Overview of current

1
Overview of current future EU funding
programmes in Education Culture Marcus
Scheuren, European Officer General Training
Seminar for the Information Network Brussels,
15 March 2006
2
Plan of the presentation

• EU regional representations in Brussels - who
  they are and how they can help
• Overview of current future EU funding
  programmes
• The new Life Long Learning (LLL) Programme
• Culture 2007
• Youth in Action
• Practical tips for applications

3
Regional Offices in Brussels

• Over 300 regional offices in Brussels from almost
  all member states
• Represent the regions interests in Brussels, and
  report back to the regions on EU policies and
  programmes (eyes ears of the regions)
• Lobby the EU institutions (MEPs, Commission,
  Council, CoR), on relevant EU policies and
  network with other regional offices, European
  organisations
• Support to bids for EU funding (providing info on
  calls for proposals/ tenders, partner searches,
  current and future funding programmes, liaise
  with Commission officials, organise meetings
  events in Brussels)

4
Overview of current future EU funding programmes
5
Overview of current future EU funding programmes
6
Overview of current future EU funding programmes
7
Overview of current future EU funding programmes
8
Overview of current funding programmes in EAC
Education and YouthSOCRATES II (2000
2006)Leonardo da Vinci (2000 2006)YOUTH (2000
2006)TEMPUS (2000 2006) eLearning (2004
2006) Culture and MediaCulture 2000 (2000
2006)MEDIA plus (2001 2006) Citizenship
Town-Twinning (2004 2006)
9
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• Political context
• Central role of education and training
• March 2000 Lisbon European Council Most
  competitive knowledge-based economy
• March 2002 Barcelona European Council European
  Union as World quality reference
• Bologna process (Declaration on higher education,
  June 1999)

10
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• The Experience from past programmes (public
  consultation)
• Great enthusiasm for programmes but much too
  bureaucratic, inflexible and overcomplicated
• Programmes should develop European citizenship,
  language learning, and regional aspect
• Decentralised procedures simpler and more user
  friendly

11
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013
12
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• The Proposal
• 4 sectoral programmes
• Comenius
• Erasmus
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Grundtvig

13
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• One transversal programme
• Policy development
• Language learning
• New technologies (ICT)
• Dissemination and exploitation of results

14
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• Jean Monnet Programme
• Action Jean Monnet
• Support for European education/training
  institutions
• Support for European associations

15
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• Targets
• 5 school pupils in Comenius 2007-13
• 3 million Erasmus students by 2011
• 50,000 Leonardo trainee placements per year by
  2013.
• 25,000 adult mobilities per year by 2013

16
The Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme2007-2013

• Road Map
• 14.07.04 - official Commission proposal
• 10.02.05 - ECOSOC opinion
• 23.02.05 - COR opinion
• 19.09.05 - EP report in CULT committee, 1st
  reading (Rapp Doris Pack, EPP-DE)
• 25.10.05 - EP 1st reading in plenary
• Spring 2006 - Second reading and approval at EP
• 18.05.06 - Council political agreement expected
• 2007 start of new programme?

17
Youth in Action

• Aims to develop a sense of personal
  responsibility, initiative, concern for others,
  citizenship
• Active involvement at local, national and
  European level among young people
• Improve support systems for youth activities
• Proposed budget is 915 million
• Further info
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/ne
  wprog/index_en.html

18
Culture 2007

• Takes over from the current Culture 2000
  programme
• 3 objectives
• Transnational mobility for everyone working in
  the cultural sector in the EU
• The transnational circulation of works of art and
  cultural/artistic products.
• Intercultural dialogue
• Proposed budget of 408 million
• Further info
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/ne
  wprog/index_en.html

19
MEDIA 2007

• Successor to current MEDIA Plus MEDIA
  Training programmes
• Principal aims
• Preserving and promoting Europes cultural
  diversity and cinematic/audiovisual heritage,
  ensuring public access to this heritage and
  encouraging dialogue between cultures.
• Increasing the circulation of European films and
  other audiovisual productions, both inside and
  outside the EU.
• Strengthening the commercial performance of the
  European audiovisual sector in an open and
  competitive market context.
• Proposed budget of 1.055 billion
• Further info
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/ne
  wprog/index_en.html

20
Citizens for Europe

• addresses major challenge of the EU how to
  bridge gap between citizens and EU
• 3 different programmes actions
• Action I Active citizens for Europe involves
  citizens directly, either through activities
  linked to town-twinning or through other kinds of
  citizens projects.
• Action II Active civil society for Europe is
  targeted to Europe-wide civil society
  organisations, receiving either structural
  support on the basis of their work programme or
  support to trans-national projects.
• Action III Together for Europe supports high
  visibility events, studies and information tools,
  addressing the widest possible audience across
  frontiers and making Europe more tangible for its
  citizens.

21
Further Information

• South West UK Brussels Office
• 86 avenue Michel Ange
• B-1000 Brussels
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail mscheuren_at_southwestuk.be

www.southwestukbrusselsoffice.com