EEA and Norway Grants

Barbora VeseláCentre for International Services/National Agency for European Educational ProgrammesCzech Republicwww.naep.cz

EEA Scholarship Programme & Bilateral Scholarship Programme

EEA and Norway Grants

The Introduction

Basic information

Name of the Programme EEA Scholarship Programme & Bilateral Scholarship Programme

Name of Programme area(s) addressed (refer to the MoU)

EEA Scholarship Programme & Bilateral Scholarship Programme

Name of the Programme Operator Centre for International Services/National Agency for European Educational Programmes (DZS/NAEP)

Name and country of origin of Programme partner(s)

The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education - SIU (Norway), The Icelandic Centre for Research – RANNIS (Iceland), The National Agency for International Education Affairs – AIBA (Liechtenstein)

EEA and Norway GrantsEEA Scholarship Programme & Bilateral Scholarship Programme

EEA and Norway Grants

Previous period

• Key area of support: Research and scholarship

• duration 2004 – 2009, amount allocated: 2.840.100 EURO in total

• Scholarship Fund /Fund for school cooperation support/• Individual mobility grant /278, 53/• Institutional cooperation: Learning partnership /17/

Institutional development /24/

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The students´mobility

The student mobility within 1. phase

The perceieved benefits• contribution to the personal and

professional growth• possibility to make an experience

with different society, educational technics (source of inspiration)

• motivation to keep in touch with the host country in the future professional career

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

University of Oslo

University of Bergen

University of Tromsø

Hochschule Liechtenstein

University of Iceland

University of Reykjavík

Telemark University College

Norwegian School of Economics

Østfold University College

BI Norwegian Business School

Volda University College

Norwegian Univeresity of Life Sciences

University of Agder

Others

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The most desired host institutions

EEA and Norway GrantsThe teachers´mobility

Teachers´mobilitywithin 1. phase

• What was appreciated?• unique opportunity to get know the

educational system in practice• gaining of materials, which could be used in

the teaching practice• high level of English both at schools and in

the every day life• lower emphasis on memorizing and more

emphasis on discussion• social worker at each school to manage the

issues with nonstandard behavior• personal evaluation interview with the

pupils twice a year

Study and tu-ition

Teaching

Work shadowing

Research activity

Conference at-tendance

Preparatory visits

Most desired teachers´activities

EEA and Norway Grants The institutional cooperation

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Topics covered within the 1. phase projects

1. Phase – Institutional cooperationProclaimed benefits of the cooperation:• development of new ideas and forming and sharing educational methods;• progress in development of human resources - the project work should:

enrich both the students and the teachers on professional level enable the practical application of their knowledge as well as gaining

new experience within the realization of tasks related to the projects;• perspective of lasting cooperation - thanks to the mutual experience and

professional and personal contacts between entities of the similar interest and professionals of the countries involved;

• the value of projects (educational, scientific, artistic).

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New phase, new beginning

EEA Scholarship Programme & Bilateral Scholarship Programme

• 3.340.622 EURO for applicants to be allocated on the following activities:

•Mobility projects and placements

• Institutional cooperation projects

• to be considered:

EEA Grants primary, secondary and tertiary level of education

Norway Grants solely tertiary level of education

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Mobility projects and placements Student Mobility - study periods of three up to 12 months, short-term research periods• a mobility may include language preparation through intensive courses in the visiting country • participating students should have courses recognized through ECTS-credits and/or the mobility

should have benefit for them obtaining their degree (short term research)

Staff and teacher mobility• short teaching assignments for a period from one week up to six months• participation in conferences, seminars, workshops or other training events for a period of up to

six weeks• work shadowing, following a professional in another institution in their work for training or

research purposes

Eligible applicants /individuals, institutions/: students at tertiary level of educationeducational sector staffeducational sector institutions

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EEA and Norway GrantsInstitutional cooperation projectsActivities to be enabled:• placements of students and education sector staff of institutions involved

(short term)• intensive programmes (i. e. short-term intensive courses within a specified

field which reflects the project objectives) • support for educational cooperation (i. e. summer schools, conferences,

workshops)• development of institutions (i. e. common modules and curricula)• development or preparation of new teaching tools and methods (with

special focus on ICT)

Eligible applicants:educational sector institutions

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Coming soon…

EEA and Norway Grants

Timeline

June 2012 launch of the ProgrammeJuly 2012 announcement of the first

CallSeptember 2012 deadline for submitting turn of the year grant agreements signature

April 2013 announcement of the next Call

Thank you for your attention.

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