The Leonardo Da Vinci Programme - Trans-National Mobility Projects

Objectives

Mobility projects are designed to foster skills development and exchange of expertise by enabling specific target groups to spend periods of time in another European Country.

The current objectives of the mobility actions in the LdV II Programme (2000-2006) are:

• to improve the skills and competencies of people, especially young people, in initial vocational training at all levels; this objective may be achieved inter alia through work-linked training and apprenticeship with a view to facilitating their integration and reintegration;
• to improve the quality of, and access to, continuing vocational training and the lifelong acquisition of skills and competencies, with a view to increasing and developing adaptability, particularly in order to consolidate technological and organisational change;
• to promote and reinforce the contribution of vocational training to the process of innovation, with a view to improving competitiveness and entrepreneurship, also in view of new employment opportunities; special attention will be paid in this respect to fostering co-operation between vocational training institutions, including universities, and undertakings, particularly SMEs.

Objectives for the Leonarda da Vinci Programme in the field of lifelong learning (2007-2013) set up on the current objectives and focuss on the further development of skills and exchanges of expertise. They will be published after the decision procedure, probably in December 2006.