Grundtvig Because it is never too late GRUNDTVIG

Who was Grundtvig? Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig Danish clergyman and writer Father of folk school and adult education

Objectives? To provide adults with the possibility to improve their knowledge and competences and to help them adapt to the constant evolution of labour market and society during their whole life. Focused on all forms of permanent education for adults. GRUNDTVIG

More precisely : To promote mobility and cooperation. To offer alternative opportunities of training to vulnerable groups. To support innovative practices. To promote the use of ICT. To improve educational aproaches and management in adult education organisations. GRUNDTVIG

All persons or organisations involved in adult education, including formal, non- formal as well as informal sectors. Who can participate ? GRUNDTVIG

Grundtvig actions Centralised actions → Executive Agency 1. Multilateral cooperation projects : development and transfer of innovation, production of educational tools (in the field of adult learning). 2. Networks : exchange platform. 3. Accompanying measures : support various activities which, though not eligible under the main Actions of the Grundtvig Programme, will clearly contribute to achieving its objectives. Decentralised actions → National Agency Three ongoing actions : learning partnerships, preparatory visits, grants for in-service training. From 2009, four new actions : study visits, assistantships, workshops, senior volunteering projects. GRUNDTVIG

EXISTING ACTIONS What does a Grundtvig Learning Partnership consist in? Cooperation project between organisations working in the field of adult training which want to work together on a topic of common interest. Integrated into the activities of the organisation. Process-oriented cooperation. Involvement of learners. Lighter application procedure : access to the programme possible for small(-scale) organisations. GRUNDTVIG 1. L earning partnerships Duration: Two years

Examples of activities: Local work on the project. Transnational work meetings. Study visits between partners. Exchange of trainers and learners. Exchange of good practices. Common products/outcomes: publications, exhibitions, performances, DVD…

A large variety of topics : Basic competences Active citizenship Foreign languages Environment & sustainable development Arts & culture Health and consumption Parental education Education in prisons ….

Participants:  Minimum 3 partners from 3 countries (including at least one member of UE) Organisations from adult education field, universities, non-for-profit associations and the like, NGO, etc. How to find partners? Existing networks Compendium of good projects Preparatory Visit or Contact Seminar Intranet of National Agencies European partners:

Funding: LUMP SUM = linked with minimal number of mobilities & with activities carried out All expenses: mobility & local costs 80 % at the moment of contract signature 20 % at reception of final report Justification: Transport tickets & certificate of attendance New! Support of learners’ participation through 24- mobility partnerships (with a minimum of 16 different adult learners).

Activities starting as from 1 August 2009 Deadline for submission : 20th February 2009

2. Preparatory visits Grant enabling people working in adult education institutions from at least 3 countries to meet in order to set up a Learning Partnership.  Important to meet before setting up a project ! Many partnerships encountered difficulties because: partners didn’t know each other, did not have the same expectations, represented structures that differed too much, or because they did not get involved to the same extent…  New!  From 2009, also for : senior volunteering projects, multilateral projects and networks Practical details: - Flexible deadlines. - Grant: travel & subsistence. - Max 5 days. GRUNDTVIG

3. Grants for In-Service Training To improve motivation and competences in teaching, counselling and managing through participation in a training course abroad. Accessible to: staff (in a broad sense) from the adult education field, trainers of education staff, persons in retraining scheme in the sector of adult education. Various thematic areas : pedagogy, didactics, management, coaching… Practical details: Online training catalogue / trainings not mentioned in catalogue. Grant: travel, subsistence, registration fees. Min. 5 days=>6 weeks. Three fixed deadlines/ year (16/01/09; 30/04/09; 15/09/09). GRUNDTVIG

To enable the staff (present or future) from the adult education sector to take part in study visits abroad. = Very flexible! Wide access : staff (in a broad sense) of adult education sector, persons in retraining scheme and students in the sector of adult education… Different types: observation internships, assistantships, study visits, conferences, … Various thematic fields: training, management, adult education policy… Duration: 1 day to 12 weeks. Practical details: - Flexible deadlines. - Full grant : travel, subsistence, (possible) registration fees. 4.Visits and exchanges of adult education staff GRUNDTVIG NEW ACTIONS

5. Grundtvig Assistantship To enable the staff (present or future) from the adult education sector to take part in an assistantship abroad in an organisation involved in adult education. Wide access : staff (in a broad sense) of adult education sector, persons in retraining scheme and students in the sector of adult education. Various tasks: training and/or other activities. Variable autonomy. Host institutions : European database/National Agencies websites. Practical details: Duration: 3 to 9 months. Grant: travel and subsistence. Fixed deadline / year. (31 March 2009). GRUNDTVIG N EW ACTIONS

6. Grundtvig Workshops To enable adult learners from different European countries to take part in workshops (learning events). Various topics: art, music, science, languages, issues of common European interest, citizenship, intercultural dialogue. Practical details: It is the institution, wishing to organise a workshop for adult learners that applies for a grant to organise the workshop: –will propose the content of the workshop. –will receive financial means to organise the workshop from A to Z. –will select the learners according to previously defined criteria. (* Particular attention should be paid to disadvantaged social groups). European catalogue of approved workshops. Fixed deadline / year. (20 February 2009) GRUNDTVIG N EW ACTIONS

7. Senior Volunteering Projects Cooperation between a host/sending organisation for an exchange of senior volunteers. Volunteering = experience of informal learning. Non profit-making activities. Volonteers aged 50 years old or over. Practical details : Cooperation of 2 years. Exchanges involving 2 to 6 volunteers. Duration : from 3 to 8 weeks. Particular attention should be paid to vulnerable social groups. Funding: lump sum to both organisations. One fixed deadline / year. (31 March 2009) GRUNDTVIG NEW ACTIONS GIVE (Grundtvig Initiative on Volunteering in Europe for Senior)

For more information: A copy of the official Call 2009 and of the Guide for applicants will be available for consultation by participants during the whole seminar! GRUNDTVIG