Youth on the MovePROGRAMME

Participate in the EUROQUIZ and win prizes

every day!

Higher Options Dublin 2012 / 19 – 21 September

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Wednesday 19 September 2012

10:00 -10:15

11:30 -11:45

12:00 -12:15

12:30 -12:45

13:00 -13:15

13:30 -13:45

14:00 -14:15

14:30 -14:45

15:00 -15:15

15:30 -15:45

All the projects presented were �nanced by the European Union programmes for education, vocational training, youth and employment - Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius and Youth in Action.

All events, presentations, debates and workshops are open to everyone. No prior booking is required.

Choir performance by St. Colmcille’s Senior School Choir, Knocklyon, Dublin: a Comenius programme participant.

Introduction to the Europass initiative – How can you make your skills and quali�cations clearly and easily understood in Europe?

Presentation of the Erasmus programme by the Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

Volunteering in Europe – the European Voluntary Service.

Presentation of the Erasmus programme by the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Getting work experience in Europe – the Leonardo da Vinci programme.

Fernando Blanco describes his experience in the Marie Curie research fellowship programme.

Eurodesk - Information on working, studying and volunteering in Europe.

Video: A motion graphics piece produced by Erasmus students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Visual Imagery presentation by Kevin Nally – Erasmus Student, National College of Art and Design.

10:30 - 11:15 Jan Truszczyński, Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture, and Jessica Gough, Erasmus Ambassador, lead a debate on the merits of going abroad to study, volunteer or work.

Higher Options Dublin 2012 / 19 – 21 September

PROGRAMME

PROGRAMME Thursday 20 September 2012

10:00 -10:15

10:30 -10:45

11:30 -11:45

12:00 -12:15

12:30 -12:45

13:00 -13:15

13:30 -13:45

14:00 -14:15

14:30 -14:45

15:00 -15:15

Performance on the Accordion by Katie Kavanagh – Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.

Jennifer Mitchell presents her experience from the Marie Curie Research Fellowship programme.

11:00 - 11:15 The Youth of the Move Ambassador for Ireland, Anna Geary, shares her experiences about working and studying abroad.

Introduction to the Europass initiative – How can you make your skills and quali�cations clearly and easily understood in Europe?

Performance on the Accordion by Katie Kavanagh – Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.

Learning opportunities available and how the Euroguidance Network (a network of the European Commission) can help support your decision to learn abroad.

Getting work experience in Europe – the Leonardo da Vinci programme.

Presentation of the Erasmus programme by Trinity College Dublin.

Europe – the Comenius Assistants programme.

Volunteering in Europe – the European Voluntary Service.

Video: A motion graphics piece produced by Erasmus students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Higher Options Dublin 2012 / 19 – 21 September

Friday 21 September 2012

10:00 -10:15

10:30 -10:45

11:00 -11:15

11:30 -11:45

12:00 -12:15

12:30 -12:45

13:00 -13:15

13:30 -13:45

14:00 -14:15

14:30 -14:45

PROGRAMME

Performance by Ted Kelly, Erasmus Student, Bachelor of Music in Traditional Music, Dublin Institute of Technology.

Working alongside schoolteachers in Europe – the Comenius Assistants programme.

Getting work experience in Europe – the Leonardo da Vinci programme.

Discover the EURES PORTAL – a one stop – shop for job vacancies in the European Union (and non-EU countries), CV - online facilities, information on living and working conditions in each Member State and the practicalities of moving abroad, supported by a team of 800 dedicated EURES advisers.

Presentation of the Erasmus programme by University College Dublin.

Volunteering in Europe – the European Voluntary Service.

Cecilia Fenech presents her experience in the Marie Curie Research fellowship programme. She explains how her journey started and what is means to be on a Marie Curie fellowship and a Youth on the Move.

Performance by Ted Kelly, Erasmus Student, Bachelor of Music in Traditional Music, Dublin Institute of Technology.

Eurodesk - Information on working, studying and volunteering in Europe.

Video: A motion graphics piece produced by Erasmus students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Higher Options Dublin 2012 / 19 – 21 September

Learn about EU grant possibilities for studying or working abroad, chat to those who have already enjoyed the benefits, and find out what the experience is really like!

Youth on the Move is a European Commission initiative for raising awareness on mobility projects and encouraging young people to travel during their studies, or as part of their early professional lives.

“Youth on the Move - tionscnamh an AE. Staidéar, Foghlaim, Oiliúnt, Obair agus Rannpháirtíocht”

Every day, a series of presentations, discussions, round tables and cultural activities with a focus on Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, Youth in Action, and other EC programmes, will take place at the Youth on the Move stand.

Don't miss this opportunity! Come and �nd out more about the mobility programmes that interest you!

This programme may be subject to change.

Higher Options Dublin 2012 RDS Simmonscourt – 19 – 21 September

Participate in the EUROQUIZ and win prizes

every day!

Jan Truszczyński, Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture, and Jessica Gough, Erasmus Ambassador, lead a debate on the merits of going abroad to study, volunteer or work.

Meet Anna Geary, Youth on the Move Ambassador for Ireland. Anna is a Camogie Champion and has won three All Ireland medals and four national All Star awards.

Wednesday 19 September Thursday 20 September

Special Events / Higher Options Dublin 2012

10:30 -11:15 11:00 -11:15

PROGRAMME

Participate in the EUROQUIZ and win prizes

every day!

Participate in the EUROQUIZ and win prizes

every day!

“Whether it is travelling, working or studying abroad, take the chance! Let your curiosity take you somewhere wonderful. Expand your horizons and let this campaign help to mould you into the person you aspire to become, and it will give you con�dence to inspire alongthe way”.

Anna Geary