The Lifelong Learning Programme in Poland - Report 2009

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Introduction to the Report 2009 3

The Lifelong Learning Programme in Poland 4

Comenius 8

Erasmus 16

Leonardo da Vinci 24

Grundtvig 30

Study Visits 36

eTwinning 40

Europass 44

Eurydice 46

European Language Label 48

Events 52

The European Year of Creativity and Innovation in Poland 64

Dissemination and exploitation of results

in the Lifelong Learning Programme 66

Recommended publications 68

Useful links 71

dear readers,

WepresenttoyoutheannualreportontheLifelongLearningProgrammefor2009.Theaimofthispublicationistofamiliarisethebeneficiaries,Programmesupportersandpolicy-makersinthefieldofeducationwiththemostcrucialactivityareasoftheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystem

(FRSE)pursuedbyusinrecentmonths.WenotonlypresenttheresultsoftheactionstakenbytheprofessionalstaffoftheFoundation,butwealsospecifycertaindirectionsoftheProgrammedevelopmentatthemid-termofitsfunctioningintheEuropeanUnionandinPoland.FollowingthreeyearsofProgrammeimplementation,itscontributiontotheprocessofstrengtheningthetransitionswithintheeducationsystemisunquestionable.AstheinstitutionwhichimplementstheProgramme,theFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemnotonlyconductsavarietyofextensiveinformationandpublicityactivities,aswasindicatedinourreport,butwealsoperceivethedisseminationoftheresultsofalready-completedprojectsasoneofourpriorities.Withoutefficientdisseminationofinformationoninterestingandveryoftenhighly-innovativeprojectresults,wecannotfullyexploitthepossiblewaysofimplementingeducationalprogrammes,oreveninspireanyfurtherimprovementintheirattractiveness.TheexamplesofgoodpracticesincludedinthereportprovethattheProgrammecreatesanarrayofopportunitiesforeducationalinstitutionstointernationalisetheiractivitiesandimprovethequalityofeducation.TheProgrammecontributestoamoreopenattitudewithintheeducationalsectorstowardscommoninitiatives,e.g.thoseundertakenbythehighereducationsectorincooperationwithgeneralandvocationaleducationinstitutions,andalsoemphasisestheroleoflanguageteachingasoneoftheprincipaltoolssupportingeducationalmobility.In2009,theFoundationsupportedtheMinistryofNationalEducationinitsactivityundertakenaspartoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation,whichalsoallowedustointroduceawidevarietyofprojectsimplementedbydiverseinstitutions,reflectingthepotential,inventivenessandpositiveenergyoftheirauthors.Theareaofworkconcerningprojectquality,implementedmainlythroughtrainingcoursesandconsultation,isespeciallyworthstressing.TheFoundationhasdevelopeditsowncooperationnetworkswithstrategicpartnersinvariousregions–e.g.withlocaleducationauthoritiesandcraftchambers.TheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemisalsocooperatingwithtraininggroups,whichcontributetothegradualimprovementinthequalityoftheapplicationssubmitted,andtomoreextensivedisseminationofprojectworkmethodsamongeducationalinstitutions.Wehopeyouwillfindthisreportinterestingandwekindlyinviteyoutoactivelyparticipateinthelifelonglearningprocess,whichmayproveagreatadventureandinspirationandavaluableelementinyourpersonalandprofessionaldevelopment.

MarcinRolnik AnnaAtłasDirectorofTheLifelongLearningProgramme, DirectorofTheLifelongLearningProgrammeLeonardodaVinci,Grundtvig,Europass Comenius,Erasmus,StudyVisits andEuropeanLanguageLabel

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lifelong learningin poland

The structure of the lifelong learning programmeTheLifelongLearningProgrammecomprisesthefollowingsectoralprogrammes:• Comenius–schooleducation,• Erasmus–highereducation,• Grundtvig–adulteducation,• Leonardo da Vinci–vocationaleducationandtraining,• Study Visits–actionwithintheTransversalProgramme

addressedtopolicy-makersinchargeofgeneral,vocationalandlifelongeducation,tosocialpartnersandanypeopleresponsibleforhumanresourcesdevelopment.

Furthermore,cross-sectoralactivitiescoverallthetransversalprogrammesmentionedabove,aimingatthedisseminationandexploitationoftheLifelongLearningProgrammeresults.

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as one of the eU member states, poland participates in the implementation of the Community lifelong learning programme (llp), established pursuant to decision no. 1720/2006/eC of the european parliament and Council dated 15 november 2006. The llp implementation period is from 2007 to 2013. The foundation for the development of the education system (frse), which is a foundation of the state treasury, acts as the national agency for the programme in poland. The key priority of the foundation for the development of the education system is to support on a large scale any educational development-oriented activities in poland, which is attained by coordinating educational programmes and initiatives of the european Union.www.llp.org.plwww.frse.org.pl

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programmes/initiatives supporting the implementation of the lifelong learning programme objectives:• European Language Label (ELL)–theEuropeanmark

ofinnovationinthefieldofteachingandlearningforeignlanguages.TheELLcompetitioninPolandisorganisedbytheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystem–theNationalAgencyfortheLifelongLearningProgramme,andbytheMinistryofNationalEducation;

• eTwinning ProgrammepromotesEuropeancooperationbetweenschoolsintheuseofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies(ICT).TheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemactsastheNationalContactOfficefortheeTwinningProgramme;

• EuropassisaninitiativeoftheEuropeanCommission,whichenableseachcitizenofEuropetopresenthis/heroccupationalqualificationsandskillsmoreeffectively.TheinitiativewasadoptedpursuanttoadecisionoftheEuropeanParliamentandCouncil,andhasbeeninforcesince2005.TheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemactsastheNationalEuropassCentre;

• EURYDICE–theInformationNetworkoneducationinEurope.Itcomprisesanumberofnationaloffices,establishedbytheministriesofeducationinparticularcountries,andtheEuropeanoffice(EACEAP9),establishedbytheEuropeanCommission.TheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemrunstheEurydiceOfficeinPoland;

• The Bologna Experts TeampromotessolutionsconcerningEuropeanhighereducationreforms,referredtoastheBolognaProcess.ItalsoprovidesthePolishacademic

communitywithinformationabouttheEuropeanHigherEducationArea(EHEA),establishedwithaviewtoharmonisingstructures,andincreasingthemobilityofstudentsandacademicworkers,aswellasfacilitatingtherecognisabilityofthequalificationsacquired.

•The national agency for the programmeTheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystem–theNationalAgencyfortheLifelongLearningProgramme–hasimplementeddecentralisedactionprogrammespursuanttoanagreementconcludedwiththeEuropeanCommission,andotheragreementsconcludedwiththeMinistryofNationalEducationandMinistryofScienceandHigherEducation.ThedecentralisedactionprogrammeswithintheLLPareadministereddirectlybytheExecutiveAgencyoftheEuropeanCommissioninBrussels.TheProgrammeaimstocontribute ‘through lifelong learning to the development of the EU as an advanced-knowledge society, with sustainable economic development, more and better jobs, and greater social cohesion, the effective protection of the natural environment for future generations’.Aspartofattainingitsspecificobjectives,theLLPProgrammeseeks:• todevelopqualityLifelongLearning,topromotehigh

performance,innovationandaEuropeandimensioninsystemsandpracticesinthisfield,andtosupporttherealisationofaEuropeanareaforLifelongLearning;

• toimprovethequality,attractivenessandaccessibilityoftheopportunitiesforLifelongLearningavailablewithinMemberStates,andtoreinforcethecontributionofLifelongLearningtosocialcohesion,activecitizenship,interculturaldialogue,genderequalityandpersonalfulfilment;

• topromotecreativity,competitiveness,employabilityandthegrowthofanentrepreneurialspirit;•toincreasetheparticipationinLifelongLearningbypeopleofallages,includingthosewithspecialeducationalneedsanddisadvantagedgroups,regardlessoftheirsocio-economicbackground;

• topromotelanguagelearningandlinguisticdiversity;• todevelopinnovativeICT-basedcontent,services,pedagogies

andpracticesforLifelongLearning;• toreinforcetheroleofLifelongLearningincreatingasenseof

Europeancitizenshipbasedonunderstandingandrespectforhumanrightsanddemocracy,andencouragingtoleranceandrespectfornationsandculture;

• tocooperateonqualityassuranceinallsectorsofeducationandtraininginEurope;

• touseresults,innovativeproductsandprocesses,andtoexchangegoodpracticesinthefieldcoveredbytheLifelongLearningProgramme,inordertoimprovethequalityofeducationandtraining.

InformationabouttheactivityoftheNationalAgencyfortheProgrammeispublishedonanongoingbasisintheNewsletterssentbye-mail,andintheprintedversionofthebulletinentitled“Get to know the Lifelong Learning Programme”,issuedeverytwomonths.

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The main accomplishments of the polish national agency for the lifelong learning programme in 2009:• achievingahighlevelofinterestintheProgramme(reflected

inthenumberofapplicationssubmittedinrespectofinstitutionalprojectsandbeneficiarymobility,asaresultoflarge-scalepublicity,informationandtrainingactivities;

• thesuccessfulimplementationofnewactionswithintheGrundtvigProgramme;

• theactivecooperationofthePolishNationalAgencyattheEuropeanlevel–e.g.participationinpartnershipprojectsimplementedbyotherNationalAgenciesfortheLifelongLearningProgramme;

• thesuccessfulidentificationoftheexamplesofgoodpractices;

• agradualimprovementinprojectquality;• thedevelopmentoftheprofessionalteamdealingwiththe

programmesandinitiativesoftheEuropeanCommission;• reinforcingthesynergiesbetweentheprogrammesand

initiativesimplementedbyFRSE;• theefficientcoordinationofactivitiesrelatedtotheEuropean

YearofCreativityandInnovation

The BudgetThebudgetfortheLifelongLearningProgrammefor2009amountedtoEUR853481519forall31countriescovered,ofwhichthebudgetforPolandwasEUR68717841.TheallocationoffundsforindividualsectoralprogrammesforEUMemberStatesattheleveloftheEuropeanCommissionwasmadeaccordingtotheminimumallocationoffundsprinciple,inthefollowingamounts:Comenius16.8%,Erasmus55.6%,LeonardodaVinci23.8%,Grundtvig3.4%,andStudyvisits0.4%.TheMemberStatesmaymovethefundsbetweenparticularsectoralprogrammes,thoughthisoptionwasnotexercisedbythePolishNationalAgencyin2009.

information, publicity and training activities TheNationalAgencyforTheLifelongLearningProgrammeconductsinformation,publicityandtrainingactivitiesonalargescale.In2009,theseactivitiescovered20 000people,includingover15 000peopledirectlyinterestedindecentralisedactionswithintheLifelongLearningProgramme,and5000peopleinterestedinotherprogrammesandinitiatives.Additionally,severalthousandleaflets,brochures,guidesandstudiesweredeveloped,presentingtheexamplesofgoodpracticesinthedecentralisedactionswithintheLifelongLearningProgramme.TheNationalAgencyhasalsoregularlyorganisedopendaysandindividualconsultationsforbeneficiariesandanyoneinterestedintheProgramme.

Budget implementation 2009

Sectoral programme – decentralised actions

Sectoral programme budget in EUR

Number of applications submitted

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accepted

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Comenius 12098868 3007 1427 12231812Erasmus 37 505000 296 282 37505000LeonardodaVinci 16 308798 733 231 16183798Grundtvig 2 550175 493 305 2599179Studyvisits 255000 257 163 248887

Total 68 717 841 4786 2408 68 768 676Datasource:theFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystem,owndatafor2009

The accounts of the Foundation for the Development of the Education System were uploaded onto YouTube and Facebook in the summer of 2009. As a result, information

and publicity materials concerning the National Agency for the Lifelong Learning Programme will be available to a larger number of recipients

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Giorgia Bassani (Italy) participating in the Comenius Assistantship in the TĘCZA Municipal Nursery School No. 54 in Sosnowiec.

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school partnershipsThePolishSchoolPartnershipsusuallyinvolveScience and foreign language learning,withasmanyas112projectsindicatingthisspecificsubjectmatterin2009.101projectsrelatetoCultural heritage,97dealwithStudiesonEuropean countries,andanother96willbeimplementedintheInterculturaleducationarea.Themostfrequentlychosentopics/educationalfields(Regioprojectsarenotcovered)includeforeign languages(267),new technologies(173),arts and crafts(101),history(88)andenvironmental science(87).

multilateral school partnershipsMultilateral School Partnerships are oriented towards thecooperationofatleastthreepartnerschools.Theyfocusonthegeneralissuesrelatedtoteachingprogrammesorstudentinterests,andonthetopicsofschooladministration,andteachingtechniquesormethods.Partnerprojectsconstitutethevalueaddedtothetraditionallearningandteachingsystemsthroughanewandcreativeapproach.Thismulti-directionalprogramme,integratedwiththetraditionalprogrammeofteachingtheparticipatingstudents,is

Comenius is one of the four sectoral programmes of the lifelong learning programme. it aims to improve the quality and reinforce the european dimension of education in europe by expanding knowledge of the cultural and linguistic diversity of europe, and assisting young people in acquiring the basic skills and competences indispensable to personal development, future employment and active european citizenship. Thanks to participation in the programme, students and teaching staff from different member states improve their skills which are crucial to both active and successful participation in their professional life.www.comenius.org.pl

Results of the call for proposals in 2009 for the Comenius programme

Item Decentralised actionNumber of

applications submittedNumber of

applications approvedFunding granted

in EUR1. Multilateralprojects 852 389 81770002. Bilateralprojects 169 34 7530003. Regioprojects 42 26 8066704. TeachingStaffMobility 1339 748 18185565. Assistantship–assistants 230 95 5579676. Assistantship–hostschools 154 24 07. Preparatoryvisits 221 111 118619 Total 3 007 1 427 12 231 812

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thebiggestsuccessinthisrespect.TheComeniuspartnershipsproducetangibleresultsintheformofbrochures,leafletsorDVD/CD-ROMs.Sometimesthestudentsthemselvesprepareexhibitionsoflocalproductsandcrafts,giveperformances,ormakefilms.852applicationsfortheimplementationofMultilateralSchoolPartnershipsweresubmittedinthecallforproposalsin2009.368applicationswereapprovedand10wereincludedonthewaitinglist.

Bilateral school partnershipsTheBilateralSchoolPartnershipsentailcooperationbetweentwoschoolsfromtwodifferentcountries,comprisingvisitsofatleast10-daysbygroupsofatleast10studentsaged12orover.Projectsofthistypewerecreatedwiththeaimofestablishingclosecooperationbetweentwoschools,whichincreasesstudents’motivationandtheirabilitytocommunicateinaforeignlanguage.Thestudentsshouldbeactivelyinvolvedintheplanning,observationandevaluationstages.Theobjectiveoftheseprojectsistocreatetheconditionsinwhichthestudentswillspeakaforeignlanguageineverydayandcommonsituations,therebyimprovingtheirlinguisticskillsandstimulatingtheirwillingnesstolearnforeignlanguages.169applicationsfortheimplementationofBilateralSchoolPartnershipsweresubmittedinthecallforproposalsin2009,34ofwhichwereapproved.

regio partnershipsTheseprojectsreinforcetheEuropeandimensionofeducationbypromotingcooperationbetweenlocalandregionaleducationalauthoritiesinEurope.Thesepartnershipsoffertheparticipantsvariousopportunitiestolearnfromeachother,toexchangebestpractices,andtodevelopthestructuresofinternationalcooperation,especiallyintheborderzone.Thesubjectmattermayrefertoanyissuerelatedtoschooleducation,whichiscrucialbothtoregionscooperatingwithintheproject,includingschooladministration,cooperationbetweenschoolsandlocalpartners,reducingtheprematureabandonmentofeducation,entrepreneurship,andtheintegrationofstudentsofmigratingparents.42applicationsfortheimplementationofRegioPartnershipsweresubmittedinthecallforproposalsin2009,26ofwhichwereapproved.

preparatory Visits and Contact seminarsPreparatoryVisitsandContactSeminarsplayasignificantroleinthecreationofmanyprojects.Participantsdiscusstheissuesofinterest,developthethematicscope,anddefinetheobjectivesandschemeofprojectactivities,andtheprojectimplementationmode.

teaching staff mobilityTeachingStaffMobilitypromotesactivitiesrelatedtoimprovingtheprofessionalqualificationsofteachingstaffbyfinancingindividualstudytoursabroad.Thequalifiedindividualsmayparticipateinthreeformsofprofessionaltraining,i.e.trainingcourses,seminars/conferences,orvocationalplacement;morecommonlyreferredtoas‘jobshadowing’.TrainingcoursesmaybeorganisedintheEUMemberStates,aswellasinIceland,Norway,LiechtensteinandTurkey.Particularformsofprofessionaltrainingmaylastfromoneday(conferencesandseminars)orfivedays,toamaximumofsixweeks(trainingcourses).Trainingcoursesinvolvevariousfieldsofeducation.Theymayalsoservethepurposeofimprovingpurelylinguisticskills,inthefieldofforeignlanguages.Fundingcoversthereimbursementoftravelexpenses(includingthecostsofobtainingavisawherenecessary),subsistencecosts,coursefees,andadditionalcostsrelatedtolinguistictrainingandcoveringspecialneeds,wherenecessary.TheaimoftheTeachingStaffMobilityistocreatetheappropriateconditionsforteachingstafftodeepentheirknowledge,toimprovetheirownqualificationsandcompetences,tofamiliarisethemselveswithmodernandinnovativepedagogicalmethods,andtoestablishinternationalcooperationwithEuropeaneducationalestablishments.Courseparticipationexertsapositiveimpact,notonlyontheprofessionalandpersonaldevelopmentofthebeneficiary,butalsoonhisorherhomeinstitution,andinmanycasesonothercooperatinginstitutions.Thebiggestnumberofapplicationsin2009(63%ofthetotalnumberofapplications)wassubmittedaspartofthefirstcallforproposals,i.e.from16January2009.Thisperiodinvolvedcoursesorganisedfrom1Aprilto31August2009,thuscoveringalsothesummerholidayperiod.Forthisreason,anumberofapplicants(mostlyteachers,whoconstitutethelargesttargetgroupoftheComeniusprogramme–TeachingStaffMobility)weregiventhechancetobenefitfromthefunding.Goingoutonastudytourduringtheschoolyearisimpossibleformanyteachers,giventheirprofessionalduties.

Results of the call for proposals in 2009 for preparatory visits and contact seminarsapproved for funding 112

• preparatoryvisits–80• contactseminars–28• preparatoryvisitsnotimplemented–4

applications rejected 109Total number of applications 221


Number of applications submitted and funded by submission period of applications for the School Teaching Staff Mobility in 2009Application submission period

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SubmissionperiodI

848 551 74%

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269 91 12%

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222 106 14%

Total 1 339 748 100%Datasource:FRSE,owndatafor2009

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Number of applications and funds granted for the implementation of Comenius partnerships as part of the Lifelong Learning Programme 2009 (by Voivodeship)

VoivodeshipNumber of beneficiaries of partner school projects

Funds in EURMultilateral Bilateral Regio Projects Total

mazowieckie 23 3 1 27 624000

świętokrzyskie 13 0 1 14 339350

podlaskie 14 0 0 14 282000

wielkopolskie 36 6 7 49 1078190

zachodniopomorskie 15 3 3 21 440000

pomorskie 14 1 1 16 358050

łódzkie 15 0 2 17 387600

małopolskie 33 4 1 38 810500

śląskie 106 8 7 121 2623900

lubelskie 20 0 0 20 405000

podkarpackie 25 4 2 31 663580

lubuskie 6 0 0 6 126000

dolnośląskie 25 3 0 28 606000

opolskie 13 1 0 14 288000

kujawsko-pomorskie 11 0 1 12 263500

warmińsko-mazurskie 20 1 0 21 441000

Total 389 34 26 449 9 736 670Datasource:FRSE,ownresourcesinvolvingtheLifelongLearningProgramme

Teaching staff and student mobility in the Comenius programme in 2009 (by beneficiary plan)

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4104 in Multilateral Projects

Number of staff mobility Number of student mobility

167 in Bilateral Projects

531 in Regio Projects 719 in Bilateral Projects

26 in Regio Projects

4251 in Multilateral Projects


Comenius Assistants in 2009

Foreign Comenius Assistants in 2009

Comenius assistantship – assistants and host schoolsComeniusAssistantshipisapedagogicalandvocationalplacementoffutureteachersinEuropeanschools,whichlastsfrom13to45weeks.Theactionisaddressedtofutureteachers(studentsorgraduatesinteachingmajorswhohavenottaughtatschoolbefore)andtoschoolswhichintendtohostaComeniusassistantfromanotherEuropeancountry.Twocallsforproposalsareorganisedaspartoftheaction,namely“ComeniusAssistantship–Assistants”and“ComeniusAssistantship–HostSchools.”ComeniusassistantsreceivefundingaccordingtotheratesestablishedbytheEuropeanCommission.Hostschoolsdonotreceiveanyfunds,buttheybenefitfromthepresenceoftheassistant.

information about ComeniusAnyinformationaboutComenius–itsgoals,addressees,fundingapplicationprocedures,partnersearchingmethodsandexamplesofgoodpractices–canbefoundontheprogrammewebsiteatwww.comenius.org.pl.In2009,newtoolsweremadeavailablethroughtheprogrammewebsite,includingtheComeniusnewsletter,inwhichtheNationalAgencyprovidesinformationaboutcurrentevents,andtheComeniusAssistantshipblog,inwhichassistantsspeakabouttheiractivitiesundertakenduringtheprojectonanongoingbasis.Thisiswheretheexamplesofgoodpracticescanbepresentedandpromotedinahighlyeffectiveway.TheComeniusforumhasalsobeenextremelypopular,withnearly1500activeusersregistered.In2009,theComeniuswebsitewasvisitedmore

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thanfourmilliontimes.Functioningsince2004,theEuropeanSharedTreasuredatabase(www.est.org.pl),whichconstitutesanextendeddocumentationofprojectsimplementedbyPolishschoolsaspartoftheComeniusprogramme,wasalsoenrichedwithnewexamples.In2009,thisdatabasewastransformedwiththeaimofincreasingitsfunctionalityandtomaketheinformationstoredavailabletoawidergroupofrecipients.Anewgraphicdesignwascreatedforall languageversions,therebymakingthedatabaseadjustedtotherequirementssetbythebeneficiariesofsectoral

activities and final resultsAsthenameoftheprojectrelatestothekeycompetencesofLifelongLearning,itsobjectivesincludeddevelopinglinguistic,interpersonal,computerandentrepreneurialskills.Aspartoftheactionstaken,bothstudentsandteachersimplementedarangeofactivitiesanddevelopedfinalproducts.Theseincludedcreatingacommonwebsiteforallschoolsparticipatingintheproject,http://www.gymnasium.bastad.se/ABG/Comenius/index.htm,andtheschoolwebsite,http://www.socratesszczucin.ubf.pl/news.php;designingandmakingtheprojectlogo;developingaPowerPointpresentationentitled“Who we are”;creatingartandliteraryworks,aspartofanartandliterarycompetitionentitled“All are different – All are equal”;implementingaprojectonrenewableenergyinPoland;developingtherulesofintegrationgamesandplays,aswellasadancechoreography;organisingatriptopartnercountriesforbothteachersandstudents;preparingthestudentstoparticipateinvideoconferences;andkeepingashowcasedevotedtoprojectactivities.

project impact on the schoolTheprojecthasmadestudentsrecognisethesignificanceoflearningforeignlanguagesandinformationtechnologies.Theylearnedhowtoworkinagroupandcombatstress,andtheybecamemoreself-reliant,asaresultofpublicperformances.Theyalsorealisedhowimportantitistobeawareofuniqueculturalnuances.Theyestablishedfriendshipswithstudentsfromothercountries.Duringthepartnervisits,theteachersexchangedtheirobservationsandworkmethods,wideningtheirhorizonsanddevelopingtheirskillsandtools.Therelationshipscreatedbetweentheteachershavebeenmaintainedtothisday.

Utilising project results Acollectionofbrochures,newspapers,andCDswithpresentations,developedbyallpartnercountriesduringworkingvisits,canbefoundintheschoollibraryandisavailabletoanyoneinterested.Aspartoftheirteachingandeducationalpractice,theteachersmayusetheinnovativeelementsobservedduringtheirvisitstopartnerschools.TheyalsohavetheopportunitytocontacttheirnewacquaintancesviatheInternettoexchangetheirexperiencesandjointlysolvetheirproblems.

opinions of students participating in the project What I like about the project is that any student can participate. This is an excellent way to develop our English skills. For many students, this is the only opportunity to go abroad, to see the sights and monuments, to visit cities and museums, and to learn the history of other countries.

AgnieszkaBełzowska

Comenius is fantastic! I’m really happy I could participate in this programme. I contributed to its implementation with a variety of crazy ideas and a great deal of work, which – I must admit – gave me a lot of satisfaction.

KarolDzięgiel

I met a number of nice people in Sweden, with some of whom I’m still in touch via e-mail. I spent a wonderful week, visiting interesting places and getting to know Swedish culture. The opportunity to use my English skills in practice was also very important. This trip gave me the chance to travel by plane for the first time in my life. I think I will never forget this experience and I will cherish my recollections of that week.

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programmes(Comenius,LeonardodaVinci,Grundtvig).TheComeniusprogrammeteamtranslatedanddevelopedthePolishlanguageversion,includingtheguideforbeneficiaries,whichalsocomprisedupdatingthePolishwebsitewww.est.org.pl.SixprojectsexemplifyinggoodpracticeshavebeensubmittedtotheEuropeanCommitteeas“ESTStarProjects,”withaviewtopromotingandpublicisingtheachievementsofPolishteachersattheEuropeanlevel(alsothroughtheEuropeanEVEdatabase–http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/eve/about_en.htm).

CoMENIuS | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

Keys to SuccessThe project entitled “Keys to Success” was implemented in the period from 2007-2009 by the Bohaterów Września Junior High School in Szczucin (Małopolskie Voivodeship), acting as the project coordinator (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Marta Kupiec coordinated the project at the school level. The following countries participated in the project implementation: France, Spain, Greece, Sweden and Turkey. Use was made of both the English and Polish languages.

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Comenius Assistantship – Anna Kotuła

The Comenius Assistantship at the Etone Technology Language & Vocational College, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Great Britain, from October 2008 to June 2009.

As the Comenius Assistantship was bound to be one of the most formative periods in my teaching career, I decided to prepare my mobility period in a diligent and professional way, while still in Poland. Before I submitted my application, I had participated in the Open Days in Warsaw to learn the details of the project. This was when I started gathering useful materials; including books, albums, tourist guides, maps, provisions, photos, magazines and the Polish flag. During my very first days in Etone, I was met with great kindness on the part of the entire teaching staff. At my first meeting, I was officially introduced to other teachers by the headmaster and asked to elaborate on the goals of my assistantship, my expectations, and the projects I would like to carry out. This was a promising start to our cooperation. I was given my own school e-mail address and an intranet account valid on all computers, printers and multimedia equipment. I was also offered the assistance of an IT specialist in connecting my personal computer to the Internet. I could use the school library and any on-line materials used by foreign-language teachers. Fulfilling the tasks entrusted to me by the school in Etone was the most significant aspect of my assistantship. It was decided that one of my duties would be to teach my native language (Polish), as a foreign language, and to provide students with information about Poland. My lessons illustrated a variety of cultural issues and combined certain elements of knowledge on Polish history, geography, religion, tradition, and tourism, based on the students’existing knowledge in these fields, concerning their own country or the whole of Europe. While talking about Poland, the students had the chance to see for themselves the similarities and differences between our countries. Apart from the regular classes, I tried to participate in other events organised by the school. Among other things, I had the chance to participate in a special performance prepared by the students before Christmas, presented in an Anglican church in Nuneaton. Reading a fragment of the Bible in the Polish language was a really interesting experience. The Comenius Assistantship enabled me to familiarise myself with the educational system and teaching methods used in an English educational establishment. I could experience the organisation of the GCSE and compare it to the final Junior High School exams in Poland. I could compare and evaluate the solutions applied in English schools, and recognise the value of Polish teaching standards. I came across a variety of valuable ideas which I would like to use in my future work in a Polish school.

The most important achievements during my assistantship included:• teaching my native language– I managed to teach English

students many aspects of the Polish language. Some of them had the chance to use their new skills in practice, as their neighbours or friends come from Poland;

• familiarisation with the Polish culture– I had the opportunity to present the culture of my nation and the beauty of Poland to English students in an interesting way. Throughout all the lessons on Polish history, geography, traditional cuisine, customs and rites, the students got to know Poland and it became closer to them. This was reflected in the willingness to visit our country in the future, which was expressed by many students;

• teaching methods and practices– The assistantship gave me the opportunity to test myself as a teacher and to use my own creativity in the teaching process. I experimented a lot, making use of untypical materials and innovative techniques, which I found in English magazines, such as “Secondary Teachers”, “Learning World” and “ELT Spectrum,” and on the following websites: www.mflresources.org.uk, www.ocr.org.uk, www.tes.co.uk, www.teachernet.gov.uk.

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The impact of the assistantship on my linguistic competences and teaching skills Acquiring professional experience, so valuable these days, is the greatest benefit of my assistantship. I am deeply convinced that familiarising myself with the educational system and teaching methods in Great Britain will help me become a better teacher. Learning new teaching techniques and efficient ways of dealing with educational problems has also been valuable experience for me. Other important aspects of my placement include advancing teaching competences, enriching vocabulary and improving linguistic fluency. In my opinion, any philologist wishes to become confident in using a foreign language. After these eight months which I spent working with English children and using English as the main teaching language, I am proud to say I now feel this confidence. Encountering the diverse cultures and traditions, and facing the problems related to these diversities, were great challenges for me. I became convinced that teaching students to be tolerant, to accept other people, to be open to cultural diversity and to respect it, should be the priority and it should form part of every school subject.

realisation of my personal objectives Leaving for the Comenius Assistantship, I planned to achieve not only the formal project objectives, namely teaching the Polish language and culture, but also certain personal goals, which could contribute to my future professional career. These included advancing my language skills and acquiring valuable professional experience. The school in Etone enabled me not only to fully realise all these objectives, but also to integrate with the English, to acquire knowledge going beyond the scope of teaching, and to familiarise myself with English culture and traditions. I am deeply satisfied with my stay in Great Britain, and I believe I implemented the project objectives to the highest extent possible. Furthermore, I am of the opinion that projects in the field of Teacher Professional Training are extremely useful. At all times I have sought to promote any activities in this field and to inform other students and teachers about the opportunities created by this programme. I think foreign study tours should be promoted, as they constitute a source of valuable experience for future teachers.

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Foreign students in Poland participating in the Erasmus Forest planting project.

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erasmus is a eU programme addressed to higher education institutions. it fosters student and teaching staff mobility, and encourages cooperation between higher education institutions from various countries participating in the programme. www.erasmus.org.pl

erasmus in the lifelong learning programmeIn1995-2007,Erasmusformedpartofabigger(andalreadycompleted)SOCRATESprogramme,andsince2007ithasbeenpartofacomplexEUprogrammeinthefieldofeducation,entitledLifelongLearning.Upon activating the Lifelong Learning Programme, severalmodificationswereintroducedtoErasmus,withrespecttoitspreviousstage.Themostimportantchangeinvolvedincreasingstudentandteachermobilityathighereducationinstitutions.Apartfromstudyingabroad,studentswerealsoofferedtheopportunityforaplacementabroad,andteachingstaffwerealsogiventhechancetoparticipateintrainingcourses.

opportunities for particular target groupsHighereducationinstitutionscooperatingwithintheErasmusprogrammemaycarryoutstudentandteacherexchanges,organiseintensive courses, e.g. a series of interactive workshops forinternationalgroupsofstudents,andimplementprojectsinvariousfieldsjointlywithinstitutionsfromvariouscountries.Forahighereducationinstitution,participationinErasmusmeansthepossibilitytomaketheirstudiesmoreinternationalandconsequentlymoreattractivetoprospectivestudents.Inordertoparticipateintheprogramme,ahighereducationinstitutionmustholdanErasmusUniversityChartergrantedbytheEuropeanCommission,underwhichthisinstitutionbecomes

Polish outgoing students

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eligibleforfundstofinanceparticularmobilityandinternationalcooperationrelatedactions.Studentsconstitute the largest targetgroup intheErasmusprogramme.Erasmusenablesstudentstostudyataforeignhighereducationinstitutionforaperiodofthreemonthstooneacademicyear,ortodoaplacementinaforeignenterprise(3-12months).TheparticipationofhisorherhomeuniversityintheprogrammeistheprincipalprerequisitetobesatisfiedbythestudentapplyingforanErasmusmobilityplacement.Studentsarealsoofferedotheropportunitiesaspartofmobilityandinternationalcooperation.TheycantakepartinanintensiveErasmusprogramme,providedthattheirdepartmentparticipatesinthiskindofaproject,andthattheprogrammeinvolvestheirfieldofstudy.TheycanfurtherattendguestlecturesorotherclassesconductedbyforeignErasmusteachers.Asforteachingstaff,academicteacherscanspendateachingperiod,usuallynearlyoneweek,atotherpartnerhighereducationinstitutions.Allthestaffofhighereducationinstitutionscanalsoapplyfortraininginaforeignhighereducationinstitutionorotherinstitutions.Finally,academicstaffcantakepartin,amongotherthings,variousprojects,suchasintensiveprogrammesandmultilateralprojects,andinErasmusnetworksinwhichtheirhomeunitisinvolved.

list of activities financed within the erasmus programme TheactivitiescoordinatedbyNationalAgenciesfortheprogrammeinparticularcountriesinclude:• Studentexchange(mobilityforagivenperiodofstudy,or

placementabroad),• Teachingstaffexchange(ateachingperiodorstafftrainingin

aforeignhighereducationinstitution),• IntensiveProgrammes(IP),• ErasmusIntensiveLanguageCourses(EILC).TheactivitiescoordinatedbytheEuropeanCommission(technical

Incoming foreign students

The number of higher education institutions holding the Erasmus University Charter

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2008/2009 270 118 1522009/2010 288 128 160


supportbeingprovidedbytheEducation,AudiovisualandCultureExecutiveAgency,appointedbytheCommission)include:• Multilateralprojects(wherehighereducationinstitutions

actaspartners)concerning:–curriculumdevelopment,–modernisationforhighereducation,–cooperationbetweenhighereducationinstitutionsandenterprises,–creationof“virtualcampuses”,

• Networks,• Accompanyingmeasures.

erasmus in polandPolandhasparticipatedinErasmussince1998.Currently,nearly250Polishhighereducationinstitutions(bothpublicandnon-public)areactivelyparticipatinginthisprogramme.FromthebeginningofPoland’sparticipationuntilthe2008/09academicyear,nearly80000Polishstudentsandalmost15000academicteachersbenefitedfromErasmus,in2008/09joinedbyotherstaff.ThenumberofincomingstudentsandstaffcomingfromabroadtoPolishhighereducationinstitutionshasbeengrowingeachyear.Between1998and2009,morethan23000studentsand9000teachersfromotherparticipatingcountriescametoPoland.

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student mobilitySpendinganintegratedperiodofstudyinahighereducationinstitutionorplacementinaforeignenterprisenotonlyenablesstudentstoacquirenewskills,todeveloptheirknowledge,towidentheirhorizons,andtoimprovetheirlinguisticskillseducationally,butalsotogettoknowaforeigncountry,meetpeoplefromallovertheworld,andexperiencedifferentcultures.Stayingabroadalsocontributestothedevelopmentofasetofskillsvaluableforfutureemployment(e.g.teamwork,problemsolvingandotherskills).Forhighereducationinstitutions,studentexchangeisoneofthemostimportantaspectsofinternationalcooperation.Inthe2007/08academicyear,EUR27.4millionfromtheErasmusprogrammewasspentbyPolishhighereducationinstitutionsonstudentmobilityforstudiesandplacements.Atotalof12854studentsfrom182highereducationinstitutionsbenefitedfromtheErasmusprogramme.Highereducationinstitutionswiththelargestnumberofoutgoingstudentsforstudiesandplacementsarethefollowing:UniversityofWarsaw,JagiellonianUniversity,AdamMickiewiczUniversityinPoznań,UniversityofWrocław,UniversityofŁódź,NicolasCopernicusUniversityinToruń,WarsawUniversityofTechnology,TechnicalUniversityofŁódź,UniversityofSilesiainKatowice,andWarsawSchoolofEconomics.

Atthesametime,Polandhosted4446foreignErasmusstudents,including4135studentscomingforstudies,and311forplacements.Accordingtopreliminarydata,in2008/09,1191Polishhighereducationinstitutionssent13379studentsontheErasmusprogramme(including11784mobilityforstudiesand1 595mobilityforplacements).Mobility for studiesIn2007/08,11 879studentsfrom182Polishhighereducationinstitutionsspentanintegratedstudyperiodinforeignhighereducationinstitutions.In2008/09,thenumberofmobilityforstudieswasmaintainedatasimilarlevel(11784students),whereasthenumberofmobilityforplacementsconsiderablyincreased.Asregardsincomingstudents,in2007/08,ourhighereducationinstitutionsinvited4 135students,andin2008/09–around4800Erasmusstudents.Mobility for placementsErasmusmobilityisarealschooloflife.Theparticipantgetsthechancetoacquirenotonlyvaluableprofessionalexperience,butalsoanarrayofusefulskillscontributingtoafuturecareer,includingresourcefulness,independence,andtheabilitytodealwithproblemsandunusualsituations,aswellasnurturingopennesstootherpeopleandtheirviews.

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Academic staff mobility for trainingMobilityfortrainingorganisedatforeignhighereducationinstitutionsandotherinstitutionshasenjoyedgrowingpopularityamongacademicstaff,especiallythoseworkinginadministrationoffices,whichdidnothavetheopportunitytoparticipateinErasmusmobilityuntil2007/08.651departuresfortrainingabroadwereco-fundedin2007/08,withEUR557659fromtheErasmusprogrammebudgetbeingusedforthatpurpose.Thestafffrom136Polishhighereducationinstitutionsbenefitedfromthisformofmobility.PolandwasfirstinEuropeintermsofthenumberofmobilityfortraining.In2008/09,1262individualsfrom163highereducationinstitutionsparticipatedinmobilityfortraining,whichcorrespondstoagrowthof94%inrelationtotheprecedingyear.

100% implementation of the erasmus budgetPolandused100%oftheinitialbudgetallocatedfor2007/08.SimilarresultswereonlyachievedbyLatviaandIceland.However,giventhatPolandwassixthinEuropeintermsoftheamountoffundsinthebudget,whereasLatviaandIcelanddisposedofconsiderablylowerfunds(24thand28thposition,respectively),theresultobtainedbyourcountryisatremendouscollectivesuccessforallthepeopleinvolvedintheprogramme’simplementation.TheamounttransferredtohighereducationinstitutionsbytheNationalAgency,forthepurposeofimplementingstudentandstaffmobilityin2007/08wasnearlyEUR32million.Thesefundsenabled12854studentsand3 111academicstafftoparticipateintheprogramme.In2007/08,thenumberofacademicstaffengagedinmobilityfortrainingwasalsothehighestamongalltheparticipatingcountries.Furthermore,Polandwasratedthirdintermsofthenumberofoutgoingteacherswhospentateachingperiodathighereducationinstitutionsinpartnercountries.Thepreliminarydomesticdatafor2008/09revealthatthebudgetimplementationwaseffectivealsointhatyear,asaresultofwhichPolandmaybetheexampletofollowforotherparticipatingcountries.

StudentplacementsareanewformofstudentmobilityintheErasmusprogramme,introducedinthe2007/08academicyear.Intheinitialyear,975studentsfrom97Polishhighereducationinstitutionsparticipatedinthisformofmobility.Inthefollowingyear,therewereasmanyas1595studentsfrom126highereducationinstitutions.Aswecannote,studentmobilityforplacementshasbecomemoreandmorepopularovertheyears.

staff mobilityStaffmobilitycontributestoimprovingteachingstandardsandfacilitatescooperationbetweenhighereducationinstitutions.Mobilitycreatesarangeofopportunitiesrelatedtothepersonalandprofessionaldevelopmentofteachingstaff.Italsocontributestoabettercommandofforeignlanguages,totheexchangeofexpertiseandpedagogicalandvocationalexperience,aswellastoadvancingtheirownabilities.Forstudents,itbringstheopportunitytobenefitfromtheexpertiseofforeignteacherswhoconductguestlecturesorotherclasses.

Teaching staff mobility for teaching at higher education institutions in other participating countriesIn2007/08,2 460academicteachersfrom173Polishhighereducationinstitutionsparticipatedinthistypeofmobility,withEUR1.8millionfromtheErasmusprogrammebudgetbeingspentforthatpurpose.In2008/09,thenumberofacademicstaffmobilityincreasedto3079,andthisopportunitywasofferedtoteachersat196Polishhighereducationinstitutions.In2007/08,PolandwasthirdamongthecountriesparticipatinginErasmus,intermsofthenumberofoutgoingacademicteachers.Thistestifiestotheactivityofourteachersinthisprogramme,tothehighqualityoftheirclasses,andtothewarmwelcometheyreceiveatforeignhighereducationinstitutions.Asregardsincomingacademicteachers,1 596teachersfromothercountriesconductedguestlecturesatourhighereducationinstitutionsin2008/09.

Outgoing teachers from Polish higher education institutions

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intensive programmes (ip)AnIntensiveProgrammeisaprojectimplementedbyagroupofhighereducationinstitutionsfromvariouscountries,whichentailsthedevelopmentandimplementationofashortcycleofstudiesconcerningaspecialisttopic,oraninterdisciplinarysubjectmatter.Theuniqueinternationalcharacteroftheprogrammestemsfromthefactthatboththeteacherswhoconductthecourseandparticipatingstudentscomefromvariouscountries.Oneofthehighereducationinstitutionsparticipatingintheprojectactsasthecoordinatinginstitution,inchargeofsubmittingthegrant

applicationonbehalfoftheconsortium,totheNationalAgencyinitscountry.AnIPcanbeaone-offactivityorrepeatedoveraperiodofamaximumofthreeconsecutiveyears,eachtimeforadifferentgroupofstudents.Veryoftenitisorganisedintheformofasummerorwintercamp,lastingaroundtwoweeks.Bydefinition,thesubjectmattergoesbeyondthescopeofstandardcoursesavailableatthehighereducationinstitutionsparticipatingintheprogramme.In2008/09,11highereducationinstitutionsinPolandcoordinated12IntensiveProgrammes,whereasinthecurrent2009/10yearPolishinstitutionsareactingascoordinatinginstitutionsfor20projects.

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Information for the People. Public Information / E-government in EU countriesThe Intensive Programme entitled “Information for the People. Public Information / E-Government in EU countries”wascoordinatedbytheInstituteofScientificInformationandBookStudiesatWarsawUniversity.Itwasimplementedinthe2008/09academicyearincooperationwithStClementofOhridUniversityofSofia,VilniusUniversity,FachhochschuleHannoverandSaxionHogescholeninEnschede(theNetherlands).Theaimoftheprojectwastoadvancetheexpertise,experience,andskillsofstudents–futureprofessionalsinthefieldofinformation–asregardspublicinformation(e-Government).Thiswasdonethroughcomparingdifferentsolutions,procedures,systemsandpublicinformationtoolsusedindifferentEUcountries,workingininternationalgroups,usingsoftwareandnetworkapplicationsinthefieldofpublicinformationande-Government,andcomparingteachingcurriculaimplementedbypartnerinstitutions.TheprogrammelastedtwoweeksandwasconductedinEnglish.Itwasattendedby50students,includingtwodisabledpeople,andby10academicteachersfromallparticipatinginstitutions.Theparticipantscouldalsobenefitfromtheculturaladaptationprogramme.Studentsandteacherspresentedthehistoryandcultureoftheirowncountriesduringthenationalevenings,usingunconventionalpresentationforms(e.g.presentinguniqueandspecificskills),learnedaboutthehistoryofPolishstatehoodwhilevisitingGniezno,BiskupinandPoznań,andwerefamiliarisedwithPolishalternativecultureduringtheRockFestivalinJarocin,wheretheprogrammewastakingplace.Uponsuccessfulcompletionoftheprogramme,studentsweregivenfiveECTSpoints.Asetofteachingmaterialsregardingpublicadministrationande-Government(e.g.TeachingMaterials,lectureslides,andreportsonstudentworkshops),andamodelteachingcurriculumforinformationandbookstudies,inthefieldofpublicinformation,weredevelopedasanoutcomeoftheprogramme.The project co-funding from the budget oftheLifelongLearningProgramme–ErasmusamountedtoEUR47080.Detailedinformationontheprojectisavailableatwww.isss2009.pl.

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erasmus intensive language Courses (eilC)Erasmus Intensive Language Courses are organised for theprogrammescholarshipholderscomingtocountrieswherelesscommonlanguagesarespoken.Thosecoursesareco-fundedfromtheErasmusbudget.ThePolishlanguagebelongstoawidegroupofrarely-taughtlanguages,spokeninthecountriesparticipatingintheprogramme,comprising26Europeanlanguages,plusTurkish.TheprincipalobjectiveofanEILCistoenablethestudentstouseagivenlanguageineverydaylifeandtointegratewiththelocalenvironmenttothehighestdegreepossible.Therefore,theEILCcurriculumfocusesespeciallyonthepracticalaspectsofagivenlanguage.Theculturalaspectisalsoanimportantelementofsuchcourses,creatinganopportunityforthestudentstoacquirebasicknowledgeontheculture,historyandcustomsofthecountrytheyhavecometo.SeveralEILCsareorganisedinPolandineachyear.Alongwithteachingthelanguage,theircurriculumalsocompriseslecturesdevotedtoPolishcultureandhistory,aswellassightseeingtoursandculturalprogrammes,includingmoviescreenings,theatreperformances,musicalortheatreworkshops,andthelike.Eachyearmorethan90%ofparticipantsexpresstheirpositive,andevenenthusiastic,opinionsonthesecourses,teachingmode,resultsandtheambiencecreatedbytheorganisers.In2009,PolishlanguagecoursesforforeignErasmusstudentswereconductedbyeightacademiccentresofteachingPolishasaforeignlanguage.Atotalof203studentsfrom18countriesparticipatedinsuchcourses.

The activity of the Bologna experts team in polandErasmus has contributedtoundertaking the initialsteps in removing thebarriers to internationalstudentandstaffmobilityinEurope.Oneofthesestepsentailstheintroductionofa credit transfer system(currentlyreferredtoastheEuropean Credit TransferandAccumulationSystem–ECTS),whichfacilitatestherecognitionofstudents’studies between differentinstitutions.

TheintroductionofthissystemwaspromotedandpartiallyfinancedaspartofErasmus.Atpresent,theECTSisusedbyavastmajorityofhighereducationinstitutionsparticipatinginErasmus.TheprogrammeatissuehasalsocontributedtoshapingtheideaoftheEuropeanHigherEducationArea,whichfostersgreatertransparencyand“compatibility”ofeducationalsystemsinparticularcountries,andtheapplicationofacommoncreditsystem(ECTS),considerablyfacilitatingthemobilityofstudentsandacademicstaff.CreatingtheEuropeanHigherEducationArea,facilitatingmobilityandimprovingthequalityofeducationinEurope–thesearetheobjectivesoftheaptlynamedBolognaProcess,i.e.asetofactivitiesjointlyundertakenbyEuropeancountriesinthefieldofhighereducation.TheBolognaProcesscommencedwiththesigningoftheBolognaDeclaration(in1999)byEuropeanministersofhighereducation,whichproposescertainmodificationstotheeducationalsysteminEurope.TheassumptionsoftheBolognaProcessarecurrentlybeingimplementedby46countrieswhichhavedeclaredtheirintenttocreatetheconditionsfosteringthemobilityofstudents,graduatesandacademicstaff,andtheprovisionofhigh-qualityandmoderneducationtostudentsofhighereducationalinstitutions.BolognaExpertsTeamsweresetupinparticularcountries,functioningwithfinancialsupportfromtheEuropeanCommission.TheBolognaExpertspromotereformswithintheEuropeanhighereducationsystem,consistentwiththeobjectivesoftheBolognaProcess.ThePolishTeamofBolognaExperts,currentlyhaving19members,closelycooperateswiththeunitsoftheNationalAgencyfortheLifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus,Tempus and Bologna Expert Teams). In 2009, the BolognaExpertsTeamfocusedondevelopingstudyprogrammesbasedonlearningoutcomes,multi-levelstudies,internalsystemsofqualityassurance,andECTS.MajoractivitiesundertakenbytheBolognaExpertssupportedbytheunitsoftheNationalAgencyincludedconferencesandseminars(nearly40in2009),consultancy,trainingandpublications.TheactivityoftheBolognaExpertsishighlyappreciatedbythePolishacademicenvironment,astheyseektomeetthedemandamonghighereducationinstitutionsforconsultancyfacilitatingtheimplementationofreformsinthePolishsectorofhighereducation.

Bologna Process – it’s already been 10 yearsTheBolognaProcessisageneralEuropeanundertaking,whichcommencedin1999withthesigningofthedocumententitledtheBolognaDeclaration,bytheministersinchargeofhighereducationin29countries.ChangestothehighereducationsystemsinEuropeconstitutetheessenceoftheBolognaProcess,anditsultimateobjectiveistoestablishtheEuropeanHigherEducationAreaby2010,asaresultofestablishingasetofgeneralprinciplesconcerningtheorganisationofeducation.

The latest publication by

prof. andrzej Kraśniewski,

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„erasmus means getting to know…”when i think about all i experienced during the exchange, i think: for me erasmus means getting to know. especially getting to know myself and becoming courageous, enough to stand face to face with a new and unknown reality (…). someone once said that we are only afraid of what is unknown to us, and erasmus makes us get to

know a lot.

Bartek woźniakszczecin University of technology

(erasmus scholarship holder)The participation of polish higher education institutions in multilateral projects(activity directly supervised by the European Commission)CentralisedactionswithintheErasmusprogrammesmostlycompriseofmultilateralprojectsimplementedbyagroupconsistingofanumberofinstitutionsfromvariousparticipatingcountries.Onlyoneinstitutionwithinthegroupcanimplementtheaccompanyingmeasuresforagivenproject.In2008,Polishhighereducationinstitutionsparticipatedin19“central”projects,including9Erasmusnetworks.OneoftheseprojectswascoordinatedbythePolishinstitution,theUniversityofBielsko-Biała.Thisprojectaimedat

developingastudyprogrammeentitled:“StatisticalAnalysisofMeasurementDatafortheEvaluationofMeasurementUncertainty.”ItwasimplementedincooperationwithuniversitiesandinstitutionsfromGermany,GreatBritain,RomaniaandItaly.24projectsattendedbyPolishhighereducationinstitutionswereimplementedin2009,oneofwhichwascoordinatedbythePolishparty.Detailed informationconcerningcentralErasmusprojects isavailableonthewebsiteoftheEducation,AudiovisualandCultureExecutiveAgency(EACEA):http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index.htm.

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Innovation,developmentandmodernisationoflifelonglearningsystemsconstitutetheobjectivesoftheLeonardodaVinciMultilateralProjects“TransferofInnovation”,whereasthe

mobilityontheEuropeanlabourmarketissupportedwithintheExchangeandPlacementprojects(alsoreferredtoasMobilityProjects).Since2008,anumberofPartnershipshavebeenimplementedaspartoftheprogramme,enablingtherealisationofcommonactivitiesattheEuropeanlevel,inthefieldofvocationaleducationandtraining.Thesearecalledsmall-scaleprojects,comprisingalsothemobilitycomponent.

Since2009,thereisthepossibilityofapplyingforaMobilityCertificate,whichconfirmsthatagivenorganisationhastheexperienceandcapacitytoimplementhigh-qualityprojects.Holdingthiscertificatemakesiteasiertoreceivethefundsforanysubsequentprojects.Varioustypesofentities,bothpublicandprivate,canparticipateintheLeonardodaVinciprogramme.Thesecanbe,amongothers,vocationalschools,lifelonglearninginstitutions,trainingcompanies,enterprises,socialpartnersandtheirorganisations,chambersofcraft,chambersofcommerceandothertradeorganisations,bodiesprovidingvocationalcounselling,researchcentres,non-profitorganisations,NGOs,aswellasGovernmentandlocal-Governmentadministrationbodies.

Participants in the Polish-FrenchLeonardo da Vinci Contact Fairs,French Embassy in Warsaw

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leonardo da Vinci operates in the field of vocational education and training. it promotes innovative approaches to vocational education and further training activities in order to make them more attractive, more efficient, and adaptable to labour market needs to the highest extent possible. This programme also supports the transnational mobility of employees on the european labour market.www.leonardo.org.pl

Results of the call for proposals in 2009Decentralised action within the Leonardo da Vinci programme


Number of applications approved

Funds granted in EUR

Partnerships 120 64 1193000TransferofInnovationProjects 43 15 4149562ProfessionalsinVocationalEducationandTraining–VETPRO

140 42 1773654

IVT–InitialVocationalTraining 359 93 7089851PLM–PeopleontheLabourMarket 71 17 1991577PreparatoryVisits(PV)/ContactSeminars

100 79 111 154

Total 833 310 16 308 798Datasource:FRSE,owndatafor2009

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mobility projects– Vocational placements and experience exchangeTheaimoftheseprojectsistosupportthetransnationalmobilityofindividualsundergoinginitialvocationaltrainingandthoseresponsibleforsuchtraining.Themainassumptionmadefortheseprojectsistocombinetheorywithpractice,therebystrengtheningtherelationshipbetweentheworldofeducationandthelabourmarket.Through theseprojectsbeneficiariesareoffered theopportunitytoestablishinternationalcooperation,toorganiseinternationalplacements,andtoexpandtheskillsandtoolsofteachers,trainersandinstructors.In2009,4 410individualsparticipatedinvocationalplacementsandexperienceexchangeaspartoftheprojectssubmittedunderthecallsforproposalsin2007,2008and2009.Themostfrequenthostinstitutionsincludededucationalestablishmentsoreducation-supportingestablishments(67.8%),andinstitutionsconductingtourism,accommodationandfoodserviceactivity(13.1%).Inthe2009/2010schoolyear,morethan4 000participants(4 077participants,including3 269students,516workersandindividualslookingforajob,and808personsinchargeofvocationaleducationandtraining)willbenefitfrommobilityprojects(experienceexchangeandvocationalplacements),approvedforimplementationinthegeneralcallforproposalsin2009.

The most popular partner countries

Participants in Preparatory Visits / Contact Seminars in 2009 (by voivodeship)

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People on the Labour Market (PLM) and People in Initial Vocational training (IVT)Aplacementorvocationaltrainingisaformofwork-relatedtrainingwhichentailstheacquisitionofvocationalexperienceintheworkplace.LeonardodaVinciplacementprojectsconsistoforganisingvocationaltrainingabroadinpartnerorganisationslocatedinothercountries,aspartofthecooperationbetweeneducationalinstitutionsandenterprises.Placementsmustconstituteanintegralpartofvocationaltraining.Thegeneralobjectiveoftheseplacementsistosupporttheparticipantsinthedevelopmentofspecificvocationalskillsandtofacilitatetheuseoftheacquiredknowledgeinpractice,vocationalqualificationdevelopment,andbetterparticipationinthelabourmarket.Theseplacementprojectsareaddressedtotraineesininitialvocationaltraining(IVT)andtopeopleonthelabourmarket(PLM).Avocationalplacementabroadmaylastfrom2to39weeksfortraineesininitialvocationaltraining(IVT),andfrom2to26weeksforpeopleonthelabourmarket(PLM).In2009,theIVTprojectparticipantsusuallyoptedforstayslastingfrom3to5weeks(51%ofallparticipants),orfortwo-weekstays–46%.ThePLMprojectparticipantsusuallydecidedonstayslastingfrom14to26weeks(35%ofallparticipants),from6to9weeks–29%andfrom3to5weeks–25%.

Professionals in Vocational Education and Training (VETPRO) Theseexperienceexchange-orientedmobilityprojectsareaddressedtopeopleresponsibleforvocationaleducationandtrainingordevelopmentofhumanresources intraining institutionsandenterprises.Theirobjectiveistolearnandtransferinterestingsolutions,aswellastoimproveandmodernisethemethodsandpracticesusedinthefieldofvocationaleducation.ThetargetgroupinVETPROprojectscomprisesofindividualsresponsibleforvocationaleducationandtraining,orforhumanresourcesinvariousinstitutions.Thiswouldincludesuchgroupsasteachersofvocationalsubjects

(includingteachersofforeignlanguages),instructors,vocationalcounsellors,personsresponsiblefortrainingcourses,managersofHRdepartments,andmanagingstaffofinstitutionsandenterprises(especiallyinthesmallandmedium-sizedenterprisesector).Theexperienceexchangeperiodmaylastfrom1to6weeks.In2009,projectparticipantsusuallyoptedforaone-weekstay(64%ofallparticipants),foratwo-weekstay–21%,andforathree-weekstay–14%.Noparticipantappliedforalongerstay.

partnershipsPartnershipsaremultilateralcooperationprojectswithasmallscaleoffunding.Theyconsistofestablishinginternationalpartnershipsinvolvingvariousinstitutions,whichundertaketocooperateinrespectofcommoninterestsinthefieldofvocationaleducationandtraining(VET).Asetoftangibleproductsdevelopedbyallprojectparticipants(theprojectteam)constitutestheoutcomeofsuchprojects.Partnershipsassumetheactiveparticipationoftrainees,andtheysupportthemobilityandexperienceexchangebetweenpartnersattheEuropeanlevel.ThefollowingexamplesoftopicsarecoveredwithinLdVPartnerships:developingcommoncontentandconceptsoftraining;reinforcingthelinksbetweeneducationandworkinglife; improvingthequalificationsofteachersandtrainersinVET;testingandadoptingcommonEuropeanapproachestoVET;andintegratingtrainingneedsonthelabourmarketwithinVET.Withintheframeworkofpartnershipsin2009,PolishbeneficiariesusuallyoptedforcooperatingwithpartnerorganisationsfromGermanyandItaly(27and24entities,respectively).SomepartnersalsocamefromFrance,Turkey,GreatBritain,SpainandBelgium.Thepartnershipsapprovedin2009aremostly implementedbyvocationaltrainingorganisationsorcentres(13),vocationalandtechnicalsecondaryschools(9),NGOs(8),highereducationinstitutions(8),aswellassmallandmedium-sizedenterprises(7).

Beneficiaries of Partnerships

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transfer of innovation projects TransferofInnovation(TOI)Projectsaremultilateralcooperationprojectswhichconsistoftransferringandadaptinginnovativesolutionsandproductsinnewfields,withtheaimofincreasingthequalityofvocationaleducationandtraining.Withintheframeworkofinternationalcooperation,thepartnersadaptpreviousideas,verifiedintermsofthecontent,aswellasinlinguistic,culturalandlegalterms,andimplementtheminothercountriesandsectors,orfornewtargetgroups.ThistransfermaycovertheresultsofpilotorthematicprojectsimplementedinthepreviousphaseoftheLeonardodaVinciprogramme,andanyinnovativesolutionsnotrelatedtothisprogramme.

This experience exchange project (VETPRO) was implemented in 2008-2009 by the Agricultural Education Centre in Brwinów, with the DEULA Nienburg vocational education centre in Germany acting as their partner. The contact person is Barbara Krajewska (The Agricultural Education Centre in Brwinów), e-mail: [email protected]

project activities and resultsTheprojectwasaddressedtoagriculturalschoolsinthewholeofPoland.Theaimoftheprojectwastoacquirenewexpertiseandexperienceinthefieldofproducingandusingbiofuelsasrenewablesourcesofenergy,andtofamiliarisetheparticipantswithtechnicalandorganisationalsolutionsfunctioninginthisfield.20teachersofvocationalsubjectsvisitedtheGermanpartnerinstitution–theDEULANienburgvocationaleducationcentre.Apartfromagriculturalfarms,productionplantsandserviceenterprises,theparticipantscouldalsoseesomeofthevocationalandlifelonglearningcentresinGermany.Additionally,duringthestudyvisitsinGermanagriculturalfarmsandworkestablishments,theteacherswerefamiliarisedwithrealconditionsandrequirementsforparticularworkposts,aswellasrelatedriskfactors.

project resultsTheprojectimplementationcreatedtheopportunityfortheparticipants to improve their qualifications in the field ofimplementingbiofuelproductiontechnologies.TheexchangealsoofferedthemthechancetofamiliarisethemselveswiththeGermanvocationaleducationsystem.Thetrainingprogramme,including the materials distributed during the workshopsconductedbyprojectparticipants,constitutedatangibleproductoftheproject.Thethematicscopeofthematerialsdevelopedasaresultoftheprojectcovers:

1. ThefunctioningofagricultureinGermany;

2. ThefunctioningofthevocationaleducationandtrainingsysteminGermany,includingthetrainingoffarmersandworkersintheagriculturalsector;

3. Differentmeansofutilisingbiofuels;

4. Technologiesofplantcultivationforenergy-relatedpurposes;5. Theeconomicanalysisofproductioncostsandcapacities,

processinganduseofbiofuelsforenergy-relatedpurposes;6. Technologiesofproducingenergyfrombiofuels;7. DevelopmentofthebiofuelsmarketinEurope,inGermany

andinPoland.TheopportunitytomeetthepeoplewhohaveadirectinfluenceonvocationaleducationinPoland,inthefieldsrelatedtoagriculture,constitutedconsiderablevalueforhostinstitutionsinGermany.EmployeesofGermanenterprisescouldverifytheirpreviousimageofPolishworkersandtheirskills,aswellastheirknowledgeofthePolishlabourandeducationalmarkets.

exploitation of project resultsTheexperienceacquiredduringtheprojectfindsitsapplicationintheteachingactivityoftheprojectparticipants.Newinformationandprojectresultswillbedisseminatedbytheparticipantstootherteachersintheirschools,therebyincreasingthenumberofprojectbeneficiaries.Students,graduatesandownersofsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises,participatinginvariouscoursesorganisedbythoseschools,aretheultimatebeneficiariesoftheproject.

LEoNArDo DA VINCI | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

The production and use of biofuels as a necessity for the European energy economy

Totalfundsgrantedforsuchprojectsunderthegeneralcallforproposalsin2009amountedtoEUR4149562–onaveragemorethanEUR270thousandforaproject.Outof14beneficiaries,eightinstitutionsimplementedamultilateralcooperationprojectforthefirsttime.TOIbeneficiariesin2009representedthefollowingtypesofinstitutions:highereducationinstitutions(4),smallandmedium-sizedenterprises(3),foundationsandassociations(5),researchinstitutes(1),andvocationaltrainingcentres(1).PolishbeneficiariesusuallychosepartnersfromGreatBritain,Germany,Bulgaria,SpainandSlovakia.In2009,TOIprojectsreferredto,amongothersubjects,developingamodelofcertificationandmutualrecognitionofthequalifications

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ofmanagersandconstructionengineersintheEuropeanUnion,andtodevelopinganinternationalqualitymanagementsysteminthelifelonglearningsector,andinparticularintheinstitutionsprovidingeducationtopeoplewithlowqualifications,andtodevelopingvariouscoursesandtrainingprogrammesbasedone-learning,e.g.forsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises,andforhotelandfoodsector,orforeignlanguagecoursesforspecialisedpurposes.

preparatory Visits and Contact seminars in the leonardo da Vinci programme Priortosubmittinganapplicationunderthecallforproposals,theinstitutionsinvolvedmayparticipateinapreparatoryvisit.In2009,fundswereprovidedto64participantsofpreparatory

This “Transfer and Innovation” project was implemented in 2007-2009. The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań acted as project coordinator, and universities from the Netherlands, Sweden, Latvia, Germany, and Great Britain acted as project partners. Project website: www.e-archaeology.org. Contact person: Prof. of AMU Arkadiusz Marciniak, Ph.D. hab., e-mail: [email protected].

project activities and resultsTheprojectwasmethodologyanddidactics-oriented.ItconsistedofdevelopingteachingcontentandmaterialsrelatedtothelateststandardsandEuropeanregulationsregardingallaspectsofprotectionandmanagementofarchaeologicalheritage.Theactivitiesundertakenintheprojectledtodevelopingacomplexmethodologyofcreatingandconductinge-learningcoursesinthereferencefield.Atotalof60coursesweredeveloped,formingpartofaconsolidatedtrainingcourse,entitledArchaeological Heritage in Contemporary Europe.EachofthesecourseswasrecordedinthestandardSCORM1.2,whichduetoitspopularitymakesitpossibletouseitvirtuallyinanycomputersystemsupportinge-learningmodules.Basedonthee-learningcoursesdeveloped,pilottrainingwasconductedinpartnercountriesforagroupof80professionalsinthesectorofprotectionandmanagementofarchaeologicalheritage,andstudentsofmasterandpostgraduatestudies.Followingthecompletionofthesaidpilottraining,itwasdecidedthatthecoursematerialswouldbedistributedundertheCreativeCommonsprinciple.

project results1. Thedevelopmentof

keyelementsofthevocationaltrainingmethodologyinthefieldoftheprotectionandmanagementofarchaeologicalheritage,withtheapplicationofe-learningmodules.

2. Thedevelopmentofmethodologiesforcreatingmultimediae-learningcourses,consideringtheneedformulti-lingualversions.

3. Thedevelopmentof15coursemodulesinthefieldoftheprotectionandmanagementofarchaeologicalheritage.

4. Theconstructionofane-learningcoursecomprisingof15multimediae-learningmodules(distancetrainingentitledArchaeological Heritage in Contemporary Europe).Thecourseswerecreatedinfourlanguageversions–English,Latvian,GermanandPolish.

exploitation of project resultsSeveralEuropeanuniversitieshaveexpressedtheirinterestinusingthee-learningcourseinquestion.Theavailabilityofthecourseontheprojectwebsiteallowsforitsfurtherapplicationintheacademicandlifelonglearningdomain,addressedtoemployeesintheprotectionandmanagementofarchaeologicalheritagesector,bothinPolandandabroad.

LEoNArDo DA VINCI | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

E-learning as a tool of knowledge transfer in the field of the protection and management of archaeological heritage

visitswithintheLeonardodaVinciprogramme.ContactseminarsorganisedbyNationalAgencieswereattendedby15people.Participationinsuchseminarsenabledthem,amongotherthings,tomeetrepresentativesofvariousinstitutionsfromotherEuropeancountriesandtoestablishapartnergroup.In2009,15peopleparticipatedincontactseminarsaspartofthefundsreceived.Theaimofthesepreparatoryvisitsandcontactseminarswastodevelopacommonproject,andtodefinetherolesandtasksofthepartners.ThemostfrequentdestinationsforpreparatoryvisitsandcontactseminarsincludedGermany,GreatBritain,Italy,FranceandSpain.TotalfundsallocatedforthisactionwithintheLeonardodaVinciprogrammeamountedtoEUR125000.

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observation of the Sun by a participant in the Grundtvig Partnership Project “Aurora-Polaris”

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The grundtvig programme focuses on the european cooperation and experience exchange in the field of general, non-vocational adult education, whether formal, non-formal or informal. This is the fourth, the smallest and the youngest sectoral programme forming part of the lifelong learning programme. in 2010, it celebrates its 10th anniversary.www.grundtvig.org.pl

AstheGrundtvigeducationalactivitiesareespeciallyaimedatadultlearnerswhorequirespecialsupport,arangeofeducationcourses,includingalternativeeducational

paths,hasbeencreatedtomeettheneedsofthoselearners.Bycreatingtheopportunitytolearn,theprogrammeisaimedattacklingtheproblemsassociatedwithEurope’sageingpopulation.ApartfromenhancingEuropeancooperationinthefieldofnon-vocationaladulteducation,exchangingexperiencesanddevelopinginnovativeeducationpractices,theprogrammeobjectivesalsoincludeincreasingthemobilityofthestaffandadultlearnerstootherEuropeancountries.TheobjectivesoftheGrundtvigprogrammeareimplementedthroughtendifferentactions,

Results of the call for proposals in 2009 for the Grundtvig programmeDecentralised action of the Grundtvig programme


Number of applications approved

Funding granted in EUR

GrundtvigPartnerships 165 89 1670000GrundtvigWorkshops 34 24 536941SeniorVolunteerServiceProjects 13 6 92613PreparatoryVisits 91 76 67355In-serviceTraining 146 73 145185VisitsandExchangesforAdultEducationStaff

35 31 44075

GrundtvigAssistantship 9 6 43010Total 493 305 2 599 179

Datasource:FRSE,ownresourcesfortheLifelongLearningProgramme

sevenofwhicharecurrentlyadministeredbytheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationalSystem(FRSE),andtheremainingthreebytheExecutiveAgencyinBrussels.Theyear2009wasextremelyimportantfortheprogramme,withfournewactionsbeingintroducedtoconsiderablyextenditsscopeandopportunities.ThenewactionsincludebilateralSeniorVolunteerServiceProjects,GrundtvigWorkshops,VisitsandExchangesforAdultEducationStaff,andGrundtvigAssistantships.ThesewereaddedtothreepreviousactionsadministeredbyFRSEuntil2009,namelyGrundtvigPartnerships,individualin-servicetrainingforadulteducationstaff,andPreparatoryVisitsforGrundtvigprojects.

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grundtvig workshopsTheaimoftheGrundtvigWorkshopsistoenableadultlearnersinEuropetoparticipateinthematicworkshopstakingplaceinaEuropeancountryotherthantheirown.

Theworkshopslastfrom5to10daysandareorganisedfor10-20adultlearnerscomingindividuallyfromabroad.Theparticipantsmustrepresentatleastthreedifferentcountries(notincludingtheorganiser’scountry),noneofwhichmayhavemorethanonethirdoftheparticipants.TheworkshoporganiserappliesforfundingtotheNationalAgencyinitscountry.Ifitsapplicationisselected,anagreementisconcludedwiththeNationalAgency,whichcovers,interalia,participants’recruitmentcosts,travelandsubsistencecosts,andworkshoporganisation-relatedcosts.Learnerswillingtoparticipateintheworkshopsselecttheworkshopsofmostinteresttothemfromaspecialcatalogue,andthentheydirectlycontacttheworkshoporganiser.Theydonotbearanyrelatedcosts.Theworkshopsmaynotrefertoimprovingoccupationalqualifications,andtheymaynotbeaddressedtoanyspecificprofessionalgroup.Althoughthisactionwasorganisedin2009forthefirsttime,theGrundtvigWorkshopsturnedouttobeatremendoussuccess.Unexpectedlymany(34)applicationsforthisactionweresubmittedinPoland,70%ofwhichwereapproved.TherangeoftopicsoftheWorkshopsinPolandin2009wasextremelydiverse,fromPolishlessonsforforeignersinastronomy,art,vocal,craft,parentworkshops,tomemorytrainingforseniorsandlearninghowtodealwithviolenceathome.

grundtvig partnershipsThesearetwo-yearmultilateralprojects,themainobjectiveofwhichistoexchangeexperiencebetweenpartnerorganisationsinthefieldofadulteducation.Thetypicalsubjectmattersincludedevelopingattractiveeducationalcoursesandmotivatingtolearn,especiallyforthoseadultswhohavenotcompletedanyschoolandwhoarethreatenedwithsocialexclusion;developingkeycompetencesinadults(e.g.foreignlanguages,ICT,civiccompetences);inter-culturalissuesandissuesofcombatingxenophobiaandintolerance;parenteducation;peoplelearninginold-age;thespecialeducationalneedsofthedisabled:healtheducation,consumereducation;educationindetentioncentres;educationalcoursesforadultsresidinginruralareas;art,musicandculture.Activeinvolvementbyadultlearnersinallprojectactivities,includingvisitstopartnerorganisations,constitutesthecrucialaspectofthesepartnerships.ThisisthelargestactionintheGrundtvigprogrammeanditenjoyswideinterestinPoland.In2009,thenumberofapplicationssubmittedamountedto165,whereasthepreliminarybudgetallowedforapprovinglessthanhalfthisnumber.However,sincethequalityoftheprojectsattendedbyPolishorganisationsprovedtobeexceptionallyhigh,anadditionalamountoffundsfromtheEuropeanCommission’sreserveswasgranted,whichallowedtheapprovingofasmanyas89projects.In2009,oneoftheprioritiesoftheGrundtvigprogrammeinPolandfocusedonsenioreducation.Tothisend,FRSEissuedapublicationentitled“EuropeforSeniors–SeniorsforEurope,”comprisingasetofreflectionssharedbytheentitiesimplementinghigh-qualityGrundtvigPartnershipProjects,andorganisedathematicseminarontheimpactofEuropeancooperationundertheGrundtvigprogrammeonsenioreducation.

Applications submitted by applicant category – Grundtvig 2009Non-Governmentalandnon-profitorganisations 132Adulteducationorganisations(includingUniversitiesoftheThirdAge) 116Other 33Publicauthorities(national,regionalandlocal) 32Foundations 30Culturalinstitutions(e.g.museums,artgalleries,libraries) 29Universitiesorhighereducationinstitutions 26Researchcentres 22Associationsofadulteducationinstitutions 11Institutionsforpupils/studentswithspecialneeds 11Associationsoflocalcommunities 11Privateentities 9Professionalassociations 2Parentassociations 7Secondaryschools 7Teachereducationinstitutions 6Entitiesprovidingjobconsultancyandcounsellingservices 5Detentioncentres 4

Total 493Datasource:FRSE,ownresourcesfortheLifelongLearningProgramme

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senior Volunteer service projectsTheseprojectsareaimedatcooperationbetweentwopartnerorganisationsfromtwodifferentcountries,

orientedtowardscreatingopportunitiesforpeoplewhoarenolongereconomicallyactive,aged50andover(50+),toparticipateinvoluntaryserviceprojectsabroad.Partnerorganisationsarrangemobilityforseniorstopartnercountrieslastingfrom3to8weeks,duringwhichtheparticipantperformsvoluntarywork,andexchangeshisorherexperience,skillsandexpertisewiththelocalcommunity.Eachofthetwoorganisationssimultaneouslyactsassendingandhostorganisation.Thecooperationperiodlaststwoyearsandentailspreparingseniorsforthestay,organisingthestayandthespecificvoluntaryservicetopic.Volunteersmaynotperformanyfor-profitworkorreplaceanyprofessionalemployees.Therangeoftopicsmaycoversharingone’sownskillsandexpertiseinagivenareawiththelocalcommunity,performingworkforthebenefitofotherpeoplewhoneedtobetakencareof,andotheractivitiesasdefinedbythepartners.Thevolunteerserviceplannedintheapplicationsapprovedfor2009concernsmainlytwotopics-seniorworkfororphanedchildrenandinter-culturaleducation.

grundtvig preparatory Visits and Contact seminarsThisactionentailsindividualvisitsbyrepresentativesofvariousorganisationsdealingwithadulteducation,aimedatfindingaforeignpartneranddevelopingaworkplanfortheproject.SuchvisitsareorganisedinrespectofGrundtvigPartnershipProjects,SeniorVolunteerServiceProjects,MultilateralProjects,GrundtvigNetworksandAccompanyingMeasures.ParticipationinaContactSeminarorPreparatoryVisitmakesitpossibletomeetpartnerinstitutions,todevelopspecificobjectivesforfutureprojects,andtodefinetherolesandtasksamongthepartners.In2009,representativesoftheorganisationsdealingwithpeoplethreatenedwithsocialexclusionandpovertyconstitutedthemostdemandedandthemostfrequentlyinvitedgroup,inordertoobtainasmanyrelatedhigh-qualityprojectsaspossiblein2010,whichis,theEuropeanYearforCombatingPovertyandSocialExclusion.

in-service training for adult education staffThisactionaimsatprovidingfundingforindividualin-servicetrainingforadulteducationstaff,takingplaceabroadandlastingfrom5daysto6weeks.TrainingcoursesmaybeselectedfromaspecialEuropeancatalogueofcourses,butalsofromanyotheroffers.Thisactionisaddressedateducators,trainers,teachers,managingstaffandotherpeopleactinginthefieldofnon-vocationaladulteducation.Itsbeneficiariesincludethestaffofvariousorganisationsoperatinginthenon-vocationaladulteducationsector,includingrepresentativesofUniversitiesoftheThirdAge;organisationsactingforthedisabled;thestaffofLifelongLearningCentres;museum,libraryandculturecentresstaff;aswellaslabourandcityofficeemployees.Aselectedcoursedoesnothavetodirectlyimprovetheteachingskillsoftheeducatorofadults,butitmay

developtheabilitytocreateeducationaloffersinthissector,orcompetencesrelatedtothemanagement,supervision,andstrategicissuesinthefieldofnon-vocationaladulteducation.In2009,thisactionenjoyedcontinuingpopularity.Themajorityofcourseparticipantsworkedinthefieldofthenon-profitnon-formalorinformaladulteducation.

Visits and exchanges for adult education staff Theseareindividualvisitsbyrepresentativesofadulteducationstaff,andstudentsinthefinalyearofMaster’s

studiesinthefieldofadulteducation.Thevisitsareaimedatimplementingeducationalobjectivesrelatedtoorganisingadulteducationabroad,including,inparticular,seminars,conferencesor“jobshadowing”placements.Suchavisitmaylastfrom1dayto12weeks.Establishingthisnewactionin2009resultedinanincreasednumberofpeopleoptingforthisformofeducationalmobility,notbasedonthecall forproposals.What isworthstressingisthefactthatalthoughthisactionwasinsignificantintermsofthebudgetrequirements,itprovedtobethebestwhencomparingthepercentageofapplicationsapprovedtothenumberofapplicationssubmitted;reachingnearly90%.Thisstemsfromselectingparticularlyinterestingeducationalevents,andfromtheexceptionallyhigh-qualityoftheapplicationssubmitted.Beneficiariesofthisnewactionincludeindividualsworkingforthebenefitofthedisabled,employeesofscientificcentresforthegeneralpublic,andfamilyeducators.

grundtvig assistantships Assistantshipsarelongervisitsbyrepresentativesofadulteducationalstaff,andstudentsinthefinalyearofMastersstudiesinthefieldofadulteducation.Theyspend

thisperiodasGrundtvigassistantsinaforeigncountry.Anassistantmayeitherplayanauxiliaryrole,assistinginthe

teachingprocessororganisationmanagement,oractasanexpertresponsibleforoneormoretrainingcourses,orforaselectedaspectoftheorganisationmanagement.Grundtvigassistantsshouldbefullyinvolvedinthelifeoftheirhostorganisation.Theassistantshipperiodlastsmorethan12weeksthroughto45weeksatthemaximum.Thepurposeofsuchvisitstoforeignorganisationsdealingwithadulteducationistoperformthefollowingtasks:supportingadultsintheirlearningprocessesorassistingwithselectedaspectsofmanagingadulteducation;supportingpeoplewithspecialeducationalneeds;providinginformationonthenativecountryoftheassistant,andassistingwithteachinghisorhernativelanguage;andinitiating,developingandassistingtheimplementationofeducationalprojects.In2009,arelativelylownumberofpeopledecidedonthisformofmobility.Thegroupofbeneficiariescomprisedoffiveindividualswithoccupationalexperience, including a representative of the InternationalAssociationofEsperanto-SpeakingScientistsinPoland,aculturecentreinstruction,ateacherfromasecondaryschoolforadults,andoneunemployedgraduate.Alltheseparticipantsoptedforverylongvisits,typicallylastingnearlyoneyear.

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A Grundtvig Partnership Project entitled Europe’s Women – At the Centre of Life was implemented in 2006-2009 by the Zielona Góra University of the Third Age. It was coordinated by Ost-West-Europäisches Frauen Netzwerk e.V. from Berlin, with the Goettingen organisation dealing with similar issues and the NGO Preili Women’s Club from Latvia acting as partners. English, German, Polish and Russian were the languages used in the project. On the Polish side, the project was coordinated by Zofia Banaszak, [email protected]. Project website: www.ewcol.net. The funding granted from the LLP budget: EUR 29 000.

project actions and resultsTheprojectwasaddressedtowomenaged45andover(45+).Itentaileddevelopingnewskillsbylearningfromeachotherandderivingpleasurefromlife,basedontheconceptofSalutogenesis(health-orientedconsiderationsandactivities)andEmpowerment(takingresponsibilityforoneselfandtakingdecisions).Thepartnershipcooperationledtoorganisingthree“SilverSummerSchools”inPreili(Latvia),Berlin(Germany)andKarpacz(Poland).Theyresultedinchangingtheattitudeofmanyprojectparticipantswhoassumedtheroleofteachersorguides.Themeetingsofpartnersfromvariouscountries,lecturesandworkshopscreatedtheopportunitytoexchangeexperience,tolearnaboutthecultureandtraditionsinthepartnercountries,toexpandtheknowledgeandunderstandingofinterculturaldifferencesandsimilarities,andtomakeeducationalpracticesmorediversified.Asanoutcome,anumberofplansforthefutureandscenariosfordevelopingthecompetencesofmiddle-agedpeoplewerecreated.ThemeetingsatGermanpartnerswere linked to an exhibition ofartworksbyfemaleartists.Theparticipantspreparedanumberofpresentationsdevotedtosuchissuesas“Aging–challengesandchanges”,“Beauty”,or“RemembranceandMourning”. Open lectures wereorganisedtodiscusssuchtopicsas “Gender – a Vision for thefuture”or“Salutogenesis”.Therewere also several discussionsconcerningtheroleofthewomaninthefamilyandsociety.Contactswere established with local andinternationalorganisationsdealingwithactivationofseniorcitizens.Finally,supportwasprovidedfor

theprojectentitledSwing 50 plus – health for elder people,andthe“SalutogenesisandEmpowerment”documentation,translatedintoEnglish,PolishandLatvian,waspublishedonthePolishwebsiteoftheproject.TheZielonaGóraUniversityoftheThirdAgeorganisedanumberofsportsandrecreationalactivities,attendedbymorethan400learners.Severallecturesweregivenontheissuesofwellregardedhealthprophylacticsandnaturalmedicines.Workshopsoninterpersonalcommunicationwerealsoorganised.MembersofthePreiliWomen’sClubinLatviaparticipatedinmonthlymeetings.Anumberoflecturesweregiven,dealingwithsuchissuesas“MarketingforBusinessWomen”,“HowtoBalanceBusinesswithPrivateLife”,“ColoursInOurLives”,“Women’sImage”,or“Women’sHealthafter40…”.TheselectureswerealsoattendedbyrepresentativesofotherLatvianNGOsfromsmallcommunities.MembersoftheZielonaGóraClubparticipatedintheNGO’sworkshopsinPreili,LivaniandRiga,learningfromeachother.Theprojectresultsincludedcreatinganinternationalwebsite,availableinfourlanguages,anddevelopingabookillustratingholidaycustomsandprovidingcharacteristicnationalrecipesforholidaydishes.Uponcompletionoftheproject,asummaryoftheprojectworkwasdeveloped,includingallthereportsandreflectionscollectedintheformofapublication,enrichedwithanumberofphotos,issuedinthePolishandEnglishlanguageversion.TheprojectresultsweredisseminatedtotheZielonaGóraUniversityoftheThirdAge,membersofpartnerorganisations,andinthelocalmedia.

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Europe’s Women – At the Centre of Life

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This project was implemented in 2006-2009 by the Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap, Szczecin Branch. The project was coordinated by the Centre d’Aide par le Travail “Les Ateliers de la Mée” from Chateaubriant (France) and its partners included institutions from Berlin, Hamburg and Worpswede (Germany). On the Polish section, the project was coordinated by Barbara Jaskierska, e-mail [email protected]. Project website - www.psouuszczecin.org.pl (International Theatre Performance tab). The language spoken in the project was English. The funding granted from the LLP budget amounted to EUR 28 000.

project actions and resultsTheprimaryfocusoftheprojectwasondiscoveringandpromotingthe creative and cultural potential of people with mentaldisabilitiestoactivelyparticipateinsociallife;ondisseminatingeducationalpracticesaddressedtoadultswithmentaldisabilitiesamongtheorganisationsoperatinginthefollowingthreeEUcountries:France,GermanyandPoland;andcreatingeducationalopportunitiesbasedontheatreperformancesinvolvingpeoplewithmentaldisabilities.Theactivitiesundertakenincludedpartnermeetingsintheprojectorganiser’scountryandabroad,meetingsoflearners(peoplewithmentaldisabilities)andeducators(supportingtherapists),jointtheatreworkshops,performancesgivenbythreetheatregroups,experienceexchangeinthefieldofeducatingpeoplewithmentaldisabilitiesthroughtheatre,andthecreationofatheatreperformance,includingthescript,musicandstagedesign.Atheatreperformanceentitled“TheContact–Lea’sSecret”wasstagedinFrancefivetimes,attractinganaudienceof1400people.Thetheatreperformerscomprisedpeoplewithmentalhandicapfromthreecountries(19people),therapists(9),andtheatredirectors(4).TheperformancewasalsostagedinGermany–inBerlin,Worpswede,BremenandHamburg,gathering1200spectatorstofourperformances,andinPoland–inWarsawandSzczecin,gathering400spectatorstotwoperformances.TheactivitiesundertakenonthenationalscaleincludedEnglishlessons,attendedby22learnerswithmentaldisabilities,duringwhichtheylearnedEnglishwordsandphrasesnecessaryforeverydaycommunication,andtheatreworkshops,attendedby10peoplewithmentaldisabilitiesandtwosupportingtherapists.Theworkshopswereconductedtwiceaweekbyprofessionalactorsandtheatredirectors.

Theprojectpromotedthosewithmentaldisabilitiesasfullandcompetentparticipants in localcommunities, therebycontributingtogreatersocialinclusionamongthisgroup.TheprojectinvolvedcooperationbetweenorganisationsactingforthedisabledinvariousEuropeancountries,whichisarareundertaking.Throughafully-professionaltheatreperformance,peoplewithmentaldisabilitieswerepresentedasgiftedcreatorsoftrulyartisticvalues.Thefinalresultsachievedintheprojectincluded:• creatingajointEuropeantheatreperformanceentitled“The

Contact–Lea’sSecret”,• arecordingthetheatreperformanceonDVD,• arecordingtheperformancemusiconCD,• arecordingofareportagepromotingtheprojectonDVD,• postingthetheatreperformanceandthemusiconthe

Internetatwww.psouuszczecin.org.pl,(InternationalTheatrePerformancetab),

• aFrench-German-Polishdictionary.Theprojectresultsweredisseminatedthroughmeetingsofthedisabled,peoplefromtheirmostproximatesocialenvironmentandtherapists;sharingtheconclusionsdrawnfromstudyvisits;photographicexhibitionsshowingtheprojectactivities;projectpresentationsat internationalconferences inIstanbulandBordeaux;projectinformationinthepress,radioandtelevision;andtheprojectwebsiteandPolishwebsitedevotedtothedisabled:www.niepelnosprawni.pl.

GruNDTVIG | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

Culture and arts as a means of supporting the disabled in being perceived as real persons actively involved in social life

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//Visites d’étude//studienbesuche

//study visitsParticipants in the study visit“New trends in the training and development of civil servants”Warsaw, october 2009

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Study Visits

The study Visits programme belongs to the key actions in the transversal programme. it is aimed at developing cooperation and exchanging good practices related to the implementation of the lifelong learning strategy. within the framework of this programme, visits for decision-makers and other specialists in the field of general education are combined with visits for other stakeholders involved in vocational education and training. The website can be located at www.sv.org.pl

Theconceptofstudyvisitsisbasedonapresentationofinterestingsolutionsinagiveneducationalfieldbythehostinstitution,followedbyactiveexperienceexchangeand

discussion.Studyvisits,apartfromtheissuesconcerningsystemicsolutions,coverselectedinterestingandinnovativeapproachestospecificeducationalissuesinthesystemsofMemberStates.CEDEFOP–theEuropeanCentrefortheDevelopmentofVocationalTraininginThessaloniki(Greece)–coordinatestheprogramme’sactivitiesattheEuropeanlevel,whereasNationalAgenciescooperateincreatingthecatalogueofstudyvisits,selectingparticipants,anddisseminatingtheresultsofparticularstudyvisitsintheircountries.In2009,studyvisitsfocusedonsuchthemesasdevelopingkeycompetences;improvingaccess,qualityandefficiencyinvocationaleducationandtraining;improvingtheattractivenessofeducationandqualityofleadership;implementingcommonEuropeantoolsandframeworksfor lifelonglearning;trends,challengesandstrategiesinlifelonglearning;developmentoflearningcommunitiesinvolvingallparticipantsinthelifelonglearningprocess,andsupportingtransnationalmobilityinlifelonglearning.Eachyear163peopleselectedthroughthecallforapplications

participateinstudyvisits.ParticipantsareselectedfromvariousoccupationalgroupsandregionsinPoland.ParticipationinastudyvisitisfinancedbytheEuropeanUnionintheformofindividualfundinggrantedbytheNationalAgency.ThelistofstudyvisitsisincludedinthecatalogueofstudyvisitspublishedannuallybytheEuropeanCommission.Thechoiceofaspecificvisitshouldbeinlinewiththeoccupationalprofileofthepersonapplyingforparticipation.TheprogrammefurtherprovidestheopportunitytohostEuropeandecision-makersandspecialistsinthefieldofvocationaleducationandtraininginPoland.In2009,theorganisersofstudyvisitsinPolandincludedthePrimarySchoolinRydzyn,LocalEducationAuthoritiesinGdańsk,KatowiceandRzeszów,theTeacherTrainingCentreinSieradz,theMayorofSzczecinek,theRegionalIn-ServiceTeachingTrainingCentreMetisinKatowice,AnnaSzywalaTraining&AdvisoryCentres.c.[civilpartnership],theCollegeofEnterpriseandAdministrationinLublin,theNationalSchoolofPublicAdministration(KSAP),ZIARNOEcological-CulturalAssociation,CREATIVETraining&AdvisoryPlatforms.c.,theUniversityofHumanitiesandEconomicsinŁódź,andtheInstituteofRuralTourismatPoznańUniversityofLifeSciences.

The key study visit themes chosen by beneficiaries in 2009/2010Thedevelopmentoflearningcommunitiesinvolvingallactiveparticipantsineducationandtraining 8Educationandtrainingforemployability 17ImplementingcommonEuropeantools,principlesandframeworksforlifelonglearning 2Improvingaccess,equity,qualityandefficiencyineducationandtraining 30Keepingteachingandtrainingattractiveandimprovingleadership 24Keycompetencesforall 76Promotingmobilityinlifelonglearning 1Trendsandchallengesinlifelonglearningstrategies 5

Total 163Datasource:FRSE,ownresourcesfortheLifelongLearningProgramme

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Study visit participants by Voivodeship, divided into calls for proposals 2008 and 2009

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Theparticipantsinthestudyvisitentitled“Educationforruraltourismatcollegeanduniversitylevels,”organisedbytheInstituteofRuralTourismatPoznańUniversityofLifeSciencesin7-11September2009,becameconvincedthatruralcentresmightoutclasslargeenterprisesintermsoforganisationandcreativity.ThevisitwasattendedbyeightspecialistsfromEstonia,Greece,Spain,theNetherlands,Turkey,HungaryandItaly.Theprogrammeofthisstudyvisitcomprisedofvisitstoagriculturalschoolsandecologyeducationcentres,aswellasmeetingswithpeoplerunningagriculturalhouseholdsorworkingintheruraltourismsector.Theparticipantswereacquaintedwiththestructure

ThisstudyvisitwasorganisedinMarch2009byHaringeyChildrenandYoungPeople’sService,theProfessionalDevelopmentCentreinLondon.ItwasattendedbytheheadmasterfromasecondaryschoolinKielce.Thevisitwasaboutprovidingequalopportunitiestostudentswithdysfunctionsinmainstreamandvocationaleducation.12representativesfromGreece,Latvia,Norway,Germany,Romania,France,Italy,SpainandHungaryparticipatedinthisvisit,usingEnglishastheirworkinglanguage.Thevisitfeaturedpresentationsofproposedchangesandassumptionstothereformconcerningtheattitudetostudentswithspecialeducationalneeds,withparticularemphasisbeingputonpresentingthesepracticesineverydaysituations.Theparticipantsattendedlecturesandseminars,andalsovisitedvarioustypesofschoolsandestablishments–from

ThisstudyvisittookplaceinWarsawfrom19to21October2009intheNationalSchoolofPublicAdministration(KSAP).ItwasattendedbynineadministrativeworkersfromEurope,includingrepresentativesfromHungary,Bulgaria,Germany,France,GreatBritain,TurkeyandPortugal,aswellasspecialistsfromthehostinstitution.Themainpurposeofthisstudyvisitwastoexchangeexperience,i.e.topresentvarioussolutionsandvisionsofthefunctioningofcivilservicesinvisitors’countries.Thiswascombinedwithadiscussionduringwhichtheparticipantswereencouragedtosuggestinnovativewaystosolveacertain

STuDY VISITS | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

Local treasure – European value


Students with dysfunctions in mainstream schools


New trends in the training and development of civil servants

ofcurriculaforRTprofessionalsatthelevelofhighereducationinstitutions.Thediscussionledtodeterminingthefieldsinwhichsimilaroridenticalsolutionscanbeapplied.Sincealltheparticipantswereactivelyinvolvedintheimplementationofruraltourismactionsintheircountries,asmanyas13examplesofgoodpracticeswerepresented,allworthyofbeingdisseminatedonalargescale.Thescheduleofthisfive-dayvisitinPolandwasextremelybusy,comprisinganumberofdiscussionsandpresentations.TwodayswereentirelydevotedtovisitingthemostinterestingfacilitiesrelatedtoruraltourismintheareaofPoznań.Thehigh-qualityprofessionalbackgroundoftheparticipants,andthewidevarietyofspecialtiesrepresented,madeitpossibletodeterminetheareasofinteresttotheparticipantsinthisstudyvisitandtoarrangeforfuturecooperation.Thehostinstitution–theUniversityofLifeSciences–ensuredexcellentworkingconditionsfortheparticipants,whichcontributedtothesuccessofthisundertaking.

nurseryschoolsandprimaryschools,tosecondaryschoolsanduniversities.Visitstothoseschoolscreatedtheopportunitytoconfrontvarioustheorieswithpracticalapplications.ThevisittoLondonUniversity,whichtrainsfutureteachers,addedgreatvalue,providinganinsightintotheassumptionsbehindthenewteachereducationsystem,takingintoconsiderationthespecialeducationalneedsofstudents.Themeetingwiththecoordinatorinchargeofimplementingtasksrelatedtospecialeducationalneedswasespeciallyvaluedbyalltheparticipants.Thisstudyvisitcreatedtheopportunitytolearnaboutvariousmethodsofworkingwithstudentshavingspecialeducationalneeds,e.g.establishingtaskgroups,supportingteachersintheworkwithsuchstudents,advancingtheirlinguisticcompetencesandbreakingthebarriersinusingEnglishabroad.Havingreturnedtothiscountry,thePolishparticipantdisseminatedhisexperiencegatheredfromthevisitamongothersecondaryschoolheadmastersintheregion,andthecontactsestablishedduringthestudyvisitservedthepurposeofestablishingcooperationinnewprojects.

problemandtojointlyconsidernewchallenges.TheparticipantsbecameacquaintedwiththeworkandaccomplishmentsofKSAP,whichplaysasignificantroleinthePolishsystemofeducationandtrainingofpublicadministratioworkers.Thevisitorsdiscussedthefunctioningofcivilservicesandtheworkofofficesintheircountries.Theyalsobecamefamiliarwithgoodpracticesandarangeofexperience,appliedandgatheredbyvariouscountriesandinstitutions.SometimewasalsodevotedtomeetingswithPolishspecialistsfromtheCivilServicesintheChancelleryofthePrimeMinister,theNationalBankofPolandandtheMinistryofFinance.ThestudyvisitorganisedbyKSAPwasinspiringbothfortheparticipantsandorganisers,andtheknowledgeacquiredwillhaveapositiveimpactonthefunctioningoftheiroffices.Inturn,thiswillbringrealvalueaddedbenefitstoallcitizens.

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Students of the robert Schuman Non-Public Lower Secondary School No. 9 in WarsawParticipants in the eTwinning programme:Learning French by translating national fairy tales and legends

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eTwinning

The etwinning programme promotes european cooperation among schools using information and Communication technologies (iCt). The programme expands the scope of educational opportunities offered to both students and teachers, creating incentives to learn, and engendering greater openness to europe. etwinning provides teachers and students from school establishments with the online tools necessary to find a partner and to implement educational projects. inspiring others to use the latest achievements in technology, it implements its principal objective, which is to develop technological, linguistic and intercultural competences.www.etwinning.pl

eTwinningmakesitpossibletoincludetheschoolsubjectscoveredbythecurriculaintheprojects,e.g.mathematics,physics,historyandothers,byapplyinginnovativeand

creativeteachingmethods,whileatthesametimestimulatingthestudent’smotivationtolearn.CommunicationviatheInternetenablesparticipantstogettoknowtheeverydayaspectsofexoticcultures.Duringtheprojectimplementation,theparticipant’sinterestinhisorherowncultureandtraditionincreases,andsodohisorhertolerance,opennessandabilitytocommunicate.Theexchangeofexperience,methodsandobservationscontributestotheworkofteachers,makingitmoreinnovativeanddiversified,andfacilitatingtheintellectualandprofessionaldevelopmentofteachers.DetailedinformationabouteTwinningcanbefoundat:www.etwinning.pl.Attheendof2009thenumberofPolishschoolsregisteredintheeTwinningprogrammeamountedto7591,whichcorrespondstoan18%increaseincomparisonwiththepreviousyear.Asregardsteachers,thiswasanincreaseof31%,withthenumberofteachersregisteredasat31December2009amountingto9650.NearlyeverysecondteacherestablishedpartnershipwithatleastoneEuropeancountry,asaresultofwhich4780projectswereregisteredintheeTwinningprogramme.In2009alone,asmanyas1608projectswerecreated.Polandisunquestionablyfirstintermsofthenumberofschools,teachersandprojectsregisteredineTwinning.Francecomessecondintermsofthenumberofschools(7480)andprojects(3464)registered.Othercountriesshowconsiderablylowernumbersofestablishmentsandactivitiesregistered.

InPolandtheeTwinningprogrammeenjoysthegreatestpopularityintheŚląskieandMazowieckieVoivodeships(with1 381and758schoolsregistered,respectively).Thenumberofschoolsregisteredinothervoivodeshipsrangesfrom392to213(withPodlasiebeingtheleastactiveregion).TheŚląskieVoivodeship,with1052projectsregistered,isunquestionablyintheleadingpositionintermsofthenumberofpartnershipsestablished,followedbyMazowieckieVoivodeshipwith316projects.ThenumberofprojectsinDolnośląskie,Kujawsko-Pomorskie,Lubelskie,Lubuskie,Łódzkie,Małopolskie,Opolskie,Podkarpackie,Podlaskie,Pomorskie,Świętokrzyskie,WielkopolskieandZachodniopomorskieVoivodeshiprangesfrom215to120.Lessthan100projectsareimplementedinWarmińsko-MazurskieVoivodeship.

Implementation of eTwinning projects by school level(ISCED classification)

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primary school

1956 (iSced 1)

lower secondary school1405 (iSced 2)

(upper) secondary school1033 (iSced 3)

pre-primary school 334(iSced 0)

The project implemented by Urszula Utnicka in the John Paul II Lower Secondary School in Krempachy (Małopolskie Voivodeship), in cooperation with schools in France and Spain, won the first prize in the 5th Competition “Our eTwinning Project” in 2009, in the 13-15 age category.

project activitiesTheprojectwasdevelopedbymathsteachers.Thestudentsusedandadvancedtheirskills,mostlyinthefieldofmaths,geography,physics,computerscienceandEnglish.Theprojecttasksmadeitpossibletoexploittheknowledgecoveredinthecurriculum.ThemainobjectivewastoshowthesignificanceofmathsinexploringtheEarth,aswellasinotherbranchesofscienceandineverydaylife.Atthebeginning,twelvesitesinEuropewereselected.Thentheircoordinatesweredeterminedandtreatedaspointsinathree-dimensionalspaceoronaplane.Threeoutoftwelvesiteswerepartnerschools,whosecoordinateswerecalculatedusingGPS.Threeothersiteswereselectedbytheteachers,andtheremainingsixbythestudents,basedontheUNESCOW§orldHeritageListathttp://whc.unesco.org/en/list.ThisgavethestudentsthechancetogatherinformationaboutvariousplacesinEuropeconsideredashavingoutstandinguniversalvalue.Havingdeterminedthecoordinates,thestudentspreparedmaps,basedonGoogleEarth,withalltwelvesites.Thebestmapwasselectedbywayofcompetition.Thepresentationofthesitesmarkedwaseditedon-lineinGoogleDocsbystudentsfromthreecountries,andthenpostedathttp://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dgbjfq5x_26ggjx28gq&skipauth=true.Themaths-relatedtasksperformedbythestudentscomprisedconvertinggeographicalcoordinatesintotheCartesiancoordinatesystem,calculatingthedistancebetweenparticularsites,findingthe

eTWINNING | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

Maths and Earthshortestlinejoiningthesesites(thetravellingsalesmanproblem),structuresintheGeoGebrapackage:atrianglewithgivensidelengths,acirclecircumscribedoverandinscribedwithinatriangle,thecentreofgravity;comparingthegeometryonasphereandaplane,colouringthemap(four-colourmaptheorem),analysingtheEarth’sshapeasasphere,andcalculatingitsradius.Theactivitiesperformedbytheteachersfocusedonplanningtheschemeandstudenttasks.Theycommunicatedviae-mail,viaSkypeand,mostofall,viatheNingsocialnetworkservice,whichwasalsousedbythestudents.Inthislarge-scaleproject,anumberofon-linetoolsandfreewarewereused,includingGoogleEarth,GoogleDocs,Ning,GeoGebraandSkype;drawingsandstructures–WIRIShttp://www.wiris.com/;coordinatesanddistancecalculation:APSalinhttp://www.apsalin.com/convert-geodetic-to-cartesian.aspx;travellingsalesmanproblem–solution,imageeditingsoftware,games:TSPhttp://www.tsp.gatech.edu/index.html.Thestudentsnotonlyworkedwithcomputersbutalsoperformedsomefieldmeasurementsandparticipatedineducationaltrips,whosecontentwasconnectedwiththeprojecttheme.PolishstudentsvisitedKraków,whileFrenchstudentswenttoParis.TheschoolsansweredaninvitationmadebyaschoolinCambados(Spain)andtookpartinmeasuringthegnomonshadow,makingitpossibletocalculatethecircumferenceoftheEarth.ThesecalculationsrelatedtotheprojectthemeandwereareplicationofthecalculationsperformedbyEratosthenesin200BC.

project resultsTheprojectenabledtheteacherstofamiliarisethemselveswithnewsoftwareandunconventionalmethodsofteachingmaths.Thestudentsappliedmathstosolvevariousproblems,andthroughplayingandexperiencingtheylearnednewandoftenchallengingissuesinmaths.Adetaileddescriptionofthetaskscarriedoutintheprojectcanbefoundathttp://gwb.bw.lo-net2.de/mathsearth.pl/.ws_gen/index.htm.

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This project was carried out by Ewa Kurzak in the Public Pre-Primary School No. 5 in Głogów (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), in cooperation with schools from Malta, Spain, Romania and Italy. It won the first prize in the 5th Competition entitled “Our e-Twinning Project” in 2009, in the 3-6 age category.

project activitiesThroughcreativegameschildrenlearnedanddiscoveredtherelationshipbetweenshape,formandcolour.Thecooperationwasconductedontwoplanes:1)Betweenprojectcoordinators-analysingpre-primaryschoolcurricula,determiningthemesandtaskschemes,preparingdocumentsandsendingthemtopartners,andpublishingtheprojectresultsontheprojectwebsite;2)Ineachpartnerpre-primaryschool-integratingtheplanswiththepre-primaryschoolcurriculum,dividingandorganisingtasksingroups,involvingnon-teachingstaffincooperation,searchingforinformationsourcesundertheteacher’ssupervision,organisinggamesanddocumentingthem,passingtheresultstothecoordinator,andpresentingmaterialsreceivedfromthepartnerstochildrenandparents.

project resultsThechildrenacquiredobservationskills,learningtoappreciatetheenvironmentandtoprotectnaturalresources.Buildingon

theircreativeskills,theydiscoveredtherelationshipbetweenshape,formandcolour.TheybecameawareofEuropeanculturaldiversity.Theteachersexchangedandworkedthroughteaching-relatedissues,whilealsodiscussingtheissuesofahealthydiet.Thepartnersdeliveredavarietyofoutstandingexamplesofgoodteachingpractices.Forinstance,SpaindrewinspirationfromthegeometricabstractionsbyPietMondrian,andfromthefamousSunflowersbyVincentvanGogh.Maltaenrapturedotherpartnerswiththeideaofcolouringflowers,combiningtheshadesofacrystalclearsea,fairy-taleandbutterfly-likesandwiches,andavarietyoffruitandvegetablecolours.Theprojectenrichedtheaestheticsensesofthechildrenandexpandedthescopeofgeneralknowledgeinbothchildrenandteachers.TheteachersbecamemoreconversantwiththeICTworld.Substantialinvolvementbyserviceworkersandparentsintheprojectwasalsovisiblydemonstrated.Awebsitewiththeresultsofthechildren’swork,arrangedthematically,isanoutcomeoftheproject,availableonhttp://coloursoflife.wikispaces.com/ These include PowerPointpresentations, short cartoons with children’s comments,drawings,reportsfromthestudiesandexperimentsconducted,artworksmadebythechildren,e-cardscreatedandsent,andtheColourfulDayworkshop,combinedwithavideoconference.Duringtheprojectimplementation,usewasalsomadeoftheexceptionaleXesoftware.

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Colours of Life

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Europass

Europass – Diploma Supplement Europass – Mobility, Europass, Europass, Europass Europass – Diploma Supplement Europass – Mobility, Europass, Europass, , Europass Europass – Europass – Mobility, Europass, Europass, Europass, Europass Europass – Diploma Supplement Europass – Mobility, Europass, Europass, Europass, Europass

europass – CVeuropass – language passporteuropass – mobilityeuropass – diploma supplementeuropass – Certificate supplement

EuropassconsistsoffivedocumentsfunctioninginthesameformatintheareaoftheEuropeanUnion,EFTA/EOGandEUcandidatecountries.Eachofthesedocumentsmayfunction

separately,thoughbycollectingthemall,youcancreateacompleteportfolioofdocumentsrelatedtoyourprofessionalcareer.Europassiscomposedof:(1)EuropassCV,(2)EuropassLanguagePassport–presentingtheleveloflanguageproficiencyinlinewiththeCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguages,bindingintheentireEU,(3)EuropassMobility–confirmingtheEuropeanlearningpaths,(4)EuropassDiplomaSupplement,(5)EuropassCertificateSupplement(confirmingvocationalqualifications).In2009,representativesoftheNationalEuropassCentreconducted44presentationsoftheEuropassInitiativecountrywide,andimplementedworkshopsdisplayingthepossiblewaysofusingtheEuropassdocumentswhenlookingfora job.Thesewereaddressedtovarioustargetgroups,includingrepresentativesofeducationalinstitutionsandthelabourmarket,educationalandlocal-Governmentauthoritiesatall levels,employers, jobconsultants,studentsofhighereducationinstitutions,uppersecondaryschoolstudents,andtheunemployed.Aspartoflarge-scaleinformationactivitiesin2009,apublicitycampaignfortheEuropassinitiativewasconductedinelectronicmedia(on-lineportalsforpeoplelookingforajob,educational

portals,andyouthportals),inthenational,local,andspecialisedpress,aswellasonYouTubeandintheWarsawunderground.CDs(11 000pcs)weredisseminated,withdataincludingEuropass-relatedmaterials,blanktemplates,usefulwebsitesandlinks,andinformationleaflets(30 000pcs)forvariousrecipientgroupsweredistributedduringinformationmeetings,fairsandconferences.5190applicationsforEuropassMobilityweresubmittedin2009,outofwhich3893documentswereapproved.Atthesametime,in2009,DistrictExaminationBoardsissued147384CertificateSupplements.In2009,thewebsiteoftheNationalEuropassCentrewasaccessed186493times.MoreinformationabouttheEuropassInitiativecanbefoundonthewebsiteoftheNationalEuropassCentre,availableonwww.europass.org.pl.EuropassisverypopularamongthecitizensofPoland.In2009,PolandwasamongthetoptenEUcountriesintermsoftheuseoftheEuropassCVandtheEuropassLanguagePassport.Furthermore,thevalueofEuropassdocumentshasalreadybeenrecognisedbyemployers.OwingtotheEuropassportfolio,employerscaneasilycomparethequalificationsandjobexperienceofcandidatescomingfromvariouscountries,getacquaintedwiththeirabilitiestocommunicateinforeignlanguages,andpreciselyunderstandthelevelandtypeofeducationandvocationalqualificationsofthesecandidates.

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Eurydice

eurydice has adopted the following objectives:• exchanginginformationoneducationsystems,showing

theirdiversityandsearchingforcommonelements,thoughwithoutforminganyopinionsormakinganyassessments.Itcomplieswiththeprincipleofrespectfordiversity,anditsprincipalobjectiveistoprovidereliableinformation;

• atnationallevel,theobjectiveofeachnationalEurydiceOfficeistoinformtheeducationpolicy-anddecision-makers,educationadministratorsandresearchers,aswellasanyoneconcernedwitheducation,aboutsolutionsappliedinothercountries.

eurydice publications providedetaileddescriptionsofeducationsystemsinEurope,includingthePolisheducationsystem,availableon-lineathttp://eacea.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/Eurydice,andinprintedform.Theseincludecomparativestudies,KeyDataSeries,whichprovideanumberofindicators,diagramsandfigures,andreferencematerials(glossaries,Thesaurus).SixpublicationsinEnglishandfiveinPolishwereissuedin2009.Furthermore,theEurydiceOfficecompiledandpublishedaneditionof500copiesoffourissuesofthebulletinentitled“NewEurydicePublications.”Anothertwoissuesweredevelopedforprintingandappearedonlineasasummaryentitled“PressInformationoftheEurydiceOffice.”In2009,publicationsinPolishandEnglish(includingasummaryinPolish)weresenttoapproximately250addressees,includingtheofficialsoftheMinistryofNationalEducationandtheMinistry

eurydice, i.e. information on education systems in europe, working for the education policymakers and for the whole world of education, compiles and issues thematic publications, comparative analyses of education systems, thematic studies devoted to specific topics of Community interest, and indicators concerning various educational levels.www.eurydice.org.pl

ofScienceandHighereducation,researchinstitutions,libraries,highereducationinstitutions,theOfficeoftheCommitteeforEuropeanIntegration(UKiE),theChancelleryoftheSejm,theChancelleryoftheSenate,theChancelleryofthePresidentoftheRepublicofPoland,localeducationauthoritiesandVoivodeshippedagogiclibraries.Atotalof370individualusersinterestedinEurydicepublicationswerealsoregistered,120ofwhomthroughdirectcontactand250viae-mail.ThewebsiteofthePolishOfficeenjoyedwidepopularity–in2009itwasaccessed5-6thousandtimespermonth.TheEurydicenewsletter,i.e.themeansofinformingusersonnewEurydicepublicationsviae-mail,introducedin2009,constitutesanewsolutionappliedaspartofpublicityactions.SinceMay2009,10newslettershavebeensent,promotingthelatestpublications.Theaddresslistcomprises200entries,bothinstitutionsandindividualusers.Further,theEurydiceNetworkcontainsthe“QuestionandAnswerService”whichmakesitpossible,injustifiedcases,tosendtoallNetworkCentresspecificquestionscrucialtotheeducationpolicyofagivencountry.In2009,thePolishEurydiceOfficecompiledanswersto64questionssubmittedthroughthe“Q&A”service,basedonliteratureandconsultationswithspecialistsfromtheMinistryofEducation,andalsodevelopedandaskedfivequestionsconcerningissuesofinteresttoPolisheducationpolicymakers(theMinistryofNationalEducationandtheCentralExaminationBoard).TheanswersreceivedfromtheEuropeanEurydiceOfficeswereprovidedtotheMinistryascompletereports.DetailedinformationaboutEurydiceisavailableonwww.eurydice.org.pl,[email protected].

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European Language Label

european language label ‒ european language label (ell) is a european quality label for innovative projects in language teaching and learning, awarded in all countries participating in the lifelong learning programme. ell is awarded in a competition for projects. in poland, the ell competition is managed by the foundation for the development of the education system (frse), which is the national agency of the lifelong learning programme, and by the ministry of national education. The laureates of the competition receive prestigious certificates, thereby obtaining the right to mark their products and services with the european language label.

www.ell.org.pl

In2009,theEuropeanLanguageLabelinlanguagelearningandteachingwasawardedinthreecategories:CompetitionforInstitutions,CompetitionforIndividualTeachers,and

CompetitionforLearnersunderthebanner“LanguagesareMyPassion”.AlltheprojectssubmittedfortheELLcompetitionmustsatisfythecriteriadefinedbytheEuropeanCommission.Theyshouldbecomprehensiveintheirapproach,i.e.provideaddedvaluetothepreviousnationalpracticesinthefieldoflanguageteachingandlearning.TheyshouldpromotethelinguisticdiversityoftheEU,beinnovative,andconstituteasourceofinspirationforotherlanguageinitiatives,aswellasbeadaptabletoteachingarangeofagegroupsinvariousculturalcontexts.Descriptionsofaward-winningprojectsarepublishedonthePolishwebsiteofELLonwww.ell.org.pl,andinthepublicationsissuedbyFRSE.Theseprojectsarealsopresentedasexamplesofgoodpracticesinaninternationaldatabaseofaward-winningprojectsontheEuropeanCommission’sportal:www.ec.europa.eu/education/language/label/index.cfm.Moreinformationaboutthecompetition,applicationsubmissionperiods,andprioritiesforagivenyearandexamplesoftheinitiativesawardedcanbefoundonwww.ell.org.pl.

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The 8th edition of the european language label programmeInOctober2009the8theditionoftheEuropeanLanguageLabelcompetitionforinnovativeprojectsinlanguageteachingandlearningwasconcluded.Outof54projects,thejuryawardedELL’sto13,includingseveninstitutionalprojectsandsixindividualteacherprojects.ThejurydidnotawardtheLabeltoanyprojectinthecategoryofstudentprojects.Thelaureatesincludedonepre-primaryschool,fourprimaryschools,threeuppersecondaryschools,oneuniversity,onelibraryandthreeprivatelanguageeducationcentres.ThelaureatesofthecompetitionreceivedcertificatessignedbyEUCommissionerforMultilingualismandtheMinisterofNationalEducation,duringagalaeventorganisedintheMinistryofNationalEducationon11December2009.The8theditionoftheEuropeanLanguageLabelCompetitionwasofaspecialnature,giventhat2009waspronouncedbytheEuropeanCommissionastheYearofCreativityandInnovation.Whenassessingtheprojectssubmitted,thejurypaidspecialattentiontotheirinnovativeandinterdisciplinaryfeatures.Foreignlanguageteachinghasceasedtobetheexclusivedomainoflanguageteachers.InlinewiththeEuropeanCommission’srecommendations,theycooperatedwithteachersofhistory,geography,naturalsciences,physicsandart.Learningaforeign

languagedoesnotboildowntomerelyfamiliarisingoneselfwiththegrammarofthislanguage,butalsowithlearninganddescribingvariousevents,problemsandphenomenaofthecontemporaryworld,evenfromone’searlyyears.Theuseofmoderncommunicationtechnologiesinlanguageteachingandlearningwasanotherfeatureoftheaward-winningprojectsin2009.Atthepre-primaryandprimaryschoollevel,thisincludedcommunicatinginaforeignlanguagewithpeerslivinginforeigncountries,usingSkypeore-mail.Attheuniversitylevel,thisinvolved,forexample,distancelearningofEnglish,withtheuseofthelatesttechnologiesande-learningmethods,takingintoconsiderationthenewgenerationofstudents,referredtoastheNetGeneration.Promotingforeign-languagelearningandteachingamonglocalcommunitiesbyvariousinstitutionsnotdirectlyrelatedtotheeducationsystem,suchaslibraries,NGOsandlocalauthorities,wasaveryinterestingfeaturerevealedthroughtheanalysisoftheaward-winningprojectsin2009.AlthoughtheleadingprojectlanguagesarestillEnglish,German,FrenchandSpanish,someprojectsweredevotedtotheteachingandlearningofnationalminoritylanguages,e.g.theKociewiedialect,andlessfrequentlyusedandtaughtlanguages,suchasHebrew,JapaneseandChechen.Teachersofvariouslanguageshavecooperatedwithinseveralprojects.

The number of applications submitted to the 8th edition of the European Language Label competitionEducational level Institutions Teachers StudentsPre-primaryschools 1

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Primaryschools 4 1Lower-secondaryschools 3 7 1Upper-secondaryschools 3 6 1Highereducationinstitutions 3 3 0Otherinstitutions 11 3 0

Total 26 25 3Datasource:FRSE,owndatafor2009

PhotostakenduringtheEuropeanLanguageLabel2009Award,TheMinistryofNationalEducation

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Teacher project – B2/C1 Modules; project language – English; coordinators – Agnieszka Dremza, Małgorzata Świerk; institution – The Centre for Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Warsaw.

project objectiveTheaimofthecoursewaspreparingstudentsforproficientuseofforeignlanguagesattheC1levelinaccordancewiththeCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguages,andtheFrameworkCurriculumattheUniversityofWarsaw,CentreforForeignLanguages.

project descriptionThelanguagecoursedevelopedaspartoftheprojectconsistsof120contacthoursandhasbeendividedintotwo60hmodules-B2/C1andC1.Duetotheinnovativeformofe-learningbasedontheuseoftheMoodleeducationalplatformononehand,andonthelatesttrendsinlanguageteachingwiththeuseofstate-

of-the-arttechnologiesontheother,thecourseconstitutesanattempttomeetthedemandsthathighereducationinstitutionsfacetoday,asitisexpectedthattheyshouldhelpstudentstoacquiretheskillofobtaininginformationwiththeuseofmoderntechnologies.Duetothefactthatalltheknowledgeisstoredonane-learningplatform,thecontentincludedinthee-learningcoursecanbeeasilyassessed,controlledandimproved.Thecoursefocusesonthedevelopmentofself-educationability,whichinvolvestheindependentacquisition,processingandselectionofinformation,andcooperationwithintheweb-basedcommunity.Thecourseprogrammeisadaptedtothenewstudentprofile,i.e.theNetGenerationorMillennials,characterisedbytheabilitytoperformseveraltaskssimultaneously,andwhoprefertolearnthroughvisualstimuliandinteractivecooperation.ThecoursewasintendedasacontinuationofthecoursespreviouslyimplementedbytheCentreforOpenandMultimediaEducationattheUniversityofWarsaw,designedforA2-B2students.

Institutional project: project languages - English and Polish; implementing institution - the County and Municipal Public Library in Wejherowo.

project objectiveTheprojectwasaimedatmakingtherecipientsfamiliarwithAmericanculture, improvingtheir linguisticcompetences,andbetterpreparingsecondaryschoolstudentsfortheirfinalexaminations(Matura).

project descriptionTheprojectentitledMade in AmericaisaresultofeffortsonthepartoftheCountyandMunicipalPublicLibraryinWejherowo,aimedatstrengtheningitseducationalpotential.Theworkshoppartoftheprojectisaddressedtoprimaryandupper-secondaryschoolstudentsfromWejherowoandtolibraryworkersfromWejherowoCounty.ThetargetgroupofthelecturesectionincludesresidentsofWejherowoCounty,whomtheprojectaidsintheirendeavourstobecomemorefamiliarwithAmericanculture.ThetitleMade in Americarelatesdirectlytothecultureofthecountrywhichyoungpeoplemainlyassociatewithpopstars,

EuroPEAN LANGuAGE LABEL | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

Made in America

EuroPEAN LANGuAGE LABEL | ExAMPLE oF GooD PrACTICE

E-Learning English Courses for Part-time Students

fast-foodbarsandHollywood.StudentslearnEnglishthroughAmericanliteratureworkshops,whereAmericanbooksarereadintheoriginal,andthroughcreativewritingclassesinthislanguage.Duetothelimitednumberofparticipantsthattheworkshopmayaccommodate,and to the need to ensurethat participants are at thesame proficiency level, theworkshopsareclosed–theparticipantselectionwasconductedincooperationwithsecondaryschoolsfromtheWejherowoRegion.Moreover,inordertoadvancelinguisticcompetences,anEnglishcourseforlibraryworkersfromtheWejherowoCountywasheldfromFebruarytoJune.AforumforfansofAmericanliteratureandculturehasbeenlaunchedonthelibrarywebsite.Aspartofthetheatreclasses,atheatreworkshopwasheldforprimaryschoolchildrenwhoattendtheEnglishClubinWejherowo.Theprojectwillendwiththe4thWejherowoLiteraryCompetitionentitledPowiew Weny (Puffof Inspiration).AccompanyingmeasureswillincludethelaunchofanaudioandvideoroomatthelibrarywherereaderswillbegiventheopportunitytolistentoaudiobooksinEnglish.

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the national agency of the lifelong learning programme engages in many activities enforcing the effectiveness of the programme for the improvement of the quality of education in poland. each year we plan

and implement information, training, dissemination and promotional activities for the programme. we organise conferences, seminars, training, workshops, competitions, exhibitions, campaigns and other media actions. often the projects are undertaken alongside entities taking part in the programme implementation, with social partners, and local and regional bodies. from among the many events organised by the national agency of the lifelong learning programme, there are numerous ones worth drawing attention to. herein we present some to you, with the intention of demonstrating the scope and scale of our actions.

Information and promotion conferences of the ComeniusProgrammeinKatowice,OpoleandKrakówtookplaceinApril2009,andwereincludedintheAprilcelebrationsoftheComeniusWeekatEuropeanlevel.ApressreleaseconcerningthesewaspublishedonthewebsiteoftheEuropeanCommissionhttp://ec.europa.eu/education/comenius/doc1206_en.htm,andtheincumbentbeneficiariesattendingthemeetingswereaskedtoprepareexhibitionspresentingtheproductsdevelopedduringtheimplementationoftheseprojects.Theconferenceswereattendedbyapproximately150peopleintotal–thepotentialbeneficiariesoftheprogrammeandtherepresentativesofnumerousleadingbodies.

Comenius week CoMENIuS | CoNFErENCECoMENIuS | CoMPETITIoN

Comenius in the internetThiswasthesecondroundofaPolishnationwidecompetitionforthemostinterestingwebsitesdocumentingtheimplementationofSchoolPartnershipswithintheComeniusprogramme.ItwasaimedatpublicisingPolisheducationalestablishmentswithintheComeniusprogramme;promotionanddisseminationofthemostinterestingeducationalideaspreparedwithintheimplementationofComeniusSchoolPartnerships;motivationfortheprofessionaluseofICT(informationandcommunicationtechnologies);promotionoftheideaoflearningforeignlanguages,anddevelopingattitudesofopennessandrespectfortheculturaldistinctnessofinhabitantsofEurope.Thecontentandtechnicalsolutionswerealsoevaluatedbytheircreators.Prizesanddistinctionsweregrantedto19websitesinfourcategories:pre-schools,primary,lower-secondaryandsecondaryschools.Theiraddresseswerepublishedonthewebsitewww.comenius.org.pl.

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WithintheComeniusAssistantshipacycleofmeetingswasorganisedforthepurposeofpreparingbeneficiaries–Polishstudentsandmentorsofforeignassistantsandstudents–forthepurposeof implementingmobilityprojects.ThecyclestartedwithanorganisationalandinformationalmeetingforComeniusassistantsparticipatinginmobility,whowilltakepartinplacementsinEuropeanschoolsinthe2009/2010schoolyear.DuringthemeetinginWarsawinJuly2009assistantshadtheopportunitytofamiliarisethemselves with the most important rules of the ComeniusAssistantshipandattendedalectureonthemethodologyofteachingforeignlanguages.AveryimportantaspectoftheprogrammewasaseriesofstoriesfromthepreviousComeniusassistants,whosharedtheirexperienceswiththeparticipantsinthemeeting.Themeetingenabledassistantsnotonlytogathervaluableinformationbutalsotomeetotherparticipantsintheprogramme.ThemeetingformentorsofComeniusassistantshostedinPolishschools took place in September intheRegionalEducationAuthorityinKatowiceandinWarsaw.InNovember,foreign Comenius assistants werereceivedattheWarsawmeeting.Itwasan opportunity for getting to knowtheassistantswhocametoPolandalittlebetter.DuringthemeetingtheinformationandadviceoftheassistantswhoarehostedinschoolsinthewholeofPolandprovedtobeextremelyvaluable.

Comenius assistants 2009CoMENIuS | MEETINGS

Theconference“Acreativeapproachtotechnology inschooleducation”combinedwiththeprizegivingceremonyforthePolishnationwidecompetitionsoftheComeniusprogrammesandeTwinningbecameapartofthecelebrationsoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation.Theirobjectivewastocarryoutananalysisofthecurrentlevelofapplyingmoderntechnologiesineducationpracticeandbroadeningthepossibilitiesoftheirfurtheruse.TheconferenceorganisedinWrocławinJune2009benefitedfromtheparticipationofapproximately200teachers,representativesofnationalandlocaleducationauthorities,ministries,highereducationinstitutionsandvocationaltrainingcentres.ThecompetitionoftheComeniusandeTwinningprogrammesperfectlyfitsthestrategyofthedevelopmentoftheinformationsocietyinPoland,andprojectsenteredinthecompetitionareveryinteresting,innovative,andatthesametime,verydiverse.Theuseofmoderntechnologiesduringsubjectlessonscontributestothegreatvarietyoftheseclasses,improvesmotivationandinspirestheactivityofstudents,andmakesitpossibletochecktheirknowledge.Oneparticularlyspecialeventwasalectureontheinfluenceofelectronicrealityonlinguisticimagination,deliveredbyProfessorJanMiodek,PhD.

CoMENIuS eTWINNING | CoNFErENCE

a creative approach to school education

Blog of the programme participantsComenius Assistantshipwww.asystentura.comenius.org.pl/

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ErASMuS | FAIr

“poland – higher education”The European Association for International Education(EAIE)linksseveralthousandemployeesofuniversitiesandotherinstitutionsoperatinginthesectorofhighereducation.Annuallytheassociationorganisesaconferenceontheinternationalisationofeducationandthedevelopmentofcooperationbetweenhighereducationinstitutionsfromdifferentcountries.Theobjectiveoftheconferenceisnotonlytoenabletheparticipantstoimprovetheirqualificationsbyparticipatinginsessionsandworkshops,butalsotoenhanceandbroadencooperationbetweenhighereducationinstitutionsduetocontactswithforeignpartners.In2009,anannualconferencewasheldinMadrid(16-19September).Itwasattendedbyover3 600participantsfrom80countries,ofwhich33camefromPoland.Theconferencewasaccompaniedbyaprestigiouseducationalfair,whichgatherednearly140exhibitorsrepresentinghighereducationestablishmentsfromthewholeworld.TheteamfromtheErasmusprogrammewastheorganiserofthe“Poland–HigherEducation”standgathering23highereducationinstitutionsintotal,withadivisionintoregionalconsortia:theGdańsk-Toruńconsortium–“StudyinGdańsk”and“StudyinToruń”;theSilesianconsortium–“StudyinSilesia”;theKrakówconsortium–“StudyinKrakow”;thePoznańandŁódźconsortium–“StudyinŁódź”and“StudyinPoznań”;theWarsawconsortium–“StudyinWarsaw”,andtheWrocławconsortium–“StudyinWrocław”.Thestandattractedmanyvisitors,whocouldobtaininformationandpromotionalmaterialsfromindividualhighereducationinstitutions,theNationalAgencyoftheLifelongLearningProgramme(Erasmus),andtheMinistryofScienceandHigherEducation,aswellastheConferenceofRectorsofAcademicSchoolsinPoland(KRASP),whoserepresentativeswerealsopresentatthestand.ThestandpromotingthegroupofPolishhighereducationinstitutionsturnedouttobeaverysuccessfulinitiative,asitdoeseveryyear.ItmadeitpossibleforPolishHEIstopresenttheireducationaloffers,establishnewcontacts,andconductdiscussionswithforeignpartners.Thestandwasapproachedwithgreatinterestbytheparticipantsintheconferenceandthefair–representativesofhighereducationinstitutionsfromthewholeworld–inter aliaduetothemodernprojectsandtheuseofinterestingphotographsfromPolandfromthecompetitionforstudentsorganisedbytheErasmus Student NetworkPolandAssociation.

Intheautumnof2009theNationalAgencyofthe Lifelong LearningProgramme Erasmusin Poland organised ageneral Polishcampaign formobility,whoseobjective wasto improve thequality of studentexchanges.InsixPolishcitiesindifferenthighereducation institutionsdebates took place,whichwereattendedbyrepresentativesoftheinstitution’sauthorities,academicteachers,expertsonhighereducationandstudents.Withinthislargegroup,thebenefitsoftransnationalexchangewerediscussed,togetherwithproblemsconnectedwiththeireffectiveimplementationandwaysofsolvingtheseproblems.Thelargestproblemofstudentscomingbackaftertheexchangeatpresentisconnectedwithrecognisingtheperiodofstudiesundertakenabroad.Atthemeetingsattemptsweremade,withtheparticipationofalltheinvolvedparties,todevelopmethodsenhancingthisprocess.TheissuesoftransferringachievementsandtheproperapplicationoftheECTSsystembyhighereducationinstitutionsparticipatingintheprogramme,bothfromPolandandfromabroad,werealsomentioned.Duringthedebatestheroleofstudentsthemselvesinefficientrecognitionofstudiestakenabroadwasalsoemphasised.Therightsandresponsibilitiesofgrantholderswerereiteratedbecausewithoutbeingfamiliarwiththem,studentscannottakethefullresponsibilityfortheirparticipationintheprogramme.ThecampaigntookplaceunderthepatronageoftheMinisterofScienceandHigherEducation,ProfessorBarbaraKudrycka,theRectoroftheUniversityofWarsaw,ProfessorKatarzynaChałasińska-Macukow,PresidentoftheConferenceofRectorsofPolishVocationalSchools,ProfessorWaldemarTłokiński,PresidentoftheNationalRepresentationofDoctoralStudents,PiotraKoza,andthePresidentoftheStudentParliamentoftheRepublicofPoland,BartłomiejBanaszak.ThecampaignwasalsojoinedbythestudentorganisationErasmus Student Network,supportingthedevelopmentoftransnationalprogrammesofstudentexchanges.

Campaign for mobility

„Poland – Higher Education” – on the Fair in Madrid

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erasmus already sent two million students abroad!

ErASMuS | CoNFErENCE ErASMuS | ProjECT

On5October2009inLund,Sweden,aconferenceco-organisedbytheEuropeanCommissiontookplace,devotedtothedevelopmentofhighereducationandtheroleoftheErasmusprogrammeinthisdevelopment.Duringtheeveninggalawhichaccompaniedtheconferencetheachievementsoftheprogrammewerecelebrated–asmanyastwomillionyoungEuropeanshavealreadybenefitedfromthescholarship.Studentsappearedasspecialguestsofthegala;onefromeachofthecountriesparticipatingintheprogramme,whosymbolisedthetwo-millionthErasmusstudentundergoingpartoftheirstudiesabroad.ThisfestivalofEuropeanmobilityforeducationalpurposeswouldnotbepossiblewithouttheparticipationofPolandintheprogramme,sinceithasbeenoneoftheEuropeancountriessendingthelargestnumberofstudentsonexchanges(forseveralyearsithasbeenranked5th).SincethebeginningofparticipationintheprogrammePolishhighereducationinstitutionshavesentover82 500studentsonforeignscholarships,studiesorplacements.Thenumberofstudentsparticipatinginmobilityisgrowingonayear-on-yearbasis,whichisbestdemonstratedbyanincreaseinthedegreeofmobilityof25%inthe2007/2008academicyearincomparisonwiththepreviousyear.Therefore,itcancertainlybestatedthattheinvolvementofPolishhighereducationinstitutions,aswellastheopennessofPolishstudentstonewchallengesandgettingtoknowforeigncultureshasconsiderablyinfluencedtheachievementofthisresult.

TheideaoftheErasmusForestcameintobeingin2008togetherwiththe10thAnniversaryoftheErasmusprogrammeinPoland–whenallthesectionsofErasmus Student NetworkthroughoutthewholeofPolandcelebrated10yearsofgettingtoknowothercountries,cultures,languagesandteachingmethods,i.e.everythingthattheErasmusprogrammestandsfor.TheErasmusForestisathree-stageproject,whosefirstpartconsistsofplantingtrees.ThesecondinvolvesclassesconductedbyErasmusparticipantsfromtheseriesEurope at school,-“Howit’sdoneinyourcountry,i.e.dailyenvironmentalprotection”.Thethirdstageoftheprojectconsistsofdeveloping,togetherwiththeStateForests,acommonpublicationpromotingecologicalbasesamongchildrenandyouth.Thepublicationisdistributedfreeofchargetostudentsduringlessons.Thefirststageoftheprojecthasalreadyended.Duringtheactionon22OctoberinCelestynównearWarsaw,withthejointeffortsofPolishandforeignstudents,andduetothesupportoftheStateForestsandtheNationalAgency,1 000treeswereplanted.StudentsfromFrance,Italy,Poland,Romania,Slovakia,Spain,TaiwanandTurkeyparticipatedintheplantingofthefirstErasmusForest.SimilaractionswillberepeatedinthespringindifferentregionsofPoland.TheErasmusForestconstitutesapartoftheSocialErasmusProject,whichinvolvesforeignstudentsinactionsforthebenefitoflocalcommunities.Withintheproject,meetingsareorganisedinpre-schools,secondaryschools,andorphanages,aswellasecologicalandculturalactions.ThecreationoftheErasmusForestisasignthattheactivityoftheErasmus Student Networkoperationisenteringanewdecade,whosesymbolwillbeSocialErasmusandtheinitiativesofforeignErasmusstudentsforPolishsociety.TheErasmusProgrammeleavesatrace,notonlyonstudentswhodirectlyparticipatedinanexchange,butalsoontheenvironment.Eachofthethousandplantedtreeswithin24hourswillproduceoxygenforthreepeople,andinthreeyearsintheESNyounggrowthitwillbepossibletopickboletus.

erasmus forest planted

The whole world. 1000 trees. One forest.The Erasmus Forest, The first forest its kind in Europe.

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LEoNArDo DA VINCI | ArT CoMPETITIoN

LEoNArDo DA VINCI | EVENT

art Competition “leonardo placement through the eyes of participants”

leonardo-Cup sport games 2009On4-6June2009inMiętnonearGarwolinaninterestingoutdooreventtookplace–theLeonardo-CupSportGames2009,organisedforourbeneficiaries.Thisisalreadythesecondeventofapromotionalandintegrativenatureafterlastyear’sregatta,towhichweinvitedprojectinitiatorsoftheLifelongLearningProgramme–LeonardodaVinci.Thewinnerofthisyear’sSportGamesandtheluckyowneroftheLeonardoCup2009wastheVoivodeshipPoliceDepartmentinBydgoszcz.26teamsandover130competitorstookpartintheSportGames.Therepresentativesofourbeneficiaries,expertsoftheprogrammeandemployeesoftheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystem(FRSE)wereallparticipantsinthemeeting.Theyparticipatedinsportsgamesinninedisciplines,andengagedincommonentertainmentwhilepaintingtotems.Theyalsoenjoyedabarbecue,accompaniedbysingingandguitarplaying.Duringtheeventtherewasalsoadisplayofworksandaspecialawardofprizestothewinnersoftheartcompetition”LeonardoPlacementsthroughtheEyesofParticipants, inwhichprojectparticipantstookpart–i.e.peoplewhowentabroadforvocationalplacementswithintheLeonardodaVinciprogramme.

workshops for representatives of botanical and zoological gardens

LEoNArDo DA VINCI | WorkSHoPS

TheNationalAgencyoftheLifelongLearningProgramme–LeonardodaVinciorganisedameetingofrepresentativesofbotanicalandzoologicalgardensaswellasscientificcentresofindustry.Workshopsentitled“CooperationbetweenzoologicalandbotanicalgardensandresearchandscientificcentresintheEuropeanUnion–obtainingfundsfromtheLeonardodaVinciprogrammeforforeignemployeetraining”wereheldintheCentreofNaturalandForestEducationinRogównearŁódźon26-28August2009.TheaimofthetrainingwastoencouragetherepresentativesofbotanicalandzoologicalgardenstoimplementprojectswithintheLeonardodaVinciprogrammeinthefieldofpartnerships,foreignplacementsforemployees,managementandtrainers.ParticipationintheLeonardodaVinciprogrammeprovidesthepossibilityoforganisingforeigntrainingforemployeesortraineesinsimilarinstitutions(suchaszoologicalandbotanicalgardens,scientificcentres,researchcentres)operatinginotherEuropeancountries,byfinancingplacementsoremployees’experienceexchange.

TheNationalAgencyoftheLeonardodaVinciProgrammeconcludedtheartcompetitionannouncedattheendofthepreviousyearfortheparticipantsinexchangeandplacementprojects.Experiences,impressionsandopinionsonmobilitywithinLeonardodaVinciprojects could be expressed in any literary form - a report,article,commentary,essay,poem,orinadifferentartisticform-photography,cartoon,film,ormultimediapresentation.Theyshowtheinfluencewhichmobilityhashadonthelifeandimmediateenvironmentoftheparticipantsasaresultofthenewskillsacquired,lifeexperiencegained,increasedfamiliaritywithotherculturesandthechoosingofaprofessionalcareerpath.Over40worksweresubmittedforthecompetition,andthemostinterestingarepresentedonourwebsitehttp://leonardo.org.pl/s/p/wspolne/leonardo_publikacja_www.pdfandinthepublication:“TheWay itWas!LeonardoPlacements throughtheEyesofParticipants.”

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polish-french cooperation in the area of vocational education and training

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FRSE–theNationalAgencyoftheLifelongLearningProgramme–LeonardodaVinci,togetherwiththeEmbassyofFranceinPolandandthePolish-FrenchCooperationFund,organisedaconferencepromotingPolish-Frenchcooperationintheareaofvocationaltraining.Theconferencewasheld23October2009inWarsaw,intheFrenchEmbassy.Duringtheconferencemanytopicswerediscussed.TheseincludedtheopportunitiesofferedbytheLeonardodaVinciprogrammeandthePolish-FrenchCooperationFundtolocalgovernmentinstitutions,smallandmedium-sizedenterprises,vocationalandtechnicalschoolsaswellasotherinstitutionsinthefieldofvocationaleducationandtraining.Moreover,severalprojectsofinternationalcooperationwereaimedatincreasingtheattractivenessandeffectivenessofvocationaltraining,thepartnersofwhichareinstitutionsfromPolandandFrance.Theconferencewasattendedby110peoplefromPolandandFrance.Manyattendeesutilisedtheopportunityofdirectmeetingsandestablishingcontactsduringtheunofficialpartoftheconference,referredtoasthePartnerContactFair.Theconferencewasreceivedwithgreatinterest,andthenumberofapplicationsfromPolandwastwiceashighasthenumberofplacesattheconference.ThisshowsthehighinterestincooperationwithentitiesfromFranceandthepossibilitiesoffinancingsuchcooperation.

Over60peopleparticipatedintheseminarentitled“Supportingolderworkersandwomeninimprovingtheirvocationalskills”organisedon23November2009inWarsaw.DuringSession1representativesoftheTeamofStrategicAdvisorsofthePresidentoftheCouncilofMinistersandthreeministries–ofeducation,labourandsocialpolicy,andregionaldevelopmentpresentedprognosesandanalyses,aswellasprogrammessupportingthevocationalactivitiesofemployeegroupswhichtheseminardealtwith.DuringSessionIIselectedprojectswereimplementedbothwithintheLLPandoutsideofit.Thesummarycomprisedaveryinterestingdiscussionwiththeparticipationoftheprojectimplementers.ThediscussionwasconductedbyanexpertfromthePolishConfederationofPrivateEmployers,PiotrSarnecki.Theseminarwasorganisedwithintheproject“KeepingOnTrack–upgradingtheskillsofmigrants,womenandolderworkersinthehealthcare,serviceandsocialsectorsinEurope”,aninitiativefinancedbytheEuropeanCommission,whoseobjectivewastopromotetheresultsofprojectsassociatedwithimprovingthequalificationsofmigrants,olderworkersandwomeninthehealthcare,serviceandsocialsectorsinEurope.TheProject“KeepingOnTrack”wasimplementedwithinthecooperationofNationalAgenciesoftheLifelongLearningProgrammefrom12countries:Austria,Bulgaria,theCzechRepublic,Finland,Hungary,Iceland,Lithuania,Norway,Poland,Slovakia,SloveniaandSpain,aswellastheNordicNetworkforAdultLearnersorganisation.

supporting older workers and women in improving their vocational skills

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Participants in the conferencein the French EmbassyWarsaw, october 2009

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new opportunities of the grundtvig programme

GruNDTVIG | ProMoTIoNAL AND INForMATIoNAL MEETING

GruNDTVIG | NEW ACTIoN

The informational meeting of the Grundtvig programme inJanuary2009inWarsawwasdevotedtotheofferoftheGrundtvigprogramme,whichin2009wasextendedtosevendecentralisedactions.Particularattentionwasdrawntothe largestaction–GrundtvigPartnerships(approx.80%ofthebudgetoftheGrundtvigprogrammeinPoland),andpresentingnewpossibilities.Theinvitationforparticipationintheinformationalmeetingwasdirectedespeciallyatrepresentativesoforganisationswitheducationaloffersforthefollowingadultgroups-peoplewhohavenotcompletedsecondaryeducation,theelderly,andthedisabled.95individualsparticipatedinthemeeting.DuringthemeetingtherepresentativesoftheNationalAgencypresentedtherulesofparticipationintheGrundtvigprogramme,togetherwithsomepracticaltipsconcerningthepreparationoftheapplicationandadiscussiononthepossibilitiesforsupportfromtheAgency.

grundtvig workshopsInFebruary2009ameetingwasheldinWarsawforthepurposeofpromotinganewactionoftheGrundtvigprogramme.TheinvitationtothemeetingwasaddressedtorepresentativesoforganisationswhichplantoholdWorkshopsinPolandforadultcourseparticipantsfromthewholeofEurope,especiallythosewithexperienceinpreparingworkshopsinthefieldofgeneral(non-vocational)educationforadultsincooperationwithforeigners,

ThemeetingoftheGrundtvigprogrammeontheSeniorVoluntaryServiceaction,whichwasheldon2March2009inKraków,wasattendedbyrepresentativesoforganisationsinterestedinarrangingforeignmobilityforpeopleaged50+inordertoprovidevoluntaryservice,especiallyiftheorganisationhasexperienceinorganisingvoluntaryservice.VoluntaryserviceorganisationsandThirdAgeUniversitiesweretreatedwithpriority.DuringthemeetingtherepresentativesoftheNationalAgencyoftheProgrammepresentedtherulesofparticipationintheactionSenior Voluntary Projectsandgavepracticaltipsconcerningthepreparationoftheapplication.TheyalsodiscussedthepossibilitiesofsupportfromtheAgency.Themeetingwasattendedby31people.

senior Voluntary service projects

GruNDTVIG | ProMoTIoNAL AND INForMATIoNAL MEETING

forparticipantsfromdifferentcountriesandfororganisationsinterested in conductingworkshops forpeople fromgroupsrequiringparticularsupport.DuringthemeetingrepresentativesoftheNationalAgencypresentedtherulesofparticipationintheGrundtvigWorkshopsaction,togetherwithsomepracticaltipsconcerningthepreparationoftheapplicationandadiscussionofthepossibilitiesforsupportfromtheAgency.

Participants in the “Aurora-Polaris” Grundtvig partnership

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On27November2009athematicseminartookplaceinWarsawwhich focusedonadiscussionof the influenceofEuropeancooperationwithintheGrundtvigprogrammeontheimprovementofeducationaloffersforadults,theinfluenceonthedevelopmentofseniorsdirectlyparticipatinginprojects,andtrainingteachingstaffinrespectofsenioreducation.Thefollowingwereinvitedtothepaneldiscussion:thepreviousbeneficiariesoftheGrundtvigprogrammeaimedatfinancingactionsintheareaofadulteducation,representativesoftheMinistryofLabourandSocialPolicyandtheMinistryofNationalEducation,ThirdAgeUniversities,regionalandlocalauthorities.DuringtheseminarthebeneficiariesoftheGrundtvigprogrammepresentedthebenefitsofEuropeancooperationforadulteducationandtalkedabouttheexperiencegainedduringtheimplementationoftheirprojects.

GruNDTVIG | THEMATIC SEMINArGruNDTVIG | CoNTACT SEMINAr

“active senior” partnershipTheContactSeminarof theGrundtvigprogramme,whichwasheldfrom28Septemberto2October2009inGdańsk,wasafive-dayeventwhichgatheredpeoplefromthewholeofEuropewhowereinterestedinadulteducationanddevelopingprojects,aswellasmeetingpotentialpartners.DuetothefactthatEuropeisinevitablyageing,thereisanurgentneedforextendingeducationaloffersfortheelderly.Inordertoremainactivecitizensandfamilymembers,andnottobecomeexcludedfromsociety,seniorsmustpreservenotonlyapositiveattitudetolifebuttheyalsoneedtohavecertainknowledgeandskillsnecessaryforlifeinmodernsociety.InEuropetherearemanyorganisationswhoseeverydayactivityencompasseshelpingtheelderlytolearnandremainactive,whichtranslatesintoabetterqualityoflifeforseniors.Theseminarwasattendedbyapproximately40representativesoforganisationsworkingintheareaofeducationoftheelderlyfrom12countries.Theseminarincludedplenarysessions,presentationofexamplesofgoodpractices,andworkshopsduringwhichoutlinesofcommonprojectswereprepared.

The influence of european cooperation on senior education – grundtvig programme experience in poland

Participants in the thematic seminar“The influence of European cooperation on senior education”

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european civil servants and experts on a visit to poland

“Newtrendsintraininganddevelopmentofcivilservants”wasthesubjectofthestudyvisitwhichtookplaceinWarsawon19-21October2009intheNationalSchoolofPublicAdministration(KSAP).9civilservantsfromthewholeofEuropeparticipatedinit,andamongthemwererepresentativesofBulgaria,France,Germany,GreatBritain,HungaryPortugalandTurkey,togetherwithexpertsfromthehostinstitution.Themainpointofthevisitwasexperienceexchange,i.e.presentationofsolutionsandvisionsofthefunctioningofthecivilserviceinguests’homecountries.Itwasaccompaniedwithadiscussioninwhichtherewasapossibilityofproposinginnovativesolutionstoagivenproblemandconsideringnewchallengestogether.Studyvisitsareextremelyimportantbecausetheygivepeopleachancetosharetheirexperience,talkabouttheirchallenges,orsimplytalkaboutwhatisimportantforthem–asnotedbyoneoftheparticipants.TheparticipantsinthevisitwerefamiliarisedwiththeworkandachievementsofKSAP–animportantinstitutioninthePolishsystemofcivilservants’traininganddevelopment.Theguestsdiscussedthefunctioningofthecivilserviceandtheworkofofficesintheircountries.Theyalsohadachancetolearnaboutgoodpracticesfromvariouscountriesandinstitutions;inall,awholerangeofvariousexperiences.TherewasalsotimeformeetingswithPolishexpertsfromtheCivilServiceintheChancelleryofthePresidentoftheCouncilofMinisters,theNationalPolishBankandtheMinistryofFinance.ThestudyvisitorganisedbyKSAPwasinspiringbothforparticipantsandorganisers,andtheknowledgewhichcivilservantsobtainedduringthemeetingswillhaveaninfluenceontheimprovementofthefunctioningoftheirrespectiveoffices.This,inturn,willconstituteabenefitforeachcitizengroup.

STuDY VISITS | MEETINGSTuDY VISITS | MEETING

social partners in the study Visits programmeOn26-27February2009inThessalonikiinGreece,ameetingpromotingtheincreaseintheinvolvementofsocialpartnersintheprogrammewasheld.ThemeetingwasorganisedbytheEuropeanCentrefortheDevelopmentofVocationalEducation(CEDEFOP)incooperationwiththeEuropeanCommission,withtheparticipationoftradeunionsofemployeesandemployers,privateenterprisesoperatingintheareaofeducation,andchambersofcrafts,commerceandindustryfromthewholeofEurope.TheywereaccompaniedbyrepresentativesofNationalAgenciesandemployeesofCEDEFOPandtheEuropeanCommission.ThemeetingwasaimedatfindingananswertothequestionofhowtoincreasetheinvolvementofsocialpartnersintheStudyVisitsprogramme.DuringthemeetingcommonEuropeantoolswerepresentedwhicharedesignedtocontributetoagreaterrecognitionofqualificationsinthefieldofvocationaleducationandtraining,andtoencouragethegreatermobilityofworkers.Representativesofinstitutionsandorganisationsrepresentingsocialpartners,whosuccessfullyengagedintheStudyVisitsprogramme,bothasparticipantsandorganisersofvisits,presentedexamplesofgoodpractice.ItwasemphasisedthatthebeneficiariesoftheLeonardodaVinciprogrammecanbegoodhostsofstudyvisitsaddressedtothesocialsectorandvocationaltraining.CEDEFOPandtheEuropeanCommissionareplanningtoorganiseasimilarcyclicalmeetinginordertoincreasetheparticipationofpoorly-representedgroupsintheStudyVisitsprogramme.

On8June2009trainingforrepresentativesofPolishinstitutionswishingtoorganisethestudyvisitinthe2009/2010yearwasheld.Duringthetrainingrepresentativesofinstitutionsgotfamiliarwiththespecificdetailsoftheprogramme,whichisaddressedtopeopleresponsiblefordevelopingpolicyintheareaofeducationandtrainingatthelocal,regionalandnationallevel.StudyvisitsforspecialistsintheareaofvocationaleducationandtrainingconstituteoneofthekeyactionsoftheTransversalProgrammewhichisaimedatsupportingthedevelopmentofpolicyandcooperationattheEuropeanlevelinthedomainofLifelongLearning.Theparticipantswerealsopresentedwiththerulesoforganisationandfinancingofsuchvisits.Theparticipantsofthemeeting,comingfromvariousinstitutions,interaliafromregionaleducationauthorities,highereducationinstitutions,teachertrainingcentres,associations,andtrainingcompaniesalsohadanopportunitytobeshownexamplesofgoodpracticepresentedbyexperiencedorganisersofvisitsfromthepreviousyears.ThemainobjectiveofthetrainingwastoimprovethequalityofstudyvisitsorganisedinPolandandensuringcontentsupportfororganisers.

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eTWINNING | VoCATIoNAL DEVELoPMENT WorkSHoPS

etwinning in pre-school education

WithintheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation,inMaytheeTwinningprogrammeorganisedVocationalDevelopmentWorkshopsheldinWarsawunderthetitle“eTwinninginpre-schooleducation.”TheVocationalDevelopmentWorkshopsareinternationalmeetingsofteacherstakingplace indifferentEuropeancountriesandaimedatpeoplewhowanttofindoutmoreabouttheeTwinningprogramme.TheworkshopswereaddressedtoteachersinterestedindevelopingtheirskillsintermsofEuropeancooperationwiththeuseofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies(ICT).Themeetingwasattendedbyteachersofpre-schooleducationfromPolandandotherEuropeancountries.Theobjectiveoftheworkshopswastoallowparticipantstobecomeacquaintedwithinformationandcommunicationtechnologyanditsapplicationinpre-schooleducation,aswellassearchingforapartnerforEuropeancooperation.Theworkshopsmadeitpossibleforteacherstoexchangepedagogicalexperienceandprovidedanopportunitytobecomeacquaintedwithinformationandcommunicationtechnologytoolsusefulforteachersofpre-schooleducation.Participantsintheworkshopsalsofoundoutinwhatwayonecanapplyinnovationandcreativityinworkingwithchildren.TeacherswithexperienceinimplementingeTwinningprojectspresentedexamplesofgoodpracticeandsharedtheirimpressionsonEuropeancooperationamongschools.Intheinteractivesessionteachershadachancetoundertakepreliminaryworkontheproject,andtodevelopthesubject,objectivesandtheexpectedendproductoftheproject.

The meeting of teachers from poland and great Britain

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PrimaryschoolteachersfromPolandandGreatBritainmetinSeptemberinGdańskduringthecontactseminarorganisedbytheNationalContactOfficeoftheeTwinningProgramme.TheseminarwasanopportunitytosearchforaneTwinningpartnerinordertostarton-linecooperationintheareaoftheimplementationofcommoneducationalprojectsinthefieldofhistory,cultureandtradition.Duringtheworkshopsteachersregisteredthemselvesontheprogramme;theyalsofamiliarisedthemselveswithICTtoolswhichareusefulincarryingouteTwinningprojects.TeachersgottoknoweTwinningmodules,on-linecooperationtoolsandreadyprojectsets.Examplesofgoodpracticewerepresentedandnetworkingactivitiestookplace.Themeetingenabledexperienceexchangeandthecomparingofskillsandtools.ItalsoprovidedanopportunityforreflectingupontheideaoftheeTwinningprogramme.

etwinning weeks 2009

eTWINNING | ACTIoNS

InOctobereachyearallcountriesparticipatingintheeTwinningprogrammetakepart invariousactionsplannedwithin thecelebrationsofeTwinningWeeksattheEuropeanandnationallevel.Forawholemonthinthenewschoolyearteacherscanjoinvariouseducationalcompetitions,trainingandprojectsaimedatencouragingteachersandstudentstoworkonnewtaskswithineTwinning.AmongtheactionsundertakenduringtheeTwinningWeeksinPolishschoolsandpre-schools;meetings,seminars,presentations,symposia,artcompetitions,raffles,exhibitions,picnics,andquizzesoneTwinningtookplace.GuestsconnectedwitheTwinningwerealsoinvited.TheNationalContactOfficeoftheeTwinningprogrammepreparedandcarriedoutnationwidelotteries,meetingsandworkshops,pollsandquestionnaires.Italsoannouncednationalcompetitions.Moreover,withinthecelebrationsofeTwinningWeekstherewasanationwideconferenceforteachersofthesciences,whichwasattendedbyteachersofmathematics,physics,chemistry,InformationTechnologyandnature.

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InOctober2009the8theditionoftheEuropeanLanguageLabelcompetitionclosed.TheELListheEuropeaninnovationlabelintheareaofforeignlanguageteachingandlearning.TheELLselectioncommitteechairedbyProf.HannaKomorowskagaveawardsto7institutionalprojectsand6teachers.Thejurydidnotgrantanyprizesinthecategoryofpupilprojects.ThewinnersobtainedcertificatessignedbytheEUCommissionerforMultilingualismandtheMinisterofNationalEducation.Thecertificateswerehandedtothemon11December2009duringthecelebrationorganisedbytheMinistryofNationalEducation.TheceremonywasheldunderthepatronageofMinisterKatarzynaHall.Theuseofmoderncommunicationtechnologies in learningforeignlanguagesisanotherfeatureofprojectsgivenawardsin2009.Atthelevelofpre-schoolandprimaryschoolitcanmeancommunicatinginaforeignlanguageviaSkypeore-mailwithpeerslivinginothercountries.Attheuniversitylevelthismeans,forexample,learningEnglishfromadistancewiththeuseofthemostrecenttechnologicaldevelopmentsande-learningmethodsincludinganewprofileofstudents,commonlyreferredtoasthe“NetGeneration”.Averyinterestingobservationresultingfromtheanalysisofprojectsawardedin2009wasaboutpromotinglearningforeignlanguagesinlocalcommunitiesbyinstitutionsnotconnecteddirectlywiththeeducationsystem,suchaslibraries,non-Governmentalorganisationsandlocalauthorities.

ThewinnersofthenationalELLcompetitionsarealsodistinguishedattheinternationallevel.InApril2009representativesoftwoprojects awarded in 2008 in Poland, “Educational T-shirt”(implementedbytheJanKochanowskiUniversityofHumanitiesandSciences,PedagogyandArtDepartment,InstituteofSchoolEducation,andLocalGovernmentPre-Schoolno.40inKielce)and”Oneness:On-linelessusedandlesstaughtlanguagecourses–Polish”(carriedoutbytheJagiellonianUniversitySchoolofPolishLanguageandCulture)hadanopportunitytopresenttheirachievementsinTallinnduringtheconference“LanguageTeachingforCreativity”.Theeventalsoprovidedaperfectchanceforfindingpartnersinterestedintheimplementationofinternationallanguageprojects.

international european language label project fair in estonia

EuroPEAN LANGuAGE LABEL | FAIr

8th edition of the european language label programme concluded

EuroPEAN LANGuAGE LABEL | END oF THE CoMPETITIoN

In 2009, the NationalEuropassCentrecarriedouta promotional campaign fortheEuropassInitiativeonthecoachesoftheWarsawMetro.Thecampaign,consistingofbroadcastinganadvertisingspotandincludinginformationontheEuropass-CV,wasdirectedateveryoneusingthismeansoftransport,inparticulartoyoungpeople,mainlystudentsofWarsawhighereducationinstitutions.Thecampaignwasreceivedwithgreatpublicinterest.

EuroPASS | CAMPAIGN

programme promotion on the warsaw metro

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Under this slogan the National Europass Centre in 2009encouragedusingEuropassdocumentationbypeopleworkingabroadandplanningtoreturntotheirhomecountry.MaterialsgivinginformationontherulesoffunctioningoftheEuropassportfolio,institutionsissuingparticulardocumentsandthebenefitsconnectedwithhavingthemwereaimedatmakingiteasierforagivencountry’scitizenstofindemploymentintheircountry,andenablingdocumentationofvocationalskillsandexperiencesobtainedabroad.PromotionoftheEuropassinitiativewascarriedoutonthewebsitehttp://www.powroty.gov.pl/administeredbytheMinistryofLabourandSocialPolicy.ThewebsiteisaplacewherePolishpeoplereturningtothecountrycanfindpracticalinformation,inter aliaonregulations,andproceduresmakingitpossibletoreturntothecountry,findajoborlauncheconomicactivity.ThewebsiteworkswithintheGovernmentalinformationalprogramme“Maszplannapowrót?”(“Haveyougotaplantoreturn?)”.

EuroPASS | CAMPAIGN

You’re planning to return to your country – use europass!

In2009,thecelebrationoftheEuropeanDayofLanguagesinWarsawwaspreparedbyFRSEincooperationwiththeEuropeanUnionNationalInstitutesforCulture–EUNIC,theRepresentationoftheEuropeanCommission,theEducationBureauoftheCityOfficeandZłoteTarasy.TheeventwasheldunderthehonorarypatronageofKatarzynaHall,theMinisterofNationalEducationandHannaGronkiewicz-Waltz,theMayoroftheCapitalCityofWarsawwiththeparticipationofambassadorsandrepresentativesofculturalinstitutesoffourteenEuropeancountries.TheinaugurationoftheDayofLanguagestookplaceintheZłoteTarasyshoppingmall.Allofficialguestsdeliveredshortwelcomespeechesintheirrespectivenationallanguages.ABritishshowforchildrenLippy & Messy,aPolish-GermanconcertbyAnnaNova,thePortugueseFado,Italianjazz,workshopsofGreekandCypriotDance–theseattractionsawaitedguestsvisitingZłoteTarasy.GreatinterestwasevokedbyobjectlessonsofEuropeanlanguages–principallyGerman,English,andalsosomelesspopularones,i.e.Greek,EstonianandPortugese.AllthoseinterestedobtainedfreeinformationmaterialsconcerningthepossibilityoflearninglanguagesandeducationalprogrammesoftheEuropeanUnionsupportinglanguageeducation.

EuroPEAN LANGuAGE LABEL | EVENT

european day of languageswarsaw, 24 september 2009

Onthewebsitehttps://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/animprovedtoolforfillinginEuropass-CVdocumentsappeared.EachpersonusingEuropassdocumentscanstartbyfillinginaEuropass-CV.Thedocumentf a c i l i t a t e sp r e s e n t i n gone’sskillsandqualifications.The improvedt o o l i scompatiblewithseveraldifferentweb browsers.Itallowssavingthefileinmanyformatsandupdatinganalready-createddocument.Itincludescomprehensivetipsandcontextcluesusefulinfillinginparticularentries.ThetoolisconvenienttouseandverypopularamongEuropeanUnioncitizens.

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Leaders of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 in Poland.

The patronage of the european Year of Creativity and innovation

Bytakingtheroleoftheorganisingentity,FRSEundertookanumberofstagesassociatedwiththeactionsoftheYear.AteamwascreatedwithinFRSEwhichspenttheyearpreparing

andconductingtheactionofgrantingthepatronageoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation,togetherwithaninterdepartmentalteamconsistingofrepresentativesofseveralministriesandoffices.Theteamevaluatedthereceivedapplications,andalsoannouncedacompetitionforthebestcreativeandinnovativeprojectswhichwereundertakenunderthispatronage.ThePatronageoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovationwasgrantedto261projectsimplementedbyinstitutions,organisations,schools,associations,enterprisesandprivateindividuals.

The year 2009 was announced by the european parliament and the european Council as the european Year of Creativity and innovation. The objective of the Year was to support actions aimed at promoting creative attitudes resulting in the innovativeness of projects, through lifelong learning, as factors for the development of personal, vocational and social competences. The foundation for the development of the education system (frse) was delegated the task of organising the celebrations of the Year by the minister of national education, who is the national coordinator of the Year in poland.

Conference promoting the objectives of the european Year of Creativity and innovationOn31March2009FRSEorganisedaconferenceopeningthecelebrationsoftheYearinPoland.InthePalaceofCultureandScienceinWarsawtherewasameetingoffivehundredparticipantsfromthewholeofPoland-representativesfromtherealmsofeducation,science,cultureandbusiness.

The website of the european Year of Creativity and innovation FRSElaunchedthewebsiteoftheYear,http://innowacje2009.pl,whichincluded,interalia,documentsoftheYear,adownloadableapplicationformforbeinggrantedpatronage,thecalendarofeventswiththeYear’slogo,andthegalleryofcreativeandinnovativeprojectswithadescriptionandthesubmittedmaterialsandpictures.

polish projects on the european website EverymonththeteamoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovationselectedfromtheprojectswithpatronagethosetobepublishedinEnglishontheEuropeanwebsiteoftheYear:http://create2009.europa.eu/projects/participating_countries/polska_poland.html.50Polishcreativeandinnovativeprojectswerepublishedthere,whichisthegreatestnumberincomparisontoprojectssubmittedbyothercountries.

polish projects at the european conference TheteamselectedPolishprojectsforpresentationattheEuropeanconferenceclosingthecelebrationsoftheyearinStockholmon15-17December2009.AttheexhibitiontwoPolishprojectsweredisplayed:“DidacticandorganisationalinnovationsinPolishschools–benefiting

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Thepublicationsummarisingthe

celebrationsoftheEuropeanYear

ofCreativityandInnovationinPoland,includingdescriptions

oftheprojects,isavailableonthewebsite

oftheYearwww.innowacje2009.pl

leaders of the european Year of Creativity and innovation 2009 in poland – awarded projects

SoCIAL INITIATIVES:

ALIENATEDPARENTSREADFORCHILDRENwww.kpor.pl

THEPOSITIONOFYOUTHCOUNCILSINPOLANDwww.mlodziezowerady.eu

CuLTurE AND ArT:

MEGATOTAL.PL–INNOVATIVEMUSICCOMMUNITYMegaTotal.pl

OPENGARDENSFESTIVALwww.otwarteogrody.pl

SCIENCE AND TECHNoLoGY:

COURSESINROBOTICSANDINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYFORCHILDREN-ROBOCAMPwww.robonet.pl

COMPUTERMAGAZINE“TRąCIćMYSZKą”www.myszka.org

ECoNoMY AND BuSINESS:

NEWFOLKDESIGNwww.nowyfolk.pl

CREATINGANINNOVATIVENETWORKOFINFORMATIONANDINTERACTIVEADVERTISING-DIGITALSIGNAGEDSNETwww.magit.pl/dsnet

EDuCATIoN:

TOTAMESPACE–SECONDEDITIONwww.autoportret.plwww.mik.krakow.pl

ITALK,ALTHOUGHIDON’TSPEAKwww.sps.szkola26.webd.pl

During the formal gala organised on 25 February 2010 in the Warsaw Philharmonic, 10 authors of the best projects submitted to the competition “Leaders of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 in Poland” received statuettes and distinctions from Krzysztof Stanowski – Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Education, and Karel Bartak, representative of the European Commission.

fromtheexperienceof»Schoolwithclass«”–aprojectcarriedoutbytheInstituteforInterdisciplinaryStudiesArtesLiberalesoftheUniversityofWarsaw,andtheprojectentitled“Aroomwithakitchen”carriedoutbytheCentreofModernArtinToruń.TheconferencewasprecededbyanevaluativemeetingofnationalcoordinatorsoftheYearfromEuropeancountries,inwhich,aswellasrepresentativesoftheMinistryofNationalEducation,therewerealsorepresentativesofFRSE.

The competition “leaders of the european Year of Creativity and innovation”Thecompetition“LeadersoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation2009inPoland”,organisedbyFRSE,received103projects,themostbeinginthefieldofeducation–56projects.Onthebasisofexpertrecommendation,thejuryofthecompetitionselectedtwowinnersineachofthefivecategories:education,scienceandtechnology,economyandbusiness,cultureandart,socialinitiatives.10winnersobtainedthetitleof“LeaderoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation2009inPoland”.

The closing gala of the celebrations of the european Year of Creativity and innovation in poland Attheconference–galasummarisingtheactionsoftheYearinPolandorganisedbyFRSEinWarsawon25February2010theauthorsofcreativeandinnovativeprojectsselectedinthecompetitionwereawardedwithstatuettesanddiplomashonouringtheirendeavours.

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dissemination and exploitation of results in the lifelong learning programme is a planned process of enhancing the value of results achieved within projects and programmes, their active exploitation and introduction into policy and practice on a local, regional, national and european level.

Encouragingthebestuseofresults,innovativeproductsandprocesses,andtheexchangeofgoodpracticeinthefieldcoveredbytheLifelongLearningProgrammeisaimedat

improvingthequalityofeducationandtraining.ItisspecifiedbyArt.1Par.3oftheDecisionestablishingtheProgramme.AspartofthedisseminationandexploitationoftheLifelongLearningProgrammeresultssince2007thePolishNationalAgencyhasorganisedcyclicalthematicconferences.Thesubjectmatterofmanyisrelatedtokeycompetences.Attheendof2008(10December2008)aconferencetookplacesummarisingactionsinthisregardundertakenuptothenbytheNationalAgencyoftheProgrammeandacceptingthechallengetospecifyfurtherstrategiesforencouragingtheexplorationofwhatPolisheducationalinstitutionsaredevelopingwithinsectoralprogrammesoftheLifelongLearningProgrammeandtoinspirethetransferoftheirinnovativesolutionstotheeducationsystemonalargerscalein2009andinsubsequentyears.ThesubjectoftheconferencewasExploitation of the Lifelong Learning Programme results in the development of the educational policy and practice in Poland.TheconferencewasofaninternationalnatureandwasattendedbytherepresentativesoffourNationalAgenciesoftheLifelongLearningProgrammeandtherepresentativesoftheEuropeanCommission.TheconferencewasheldintheMinistryofNationalEducationundertheauspicesoftheMinisterofNationalEducationandtheMinisterofScienceandHigherEducation.Athematicbookletpreparedforthisconferencewasdistributedin2009.Thebookletwaspreparedintwolanguageversions–PolishandEnglish.ItdescribedtheexperienceoftheNationalAgencyinthefieldofdisseminationandexploitationofprogrammeresults,andpresentedprojects–examplesofgoodpractice–withaviewtousingtheirresultsineducationalpolicyandpracticeinPoland.HavingcontinuedthisinitiativewithreferencetotheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation,theFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystem,togetherwithPoznańUniversityofEconomics,organisedaconferenceentitledInnovative management in Polish education,whichwasheldon27October2009intheMarriotthotelinWarsaw.TheconferencewasheldundertheauspiceofKatarzynaHall,theMinisterofNationalEducation.ForthefirsttimeinPolandtheconferencewasconductedinWEB2.0.form,withtheopportunitytoparticipateliveviathe

Internet.TheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystempresentedthesubjectBetween creativity and innovation in education – implementation of good practices in the Lifelong Learning Programme.TheconferencewasprecededbythepublicationofabookwiththesametitleandanintroductionpreparedbytheMinisterofNationalEducation.Conferences are connected with publications constitutingthematicbookletsespeciallypreparedforthispurpose.Bookletsincludedescriptionsofpartnerprojects,thesebeingexamplesofgoodpracticeanddevelopingkeyskillsnecessaryinaEuropeanknowledge-basedeconomy.In2009,anotherbookletwaspreparedandpublishedinPolishandEnglishentitledBest practices from the Lifelong Learning Programme – creativity and innovation in European cooperation projects.Thebookletisdevotedtogoodpracticesintermsofoneselectedfeature.Creativityandthecapabilitytoinnovatearedesiredfeaturesofallactions,inparticularthoseconductedwithinEuropeanprojects.Earlier,thematicbookletshadbeenprepareddescribinggoodexampleswithinaspecifiedsubjectarea:entrepreneurship,interculturaldialogue,languagelearningandteaching.

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http://waloryzacja.llp.org.pl/

a special valorisation bookmark on the website of the foundation for the development of the education systemIn2009,aspecialvalorisationbookmarkonthewebsiteoftheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemwasdeveloped.Thewebsiteincludes,interalia,allthematicbookletsinelectronicformandadatabaseentitledBest practices from Lifelong Learning.ThedatabasepresentsvaluableprojectsregardingleadingsubjectsinthefieldofEuropeancooperation.Projectspresentedtherearedividedaccordingto programmes (sectoral and programmes/initiativessupportingtheimplementationoftheobjectivesoftheLifelongLearningProgramme)andsubjectareas.Auser-friendlysearchengine(accordingtoprogrammesandsubjectareas)andassistanceintheformofaninteractivemapofPolandwiththemarkedplacesofprojectimplementationdirectlyshowingdataontheprojectallowitseffectiveuse.Thedatabaseisstillbeingdevelopedandexpandedbyfurtherdescriptionsandsubjectareas.

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around europe with Comenius within the european educational lifelong learning programmeAcompendiumofknowledgeregardingthepossibilitiestoutiliseEUfundswithintheComeniusprogrammeonvariouseducationalprojects.Readingthispublication,familiarisingoneselfwiththeexamplesofthealready-implementedprojects,andextensiveexperiencegainedthroughworkontheproject,allowsschoolsandteacherstochooseanappropriateeducationalofferwithininternationalcooperation. erasmus in poland in

the academic year 2007/2008ThereportpresentsresultsoftheErasmusprogrammeinPoland.ItdescribestheactivityofPolishuniversities.Statisticalcompilationsconcerntheacademicyear2007/08.

“The compendium of projects of the leonardo da Vinci programme”ThecompendiumdescribestheprojectsacceptedforimplementationwithintheLeonardodaVincicompetitionfor2009.

The Bologna process – it has already been 10 yearsApublicationbyProf.AndrzejKraśniewskiaimedatdiscussingtheBolognaprocessanditsimpactonthelifeofhighereducationinstitutionsfromtheperspectiveofthepassingdecade,andatassessingseveralaspectsoftheimplementationoftheBolognaprocessinPoland.

innovative management in polish educationThisisabookwiththeobjectiveofpromotinginnovativeattitudestowardsteachersandPolisheducationmanagers,toencourageandtogivedecision-makersthecouragetoundertakeandsupportinnovativeactionswithinthisarea,andtospecifydirectionsofmodernscientificresearchinPolandinthefieldofinnovativemanagementineducation.

european Credit transfer systemAguideforusersoftheEuropeanCreditTransferSystem(ECTS)presentsbasicdocumentsandguidelinesconcerningtheimplementationofECTS.Theobjectiveoftheguideistoprovidestudents,research,teachingandadministrativestaffofhighereducationinstitutionsandotherstakeholderswithnecessaryinformation.

“Yes! go! a practical guide to designing degree programmes with integrated transnational mobility”Thepublicationistoassistindesigningcurriculaofstudiesincludingmobility,concerningapracticalorganisationofthelearningprocess,creatingopportunitiesformobilityandmethodsofrecognisingtheachievededucationeffects.

http://comenius.org.pl/s/p/artykuly/14/147/Z%20

Comeniusem%20dooko%C5%82a_pdf.pdf

http://leonardo.org.pl/s/p/wspolne/

kompendium2009_www.pdf

http://www.erasmus.org.pl/s/p/artykuly/19/190/

proces_bolonski_FINAL.pdf

http://erasmus.org.pl/

http://www.erasmus.org.pl/s/p/artykuly/19/190/

yes_go_FINAL.pdf

we recommend to you these selected publications published in 2009 by the national agency of the lifelong learning programme. every year we publish an array of publications, brochures, and leaflets concerning the principles and priorities of the programme and results achieved during projects, in order to disseminate the examples of good practice. all publications are available in an electronic format on the website of the programme and in the bookmark “publikacje” (publications) on www.llp.org.pl.

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“europe for senior Citizens, senior Citizens for europe. Beneficiaries of the grundtvig programme describing the benefits of european cooperation”ThepublicationpresentsreflectionsofbeneficiariesoftheGrundtvigprogrammeinPolandontheirEuropeancooperationintheareaofseniorcitizeneducation.TheauthorsofthetextsaretherepresentativesoforganisationsimplementingprojectsfinancedfromthebudgetoftheGrundtvigprogrammeintherecentyears.ThepublicationwaspreparedinPolishandEnglishversions.

a series of brochures “Chances, benefits, development…”ThesebrochureshaveexamplesofinterestingprojectsoftheLeonardodaVinciprogramme.Thebrochuresareaddressedtospecificgroupsofbeneficiaries.Theyincludetheexamplesofprojectsimplementedbysimilarentitiesandpresentbenefitsthatfuturebeneficiariescanreapbyimplementingtheprojects.Sofarthebrochureshavebeenpublishedfor:• employers,theirunionsand

associations,• non-Governmentalorganisations,• establishmentsforteachertrainingand

development.

“Bulletin of e-learning in projects of the leonardo da Vinci programme”Thisitempresentstheselectedexamplesofprojectsusinge-learninginvocationaleducationandtraining.Introductionincludesalsoinformationontheconditionsofthedevelopmentofe-learninginPolandandEuropeanresearchconcerningitsuseintraining.

“The way it was! leonardo placements through the eyes of participants”Thisisasetofinterestingworkssubmittedforacontestbyparticipantsinplacementsandexchanges.TheopinionsofpeoplewhohadanopportunitytoparticipateinmobilitywithintheLeonardodaVinciprogrammearequotedinanattractivegraphicformat.Theypresenttheirexperiencesfrommobilityandillustratethebenefitsgainedinvariousartisticforms.http://grundtvig.org.pl/s/p/artykuly/49/49/final_

Europa_seniorom-seniorzy_Europie.pdf

http://leonardo.org.pl/s/p/wspolne/

biuletyn2009_1_web.pdf

“etwinning in poland – it’s already been 5 years” – a selection of projects awarded with the national Quality label.Thepublicationincludesdescriptionsofgoodpracticeexamples,wherenineteachers/coordinatorspresentfiveoftheirownprojects,allawardedbytheNationalQualityLabel,prizesanddistinctions.TheseexamplesillustratehowcreativePolishteachersareandwhatagreatsocialenergytheycantriggerintheircommunitiesbyimplementingeducationalprojects.

“european language label 2008 – 2009”ThepublicationpresentsdescriptionsofprojectsawardedwithintheEuropeanLanguageLabelcontestin2008and2009.TheexamplesofgoodpracticemayencouragecreativelanguageteacherstoapplyfortheEuropeanlabelofinnovationinthefieldofforeignlanguageteachingandlearning,whichconfirmsthecontestmottothatforeignlanguagelearningmaybearealpassionandnotonlyaduty.

“etwinning - a way to education of the future”The5thanniversaryoftheeTwinningprogrammeinaugurationprovidesanopportunitytosumupitsresultsandisanattempttoplanlocationsoftheeTwinningprojectsineducationinthefuture.TheobjectiveofthispublicationistoshowphenomenaoccurringintheprogrammeasexemplifiedbyPolisheducation.TheexperiencesofPolishschoolsandexamplesofgoodpracticearepresented.Furtherarticlesaredevotedtoselectedtypesofactionswithintheprogramme.Thepublicationwaspreparedintwolanguages:Polish(printedandasane-book)andEnglish(asane-book).

http://www.ell.org.pl/files/

PUBLIKACJA_ELL_03_www.pdf

“Best practices from the lifelong learning programme – creativity and innovation in european cooperation projects”ThispublicationpresentsaselectionofbestpracticesintheLifelongLearningProgrammethistimenotintermsofaselectedsubjectbutinthecontextoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation.

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“arts and Cultural education at school in europe”Thisreportpresentssuchissuesasthetimedevotedtoartsandculturaleducationinschools,themostpopularartssubjects,cooperationwithartisticandculturalcircles,andthepreparationofteachersofartssubjects.Itdescribestheobjectivesofartsandculturaleducation,itsorganisation,thescopeofextracurricularactivitiesandotherinitiativesinthefieldofartsandculturaleducation.Thereportincludesalsoinformationontheassessmentofstudentswithinartssubjectsandtheeducationofteachersofthesesubjects.ThepublicationcontributestothecelebrationsoftheEuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovation2009.

“higher education in europe 2009: development in the Bologna process”TheEurydicereportHigher Education in Europe 2009: Development in the Bologna ProcesspresentstheprogressachievedinthefieldoftheimplementationofreformsinEuropeanhighereducationsincetheBolognaDeclarationwassigned.

“Key data on education in europe”ThestudypresentssystemsofeducationandeducationalpolicyinEuropeancountries,frompreschoolestablishmentstohighereducationinstitutions,bymeansof121indicatorspreparedespeciallyforitspurposes.Individualfieldsofeducationaredescribedincludingdemographiccontext,suchissuesasfinancingeducationsystems,teachingstaff,itsstatusandeducation,schoolautonomyandtheprocessofensuringqualityineducation.Inmanycasesthelatestdatawascomparedwithdatapresentedinthesixthissuepublishedin2005,whichallowedfortheformulationofconclusionsconcerningsomegeneraltrendsintherapidlychangingeducationalrealityofthe21stCentury.

“integrating immigrant Children into schools in europe”ThispublicationpresentsresearchontheintegrationofimmigrantstudentsintoschoolsinEurope.Thedocumentdemonstratestwoaspectsthatareofgreatsignificanceforeducationandmigration:improvementsincommunicationsbetweenschoolsandtheparentsofimmigrantstudentsandmothertongueteachingtomigrantchldren.Informationincludedinthisdocumentconcernseducationatthelevelofkindergartens,andprimaryandsecondaryschoolsin30Europeancountries.

“national testing of pupils in europe: objectives, organisation and Use of results”Thestudydescribesthecontextandorganisationofnationalexamsin30Europeancountriesandthemethodsforusingtheresultsoftheseexamstoinformeducationalcommunitiesandimpactuponthefurthereducationofstudents.Thereportpresentsthevarietyofobjectives,andthefrequencyandscopeofnationalexamsinEurope,andindicatessignificantEuropeantrendsinthisarea.

“early childhood education and care in europe: tackling social and cultural inequalities”Thisstudypresentsindetailsolutionsappliedinpreschooleducationandthecareofchildrenaged0to6in30Europeancountries.IttacklesthemostimportantissuesconcerningalmostoneineighthouseholdsinEuropebecausethisisthenumberofhouseholdsinwhichachild–orchildren–below6,arebroughtup.Thepublicationpresentsactionsundertakentoincreasetheparticipationofchildrenfromdisfavouredgroupsinpreschooleducation.ThereportreferstotheCommunicationoftheEuropeanCommissionconcerningtheeffectivenessandequalaccesstoEuropeansystemsofeducationandtrainingin2006.

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links to websites administered by the foundation for development of the education systemTheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemadministersseveralwebsites.Moreover,thoseinterestedintheprogrammecanaccessmanyusefullinks.Belowwerecommendwebsitesexpandinganddeepeninginformationincludedinthisreport,undoubtedlyimportantforgettingacquaintedwiththeideaoflifelonglearning.Learningaboutthemcertainlyprovidesnewperspectives,stimulatescreativityintheimplementationofone’sownprojects,andensurestheexchangeofexperience.

FundacjaRozwojuSystemuEdukacji http://www.frse.org.pl

YouthinActionProgramme http://mlodziez.org.pl

LifelongLearningProgramme http://www.llp.org.pl

ComeniusProgramme http://www.comenius.org.pl

ErasmusProgramme http://www.erasmus.org.pl

LeonardodaVinciProgramme http://leonardo.org.pl

GrundtvigProgramme http://www.grundtvig.org.pl

eTwinningProgramme http://etwinning.pl

EuropeanLanguageLabel http://www.ell.org.pl

EUROPASS http://www.europass.org.pl

EURYDICE–EuropeanEducation

InformationNetwork http://www.eurydice.org.pl

Preparatoryvisits http://www.pv.org.pl

EuropeanYearofCreativityandInnovationinPoland http://innowacje2009.pl

DisseminationandexploitationofresultsintheLifelongLearningProgrammeinPoland http://waloryzacja.llp.org.pl

the lifelong learning programme is implemented to a great extent in the world of modern technologies. The combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate for applying it technologies is defined as key

it competences. They include the necessary skills for searching for, collecting and processing information placed on the websites and its use in a critical and systematic way.

Usefullinks:

MinistryofNationalEducation http://www.men.gov.pl

MinistryofScienceandHigherEducation http://www.mnisw.gov.pl

TheEducation,AudiovisualandCultureExecutiveAgency http://eacea.ec.europa.eu

TheEuropeanCommission(Educationalprogrammes) http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture

TheofficialwebsiteoftheBolognaProcess http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna

CEDEFOP(EuropeanCentrefortheDevelopmentofVocationalTraining) http://www.cedefop.europa.eu

Europa–TheofficialwebsiteoftheEuropeanUnion http://europa.eu

TheEuropeanInformationCentreoftheOfficeoftheCommitteeforEuropeanIntegration http://www.cie.gov.pl

TheBureauforAcademicRecognition andInternationalExchange http://www.buwiwm.edu.pl

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Thiswebportalincludescurrentinfor-mationontheeTwinningprogrammeinalltheofficiallanguagesoftheEuropeanUnion.Thisportal’stoolsallowstheregi-strationofaschoolorakindergartenintheeTwinningprogramme,thesearchforapartnerforcooperation,andthentheregistrationofthispartnershipandtheimplementationofcooperationonaspe-cialplatformpreparedforthispurpose.http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/

EuropeanSchoolnet–ThiswebportalpresentscurrentinformationaddressedtoschoolsinthewholeofEuropeonactionsconductedoverseveralyears;forexample,SpringDayinEurope,MyEurope,andalsoonnewinitiativesandactions,forexam-ple,eTwinning,Xplora,Insafehttp://www.eun.org/portal/

eLearningAwards–ThewebsitedevotedtotheeLearningAwardscontestthataimsatselectingandawardingthebestexamplesofthepracticaluseofICTtech-nologyinteaching.http://elearningawards.eun.org/ww/en/pub/elearningawards/homepage.htm

TheeLearningEuropaportal–includesinformationonteachingwiththeuseofelectronictechnologiesinthecountriesoftheEuropeanUnion.http://www.elearningeuropa.info

ScholarisPortal–Thefullrangeofinfor-mationforteachersinprimaryschools,lower-secondaryschoolsandsecondaryschools;curricula,guides,informationonexams,schoolmanagement,andcurrentaffairsfromalltheregionsofthecountry.http://scholaris.pl/

TheErasmusStudentNetwork–aEu-ropeannon-profitstudentorganisationaimingatsupportanddevelopmentofinternationalstudentexchangepro-grammeshttp://www.esn.pl

Refernet–EuropeanNetworkofRefe-renceandExpertisehttp://www.refernet.pl

ThelistofcoordinatorsandvoivodeshiptrainerscooperatingwiththeLLPCome-niusprogrammehttp://www.comenius.org.pl/index.php/ida/56

TheGrundtvigprogrammepromotershttp://grundtvig.org.pl/index.php/ida/13/

EVE–includesinformationonthepro-jectsfinancedbytheEuropeanCommis-sionintheareasofeducation,training,culture,youthandcitizenshiphttp://ec.europa.eu/eve

ADAM–awebportalfortheprojectsandresultsoftheLeonardodaVinciprogrammehttp://www.adam-europe.eu

Euroguidance–EuropeanNetworkofCareersGuidanceSystemshttp://www.euroguidance.net/

PLOTEUS–PortalonLearningOpportu-nitiesthroughouttheEuropeanSpacehttp://ec.europa.eu/ploteus/

EuropeanSharedTreasure(EST)http://www.llp.org.pl/est

GLOBALGATEWAY–TheinternationalwebsiteofGlobalGatewayishelpfulinsearchingforpartnersforcooperationbetweenschoolswithintheComeniusprojectshttp://www.globalgateway.org.uk

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EURYDICE

Thereportusesphotossentbythebeneficiariesoftheprogrammedocumentingactionscarriedoutwithinprojects,meetingswithparticipants,andthefinalproductsgenerated.Theauthorsoftheotherphotographsare:

WojciechWójtowicz(p.4,64,65),WojciechAndrzejJurzyk(p.36,59),KrzysztofKuczyk(p.8,30,36,50,58,60)andJarosławNogal(p.17,24,55,57,63).

LGTEErasmus Grundtvig Leonardo da Vinci Comenius Eurydice Europass European Language Label eTwinning









Erasmus Grundtvig Leonardo da Vinci Comenius Eurydice Europass European Language Label eTwinningiSbn 978-83-60058-00-2

TheFoundationfortheDevelopmentoftheEducationSystemisaStateTreasuryfoundation,themaingoalofwhichisawide-thoughtsupportofactionsaimedatdevelopmentoftheeducationalsysteminPoland.TheFoundationachievesitsgoalbyconductingEuropeanUnioneducationalprogrammesandotherinternational

programmesinthefieldofeducation.TheFoundationdealswiththecoordinationoftheprogrammes:“LifelongLearningProgramme”and“YouthinAction”;italsosupervisesNationalContactPointsfortheEuropeanUnionProgrammes:ErasmusMundusandTempus,theNationalBureauoftheEurodeskprogrammeandtheSALTOEECAEasternEuropeandCaucasusResourceCentre.InPoland,theFoundationalsoimplementstheEuropeanUnion’sinitiativeEuropeanLanguageLabelandeTwinningaction.ThePolishBureauofEurydice–aninformationnetworkoneducationinEuropeancountries-isalsoaffiliatedtotheFoundation.Since2007theFoundationhasbeencoordinatingthePolish-LithuanianYouthExchangeFund,and-since2008-theScholarshipandTrainingFund(incooperationwithEEAcountries–Iceland,LiechtensteinandNorway)andtheScholarshipFundSciex-NMSch(cooperationwithSwitzerland).

The Foundation for the Development of the Education System

National Agency of the Lifelong Learning Programmeul. Mokotowska 4300-551 Warszawa

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The Foundation for the development of the education System

national agency of the lifelong learning programmeul. mokotowska 4300-551 Warszawa

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