SOCRATES II

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SOCRATES II

• The Second Phase of the Community action
  Programme in the field of education.

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SOCRATES II

• The Policy Context
• Knowledge Policy
• Treaty of Amsterdam
• Agenda 2000
• Towards a Europe of Knowledge
• Co-ordinated strategy for employment
• Acquired experience of previous programmes

• The Essential Features
• Legal Basis based on the EC Treaty
• 7 year time span
• 1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2006
• Overall Budget
• 1850 million ECU for 7 years compared to
• 933 million ECU for 95-99

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Key Innovations compared with Socrates I

• Continuity of successful actions
• new actions (alternative educational pathways,
  innovation projects)
• Joint actions with Vocational Training and Youth
  Programmes
• Rationalisation fewer objectives, fewer actions,
  fewer procedures
• More integrated management structures

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Which Countries can take part?

• 15 Member States
• EFTA- EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
• Associated Countries (with bilateral
  participation agreement)
• Central and Eastern European Countries
• Cyprus
• Malta
• Turkey
• Cooperation with third countries

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Who can take part?

• Pupils, students and all categories of learners
• all categories of staff involved in education
• all types of educational institutions
• local, regional and national authorities and
  ministries responsible for education

• Other public and private bodies cooperating with
  educational institutions, in particular
• local and regional bodies
• Companies
• Associations
• Other non-profit making organisations
• Research centres

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The 4 Objectives of SOCRATES II

• To contribute to the development of quality
  education, by
• strengthening the European dimension in education
• promoting knowledge of EU languages
• promoting cooperation and mobility and removing
  obstacles
• encouraging educational innovation and exploring
  matters of common policy interest

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The Programme Structure8Actions

• MINERVA
• open and distance learning and new technologies
• LINGUA
• Language Learning
• Observation and innovation
• Joint Actions
• Accompanying measures

• COMENIUS
• school education
• ERASMUS
• higher education
• GRUNTVIG
• adult education and other educational pathways

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Allocation of funds

• COMENIUS 27 of total budget
• ERASMUS 51 of total budget
• GRUNTVIG 7-8 of total budget
• Maximum of 4.5 of annual budget to be spent on
  technical assistance and national agencies

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Action 2 ERASMUS Higher Education

• Action 2.1 European Inter-university cooperation
  (Institutional Contracts)
• organisation of mobility
• curricula, modules, intensive courses
• ECTS
• Action 2.2 Student and staff mobility
• Action 2.3 Thematic Networks

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Action 6OBSERVATION AND INNOVATION

• Action 6.1 Observation of education systems,
  policies and innovation
• Eurydice networks and Arion study visits
• networking of educational research and quality
  assurance bodies
• recognition of diplomas and periods of learning
  including Naric Network
• Action 6.2 Innovatory initiatives responding to
  emerging needs
• maintaining the flexibility of the programme

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Action 7 Action 8

• JOINT ACTIONS
• Joint activities with Leonardo and Youth etc.
• regional and local level contacts between
  Socrates, Leonardo and Youth participants
• Coordinated implementation of key programme
  components

• ACCOMPANYING MEASURES
• awareness raising activities including
  competitions
• support for associations and NGOs
• conferences and symposia
• training of European cooperation managers
• dissemination and exploitation of results
• cooperation with third countries
• support for National Agencies
• technical assistance, information and evaluation

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Maltas Participation in SOCRATES II

• Submission of The University of Maltas ERASMUS
  Institutional Contract (IC) Application Form for
  the academic year 2000/01
• The IC application is based on agreements of
  cooperation between Higher Education Institutions
  in different member states and partner states.
  This cooperation can involve student mobility,
  teacher mobility, curriculum development,
  intensive programmes and thematic networks.

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The University of Malta has applied to the
European Commission at DG Education and Culture
for the following grants

• Support for Organising the Mobility of Students
  (OMS)
• Teaching Staff mobility of short duration (TS)
• European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

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IC BUDGET APPLICATION
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The University of Malta has applied to the
European Commission for grant for the following
Partnership Projects

• 1 Curriculum Development activity at Advanced
  level (CDA) coordinated by Hochschule Bremen
• 1 European Module (EM) coordinated by Universite
  du Havre
• 1 Intensive Programme (IP) coordinated by
  Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool Antwerpen

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Partnership Projects

• Germany Hochschule Bremen CDA
• Master in European Studies in public and private
  management
• France University du Havre EM
• Module europeen de la monnaie unique a la
  fixation des prix en Euro.
• Belgium Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool IP
• Speech and Language therapy towards an
  international dimension in assessment and therapy

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Coordination of 1 IP Project

• Project Title Logistics within a European
  Context
• Project Coordinator Dr. Saviour Gauci
• Department of Marketing, FEMA
• No. of participants

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SOME FIGURES

• 40 bilateral agreements signed with other
  European Union Higher Education Institutions
  covering mainly student and teaching staff
  mobility
• projection covering academic year 2000/2001
• Outward student mobility 92 students (including
  under-graduate, post-graduate and Doctoral)
• inward mobility 90 students (levels, same as
  above)
• outward teaching staff mobility 30 teaching staff
• inward teaching staff mobility 24 teaching staff
• Outcome and results of IC application expected by
  May/June 2000.

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Some Universities which signed a bilateral
agreement with the Socrates Office and the
University of Malta

• University of Exeter
• University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• Catholic University of Antwerp
• University of Liege
• University du Havre
• University of Hildesheim
• University of Cantabria
• University of Verona
• University of Innsbruck
• University of Reutlingen
• University of Kent at Canterbury
• University of Plymouth
• University of Wales

• Copenhagen Business College
• University of Valladolid
• University of Murcia
• University of Kuopio
• Helsinki Business Polytechnic
• University of Nancy
• University De Rouen
• University De Rennes
• University of Messina
• University of Macerata
• Queens University of Belfast
• University of Lunds
• University of Nijmegen

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The Setting-up of the Socrates Committee

• The committee for the Socrates Programme was
  established Under the European Union Programmes
  Unit for Malta (EUPU). The committee meets to
  discuss developments, establish workplans and to
  plan for future projects.
• Members of the Socrates Committee
• Chairman
• Representatives for Erasmus,Gruntvig-Minerva,
  Lingua, Comenius (state/ private/church schools),
  MUT and KSU.

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other activities by the Socrates Office -
University of Malta

• The Launch of the Erasmus Actions at the
  University of Malta - 14th April 2000 Guest
  Speaker Mr.Jose Gutierrez Head of the Erasmus
  Department at the Socrates Youth TAO in
  Brussels.
• Erasmus Mobility Scheme Applications Intake -
  Around 250 applications were received from
  students who applied to spend a semester of their
  course of studies in a foreign university.
• Matching process for outgoing students -
  Placement of students according to their course
  and the bilateral agreements, approx.. 120
  placed.

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• The Launch of the Socrates programme for Malta -
  25th May 2000. The European Commission was
  represented by Dr. Irving Mitchell, Head of Unit
  and Mr.Willerbrordus Slythers
• The ERASMUS National Agencies Meeting in Malta -
  26th -27th May 2000. All European National
  Agencies participated in this Meeting and
  contributed with presentations about various
  topics ranging from the technicalities of the
  Erasmus Programme to issues about Mobility and
  the needs for Socrates National Agencies.
• The set-up of the EURYDICE information booths
• The Socrates on the Move Project

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Preparatory visits by International /European
Coordinators

• Ms. Heide Hechenberger Paedagogische Akademie der
  Dioezese in Innsbruck - Austria
• Ms. Hilde Chantrain Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool
  in Antwerpen Belgium
• Ms. Jytte Mansfeld - Mr. Flemming Steen
• Neils Brock International, Copenhagen Business
  College Denmark
• Dr. Domenique Creton Universite des Sciences et
  Technologies de Lille France
• Ms. Birgit Gantefohn Hochschule Bremen,
  University of Applied Sciences Bremen- Germany
• Mr.Arturo Delgado Cabrera Erasmus Co-ordinator at
  the CSFP Centro Superior de Formacion del
  Profesorado of the University Las Palmas de Gran
  Canaria, and Mrs. Dolores Cabrera the Dean of the
  same CSF.
• M.Michel Jouve, Director Socrates National Agency
  of France.
• David Bumstead and Ms.Jone Dias Urbieta from the
  VIF Visiting International Faculty Program in San
  Sebastian Spain, visited the University of Malta
  and gave lectures to education students organised
  by the Socrates Office. 2nd March 2000

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other Preparatory visits coordinated by the
Socrates Office

• Mr. Wilto Groenendaal and Ms. Sini Dekker.
  Erasmus Coordinators form the University of
  Assen, Netherlands 20th March- 24th March 2000
• Mr.Barrie Cooper, regarding the set-up of a
  thematic network about environmental education
  with the EU, 20th March 2000
• Ms.Patricia de Clopper, Eu co-ordinator for
  educational programmes at the University of
  Malta, visit regarding the bilateral agreement
  between the two universities and student
  exchanges. 11th April 2000
• Mr.Guido Boel, Head of the ARION Unit for the
  European Commission, visit regarding Maltas
  future participation in the Arion actions.
• Ms. Birgitta Dahl, Erasmus Co-ordinator from the
  ARCADIA University Finland, May 19th 2000,
  preparatory visit in preparation to sign a
  bilateral agreement with to the University of
  Malta.
• Mr.Randal Teague, Founder for the international
  institute for political and economic studies.

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Seminars/Conferences/Meetings attended by the
Socrates Managers Co-ordinating Staff

• Visits to Ljubljana and Budapest Universities and
  Socrates Office under the EU Impact Committee
  22nd March 2000
• Meeting at the TAO in Brussels regarding the
  evaluation of the submitted Institutional
  contracts. 31st March 2000
• National Agencies Meeting in Brussels 10th April
  2000
• The Socrates Launch in Vilnius Lithuania June
  24th-27th 2000.Keynote speech by Dr.Joseph
  Mifsud.
• The new SocratesII and LeonardoII programmes
  Student Mobility Conference in Udine and Trieste,
  25th March 2000
• Meeting at the European Commission and the Youth
  Unit, relative to the Implementation of the Youth
  Programme in Malta, 6th March 2000

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• The 5th annual Socrates-Erasmus conference,
  organised by the DAAD , the German exchange
  Bureau, 26th -27th June. Also conducted a
  preparatory visit to the University of Mainz
  regarding future cooperation in bilateral
  partnership.
• The national Agencies training session about the
  new youth Programme.
• The Gruntvig Promoters Meeting held in Brussels
  regarding the promotion and project planning for
  adult education and lifelong learning. 30th March
  2000.
• The European Credit and Transfer system Meeting
  in Brussels organised for all PECO countries in
  Brussels 26th-27th June 200.

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Dissemination of Information

• A series of 9 Radio programmes entitled
  SOKRATE with the theme of education in the
  European union, on Radju ta l-universita
  written and presented by Claudine Dalmas for the
  Socrates Office.
• Participation in PBS radio programme, L-analizi
  tal-ahbar by Claudine Dalmas and Stefania Fabri
  for the Socrates Office regarding student
  mobility opportunities through Socrates/Erasmus
• Full information campaign including all press and
  media regarding student mobility applications.
• Adverts in conjunction with KSU and MIC about the
  applications for the ERASMUS Mobility.
• A series of press releases about the Erasmus
  Programme and the students applications to study
  abroad (Net Television/Super one/ Xarabank,
  Education channel).
• 1st June 2000, Public Information session about
  Socrates in cooperation with MIC.
• Participation in a half-day seminar at the
  St.Eloysius sixth form about EU information
  programmes 23rd June 2000
• Senior Staff Development Seminar, organized by
  the department of planning and development at the
  education division for assistant heads and heads
  of schools 30th-31st May speakers Dr.Joseph
  Mifsud, Ms.Stefania Fabri, Mr.Frans Borg.

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Projections for the coming months

• Preparation of logistics and infrastructure for
  incoming and outgoing ERASMUS students.
• Necessary preparation for the outgoing students
• Language preparation courses
• Preparation of the ECTS package
• Launch of the various Socrates programmes with
  the scope of having Maltese Institutions
  presenting projects to the European Union

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Contacts...

• SOCRATES Office
• Administration Building
• Room 207
• Tel [phone] Fax336450
• emailsocrates_at_um.edu.mt
• http//home.um.edu.mt/socrates/
• Dr. Joseph Mifsud Office Manager
• Mr. Joseph Giordmaina Deputy Manager
• Staff
• Ms. Stefania Fabri Ms. Claudine Dalmas