Introduction und outline of proposal

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WorkshopLeonardo Mobility Projects Outline A
Successful Proposal Aspects of Project
Management
September 15th, 2004. EAIE Torino, IT
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Schedule and Content

• 9.30 Welcome and Introduction
• 9.45 Structure LEO II - Features of a proposal
• 10.15 Coffee break
• 10.45 Compulsory questions
• 12.15 Lunch
• 13.15 Partnerships
• 14.30 Coffee break
• 14.45 Budget aspects
• 16.15 Discussion and conclusion
• 16.30 End of workshop

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Essential features

• Legal basis Article 127 of the Treaty
  establishing the European Community
• Duration 7 years (1 January 200031 December
  2006)
• Increased budget EUR 1.150 million

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Global Objective

• Contribute to the promotion of a Europe of
  knowledge by developing a European area of
  co-operation in the field of education and
  vocational training
• Support Member States policies to develop
  lifelong learning

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Participation of which countries ?

• The 25 Member States of the European Union
• The EFTA countries participating in the European
  Economic Area (EEA)Iceland, Norway,
  Liechtenstein
• The pre-accession countriesBulgaria, Romania,
  Turkey
• Switzerland as a silent partner
• (actions self-financed by Swiss Govt)

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Five types of Community actions

• Mobility
• Pilot projects
• Language competencies
• Transnational Networks
• Reference Material

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Measure 1 Mobility

• Support for transnational mobility projects for
  people undergoing vocational training, especially
  young people and those responsible for training
• transnational placement projects
• transnational exchange projects
• study visits
• Measures for specific help for disabled people
  are to be elaborated.

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Measure 1 Mobility

• Transnational placement projects

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Measure 1 Mobility

• Duration of the projects and Community
  contribution
• The maximum duration for projects is two years.
• Transnational placement projects involving SMEs
  and craft industry will receive special financial
  support.
• Community contribution to projects maximum 5.000
  per beneficiary for a placement or an
  exchange(this amount corresponds to the maximum
  duration indicated)

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Three calls for proposals
The proposals may be submitted at any time during
the validity of the call for proposal The
selection of proposals will be held at least once
a year Next deadline 13 02 2004 (13 June 2003 for
UK)

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Three calls for proposals

• Priorities
• Timetable
• Conditions for selection and eligibility
• Conditions for evaluation and selection of
  projects
• are subject to change for each call!

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Three calls for proposals

• Each proposal must
• be submitted by a transnational partnership
  including at least three participating countries
  with at least 1 being from the EU
• for measures 1 3 two countries with 1 from the
  EU
• contribute to the realisation of one or more
  objectives
• indicate one or more proposed measures

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Selection procedures

• Procedure Applicable to
•  A  ? mobility actions (measure 1)
•  B  ? pilot projects (measure 2, excepted
  thematic actions)? language competences
  (measure 3)? transnational networks (measure 4)
•  C  ? reference material (measure
  5)? thematic actions (measure 2)? projects
  relating to joint actions? European organisation
  projects

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Selection procedure  A 

• Commission allocates a total grant to each
  participating country.
• Proposals are to be submitted by the promoters
  to the management structure designated by the
  Member State.
• The management structure will assess the
  proposals on the basis of specifications
  established at Community level and inform the
  Commission and the management structures in the
  other Member States.
• The Member States shall be responsible for
  contracting and allocating the global grant to
  the individual promoters.
• The Member States will submit to the Commission
  an annual report of the mobility programmes.

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Overall budget breakdown

• The funds available will be broken down annually
• Mobility ? 39 of the annual budget for the
  programme
• Pilot projects ? 36(with ? 5 for projects
  relating to thematic actions)
• Language competences ? 5
• Remaining expenditure ? 15? with ? 9 for the
  accompanying measures and ? 0,2 for
  international co-operation
• (Percentages are indicative and can be adapted by
  the Committee)

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Features of a successful proposal

• A sound content
• A sound partnership
• A sound budget

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A sound content

• Using the Leonardo Language
• (vocabulary used in the Leonardo call, keywords
  like quality, new competencies and
  qualifications, etc.)
• Innovative aspects and management
• (new ideas, new target group, new management
  aspects, NEW NAME FOR EACH PROJECT)
• Objectives, needs and priorities
• (different priorities in the countries possible)

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A sound partnership

• Number of countries involved (as many as
  possible or a selected number)
• How to find partners (exchange partners, direct
  company partners)
• Role of partners (sending institutions, host
  organisations)
• Letters of Intent (content, timing, follow up)

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A sound budget

• Required materials (administrative handbook,
  application form)
• Determination of the flows
• (how many students to which countries for how
  long)
• Types of costs
• (monitoring, mobility, language and cultural
  costs)
• Types of funding
• (Leonardo, company contribution and own funding)