KADE is the Irish partner in a EuropeAid funded DE project entitled Accessing Development Education. The project aims at promoting Development Education within the educational sector across Europe, focusing specifically on Lithuania, Cyprus, Scotland, Ireland and Bulgaria, 2008-11.
This project acknowledges the fact that highly valuable Development Education material has been developed, however it recognises the difficulties of teachers and educators to access the existent material, as well as to apply these resources to their local or national educational context. More specifically, the project addresses the lack of access to, as well as the need for, Development Education material by teachers, particularly primary teachers, educators, youth trainers and other actors across Europe, and especially in those countries that have joined the EU only recently.
Intended Project Results:
(1) Development Education material adapted to local needs, in accordance with educational curricula in Cyprus, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Scotland and Ireland;
(2) A European collection of case studies, best practice and general Development Education materials reviewed, modified and adapted by an international educational advisory committee and made accessible through the web;
(3) A trans-national network of schools and educators jointly working to integrate Development Education into schools;
Schools and teachers trained to use Development Education material in their lesson plans, thereby serving as multipliers.
Read about the October 2008 workshop.
Download the year planner.
Download the Accessing Development Education poster.
Who can take part
Those who can take part in a Grundtvig Learning Partnership include:
• learners in higher and adult education institutions and organisations
• teachers and other staff within those institutions or organisations
• establishments involved in the initial or further training of adult education staff
• associations and representatives of those involved in adult education, including learners’ and teachers’ associations
• bodies providing guidance, counselling and information services relating to any aspect of adult education
• persons and bodies responsible for systems and policies concerning any aspect of adult education at local, regional and national level
• research centres and bodies concerned with adult education issues Enterprises
• not-for-profit organisations, voluntary bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
Possible activities
Activities can include:
• partner meetings and seminars
• learner and staff exchanges
• exchange of experience and good practice, in particular using ICT
• dissemination of project outcomes
Duration
Grundtvig Learning Partnerships take place over two years.
National priorities
Irish National Administrative Priorities for 2010 :
Only one application for a Grundtvig Learning Partnership per organisation will be accepted. If an organisation submits more than one application, Léargas will require the organisation to decide which application should be put forward. Larger organisations can submit more than one application if they are dealing with different groups or involve different departments within the organisation.
To open a documents with details of national priorities for each participating country, you can click here [PDF, 60MB] or you can download the document from the Resources page.
Programme priorities
The Grundtvig Programme priorities are outlined in Chapter 1 of the LLP Call 2010 - Strategic Priorities, which you can download from the Resources page of this section.
