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Leonardo Da Vinci Programme
The Leonardo da Vinci programme is a European Commission funding programme focused on the teaching and training needs of those involved in professional education. The programme is part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 and aims to help the European labour market by helping European citizens acquire qualifications and have them recognised across borders. History The Leonardo da Vinci programme was started in 1995. In 1998, the whistleblowing of Paul van Buitenen criticised misdirection of funds in the EU, particularly in Leonardo da Vinci professional training programmes. A second, broader phase (Leonardo II 2000–2006) more focused on skills and employability of young people was evaluated for the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission in 2008. Of the 21,000 projects financed in this phase, 19,000 out of the 367,000 individuals had to do with mobility. The budget was €1.45 billion. In 2007, a new progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informally known as "commissioners") corresponding to two thirds of the number of Member state of the European Union, member states, unless the European Council, acting unanimously, decides to alter this number. The current number of commissioners is 27, including the president. It includes an administrative body of about 32,000 European civil servants. The commission is divided into departments known as Directorate-General, Directorates-General (DGs) that can be likened to departments or Ministry (government department), ministries each headed by a director-general who is responsible to a commissioner. Currently, there is one member per European Union member state, member state, but members are bound by their oath of office to represent the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forestur
Forestur is a pilot project, co-financed by the European Union through the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, aiming at increasing the skills of tourism professionals in rural areas by providing lifelong learning services on-line. Objectives of the project The main objective of the project is to provide tourist professionals in rural areas with continuous, specific and high quality training adapted to their needs. Considering the isolation and tight schedules of people who work in rural areas, Internet is the only reliable way to provide them with a proper training. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can counteract the disadvantages of remote geographical locations. So, it becomes an ideal tool to reach rural tourism employees. Forestur has also taken advantage of other ICT features that represent an alternative choice to traditional management for other sector companies. They offer a wider range for advertising activities to simplify administrative work. In order to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Training Programs
Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of technology (also known as technical colleges or polytechnics). In addition to the basic training required for a trade, occupation or profession, training may continue beyond initial competence to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout working life. People within some professions and occupations may refer to this sort of training as professional development. Training also refers to the development of physical fitness related to a specific competence, such as sport, martial arts, military applications and some other occupations. Training methods of all types can be improved by setting specific, time-based, and difficult goals. This allows for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Policies And Initiatives Of The European Union
In the European Union education is at the responsibility of its Member States and their List of education ministries, Ministries of education that they have; in such, the European Union institutions play only a supporting and overseeing role. According to Art. 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Community The EU also funds educational, professional and citizenship-building programmes which encourage EU citizens to take advantage of opportunities which the EU offers its citizens to live, study and work in other countries. The best known of these is the Erasmus programme, under which more than 3,000,000 students have taken part in inter-university exchange and mobility over the last 20 years. Since 2000, conscious of the importance of Education and Training for their economic and social objectives, EU Member States have begun working together to achieve specific goals in the field of Education. By sharing examples of good policy practice, by taking part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apprentices Mobility
Apprentices mobility is the movement of students and teachers in vocational education or training (VET) to another institution inside or outside their own country to study or teach for a limited time. The term is usually used in the context of European Union (EU) policy. Under the EU Lisbon agenda, attempts have been made to lower cultural, socio-economical and academic barriers to mobility. Mobile learners are usually divided into two groups: '' free-movers'', learners who travel entirely on their own initiative, and ''programme students'', who use exchange programmes at the department, faculty, institution or national level (such as Leonardo da Vinci II). Terminology The practice of going abroad to learn has been denoted by different terms in different contexts over the years, such as "exchange" or "transnational mobility". For the specific practice of sending people abroad on placements in public and private enterprise, the more neutral term of "placements abroad" has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALMA Initiative
A NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", is a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training. The classification originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s, and its use has spread, in varying degrees, to other countries, including Japan, South Korea, China, Serbia, Canada, and the United States. The NEET category includes the unemployed (individuals without a job and seeking one), as well as individuals outside the labour force (without a job and not seeking one). It is usually age-bounded to exclude people in old-age retirement. In the United Kingdom, the classification comprises people aged between 16 and 24. In Japan, the classification comprises people aged between 15 and 34 who are not employed, not engaged in housework, not enrolled in school or work-related training, and not seeking work. A 2008 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said the unemployment and NEET ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sign Language
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with #Non-manual elements, non-manual markers. Sign languages are full-fledged natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon. Sign languages are not universal and are usually not mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible, although there are similarities among different sign languages. Linguists consider both spoken and signed communication to be types of natural language, meaning that both emerged through an abstract, protracted aging process and evolved over time without meticulous planning. This is supported by the fact that there is substantial overlap between the neural substrates of sign and spoken language processing, despite the obvious differences in modality. Sign language should not be confused with body language, a type of non verbal communicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spreadthesign
Spreadthesign is an online multilingual sign languages dictionary. Searching for words and sentences provides the corresponding signs within the target sign language. Spreadthesign is available as a free access learning tool both as a website and an app. The project is largely supported by public institutions, public funding and public partnerships, universities and academics. Produced contents and software are published under proprietary licences. History The project was initiated in 2006 with only six sign languages represented. Spreadthesign is managed by the Non-governmental organization European Sign Language Centre in Örebro, Sweden. The organization is financed by funds through different projects and a lot of the work is supported by volunteers. Today there are more than 610,000 videos in the database of Spreadthesign and the work to expand the number of videos and sign languages is an ongoing process. At the inauguration at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploteus
PLOTEUS is an acronym of Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout European Space, meant to connote ''πλωτηρ'' (ploter) which means "navigator" in ancient Greek. It is a European Union web portal, coordinated by the European's Commission Directorate-General for education and culture, that aims to help citizens find out about education and training opportunities, throughout the countries belonging to the European Union, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Turkey, though the latter did not participate in PLOTEUS at its launch, as it was not a member of the Leonardo da Vinci programme yet. According to France 5, the portal offers an "easy access" to an "excellent source of information" from primary school to postgraduate education. PLOTEUS has been prioritised as a "project of common interest" by the European Commission (Commission Decision of 23 December 2002, article 8.2.c). The European Parliament and the European Council have confirmed in 2006 their "support for transnationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MarTEL
Martel may refer to: People * Andre Martel (1946–2016), American politician and businessman * Anne-Marie Martel (1644–1673), founder of what is now the Congrégation des Sœurs de l’Enfant-Jésus. * James B. Aguayo-Martel, ophthalmologist and pioneer of NMR imaging and spectroscopy * Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of the Franks; victor of the Battle of Tours (732) * Charles Martel of Anjou, 13th century titular King of Hungary * Chip Martel (Charles U. "Chip" Martel, born 1953), American computer scientist and bridge player * Édouard-Alfred Martel, a pioneer of cave exploration * Frédéric Martel (born 1967), French writer and journalist * Giffard LeQuesne Martel, British Army engineer involved in development of the tank * Jan Martel (bridge) (born 1943), American bridge player * Jan Martel (1896–1966), one of the French sculptors Jan et Joël Martel, twin brothers * Joël Martel (1896–1966), one of the French sculptors Jan et Joël Martel, twin brothers * Joha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECOTOOL
eCOTOOL (e-competences tools) was an international project undertaken through the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, specifically the Leonardo da Vinci programme. It ran from 1 June 2009 until 30 November 2011, with the primary objective of dealing with initial and continuing professional education in the European Union. eCOTOOL focused on: # the improvement of the development, exchange, and maintenance of professional education certificates and their accessibility and transparency and # increasing European mobility and transparency in general. Overview The objective of eCOTOOL was to improve the development, exchange, and maintenance of VET certificates and their accessibility and transparency by harmonizing Europass with other European instruments ( EQF, ECVET) and e‐competences. This aimed to increase European mobility and the transparency of VET systems through: # The development of an Application Profile and Technical Tools based on the Europass Certifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Education
Professional development, also known as professional education, is learning that leads to or emphasizes education in a specific professional career field or builds practical job applicable skills emphasizing praxis in addition to the transferable skills and theoretical academic knowledge found in traditional liberal arts and pure sciences education. It is used to earn or maintain professional credentials such as professional certifications or academic degrees through formal coursework at institutions known as professional schools, or attending conferences and informal learning opportunities to strengthen or gain new skills. Professional education has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage.Speck, M. & Knipe, C. (2005) ''Why can't we get it right? Designing high-quality professional development for standards-based schools''(2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press There is a variety of approaches to professional development or profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
