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School Education; Comenius Unit

Opportunities for young people

Comenius – School education:Class exchanges within Comenius school

partnerships to work together on a topic of mutual interest (Multilateral Partnerships) or to develop a language-oriented Bilateral Partnership

Grants for pupils to go to a school in another European country (Pupil Mobility)

School partnerships on-line (eTwinning)

Comenius School EducationPupil mobility

Aims of the action – for pupils:Allow secondary school pupils to spend between

3 and 10 months in a host school and a host family abroad.

Offer European learning experiences to pupils, to

develop their understanding of the diversity of

European cultures and languages and to help

them acquire competences necessary for their

personal development.

Comenius School EducationPupil mobility

Aims of the action- for schools:

Offer valuable international pedagogic experience

to teachers involved in the organisation and

implementation of the mobility.

Help build up sustainable cooperation between

the participating schools.

Encourage schools to recognise the studies

undertaken at the partner school abroad.

Comenius School Education

Pupil mobilityBasic principles – for pupils: Aged at least 14, enrolled full-time in an eligible

school (Pupils are selected by the sending school)

Stay in host families selected by the host schools

Prepare for the stay abroad Prepare and sign the learning agreement

together with the sending and the host school

Comenius School Education

Pupil mobilityBasic principles – for schools Establish a learning agreement between the

sending and the host school

Encourage the reciprocity of pupil mobilities between schools and host families

Need to ensure safety of minors

The translated Guide is available at the National Agency (NA) website

What does the funding for schools cover?

Grants for participating pupil (monthly allowance

and return ticket)

Grants for sending and host school

Grant for linguistic preparation of the pupil provided

to the sending school

Comenius School Education

Pupil mobility

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Main actors

Host schoolHost schoolSending school Sending school € € €

NA Parents NAHost family

Learning agreement

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Comenius School Education Pupil mobility

Who can apply?

Schools located in the eligible countries – 2010 - 13 countries:

AT, BE (De), CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, IT, LV, LU, NO, ES, SE

2011: 2010 countries +BE (Fr), BE (Nl), LI, SI, SK, PL

Schools in the same Comenius Partnership

Opportunities for young people

Erasmus – Higher education Grants for students to go abroad to:

study at a foreign universitydo a placement/traineeship in a company abroad

Leonardo da Vinci – Initial Vocational Training

Grants for a period of vocational training and/or work experience in a company or a training institution in another participating country

Opportunities for young people

Youth in actionYouth Exchanges – groups of young people

(aged 13 to 25) from two, three or more different countries to exchange views and experiences on a specific topic

European Voluntary Service for young people (aged 18 to 30) - Full-time voluntary activities in a foreign country within or outside the EU

Comenius:Comenius:http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc84_en.htm

eTwinning: eTwinning: http://www.etwinning.nethttp://www.etwinning.net

European Schoolnet: European Schoolnet: http://www.eun.orghttp://www.eun.org

Erasmus:Erasmus:http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc1051_en.htm

Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo da Vinci: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc82_en.htm

Youth in action: Youth in action: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/doc74_en.htm

Useful links

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