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Financial support available at EU level The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 - 2013 Mika Saarinen, CIMO. Basics. 7 –year programme 2007-2013 Leonardo ja Socrates together, Youth separate More mobility Programme names are kept (except Socrates)
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Financial support available at EU levelThe Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 - 2013Mika Saarinen, CIMO
Basics • 7 –year programme 2007-2013 • Leonardo ja Socrates together, Youth separate • More mobility • Programme names are kept (except Socrates) • West Balkan (Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Croatia) included in future? • Switzerland participates?
New actions • Comenius • Individual mobility for secondary education students • eTwinning • Erasmus • All university and polytechnic education: students, experts • Cooperation with working life • Leonardo • Initial and adult vocational education and training only • Growth in mobility
What has happened? • Summer 2004 • Commission proposal: budget growth 3,5 x compared to today • Spring 2005 • support from European parliament • member states suggested 1,5 - 2 x budget growth • Autumn 2005 • in December decision about EU budgets; tight framework • Spring 2006 • initial agreement between Parliament, Commission and member states • budget agreement 03/2006 – very little growth • total budget ca. 6,97 billion euro (800 mill. addition)
Where are we at now? • Autumn 2006 • National Agencies are established in all European countries • the Commission are preparing documentation for the application process • first official meeting of programme committee in December 2006 • Spring 2007 • Application round, deadline propably 30.3.2007 • European Launch, Berlin 6.-7.5.2007
Main messages • All target groups have continuity • Very small content changes – mainly adjustements • Clear structure • Administration nationally, even up to 85 % • The year 2007 year of continuity (as to priorities) • Most new actions start 2008-9 • In 2009 also budgets are re-evaluated at EU-level
Vocational education and training • The LLP forms an even better tool for development of IVET and CVET in European cooperation • The Leonardo da Vinci programme will have a more focused target group; higher education moves mainly to Erasmus • No big changes in the actions • Some new project formats (partnerships)
Leonardo da Vinci – decentralised actions • Mobility for • VET students • people in the labour market • teachers and experts • guidance councellors • Partnerships (in 2008) • Transfer of innovation projects TIP
Leonardo da Vinci – centralised actions • Development of innovation DIP • Thematic networks
Leonardo priorities (draft) • Transparency of qualifications • Quality assurance and development in VET • E-learning content • Continuous training of teachers and trainers • ECVET • Non-formal and informal learning
Transversal actions • Policy development • Languages • ICT in education • Dissemination and exploitation
Timetables • Official programme decision Nov 2006 • Pre-call published already in late Oct 2006 • Official Call for Proposals published Dec 2006 • Deadline (mobility & pilots) 30.3.2007 In Finland • Information seminars 14.11. and 16.11. • Application workshops Jan 2007 (Helsinki +) • Personal consultation during the autumn - spring
”From Copenhagen to Helsinki” • 4th December 2006 in Helsinki • One-day conference on the Copenhagen-process from the view-point of the Leonardo-programme • At the same time as the informal ministerial meeting on the Copenhagen process (the Helsinki Communiqué) • Helsinki Awards for best practice • More info at www.leonardodavinci.fi/index-eng.html
More information http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/newprog/index_en.html CIMO publishes the latest news at www.cimo.fi