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Lifelong Learning Programme
• Duration – January 2007 to December 2013
• Budget – €6.9 billion + (IRL €11.299m in 2011)
• 27 EU-Member States
+ EFTA – EEA countries: Norway, Iceland,
Liechtenstein +Switzerland
+ Candidate countries: Turkey & Croatia
+ FYRM? + Balkans?
www.leargas.ie
LLP Budget €6.9 billion – 7 years (IRL
€87M)
Comenius
≥ 13%
School education
Erasmus
≥ 40%
Higher education
& advanced training
Leonardo da Vinci
Grundtvig
≥ 25%
≥ 4%
Vocational
education and
training
Adult education
Lifelong Learning Programme Overall Structure
Leonardo da Vinci – Summary of
Actions
LLP-LdV funding 2011
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Mobility - €2,003,400
Partnerships - €333,900
Preparatory Visits - €1,700
Transfer of Innovation - €1,000,000
Total so far = €3,339,000 (+?)
Preparatory Visits
• Funding for institutions to visit a potential partner
institution in another country
• Participation in a partner finding contact seminar
organised by the a National Agency
• Grant of circa €1,000 per person to cover travel and
subsistence
Mobility
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those in initial vocational training (IVTs)
(FETAC Level 5 and Advanced Certificate FETAC
Level 6) including apprentices (2 – 39 weeks)
• people available in the labour market (PLMs), eg
workers, people available for employment including
graduates (2 – 26 weeks)
• VET professionals (VETPRO) who manage, deliver
or design training to exchange expertise and best
practices with a view to improving the content and
quality of training provision (1 – 6 weeks)
Partnerships
• Small-scale cooperation activities between VET
organisations enabling them to cooperate on themes
of mutual interest.
• Partnership projects are about co-operation and
exchange of information at a European level.
• Partnership funding is based on lumpsum amounts
depending on the number of mobility activities (travel
abroad)
• Up to €24,000 per partner
• Duration of 2 years
Transfer of Innovation Projects
• To improve the quality and attractiveness of the European
Vocational Education and Training system by transferring
existing innovations to new environments through working with
transnational partners
• Content can be adapted from previous Leonardo da Vinci
Projects, or from other innovative projects or results and
transferred into public and/or private vocational training systems
and organisations at national, local, regional, or sectoral level.
• Funding - up to 75% of the total project budget; partners must
provide at least 25% of the budget as co-funding.
• Applicants can request up to €150,000 per year for the TOI
project (all partners): therefore the maximum available for a twoyear project is €300,000.
TOI vs DOI
Multilateral projects
on transfer of
Innovation
Multilateral projects
on development of
Innovation
Max. duration
2 years
3 years
Minimal partnerships
3 partners/
3 countries
3 partners/
3 countries
Level of funding (max
per year)
€150,000
€200,000 up to
maximum of €400,000
Application
Procedure
National Agency
Commission
Management of
Projects
National Agency
Commission, by the
Executive Agency
What is a Study Visit?
• Visits are 3 - 5 days long
• Three types – General Education, VET, Mixed
(Lifelong Learning Approach)
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Programme is organised for participants
• Group consists of max. 15 participants with
various professional
backgrounds from
different countries
•32 different topics to choose from, for
example Lifelong guidance for learning and
working, social partners contribution to
lifelong learning, workplace learning
Aims and Objectives of the
Study Visits Programme
• The overall objective of the Study Visits Programme
is to support policy development and co-operation at
European level in lifelong learning, notably in the
context of the EU 2020 strategy, as well as the
Bologna
and
Copenhagen
processes
and
their
successors
• Study Visits facilitate the exchange of information
and experience between decision makers and education
and training specialists in areas of common interest
• Study Visits provide a forum for discussion,
exchange and mutual learning
• Improve understanding on specific aspects of the
education and vocational educational systems in
Europe
• Continuing exchange of advice, ideas and information
• Enrich flow of information towards policy makers
Themes of the Study Visits
Programme
The study visits are organised around five
categories of themes that fully reflect the
priorities of the LLP 2011-13 and cover most of the
important issues of policy and practice in
education and training:
• Encouraging cooperation between the worlds of
education, training and work;
• Supporting initial and continuous training of
teachers, trainers and education and training
institutions' managers;
• Promoting the acquisition of key competences
throughout the education and training system;
• Promoting social inclusion and gender
equality in education and training, including
the integration of migrants;
• Developing strategies for lifelong learning
and mobility.
Round 2 Deadline 2011
Round 2: 14th October 2011
For study visits taking place from March 2012 to
June 2012 applications must be submitted online no
later than 11am on 14th October 2011. A signed hard
and stamped copy endorsed and signed by head of
organisation must be postmarked no later than 14 th
October 2011.
•You apply as an individual, with
support of your organisation, &
grants are awarded towards travel and
subsistence – av. grant €1,500.
For full application procedures
contact the study visits team at
[email protected]
What do we mean by adult learning in the
Grundtvig context?
• General education – formal, informal
and non formal
• Equipping low skilled adults with basic
skills, literacy numeracy and
digitality and other key competencies
• Learning for social inclusion
• Development of active citizenship
• Learning for cultural engagement
• Learning for health and wellbeing /
active ageing
• Learning to love learning!
Grundtvig Actions (types of
project)
• Grundtvig Learning Partnerships
• Grundtvig Senior Volunteering
Projects
• Grundtvig Workshops
• Preparatory Visits / Contact Seminars
(support action)
• Grundtvig In Service Training
• Grundtvig Visits and Exchanges
• Grundtvig Assistantships
• Grundtvig Multilateral Projects
(centralised)
• Grundtvig Networks (centralised)
Learning Partnership - subject
areas/Themes
• Active
citizenship
• Arts, music,
culture
• Intercultural
Dialogue
• Health
• Languages
• Older learners
• Access to IT
• Men’s Education
• Prisoner
Education
• Literacy &
Numeracy
• Parent Education
• Outreach
Strategies
• Other
Key points: Grundtvig Learning
Partnerships
• The next deadline is in February 2012.
• You will need at least 3 partners in 3
different participating countries to apply; (57 ideal!)
• Projects last for 2 years;
• Each partner will be responsible for their own
funding;
• Funding is a lump sum based on number of
mobilities (people traveling)
Small Partnerships – 4 mobilities – €10,000
Medium Partnership – 8 mobilities - €14,000
Large Partnerships-12 mobilities – €18,000
Larger Partnerships-24 mobilities – €22,000
• Prepare by dong a Preparatory Visit (DIY or
Contact Seminar)
[email protected] & [email protected]
Key points – Grundtvig inservice training
• The course must be a min of 5 days duration,
max. 6 weeks
• You must organise your own training activity
• Courses can be found on the Comenius Grundtvig
Training Database
http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/
• Appropriate courses sourced elsewhere will also
be considered
• The grant contributes towards the cost of the
course fee, travel and subsistence- approx
€1,500/€2000 average grant.
Next deadlines to apply to Léargas:
• 29thApril for training activities starting on
or after the 1st September 2011
• 16th Sept for training activities starting on
or after the 1st January 2012
• Mid-January 2012 for training activities