May 2009

Seniors in Action

31 / 05 / 2009

A European project titled “Seniors in Action” is an endeavour which manages to engage seniors over 55 years old who have a special capacity (honey producers, organic farmers, mathematicians, poets, chess players, painters, etc.) and to make them more active as informal educators for pupils. The project runs in the framework of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme, sub-programme Grundtvig.

A strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training ('ET 2020')

21 / 05 / 2009

On 12 May the Council of the European Union adopted a new strategic framework for co-operation between EU Member States to reform their education and training systems ('ET 2020'). To us working as professionals in Europe, it is important to have knowledge of this European strategy and vision. The conclusions identify both immediate priorities for 2009-11 and long-term challenges for the decade ahead. The tools used to meet them include new education and training benchmarks for monitoring progress across Europe.

Effe Conference: Creativity Genesis

16 / 05 / 2009

On 12-14 June 2009 in Witten, Germany, EFFE - the European Forum for Freedom in Education - organises an innovative in-service training event for teachers, teacher trainees, educationalists and policy makers. The title of the conference is 'Creativity Genesis - How to bring creativity and innovation into education'.

Inspiring Climate Education

15 / 05 / 2009

The first international teachers' conference 'Inspiring Climate Education ICE09' will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 12-14 October 2009. The conference targets secondary school teachers from all over the world.

European Gold Award Winner 2009: The Learning Teacher Network!

08 / 05 / 2009

At an award ceremony in Prague, the Czech Republic, on 7 May the Learning Teacher Network was winner of the European Award for Lifelong Learning in Creativity and Innovation. The network received the gold prize for being best project in the Comenius programme.

EU as Global Actor

04 / 05 / 2009

The Swedish International Programme Office for Education and Training invites to the conference "EU as Global Actor - Meeting Global Challenges through Creativity and Innovation in Local Education". The conference will be held in the City of Lund in southern Sweden on September, 28-29 2009.

World Summit 2010 on Media for Children and Youth

04 / 05 / 2009

Every three years is held a World Summit on Media for Children and Youth. The first summit was held in Melbourne in 1995, followed by London in 1998, Thessaloniki in 2001, Rio de Janeiro in 2004 and Johannesburg in 2007. Each world summit attracts between 2000 and 3000 professionals from all over the world, which makes it a substantial international event.