Title: OVERVIEW
1 GRUNDTVIG PROJECTS Overview of Application
Procedure and Selection Criteria.
Grundtvig Contact Seminar Malta 10th-13th
October 2002
2Overview
GRUNDTVIG 1 Transnational Cooperation Projects
GRUNDTVIG 2 Learning Partnerships
- Whats the Difference?
- Application Procedure
- Application dates
- Financial Agreement
- Project orientation
- Project Life Cycle
- Whats the Similarity?
- Action Priorities
- Priority Target Group
- Project Management Elements
- Eligibility Criteria
3The Difference between the two Measures
- GRUNDTVIG 1
- Centralised
- 2 phase application procedure
- Deadlines - 1st November 1st March
- Financial Agreement between the Coordinator and
the Commission. - Product based projects.
- GRUNDTVIG 2
- Decentralised
- 1 phase application procedure
- 1 Deadline 1st March
- Financial Agreement between every partner and the
National Agency. - Process based projects.
4Differences in the Project Life Cycle
Grundtvig 1
- Pre-proposal application
- Selection of pre-proposals (with external
experts) - Full proposal
- Selection of full proposals (with external
experts) - Contract with the Commission
- First instalment of grant
- Interim report ? Second instalment of grant
- Final report
- text outputs (assessment by external experts)
- financial
- Final instalment of grant
5Differences in the Project Life Cycle
Grundtvig 2
- One-stage application to be sent to the National
Agency. - Selection taken on a decentralized level in an
inter-agency consultation. - 3 countries/ organisations involved need to be
evaluated positively to receive a contract. - Renewal Application each year.
- Some parts of the application e.g BUDGET, will be
filled in by the coordinator ONLY and a copy
given to the partners to include in their
application to their National Agency, while other
parts will be filled in separately by each
participating organisation.
6The Similarities
- The Grundtvig ACTION PRIORITIES are similar for
Grundtvig 1 and 2. - To encourage the European dimension of life-long
learning through enhanced transnational
co-operation and partnerships. - To improve and facilitate access to learning
provisions for people who, at whatever stage of
their life, want to acquire new knowledge and
skills. - Put the adult learner in the center of the
learning process
7Grundtvig Themes Priorities ( cont)
- Promoting equality between women and men
- Integration of disabled people
- Contributing to the fight against racism and
xenophobia - Helping to offset the effects of socio-economic
disadvantage - Exploiting the full educational potential of ICT
- Language teaching and learning
- Promoting the less widely used and less taught EU
languages (for language projects)
8Grundtvig Priorities (cont)
- Learning for Active Citizenship
- Social Inclusion
- Employability
- Teaching and Learning Methods
- Information and Guidance Services
- Supply and Demand
9Priorities target groups
- Adult learners with special educational needs
- Adults lacking basic education and
qualifications - Adults living in rural or disadvantaged areas,
or who are disadvantaged for socio-economic
reasons - Other hard to reach groups who are not prone
to take part in adult learning or lifelong
learning initiatives.
10Project Management Elements
- Formation and Maintenance of effective Project
teams. - Initiation, launch or kick-off meetings.
- Evaluation and Appraisal of Impact
- Dissemination strategies
- Methods of monitoring progress
- European Dimension
- Experience exchange enabling mutual reflection
and learning. - Outputs and products which can be used at a
transnational level.
11Eligibility Criteria (principles)
- Are defined in the Guidelines for Applicants, in
the Calls for proposals and in the application
forms and Constitute the minimal and absolute
requirements for acceptance of a grant
application. - Submission by the specified closing date
(postmark) - Using the correct Application Forms, Typed or
word processed - Signed by duly authorised person
- Written in one of the 11 official languages
- The institutions which are co-ordinators or
partners in projects must - belong to one of the types of eligible
institutions for each Socrates Action - be sufficient in number and comprise at least one
EU Member State for each partnership - be located within one of the EU, EEA or
associated countries
12Top 10 Barriers to Success
- From an analysis of 175 project Adult Education
Projects , these are the most common barriers
which coordinators and partners need to guard
against or overcome. - The project is complex and over-ambitious.
- The topic is not suitable for transnational work
- There is a lacking of shared understanding and
commitment amongst the partners. - There are cultural and linguistic barriers to
working together which the partners fail to
overcome. - The project is not based on a needs analysis -
or at least a proper rationale. - The work plan is vague and does not allocate
tasks sensibly. - The project budget is badly constructed with
insufficient allowance in it for the costs of
producing materials and of dissemination. - Commission notified decisions, e.g budget cuts.
- There are problems with IT, including inadequate
hardware and lack of technical expertise. - Senior managers in the partner institutions do
not back the project.