CONNECTION TO OTHER SITES

 

Commissione Europea: http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus-for-all/index_en.htm

 

Agenzia Esecutiva: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu

 

Agenzie nazionali LLP – INDIRE – ISFOL: www.programmallp.it

 

 

About Lifelong Learning programme

As the flagship European Funding programme in the field of education and training, the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) enablesindividuals at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe. It is an umbrella programme integrating various educational and training initiatives. LLP is divided in four sectorial sub programmes and four so called 'transversal' programmes.

 

The sectorial sub programmes focus on different stages of education and training and continuing previous programmes:

 

·  Comenius for schools

· Erasmus for higher education

· Leonardo da Vinci for vocational education and training

· Grundtvig for adult education

 

The transversal programmes aim to complement the sectorial sub programmes and to ensure that they achieve the best results possible. They aim to promote European cooperation in fields covering two or more of the sub-programmes. In addition they seek to promote quality and transparency of Member States' education and training systems.Four key activities focus on:

 

· Policy cooperation and innovation

· Languages· Information and communication technologies - ICT

· Dissemination and exploitation of results

 

The Jean Monnet programme also falls under the LLP umbrella, in addition to the sectorial and transversal programmes, the Jean Monnet programme stimulates teaching, reflection and debate on the European integration process at higher education institutions.

 

Eurydice is an institutional network for gathering, monitoring, processing and circulating reliable and readily comparable information on education systems and policies throughout Europe. Although it forms part of the LLP transversal programmes, Eurydice does not provide financial support or fund projects. Eurydice is a Network consisting of a European Unit and National Units. The European Units are funded by the European Commission, while the National Units are funded by the governments that establish them. They may also receive financial support from the European Commission.

 

Leonardo da Vinci programme focuses on vocational education and training, other than at tertiary level. It addresses both the learning and teaching needs in the sector, and is therefore aimed at all parties involved, namely trainees in vocational education, teachers and trainers, institutions and educational bodies, enterprises, associations, social partners and bodies relating to either lifelong learning or the labour market.

 

 

Actions managed by the Executive Agency (EACEA)

 

Multilateral projects for Development of Innovation

Transnational co-operation projects that aim to improve the quality of training systems through the development of innovative contents, methods and procedures within Vocational Education and Training (VET).

 

Multilateral networks

The aim of the Thematic Networks is to strengthen the link between the various ‘actors’ involved in vocational training, to improve the quality, European dimension and visibility of activities or issues of common interest in the field of vocational and educational training.

 

Accompanying measures

Projects may cover communication activities, thematic monitoring of projects and dissemination and exploitation of project results of the Leonardo da Vinci projects.

 

European Credit Transfer in Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)

The European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training is intended to facilitate the recognition of learning outcomes, in the framework of mobility, for the purpose of achieving a qualification.

 

European Quality Assurance Reference framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET)

The European Quality Assurance Reference framework for Vocational Education and Training is a reference instrument to help Member States to promote and monitor continuous improvement of their Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems, based on common European references.