Minutes 6 April 2010

The assessments will be send to Hester (deadline19 April?)
The EC will hold a teleconference on the outcomes (20 April?)
Each appraiser will write a report on each project containing:
• The outcome of the EC: approved or disapproved
• Advises and remaining questions from the EC
• Outcome from the Financial Report, including advises resulting from the
Financial Risk Assessment.
• Terms and agreements
Hester will send an official reaction to the partnership leads.
Hester will finalise the overall annual report for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
5. Rest fund
The L4W budget still contains about €250.000 for project funding (note that this
requires €500.000 own contribution). L4W will send out a new Call for Proposals
among the partnership leads. Preconditions (in draft):
• the annual report 2009 of the partnership is approved by the EC
• the partnership applies sound financial management
• the partnership follows the general conditions of the Learn4Work programme
• the funds will be used for activities in line with the current project (upscaling
broadening or deepening)
• the funds will be used on activities:
o to link&learn between the L4W projects/partnerships
o to enhance capacity building of the partnership
o to enhance sustainability of the current project
Important is that the extension is either based on a best practice and the partnership is
enough capacitated to implement an extended project, or that the extension is aims at
increased capacity to identify best practices.
Hester will write the new guidelines to be discussed and adopted at the next EC
meeting.
L4W will send out a Call for Proposals deadline 15 June
The EC will assess the project proposals (July).
Implementation may start in September 2010
6. Seminars
Most attendees were positive on the International Seminar in Amsterdam in 2009.
They appreciated the opportunity to meet each other and found most topics
interesting. Part of the attendees sent an evaluation form to Edukans, from which
lessons will be taken onward for future meetings.
Hester proposed that a new meeting be held in The Netherlands in June together with
the Workgroup for Education and Work, installed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This was approved.
It was agreed that it was a good idea to organise a new International Seminar in
2010: the projects will be in operation for a year by then, so it will be useful to share
results and experiences. The Seminar should have clear objectives and be useful to
the projects.
Themes: sustainability of the projects; effects in the South; synergy.
Venue: Africa: Kenya or Ethiopia (both host 3 L4W projects)? Arie suggested that
the seminar be hosted by the Cisco office in Nairobi. A link may be set up with the
telepresence room in Amsterdam.
Budget: L4W has the same budget as last year (circa €20.000). Accommodation and
catering can be provided; travelling should be on project budgets.