ABOUT THE FUND

Established in 2007, the Education Exchanges Support Foundation is the national agency respon-sible for programmes and activities in the field of education and vocational training. To date it has administered more than 50 projects. The Foundation is financed by the European Commission and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

By initiating and administering the programmes and projects we actively contribute to the improvement of the education system.

MISSION STATEMENT

VISION By 2020 the Education Exchanges Support Foundation – the leader in in-ternationalisation development of the education system in Lithuania.

OBJECTIVES OF THE FOUNDATION

To be a progressive, learning organisation which constantly seeks to im-prove the processes of governance and operations, while using up-to-

date technologies;To be socially responsible towards its environment, customers,

employees, clients and the community;To be open with employees and the public; ensuring that

the decisions made are transparent and clearly com-municated;

To have employees who are experts in their fields;

To offer a high level of customer sat-isfaction.

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All our employees have higher education.

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THE AVErAgE AgE IS 38 yEArS (the youngest is aged 25).

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rESpECT rESpONSIBIlITy COOpErATION

prOgrAMMES ADMINISTErEDprOgrAMMES AND INITIATIVES OF THE EUrOpEAN COMMISSION:

ERASMUS+ National ECVET expertseTwinningEPALE National Support Service for LithuaniaELGPNEUROGUIDANCEEUROPASS European Language LabelProject “European Higher Education Area to the Students: Internal Quality and Recognition, Governance and Management, Internationalisation of Study Programmes and Social Dimension”Project “Databases on Learning Opportunities to be Connected to Ploteus”Project “Thematic Network Work Based Learning” (WBL)life long learning

NATIONAl prOgrAMMES:National scholarships for studies, internships and summer courses according to international cooperation agreements.Placements of international students in diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lithuania and Lithuanian communities and Lithuanian schools abroad.Teaching visits of foreign lecturers in Lithuanian higher schools.Support for foreign nationals for Master studies in Lithuanian universities.Budget funds of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for ERASMUS+ and other international programmes of higher education.

prOgrAMME OF THE NOrDIC COUNCIl OF MINISTErS:NORDPLUS

prOJECTS SUppOrTED By THE EUrOpEAN SOCIAl FUND:AMTP: Internationalisation development of higher educationT.A.P.K.: Improve Yourself, Grow, Get to Know and Create

wHO IS ElIgIBlE FOr SErVICES prOVIDED By THE FOUNDATION The activities of the Foundation are equally relevant for people of all ages. All kinds of institutions – kindergartens, schools, institutions of higher education or otherwise related to education and vocational training – can take part in the projects.

Representatives of various associations, business or non-governmental organisations, other structures seeking to improve their field of activities or enhance the qualification of employees can also avail of the opportunities provided by the Foundation. Programmes and pro-jects administered by the Foundation are relevant for everyone interested in the concept of lifelong learning.

COOpErATION prOJECTS FINANCED

41,776In 2007–2013, 1,341 applications for mobility were received from all sectors of education, of which 914 projects received financing and were successfully implemented.

In 2007–2013, 386 applications were received for other types of projects (organisation of workshops or trainings for arriving mobility partici-pants); 145 of these projects were financed and successfully implemented.

Total number of individuals who participated in the Lifelong Learning Programme in 2007–2013

Comenius multilateral partnerships

Comenius bilateral partnerships

Comenius Regio

Erasmus intensive programmes

Comenius: individual pupil mobility

Leonardo da Vinci: pupils of vocational level

Leonardo da Vinci: specialists of vocational training

Leonardo da Vinci: employees

Erasmus: students

Erasmus: lecturers

Erasmus: participants with special needs

Erasmus: participants of language courses

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Leonardo da Vinci partnerships

Leonardo da Vinci transfer of innovations

Grundtvig partnerships

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725The total number of projects financed under the Nordplus programme in 2008-2015

Number of eTwinning projects registered in 2014-2015 (the Education Exchanges Support Foundation has been administering the eTwinning programme since 2014)

Projects financed under the Nordplus programme in 2008-2015

lIFE lONg lEArNINg prOgrAM

In 2014, the Foundation started the implementation of a new Erasmus+ programme. In 2014 and 2015, 897 applications were received for individual mobility organisation projects and strategic partnership project implementation, of which 445 received financing.It is planned that in 2014–2015 more than 13,000 participants – students, pupils from vocational training schools, lecturers, and specialists of adult education and other fields – are going to use the Erasmus+ mobility opportunities.

In 2007–2013, the Foundation implemented one of the largest programmes of the European Community – the Lifelong Learning Programme, encompassing general education, vocational training, higher education and adult education. During this period, 4,284 applications for cooper-ation projects were received, of which 1,289 projects were financed and implemented successfully.

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School education

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KA2: interschool partnerships

Vocational training

Vocational training

Higher education

Higher education

Adult education

Adult education

ErASMUS+ prOgrAMSince 2007, 767 students, doctoral students and scientists from education and science institutions have gone abroad for temporary periods of study, while 1,366 foreign nationals have come here to study, on research placements and as visiting lecturers under national higher edu-cation programmes (programmes for state scholarships under international cooperation agreements, and support for visiting foreign lecturers and foreign students pursuing Masters studies) implemented by the Foundation:

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Students and scientists going abroad under the State scholarship programme

Foreign students and scientists coming to Lith-uania under the State scholarship programme

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Foreign students pursuing Master’s studies

BUDgET

Rožių al. 2, 03106 Vilnius Phone (8 5) 261 0592Fax (8 5) 249 7137Email info@smpf.lt

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The Nordic Council of Ministers

European Commission

State budget of the Republic of Lithuania

lINKS CONTACTS

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Education Exchanges Support Foundation www.smpf.ltERASMUS+ program www.erasmus-plius.ltProject “Study in Lithuania” www.studyinlithuania.lt