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Underway in Morocco

Munich/Pavia/Rabat, March 2006. Within the topical rubric of globalisation, European interests are being pursued beyond EU borders, as in the case of the EuropeAid Co-operation Office. Among the projects being sponsored by EuropAid are multi-media foreign language educational measures in nations with close proximity to the EU. » MORE

EESC to Adopt Key Opinion

Brussels, January 2006 - At the request of the Austrian Presidency, the EESC has drawn up an exploratory opinion on the road towards the knowledge-based society, which forms part of its work on the Lisbon Strategy. In its draft opinion, the EESC calls for a Common European Area of Knowledge based on clearly defined targets, benchmarks, timetables, as well as clear responsibilities. » MORE

Elearning for Visually Impaired Persons

Dueren, December 2005 - The main aim of the E-Learn-ViP project is to improve visually impaired people's access to all kinds of elearning services through the development of various resources. It runs from March 2005 to August 2006. » MORE

The e4net Project

Barcelona, December 2005 - e4net is a European Special Interest Group (SIG) working on the potentials of elearning in support of regional development processes. The SIG aims at identifying and showing the possibilities of virtual learning and information environments in this context as well as supporting the transfer of successful experiences at the local and international levels. The transnational network e4net has been initiated and is moderated by four partners in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. » MORE

EduXchange

Paris, November 2005 - EduXchange contributes to bridging the gap between the academic and corporate worlds. The main goal is to study and facilitate the deployment of viable business models based on the exchange of educational content between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the corporate sector (large corporations and SMEs) at a European level. » MORE

TENCompetence

Amsterdam, November 2005 - The European Union has started a four-year project called TENCompetence that will develop a standardized infrastructure for competence-based and lifelong learning. The Educational Technology Expertise Centre of the Open Universiteit Nederland will lead the project, which involves thirteen partners from nine countries. With this freely available infrastructure, the European Union aims to boost the European ambitions of competence-based lifelong learning. » MORE

Tunis E-skills Declaration

Tunis, November 2005 - European Commissioner Viviane Reding said at the UN World Summit on Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia that "an e-skills society is the most valid guarantee against exclusion." The Commissioner for the Information Society and Media addressed the e-Skills Capacity Building Symposium, which dealt with the key importance of ICT skills for bridging the digital divide. » MORE

Quality for eLearning Regions

Yorkshire, November 2005 - (by Vernon Jones and Barry Phillips) Do a Google search for -˜eLearning region' and how many matches do you think you'll get? A hundred? A Thousand? More? We tried and got three. How can that be? After all, we've all heard the phrase. Well, perhaps everyone has got the page numbers done, but we're all struggling to fill in the rest. » MORE

World Bank Activities

Madrid, November 2005 - The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is an initiative of the World Bank to promote knowledge-sharing in the belief that know-how is a key success factor to development. CEDDET, the Spanish affiliate together with public and private organizations, has developed a wide range of online training programmes. Irene Zurborn explained the role of CEDDET to CHECKpoint eLearning. » MORE

EureleA 2006 Drawing Close

Karlsruhe, September 2005 - EureleA - The deadline for the European eLearning Award - 15 October 2005 - is almost here! Concepts for job training and further education at EureleA eLearning can be submitted by any kind of organization. The main criterion for the award is the feasibility of transferring the concept and its methodology to other contexts and organizations. » MORE