3rd Grundtvig Learning Partnership Conference
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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
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
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
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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