SOCRATES II

1. Dr. Joseph Mifsud Socrates Office University of Malta SOCRATES II The Second Phase of the Community action Programme in the field of education.

2. SOCRATES II The Policy Context Knowledge Policy: Treaty of Amsterdam Agenda 2000 Towards a Europe of Knowledge Co-ordinated strategy for employment Acquired experience of previous programmes The Essential Features Legal Basis based on the EC Treaty 7 year time span : 1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2006 Overall Budget 1850 million ECU for 7 years compared to 933 million ECU for 95-99

3. Key Innovations compared with Socrates I Continuity of successful actions new actions (alternative educational pathways, innovation projects) Joint actions with Vocational Training and Youth Programmes Rationalisation: fewer objectives, fewer actions, fewer procedures More integrated management structures

4. Which Countries can take part? 15 Member States EFTA- EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) Associated Countries (with bilateral participation agreement) Central and Eastern European Countries Cyprus Malta Turkey Cooperation with third countries

5. Who can take part? Pupils, students and all categories of learners all categories of staff involved in education all types of educational institutions local, regional and national authorities and ministries responsible for education Other public and private bodies cooperating with educational institutions, in particular: local and regional bodies Companies Associations Other non-profit making organisations Research centres

6. The 4 Objectives of SOCRATES II To contribute to the development of quality education, by: strengthening the European dimension in education promoting knowledge of EU languages promoting cooperation and mobility and removing obstacles encouraging educational innovation and exploring matters of common policy interest

7. The Programme Structure8Actions COMENIUS school education ERASMUS higher education GRUNTVIG adult education and other educational pathways MINERVA open and distance learning and new technologies LINGUA Language Learning Observation and innovation Joint Actions Accompanying measures

8. Allocation of funds COMENIUS: 27% of total budget ERASMUS: 51% of total budget GRUNTVIG: 7-8% of total budget Maximum of 4.5 % of annual budget to be spent on technical assistance and national agencies

9. Action 2 ERASMUS Higher Education Action 2.1 European Inter-university cooperation (Institutional Contracts) organisation of mobility curricula, modules, intensive courses ECTS Action 2.2 Student and staff mobility Action 2.3 Thematic Networks

10. Action 6OBSERVATION AND INNOVATION Action 6.1 Observation of education systems, policies and innovation Eurydice networks and Arion study visits networking of educational research and quality assurance bodies recognition of diplomas and periods of learning including Naric Network Action 6.2 Innovatory initiatives responding to emerging needs maintaining the flexibility of the programme

11. Action 7 Action 8 JOINT ACTIONS Joint activities with Leonardo and Youth etc. regional and local level contacts between Socrates, Leonardo and Youth participants Coordinated implementation of key programme components ACCOMPANYING MEASURES awareness raising activities including competitions support for associations and NGOs conferences and symposia training of European cooperation managers dissemination and exploitation of results cooperation with third countries support for National Agencies technical assistance, information and evaluation

12. Malta�s Participation in SOCRATES II Submission of The University of Malta�s ERASMUS Institutional Contract (IC) Application Form for the academic year 2000/01 The IC application is based on agreements of cooperation between Higher Education Institutions in different member states and partner states. This cooperation can involve student mobility, teacher mobility, curriculum development, intensive programmes and thematic networks.

13. The University of Malta has applied to the European Commission at DG Education and Culture for the following grants: Support for Organising the Mobility of Students (OMS) Teaching Staff mobility of short duration (TS) European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

14. IC BUDGET APPLICATION

15. The University of Malta has applied to the European Commission for grant for the following Partnership Projects: 1 Curriculum Development activity at Advanced level (CDA) � coordinated by Hochschule Bremen 1 European Module (EM) coordinated by Universite du Havre 1 Intensive Programme (IP) � coordinated by Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool � Antwerpen

16. Partnership Projects Germany: Hochschule Bremen: CDA Master in European Studies in public and private management France: University du Havre: EM Module europeen : de la monnaie unique a la fixation des prix en Euro. Belgium: Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool: IP Speech and Language therapy; towards an international dimension in assessment and therapy

17. Coordination of 1 IP Project Project Title: Logistics within a European Context Project Coordinator: Dr. Saviour Gauci Department of Marketing, FEMA No. of participants: