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Life-long Learning Programme
Tagged as Other European Funding
The European Commission has integrated its various educational and training initiatives under a single umbrella, the Lifelong Learning Programme. With a significant budget of nearly EUR 7 billion for 2007 to 2013, the new programme replaces the existing education, vocational training and e-Learning programmes, which ended in 2006.
The new Lifelong Learning Programme enables individuals at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe. It consists of four sub-programmes: Comenius (for schools), Erasmus (for higher education), Leonardo da Vinci (for vocational education and training) and Grundtvig (for adult education).
A transversal programme complements these four sub-programmes in order to ensure that they achieve the best results. Four key activities focus on policy co-operation, languages, information and communication technologies, effective dissemination and exploitation of project results.
Finally, the Jean Monnet programme stimulates teaching, reflection and debate on the European integration process at higher education institutions worldwide.
As regards the four sub programmes below, quantified targets have been set in order to ensure a significant, identifiable and measurable impact for the programme. These targets are as follows
- For Comenius: to involve at least three million pupils in joint educational activities, over the period of the programme
- For Erasmus: to contribute to the achievement by 2012 of three million individual participants in student mobility under the present programme and its predecessors
- For Leonardo da Vinci: to increase placements in enterprises to 80,000 per year by the end of the programme
- For Grundtvig: to support the mobility of 7,000 individuals involved in adult education per year, by 2013
LEONARDO DA VINCI PARTNERSHIPS
The 2008 Call for Proposals launched a new action under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme: Leonardo Partnerships. These are ideal for organisations dealing with vocational training and will be structured in a similar way to Grundtvig Partnerships. The Leonardo Partnerships action is managed by the Leonardo team at ECOTEC. For more information visit the Leonardo website or contact Thelma Lewis at thelma.lewis@ecotec.com
| Project type | Deadline for applications | Apply to |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer of Innovation | 14 March 2008 | ECOTEC |
| Mobility | 08 February 2008 | ECOTEC |
| Partnerships | 15 February 2008 | ECOTEC |
| Preparatory Visits | Rolling deadline (apply 6 weeks before the visit) | ECOTEC |
| Development of Innovation | 29 February 2008 | Executive Agency |
| Networks | 29 February 2008 | Executive Agency |
| Accompanying Measures | 29 February 2008 | Executive Agency |
GRUNDTVIG
Grundtvig Partnerships: 15 February 2008 deadline. The application forms and the guide on how to apply are available on : http://www.grundtvig.org.uk
Some organisations looking for partners: Please see our website www.savage-europe.org.uk
If you would like to find out more about Grundtvig Partnerships or have any questions please contact the helpline on 0845 199 1919
NOTE: The application forms for the centralised actions of the sub-programmes (Grundtvig, Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci) were posted on the Executive Agency's website last week. The deadline for many of the centralised actions is 29 February 2008.If you are interested in applying, it is strongly recommend that you read the "Instructions for completing the Application form and the Financial tables" document before you begin to complete the application form. This guide is available in the Executive Agency's website.
Reminder: ECOTEC does not manage the centralised actions, so are not able to give detailed advice. For further information, please visit the Executive Agency's website or send an e-mail at EACEA-LLPGRUNDTVIG@ec.europa.eu
| Project type | Deadline for applications | Apply to |
|---|---|---|
| Study Visits for Education and Vocational Training Specialists | 30 April 2008 | ECOTEC |
| Studies and Comparative Research on Policy Co-operation and Innovation | 31 March 2008 | Executive Agency |
| Multilateral Projects on Languages, ICT or Dissemination | 31 March 2008 | Executive Agency |
| Networks on Languages or ICT | 31 March 2008 | Executive Agency |
| Accompanying Measures | 31 March 2008 | Executive Agency |
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