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AN ACCOUNT OF A SIX COUNTRY COLLABORATIVE COMENIUS PROJECT
The author of this article, as headteacher, had a long standing commitment
to international links, and as representative in ESHA for the
Association of School and College Leaders had made a number of
informal contacts abroad. The suggestion was made of applying for
Comenius funding for a multilateral collaborative project involving a
range of European countries and enabling young people from across
Europe to come together in each others’ countries in turn, over a
2 to 3 year period, to undertake project work on specifi c themes and
to assist in the process of building understanding between nations.
A bid was duly compiled and submitted to Brussels in 2009. It was
some time before we heard back, but were delighted to be offered
funding.
Six nations working together – Sweden, England, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and
Finland. Some of the Comenius students who produced the Comenius magazine to
summarise their week in England.
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