Transcript EU best practices

EU best practices
by Simone Caramel
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Education & Training
• http://ec.europa.eu/education/index_en.htm
• Lifelong Learning Policy
• European strategy and co-operation in education and
training
• Objectives and targets
• There are three overall objectives:
• improving the quality and effectiveness of education and
training systems;
• facilitating access to education and training systems; and
• opening up EU education and training systems to the
wider world.
Education & Training
• Five EU-level benchmarks are set for 2010:
• the average rate of early school leavers should be no
more than 10%;
• the total number of graduates in maths, science and
technology should increase by at least 15%, while the
gender imbalance in these subjects should be reduced;
• 85% of 22 year olds should complete upper secondary
education;
• the number of low-achieving 15 year olds in reading,
mathematical and science should half; and
• the average participation of working adults population
in lifelong learning should rise by at least 12.5%.
Education & Training
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Working together
Monitoring
European reference tools
General Policy Framework for Education and
Training
• Mobility and lifelong learning instruments
• School education
• Higher Education
Higher Education in Europe
• Curricular reform: The three cycle system
(bachelor-master-doctorate), competence based
learning, flexible learning paths, recognition,
mobility.
• Governance reform: University autonomy,
strategic partnerships, including with enterprises,
quality assurance.
• Funding reform: Diversified sources of university
income better linked to performance, promoting
equity, access and efficiency, including the
possible role of tuition fees, grants and loans
Higher Education in Europe
• The most recent EU policy initiatives include:
• In the field of University-Business Cooperation we
develop a platform for a structured dialogue between
the relevant stakeholders and look at ways to reinforce
the links between higher education and companies in
areas such as curriculum development, governance,
entrepreneurship, continuing education, mobility and
knowledge transfer.
• A Council Resolution on modernising universities for
Europe's competitiveness in a global knowledge
economy of 23rd November 2007
Vocational Education and Training
(VET)
• The Leonardo da Vinci strand of the Lifelong Learning Programme
2007-2013 provides important financial support for the
implementation of the VET policies
• the European Commission supports skills competitions such as
EuroSkills
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• Adult Learning
• Innovation and Creativity
• Research and Analysis
• Lifelong Learning Programme
• Erasmus for higher education
Erasmus
• Erasmus is the EU's flagship education and
training programme, enabling two hundred
thousand students to study and work abroad
each year, as well as supporting co-operation
actions between higher education institutions
across Europe. It caters not only for students,
but also for professors and business staff who
want to teach abroad and for university staff
who want to be trained abroad.
Erasmus
• the Erasmus programme places great importance
on mobility and furthering career prospects
• Studies show that a period spent abroad not only
enriches students' lives in the academic field but
also in the acquisition of intercultural skills and
self-reliance.
• Around 90% of European universities take part in
Erasmus and 1.9 million students have
participated since it started in 1987.
Erasmus
For students:
• studying abroad
• working abroad
• linguistic preparation
Erasmus
• For university/higher education institute
staff:
• teaching abroad
• receiving training abroad
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For universities/ higher education institutes:
intensive programmes
academic and structural networks
multilateral projects
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For enterprises:
student placements
teaching abroad
university cooperation
Other program’s actions
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Leonardo da Vinci for vocational training
Comenius for school education
Grundtvig for adult education
Transversal Programme
Jean Monnet for European Integration
Jean Monnet Programme for
understanding European integration
• Jean Monnet Programme, originally launched in
1990, stimulates excellence in teaching, research
and reflection on European integration in higher
education institutions throughout the world.
The Jean Monnet programme stimulates
teaching, research and reflection on European
integration at higher education institutions
throughout the world. With projects across the
five continents, the programme reaches up to
250 000 students every year.
Jean Monnet programme
• Support for University-level projects on
European integration
• Support for six specific academic institutions
• Support for European-wide associations
High-level Jean Monnet policy
• Jean Monnet Conferences
• Jean Monnet Thematic Groups
• Jean Monnet policy support
Culture programme
• The EU’s Culture programme (2007-2013) has
a budget of €400 million for projects and
initiatives to celebrate Europe’s cultural
diversity and enhance our shared cultural
heritage through the development of crossborder co-operation between cultural
operators and institutions.
Culture programme: objectives
• to promote cross-border mobility
• to encourage the transnational circulation of
cultural and artistic output
• to foster intercultural dialogue
Culture programme: strands
• For the achievement of these objectives, the
programme supports three strands of
activities:
• Cultural actions
• European-level cultural bodies
• Analysis and dissemination activities
Support for cultural actions
• Multi-annual co-operation projects, running
over a period of three to five years.
• Co-operation measures, running over a
maximum period of two years.
• Special measures, which relate to high-profile
actions of considerable scale and scope. The
support to European Capitals of Culture falls
under this sub-strand.
Support for cultural bodies
• This strand supports cultural bodies at
European level. They encourage exchanges
between cultural organisations in different
European countries, identify the European
artistic community’s needs, represent the
sector in dealing with EU institutions,
participate in the public debate on cultural
issues, and act as European cultural
ambassadors.
Support for analysis and
dissemination activities
• This strand supports analysis and dissemination
activities, which help to raise awareness of the Culture
programme and its activities in various ways. The first
focus is on providing support for analyses in the field
of cultural co-operation and policy development. The
second is by supporting cultural contact points which
have been established to ensure the effective
grassroots dissemination of practical and targeted
information on the program locally in all participating
countries. The third focus is on supporting the
collection and dissemination of information, so that
cultural operators can make use of the output and
results of previous EU-funded projects.
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http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm
Youth policies
Active citizenship of young people
The EU encourages young people to
participate actively in society (community life,
civil society, political life), to shape their own
future and to contribute to the development of
the European Union.
The White Paper on Youth
• The springboard for co-operation among Member States on youth
issues was the White Paper on Youth (2001), which identified four
priority areas for action: participation, information, voluntary
activities and a greater understanding and knowledge of youth.
• “Getting young people more involved in the life of the local,
national and European communities, and fostering active
citizenship thus represent one of the major challenges, not only for
the present but also for the future of our societies,” the White
Paper notes.
• And this priority was voiced by young people themselves during the
consultation phase of the White Paper: “The young people who
were consulted see themselves as responsible citizens. They want
to be more involved in community life. They want their views to be
heard on a wide variety of subjects.”
How does the EU contribute to the
active citizenship of young Europeans?
Youth policy falls under the remit of the Member
States. This means that there is no EU-wide
legislation in the field of youth policies. However,
in 2002, Member States decided to use the Open
Method of Coordination (OMC) to co-operate in
enhancing the four priority areas identified by
the White Paper. An example of this co-operation
is the sharing of best practice on how to increase
young people's participation in electoral
processes or on how to increase the participation
in society of young people with fewer
opportunities.
Youth in Action programme
• Youth in Action
• Youth in Action is the EU Programme for
young people aged 15-28 (in some cases 1330). It aims to inspire a sense of active
citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among
young Europeans and to involve them in
shaping the Union's future.
Youth in action for all
• Youth in Action is a programme for all! It
promotes mobility within and beyond the EU
borders, non-formal learning and
intercultural dialogue, and encourages the
inclusion of all young people, regardless of
their educational, social and cultural
background.
Youth: actions
• With a total budget of 885 million euros for seven
years (2007-2013), the Programme supports a
large variety of activities for young people and
youth workers through five Actions.
• Duration: 2007-2013
• Geographic reach: EU Member States, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, the EU neighbours
(Eastern Europe and Caucasus, the
Mediterranean region, South-East Europe) and
other partner countries in the world
• Age brackets: 15-28 (in some cases 13-30)
Youth: program objectives
• The Youth in Action Programme aims to achieve the
following general objectives:
• promote young people’s active citizenship in general and
their European citizenship in particular;
• develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young
people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the
European Union;
• foster mutual understanding between young people in
different countries;
• contribute to developing the quality of support systems for
youth activities and the capabilities of civil society
organizations in the youth field;
• promote European cooperation in the youth field.
Youth in action: actions
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Action 1 - Youth for Europe
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encourages young people's active citizenship, participation and creativity through youth exchanges,
youth initiatives and youth democracy projects.
Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
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helps young people to develop their sense of solidarity by participating, either individually or in
group, in non-profit, unpaid voluntary activities abroad.
Action 3 - Youth in the World
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promotes partnerships and exchanges among young people and youth organizations across the
world.
Action 4 - Youth Support Systems
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includes various measures to support youth workers and youth organizations and improve the
quality of their activities.
Action 5 - Support for European Co-operation in the Youth field
supports youth policy co-operation at European level, in particular by facilitating dialogue between
young people and policy makers.
Youth: program priorities
• Program priorities
• The Youth in Action program has four permanent priorities which
potential projects will have to be aware of as they frame their bids
for support:
• European Citizenship: A key goal of the program is to raise
awareness in young people that they are citizens of Europe, as well
as citizens of their own countries. The aim is to get youth actively
involved in shaping the future of the European Union. Projects will
have to show a strong European dimension if they are to receive
programme backing.
• Participation of young people: Youth in Action promotes and
supports young people’s involvement in democratic life, spurring
them on to be active citizens who care about their communities
and understand the value of representative democracy.
Program priorities
• Cultural diversity: Respect for people’s cultural origins
is at the heart of the Youth in Action program, as is the
desire to fight against racism and xenophobia – forces
that undermine European values and people’s
solidarity.
• Inclusion: The focus is on ensuring that young people
with fewer opportunities get access to the Youth in
Action program, as well as on encouraging projects
with a thematic focus on inclusion.
• In addition to these permanent priorities, each year
the focus is also placed on specific annual priorities
How to participate
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There are two main ways to get involved in the Programme:
1. You are …
… a young person aged between 13-30 or a youth worker…
… full of energy, creativity and ideas and would like to find a
way to develop them…
• … looking for opportunities to meet and exchange ideas
and practices with other young people or youth workers
from different countries…
• … interested in volunteering in another country…
• As an individual you can be a participant in one of the
activities supported by the Program.
How to participate
• Take a look at the Youth in Action Programme
guide – it will give you a deeper insight into
the Actions and types of activities that can be
supported by the Programme.
• Get in touch with your National Agency or
Eurodesk national office for further
information and advice.
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2. You are …
… a non-governmental youth organization,
… an informal group of young people,
… a local or regional public body,
… a body active at European level in the field of youth
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• … willing to develop a project and submit an
application for funding under the Youth in Action
Program…
• Become a promoter of an activity to be supported by
the Program!
How to participate
• If you would like to get involved and submit a project application for
funding, the first port of call for additional information after this website is
the Youth in Action Programme Guide.
• Read it carefully!
• It will help you understand the Program's objectives and criteria, and to
identify the types of projects that can be supported by the Program.
• Think through your project idea and make sure it respects all the criteria
and conditions described in the Guide…
• Fill in the official application form for the Action you want to apply for.
• Make sure you respect the deadlines!
• Remember!
• Depending on the type of organization, promoters may submit their
application to their National Agency (national level) or to the Executive
Agency (European level).
Languages
• http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/index
_en.htm
• EU Language Policy
• The European Union contributes to the
development of quality education by promoting
citizens’ mobility, designing joint study programs,
establishing networks, exchanging information,
and through a commitment to lifelong learning.
Languages
• Languages are a basic building block behind these
activities. Multilingual citizens are better equipped to
take advantage of the educational opportunities
created by an integrated Europe.
The EU’s language policy promotes multilingualism and
aims for a situation in which every EU citizen can speak
at least two foreign languages in addition to their
mother tongue. This follows the call by EU leaders at
the March 2002 Barcelona European Council that every
child in the EU should be taught at least two foreign
languages from an early age.
EU PROGRAMMES
• Lifelong Learning Programmes
• The LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME offers
a wide range of actions designed to support
language learning, for pre-school, students,
adults, teachers, educational institutions and
individuals who could benefit from using
another language in their work.
EU PROGRAMMES
• Languages Key Activity
• The LANGUAGES KEY ACTIVITY is designed to
encourage linguistic diversity throughout the
European Union. Its objectives include the
improvement of access to language resources
and the development of new techniques and
practices in language teaching.
EU PROGRAMMES
• Comenius
• COMENIUS focuses on the first phase of
education, from pre-school and primary to
secondary school. It addresses pupils,
teachers and school staff members, as well as
parent associations, local authorities and nongovernmental organisations.
EU PROGRAMMES
• Leonardo da Vinci
• LEONARDO DA VINCI aims to increase access to
vocational training in Europe as well as
improving its quality through innovation and
enhanced support.
• Erasmus
• ERASMUS seeks to enhance higher education
programs by encouraging co-operation among
universities, including student and teacher
exchanges, joint development of curricula,
networking among faculties and credit transfers.
EU PROGRAMMES
• Grundtvig
• GRUNDTVIG is a program for adults of any age who
want to increase their language skills for professional,
social or academic reasons. It encourages language
learning in both formal and informal settings, as well
as helping individuals to learn on their own.
• ICT Key Activity
• The ICT KEY ACTIVITY encourages the use of new
information and communication technologies in
learning, especially in promoting access to educational
resources.
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Citizenship
• http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.htm
• Program priorities
• The Europe for Citizens program has a number of key
priorities geared at fulfilling its mission to give the
citizen an active role in the development of the
European Union.
• Europe for Citizens main priorities include encouraging
citizens to become actively involved in the process of
European integration, empowering them to develop a
sense of European identity, and enhancing mutual
understanding between Europeans.
Citizenship
• Program overview
• The Europe for Citizens program aims to give the citizen a key role
in the development of the European Union. Between 2007 and
2013, its four action areas will provide strategic direction and
funding for the task of bringing people closer to the European
project.
• Promoting Europe’s common values and history, fostering a sense
of ownership of the EU among its citizens, and developing ideas and
activities with a European context are core components of the
program.
• Over its seven-year lifetime, Europe for Citizens will focus on four
key actions to bring about change: ‘Active citizenship for Europe’,
‘Active civil society for Europe’, ‘Together for Europe’ and ‘Active
European remembrance’.
Actions
• Action 1, ‘Active citizenship for Europe’, aims to bring
people from different parts of Europe together in order
to promote mutual understanding, a sense of
ownership of the EU and the emergence of a European
identity. It focuses on town twinning, as well as
citizens’ projects and support measures.
• Action 2, ‘Active civil society in Europe’, seeks to help
European civil society play a more active role on the
European stage by supporting NGOs, trade unions,
think tanks, associations, and other non-governmental
bodies.
Actions
• Action 3, ‘Together in Europe’, works to boost the
concept of European citizenship through effective highprofile events that will inspire people to identify with
the European project, helping them to realize that
values can be shared across national borders. The
Commission will also carry out studies, surveys and
opinion polls in order to get a better understanding of
active European citizenship.
• Action 4, ‘Active European remembrance’, seeks to
keep the painful memories of Nazism and Stalinism
alive in order to provide lessons on the value of the
peace, stability and democracy we take for granted in
today’s Europe.
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European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
Education & Training
http://ec.europa.eu/education/index_en.htm
Culture
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htm
Citizenship
http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.htm
Youth
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm
Languages
http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/index_en.htm
Sport
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/index_en.htm