Comenius

The Comenius actions aim to help young people and educational staff better understand the range of European cultures, languages and values. They also help young people acquire the basic life skills and competences necessary for personal development, future employment and active citizenship.

The actions are:

Mobility

Comenius "mobility" actions enable individuals to travel abroad to take part in a project:

• Individual pupil mobility: gives secondary school pupils the chance to spend a study period abroad for up to ten months;
• In-service training of staff grants: enable teachers and other education staff to undertake training abroad, for up to six weeks;
• Assistantship grants: fund student teachers to work in a school abroad for up to ten months.

Partnerships

Organisations involved in the school education sector from different European countries can work together in various ways through the programme:

• Schools partnerships: enable school co-operation and class exchanges;
• Regio partnerships: co-operation between different regions;
• eTwinning: internet platform for teachers and schools.
  

Multilateral projects and networks

These are larger-scale actions, with organisations from different countries working together to develop, promote and disseminate good practice and innovation in school education. You can find more info about these actions here.

• Individual Pupil Mobility
• In-Service Training For Teachers And Other Educational Staff (IST)
• Assistantships (Assistants)
• School Partnerships (Bilateral and Multilateral)
• Regio Partnerships
• eTwinning

Source: European Commission