19.9.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 226/22

SPECIFIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EAC/49/09

Comenius Individual Pupil Mobility

Lifelong Learning Programme

2009/C 226/05

Please note that the implementation of this call for proposals is subject to:

(i)	the adoption of appropriations of the Community budget for 2010 by the budgetary authority; and

(ii)	the adoption by the Commission of the 2010 annual work programme for the Lifelong Learning Programme of its Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

1. OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION

The Comenius Individual Pupil Mobility action allows secondary school pupils to spend between 3 and 10 months in a host school and a host family abroad. Pupil mobilities are organised between schools involved in the same Comenius School Partnership. The Comenius Individual Pupil Mobility action is based on the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) Decision which covers the 2007 to 2013 period. The specific objectives of the LLP are listed in Article 1.3 of the Decision (1).

2. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

Schools which are or have been in the past involved in a Comenius School Partnership are eligible for the Comenius Pupil Mobility action of the LLP and all participating schools must be established in one of the following countries:

German speaking part of Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway.

3. BUDGET AND DURATION OF PROJECTS

The total budget earmarked for this call is estimated at EUR 2,6 million.

The level of grants to be awarded as well as the duration of mobilities vary depending on the countries and schools organising the pupil mobility.

4. DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

The deadline for submitting applications for the Comenius Individual Pupil Mobility is 1 December 2009.

5. FULL DETAILS

The information on the Comenius Individual Pupil Mobility is provided in the Lifelong Learning Programme Guide 2010 which can be found at the following Internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/llp

Applications must be submitted on the forms provided by the National Agency in the country where the applicant is established. List of National Agencies can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html

(1) Decision No 1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning http://eur-lex.europa.eu/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:327:0045:0068:EN:PDF and Decision No 1357/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1720/2006/EC: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:350:0056:0057:EN:PDF