The Socrates Programme

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The Socrates Programme

• MINERVA Calls for proposals
• results and perspectives
• (2004 2005)
• Germán Bernal Ríos
• European Commission DG EAC
• Unit B4 (Multimedia)

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Minerva selection 2004 number of proposals
submitted and selected

• 343 pre-proposals submitted (an increase of about
  15 compared to last year)
• 94 of them were invited to submit a full
  proposal, and a total of 91 full proposals were
  received
• The total available budget for the Minerva action
  in 2004 was of about 9.5 million for 31
  eligible countries (25 EU 3 EEA 3 Candidate
  Countries BG, RO, TK)
• 33 projects were selected for funding (a success
  rate of less than 10)

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Applications by Typology All 91 full proposals

• Typology Submitted Accepted
• New ways of teaching and Learning 84
  28
• Science, Technology and Society 35
  13
• Art, Culture and Citizenship 25
  12
• Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
  22 8
• Personalisation and guidance methods 22
  8
• Evaluation methods 17
  8
• Other 12 5

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Some of the fields covered by the projects
selected in 2004

• Photographic Heritage and e-learning
• Violence prevention at schools
• Sustainable development in Tourism Education
• Bringing interactive astronomy to the classroom
• A virtual European banking school
• E-learning for the training of opera singers
• A web of aquariums for education on Sea
• A virtual environment for experiencing
  mathematics
• Etc.

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Accepted Applications Number of coordinators
(bold) and of partners

• EU 25
• AT (3 10) IT (2 17) HU (1 8) MT (0 1)
• BE (2 9) LU (0 2) CY (0 3) EEA
• DK (1 5) NL (2 8) EE (1 4) NO (1 6)
• DE (3 9) PT (1 3) LV (0 2) Candidate
• GR (2 6) FI (1 7) LT (0 8) BG (0 8)
• ES (2 16) SE (0 5) PL (0 11) RO (2 22)
• FR (4 18) UK (4 18) SK (0 4) TK (0 1)
• IE (0 3) CZ (0 4) SI (1 1)

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Accepted applications Most frequent types of
organisations

• Coordinators Partners
• Higher education 16 77
• Private companies 7 43
• Non-profit associations 5 35
• Research institutes 2 12
• Adult education providers 1 21
• Primary/Secondary schools 1 12
• Public authorities 0
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Minerva 2005 Socrates annual priorities

• Accession of new member states to the European
  Union positive discrimination towards the
  accession/candidate countries in selecting and
  funding projects that involve them
• Sustainable development
• Stability and security
• The future challenges to education and training
  systems and Lifelong Learning
• Action Plan on Promoting Language Learning and
  Linguistic Diversity
• eLearning

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Minerva 2005 action-specific priorities

• Projects focusing on the use of ICT in the
  following
• Public services offering guidance in innovation
  and in support of the educational community
• Pupils with specific needs, notably the ones at
  risk of being early school leavers
• Improving the attractiveness of learning
• Pupil-centred approaches (guidance, tutoring)
• Prospective and reflection on the role of ICT in
  learning processes

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MINERVA 2005 key dates

• Continuation of two-step procedure (valid until
  2006)
• Pre-proposal deadline 1st November 2004
• Full proposal (only pre-selected projects)
  deadline 1st March 2005
• Information and application forms available at
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/so
  crates/download_en.html
• on-line forms available at www.socleoyouth.be
• e-mail info_at_socleoyouth.be
• minerva_at_cec.eu.int

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• Thank you for your attention!