Transversal Programme

Period: 2007-2013

Budget: EUR 369 million

This is a specific programme within the Lifelong Learning Framework Programme. The main purpose for the establishment of this new programme is to succeed in overcoming the problems occurred due to actions falling outside the specific programmes, and consequently, not covered clearly and difficult to settle as well as to classify.

The Transversal programme also aims at bringing the Member States' education and training systems in line with one another and creating convergence between them.

It consists of four key activities:

1) Policy development: incorporates a number existing actions such as Arion, Cedefop visits, the Eurydice network, etc, and focuses them more effectively on policy issues of general significance to the Community. It adds new projects, networks and observation and analysis actions, to create new mechanisms to help the Union realise the demands made of it in policy terms.

2) Language training: complements “mainstream” language action in the sectoral programmes. Transversal action is needed such as multilateral projects to develop language-learning materials and testing tools, networks of key actors, multilingual web portals; and awareness-raising campaigns.

3) ICT-related activities: focuses on experimentation with the generalisation of innovative approaches to teaching and learning (e-learning) with respect to new pedagogy, services, technology and content.

4) Dissemination at community level as well as regional and sectoral level: a new activity aiming at the exploitation and transfer of good project results into educational and vocational training systems at the Community, national, regional and sectoral levels. Projects may be managed by the Commission or through the National Agencies.

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