Workability Europe Annual Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands 911 May 2006

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EUs New Lifelong Learning Programme whats in
it and how to benefit?
Martin Ohridski Public Affairs Officer Workability
Europe
Workability Europe Annual Conference 25 May
2007,Cologne, Germany
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Structure of the presentation

• The European political dimension and priorities
  in education and training
• The Lifelong Learning Programme strands
• Navigating the LLP documentation
• Application procedures, submission, selection
• Funding-related services WE offers its members
• Q A

part 1
part 2
part 3
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EU Funding 2007-2013
part 1
EU Funding
Specific programmes
Structural funds

• Lifelong Learning Programme
• Community programme for employment
• and social solidarity (PROGRESS)
• - 7th Research Framework Programme

• European Social Fund

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Overarching EU policy goal the Lisbon Agenda
An LLP established to contribute through LLL to
the development of the EU as an advanced
knowledge society, with sustainable economic
development, more and better jobs and greater
social cohesion
2005 Lisbon relaunched Focus on growth and jobs.
Revised guidelines gt Stronger role for education
and training gt Knowledge society is the key to
higher growth and employment gt Education and
training are essential priorities for the EU to
reach Lisbon goals.
Original goal The Union should become, by 2010
the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based
economy in the world, capable of sustainable
economic growth with more and better jobs and
greater social cohesion. Lisbon European Council
March 2000
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Education and Training the political dimension
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Different areas of EU competence
Extensive EU policy involvement
EU acts alone on behalf of all its MS
Shared policy responsibility

• Customs
• Trade
• Agriculture
• Fisheries
• Internal market
• Monetary policy

Limited EU policy involvement
EU action adds value to action undertaken by MS

• Regional
• Competition
• Foreign
• Transport
• Energy
• Equal opportunities
• Working conditions
• Environmental
• Consumer protection
• Security justice
• Human rights
• Cross-border crime

EU acts to complement action undertaken by MS
Virtually no EU policy involvement

• Health
• Disability
• Social welfare
• (pensions,
• social security)
• Culture
• Education
• Research
• Labour regulation

Policy areas sole responsibility of MS

• Housing
• Civil liberties
• Taxation
• Citizenship

subsidiarity - decisons taken as closely as
possible to the citizen - only take Community
action when such action is more effective -
necessity proportionality
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The EU is working towards Lisbon
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Objectives of education training systems gt feed
into LLP

• To improve the quality
• and effectiveness of EU
• education and training
• systems
• Improving education and training for teachers and
  trainers
• Developing skills for a knowledge society
• Ensuring access to ICT for everyone
• Increasing recruitment to scientific and
  technical studies
• Making the best use of resources

• To open up
• education and training
• systems to the wider
• world
• Strengthening links with working life, research
  and society
• Developing the spirit of enterprise
• Improving foreign language learning
• Increasing mobility and exchange
• Strengthening European cooperation

• To facilitate access to
• education and training
• systems
• Open learning environment
• Making learning more attractive
• Supporting active citizenship, equal
  opportunities, social cohesion

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Open Method of Coordination
How are the objectives implemented?

• Defined as instrument of Lisbon strategy
• Used in areas of employment, social protection
  and social inclusion, research, education
• No legislation
• Indicators and benchmarks to compare and exchange
  best practice and to measure progress
• Translating European guidelines into national and
  regional policies, setting targets, adopting
  measures
• Mutual learning through monitoring, evaluation
  and peer learning

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Lifelong Learning Programme structure
The EU flagship programme in VET
Comenius Primary school education
Erasmus Higher education advanced training
Leonardo Initial continuing vocational
education training
Grundtvig Adult education
Transversal programme 4 key activities policy
development language learning ICT dissemination
Jean Monnet programme 3 key activities Jean
Monnet Action European Institutions European
Associations

• 7 bln for the period Jan 2007- Dec 2013
• Open to 27 MS, Norway, Iceland, Turkey,
  Liechtenstein, W. Balkans, Switzerland
• NGOs, academic institutions, research centres,
  institutions and organisations providing learning
  opportunities, teachers and trainers, students,
  trainees, enterprises, social partners, chambers
  of commerce

governing principles
integration
simplification
harmonisation
accountability
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Sectoral Programmes targets
Quantified targets have been set in order to
ensure a significant, identifiable and measurable
impact for the programme For ComeniusTo
involve at least 3 million pupils in joint
educational activities, over the period of the
programme For ErasmusTo contribute to the
achievement by 2012 of 3 million individual
participants in student mobility under the
present programme and its predecessors For
Leonardo da VinciTo increase placements in
enterprises to 80,000 per year by the end of the
programme For Grundtvig To support the mobility
of 7,000 individuals involved in adult education
per year, by 2013  
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LLP budget
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LLP who does what?
European Commission DG Education Culture
externalisation
Education, Audiovisual Culture Agency
National Agencies
Decentralised actions
Centralised actions

• Issuing calls for proposals
• Evaluation, selection, management of
• projects
• Communication and information with
• beneficiaries

• Important role in LLP implementation
• Coordination of LLP at MS level
• Evaluation, selection, management of
• projects
• Information, promotion and feedback
• on LLP

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Programme in focus Leonardo da Vinci

• Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
• 1452 1519
• Italian scientist, inventor, artist
• Renaissance Man

LdV Programme addresses the teaching and learning
needs of all those in VET other than at tertiary
level, as well as the institutions and
organisations providing such education and
training
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4 types of projects

• Mobility
• Multilateral projects for transfer and
  development of innovation
• Networks
• Accompanying measures

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Mobility some priorities

• VET abroad or training placements in enterprises
• - trainees in initial vocational training
• - people on the labour market, including
  graduates
• Mobility of professionals
• - exchange of experience and further
  professional development for teachers, trainers,
  counsellors, mentors

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Multilateral projects for the transfer and
development of innovation some priorities

• Quality of VET systems and practices
• - developing and testing quality assurance
  procedures
• - developing partnerships between the main
• stakeholders
• Teachers and trainers in VET
• - identifying new skills and competences for VET
  teachers, trainers, facilitators in LLL context
• Innovative e-learning content
• - ICT supported learning
• - innovative e-learning tools for training and
  quality management
• Validation of non-formal learning
• - exchanges of experience and good practice on
  identification, assessment, recognition of
  non-formal learning

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Programme in focus Grundtvig

• Who was Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig?
• 1783 1872
• Danish clergyman and writer
• Father of popular and adult
• education

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4 types of projects

• Mobility and partnerships
• Multilateral projects
• Networks
• Accompanying measures

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Multilateral projects some priorities

• Adult education for marginalised or disadvantaged
  citizens, including prisoners and ex-offenders
• - developing new methods, approaches and tools
  facilitating reintegration of these citizens into
  the labour market and society
• - Benchmarking national systems and sharing
  examples of good practice on facilitating
  learning and social inclusion of marginalised/
  disadvantaged citizens

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Networks some priorities

• Adult learning opportunities for the disabled
• - sharing knowledge and disseminating good
  practice on adult learning for the disabled
• - identifying needs where European cooperation
  on learning with disabilities would be beneficial
  to learners in all forms of education
• - exploring teaching and learning methods when
  working with disabled learners

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Navigating the LLP documentation

• 2 key principles
• Electronic documentation
• Minimise duplication of information
• Sources
• DG Education Culture (DG EAC)
• - Common legal documents
• Education, Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency
  (EA)
• - Support for applicants
• - Successful projects

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Application procedures
governing principles
timeliness
transparency
preparation for e-forms
common scoring
equality of treatment
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Budget Annexes

• Budget excel table
• All annexes submitted at time of application

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Submission

• Original 3 copies electronic version together
  with annexes, budget
• Outer envelope
• Call reference LLP General Call for Proposals
  2007 (EAC 61/2006)
• Sub-programme / Key Activity
• Agency address
• Send by courier service or deliver by hand
• DONT MISS THE DEADLINE !!!

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Selection procedure (1)
Preconditions

• ELIGIBILITY criteria
• SELECTION criteria
• gt Technical Capacity
• gt Financial Capacity
• AWARD criteria

Competitive ranking
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Selection procedure (2)
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Eligibility criteria

• Countries involved
• Type of organisation / partnership
• Compliance with application procedure
• - deadline, complete form
• Language of submission
• Signed Declaration of Honour
• Annexes (CVs, Letters of Intent)

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Selection criteria

• Technical capacity
• - CVs of key staff
• Legal Identity Form
• - supporting documentation
• Financial capacity
• - not for public bodies
• - annual accounts

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Evaluation

• According to Award Criteria
• Peer review
• Common scoring and weighting across LLP
• Thresholds
• Ranking

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Award criteria
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Scores and thresholds
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Next steps

• READ decision, priorities, guidelines
• DISCUSS with partners and within own
  organisation
• DECIDE when to apply
• PREPARE human/financial resources
• CHECK coherence of own idea with programme
• FOLLOW updates and faq
• USE Workability Europe!

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Funding related services WE offers its members
part 3

• Information on funding opportunities
• (targeted funding alerts, PA e-bulletin,
  seminars)
• Advice on writing the application
• Identification and contact of partners for your
  consortium
• Participation as a project partner
• Meetings with relevant officials
• Dissemination of the results of your project

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WE funding key keep in minds success
factors

• Corresponds to WE strategic objectives
• Must be made a priority
• Involves an appropriate sample of members
  (number, geography, size, experience..)
• Support from members in application
• Demanding workload heavy administration
• Extremely competitive process gt applying does not
  mean winning
• Must never become core source of funding

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Contact
Thank you for your attention!
Martin Ohridski Public Affairs Officer Rue de Spa
15, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium Tel [phone]
Fax [phone] Email publicaffairs_at_workabi
lity-europe.org www.workability-europe.org