Socrates program

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The Socrates program of the European Union , later Lifelong Learning Program , encouraged transnational cooperation in education. Eventually it was part of Erasmus + .

history

The second phase of the program began on January 1, 2000 and ran until December 31, 2006. It thus continued to promote European educational cooperation in the first phase (1995–1999) and had a total budget of 1.85 billion euros . In 2007 the Socrates educational program was replaced by the new EU Lifelong Learning Program (LLLP). The EU approved almost seven billion euros for this new program until 2013. In 2014 the program was finally incorporated into the Erasmus + initiative .

construction

The program was aimed at all institutions in the field of education from preschool to adult education and comprised eight areas of action:

  • " Comenius " : Promotes school partnerships, the training and further education of school staff as well as networks for school partnerships.
  • " Erasmus " : Provides the basis for European cooperation between universities and above all promotes the mobility of students and lecturers (e.g. through grants and information) as well as the development of thematic networks.
  • " Grundtvig " : Supports European cooperation projects and learning partnerships as well as mobility for further training of adult education teachers and the creation of contact networks.
  • "Lingua" : Promotes language learning and the development of aids and materials for language teaching through the training of teachers and various projects
  • Minerva : Researched new methods of open and distance learning as well as the possibilities of using information and communication technologies in education.
  • "Observation and innovation" : aimed at improving the quality and transparency of education systems, promoting the innovation process in European education through the exchange of information and experience, as well as carrying out comparative analyzes of European education systems and policies.
  • “Joint Actions” : Promotes actions that complement and interlink the programs already mentioned.
  • "Accompanying measures" : includes the "marketing" of the European action programs as well as the promotion of the programs at local level (through material and information).

31 states are currently involved in the Socrates program:

  • The 27 states of the European Union: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia , Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, United Kingdom, Cyprus.
  • Three of the four EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, but not Switzerland.
  • Turkey as a candidate for accession to the EU.

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