IP/07/608
Brüssel, den 4. Mai 2007
Das Programm für lebenslanges Lernen ist der Nachfolger der Programme Sokrates, Leonardo da Vinci und eLearning. Den Beschluss zur Einrichtung des Programms haben das Europäische Parlament und der Rat am 15. November 2006 angenommen. Das Gesamtbudget des Programms für den Siebenjahreszeitraum vom 1. Januar 2007 bis zum 31. Dezember 2013 beträgt 6 970 Mio. EUR. Die aus diesen Mitteln finanzierten Projekte und Aktivitäten unterstützen Millionen von Bürgern bei Studien-, Ausbildungs- und Lehraufenthalten im Ausland und fördern den Austausch, die Zusammenarbeit und die Mobilität zwischen Bildungs- bzw. Berufsbildungseinrichtungen und -Systemen in der EU, damit sich die Bildungssysteme der EU zu einer weltweiten Qualitätsreferenz entwickeln.
Auf der zweitägigen Auftaktkonferenz wird über die Möglichkeiten informiert, die das neue Programm für lebenslanges Lernen bietet, und es wird erörtert, welchen Beitrag das Programm zur europäischen Politik im Bereich der allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung leisten kann. Zudem ist die Konferenz eine Gelegenheit, die Erfolge der einschlägigen Vorgängerprogramme bekannt zu machen und herausragende Projekte auszuzeichnen.
Der für allgemeine und berufliche Bildung, Kultur und Jugend zuständige EU-Kommissar Ján Figel' erklärte: „Allgemeine und berufliche Bildung sind der Kitt, der die Gesellschaft im wirtschaftlichen und demografischen Wandel zusammenhält. Eine der Komponenten dieses Kitts ist das neue Programm für lebenslanges Lernen mit seinen zahlreichen Möglichkeiten. Es ist ein glücklicher Zufall, dass die Lancierung des Programms mit dem 20. Jahrestag des Programms Erasmus zusammenfällt. Meiner Ansicht nach unterstreicht dies die Kontinuität und die Wirksamkeit der Gemeinschaftsaktionen im Bereich der allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung.“
Im Rahmen der Konferenz werden die jeweils drei besten Projekte der früheren Programme Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, Jean Monnet und Lingua mit Preisen für lebenslanges Lernen ausgezeichnet.
Das Programm für lebenslanges Lernen ist ein Rahmenprogramm, das vier thematische Einzelprogramme und zwei unterstützende bereichsübergreifende Programme umfasst. Jedes dieser Programme sieht Finanzhilfen für Einzelpersonen und Projekte vor, um die länderübergreifende Mobilität der Bürger zu fördern, bilaterale und multilaterale Partnerschaften zu unterstützen und die Qualität der Einrichtungen und Systeme der allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung zu verbessern.
Die vier sektoralen Einzelprogramme:
Diese vier Säulen werden durch ein „Querschnittsprogramm“ unterstützt, das die folgenden vier Schwerpunktaktivitäten umfasst:
Ergänzt werden diese Maßnahmen
außerdem durch das neue Programm Jean Monnet, das weltweit die
universitäre Forschung und Lehre im Bereich der europäischen
Integration fördert.
Die Europäische Kommission wird ferner mit
einem Stand auf dem Lernfest vertreten sein, das ebenfalls am 6. und
7. Mai im neuen Berliner Hauptbahnhof stattfindet.
Weitere Informationen: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/newprog/index_en.html
Annex
18 prize-winning projects in random order
Lifelong Learning Programme- European Launch Conference, Berlin
Comenius – school education
Group Scolar
Vasile Pavelco, Iasi, Rumania: Socio-Professional integration of pupils with
speaking and hearing disabilities
This Comenius School Partnership" developed solutions to two major
problems: the successful integration into professional life and the learning of
a foreign language of pupils with speaking and hearing disability.
Richard von Weizsäcker Berufskolleg, Lüdinghausen, Germany:
Early technical education
In the Comenius Multilateral Project "Early technical education"
partners from pedagogical institutes, universities and industry in different
European countries developed teaching materials that can be used in practice
when explaining technical phenomena to children aged 3-12.
Nyströmska Skolan, Söderköping, Sweden: Democrisis
The Comenius School Partnership "Democrisis" motivated young people to
participate in political life at school, local, European and global level.
Secondary students from 5 countries analysed the threats against democracy and
discussed issues like reintroducing and reconstructing democratic institutions
and structural obstacles to the political participation of disadvantaged
groups.
Erasmus – higher education
Humboldt University
of Berlin, Germany
In relation to the total figure of students inscribed per university, the
Humboldt University of Berlin heads the statistics on the percentage of incoming
Erasmus students and lecturers.
University of Granada, Spain
The University of Granada heads the latest Erasmus statistics in absolute
figures in students' mobility and holds fourth place in terms of
lecturers.
Curriculum Development Project "EMDOLA – European
Master's Degree in Oral Laser ApplicationsEMDOLA (European Master's Degree
in Oral Laser Applications) is an outstanding curriculum development project due
to its innovative character (use of laser technology by dental practitioners)
and for rewarding a triple degree from the three participating universities:
University of Liège, Belgium, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
and RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Leonardo da Vinci – Vocational training
MAN Diesel SE; Germany, Industrial-technical trainees are trained in Danish companies
Between 2005 and 2007, 20 talented industrial technical trainees from 9 different training professions in their third or fourth year of training at the German company MAN Diesel SE, spent three weeks in the sister company in Denmark. Working in several profession mixed international teams, they got a deeper insight into the sister company's processes and production flows, improved their professional, linguistic and personal skills and competences, as well as the relations between trainees and employees in the companies in the two countries.
3S Research Laboratory: Austria, The Vocational qualification transfer
system - VQTS
Towards a ‘European workspace’ – In
the spirit of the European credit transfer system in Vocational Education and
Training (VET) (ECVET) "the Vocational qualification transfer system -
VQTS" project increased the recognition of skills and qualifications in the
mechanical engineering sector on a European level. The main result of the VQTS
project is a systematic procedure of international transfer of acquired
qualifications.
European Aluminium Association: Belgium; AluMatter
The project
AluMatter answers to the need for modern comprehensive training materials to
train technicians, engineers and designers with good skills and knowledge in
aluminium fabrication technology. With the support of the aluminium industry and
the academic world, an easily accessible e-learning course has been developed
and will contribute to help promote the use of aluminium in various sectors.
Grundtvig – Adult Education
Associazione
Lunaria, Rome, Italy: Still Active!
The Multilateral Project "Still Active! - Performing Voluntary
Service after 55 Years Old" developed the concept of and operational
approaches to implementing an international voluntary service for older people.
This voluntary work is not only conceptualised as a way to be active and useful
to others, but also as a recognised vehicle for informal learning.
Her
Majesty's Prison Maghaberry, Northern Ireland, UK: MABEL
AIPC – Pandora, Madrid, Spain: IMPATH
The Grundtvig
Learning Partnership "IMPATH – Immigrant Pathways" aimed to improve
the support for immigrants. The partners analysed the immigration process in
each of the partner countries in France, Ireland and Finland , evaluated the
social conditions, resources and methodologies used, and exchanged best
practices in helping immigrants to integrate better in society and fight their
discrimination.
LINGUA – Language Learning
Euroinform Ltd: (Bulgaria)
Listen and Touch: A basic English course for the visually impaired
The project developed a methodology to teach foreign languages to blind and
visually impaired adults. These methods were based on a communicative approach
that had not been previously trialled with blind learners. A multi-sensory
approach using the four senses available to blind people (hearing, smell, taste
and touch), and the additional use of the total physical response method,
provided alternative techniques to the use of visual stimuli.
University
of Roma La Sapienza: The Dinocrocs Grow Up (Adventures of Hocus and Lotus)
The project applied the developmental principles of psycholinguistics in
teaching languages to young children. It produced a complete set of
language teaching materials for children aged between three and eight. The
materials include booklets, songs, animated cartoons, magic kits and teacher
guides. The cartoon characters, Hocus and Lotus, are part-dinosaur,
part-crocodile and have a common European background.
Nottingham Trent
University: ALLEGRO (Access to Language Learning by Extending to Groups
Outside)
The project contributed both to co-operation within the educational sector
and to the establishment of partnerships with a range of social services
previously uninvolved in language teaching. Over 60 groups of language learners
across the partner countries were involved in a wide variety of language
learning activities, from short taster sessions to longer courses. It had a very
positive effect on the chosen target groups (all of whom may be regarded as
“non-traditional” language learners) by making them aware of the
benefits that can accrue from knowledge of foreign languages.
Jean
Monnet – European Studies
Professor Ariane Landuyt,
Jean Monnet Chair at the Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Professor Ariane Landuyt has made a lasting contribution to European
education with her initiative, in 1999, to create a uniquely transnational,
interdisciplinary and multilingual Master in European Studies.The programme
is coordinated by the University of Siena, in cooperation with Jean Monnet
Chairholders at the Universities of Salamanca, Granada, Coimbra, Hannover and
Oradea, the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg, the Jagiellonski University
of Krakow, Panteion University of Athens and Montpellier.
Professor
Wolfgang Wessels, Jean Monnet Chair at the Universität zu Köln,
Germany
The Jean Monnet activities of Professor Wolfgang Wessels constitute an
exceptionally rich mixture of top-level activities in innovating teaching,
advanced research and lasting organizational achievements, including the
development of new learning tools, fundamental theoretical insights and,
dialogues on European integration at local, regional and European level.
Professor Lenka Rovná, Jean Monnet Chair at the Charles University
of Prague, Czech Republic
The Jean Monnet activities of Professor Lenka Rovná are a prime example of the broad societal role of the Jean Monnet Programme, in particular in assisting candidate countries and new Member States find their place in the European Union. In preparation for Czech accession to the EU, Professor Rovná's activities were targeting not only students, but at a much broader community, including civil servants and civil society. She created the first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Central and Eastern Europe.