Funding

Quick Guide to Funding Opportunities under the Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal Programmes
(Republished from ECOTEC document www.leonardo.org.uk)
2008 Call for Proposals

Leonardo: Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Project type	Notes	Funding	Maximum project duration	Minimum number of partners in total	Deadline for applications Taken from ECOTEC see your National Agency	Apply to
Transfer of Innovation	Partners work together to transfer existing innovative training materials or products to new settings.	150,000 euro per year	2 years	3 organisations in 3 different countries	14 March 2008	National Agency
Mobility	Funding is available for European work placements for trainees and people in the labour market, and for work shadowing/study visits for professionals. Placements last between 1 and 39 weeks.	Funding is calculated per participant for travel and subsistence, preparation activities and project management. See your National Agency	2 years	2 organisations in 2 different countries	08 February 2008	National Agency
Partnerships	Small scale co-operation activities to share experiences and good practice in vocational training.	10,000-23,000 euro depending on size of project. See your National Agency	2 years	3 organisations in 3 different countries	15 February 2008	National Agency
Preparatory Visits	Funding for meetings with partners to discuss Leonardo project applications or to attend a Contact Seminar to find partners.	Grant will contribute to travel and subsistence expenses	1 week	-	Ongoing	National Agency
Development of Innovation	Partners work together to produce new training materials.	200,000 euro per year	2 years	3 organisations in 3 different countries	29 February 2008	Executive Agency*
Networks	Networks of partners share ideas and best practice in VET.	200,000 euro per year	3 years	5 organisations in 5 different countries	29 February 2008	Executive Agency*
Accompanying Measures	To promote the objectives and results of Leonardo projects.	150,000 euro per year	1 year	1 organisation	29 February 2008	Executive Agency*

Grundtvig: Adult Education

Project type	Notes	Funding	Maximum project duration	Minimum number of partners in total	Deadline for applications Taken from ECOTEC see your National Agency	Apply to
Partnerships	Co-operation activities to share experiences and good practice in adult education	10,000-18,000 euro over 2 years depending on size of project. See your National Agency	2 years	3 organisations in 3 different countries	15 February 2008	National Agency
In-Service Training (Mobility)	Grants are available for attending training courses, conferences or job shadowing in another country.	Grant will contribute to travel, subsistence and course fees	6 weeks	-	31 Jan 2009 31 Mar 2009 30 Jun 2009 30 Sept 2009	National Agency
Preparatory Visits	Funding for meetings with partners to discuss Partnership applications or to attend a Contact Seminar to find partners.	Grant will contribute to travel and subsistence expenses up to a maximum of 1000 euro	5 days (2008 onwards)	-	Ongoing	National Agency
Multilateral Projects	Partners work together to produce new training materials.	150,000 euro per year	2 years	3 organisations in 3 different countries	29 February 2008	Executive Agency*
Networks	Networks of partners share ideas, information and best practice in adult education.	150,000 euro per year	3 years	10 organisations in 10 different countries	29 February 2008	Executive Agency*
Accompanying Measures	To promote the objectives and results of Grundtvig projects.	150,000 euro per year	1 year	1 organisation	29 February 2008	Executive Agency*

Transversal: Policy, Languages, ITC and Dissemination

Project type	Notes	Funding	Maximum project duration	Minimum number of partners in total	Deadline for applications Taken from ECOTEC see your National Agency	Apply to
Study Visits for Education and Vocational Training Specialists	Education specialists and VET professionals participate in a European study visit on a particular topic. Groups are made up of their peers from the participating countries	Grant will contribute to travel and subsistence expenses	1 week	-	30 April 2008	National Agency
Studies and Comparative Research on Policy Co-operation and Innovation	Partners will look at education and training topics to support the Lisbon process	2 50,000 euro per year	3 years	6 organisations in 6 different countries	31 March 2008	Executive Agency*
Multilateral Projects on Languages, ICT or Dissemination	Partners will co-operate to develop new materials, produce online courses, disseminate the results of LLP projects or raise awareness in these key areas.	150,000 euro per year for Dissemination projects, 200,000 euro per year for Languages projects and 250,000 euro per year for ICT projects	2 years	3 organisations in 3 different countries	31 March 2008	Executive Agency*
Networks on Languages or ICT	Networks of partners share ideas, information and best practice in these key areas.	150,000 euro per year	3 years	5 organisations in 5 different countries	31 March 2008	Executive Agency*
Accompanying Measures	To promote the objectives and results of language projects.	150,000 euro per year	1 year	1 organisation	31 March 2008	Executive Agency*