Transcript 3rd Grundtvig Learning Partnership Conference

3rd Grundtvig Learning
Partnership Conference
Noordwijkerhout, The
Netherlands
7-10 October 2004
Thursday 7 October
 Arrival of participants at hotel Leeuwenhorst,
Noordwijkerhout
 Setting up of the exhibition of projects and
products
 Registration of participants
 Information session for moderators and
reporters of working groups
 Informal opening of the exhibition and
European Fair
Friday 8 October
 Official opening of the conference
Kees Zwaga, Socrates Director, European
Platform for Dutch Education
 Keynote speech “Adult Education and European
Citizenship: rhetoric or reality?”
Max van der Kamp, Professor of Adult Education,
University of Groning
 Current state of play and developments in
Grundtvig Learning Partnerships
Teresa Oliveira, Principal Administrator Grundtvig
Decentralised Actions, European Commission
Friday 8 October
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Practical examples of two Learning
Partnership projects
Life Link
Gerald Buchas, B-project (Austria)
The project aims to develop the medium of
the internet as a flexible instrument for
selfexpression, inclusion and interaction of
adult learners.
Friday 8 October
 Adult Education – Key to Development to Our
Regions
Elvira Palffy, Soros Educational Center Foundation
(Romania)
The project has developed an online database of
adult education opportunities in five regions
involved in the project. They intend to develop the
database further to create a comprehensive
database of adult education institutions from all
over Europe.
Friday 8 October
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Projects undertaken by SocratesGrundtvig NAs:
Handbook for Grundtvig Learning
Partnerships
Jens Dalsgaard & Anke Dreesbach, G2SKproject team
E-Quality Label for Grundtvig projects
Ursula Groɮruck, Austrian Socrates NA
Friday 8 October
 Working groups I : Getting acquainted
Allowing participants to present their work in
the Grundtvig project and its products
 Working groups II : Developments and
innovations in learningDiscussion of the
contribution of Learning Partnerships to
learning provision at the institution
Saturday 9 October
 Working groups III : Developments in quality
Discussion of the contribution of Learning
Partnerships to quality management at the
institution and ideas for the future Integrated
Programme (2007-2013)
 Exchange of views on European citizenship in
education, theme for the European Year 2005
Saturday 9 October
 Presentation of conclusions from the working
groups
 Active workshops as a contribution to Life Long
Learning:
 biking the dunes
 Dutch environment explained
 adult learners in arts
 swing-out salsa
 Educational tour of Naturalis, the natural history
museum in Leiden, followed by dinner
Discussions in workshops
Main themes
 Disseminating of project work and results
 Good partnership
 Tasks and responsibilitys of coordinators
 Suggestions to Grundtvig Commitee
Disseminating
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Seminars
Lectures
Brochures
Articles in newspappers and journals
Conferences
TV teams, journalists
Chatrooms on websites
Newsletters (every partner publishes one)
Good partnership
 Theme should be interesting and executable for
every partner
 Communication rules
 Flexibility
 As much as possible mobility to exchange
experience, knowledge
 Support of institution´s leaders
 Well organized projectmeetings
 Working plans for the next years
Coordinators
 Should be with some experience
 Should be as “Sunshine”
encourage
others
Lead
Remember dates etc.
Communicate to remember that you are still running a project
Sometimes communicate just to lift mood
Praise
Demand if needed
help
Remain optimistic
Be very tolerant, but strong – minded
Do everything better ealier than at the last moment
Discuss everything with others
Suggestions
 There should be sum among standard
amount to hire supply teachers for project
meeting or teachers exchange periods
 More money
 Permission to buy computers for project
money to make communication easier
Tips and tricks competition
 What would be the ultimate advice for any
institution which wants to start its own Grundtvig 2
project?
 Try to be as water, that always takes the form of a
vessel it is poured into, but at the same time
always remains water i.e. be open minded and
flexible, but never forget your own vision of the
project.
(Ülle Hinnov, Estonia, ADHD among inmates in
prison)
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