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European Awards for Lifelong Learning 2009 go to innovative and creative education projects

The European Awards for Lifelong Learning, which exist since 2007, are handed out by the European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel', and the Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Ondřej Liška. The award ceremony is taking place in the fringes of the annual conference on the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), 'Create, Innovate and Co-operate', held in Prague, Czech Republic.

18 winners from twelve countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK) participating in the Lifelong Learning Programme were selected from among co-operation projects and activities involving numerous European partner organisations. These projects received gold, silver or bronze prizes for their creative and innovative work in six categories: school education (Comenius), higher education (Erasmus), vocational education and training (Leonardo da Vinci), adult learning (Grundtvig), language learning and Information and Communication Technologies.

The six gold-winning projects include an initiative which developed new material and courses to help teachers become 'lifelong learners', an innovative transnational history and research network, an adult learning platform for the Roma community, a training project for specialists and students in circus arts, a language learning approach for adults with learning disabilities and an online interactive learning forum for theatre arts.

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Lifelong Learning Programme	Comenius	Erasmus
Grundtvig	Leonardo da Vinci	Information and Communication Technologies
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To know more

• European Commission Press Release "Prague celebrates the third edition of the European Awards for Lifelong Learning" (IP/09/714 on Rapid, 7 May 2009)
• European Commission: The Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
• Conference website: "Innovation and Creativity in the Lifelong Learning Programme Create, Innovate and Co-operate", Prague, 7-8 May 2009