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Education, Training and Youth

Lifelong Learning 2007-13

Budget: €6.79 billion
Level of Funding: Variable dependent upon action

Purpose of Programme

General Objective

To contribute through lifelong learning to the development of the Community as an advanced knowledge-based society, with sustainable economic development, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, while ensuring good protection of the environment for future generations. In particular, it aims to foster interchange, cooperation and mobility between education and training systems within the Community so that they become a world quality reference.

The Lifelong Learning Programme will have the following specific objectives:

• to contribute to the development of quality lifelong learning, and to promote high performance, innovation and a European dimension in systems and practices in the field;
• to support the realisation of a European area for lifelong learning;
• to help improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility of the opportunities for lifelong learning available within Member States;
• to reinforce the contribution of lifelong learning to social cohesion, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, gender equality and personal fulfilment;
• to help promote creativity, competitiveness, employability and the growth of an entrepreneurial spirit;
• to contribute to increased participation in lifelong learning by people of all ages, including those with special needs and disadvantaged groups, regardless of their socio-economic background;
• to promote language learning and linguistic diversity;
• to support the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning;
• to reinforce the role of lifelong learning in creating a sense of European citizenship based on understanding and respect for human rights and democracy, and encouraging tolerance and respect for other peoples and cultures;
• to promote cooperation in quality assurance in all sectors of education and training in Europe;
• to encourage the best use of results, innovative products and processes and to exchange good practice in the fields covered by the Lifelong Learning Programme, in order to improve the quality of education and training.

Programme Mechanisms:
The sectoral sub-programmes are the following:

1. the Comenius programme, which addresses the teaching and learning needs of all those in pre-school and school education up to the level of the end of upper secondary education, and the institutions and organisations providing such education;
2. the Erasmus programme, which addresses the teaching and learning needs of all those in formal higher education and vocational education and training at tertiary level, whatever the length of their course or qualification may be and including doctoral studies, and the institutions and organisations providing or facilitating such education and training;
3. the Leonardo da Vinci programme, which addresses the teaching and learning needs of all those in vocational education and training, other than at tertiary level, as well as the institutions and organisations providing or facilitating such education and training;
4. the Grundtvig programme, which addresses the teaching and learning needs of those in all forms of adult education, as well as the institutions and organisations providing or facilitating such education.

The transversal programme comprises the following four key activities:

1. policy cooperation and innovation in lifelong learning;
2. promotion of language learning;
3. development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning;
4. dissemination and exploitation of results of actions supported under the programme and previous related
   programmes, and exchange of good practice.

The Jean Monnet programme supports institutions and activities in the field of European integration. It comprises the following three key activities:

1. the Jean Monnet Action;
2. operating grants to support specified institutions dealing with issues relating to European integration;
3. operating grants to support other European institutions and associations in the fields of education and training.

The Lifelong Learning Programme comprises support for the following actions:

1. the mobility of individuals in lifelong learning;
2. bilateral and multilateral partnerships;
3. multilateral projects especially designed to promote quality in education and training systems through the transnational transfer of innovation;
4. unilateral and national projects;
5. multilateral projects and networks;
6. observation and analysis of policies and systems in the field of lifelong learning, the establishment and regular improvement of reference material, including surveys, statistics, analyses and indicators, action to support transparency and recognition of qualifications and prior learning, and action to support cooperation in quality assurance;
7. operating grants to support certain operational and administrative costs of institutions and associations active in the field covered by the Lifelong Learning Programme;
8. other initiatives aimed at promoting the objectives of the Lifelong Learning Programme

Target Groups:

• Pupils, students, trainees and adult learners;
• Teachers, trainers and other staff involved in any aspect of lifelong learning;
• People in the labour market;
• Institutions or organisations providing learning opportunities within the context of the Lifelong Learning Programme, or within the limits of its sub-programmes;
• The persons and bodies responsible for systems and policies concerning any aspect of lifelong learning at local, regional and national level;
• Enterprises, social partners and their organisations at all levels, including trade organisations and chambers of commerce and industry;
• Bodies providing guidance, counselling and information services relating to any aspect of lifelong learning;
• Associations working in the field of lifelong learning, including students', trainees', pupils', teachers', parents' and adult learners' associations;
• Research centres and bodies concerned with lifelong learning issues;
• Non-profit organisations, voluntary bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

National Agency Contact Person and Details

Comenius & Erasmus
British Council Education and Training
British Council
The Tun (3rd floor)
4 Jackson's Entry
Holyrood Rd
Edinburgh EH8 8PJ
Tel: 0131 524 5700
Email: scotland.enquiries@britishcouncil.org

Leonardo da Vinci, Gruntvig & Study Visits
ECOTEC Research and Consulting Limited
28-34 Albert Street
Birmingham
B4 7UD
Tel: 0845 199 1919
Email: llp@ecotec.com

Link to National Website: http://www.lifelonglearningprogramme.org.uk

Link to EC Website:http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/index_en.html

The full text of the call for proposals, together with application forms and guidelines for applicants, can be found at the following link:

http://ec.europa.eu//dgs/education_culture/newprog/index_en.html

Applications must comply with all terms of the full text and be submitted on the forms provided.