Opportunities in Europe : Education and Exchange



	Socrates is the EU education programme. It aims to raise standards and achievement in all levels of education by encouraging and supporting European co-operation on a range of projects, initiatives and professional development opportunities. Socrates-Erasmus is for higher education.

	The EU's vocational training programme LEONARDO DA VINCI aims to support a number of initiatives, including giving people the chance to pursue training experience abroad. Other actions include the development of reference materials.

	The first phase of SOCRATES and LEONARDO ended in December 1999. The second phase of both SOCRATES and LEONARDO will last from January 2000 to December 2006. There are changes to both programmes in their second phase.

	The Tempus programme also provides cooperation and assistance in the area of higher education with Central and Eastern European countries, the Balkans, states of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. It aims to help consolidate economic reform and the development of democracy.

	The eLearning initiative of the European Commission seeks to mobilise the educational and cultural communities, as well as the economic and social players in Europe, in order to speed up changes in the education and training systems for Europe's move to a knowledge-based society. There may be occasional funding opportunities for studies under this initiative.

	Useful Web sites: SOCRATES in the UK: http://www.socrates-uk.net/ Socrates-Erasmus in the UK: http://www.ukc.ac.uk/ERASMUS/erasmus/ LEONARDO in the UK: http://www.leonardo.org.uk Tempus: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/tempus/ eLearning: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/elearning/index.html European Union education and culture programmes and policies: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/index_en.htm

	Contact: For further information on the Socrates programme, contact the Central Bureau for International Education and Training at the British Council: 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN Tel: 020 7389 4157 Fax: 020 7389 4426 Email: socrates@britishcouncil.org 3 Bruntsfield Crescent, Edinburgh EH10 4HD Tel: 0131 447 8024 Fax: 0131 452 8569 Email: cbe.socrates@britishcouncil.org 2nd floor, Norwich Union Building, 7 Fountain Street, Belfast BT1 5EG Tel: 028 9024 8220 Fax: 028 9023 7592 Email: socrates@britishcouncil.org 28 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3QE Tel: 029 2039 7346 Fax: 029 2023 7494 Email: socrates@britishcouncil.org Socrates Erasmus Programme is administered in the UK by: UK Socrates-Erasmus Council, R & D Building, The University, CANTERBURY, Kent CT2 7PD Tel: 01227 762712 Fax: 01227 762711 Email: erasmus@ukc.ac.uk LEONARDO UK National Agency: see contact details for specific programme areas at: http://www.leonardo.org.uk