Leben und Lernen in der EU (Road Ahead Prize 2002)

Die Ludgerusschule in Heiden im Westmünsterland, eine Gesamthauptschule für Schülerinnen und Schüler von der 5. bis zur 10. Schulstufe, hat mit diesem Projekt einen Preis gewonnen. Wenn man hier auf die Länder-Seite geht (nur die alten EU-Mitglieder sind hier klarerweise verzeichnet!), kann man nicht nur eine Menge über die Länder lernen, sondern auch ein Puzzle zusammen stellen.

Fit for Europe bietet Information über Schule, Studium und Arbeit in 31 europäischen Ländern. Wählt das Land aus, für das ihr euch interessiert.

The Learning Teacher Network is a Comenius project dealing with the new role of the European teacher.

The YOUTH programme is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people aged between 15 and 25 years.

Now the EU has got 23 official languages. Therefore it is easily understandable, how important it is to speak at least some of them. Acquiring a good command of a language takes time, but even if you know only some phrases, this can be seen as a very positive attitude towards people from other countries, esp. in business contacts. Find out more about the languages of the EU!

The year 2005 has been designated as The Year of Languages in the US:

One very interesting reason for this initiative is, that as soon as we speak the language of another country, it's much harder to hate the people there. And once they are no longer complete foreigners to us, it's much more difficult to drop bombs on them.

In March 2000 the European Council set the goal that Europe should become "the most competitive and knowledge-based in the world, capable of sustaniable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion." e-learning is supporting everyone in Europe to reach that ambitious goal.

COMENIUS  focuses on the first phase of education, from pre-school and primary to secondary school, and it is addressed to all members of the education community in the broad sense – pupils, teachers, other education staff, but also local authorities, parents' associations, non-government organisations ...

COMENIUS supports school partnerships, projects for the training of school education staff, and school education networks. It thus aims to enhance the quality of teaching, strengthen its European dimension and promote language learning and mobility.

COMENIUS also emphasises certain important issues: learning in a multi-cultural framework, which is the cornerstone of European citizenship, support for disadvantaged groups, countering under-achievement at school and preventing exclusion.

Have you ever wished to live and study abroad? Have you ever wanted to get to know a different culture, study at a foreign university, meet new friends, learn another language, all at the same time?

Then SOCRATES/ERASMUS is exactly what you are looking for!

The SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme offers you the unique possibility to study abroad in any other European country for a period between 3 and 12 months.

Of course, if you have studied abroad, you will also be interested in recognition of your achievements at home. ECTS is helping you in this situation.

The Leonardo da Vinci vocational training programme  promotes transnational projects based on co-operation between the various players in vocational training - training bodies, vocational schools, universities, businesses, chambers of commerce, etc. - in an effort to increase mobility, to foster innovation and to improve the quality of training. The Leonardo da Vinci programme aims at helping people improve their skills throughout their lives.

Die Gemeinschaftsinitiative INTERREG des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) fördert die verstärkte Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Regionen der Europäischen Union. Ziel dieser Phase von INTERREG ist die Stärkung des wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Zusammenhalts in der Europäischen Union anhand der Förderung grenzübergreifender, transnationaler und interregionaler Zusammenarbeit und ausgewogener räumlicher Entwicklung. Der Einbeziehung von Regionen in äußerster Randlage und Regionen entlang der Grenzen zu den Beitrittsländern gilt besondere Aufmerksamkeit.

Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU 2007-2013

As soon as you want to find a job somewhere in the EU, you should not forget to visit EURES - The European Job Mobility Portal. For a job application you will need the standardized European CV.