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30/09/2009 - ANNOUNCEMENT - LAUNCHING CONFERENCE OF ECVET AND EQARF - Brussels, 17/18 November 2009

The European Commission organises, in partnership with Cedefop, the launching conference of two new European tools: the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (EQARF) and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET). The conference will take place in Brussels on 17 and 18 November 2009.

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20/09/2009 - EU WORKING GROUP ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SPORT

On 01^st July 2009, the first meeting of the EU Working Group "Education and Training in Sport" took place in Brussels. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Michal Krejza, Head of the EC Sport Unit, and gathered representatives from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the European Commission (DG EAC). Together with the EOC EU Office, the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE) participated as observer of the meeting.

The minutes of the meeting are available on the official website of the EC Sport Unit.

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19/09/2009 - EU ONLINE SURVEY TOWARDS THE MAPPING OF SPORTS VOLUNTEERING

Building on the Aarhus Declaration on Voluntary Work in Sport that was agreed by the EU-15 sports ministers in November 2003 and is confirming the importance and necessity ensuring that the role of voluntary work in sport must be maintained, now the European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), have recently launched a study on volunteering in the EU.

 

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19/09/2009 - EUROPEAN INCLUSIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING CONFERENCE - Dublin, 23rd October 2009

The conference represents the conclusion of a 2 year project aimed at refining a model, module and resource pack for the delivery of Inclusive Physical Education in Teacher Training and Inservice education. The model, module, functional map, knowledge competence and skills framework and accompanying resource pack will all be given to conference delegates at the event. There is no charge for attendance at the event as it is supported by the European Commission under the Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme.

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