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Establishing e-partnering programmes among various Mediterranean institutes to promote communication among young people with different languages and cultures, plus setting up a digital education fund.
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Establishing e-partnering programmes among various Mediterranean institutes to promote communication among young people with different languages and cultures, plus setting up a digital education fund.
Project Full Name
Establishing e-partnering programmes among various Mediterranean institutes to promote communication among young people with different languages and cultures, plus setting up a digital education fund.
France, Italy , Malta , Portugal, Spain , Algeria , Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco , Tunisia
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Main/Partner organisations
Ministers for foreign affairs, defense, home affairs, migration, transports, tourism, and education. The involvement of Ministers for environment is also foreseen.
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Objectives and short summary of activities
Experts and representatives of education ministries from the "5+5" countries usually meet, to identify joint action plans to develop education and digital contents at schools, promote digital education infrastructure and enhance training of teachers in pedagogical uses of new technologies. The first 5+5 meeting devoted to education has brought together ten ministers of the European Union and the Arab Maghreb Union Tuesday, September 29, 2009 in Biarritz. Luc Chatel and Hatem Ben Salem, Tunisian Minister of Education and Training, co-chaired the meeting. This forum for dialogue and exchanges focused on development of digital features and uses in schools, especially for national plans focussing on the equipment and training of teachers. Member countries have compared their actions and worked to set up cooperation projects.
Target/Beneficiary community
Educational infrastructures (teachers, schools, students, decision makers...) in Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia
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Principal outcomes and documentation (plus link to case studies)