COMENIUS
PARTNERSHIPS
LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Application form 2009 for
School Partnerships
Please note that the tables referred to in certain fields of this form can be found in the annex.
1.1 to be filled by the coordinator:
LLP Sub-Programme
Comenius
Action Type
Partnerships
Call
2009
Working language of the partnership
[Table B – Languages]
Title of the Partnership
Acronym (if applicable)
The application concerns a
o Multilateral Partnership
o Bilateral Partnership
1.2 to be filled by each applicant institution only in the copy it submits to its own national agency:
Name of applicant institution
The applicant institution is
o The coordinator
o A partner
Before completing this form, please read the relevant sections in the Lifelong Learning Programme Guide and the 2009 Call for Proposals published by the European Commission. Please consult also the website of your National Agency, which contains additional information on closing dates, National Agency addresses to which the application must be sent, and specific priorities for that year. A link to the European Call for Proposals, the Programme Guide and further information such as Frequently Asked Questions can be found on the Lifelong Learning Programme website:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc848_en.htm
This application form should be completed by the coordinator of the proposed Partnership, in cooperation with the partners, giving full details of the Partnership including the details of all partners and all planned mobilities and grant requests for every partner. The coordinator must send a copy of the completed form to each partner. The coordinator and the partners complete and sign the declaration (section 4) and fill the information in part 1.2 on the cover page of their individual copies and submit the form to their National Agencies by 20 February 2009 (date as postmark). The partners must not change any of the information contained in the form completed by the coordinator; all copies must be identical except for the Declaration and the fields under 1.2 which should be filled separately by all applicant institutions on their copies of the form. Please note that the form should be completed well in advance before the deadline so that each participating institution is able to post its copy of the application on time.
Please note that each National Agency may request applicants to submit additional information in support of a Partnership application. Each applicant should check on the website of its National Agency before submitting the form.
checklist
Before submitting the application, please make sure that it fulfils the requirements listed below.
¨ [NAs which require electronic submission (online or offline / email) should indicate such requirements here.]
¨ The application fulfils the application procedures and has been submitted respecting the closing dates set out in the Call for Proposals.
¨ The form is not hand written (except for the Declaration and part 1.2).
¨ The form has been completed jointly by the whole Partnership and all partners have received a copy.
¨ The form has been completed in full.
¨ The Work programme (section 6.1) contains planned mobility activities of each institution in the Partnership and the Requested EU funding table (section 7) contains grant requests in euro for each partner.
¨ The form has been completed using the communication language of the Partnership (this must be one of the official languages of the EU).
¨ Multilateral Partnerships: The partnership consists of institutions located in at least three of the countries participating in the Lifelong Learning programme. Bilateral Partnerships: The partnership consists of two institutions, each one located in one of the countries participating in the Lifelong Learning programme. The eligible countries are the 27 Member States of the European Union, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Turkey.
¨ At least one participating institution is located in a Member State of the European Union at the starting date of the Partnership.
¨ Each participating institution has checked with the National Agency in its country that it is eligible to participate in a Comenius Partnership.
¨ If the application concerns a Bilateral Partnership, it must include in its work programme a reciprocal exchange of classes or groups of minimum 10 days involving pupils aged at least 12 (a class or group from one school visits the other, and vice versa). The minimum size of the group participating in each phase of the reciprocal exchange is 10 pupils in the case of "small group class exchanges" and 20 pupils in the case of "large group class exchanges" (depending on the grant amount requested). The two participating schools cannot have the same teaching language.
¨ The copy submitted to each National Agency has been signed by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant institution concerned (or a person duly authorised by the legal representative).
¨ Each participating institution has fulfilled its contractual obligations in relation to any earlier grants received from the National Agencies concerned.
¨ Each participating institution has checked with its National Agency whether there are any national eligibility criteria and/or national priorities and whether the National Agency requires any additional information to be submitted in support of the application.
Please note: It is strongly recommended to indicate in the Partnership application which of the partners volunteer to act as replacement coordinators, should the original coordinator be rejected in the selection procedure. Please tick the relevant box for each partner who wishes to volunteer – if needed, replacement coordinators will be taken in the order they appear in the form. Please indicate as many replacement coordinators as possible.
Sections 2 and 3 contain the details of each institution/organisation participating in the Partnership.
Full Legal Name
[In national language and characters]
[In Latin characters - where originals are not in Latin characters]
Type of Organisation
[Table C – Type of organisation]
Legal Status
o Private
o Public
Size (nr of pupils)
Commercial Orientation
o Profit
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