January 2012

The World’s Children’s Prize Nominees of 2012

29 / 01 / 2012

Three amazing child right heroes have been nominated for the World’s Children’s Prize 2012: Anna Mollel from Tanzania, Sakena Yacoobi from Afghanista and Ann Skelton from South Africa.

The Young Masters Programme on Sustainable Development

22 / 01 / 2012

The Young Masters Programme on Sustainable Development (YMP) offers a unique learning experience through a global web-based education network. It connects youth from around the world, while building understanding and cooperation about sustainability issues. YMP is open to 16-18 year old students and free to all schools. Teachers must register along with students. Find out more at www.goymp.org

Erasmus Mundus for Arab Spring countries

22 / 01 / 2012

The European Commission has more than doubled the number of education and teaching grants available for young people and university staff from countries involved in the 'Arab Spring' uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East.

Croatia joins the Europass family

18 / 01 / 2012

On 2 December 2011, Croatia became the 31st European country to open a National Europass Centre. These centres already exist in the 27 EU member states plus Turkey, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

International Conference on e-education in Sintra Portugal

11 / 01 / 2012

The 7th International EcoMedia Europe Conference will be held in Sintra, Portugal on 27-30 May 2012 with the title “e-education - Social and Technological Challenges”. Teachers, head teachers and representatives from school authorities are invited to participate.