LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME (LLP) SUBPROGRAMME LEONARDO DA VINCI MOBILITY ACTION

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LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME (LLP)SUBPROGRAMME
LEONARDO DA VINCI MOBILITY ACTION CALL FOR
PROPOSALS 2009, PRIORITIES AND APPLICATION FORM
2009
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LEONARDO DA VINCI MOBILITY ACTION IS

• a decentralized action and it is managed by the
  National Agency designated by the National
  authority of the country concerned.

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MOBILITY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
SECTORIAL PROGRAMME IS

• SPENDING A PERIOD OF TIME IN ANOTHER
  PARTICIPATING COUNTRY, IN ORDER TO UNDERTAKE
  WORKING OR TRAINING ACTIVITY, SUPPORTED AS
  APPROPRIATE BY PREPARATORY OR REFRESH COURSES IN
  THE HOST LANGUAGE OR VEHICULAR LANGUAGE.

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IVT PLM VETPRO MOBILITY ACTIONS

• Specific and Operational Leonardo da Vinci
  objectives
• To support participants in training and further
  training activities in the acquisition and the
  use of knowledge, skills and qualifications to
  facilitate personal development, employability
  and participation in the Labour Market.
• To support improvements in quality and innovation
  in vocational education and training systems,
  institutions and practices
• To enhance the attractiveness of vocational
  education and training and mobility of
  individuals and to facilitate mobility of working
  trainees.

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Leonardo da Vinci Sectorial Programme may
include two types of mobility

• TRANSNATIONAL PLACEMENTS in enterprises or in
  training institutions consisting of a period of
  vocational training and or work experience
  undertaken by an individual participant in an
  enterprise or a training institution in another
  participating country
• PLACEMENTS AND EXCHANGES aimed at the further
  professional development of trainers and guidance
  counselors, and at those responsible for training
  establishments and for training planning and
  career guidance within enterprises. Participants
  will exchange experiences with their
  counterparties in other countries with the
  specific aim of mutual learning, transfer,
  improvement and update of competences and/or of
  innovative methods and practices in the field of
  vocational training.

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and supports the mobility of three different
typologies of participants

1. IVT PEOPLE UNDERGOING INITIAL VOCATIONAL
   EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2. PLM PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET
3. VETPRO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
   PROFESSIONALS

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IVT INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING

• Who can benefit?
• TRAINEES IN INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING
• APPRENTICES
• PUPILS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING
• TRAINEES EXCEPT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• How long?
• Minimum 2 weeks
• Maximum 39 weeks

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PLM PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET

• Who can benefit?
• WORKERS
• SELFEMPLOYED
• PEOPLE AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT
• GRADUATES
• How long?
• Minimum 2 weeks
• Maximum 26 weeks

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VETPRO - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PROFESSIONALS
Who can benefit? Professionals in vocational
education and training Teachers
Trainers Vocational training staff Guidance
counselors Responsibles for training
establishments, training planning and
occupational guidance within enterprises Human
resources managers in enterprises How
long? Minimum 1 weeks Maximum 6 weeks
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Call for proposals 2009 LdV mobility action
deadline for the submission of applications
6 February 2009
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THE LIFE-CYCLE OF A PROJECT
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• 1. SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION
• GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDER
  THE DECENTRALIZED ACTION OF THE LIFELONG LEARNING
  PROGRAMME MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL
  AGENCY OF THE COUNTRY OF THE APPLICANT.

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• APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED BY INSTITUTIONS
  AND ORGANISATIONS AND NOT INDIVIDUALS THAT MUST
  HAVE THE STATUS OF LEGAL BODY.

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THE LIFE-CYCLE OF A PROJECT
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a. FORMAL CRITERIA

• eligibility criteria
• compliance with the submission procedures set out
  in the relevant Call of proposals
• compliance with the deadlines set out in the
  relevant Call of proposals
• compliance with the rules on the minimum/maximum
  duration of projects and minimum/maximum number
  of partners and countries involved

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• eligibility criteria
• involvement of at least one organisation located
  in a EU Member State, if an application is
  submitted by a consortium
• being drawn up in one of the official languages
  of the European Union
• being submitted exclusively using the correct
  official application form
• inclusion of a grant request expressed in euro

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b.QUALITYCRITERIA

• selection criteria
• Selection criteria are used to assess whether
  the applicant organisation and the partnership
  have sufficient financial, professional,
  administrative capacity and stability to
  undertake the proposed activity.

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b.QUALITYCRITERIA

• award criteria
• Quality of the work programme
• European added value
• Content and duration
• Impact and relevance
• Preparatory activities, monitoring and validation
• Organisation
• Quality of the valorisation plan (dissemination
  and exploitation of results)

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Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) Call for
proposals 2009

• Strong emphasis is placed on the quality of the
  organisation of mobility, including pedagogical,
  linguistic and cultural preparation and
  arrangements for the stay abroad on the basis of
  the principles set out in the European Quality
  Charter for Mobility, in order to optimize the
  impact of the mobility experience.

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Quality Charter of Mobility

• information and guidance
• learning plan
• personalisation
• general preparation
• linguistic aspects
• logistical support
• mentoring
• recognition
• reintegration and evaluation
• commitments and responsibilities

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CALL 2009 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

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• IVT - PLM
• Priority will be given to
• projects organising mobility for trainees, i.e.
  persons in a dual apprenticeship system or other
  vocational education system based on alternate
  learning or work-related training in enterprises
  
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• VETPRO
• Priority will be given to
• development of the competences of teachers,
  trainers and tutors
• cooperation with SMEs

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LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME Leonardo da Vinci
Application Form 2009 Mobility
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APPLICATION FORM 2009
1.1 SUBMISSION DATA 1.2 PROJECT SUMMARY
2. APPLICANT ORGANISATION 2.1 ORGANISATION 2.2 CONTACT PERSON 2.3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANISATION 2.4 TASKS OF THIS ORGANISATION IN THE PROJECT  
 DECLARATION BY THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT ORGANISATION AND SIGNATURE
3. PARTNER ORGANISATIONS 3.1 ORGANISATION
4. DESCRIPTION OF THE MOBILITY PROJECT 4.1 RELEVANCE TOWARDS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME AND THE EUROPEAN PRIORITIES SET OUT IN THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS and PRIORITIES OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2009 FOR LEONARDO DA VINCI MOBILITY 4.2 AIMS, CONTENT AND BACKGROUND 4.3 ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 4.4 DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS 4.5 HORIZONTHAL ISSUES 4.6 PREVIOUS PROJECTS
ESTIMATED DETAILS ON THE FLOWS AND REQUESTED EU-FUNDING DETAILS OF BUDGET CALCULATION
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PARTNERSHIP

• IS THE KEY-WORD OF ANY MOBILITY ACTION IN
  EUROPE

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A good quality mobility partnership should be

• TRANSNATIONAL
• NATIONAL
• MULTI-PLAYER
• COMPETENT

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key-documents

• Quality Commitment
• Quality Charter of Mobility
• Letters of intent

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Letters of intent

• The letter must not be hand-written
• It must indicate
• the title of the project
• reference to the Leonardo da Vinci programme
• a brief description of the partner's role
• a consistency with the quality commitment of the
  partnership
• It must bear
• the date
• the signature of an authorised person and her/his
  position within the organisation.

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reference documents

• (1) Decision No 1720/2006/EC establishing the
  Lifelong Learning Programme
• (2) Official announcement of the Call for
  proposals in the Official Journal of the
  European Union
• (3) Text of the Call as published on the LLP
  website of the Commission
• (4) LLP Guide I-II
• (5) Application Forms

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