SOCRATES
COMPENDIUM 2004
LINGUA ACTION 1
PROMOTION OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
European Commission
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113922-CP-1-2004-1-DE-LINGUA-L1 Kick it - the Language Contest accompanying the World Football Championship 2006 Mit „kick it“, sollen Zehntausende von Jugendlichen den Nutzen und den Spaß von Fremdsprachenkenntnissen unmittelbar erleben. Wir schaffen ein länderübergreifendes Netzwerk mit Kontakten, die auch nach Ende des Wettbewerbs weiter leben. In Form eines Wettbewerbs fordern wir Sportvereine auf, über Sprach- und Ländergrenzen hinweg miteinander zu kommunizieren und die Sprache des anderen kennen zu lernen. Dazu wandert ein Ball über insgesamt fünf Vereine durch alle Partnerländer. Gewonnen hat diejenige Ballstafette, die ihren Ball am schnellsten wieder zum Ausgangspunkt bringt. Preis für die Siegervereine ist die Teilnahme an einem internationalen Jugendcamp in Deutschland während der Fußball WM 2006. Teilnehmen können bis zu 5000 Sportvereine in fünf Ländern. Wir kreieren einen Sprachwettbewerb für Jugendliche: in dessen Verlauf 555 Fußbälle durch alle Teilnehmerländer wandern; die schnellste Ballstafette wird Sieger; jede Station wird im Multimedia-Tagebuch im Internet dokumentiert. Wir entwickeln begleitend eine Internetplattform für Information und Kommunikation, die: die Wettbewerbsaktion, deren Teilnehmer und die Ergebnisse präsentiert; Angebote für ein erstes Kennen lernen der Zielsprachen bereit hält; Links zu Überblicksseiten zu über Sprachlernmöglichkeiten bietet; die Projektergebnisse nachhaltig sichert und allen Interessierten bereitstellt. Die Zielgruppen sind Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene von 14 bis 27 Jahren in Sportvereinen.
COORDINATOR:
UNIVERSUM VERLAG GMBH & CO. KG 54, Taunusstraße D-65183 WIESBADEN Phone: +49 611 9030-374 Fax: +49 611 9030-325 Email: kalexander@universum.de
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CONTACT: PARTNERS:
Katharina ALEXANDER • • • • • •
CHARLES UNIVERSITY, CZ UNIVERSUM ONLINE AG, DE DEUTSCHE SPORTJUGEND, DE TALENACADEMIE NEDERLAND, NL SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI, IT EUROSPORT TV, FR
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
370920 € 527020 € 24 (in months)
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116583-CP-1-2004-1-DE-LINGUA-L1 2006 World Cup Starwatch
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''Starwatch'' is a school project, based on the 2006 FIFA World Cup, promoting language learning among teenagers in the partner countries. Pupils will present their favourite (EU national) footballer(s) playing abroad, using as many European languages as possible. The presentations can take any form - brochures, websites, video films, collages, etc. These presentations of players are the basis for the “European Dream Team” that will be portrayed on the website. An international jury evaluates the presentations, with 55 tickets to World Cup games available to be won. Before watching the game, the winners will meet at a social event to enjoy the international multilingual spirit of football and all participants will receive a certificate. 38 000 teachers will receive the project materials, which include: a teacher’s manual with information about the contest and guidelines on how to incorporate it into lessons; interactive multi-language worksheets for students, showing that language learning can be fun when combined with football (e.g. riddles, multilingual crossword puzzles, multilingual interviews with footballers); classroom posters with information about the contest. A dedicated web portal will provide comprehensive information about the project and chart its progress.
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ZEITBILD VERLAG GMBH Kaiserdamm 20 D-14057 BERLIN Phone: +49 30 320019-45 Fax: +49 30 320019-11 Email: marina.kadner@zeitbild.de Internet site address: www.zeitbild.de Marina KADNER • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI, CZ DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS - PLAYING FOR SUCCESS INITIATIVE, UK OFFICE FRANCO-ALLEMAND POUR LA JEUNESSE, FR AEDE-NL ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES ENSEIGNANTS DUTCH SECTION, NL
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
275000 € 623580 € 24 (in months)
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113741-CP-1-2004-1-FR-LINGUA-L1 Pistes européennes - Auf europäischen Spuren - Europejskie Trophy
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''Pistes européennes'' est un feuilleton policier radiophonique bilingue qui permet de se familiariser avec les langues et les cultures de l’Europe. Radio France Internationale, Deutsche Welle et Radio Bis s’associent pour coproduire les trois premières étapes de cette enquête qui conduit Lucas, le héros étranger, en France, en Allemagne et en Pologne. Pour dénouer l’intrigue, il doit se familiariser avec la langue et les coutumes de ces pays. Ce concept bilingue permet de suivre l’histoire sans avoir l’impression d’apprendre car Lucas pense à haute voix dans sa langue, qui est aussi celle de l’auditeur. La série sera diffusée en Europe par les radios producteurs et les radios qui souhaiteront voir le feuilleton adapté dans leur langue. La promotion du concept sera assurée par l’OFAJ et Radiofabrik auprès d’organismes “démultiplicateurs”: radios, réseaux d’enseignement des langues et d’échanges ou offices de tourisme. La diffusion sera relayée par Internet sur le site du projet et ceux des partenaires avec une “écoute à la carte” et le guide pratique. Le concept de feuilleton bilingue permet de multiplier la combinaison entre langues cibles et langues d’apprentissage. Il pourra être exploité par d’autres radios ou sous forme multimedia.
COORDINATOR:
RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE 116 avenue du Président Kennedy BP 9616 F-75762 PARIS CEDEX 16 Phone: +33 1 44308743 Fax: +33 1 44308344 Email: lidwien.van-dixhoorn@rfi.fr Internet site address: www.rfi.fr Lidwien VAN DIXHOORN • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
VEREIN FREIER RUNDFUNK SALZBURG - RADIOFABRIK, AT DEUTSCHE WELLE, DE POLSKIE RADIO BIS, PL OFFICE FRANCO-ALLEMAND POUR LA JEUNESSE / DEUTSCHFRANZÖSISCHES JUGENDWERK, FR
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
320629 € 465349 € 24 (in months)
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117021-CP-1-2004-1-RO-LINGUA-L1 EURO-IntegrELP - Equal Chances to European Integration through the use of the European Language Portfolio
DESCRIPTION:
This project aims to contribute to the promotion of language learning among adults belonging to various social and professional groups through the use of the European Language Portfolio as a quality instrument, and to enhance opportunities for social integration and professional development through language learning. The project starts from the premise that, in a multicultural and multilingual Europe, it is necessary that language learners should be encouraged to value their existing partial competences in various languages and to develop new ones, to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop self-evaluation skills. Learning foreign languages increases the learners’ chances of social integration in their own country and in an international environment, as well as their opportunities for personal development. Standardising the levels of attainment in the field of language proficiency on the one hand, and raising the awareness of decision makers in the political and educational fields on the other, can help increase the mobility and employability of European citizens, irrespective of their country of origin and of the languages in which they have competences. To achieve this, the project addresses both decision makers and the wider public throughout Europe, based on co-operation with the media and a variety of other partners.
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ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE LIMBA ENGLEZA PENTRU AFACERI PROSPER-ASE LANGUAGE CENTRE 2-2A, Calea Grivitei RO-010731 BUCURESTI Phone: +40 21 2117800 Fax: +40 21 2117800 Email: prosper1@prosper.ro
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CONTACT: PARTNERS:
Liliana KIRITESCU • • • • • • • • • • • • •
UTENOS KOLEGIJA, LT INTERNATIONAL FORUM TIMISOARA, RO EURISC, RO ÖSTERREICHISCHES SPRACHEN-KOMPETENZ-ZENTRUM, AT KOOLITUSKESKUS DIALOOG, EE EUROPÄISCHER BUND FÜR BILDUNG UND WISSENSCHAFT - EBB/AEDE, DE PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED QUALITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS - QLS, GR ELT NEWS, GR POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR STANDARDS IN ENGLISH, PL TECHNICKÁ UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH, SK ASOCIATA ROMANA PENTRU SERVICII LINGVISTICE DE CALITATE QUEST, RO BERUFSFÖRDERUNGSINSTITUT - STEIERMARK, AT FUNDATIA EUROED, RO
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
199900 € 399900 € 36 (in months)
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117003-CP-1-2004-1-BG-LINGUA-L1 READ IT EASY! - Promotion of Bulgarian and Greek languages
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This project aims to promote Bulgarian and Greek among speakers of languages that use other alphabets. It seeks to raise awareness about the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, to demonstrate that a different script need not be an obstacle to language learning and to prove that learning a new script (as part of learning a new language) can be easy and entertaining. The project is addressed to people travelling to Bulgaria and/or Greece for business or tourist purposes. The project partners will produce leaflets and brochures presenting the Bulgarian and Greek alphabets and explaining at a very basic level how to use the most frequent Bulgarian and Greek phrases in everyday situations. Two films promoting the learning of Bulgarian and Greek will also be produced, the aim being to demonstrate that a survival language package can make you more confident in a foreign country. The project’s outputs will be widely disseminated in the partners’ countries and beyond. A key role in the dissemination will be played by “Bulgaria Air”, which will be able to reach a great number of travellers through its overseas offices and in-flight magazine. In addition, a number of promotional and awareness raising events will be organised in the partner countries and a three-round language competition will be conducted within the project. In the final round, the best players will use the survival language package to cope with typical situations in Bulgaria and Greece: ordering a meal, finding a particular place in the city, etc.
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EUROINFORM LTD. Slavyanska 19 BG-1000 SOFIA Phone: +359 2 9872135 Fax: +359 2 9872169 Email: euroinfo@mail.bol.bg Internet site address: http://www.euroinformbg.com Diana TSOTOVA • • • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
ADULT EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF EASTERN FINLAND, FI GESELLSCHAFT FÜR BILDUNG UND BERUF E.V., DE ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI, GR INSTITUTE FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING, BG BULGARIA AIR LTD, BG TOURISM RESEARCHE INSTITUTE, BG
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
129751 € 185359 € 24 (in months)
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117006-CP-1-2004-1-BG-LINGUA-L1 BRET (Bulgaria, Romania, Ellas, Turkey) - Language Bridges Encouraging Tolerance
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“BRET - Language Bridges Encouraging Tolerance” aims to promote the learning of Bulgarian, Greek, Romanian and Turkish and to raise public awareness about the advantages of learning these languages. It also aspires to build tolerance and encourage mutual understanding and respect for differences and “the otherness of the other” among its target groups. To try to promote the four languages simultaneously is a challenge. The challenge is to develop a promotional strategy that is relevant to languages with different affiliations (Indo-European and Ural-Altaic language families) and three different alphabets, and to design practices that foster the transmitting of fundamental values like tolerance and sensitivity to cultural sameness as well as difference. The project acknowledges the importance of socio-cultural context and the dominant social assumptions for learning. That is why an active media campaign, with a strong accent on the capacity of “the most democratic media” (radio), will be carried out in order to have as wide an impact on the general public as possible. The two media partners - “Bulgarian National Radio/Radio Bulgaria” and the “Association for the Support, Promotion and Assistance of Non-commercial Free Local Radio Projects” have the capacity to disseminate even outside the project countries, in Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Spain. The six South-East European Language Weeks that are to be organised in all partner countries will utilise community resources and will actively involve a variety of actors relevant to the promotion of language learning. In addition, a language camp, aimed at 10-15 year-olds, will provide basic linguistic competence and encourage intercomprehension and cultural dialogue.
COORDINATOR:
CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ASSOCIATION 161a, Rakovski Str. BG-1000 SOFIA Phone: +359 2 9866215 Fax: +359 2 9866215 Email: lingua_bret@abv.bg
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CONTACT: PARTNERS:
Verina PETROVA • • • • • • • •
MILOS EKPAIDEYTIKI SYNERGASIA GYNAIKON GIA DRASTIRIOTITES STON TOURISMO, GR OZEL BAGDAT YABANCI DIL VE EGITIM MERKEZI VE OKUL GERECLERI LTD STI, TR INTERCULTURAL COOPERATION FOUNDATION, BG VEREIN ZUR FÖRDERUNG UND UNTERSTÜTZUNG VON FREIEN LOKALEN NICHTKOMMERZIELLEN RADIOPROJEKTEN, AT BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO, BG CENTRUL EDUCATIA 2000+, RO NORTHUMBRIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LTD, UK EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, GR
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
198904 € 271333 € 24 (in months)
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116589-CP-1-2004-1-LT-LINGUA-L1 FEEL (Countries, Cultures and Languages) - Funny Easy and Effective Learning about Countries, Cultures and Languages
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“FEEL (Funny, Easy and Effective Learning about Countries, Cultures and Languages)” aims to provide basic linguistic knowledge (elementary vocabulary, grammar and phonetics) and to introduce EU citizens to the cultural processes, products and activities of the speakers of the target languages. Its objectives are to: promote awareness of the cultural particularities of the accession countries and the new status of a particular language as an official language of the EU; encourage people to take an interest in studying the new official EU languages; satisfy basic linguistic needs brought about by the constant increase in European mobility; introduce EU citizens and others to the languages and cultures of the accession countries in such a way that the existing (if there are any) stereotypes about these countries and their cultures can be avoided. The ultimate goal of the project is to reach a very wide audience. Thus, we are first thinking of the citizens of the EU who have an interest in learning more about other languages and cultures, such as people from the educational, tourist, business and government sectors. Institutions from the ten partner countries will organise events to promote their language and culture, publish popular materials and disseminate information about the project within the partner countries, the EU and worldwide. The expected outputs include: an informative souvenir-like calendar for each target country/language and another calendar presenting all the ten project countries together; various popular materials (e.g. brochures, posters, bookmarks, leaflets, etc.); a European Language Festival in Brussels; local events in each country to promote the target languages and their cultures; a presentation on the project and information about its results at the EAIE conference of 2006.
COORDINATOR:
REGIONISTIKOS KATEDRA, VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS Donelaicio 58 LT-3000 KAUNAS Phone: +370 37 327807 Fax: +370 37 323296 Email: i.savickiene@pmdi.vdu.lt Internet site address: www.vdu.lt Ineta SAVICKIENE • • • • • • • • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
VALODU MACIBU CENTRS, LV UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI W KRAKOWIE, PL FUNDATIA CENTRUL EDUCATIONAL SOROS, RO VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS, LT PÉCSI TUDOMÁNYEGYETEM - NEMZETKÖZI OKTATÁSI KÖZPONT, HU VYSOKA SKOLA BANSKA - TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA OSTRAVA, CZ UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, CY OÜ MIKSIKE, EE UNIVERSITÀ TÀ MALTA, MT ANDRAGOSKI ZAVOD MARIBOR - LJUDSKA UNIVERZA, SI ZILINSKÁ UNIVERZITA V ZILINE, SK
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
215150 € 288430 € 24 (in months)
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117083-CP-1-2004-1-LT-LINGUA-L1 Open To Every Citizen
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The song has always been an inspiring way of communicating a language. “Open to Every Citizen” will use this reliable method to expose languages, both widely and less spoken, to people who are reluctant to learn them. Using songs in six different languages, the project will raise the awareness of young disadvantaged people and direct their steps towards language resource centres. The main tool for conveying the beauty of the language will be performances by choirs from Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain and the United Kingdom. The choristers themselves will be the first to “taste” the target languages through three songs in each language. The project involves exchange visits of language promoters and choir conductors to introduce a language in the form of a word and a song. It also involves exchanges between choirs who, during their stays in foreign countries, will have an opportunity to use the target language in its natural environment. Thematic language activating sessions for choir members, target groups and the general public will also add some extra “spice” to the process of language promotion and the development of survival competence in real-life conditions. The project will also include a number of concerts that are intended to increase people’s motivation for learning a foreign language through enjoyment. The final products are expected to comprise a CD and the publication of a “Selection of National Songs” (in all target languages) to remind the target audience that learning a language is fun.
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VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS Universiteto 5 LT-01513 VILNIUS Phone: +370 5 268 72 63 Fax: +370 5 268 72 65 Email: loreta.chodzkiene@uki.vu.lt Internet site address: http://www.uki.vu.it Loreta CHODZKIENE • • • • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETO MERGINU CHORAS ''VIRGO'', LT CORAL UNIVERSITARIA DE LA LAGUNA, ES TARTU ÛLIKOOLI AKADEEMILINE NAISKOOR, EE RIGAS KAMERKORIS, LV SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL, UK LIETUVOS NACIONALINIS RADIJAS IR TELEVIZIJA, LT COMUNE DI AREZZO, IT
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
308562 € 411417 € 36 (in months)
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113755-CP-1-2004-1-PL-LINGUA-L1 Slavic Networking - Linguistic and cultural integration
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The prime objective of the project is to promote multilingual learning of Slavic languages among native speakers of these languages and among people whose mother tongue is not a Slavic language but who are interested in Slavic countries and would like just to taste their languages. The multilingual method for learning several Slavic languages simultaneously will be spread among the general public through the website, which will contain learning materials (amusing communication situations in all the target languages) as well as an e-guide that will help the visitor to navigate the portal. Over the course of the project, the website will be filled with culture-related commentaries. Moreover, anybody willing to have a chat with friends keen on Slavic languages will have a chance to enter the Internet chatroom. The project will be promoted through radio broadcasts, leaflets distributed in various public places and festivals in the partner countries to celebrate the enlargement of the European Union. The project will increase learners’ abilities in terms of foreign language acquisition and raise their level of interlinguistic and intercultural awareness, which seems to be an important advantage in uniting Europe.
COORDINATOR:
KATEDRA DYDAKTYKI JEZYKA I LITERATURY POLSKIEJ, WYDZIAL FILOLOGICZNY UNIW. SLASKIEGO, SZKOLA JEZYKA I KULTURY POLSKIEJ Plac Sejmu Slaskiego 1 PL-40-032 KATOWICE Phone: +48 32 2562 354 Fax: +48 32 2512 991 Email: jakola@op.pl Internet site address: http://sjikp.us.edu.pl Ewa JASKÓLA • • • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
FILOZOFICKA FAKULTA UNIVERZITY KOMENSKEHO, SK UNIVERZITA PALACKÉHO V OLOMOUCI, CZ SOFIIKI UNIVERSITET ''SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI'', BG UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, SI BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO, BG MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITÄT HALLE-WITTENBERG, DE
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
253084 € 404946 € 36 (in months)
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117022-CP-1-2004-1-SK-LINGUA-L1 Mum, Dad & Me - Toddlers' Club
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“Mum, Dad & Me - Toddlers’ Club” aims to motivate and encourage parents and their children (“toddlers”) to learn foreign languages (English, French and Italian) and to make foreign language learning accessible to them. This will be achieved by opening one or two pilot Toddlers’ Clubs per participating country as well as creating a network among pilot clubs and those established at regional, local, municipal and community level following a promotional campaign. The project’s objectives lie in: facilitating better access to language learning for parents and their children and encouraging foreign language learning in the relaxed and informal atmosphere of the clubs through playing, singing, dancing, drama, art, crafts and computers; raising citizens’ awareness of the advantages of language learning in the early years and of the multilingual character of the Union through a campaign in the partner countries; promoting the dissemination of information about good practices in early foreign language teaching in Europe through meetings, seminars, training sessions and conferences, and by making the results publicly known. The project will break down the traditional role of the mother and father in early childhood, as it will give the fathers an equal chance to participate and be an important part of their child’s development. It might also promote individual study of these foreign languages by encouraging parents to take up language learning themselves, helping their personal development and smoothing their introduction to the labour process.
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ENGLISH LEARNING CENTRE Slovenskeho 18 SK-04001 KOSICE Phone: +421 55 6441701 Fax: +421 55 6441701 Email: elc@elc.sk Internet site address: www.elc.sk Silvia KALAPOSOVA • • • •
CONTACT: PARTNERS:
CONSORZIO PER LA FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE E L'EDUCAZIONE PERMANENTE, IT FAST ENGLISH, HU MODRANSKÁ ZÁKLADNÍ SKOLA S ROZSÍRENÝM VYUCOVÁNÍM JAZYKU, CZ PARITÄTISCHES BILDUNGSWERK LV - NRW E.V, DE
GRANT AMOUNT: APPROVED BUDGET: CONTRACT DURATION:
183544 € 244725 € 24 (in months)