LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME COMENIUS sub-programme Comenius Regio Partnerships

1. LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME COMENIUSsub-programmeComenius Regio Partnerships

2. Cross border cooperation between regions in Latvia and Romania to improve educational offer Coaction Jekabpilsmunicipality VulcanaBaimunicipality

3. General objective • To cooperate between regions • To work on common problems in different counties • To strengthen European dimension in education

4. Specific objectives • To establish local networks in each partner institution; • To obtain new experience and examples or good practice organizing 24 international mobilities by each partner; • To do research/study work to identify problems in formal, informal education, to work out quidelines for staff, decision makers, teachers, parents; • Raising professional competences, IT and English language skill of staff, for eg, staff of local authorities, decision makers, teachers etc; • Activities improving dialogue between pupils, parents, schools organizing summer camps; • Result dissemination through movable exhibition, publications, seminars, conference, publicity materials; • Ensuring qualitative implementation of the project through management, monitoring, evaluation, publicity.

5. Commontasks • To promote European dimension in schools through collaboration with local authorities strengthening link between formal and informal education. • To share best practice experience amongst local and international partners – good principles of governance. • To promote school management process based on activation of effective use of local resources and highlight importance of teacher’s role • To raise teachers’ professional competences in work with children and families at risk groups, to promote their social inclusion • To improve participants’ IT and language skills through presentation, events, learning activities etc. • To improve teaching/learning process, to get better approach about dialogue among school, pupils, parents.

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9. Expectedresults 1 • 2 steering groups established – done • 2 implementation groups established – done • Local networks in each partner institutionestablished - done • Projectmanagement and internal control system description created (Partner 1) – done • 24 international mobilities by each partnercarriedout • List of identifiedproblems withinformal, informal educationproduced, Jēkabpils – 26, Vulcana-Bay 12+ .... • Research/study workdone – events, trips, ...... • Guidelinesfor staff, decision makers, teachers, parentsproduced – underimplementation • Proffessional, IT and English skillsofstaff (local authorities, decision makers, teachers)improved – done + organisedcoursesinthe 2nd projectyear

10. Expectedresults2 • 5 steering group meetings organized in each partner’s institution – Latvia – 3 meetings, Romania ....... • Seminar&conference materials multiplied and spread – underimplementation. Coactionnewspaper • Summer campsorganised to improvedialogue between pupils, parents, schools – done • Movable exhibitionorganized – Latvia - 3 exhibitions., Romania - .... • Publications – brochurecreated, printed – underimplementation • Seminars forteachersorganized – Latvia 5 seminars (6 planned), Romania ..... • Finalconference in Latvia organised – lastweeofMay, 2014 • Publicity materialscreated – regularly • Evaluationorganized at least 3 times - eachpartrnerrtegularly

11. Project management and communication • Give time for debate and reflection and fostering new actions for collaboration between the working field and the education, • Work out evaluation tools, • Coordinate national and transactional dissemination plan • Preparing progress reports and analysis of project implementation progress, • Organise working team meetings, • Coordinate activities and inform persons or groups within each municipality before international meetings.

12. Dissemination and use of results • Partner organisations areworking independently,at the same time sharing the information. • Materials aredeveloped by each partner locally, they deliver to their staff and community, neighbouring municipalities through schools, libraries, culture centres. • Local partnershavebeendisseminatingthe project materials to their members through local events. • The project title and logo areused. • Localexhibitions and events areorganised to show community the impact and outcomes of the project. • Brochure about PPS dialogue will be published by both regional partners.

13. Dissemination and use of results • Local partner’s meetings are regularlyorganised. • Publications will be available through printed materials, websites of authorities, created materials, blog of the project. • Reports arewritten, locally and nationally which act as thedisseminationtool.Presentationsarecreated to demonstratetheresults. • Progress of the project isreflected through partners’ websites, local, regional mass media. • Working/implementation teams are responsible for disseminations of results. • The project results areavailable for other municipalities, schools, informal education providers through publications, publicity materials, project blog, websites of partner’s’ establishments.

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17. ActivityplanPartner 2 (Romania)

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20. Internationalprojectteam • CoordinatorinLatvia – Gunta Dimitrijeva • Localpartnerleaders: Olita Spēka, thedirectorof Zasa Secondaryschool, Inta Tomane – theheadofRube’’niculture&sportscentre ......................................................................... • CoordinatorinRomaniaMaria Manuela Gheorghe • Localpartnerleaders: Daniela MariaAnastase, thedirectorofschool «IonMares» VulcanaBay, EmilDraghici, thepresidentofasociatiaComunelordinRomania

21. Gunta DimitrijevaOctober 25, 2013, the 3rd meetinginRomania Thankyourforyourattention!