Sessio 3. Australia, Kanada, USA..

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1 Sessio 3. Australia, Kanada, USA.. Keskiviikko Ammatillisen koulutuksen kv-päivät

2 Why this session? Increased interest in non-eu countries Existing funding opportunities are not so well known New opportunities available from 2010 onwards

3 Basic questions What support do the EU-programmes give? What kind of teacher and student mobility is feasible when going outside of Europe? What about common development projects and double degrees/units? What other forms of cooperation is there, other opportunities?

4 Bilateral Cooperation with Industrialised Countries

5 EU-Canda ( ) - 18 M Erasmus Mundus Ext. Coop. Window ( ) M EU-USA ( ) - 45 M Industrialised countries - 10 M in 2009 Erasmus Mundus ( ) 290 M - Erasmus Mundus ( ) 960 M LLP - Jean Monnet Tempus IV ( ) 60 M

6 Actions EU-US ATLANTIS Programme EU-CANADA Transatlantic Exchange Partnerships (TEP) Programme EU-ICI ECP - Education Cooperation Programme Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Republic of Korea

7 Key features of co-operation activities Joint development of innovative curricula; Two-way exchange of students with full recognition of study abroad, possibility of internships; Faculty exchanges; All fields in higher education and vocational training; Balanced partnerships; E.g. EU-Canada: the organizations involved will be schools at least from two different country in Europe and two from two different provinces in Canada Joint selection and funding.

8 Case 1 EU-Canada programme Sustainable Tourism a Transatlantic Perspective Finland, Spain, UK and Canada student exchanges Coordinator: Hyria, FI (former Hyvinkää- Riihimäki Aikuiskoulutuskeskus)

9 Case 2 EU-Australia programme A Bridge Between Global Industries Finland, Holland, Italy and Australia student exchanges Coordinator: Pirkanmaan ammattiopisto PIRKO, FI

10 Calls for proposals EU-US ATLANTIS Call 2009: deadline 23 March 2009, budget 5 M EU-Canada Transatlantic Exchange Partnerships TEP Call 2009: deadline 1 April 2009, budget 1,104 M ICI-ECP Education Cooperation Partnerships Call 2009: 15 Sept, budget 2,8 M Next Calls: opens Nov-Dec 2009, deadline Feb-March 2010???

11 More information Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) EU Canada EU USA EU-ICI-ECP

12 Key actors Canada:HRSDC Human Resources and Social Development Canada USA:FIPSE Fund for Improvement of Secondary Education Australia: Republic of Korea: Japan: New Zealand:

13 Lifelong Learning Programme and external cooperation

14 Purpose New from Call 2010!!! Not a new action, only new dimension to existing actions Not foreign aid, improving the quality of education and training in Europe Mutual beneficiality

15 Only in centralised projects Multilateral projects and multilateral networks in all four LLP-programmes E.g. Leonardo Development of Innovation, Leonardo Networks Three key activities Education and training policy (KA1), languages (KA2) and ICT (KA3) Not in e.g. Transfer of Innovation, partnerships or mobility actions managed by CIMO!

16 Countries Some or all of the following, will be outlined more precisely in the call for proposals 2010: Switzerland (will join fully 2011) Kroatia, Macedonia (have joined but only partially) USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea Russia, Brasil, China, India, Israel, Mexico, South Africa Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine. Moldoca and Georgia Also any others if demonstrably important expertise to share

17 Practical issues Preliminary information Max euro for third country participation per project Normally one partner from third country, if more partners same maximum applies Budget on top of normal budget Separate assessment and decision

18 Calls for proposals Multilateral projects and multilateral networks in all four LLP-programmes Deadline Three key activities: Education and training policy (KA1), languages (KA2) and ICT (KA3) Deadline More info at

19 Other forms of cooperation

20 Funding and grants National internationalisation grants (National Board of Education) Any country is possible if well described Fulbright Mid Career Professional Development, Fulbright Graduate Grants USA

21 Case Tampereen ammattiopisto Funding since 2006 for cooperation with USA through National Board of Education Student and teacher exchanges, seminars and other joint activities Technology sector, but today Tampere also works within other sectors with USA Central contact is TA3 - Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance Mainly East coast of USA, community colleges but also others