Three Searches for Partners: in Comenius, Grundtvig and Leonardo da Vinci

Sabro Korsvej School, Sabro, Denmark looks for Comenius school partners on Citizenship, locally and globally. The city of Chateau-Chinon in Burgundy, France, looks for partners for a Grundtvig project on a family educational action with parents in difficulty with writing. The Surrey County Council, England UK, is looking to make contact with organisations undertaking community focussed, vocational opportunities for those most distanced from the workplace (within the Leonardo da Vinci programme).

EU Training Course on Intercultural Competences

An EU training course on intercultural competences will be held in Västerås, Sweden on June 14-18, 2010. The course targets teachers and teacher trainers at all levels of education. Organiser is the School of Education at Mälardalen University.

A network of teachers in Nepal joins the Learning Teacher Network

On November 7th a cluster of teachers across Nepal was formed for connection to and collaboration with the Learning Teacher Network. The Nepalese network, preliminarily titled ‘the Learning Teachers' Network – Nepal’ is a non-political and informal network, for development of education in Nepal.

Early Bird Offer for the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010

The 5th World Summit on Media for Children and Youth will take place in Karlstad, Sweden on June 10-14, 2009. At this event, the foremost experts and inspirers are gathered together with educators, researchers, journalists, producers and distributors in order to address and discuss a new global vision of a better world for children, youth and media. Registration before 1 December 2009 offers a discounted, Early Bird registration fee of 300 EUR.

Differences between the academic results of girls and boys

At the Conference on Gender Differences in Educational Achievement, to be held in Uppsala, Sweden on 17–18 November 2009, differences between the academic results of girls and boys will be discussed. Studies reveal similar patterns of gender difference in most European countries. The conference is part of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union.

European Training Course: Inspiring Leadership

School leaders, head teachers/principles/managers and educational guides are invited to the European Comenius/Grundtvig Training Course "Inspiring Leadership". The course is included in the EU Training Data Base with the course number SE-2010-115-001. The 5-day course will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 25-29 May 2010 at the four star City Hotel in the centre of Ljubljana.

Lifelong Learning Programme – 2010 call for proposals published

The general call for proposals for 2010 (EAC/41/09) has just been launched. Both citizens and organisations in the field of school and higher education, vocational training and adult learning can now apply again for the numerous activities supported by the programme, which includes the Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci and Grundtvig sub-programmes.

EU and USA boost their co-operation in education

The European Commission has just completed a series of meetings and negotiations that have led to significant advances in the co-operation between the EU and the USA in education.

The Mother International Academy in Nepal

Mother International Academy is a Kathmandu based organisation to develop education, student exchange and global partnerships. The organisation is part of global community who care and love the education and academia. They believe in developing strong partnerships with parents and members of the global community.

Towards a new global vision for children and media

In search of smarter grownups bringing insight, knowledge and skills on media to children and youth, the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth will be the number one meeting place 2010.