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Call for proposals - Schools’ Initiative for Innovation and Change - Turkish Cypriot community - EuropeAid/133327/C/ACT/CY

published in Monday, September 24, 2012 under Cooperation & Development

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Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance

description and objectives

The overall objective of the programme is to support the strengthening and development of human resources policy in the Turkish Cypriot community through support to initiatives for innovation and change in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools in the northern part of Cyprus in line with global and European educational trends.

Three key priorities have been identified in the 2011 Commission implementing decision that will guide this call for proposals:

1. To promote the development of modern teaching and learning methods and raise the capacity of educational practitioners in line with global and European educational trends;
2. To improve the overall management of the educational system and to encourage networking between the educational stakeholders with the view to promote equity, social cohesion and active citizenship including specific attention to disadvantaged groups;
3. To promote joint projects between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot schools in order to foster reconciliation between the two communities.

actions

The action proposed must contribute to the Programme priorities described above and falls into one of the following thematic areas/strands:

• Modernisation of teaching and learning methods in line with global and European educational trends
• Promotion of equity, social cohesion and active citizenship including specific attention to disadvantaged groups in view to contribute to the improvement of the overall management of the educational system and encourage networking between educational stakeholders
• Bi-Communal initiatives to foster reconciliation between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot Community.

organisations eligible to participate

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

covered areas

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• Candidate Countries
• Third countries

european community funding

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• Orientation of the budget: 0.70 M€

all the important deadlines

• Friday, November 23, 2012: Deadline for the presentation of proposals

Further information about the call

• Web page of call for proposals EuropeAid/133327/C/ACT/CY at the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance website
• Section useful documents of the call EuropeAid/133327/C/ACT/CY

Directorate-Generale responsible

Directorate-General for Enlargement

• Rue de la Loi, 170, 1040 - Bruxelles