[Air-l] lifelong learning grant

[Bunz, Ulla K]

This sounds like a great opportunity for international collaboration.
ulla


Date:	Tue 2/12/2002 7:23 PM
From:	Linda Rouhani lrouhani at natcom.org
	EU-US education partnership
	Article 13 of the Decision establishing the second phase of the
Community action programme in the field of education "Socrates", together
with Action 8(1)f. of the Annex to this Decision, provide that the European
Commission may co-operate with third countries and with the competent
international organisations. It has been agreed with the programme committee
for Socrates that lifelong learning will be a central focus of the
activities to be supported in this context.  Lifelong learning, defined as
"all purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the
aim of improving knowledge, skills and competence", is one of the key
concepts in the Commission's strategy for the further development of
education systems in Europe.  Lifelong learning also encompasses non-formal
and informal learning taking place outside the formal systems.
	Exchanges of experience and good practice between the Union and
other parts of the world in the field of lifelong learning have a strong
potential for mutual benefit and will contribute to enhancing the quality of
education and training in Europe and elsewhere.  Therefore the European
Commission launches a call for proposals under article 13 of the Socrates
programme for projects for cooperation with third countries in the field of
lifelong learning.
Projects should be aimed at:
*	exchanging lifelong learning experiences and know-how;
*	disseminating good practice in lifelong learning between Europe and
other parts of the world;
*	developing effective and innovative forms of transnational
cooperation in lifelong learning;
*	reflecting on future needs and priorities for lifelong learning in a
global context.  For further information, see

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html
<http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html> 

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Ulla K. Bunz
University of Kansas
102 Bailey
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-1160
ulla at ukans.edu
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