Partner Searches
The WLGA European Office regularly receives partner search enquiries from our colleagues across Europe. These enquiries involve a whole range of policy areas, such as education, culture, health, research and innovation. Listed below are the latest partner search enquiries, which may be of interest to local authorities in Wales. Should you be interested in any project proposals or require further information then please get in touch with the relevant contact person for each enquiry. Further information on the project proposals, eligibility criteria and timescales may also be found in the attached documents:
Project title: Education and Citizenship Partner Search
Lead Partner: Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Policy area: EU Comenius Programme
Description: A schools association group from Villa de Don Fadrique in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain would like to find partners to participate in a Comenius project. The group, including schoolteachers, library workers, and parents, represent a town of around 4500 people, and would like to work with similar-sized partners on a wide range of social and citizenship areas, including community cohesion, equal opportunities, and drug prevention. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact office: Castilla-La Mancha Brussels Office
Project title: Adult Education and ICT Partner Search
Lead Partner: Säffle Lärcenter, Sweden
Policy area: EU Grundtvig Programme
Description: A learning centre for adult education and training in west Sweden is looking for partners to participate in a project which may be submitted under the Grundtvig programme. The project aims to develop eLearning solutions using web 2.0 methods and technology. The centre is particularly interested in exchanging experience and best practice with European organizations working in adult education and training. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Richard Krusell
Project title: Education Partner Search
Lead Partner: Córdoba Education Authority, Spain
Policy area: EU Comenius Programme
Description: The regional education authority of Córdoba is looking for partners to participate in a Comenius project. The project will focus on preventing school drop-out figures and why young people are disaffected with schools and education. The project will include exchanging experiences and best practices, training courses, workshops, and evaluation activities. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Juana Zamora
Project title: Agriculture and Youth Partner Search
Lead Partner: Bas-Rhin Young Farmers Association, Alsace, France
Policy area: Agriculture
Description: A young farmers association from the Alsace region is looking for partners to take part in a 2011 event. The national and European ploughing final, which will attract some 150,000 people, will take place in September 2011, and the association are looking for partners to participate in a European village. The village will include rural regions from across Europe, and will be an opportunity to showcase products, traditions, and agricultural methods from the region. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Nathalie Iltis
Project title: Agriculture and Energy Partner Search
Lead Partner: Flanders Farmers Union, Belgium
Policy area: Intelligent Energy Europe
Description: Boerenbond, the Flanders Farmers Union, is looking for partners to take part in a project under the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) Programme. The project will fall under the 'energy efficiency in greenhouses' category, and the project will involve exchanging experiences and best practice in the field of energy efficiency actions with other partners. The exact theme for the project proposal will be discussed with the other project partners. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Bart Vleeschouwers
Project title: 'Intermodal Logistic Centre Network'
Lead Partner: Örebro Regional Development Council, Sweden
Policy area: Logistics and Distribution
Description: Örebro Regional Development Council is setting up a network for Intermodal Logistic Centres (ILCN) and is looking for partners to join this network. The aim of the network is exchange knowledge and experience between European partners, creating a sustainable functional network for intermodal logistic centres across the EU with a specific focus on warehousing and distribution. The network will also examine future challenges for EU warehouse and distribution centres. Further information may be found here (pdf document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Berndt Arvidsson
Project title: Education Partner Search
Lead Partner: Wernigerode, Germany
Policy area: EU Grundtvig Programme
Description: A school in Wernigerode is looking for partners to take part in a Grundtvig project. The school is organising a workshop in October 2010 entitled 'Living and Shaping Unification Processes'. The workshop will focus on integration and citizenship issues and remembering the reunification of Germany. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Steffen Toepfer
Project title: SME business support Partner Search
Lead Partner: Ability Europe Limited, Sonderborg, Denmark
Policy area: INTERREG IVB NWE
Description: A Danish-based consortium is looking for partners to participate in an INTERREG IVB project. The project, entitled 'Developing 'science translation' to support knowledge transfer by bridging the communication gap between research, industry and public support', will aim to support innovation in North West Europe by developing, testing and promoting science translation and provide business support for SMEs. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Conact person: Annie Olesen
Project title: Education Partner Search
Lead Partner: Lidköping, Sweden
Policy area: EU Grundtvig or Leonardo Programme
Description: Särvuk in the Lidköping municipality of western Sweden is looking for partners to participate in a project under the Grundtvig or Leonardo da Vinci programme. The project will improve the skills of teachers working with people with learning difficulties in adult education. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Lennart Frändén
Project title: Agriculture Partner Search
Lead Partner: Saône et Loire, France
Policy area: Agriculture
Description: The Saône et Loire region in France is looking for partners to develop a project based on short supply chains in agriculture. The area has a large agricultural industry and a proud agricultural heritage, and is keen on developing short supply chains in order to avoid mass production and commercialization and protect small, individual producers. The region would like to work with other partners who are interested in this area. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Laurence Meresse
Project title: Culture Partner Search
Lead Partner: Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
Policy area: EU Culture 2007-13 Programme
Description: The city of Ragusa is looking for partners to participate in a culture project. The project, entitled 'Cults between sacred and profane: art, tradition and rites in Europe', aims to promote a long-lasting cooperation between cultural operators from several European countries to carry out studies and research exchanges on different European cults and their expressions and representations in architecture, paintings and music. Further information may be found here (pdf document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Nicoletta Blundo
Project title: Youth and Migration Partner Search
Lead Partner: Andalucia Regional Government, Spain
Policy area: EU Youth in Action Programme
Description: The Directorate for the Coordination of Migratory Policies in the Regional Government of Andalucia is looking for partners to take part in a project within the Youth in Action Programme. The project involves the development of active European citizenship and cultural diversity, and focuses on immigration and migratory issues such as health, employment, education and housing. The Directorate would be involved in the project as a partner, not project leader. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Israel Jesús Adán Castilla
Project title: Culture Partner Search
Lead Partner: Belfort, France
Policy area: EU Culture Programme
Description: The Media Library department in the Belfort region of France is looking for partners to take part in a project under the EU Culture programme. The main objective of the project is to address the issue of language in relation to social exclusion. The project will examine multilingualism and the cultural diversity of Europe, and will involve workshops, storytelling, and exhibitions in order to tackle the issue of social exclusion. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: 3 September 2010
Contact person: Emmanuelle Herry
Project title: Social Affairs Partner Search
Lead Partner: Bolzano, Italy
Policy area: EU PROGRESS Programme
Description: The Social Services department in the Bolzano region of Italy is looking for partners to take part in a project under the social protection and integration strand of the PROGRESS programme. The project will involve exchanging knowledge and best practice in assisting people with disabilities and psychological problems across Europe, as well as developing new tools and ways forward to address the needs of those with physical or psychological difficulties, as well are their families. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Irene Nicolussi
Project title: Culture Partner Search
Lead Partner: Abbaye aux Dames, Poitou-Charentes, France
Policy area: EU Culture Programme
Description: The European Centre for Musical Research and Performance of the ‘Abbaye aux Dames’ in the Poitou-Charentes region of France is looking for partners to take part in a 2 year cooperation project under the EU Culture Programme. Abbaye aux Dames is looking for other orchestras, music institutes and libraries, concert halls and festivals which would be interested in cooperating to promote classic repertoires as essential elements of a common European musical heritage. Further information may be found here (pdf document).
Deadline for responding: 1 October 2010
Contact person: Vincent Soccodato
Project title: 'In Out Here & There'
Lead Partner: ESAM, Caen, France
Policy area: EU Culture Programme
Description: The School of Arts and Media in Caen (ESAM) is looking for partners to participate in their project under the EU Culture Programme. The 'In Out Here & There' project will focus on the role of the arts in promoting social inclusion. The project will use different forms of art to raise awareness of European citizenship, examine public buildings and spaces, and include workshops and exhibitions led by teachers, tutors and artists. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: 10 September 2010
Contact person: Emmanuel Becker
For more information contact: Iwan Williams