We All are Europe - AESAEC

Module 4 – The Grundtvig Initiative on Volunteering in Europe for Seniors (GIVE)
What do you think are the most important skills and abilities that are necessary to transform the
EU into “a leading economy in the global knowledge based society”
Is it realistic for an appropriate number of EU citizens to acquire these skills and abilities in the
near future What needs to be done to achieve this aim
Exercise / Reflection / Discuss
Find information in your national language about the European Commission’s lifelong learning policy
and the Lifelong Learning programme. Use all sources and media available and make a list of the
useful contact details and websites!
4.1.2. The EC’s Lifelong Learning components and main target area
The European Commission named the sub-programmes of its Lifelong Learning programme after
great thinkers and scientists in European history, namely Comenius, Grundtvig, Erasmus and
Leonardo da Vinci. Can you match the pictures below with these names What do you know
about their lives and work Look up there biographies, e.g. on the internet using Wikipedia and
make short presentations about them to your training group.
Based on the information you found about the lives and work of Comenius, Grundtvig, Leonardo and
Erasmus, and using information from the web resources you collected in a previous section, try to
match the following target groups to the relevant LLP sub-progammes (check the correct answers at the
end of module):
Comenius Grundtvig Leonardo Erasmus
A) pre-primary to upper secondary school children, teachers and other staff
B) students, teachers, researchers involved in higher education
C) vocational school learners and teachers
D) learners above the age of 20 and educational staff involved in formal, non-formal and
informal adult education.
Why do you think European strategists chose these names to represent the Lifelong Learning subprogrammes
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