Next biennial EPLM Conference 2 - 4 april 2019 in Ostend, Belgium

THE POWER OF LEARNING MOBILITY Changing lives, changing society

Basic ingredients: Launch TOOLS to improve QUALITY (handbook & Q-app) Community impact: what can it mean? Personal and/or societal gain? Finding a balance Exchange between practice, research & policy (1st april = researchers meeting) EU programmes and beyond Celebration 30 years JINT (promoting learning mobility)

Venue: De Grote Post

115 places for other participants: Participants (max. 150) 20 people in the team (JINT staff, facilitator(s), rapporteur(s), prep team, EPLM platform …) + 15 researchers 115 places for other participants: 80 pax in delegations (up to 4) for 20 NAs (programme countries) 10 pax INGOs representatives (pre-selected by EYF) 15 pax through each partner region (SALTO’s) 10 extra places

The national delegations (of maximum 4 people per country) should come from 6 different profiles: 1. Youth worker/NGO worker in the youth field 2. Young person (age 18+), especially if they have a story to tell about how their learning mobility experience influenced them to make a (positive) impact on society 3. Policy maker from local/regional/national level, related to youth policies 4. Researcher (social scientists, and also including those who have other relevant pHd studies) with an interest/record in societal impact 5. People from ‘local communities’ – those connected to society impact or social capital, rather than learning mobility 6. NA staff member

Contributions   The partnership: support for travel of the researchers, and facilitator(s) (15 pax) + contracts 1 researcher/rapporteur NA’s contributing to costs of the event + app (in TCA plans 2018 +2019) : Belgium Flanders, Germany, France, Turkey, Italy, Estonia, Finland NA’s sending delegations (max 4 pax) : Belgium Flanders, Romania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Hungary, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, France, Liechtenstein (only 2 pax), … If NA’s want to send more than 1 NA staff member, they should cover expenses for travel and lodging from their own budget (outside TCA). We will send invoices for accommodation SALTO I&D: contributing to the development of the app Regional Salto’s: sending costs for 15 people

Promotion Promotion through the SALTO calendar, National Agencies & Regional SALTOs Partnership channels and EYF can be used to promote ( also outside EU) with a clear message who to contact NA/Salto/EYF to apply. Early november publish the Call for participants on SALTO training calendar Info on partnership website https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/european-platform-on-learning-mobility  

15 jan - Deadline for registration (online form) Procedures 15 jan - Deadline for registration (online form) 1 feb - preselection by NAs/SALTO/EYF 28 feb  - final selection by NA BEFL + confirmation of Participants 1-4 April Event!!!