SOCRATES LINGUA 1 EURO LANGUAGES NET Reference No'89856CP120011LtLinguaL1

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SOCRATES / LINGUA 1 EURO LANGUAGES
NETReference No.89856-CP-1-2001-1-Lt-Lingua-L1
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EURO LANGUAGES NET www.euro-languages.net

• OBJECTIVES
• Internet resource of less widely used European
  Languages for the general public will be created
• The best high quality practices, language
  learning and teaching resources as well as new
  language learning possibilities will be provided
• International conference BEST PRACTICES OF
  LEARNING LESS WIDELY USED LANGUAGES IN
  MULTICULTURAL AND MULTINATIONAL EUROPE will be
  organised in Lithuania in 2004

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EURO LANGUAGES NETPARTICIPATING COUNTRIES-
2001-2002
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NEW PARTNER THE PUBLIC
SERVICE LANGUAGE CENTRE,

• RIGA, LATVIA
• HAS REPLACED
• TRADE UNION FEDERATION FROM AUSTRIA
• ( EC Amendment Agreement signed 21
  February, 2003 )

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EURO LANGUAGES NET BUDGET APPROVED

• TYPE OF COSTS APPROVED BUDGET IN EUR
  COMMUNITY GRANT
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• STAFF COSTS 145,345 26,460
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• TOTAL FOR DIRECT COSTS 175,000 168,540
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• GENERAL COSTS 20,000
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• TOTAL 340,345 195,000

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EURO LANGUAGES NET PROGRESS REPORT- 1

• Annual meeting of project partners organised in
  Vilnius ( 14-16 February 2002)
• System development monitoring tool launched (25
  April 2002)
• Project logo created and announced on the website
  (10 June 2002)
• The first FORUM/CONFERENCE organised (
  June-September 2002)
• Internal and external evaluation done (May-June
  2002)

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EURO LANGUAGES NET PROGRESS REPORT- 2

• Experts recommendations discussed with all
  partners and changes introduced
• ( August- September 2002)
• SOCRATES/LINGUA-1 Director William Aitchison
  visited Lithuania to evaluate progress (
  September 2002)
• Lithuanian language web site www.euro-languages.ne
  t/lithuania launched (October 2002). 11 national
  web sites created (December 2002)
• Evaluation of Progress Reports and financial
  documentation done by Lithuanian Audit
  Institution to avoid implications for the next
  stages.Interim Report prepared and sent to
  Socrates, Leonardo and Youth Technical Assistance
  Office.

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EURO LANGUAGES NETPROGRESS IN LITHUANIA

• DISSEMINATION
• Seminar organised - 26 April 2002
• EU projects presented at the Baltic IATEFL
  Conference in Riga , Latvia (16-18 August, 2002)
• Articles in Europos inios , Informacinis
  Leidinys Baltic TIMES, Lithuania Offers,
  ,,Discover English etc. published

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EURO LANGUAGES NETPROGRESS IN LITHUANIA

• Gathering of information on the Lithuanian
  language providers both in Lithuania and abroad
  done
• Group of experts to create National website
  established, the first meeting organised ( June
  2002)
• First Lithuanian on-line Conference organised

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National symbol of the Lithuanian language web
site
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PROGRESS IN OTHER PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES IN 2002

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BULGARIA

• 2 ACTIVE PARTNERS- ECET and INTEGRA
• www.euro-languages.net/bulgaria

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National symbol of the Bulgarian language web site
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AUSTRIA Berufsforderungsinstitut Osterreich

• Austrian Trade Union Federation - was not able
  to work on the project.
• www.euro-languages.net/austria

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National symbol of Austrian website
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ROMANIAEuroEd and Prosper

• www.euro-languages.net/romania

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National symbol of Romanian website
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PORTUGALFLEP

• www.euro-languages.net/portugal

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National symbol of the Portuguese language web
site
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POLANDAMU

• www.euro-languages.net/poland

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National symbol of Polish web site
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ESTONIA OU TEADMINE JA
TURKUS

• www.euro-languages.net/estonia

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National symbol of Estonian web site
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FINLAND

• ROVALA-OPISTO
• www.euro-languages.net/finland

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National symbol of Finnish web site
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SLOVAK REPUBLIC

• EKU INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES AND INTERCULTURAL
  COMMUNICATION
• www.euro-languages.net/slovakia

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National symbol of Slovak Republic web site
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HUNGARY

• NOVOSCHOOL
• www.euro-languages.net/hungary

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National symbol of Hungarian web site
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SIENA UNIVERSITY-ITALY

• Contract signed in October 2002
• Information about the Italian Language placed on
  line.
• PROGRESS Report produced (
  December 2002)
• www.euro-languages.net/italy

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National symbol of the Italian language web site
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National symbol of Latvian website
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QUALITY CONTROL

• INTERNAL
• PARTNERS EVALUATION
• LOCAL COMPUTER SPECIALISTS EVALUATION
• EXTERNAL EVALUATION
• Dr. Dangle Rutkauskiene, Expert of EU programmes,
  Director of Kaunas Regional Distance Education
  Study Centre

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CHALLENGE

• Team building, networking teacher development
• Management skills improved
• Quality benchmarking
• Innovative ideas, modern technologies

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ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN 2003 -1-

• WORK ON NATIONAL WEB SITES
• language providers
• language programmes
• distance language programmes
• other
• ANNUAL PROJECT PARTICIPANTS MEETING HELD IN
  BULGARIA
• ON-LINE CONFERENCES IN 12 LANGUAGES ORGANISED TO
  DISCUSS
• LANGUAGE LEARNING/TEACHING ISSUES

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ACITVITIES PLANNED IN 2003 -2-

• INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF WORK DONE ON
  NATIONAL WEB SITES
• LINKING NATIONAL WEB SITES TO EURO LANGUAGES NET
• PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL REPORT (2003) PRODUCED

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ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN 2004-1-

• Adjustments/ problem solving/ additional
  information gathering
• Annual meeting in Finland
• On-line forums/conferences for learners and
  language providers

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ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN 2004-2-

• CONFERENCE BEST PRACTICES IN LEARNING LANGUAGES
  IN MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL EUROPE WITH
  EURO LANGUAGES NET IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
  ORGANISED
• FINAL REPORTS IN EACH PARTICIPATING COUNTRY
  PRODUCED

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EURO LANGUAGES NET IN 2005-2010

• TO BE (HOW? WHO? WHEN?)
• FOR EACH AND EVERYBODY LIFE IN EUROPE MUST BE A
  DISCOVERY OF NEW IDEAS,OF ADJUSTMENT TO CHANGES,
  CHALLENGE OF UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CULTURES.
  LANGUAGES ARE VITAL.