EMU seminar

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EMU seminar

• Music Makes Europe
• Livorno (Italy), 14-17 October - Gerrit Walstra

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Introduction to seminar

• Myself my company
• Aims seminar
• Working together in Europe
• Set up and programme
• Your expectations (questionnaire)

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Gerrit Walstra/ Haute Europe

• Senior consultant
• Advise public and semi public organisations on EU
• Development and execution of European projects
  and programmes
• Anchoring Europe in organisations /implement
  advice
• Haute Europe, part of Haute Equipe
• Netherlands based firm with regional offices
• Resource-, Information- and Project management in
  the administration of non-profit organisations
• Consultancy, Interim management, Temporary work
  European Affairs

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Aims

• Activate your knowledge of Europe
• Explore with you EU funding possibilities of
  relevance to music schools
• Asses the importance to Music schools
• Generate project ideas
• Project development
• Learn about content
• Experience the process
• First results!

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Working together in Europe

• Working together means
• Crossing borders literally and figurative
• Being aware of different cultures and systems
• What is needed
• An open mind
• Respect for differences
• Wish to learn
• Help each other (with language problems)

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Programme today

• Introduction to seminar
• aims
• general set up
• your expectations (questionnaire)
• Relevant EU programmes
• EU context
• objectives and characteristics
• your reflection
• Idea market
• Inventorise and cluster ideas (work group)
• EU funded projects
• 2 examples (Hans Skoglund Ko van der Velpen)
• the 10 golden rules for successful projects/bids

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Programme tomorrow

• Project development (1 2)
• working groups with similar interests
• from idea to project outline
• aims and objectives
• main project activities and results
• which EU programme fits
• organization of project
• budget estimation
• preconditions
• Project development (3)
• presentations
• feed back
• the next steps

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Your expectations (1) - general

• 15 questionnaires returned (13 music schools)
• statistics
• Some schools combine with dance, theatre or arts.

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Your expectations (2) knowledge experience

• 1. Knowledge of EU policies and programmes
• 2. Experience with EU projects
• Youth in Action, Grundtvig, Socrates, Leonardo,
  Comenius, Erasmus, Culture 2000, Regional Funds,
  Interreg, European Social Fund
• 3. Experience with international cooperation
• Bilateral exchanges, organizing international
  festival/ competition, twinning of cities

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Your expectations (3) - ambitions

• Fields of cooperation mentioned
• Music school systems
• Education on school
• Method development
• Group teaching and cooperative learning
• Raising musical talent childhood -gt
  professional
• Musical education for pre school children
• Teachers training
• Performing
• Management and finances

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Your expectations (3) - ambitions

• Cooperation activities
• Internet based communities / platforms
• Starting networks between schools and teachers
• Exchange knowledge, experience end methods
• Exchange programs for youngsters / pupils
• Exchange of teachers
• Exchange of / meetings with other directors
• Exchange of choirs, groups and orchestra
• Joint development of new strategies
• Joint development of new methods
• Work group research in music pedagogy
• Organize joint performances
• Joint publications
• International teacher trainings and workshops
• International camps

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Your expectations ( 4) added value

• Added value
• Quality improvement
• Increased knowledge
• Life long experience
• Networks
• Making Friends,
• Learning about and understanding other cultures
• Stimulation, inspiration and motivation (new
  horizons)
• Better understanding and knowledge how to
  cooperate

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Europe in a nutshell

• EU history development
• EU institutions and decision making
• EU Policies

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Europe today

• European Union
• 50 years
• 27 member states
• 490 million inhabitants

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Why European Union?

• Peace
• Safety
• Solidarity
• Economy
• Environment
• Safety-2 (fighting terrorism)
• Social / cultural cohesion

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Founders and enlargements
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• 1957 Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg,
  France, West-Germany, Italy
• 1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom
• 1981 Greece
• 1986 Portugal, Spain
• (1990 East Germany unification)
• 1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden
• 2004 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech
  Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia,
  Malta, Cyprus
• 2007 Romania, Bulgaria

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Important decisions

• 1951 European Coal and Steel Community
• 1957 European Economic Community (EEC), Common
  Market
• 1967 Commission and Council.
• 1986 Single European Act
• 1991/1992 European Union
• 1997-2001 Treaties Amsterdam, Lisbon. Gothenburg,
  Nice

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How decisions are madetheory
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How decisions are made practice
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EU policies

• Cohesion policy
• Aim? Reduce differences in prosperity
  (disparities)
• Why? Solidarity and strengthening economies
• Lisbon strategyAim? Knowledge economy,
  innovation, entrepreneurship
• Why? Competitive on world market
• Gothenborg strategy
• Aim? Healthy environment
• Why? Sustainability

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EU policies

• Cultural social policies
• European citizenship
• Youth
• Lifelong learning
• Culture
• Integration
• Health
• etcetera

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EU budget framework 2007 - 2013
864 billion
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EU budget framework 2007 - 2013
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Selecting relevant funding possibilities

• Direct EU funding no international partners
  needed
• EU funding of international cooperation
• 1. Direct support via (Regional Funds)
• European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
• European Social Fund (ESF)
• European Cohesion Fund
• National/regional programmes
• National/ regional offices

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Selecting relevant funding possibilities
ltSpecial websitegt
Eligible areas in the EU under the Convergence
Objectiveand the European Competitiveness and
Employment Objective For information at national
and regional level click on a country on the map
http//ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/atlas2007/inde
x_en.htm
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Selecting relevant funding possibilities
Slovenija Regional Development Programmes
2007-2013
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Selecting relevant funding possibilities
Operational Programme 'Strengthening Regional
Development Potentials'
Priority axis 3 Integration of Natural and
Cultural Potentials This priority axis aims at
the preservation and integration of natural and
cultural potential for development and the
improvement of tourism competitiveness,
recreation and the quality of life 263
million

Priority axis 4 Development of Regions This axis
pursues the strategic goal of the balanced
development of regions and addresses in
particular less developed and marginalized
Slovenian regions. Through developing economic,
social, education, transport and environment
infrastructure 619 million
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Selecting relevant funding possibilities

• Funding of international cooperation
• Build on own themes, experiences, partnerships.
• .but read the subsidy programmes for inspiration
  too!
• Subsidized activities, f,i
• Implementation of pilot projects
• Studies and research, exchange best practices
• International cooperation
• Exchange of staff and students
• Master classes, workshops
• Joint productions,
• Networking, congresses
• And more..

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Most promising options for cooperation

• Culture 2007-2013
• Youth in action
• Europe for citizens
• Territorial cooperation Interreg 4
• European year of 2009 creativity and
  innovation
• Lifelong learning Comenius etc.

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Information for each fund

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

• General purpose of the programme
• Selection of relevant themes of programme
• Who can participate - type of actors- geography
• Project characteristics - supported activities-
  project budget indications

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Culture Programme (2007-2013)



Objective

• to promote transnational mobility of people
  working in the cultural sector
• to encourage the transnational circulation of
  artistic and cultural works and products
• to encourage intercultural dialogue.
• Who can participate?
• All legal entities
• Culture Contact Point per country

http//ec.europa.eu/culture/our-programmes-and-act
ions/doc411_en.htm
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Culture Programme (2007-2013)

• Multi annual cooperation
• At least 6 partners from at least 6 different
  countries
• projects can last 3-5 years
• Subsidy max 50 (between 200,000 and 500,000
  euros), on a per annum basis.
• Cooperation projects
• At least 3 partners from at least 3 different
  countries
• Projects can last 1-2 years
• Subsidy max 50 (between 50,000 and 200,000
  euros), on a per project basis
• Support for European Cultural Bodies (Category
  Network)
• Provides co-financing for the permanent work of
  these organisations.
• Festivals can also be funded.

Deadline submission 1 October Starting date 1 May
following year



Deadline submission 1 November Following
financial year
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Culture Programme (2007-2013)

• Multi annual cooperation (3-5 y) Cooperation
  projects (1-2 y)
• Eligible costs
• costs of staff salaries social security costs
  etc
• often with ceiling
• must be proven
• travel and subsistence costs
• rental or purchase equipment
• consumables and supplies
• certification costs of financial statements
  audits
• subcontracting and service contracts
• costs of implementation of project actions
• disseminiation of information
• evaluation
• translations
• reproduction etc
• administrative and other operating costs

35 million available for 2009



Elegible countries EU-27, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway, candidate countries,
including Turkey
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Examples Culture 2000

• EFMET project European Forum for MUSIC Education
  and Training
• European Association of Conservatories
• IASJ,EMU, ESTA, JME, etc
• Improve cooperation and communication
• Collect information on music teacher programmes
• Formulate recommendations to the EC

• HARMOS project e content project
• DG Information Society
• Data collection of music heritage and teaching

• VEMUS project Virtual European Music School
• 6 countries
• Distant learning self practicing
• Music classroom

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Youth in action
885 million (7 years)
Objective

• Promote young peoples active citizenship(Youth
  for Europe)
• Develop solidarity and promote tolerance among
  young people
• Foster mutual understanding between young people
  in different countries
• Contribute to developing the quality of support
  systems for youth activities (?)
• Promote European cooperation in the youth field
• http//ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm

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Youth in action

• Action 1 Youth for Europe
• Youth Exchanges (13 to 25 year)
• An opportunity for groups of young people from
  different countries to meet and learn about each
  others cultures
• The groups plan together their Youth Exchange
  around a theme of mutual interest
• Youth Initiatives (18-30 years)
• Group projects designed at local, regional and
  national level
• It also supports the networking of similar
  projects between different countries, in order to
  strengthen their European aspect and to enhance
  cooperation and exchanges of experiences between
  young people.

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Youth in action

• Implementation of the Youth in Action Programme
  is mainly decentralised
• Contact The National Agencies for Youth in
  Action
• NGOs
• 70-100 subsidy and lump sum
• 2,000 - 50,000?
• Applications 3-5 times per yearproject start
  4 months later

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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Europe for citizens
Action 1 "Active citizens for Europe" involves
citizens directly, either through activities
linked to town-twinning or through other kinds of
citizens projects. Action 2 "Active civil
society for Europe" is targeted to Europe-wide
civil society organisations Action 3 "Together
for Europe" supports high visibility events,
studies and information tools. Action 4
"Active European Remembrance" supports the
preservation of the main sites and archives
associated with the deportations and the
commemoration of the victims of nazism and
stalinism. http//ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index
_en.htm
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Europe for citizens

• Action 1 "Active citizens for Europe"
• Town-twinning
• involve or promote direct exchanges between
  European citizens through their participation in
  town-twinning activities.
• strengthening mutual knowledge and understanding
  between citizens and between cultures.
• Municipalities
• 2.000 - 20.000?

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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INTERREG IV

• European Territorial Cooperation
• Cooperation between public actors and
  organisations from different countries to tackle
  shared issues of regional development
• 3 typesa) cross-border cooperationb)
  transnational cooperationc) interregional
  cooperation

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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation
2007 - 2013 There are 55 cross-border Cooperation
programmes
Germany
Italy
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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation

• Reduction of the barrier effect of borders and
  socio-economic development of border areas
• All kind of themes, preferably linked to economy,
  environment or social issues.
• Local/regional authorities, institutes, groups
• Private actors (possibly)
• Within border areas
• Networks, plans, small scale physical investments
  
• 10.000s - several million euro
• 50 - 85 EU co-funding (depending on programme)

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation
Priority axis 2 Sustainable and balance
development The aim here is to contribute to the
sustainable and balanced development of the
Programme area by securing and activating the
regions environmental, social and cultural
resources. This priority also seeks to improve
the quality of cross-border cooperation at local
and regional levels. 35 million
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INTERREG IV A Cross Border Cooperation

• Example Estonia Finland
• Musical Bridge
• 4 Finnish music schools
• 5 Estonian music Schools
• Finnish Association of Music Schools
• Estonian Association of Music Schools
• 1. Coperation between music schools
• 2. Promoting the work of music schools
• 3. Educational projects

Several 100.000 euro
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INTERREG IV B Transnational Cooperation
2007-2013 There are 13 Transnational cooperation
programmes in the EU
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INTERREG IV B Transnational Cooperation

• Support the sustainable development and
  competitiveness of European macro regions
• only indirectly promotion of cultural values
• Public authorities, institutes, groupings, NGOs
• Transnational cooperation areas
• Plans, studies, pilots, small investments
• 100.000s - several million euro
• 50 - 85 EU co-funding (depending on programme)

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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INTERREG IV C Interregional Cooperation
1 program for the whole of Europe

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

• Improve regional policies by exchange of
  experience
• All kind of themes are possible- find the right
  context!
• Regional/local authorities and public equivalent
  bodies
• All EU member states
• Networking, studies, visits, training, new policy
  tools
• 100.000s - several million euro
• up to 75 - 85 EU co-funding (depending on
  country)

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2008 European year of intercultural dialogue

• Get involved!

Young people are the EYID 2008s core target
group. Help us to bring the EYID 2008 into
schools and universities all over Europe! EYID
2008 activities could be linked to project days,
interdisciplinary programmes, job fairs, exchange
programmes and competitions, or initiated in
cooperation with school magazines, student
organisations or school canteens, or anything
else you can think of. The EYID 2008 could be
brought into European museums, art schools, music
schools, dance academies, or ballet schools. It
could also be linked to music and art festivals
or to book fairs all over Europe.
www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu
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2009 European year of creativity and innovation

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

Artistic creation and new approaches in culture
should also receive due attention, as important
means of communication between people in Europe
and in the follow-up to the ongoing European Year
of Intercultural Dialogue (2008). The European
Year of Innovation and Creativity is proposed as
a cross-cutting initiative covering not only
education and culture, but also other policy
domains such as enterprise, media, research,
social and regional policy and rural development.
It should include information and
awareness-raising campaigns, promotion of good
practices, debates, meetings, conferences and
promote a wide variety of projects at regional,
national and European level. Budgets per
country?
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Lifelong learning
6 970 000 000

• Comenius programme teaching and learning needs
  of all those in pre-school and school education
  up to the level of the end of upper secondary
  education, and the institutions and organisations
  providing such education
• The Erasmus programme teaching and learning
  needs of all those in formal higher education,
  and the institutions and organisations providing
  or facilitating such education and training
• The Leonardo da Vinci programme addresses the
  teaching and learning needs of all those in
  vocational education and training,
• Grundtvig programme addresses the teaching and
  learning needs of those in all forms of adult
  education, as well as the institutions and
  organisations providing or facilitating such
  education.

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COMENIUS
Enhancing the quality and reinforcing the
European dimension of school education by

• promoting transnational cooperation and exchanges
  between schools and teacher training
  establishments
• encouraging innovation in pedagogical methods and
  materials
• promoting the transnational dissemination of good
  practice and innovation in the management of
  schools
• promoting the use of information and
  communication technology in school education and
  in the training of staff working in this sector
• http//ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-pr
  ogramme/doc84_en.htm

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COMENIUS

• to support the development of knowledge and
  understanding among young people and educational
  staff of the diversity of European cultures and
  languages and its values
• Quality of school education
• intercultural awareness
• All EU member states
• 10.000s - ca 200.000 euro
• up to 75 EU co-funding

• Objective
• Themes
• Actors
• Projects

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• Break till 11.30

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Reflection on presented EU-programmes

• 1 facilitator per group who leads discussion
• We split up in 4 groups gt 4 rooms
• a. Why are you interested in EU programmes?
  Funding of own activities, European cooperation
  with other music schools, both reasons
• b. Are one or more of the presented programmes
  suitable for your organisation?
• Positive points of the presented EU- programmes
  what is appealing / what are the opportunities
• Points of attention of the presented
  EU-programmes which elements seem less
  attractive or can make it difficult
• Questions you have in general or related to a
  specific programme.
• Plenary reporting back and discussion at 12.30 (
  till 13.00)

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Idea market

• We split up in 4 groups gt 4 rooms
• 1 facilitator per group who leads discussion
• Inventory of ideas and clustering of ideas
• Inventory of proposed results and clustering
• Relation of 1 and 2
• Why important added value (optional)
• Plenary reporting back and discussion at 16.00 (
  till 17.00)

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Golden rules for successful bids /projects

• Define your project idea (exercise tomorrow!)
• Pick the right fund, be strategic
• Be informed about the specific requirements
  (content, procedures, financial)
• Strong and balanced partnership
• Find the right partners
• Develop the project plan together
• Agree on roles and responsibilities
• Coherent and logical description of the
  activities
• A clear and precisely filled in application form
• Ensure professional management of the project
• Suitable budget for activities assure
  cofinancing
• Good planning avoid last-minute mistakes
• ENJOY!

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• End of todays programme

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Programme 16 October

• Looking back at yesterday
• Working in groups with similar interests whole
  morning (see list)
• Break 11.00- 11.30
• Lunch 13.00-14.30
• Plenary presentations project outline and feed
  back
• Break 16.30-17.00
• Next steps and conclusions (plenary)
• End 18.00

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Reflections on yesterday?

• What did we do?
• Questions
• What was difficult?

Ideas Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3
Results Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3
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Project development 1st session

• Basis - ideas from yesterday gt theme -
  project template as a help
• Why is the theme important?
• Aim and objective of your project- aim
  abstract intention- objectives concrete goals
  that you want to achieve during project life
  time
• Activities that are necessary to reach objectives
• Name project

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Project development 2nd session

• Basis results of 1st session template
• Look back on results 1 st session?Adjust if
  necessary
• Suitable EU programme?
• How to organize project /activities?
• Assess total budget and duration
• What is necessary for each partner to take part
  in the project for real?

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Programme 16 October
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Adjusted Afternoon Programme 16 October
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Buffet 14.00 - 15.30
Presentations and feed back 15.30 - 15.45
Coffee break 15.45 - 16.30 Next steps and
conclusions
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Exchange of students

• AIM
• International cooperation of music school
  students
• OBJECTIVES
• Students
• Learn together and have fun
• Raising standards by working together in
  international setting
• Develop personality and self esteem be(come)
  independent people
• Schools (teachers)
• Learn from each other about systems and methods

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Exchange of students

• SUB OBJECTIVES
• To learn and experience (other) education
  systems, working methods, standards and styles
• To broaden the view and become aware of new/other
  opportunities
• To see and learn about other countries and
  cultures
• To meet students and teachers of other countries
• Improve the ability to communicate in other
  languages
• Develop as an European person
• To combine music with dance and theatre
• To show the International character of your
  school gtexposure
• Attractive for students
• Represent your country abroad
• To generate funding by governments and sponsor
  money

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Next steps

• How will you go on with project development after
  this seminar?
• What are your next steps?
• What is necessary for you/your organization to
  really participate in the project?
• What kind of assistance is needed?
• How will you organize that help?

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Conclusions
CONCLUSIONS
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Succes!

• www.haute-europe.eu
• Gerrit Walstra
• gerrit.walstra_at_haute-europe.eu
• 31 (0)6-21125514