 preparatory phase in Slovenia;
- Start in 1999  first cooperation in the
programmes SOCRATES and LEONARDO DA
VINCI (only mobility actions and school
partnerships); available less than 1 mio EUR;
- 2004 – on entering the European Union funds
were increased by more than 100 %;
- LLP Budget available in 2011 – 8 mio EUR.

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Lifelong Learning Programme




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           Participating countires

• 27 EU Member States,
• Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
(the "EFTA-EEA countries", i.e. those countries which
are members of the European Free Trade Association
and also belong to the European Economic Area),
• Turkey, Croatia,
• in some actions also the former Yugoslav Republic of
   Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia)!
      Management of LLP actions
        Actions are divided into 2 groups:


      DECENTRALISED                                  CENTRALISED
 Managed by National                           Managed by European
  Agencies (NA) in                               Commission (EC),
  participating countries                        supported by Executive
                                                 Agency (EACEA)
 CMEPIUS                                       EK, EACEA

 +/- 80 % of the budget                        +/- 15% of the budget
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              Comenius objectives
Specific objectives:
   – diversity of European cultures and languages;
   – basic life-skills and competences.

Operational objectives:
   – quality and volume of mobility;
   – quality and volume of partnerships;
   – learning of modern foreign languages;
   – development of innovative ICT-based content, services,
     pedagogies;
   – quality and European dimension of teacher training;
   – improvements in pedagogical approaches and school
     management.
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                 COMENIUS


- focuses on the first phase of education, from
  pre-school and primary to secondary schools.

- It is relevant for all members of the education
  community: pupils, teachers, public
  authorities, parents’ associations, non-
  government organisations, teacher training
  institutes, universities and all other
  educational staff.
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                 Comenius Activities
• Partnerships
       • School partnerships (multilateral, bilateral)
       • Regio partnerships
       • E twinning (virtual cooperation - portal)


• Individual mobilities
       •   In-service training for school education staff
       •   Assistantships (Assistants and host schools)
       •   Individual pupil mobility (from 2010 on)
       •   Preparatory visits


• Multilateral Projects (centralised)

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             Leonardo da Vinci

- focuses on vocational education and training,
other than at tertiary level;
- It addresses both the learning and teaching
needs in the sector, and is therefore aimed at all
parties involved, namely trainees in vocational
education, teachers and trainers, institutions
and educational bodies, enterprises,
associations, social partners and bodies relating
to either lifelong learning or the labour market.

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           Leonardo da Vinci
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
– To support participants in training and further
  training activities in the acquisition and the use
  of knowledge, skills and qualifications to
  facilitate personal development.
– To support improvements in quality and
  innovation in vocational education and training
  systems, institutions and practices.
– To enhance the attractiveness of vocational
  education and training and mobility for
  employers and individuals and to facilitate the
  mobility of working trainees.

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      LEONARDO DA VINCI – Activities

LDV supports actions:

- Mobility of individuals (Transnational placements in
  enterprises or in training institutions for VET pupils and
  people in the labour market, placements of VET
  professionals)
– Multilateral projects – transfer of inovation,
– Partnerships,
– Multilateral projects – development of innovation
  (centralised),
– Thematic networks (centralised).


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        Partnerships   - School Partnerships

OBJECTIVE: enhancing the European dimension of
education by promoting joint co-operation activities
between schools in Europe. The projects give pupils
and teachers in different countries an opportunity to
work together on one or more topics of mutual
interest.

Who can benefit: Schools (institutions providing
general, vocational, technical education - from
preschool to secondary school level).
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                 School Partnership

MULTILATERAL                               BILATERAL
   – At least 3 partners from 3                       – 2 partners from 2 different
     different countries                                countries
   – Pupil/teacher or                                 – Language oriented
     institution/management                           – 2 reciprocal class
     oriented                                           exchanges lasting minimum
                                                        10 days (pupils aged 12 or
   – No pupils age limitations                          older)
   – Mobilities: 4, 8, 12, 24                         – Mobilities: 12, 24



   - Duration: 2 years (2 year contract)
   - Grant: LUMP SUM (mobilities and local activities)
            max 25.000 EUR/partner/2 years
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       Partnerships -   Regio partnership

- Project between local and regional
authorities with a role in school education;
- Cooperation of 2 regions;
- Objective - to enrich the educational offer
for school aged young people by supporting the
cooperation between school education
authorities, schools and other educational
providers in different European regions.

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                         eTwinning
A special part of LLP programme that enables teachers, pupils and
   students in 32 European countries to work together using
   Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

eTwinning portal: http://www.etwinning.net/offers:
• Partner finding (also for Comenius projects)‫‏‬
• Platform for on-line projects (free tools for project activities)‫‏‬
• Teacher community (exchange of experience, dissemination of
  information)‫‏‬

• Training (professional development workshops)‫‏‬
• Competitions (European and national awards)‫‏‬
• Help (national support service)‫‏‬
             Leonardo da Vinci Partnership
Enables organisations to:
- Work with partners from across Europe
- Exchange best practices
- Increase their staff’s expertise

Who can apply?
- VET schools or institutions providing learning opportuinities for VET,
   enterprises, associations, chambers, social partners …
!At least one full partner should represent the world of work!

- Duration: 2 years
- Minimun number of partners: 3 from 3 different countries
- Grant: LUMP SUM (local activities and mobilities)
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         Leonardo – Transfer of inovation

AIM: to improve the quality and attractiveness of VET in the participating
countries by transferring existing innovations to new legal, systemic,
sector, linguistic, socio-cultural and geographic environments through
working with transnational partners. Innovation transfer projects
generate synergies by exploiting existing VET innovations (no "re-
inventing the wheel").

Duration: 12 – 24 months
Minimun number of partners: 3 from different countries
Co-financing: Up to 75 % eligible costs of the project
Budget: Up to 150.000 €/year (may vary in different countries)



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        How to start a project - at your
                    school?
- An idea, theme of the project,
- Try to find an internal / local/ regional project and
  upgrade/expand it with the european dimension / european
  partners,
- An added value is important – not only the content of the
  project,
- Not too complicate, exotic – project should be part of the
  regular curricula,
- You don‘t need to be „Einstein“ to receive funds from LLP,
- Establishing project team,
- Support of the principal is needed.

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                   Partner search

- personal contacts,
- Through partners in other projects – if not eligible,
  ask them to help you find appropriate,
- Municipalities (twin cities),
- conferences, seminars,
- eTwinning website (Com),
- through NA webpage,
- Contact seminars organised by Nas.


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            How to apply a project?

Getting more information:
- LLP Call for prosposals
- Guidelines for applicants
- Application forms
- search EST (http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/) & ADAM
database http://www.adam-europe.eu/adam/homepageView.htm)
- Best practice guides and compendiums
- Info days and workshops organised by
your National agency (when established)
- Preparatory meeting with potential partners
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    Coordinator and project team

…should have/be …
- Comunication skills in foreign language
(English is a „lingua franca“in EU),
- Knowledge of use of ICT,
- Good communication skills,
- open to different cultures.

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            Writing the application

While writing the application:
- Team work is crucial,
- Set „internal“ deadlines for all relevant tasks,
- Choose lead writer,
- Do not rush,
- Send final version to partners in time,
- Allow time for printing, translating and posting,
- Complete every section in the application.


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            Good application

• Clear objectives and realistically expected
  outcomes,
• Relevant topics/themes to the programme,
• Equal distribution of tasks among partners,
• Good communication and cooperation among
  partners,
• Clear and coherent workplan,
• Plans for ongoing evaluation of the project,
• Plans for dissemination activities,
• Added value for institution/local envirnonment.
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      Why should school get involved in
    Comenius/Leonardo PARTNERSHIPS?

- Raise the intercultural competences of
  pupils and teachers,
- Pupils become more interested in other
  countries and cultures,
- Motivation to learn foreign languages,
- Social skills and ability to work in teams,
- Interdisciplinary approach to teaching.


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Thank you for your attention




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