How to write a good application things to remember

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How to write a good application things to
remember

• Comenius contact seminar
• October 2008, Warsaw, Poland

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First step

• Contact your NA to update information concerning
• application procedure
• application forms
• national requirements/priorities
• grant amounts available in your country
• Call for proposals 2009

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Key data

• Deadline - 13th of February 2009
• application for a 2 years duration
• common European eForm (on-line application)
• coordinator responsible for collecting data and
  filling-in an application form
• application form must be completed using the
  communication language of the partnership

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Section 1- coordinator partners detailes

• full name and address
• number of staff and pupils at school
• number of teachers/pupils involved
• contact person at school
• previous participation in Comenius project
• assiociated partners (NGOs, municipalities,
  local authorities)

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Short summary
• Objectives- clear and realistic! 10 points
• The subject is relevant for the Comenius action
  4 points
• Context and motivationcontext of each
  institution involved, is there a specific common
  context, why do the participating institutions
  want to take part in European cooperation
  activities such as this Partnership?

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Cooperation and communication (7 points)
• -Appropriate measures have been planned to
  ensure effective communication and cooperation
  between the participating institutions.
• - Appropriate measures are foreseen to ensure
  communication and cooperation such as meetings,
  workshops, regular correspondence, newsletters
  and other forms of exchange of information.

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Task distribution among partners (8 points)
• there must be an appropriate balance between the
  roles and tasks of the different participants in
  terms of their involvement in the activities
• the contribution of each partner is clearly
  explained
• coordination is well assured by the coordinating
  institution

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Evaluation (5 points)
• - The Partnership has defined an approach to
  evaluate whether the aims and the expected impact
  of the Partnership will be achieved in the course
  of the project lifecycle.
• - The evaluation plan is well defined and covers
  aspects such as follow-up of progress made,
  satisfaction of participants and other target
  groups, attainment of objectives, measurement of
  impact.

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Integration into learning/other ongoing
  activities (10 points)
• - If the Partnership focuses on pupil
  involvement, the application makes clear how the
  Partnerships activities will be integrated into
  the curriculum of the participating pupils and
  what subjects of the curriculum will be
  concerned.
• - In Partnerships dealing with pedagogical or
  management issues, the application makes clear
  how the project fits into the regular activities
  of the participating institutions.

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Active involvement (10 points)
• - If the Partnership is rather pupil oriented,
  the application makes clear the role that pupils
  will play in the different stages of the
  Partnership (planning, implementation,
  evaluation)
• - If the Partnerships focused on pedagogical or
  management issues, the application makes clear
  how all relevant staff will be involved in the
  planning, implementation and evaluation of
  activities

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Section 2- description of partnership (content
organisation)

• Dissemination and exploitation activities (7
  points)
• - well defined and ensure optimal use of the
  results amongst the participating institutions.
• - The dissemination activities are focused and
  well defined. The Partnership demonstrates the
  interest/potential to make use of the results,
  experiences and, where applicable, end products
  of the Partnership.
• Other institutions will also benefit from the
  planned dissemination and exploitation activities
  and, if possible, the results will also be spread
  to the wider community. (4 points)

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Section 3- activities and mobilities

• Activities/mobilities (12 points)
• - make sure that tables cover the whole period
  of 2 years
• - information about tasks and mobilities of all
  partners involved
• - tasks should be define and distribute in a way
  that the result can be achieved and all partners
  are actively involved
• - the planned activities and mobilities are
  relevant for the Partnership in question
• - make sure youve planned minimal required
  number of mobilities
• - dont forget about diffrences in schools
  vacation schedules !

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Section 3- resultes

• The results are relevant for the Partnership in
  question (6 points)
• - at least one product should be produced
  jointly by all partners

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Section 4 Finances

• grant lump sum, money for travel
  expences/accomodation and local activities (sum
  for two years)
• requested grant amount depends on minimal number
  of mobilities you are going to carry out during
  two years project duration
• partners can request for different lump sums
• contact your NA to check amounts for schools from
  your country

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Before you push Submit button...

• check everything twice (or more)
• generate draft version of on-line application
  and ask someone, who is not involved in the
  project to read it carefully
• contact your partners if you have any doubts
  coordinator fill in, but the whole group prepares
  the project...

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• GOOD LUCK !!!
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• Thank you for your attention