The Leonardo da Vinci programme is a European Commission

European Commission

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 funding programme focused on the teaching and training needs of those involved in vocational education

Vocational education

Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...

 and training. The programme is part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 and aims to build a skilled workforce across Europe.

Aims

The programme aims to enhance the competitiveness of the European labour market by helping European citizens to acquire new skills, knowledge and qualifications and have them recognised across borders. It also supports innovations and improvements in vocational education and training systems and practices.

Funding

The programme funds a wide range of actions, including transnational mobility and European projects focusing on the development or the transfer of innovation and networks. All of the projects funded by the Leonardo da Vinci programme involve working with European partners. The programme addresses trainees in initial vocational training, people on the labour market and professionals in vocational education and training, as well as any organisation active in this field.

External links

• European Union – The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013
• UK – The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013
• UK – Leonardo programme
• Maybrook Saint James : London company supporting the Leonardo da Vinci programme