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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.

European training course Creativity and Learning

13 / 12 / 2011

For the third consecutive year the popular and appreciated European training course 'Creativity and Learning' will be given by the network in 2012.

EUROPE 2020 and Youth on the Move

04 / 12 / 2011

Europe 2020 is the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade.
In a changing world, we want the EU to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. These three mutually reinforcing priorities should help the EU and the Member States deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion.

Erasmus for All - one new, large, single educational programme in Europe from 2014

27 / 11 / 2011

Erasmus for All is the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport proposed by the European Commission on 23 November 2011. The proposal is now under discussion by the Council (27 Member States) and the European Parliament who will take the final decision.

Creative Europe: the new EU programme for the cultural and creative sectors

27 / 11 / 2011

Creative Europe is the new EU programme dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors, proposed by the European Commission on 23 November 2011, that will run from 2014 to 2020. The proposal is now under discussion by the Council of EU Ministers and the European Parliament.

Glossary on Quality in education and training

20 / 11 / 2011

A Glossary/Glossar/Glossaire on Quality in education and training is available. In this booklet important terms related to quality are explained in English, French and German.