IRRE TOSCANA

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IRRE TOSCANA

• Istituto
• Regionale
• Ricerca
• Educativa

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IRRE TOSCANA

• Regional
• Institute
• Educational
• Research

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IRRE TOSCANA

• There are 19 IRRE in Italy (20 regions)
• Each IRRE has administrative autonomy
• They are under the supervision of the Ministry of
  Education in Rome

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IRRE TOSCANA

• Staff 38
• Management a General Secretary (appointed by the
  Ministry of Education) and a Chairperson (elected
  by the Board of Directors )
• It co-operates with the Educational Library, the
  European Education Centre and with a number of
  Universities

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IRRE TOSCANA

• It works with all levels and types of schools
  throughout Tuscany
• It fosters and carries out educational research
• it promotes a great number of projects within
  three macro areas life-long learning, school
  autonomy, disciplinary knowledge and curricula

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IRRE TOSCANAhttp//www.irre.toscana.it
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IRRE TOSCANAEuropean projects

• previous experience
• Co-ordinator in a Comenius 2 project (95-96)
  Intercultural education
• Co-ordinator in a Comenius 2 project (97-2000)
  Experimental European Intercultural Education

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IRRE TOSCANAEuropean projects

• present experience
• partner in a Socrates ODL project (1999-2001) Odl
  in adult education
• partner in a Socrates Lingua D project
  (2000-2003) early foreign language learning

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IRRE TOSCANAEuropean projects

• present experience
• Co-ordinator in a Socrates Comenius 3.1 project
  (2000-2003) multimedia in education
• (to activate) Co-ordinator in a Socrates
  Grundtvig action 2 (2001-2003) second language
  learning for non-native speakers

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IRRE TOSCANAhttp//www.irre.toscana.it/multiverso
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IRRE TOSCANAhttp//www.irre.toscana.it/multiverso

• A twin project
• similar aims and objectives (apart from the
  European dimension)
• similar expected outcomes
• schools involved different types and levels of
  education from the provinces of Livorno, Siena
  and Prato