The Comenius programme focuses on school education from pre-school up to secondary level and has the following objectives:

• To develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures and languages and its value
• To help young people acquire the basic life-skills and competences necessary for their personal development , for future employment and for active European citizenship
• To improve the quality and to increase the volume of mobility involving pupils and educational staff in different Member States
• To improve the quality and to increase the volume of partnerships between schools in different Member States
• To encourage the learning of modern foreign languages
• To enhance the quality of European dimension of teacher training

Who can participate? Basically everyone involved in school education:

• Schools providing special, general, vocational or technical education
• pupils in pre-school and school education up to the end of upper secondary level
• teachers, support staff and administrative staff of school education
• future teachers
• educational authorities at local, regional and national level
• higher educational institutions/organisations that provide teacher training or are involved in the school education sector

Which are the Comenius decentralised actions?

• School Partnerships - Multilateral or Bilateral
• Regio Partnerships
• Preparatory Visits
• In-Service Training for Teachers and other Educational Staff
• Assistantships (ASSISTANTS)
• Assistantships (HOST SCHOOLS)
• eTwinning

CENTRALISED ACTIONS Apart from the above-mentioned decentralized Comenius actions, the European Commission funds the following centralised actions:

• Multilateral Projects
• Multilateral Networks
• Accompanying Measures

More information on the Centralised Actions is published on the website http://eacea.ec.europa.eu. Applications for these actions are submitted directly to the Executive Agency of the EU. RELATED LINKS >>