HOW TO GET FUNDED??

How to get funded by your National Socrates Agency: COMENIUS1 Preparatory Visits An eligible institution wishing to set up a transnational cooperation project may apply for a preparatory visit grant to enable appropriate staff members and - in the case of Comenius 1 projects - pupils to undertake a preparatory visit of up to one week. This may take either of the following forms: a) a visit to one or more eligible institutions in one or more other countries participating in SOCRATES; b) participation in a partner-finding contact seminar organised by National Agencies or Comenius networks. Details of the seminars are available on request from the National Agencies. In the award of preparatory visit grants, priority will normally be given to institutions which have not previously participated in Comenius projects. An eligible institution wishing to obtain a preparatory visit grant must apply to its National Agency. The application forms and details of the closing dates for applications are also available from the National Agencies. These will also give advice on how to search for a suitable partner school by other means, e.g. using the Internet. Are you from an eligible country ? COMENIUS is open to participants from the following countries: The twenty-five Member States of the European Union: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Estonia, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom; the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway; The associated countries from Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgaria and Romania; and since April 2004 Turkey Are you from an eligible institution ? COMENIUS applies to all institutions involved in school education; it also applies to bodies responsible for school education systems and policies at local, regional and national level, to associations working in the field of school education, social partners, companies, trade organisations etc.