Cezar Vrinceanu & Dragos Zamosteanu EuroEd Foundation LIS Kick-off Meeting 30 November – 3 December 2008, Sofia.

Cezar Vrinceanu & Dragos ZamosteanuEuroEd Foundation

LIS Kick-off Meeting 30 November – 3 December 2008, Sofia

We are a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation set up in 1992 with

logistic support from the Soros Foundation and expertise from the British

Council.

Until 1995 our name was International House and our efforts were

concentrated on offering language courses

In 1995 we became the International Language Centre and expanded our

portfolio by founding the Kindergarten (1995) and the Primary School

(1997).

In 1998, also as a result of constantly growing services and addressability,

we founded two more departments: the Regional Centre for Education and

Communication, and the Centre for European Integration.

Since 2000 our name is EuroEd Foundation.

SHORT HISTORYSHORT HISTORY

MISSION STATEMENTMISSION STATEMENT

Our motto:

AD ASTRA PER VALOREM! (Towards the stars through value!)

Our mission is to positively contribute to the development of the Romanian civil society and of an active European citizenship in Romania.

Within this framework, our aim is to apply the quality standards of the European Union specifically designed for education, civil society, public policies, justice, culture, mass media and regional development. Furthermore, we take the role of catalyst in the exchange of ideas and experience regarding education, democracy and European integration through local, regional, national and trans-national projects.

STRUCTURE AND SERVICESSTRUCTURE AND SERVICES

Organisational Structure:

The Regional Centre for Education and Communication (life long learning - adult education: local, regional, national and international professional training)

The International Language Centre (foreign language course and Romanian as a foreign language)The Regional Centre for European Integration (the implementation of local, regional, national and international projects)

The EuroEd Kindergarten and Primary School

Services:a vast array of foreign language courses (as well as Romanian as a foreign language); our partnership in educational and socially oriented projects at local, national and trans-national level;the education of children in kindergarten and primary school towards a European citizenship based on communication, initiative and creativity

ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATION

accredited by the Ministry of Education and Research (part of the national education system, the section Life Long Learning - MO no. 4685/28.09.1998 and 2133/4.02.2000)

accredited by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities (MO no. 594/29.11.2006)

founder member of QUEST Romania (the Romanian Association for Quality Language Services); QUEST is an associate member of EAQUALS (the European Association for Quality Language Services)

founder member of FocusEd (an International Association that promotes Excellence, Diversity and Innovation in education)

founder member of ELAN (a pan-European Association that promotes LWULT languages)

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONSAWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

2001: "WorldAware Business Award", an international prize offered by the British Council for the successful transfer of language teaching competencies to other areas of education.

2002: "European Label”, distinction offered by the European Commission for the successful implementation of the project "Steps to the World".

2004: "European Label”, distinction offered by the European Commission for the successful implementation of the project "eLancenet” (Lingua 1 project)

2007: "European Label”, distinction offered by the European Commission for the successful implementation of the project “Interact” (Leonardo project)

Target group: School children aged 7- 11

improve the motivation rates towards the knowledge of the LWULT languages, inside the same linguistic family

a chain story: creative and enhancing activity5 to 10 chains

1st school 2nd school 3rd school 4thschool 5th school

Website: http://www.chainstories.eu/

Partner countries: Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain and Bulgaria

1. Promote study support activities

study support = key tool in a child’s formal curriculum learning

2. Devise a training programme for teachers and trainers of study support with a structure containing imaginative and flexible methodologies:

ICT technologies

in-built quality assurance mechanisms

3. Motivate teachers and trainers into producing an enriched and more stimulating

study support curriculum for their own school.

4. Appreciate the European dimension of culture.

Target group : learners of Dutch, Estonian, Hungarian, Maltese and Slovene (basic A2 level courses) for work/ study/ leisure mobility purposesLearners in need of flexibilityObjectives:make the learning LWULT European languages available at a larger scale Use new methodologies: blended learningActivities:research into transferable existing models;course design;five Blended Learning basic A2 level courses with a strong cultural component to be set up by teachers and language centres across Europe; piloting;highly demonstrative dissemination events; Sister project: Autonomous Language Learning - ALL (Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Romanian and Turkish)

http://www.toolproject.eu/

Target groups:

Learners interested in foreign languages for work/study/leisure mobility purposes

Objectives: 1. to create materials at Level A2 for 4 LWULT languages: Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Romanian and Turkish 2. to apply the Common European Framework to Level A2 where the descriptors do not already exist; 3. to use online technologies in a blended learning course

4. to transfer the methodology of blended learning to other providers in the four target language countries. 5.to create courses which are flexible for online activities, so that the course can be updated and adapted to the needs of different users; 6. to develop learner autonomy

www.allproject.info

Target group:Office staff (A2/ B1)Objective:developing the communication skills ( linguistic + cultural) in four languages:

English, Italian, French and SpanishProducts: (available on the online platform)1. Business language courses (2 levels, 4 languages)2. training package aiming at facilitating personal development3. business culture modules (9 +1 European cultures)4. Student motivation moduleTransfer of Innovation: ELS (European Label in 2005)ExperienceNew module: increasing student motivation Improvement

http://www.business-languages.net/

Approach :non-formal and informal LLL reaching across generations

Objectives:

provide communities with tools to train professionals in how to effectively stimulate Active Citizenship within communities

design a training course with handbook for supporting Active Citizenship

research into transferable existing models, course design (including country specific materials, with a Blended Learning format t o allow maximum results), piloting and adjustments

transfer of the models and expertise

http://www.faceitproject.org/

Objective:

address language, literacy, and numeracy needs of adults with low level skills

through their wish to support their children’s development.

create the infrastructure for

sharing European good practice

exchanging expertise

sharing information.

Activities:

Establishment of a European FL Network

Identification of new priorities and raise the profile of Family Learning across Europe, by consolidating informal networks, contributing to the basic skills debate, influencing policy makers, disseminating and mainstreaming FL developments.

www.efln.eu

CLIL : a dual-focused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language

CCN aims at:addressing development needs regionally/nationally

consolidating resources and expertise

providing a network platform which will enable transfer of good practice from one environment to another

enable expert dialogue on a pan-European level

creating the structures for informed development of teachers, schools, and educational administration at local, regional, and European levels

target group: children aged 7-12 (20 committed primary schools ) in Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands ,the UK

The project focuses on :the acquisition of language , exchange of cultural experiences, healthy eating

aims at :promoting language learning and linguistic diversity

improving the quality, attractiveness and accessibility of language learning by developing and promoting methodologies that are innovative and fun

developing materials for teaching language and cultural awareness

promoting multilingual comprehension through effective dissemination activities

InterAct: European Label 2007

target group: office managers, secretaries, clerks

Learning objectives:

communication in a foreign language (English + French, Spanish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Bulgarian and/or Romanian)

negotiation and team work (including for international cooperation)

ICT skills

knowledge and awareness of different office practices in other countries 

Grundtvig Learning Partnership:

Producing, testing and evaluating teaching material for IT, RU and RO explicitly using music

Objectives: to develop innovative ICT-based content, techniques and practice to transfer the methodological approach of the project to strengthen the capacity for teacher training and development; to improve quality and co-operation among organisations involved in

adult education to raise cultural awareness to promote integration of migrants