Keywords: Finantari

Tags: mobility training andragogy

The objective of this Action is to help improve the quality of lifelong learning by enabling persons working in the field of adult learning, in the broadest sense, or who are engaged in the in-service training of such persons, to undertake a training course in a country other than that in which they normally live or work. In this way, participants are encouraged to improve their practical teaching / coaching / counselling / management skills and to gain a broader understanding of adult learning in Europe.

 The course concerned must have a strong European focus in terms of the profile of trainers and participants.

Note: Grants for more informal training such as a placement or observation period in an adult education organisation or a public or non-governmental organisation involved in adult education (job-shadowing), are available under the Grundtvig Visits and Exchanges for Adult Education Staff (see the relevant page in this Guide).

The training for which grants are awarded must relate to the candidate’s professional activities in any aspect of adult learning, whether formal, non-formal or informal. This may have to do with:
• The content and delivery of adult education, in particular course content and teaching methodology;
• The accessibility of learning opportunities for adults, in particular for disadvantaged social groups;
• The management of adult learning, including governance at local and regional level, administration, quality assurance, support services such as counselling and guidance, developing community-based schemes for adult learning etc.;
• The system/policy-related aspects of adult education including all types of strategic issues, funding models, development of cooperation between providers in the context of learning regions, indicators and benchmarking etc.

Grants will only be awarded for participation in training which is suitable for achieving the applicant’s demonstrated training objectives, which complies with the necessary quality criteria and which presents an added value through the European dimension of the proposed course compared with training in the applicant’s home country.

An on-line database of training activities, known as the Grundtvig Course Catalogue, is available to help applicants identify training which is eligible for funding under this Action and which best meets their training needs: http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/. However, applicants may also choose training which is not listed in the database, provided that it meets the necessary criteria. This will be determined by the relevant National Agency.
At the website for the Grundtvig Course Catalogue indicated above, organisations wishing to register a course in the Catalogue will find details on how to do so. Who can benefit Teachers and other staff working in adult education, in-service trainers of such staff, former teachers (or other former educational staff) re-entering adult education in a professional capacity after a period away, and graduates with a qualification in adult education / andragogy (see “Specific eligibility rules” below for details).

Who can apply

Individuals belonging to one of the categories indicated in the "Specific eligibility rules" below.

The application will normally be submitted through their home institution, which must be a legal entity, but where no such home institution exists (for example in the case of former teachers or other former educational staff re-entering the profession after a period away), the application may be submitted directly to the relevant National Agency).

http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call09/fiches_en.pdf

Deadline: 2009/04/30