Grundtvig: practical learning for adults

 

Programme           : LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME

 

Sub-programme    : GRUNDTVIG

 

Action type           : PARTNERSHIPS

 

Action                   : GRUNDTVIG Learning Partnerships

 

Project title          : Traditional Dances and Music in Lifelong

Learning               : Teaching and Implementation in Contemporary Cultural Environment

Partners:

  • TUFAK TURİZM FOLKLOR ARAŞTIRMA KURUMU DERNEĞİ – TURKEY
  • CITRUS / SOLIDARITES JEUNESSES EN MIDI-PYRENEES – FRANCE
  • NOGRAD  FOLKDANCE  GROUP – HUNGARY
  • STOWARZYSZENIE "DomTańca" - POLAND

Project Summary:

The Grundtvig programme focuses on the teaching and study needs of learners taking adult education and ‘alternative’ education courses, as well as the organisations delivering these services. It aims to help develop the adult education sector, as well as enable more people to undertake learning experiences, notably in other European countries.

 Launched in 2000, Grundtvig aims to provide adults with more ways to improve their knowledge and skills, facilitate their personal development and boost their employment prospects. It also helps to tackle problems associated with Europe’s ageing population.

It covers not onlyteachers, trainers, staff and organisations working in thesector, but also learners in adult education. These include relevant associations, counselling organisations, information services, policy-making bodies and others such as NGOs, enterprises, voluntary groups and research centres.

The programme funds a range of activities, including particularly those supporting adult learning staff to travel abroad for learning experiences, through exchanges and various other Professional experiences. Other larger scale initiatives involve, for instance, networking and partnerships between organisations in different countries.

 Objectives

The specific aims of the Grundtvig programme are to:

  • İncrease the number of people in adult educationto 25 000 by 2013, and improve the quality of their experience, whether at home or abroad
  • İmprove conditions for mobility so that at least 7 000 people per year by 2013 can benefit from adult education abroad; 
  • İmprove the quality and amount of co-operation between adult education organisations;
  • Develop innovative adult education and management practices, and encourage widespread implementation; 
  • Ensure that people on the margins of society have access to adult education, especially older people and those who left education without basic qualifications;
  • Support innovative ICT-based educational content, services and practices.