Dissemination conference: passing the torch to the Grundtvig programme

On 10 and 11 May 2001, the Municipality and the Second Chance Schools of Norrköping organised, with support of the Swedish EU Programme Office and the European Commission, a conference to disseminate results of the Second Chance Schools pilot projects.

This conference was supported by the SOCRATES-GRUNDTVIG programme, which will now become an important vehicle to carry the message of the Second Chance Schools forward. Some 120 participants from 19 European countries participated, which included National Agencies of the Grundtvig programme, interested local authorities and agencies, as well as the European Parliament and the Swedish Education ministry and the Swedish teachers union.

This conference underlined the success of the pilot phase - as well as the strong interest to continue with the projects, to create more linkages and to get more schools, cities and countries involved. It was for the first time in the short history of the Second Chance Schools scheme that the idea was presented to non-EU countries as Iceland, Norway, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Poland.

More information (pdf format)
Programme of the conference
List of participants
Summary report of the conference
Evaluation of the conference