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Socrates and Plato on Epistemic Authority (SPEA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

It often happens that we accept as true what other people tell us, and by doing so, we acquire knowledge about the world. We trust each other, and we often grant teachers and experts authority over our beliefs. The inter-subjective nature of belief formation has recently moved into the very center of epistemology. However, it is rarely mentioned that the reflection on the role of other people in o ...
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Conserving threatened habitats and species in Berlengas SPA through sustainable management (LIFE Berlengas)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

...ms to establish a legally binding management plan with clear and measurable actions and targets for defined sites in the Atlantic coastal archipelago. The Portuguese government has joined forces with SPEA for this objective. Project goals will be achieved though the use of tailored versions of proven archipelago management methodologies. Outcomes will be ready to apply at local, regional, national ...
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Project Tetrax - the conservation of Little Bustard in Alentejo (Tetrax)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

...e bustard for application across large development projects in Alentejo; and d) the creation of an Iberian specialist group to co-ordinate research and monitoring of Little Bustard. SPEA and ICN, together with other public and private partners are to be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the action plan.
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Azores bullfinch habitat recovery in Pico da Vara/Ribeira do Guilherme SPA (PRIOLO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2003, End date: Nov 30, 2008,

Background The east of São Miguel Island (Azores) is a unique place in the world. The seeds, flower buds and fleshy fruit of the once-thriving laurel forests provide food for the 100 remaining pairs of the critically endangered Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina). However, the laurel forest is fighting a losing battle against invading alien plant species ...
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Evaluation of bustard conservation best practice in Western Europe

Start date: Mar 1, 2004, End date: Feb 28, 2006,

Background The great bustard (Otis tarda), the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) and the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) are considered priority species under Annex I of EU Birds Directive. These species depend on open farmland and grasslands. In Europe, the bustard populations have been facing severe decline (including local extinctions) since the mi ...
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Important bird areas for seabirds in Portugal (IBAMarinha)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Oct 1, 2008,

Background Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are sites that are essential to ensure the long-term viability of bird populations, particularly of those species that are of conservation concern. BirdLife International’s IBA inventories are used, amongst others, to analyse whether the EU’s current SPA network is adequate or not. Whereas the terrestrial breed ...
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Safe islands for seabirds/ Initiating the restoration of seabird-driven ecosystems in the Azores (SAFE ISLANDS FOR SEABIRDS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Background The populations of most species of Procellariiform seabirds in the Azores have been reduced in the last 500 years by several orders of magnitude. Few petrel species have been entirely lost from the archipelago, but their ecological functions have effectively ceased with profound consequences for native terrestrial communities. The population cr ...
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Recovery, conservation and sustainable management of Tronqueira/Planalto dos Graminhais (LAURISSILVA SUSTENTAVEL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Background Millions of euros are spent every year on the attempted eradication or control of invasive alien species – often with little result. This kind of work is very demanding on human and financial resources. The behaviour of these species requires the use of very efficient techniques and the continuous monitoring of new invasions. The problem is ...
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Active protection of the population of the Azores bullfinch (Priolo) and its habitas and sustainable management of Pico da Vara/ Ribeira do Guilherme SPA's (Life Terras do Priolo)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background The “Pico da Vara /Ribeira do Guilherme” Natura 2000 site is a major hotspot for biodiversity within the EU and the Macaronesia biogeographical region. It is home to one of Europe’s most endangered birds - the Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina). Listed as a priority species for conservation in the EU Birds Directive, it is severely threat ...
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Conservation of Macaronesian Sparrowhawk and Laurissilva habitat in Madeira Island (Life Fura-bardos)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background The distribution area of the Macaronesian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus granti) is restricted to the island of Madeira and to some islands of the Canary archipelago (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro). It is a bird of prey that favours forest environments, especially low-growing shrub areas (heathers, hollies and beeches) ...
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SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING AND VISION-BASED TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNITION AND TRANSLATION (SIGNSPEAK)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

...a serious challenge for the deaf community in trying to integrate into educational, social and work environments, as the vast majority of Europeans do not have signing skills. The overall goal of SignSpeaker is to develop a new vision-based technology for translating continuous sign language to text, in order to improve the communication between deaf and hearing communities. To this end, at the be ...
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International Project of ornithological tourism in protected areas in the Mediterranean Basin.

...mpromising the conservation of the resource itself. This project also marks common standards that ultimately benefit the whole of professionals improve their quality and competitiveness.SEO/BirdLife, SPEA, BirdLife International, HOS and BirdLife Cyprus, has joined into an international project that aimed to transfer training products of improving the Education in the professional sector of Ornith ...
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EasySpeak

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...is frequently lacking within EU countries where companies, particularly SMEs, are seeking global business opportunities. For the life sciences industry this is a known barrier to business growth. EasySpeak is a 2-year activity that will develop a core vocabulary of 500 words and phrases in those languages known from previously funded Leonardo project work to be critical for global business develop ...
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Youth for Sustainable Development

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

...Spain. We pretend to contribute for the personal development and active participation in nature conservation and environmental sustainability. The EVS project is involved within Macaroaves, which one SPEA are developing with other partners from Canary Island to promote the potential of ornithological and nature tourism in the Macaronesian region. This project, called “Youth for Sustainable Develo ...
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Skills for life

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jan 1, 2016,

...this 6 month long EVS project two volunteers - one man (26) from Spain and one woman from Italy (28)- were involved in the project "Life Berlengas" (until 2018) coordinated by portuguese organization SPEA (a member of Birdlife International), in Lisbon and Berlengas island. Both volunteers had experience and academic knownledge in biology. SPEA's mission as an environmental NGO is to work towards ...
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Series-Parallel Elastic Actuators for Robotics (SPEAR)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

...an a human muscle, so the problems of insufficient torque and efficiency resides in the transmission of the power and that the motors are not used at their highest efficiency. The first innovation of SPEAR is to solve the torque and efficiency problems, by investigating in depth a novel actuation paradigm, which I call Series-Parallel Elastic Actuation (SPEA) and that goes beyond variable impedanc ...
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RAdiation-Shapes Thermal protection investigAtionS for high-SPeed EArth Re-entry (RASTAS SPEAR)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"In the frame of Activity 9.2.1 – Strengthening of Space foundations / Research to support space science and exploration - SPA.2009.2.1.01 Space Exploration, the actions proposed on RASTAS SPEAR project try to enlarge the basic capabilities on few known topics with low Technology Readiness Level and to strengthen European Industry and Research for coming or future Space Exploration missions with f ...
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Cultureshake

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

“Is all good Company here” (Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1, Scene 2) is the entrance to a European project with its colourful characters and timeless themes. Shakespeare’s plays have enthralled audiences for over 400 years whether as the popular entertainment of their day or the shared culture of modern times performed in dozens of languages and across the world. 2016 is the 400th anniversary of Sh ...
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Coordinated Efforts for International Species Recovery (EuroSAP)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Background Species action plans (SAPs) for non-huntable bird species and management plans (MPs) for huntable bird species have expired, while new conservation strategies need to be developed for some species that are showing sharp population declines. Furthermore, a new conservation approach that identifies and addresses groups of bird species sharing sim ...
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Technology for helping older people remaining active and fully integrated into society.

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Populations around the world are rapidly ageing. Economic development and the improvement in some environmental conditions have resulted in a continuous increase in life expectancy across Europe during the last century and places the EU-28 among the world leaders for life expectancy, reaching 83.3 years for women and 77.8 years for men (Eurostat). Technology has the potential to enable older peopl ...
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e-Coaching et Apprentissage des Langues

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

... software, available for free or for a small fee, Additionally, the web allows free access to written texts, videos and TV and radio programs in many different languages developed for native language speakers that can be used directly by intermediate and advanced L2 learners. Finally, thanks to Skype and social media, direct interaction with teachers, other learners and native speakers has become ...
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Let the children change the world - teaching and learning tolerance and values from preschool on

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

"Let the children change the world - teaching and learning tolerance and values from preschool on" is a three year project, in which five preschools from Sweden, Estonia, Italy, Norway and Poland will colaborate in order to improve the preschools' teaching methods and educational environments to promote human rights and combat discrimination. We want to contribute to a decrease of discrimination ...
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Logistics Language Open Training

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Logistics is an interdisciplinary, transnational field of knowledge which brings together institutions and their employees from various areas of knowledge and skills. One should realize the disproportions in the content-related competence (specialist knowledge and logistics skills) and linguistic competence (using a foreign language as a tool for communication) demonstrated by logistics profession ...
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STS Education models to transmit to society the challenge of global change in the ocean

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The EDUCO2CEAN project is promoted by Portuguese Association for Environmental Education – ASPEA (Portugal), the International Campus of Excellence - Campus do Mar (Spain), the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology of Scotland, the Portuguese National Agency for Scientific and Technologic Culture – Ciência Viva, the secondary education centres IES Virxe do Mar and Ribeira do Louro (Spain) and ...
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Down to Earth

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

"Down to Earth" is a long-term EVS project between 4 sending organizations from Spain, Italy and Poland (Asociacion Building Bridges, Stowarzyszenie Aktywnosci Obywatelskiej Bona Fides, Amigos da Terra Galicia-Xuventude, Associazione di Promozione Sociale Joint) and 4 host organizations in Portugal (Associação Spin, Junta de Freguesia de Carnide, Associação Nacional de Futebol de Rua e Sociedade P ...
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Innovative employability guidance for higher education students in the context of European biodiversity management

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

This project will harmonise employability programmes in environment and biodiversity conservation management across 3 European countries, making these critical skills and associated career guidance relevant in a European context. The core of the project will be a European employability guidance learning package generated from experience and best practice from both Higher Education Institutes and N ...
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FLOW

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"FLOW" is a long term evs project hosting altogether 17 international volunteers. There are over 20 partner organisations involved to assure the quality of the project. Partnerships are formed all over Europe sending volunteers to Estonia form France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Slovenia and Germany. Services take place in Tallinn and smaller places in Estonia, majo ...
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E-TOURISM 2016

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The project is presented by a Consortium composed of six Technical schools and a Vocational one, social partners, companies, and public bodies of Treviso Province; many local partners provide their external support. The common interest of this partnership is focused on the marketing of the territory and its touristic resources as an instrument for promoting and encouraging the local development in ...
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Recovery of the species and land habitats of the Natura 2000 sites Ponta de São Lourenço and Desertas Islands. (LIFE RECOVER NATURA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background The Natura 2000 sites Desertas Islands (located in Deserta Grande and Ilhéu Chão) and Ponta de São Lourenço on the Madeira archipelago are home to unique habitats listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive: vegetated sea cliffs with endemic flora of the Macaronesian coasts and low formations of euphorbia close to cliffs. These areas consi ...
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RETHINK MEDIA

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

Training course ‘Rethink Media’ is applied by organization Platform Spartak and will be host by organization ASSOCIATION OF SVT PROGRAMME ALUMNI SKOPJE in Kocani, Macedonia from 20.03.2017 to 26.03.2017. By the training course ‘Rethink Media’ we aim to develop media and communication competencies of young workers and youth leaders and provide them an opportunity to experience various tools, method ...
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Agrotourism in Europe: how to revitalize rural areas

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

Our project “Agrotourism in Europe: how to revitalize rural areas” is a training course with a 9-day programme for 32 youth workers from different European countries ((Italy, Romania, Portugal y Spain) that are willing to learn about sustainable agrotourism proposals and motivated to create new opportunities for young people. One of the main challenges of our area is to revitalize the rural area ...
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French immersion staff training project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

Shakespeare Primary School is a 2 form entry community school in Fleetwood. The school has been teaching languages for 8 years. Our children are predominantly of white British heritage and are monolingual. The main objective for this project was to create a sustainable language teaching model in the school. The school has a duty to provide quality professional development so our teachers have th ...
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Marche di Charme

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

'Marche di Charme ' wants to take advantage of the three-year program of development about Marche’s tourism. It underlines that so far the destination Marche has been on the market thanks to its portfolio of value tourist attractions, but it will be necessary to stimulate the ability of operators to develop an adequate tourist offer. The tourism industry is not up to a sector of strategic impor ...
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The Art of Facilitation II: Non-Formal Education and Conflict Transformation

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Non-formal education in conflict transformation can exert a big influence at different levels: in general population conception of conflicts, in small confronted communities, in youth organizations and CSOs, or in societies facing both, low and high intensity violence. Different organizations and institutions have been working on this field at different levels for decades, and the work with youth ...
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Sensory Culture and Occupational Path

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Because each person has a sensory basic system and because the sensory perceptions represent the support of cognition, each person will have a subjective sensory representation of the world and, implicitly, a distinct way of placing itself in a relationship with the world and with itself. On the other hand, the human being is often placed in a situation to function according to sensory ways which ...
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Zombieland Europe - learning from the Undead for a sustainable Europe

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Jan 2, 2017,

“The purpose of Man’s life is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.” - Ayn Rand„Der Fluch des untoten Lebens ist letztlich Ausdruck des obszönen Elends. Dem untoten Mensch wurde alle Fülle entzogen und jetzt sitzt er lebendig begraben vor dem Fernseher. Insofern er noch dazu in der Lage ist, leidet der Untote an einem Mangel an Sinn.“ ...
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Conservation of Marine Protected Species in Mainland Portugal (MarPro)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background One of the main constraints to the enlargement of the Natura 2000 network to marine environments is the lack of research on marine habitats and species far from the coast. Few organisations or institutions have the necessary means to undertake such work. The designation of SCIs has thus been affected by the lack of relevant data on specific spe ...
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REAL INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN YOUTH EXCHANGES

Start date: May 20, 2016, End date: Nov 19, 2016,

29 participants (youth leaders / youth workers will take part in this educational activity.Throughout whole project duration impact and multiplying effect will be made on several levels: Participants – will significantly improve their youth work competences, particularly in dealing with intercultural learning during youth exchanges and using group dynamics (supporting and mentoring group dyna ...
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International Environmental Exchange 2016

Start date: May 2, 2016, End date: Nov 1, 2016,

In light of the evironmental challanges facing the world of today this project aims to raise awareness of environmental consequences and issues.The project aims to create a platform where we can raise the awareness of students and their teachers on the environmental challenges facing the world today. The project will serve as a hub for knowledge sharing and dissemination on global environmental an ...
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QUALITY - W 2014

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Even if the tourism and services sectors are now facing difficult times, many areas in Italy have the requirements to set up centres for a new development model, based on the aware and sustainable use of local resources. The main resource to count on is the human one, especially formed in prospect of the new generations who will have to be provided with suitable knowledge and skills, both professi ...
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busy being brilliant

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

"Busy Being Brilliant" is a long term evs project hosting altogether 19 international volunteers. There are over 20 partner organisations involved to assure the quality of the project. Partnerships are formed all over Europe sending volunteers to Estonia form France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Russian Federation, Georgia, Hungary, Slovenia and Germany. Services take place in Tallinn and sma ...
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Artify the Frames

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Youth exchange “Artify the Frames” is going to take place from 1. till 8. August 2016 in Žetale, Slovenia. The youth exchange will connect 35 participants from 6 different countries: Estonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovenia. Our reliable partners will provide participants, who will be youngsters interested in different aspects of art, artists, art workers, or other youth wor ...
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Teaching 2 Teach

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The aim of this project is to increase the quality of our services and to improve the offer for our clients. At the same time, we also want for our employees to create a learning and teaching environment which can make flourish their talents and develop their skills. They have to be aware of the added value that they can find in working with us. Fields of improvement: 1. Training for the teaching ...
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Flip the Classroom!

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Immigration is currently a widespread phenomenon in European societies. Many adults are under compulsion to move to the other country due to the lack of employment. Adults when moving to a foreign country, often don’t know even the basics of the local language. It is desirable to offer them language courses with well-trained personnel and innovative methods. The project is aimed to introduce adult ...
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I Move! You move! Everybody moves for movies!

Start date: Nov 13, 2015, End date: Aug 12, 2016,

‘I Move! You Move! Everybody moves for movies!’ has Picardie as its backdrop, a remote rural area full of natural wonders, where local youth lack opportunities of any kind, disconnected from their life and civic duty, while feeling more and more prisoners of their own society, eventually they end up developing a bitter distaste for the region. The project aims to involve youth workers and artists ...
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Creating an inventory of Marine IBAs for Puffinus Yelkouan, Calonectris diomedea and Hydrobates pelagicus in Malta (MALTA SEABIRD PROJECT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Background The LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater project (LIFE06 NAT/MT/000097) set a precedent for undertaking seabird research and conservation in Malta, with intensive fieldwork undertaken to ascertain key feeding and rafting areas for the Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) breeding colony at Rdum tal-Madonna, the largest of its kind in Malta. The research ...
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EU Youth Summit in Aalborg

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

...“Youth and Democratic Participation and Civic Competences”, “Youth and Education” and also “EU’s Effect on Me – My Impact on EU”. The program activities will consist of expert speaker (lectures), excursions, workshops and plenary sessions at Aalborg City Council Chamber with the involvement of politicians from the local, national and transnational level. With that being said, the underlying theme ...
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Cross Cultural Vocational Training for Teachers of SEN and Students with SEN

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

The learning mobility project was implemented in cooperation with National Star Specialist College, located in Cheltenham of the United Kingdom and was involving two main activities: -training of the educational and scientific staff -training of students with special educational needs Our school staff was trained in the new scientific data and current trends in SEN, the modern scientific method ...
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