In these days of confinement there are many things to learn. It is a great opportunity to share care and to take advantage of leisure time with the family. Today we tell you the story of Monopoly which you can find in full detail at Europeana. Lizzie Magie’s great idea The story begins in 1903 in the United […]
COVID-19: specific measures for the Erasmus+ programme
The Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE) is an Autonomous Body, dependent on the Ministry of Universities, whose main function is to act as the National Erasmus+ Agency in Spain, in charge of all the channelling and dissemination, management of resources such as budgets, promotion, and impact studies of the Eramus+ Programme (2014-2020) […]
COVID-19: IFRC, UNICEF and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations
The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidance to help protect children and schools from transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The guidance provides critical considerations and practical checklists to keep schools safe. It also advises national and local authorities on how to adapt and […]
Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions: Satellite broadband internet access for educational multimedia contents to unconnected schools
One of the conditions to integrate is to promote the use of ICT in education, training and learning systems is to increase availability and quality of connectivity to broadband Internet services for schools and classrooms, especially in rural and low population density areas, through the adoption of dedicated measures. Specific challenge The general objective of […]
The new Education and Culture Newsletter in the EU No. 9 is now available!
The new Education and Culture Newsletter in the EU No. 9 is now available! In this February issue, we can highlight news such as European Capitals of Culture 2020: Rijeka and Galway, Laments and desires: folk music and emigration in Europe or Erasmus +: an experience that has changed the lives of 10 million young […]
Erasmus+: a life-changing experience for 10 million young Europeans
The 2018 annual report on Erasmus+, published recently, shows that over the last three decades, more than 10 million people have participated in what turned out to be a life-changing experience for many of them. At the opening of a stakeholder event on the new Erasmus+ programme in Brussels, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education […]
Erasmus +. Social inclusion and common values: the contribution in the field of education and training
This call regarding inclusion and common values, contributing in the field of education and training is framed in the Erasmus + programme. Aim The call aims at scaling-up good practices on inclusive learning and on promoting common values initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good […]
VET mobility scheme selects three projects for funding
The results of the pilot Vocational Education and Training mobility (VET) mobility scheme for the Enlargement Countries and Africa have now been published. The European Commission has made available €8.5 million for two pilot projects with Africa and one with the Western Balkans in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, confirming its commitment to invest in young […]
H2020. Enhancing access and uptake of education to reverse inequalities
Growing inequality is a threat to economic growth, democracy and equal opportunities for future generations. Objective The aim of the call is to address the challenges linked to the compounded socioeconomic and cultural origins and effects in Europe in a context of globalisation and digitisation and to provide alternative policy options. R&I activities will provide […]