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: Lifelong Learning Partnership- Comenius Partnership
Lead partner: Four primary schools in city of Mölndal, West Sweden
Policy Area: Comenius Partnership
Description: Four primary schools in the city of Mölndal, West Sweden are looking for schools interested in co-operation within Comenius partnership. The schools are looking to co-operate on different issues, for example, one school is looking to form a partnership with the aim of improving the teaching of first language skills. For more information, click here
Deadline for responding: No date listed
Contact person: Mrs Daniela Ölmunger
Project title: No title listed- Human resources partnership
Lead partner: Linköping Municipality
Policy Area: Human resources
Description: The human resources department within municipal administration of Linköping Municipality is seeking to increase and develop its international and regional work. For more information, click here
Deadline fore responding: No date listed
Contact person: Mr Jaber Faiz
Project title: Public Health Partner Search
Lead Partner: Molndal and Vara, Sweden
Policy area: Ambient Assisted Living
Description: The cities of Molndal and Vara in western Sweden are looking for partners to take part in projects within the Ambient Assisted Living programme. Molndal is developing a project that will focus on technical solutions for the elderly in their own homes. Further information may be found here (Word document). Vara is developing a project that will focus on independent living and accessible environments. Further information may be found here (Word document).
Deadline for responding: 29 May
Contact person: Britt Brickzen (Molndal); Helena Torsell (Vara)
Project title: Erasmus for Young Entrepeneurs
Lead Partner: The Regional Ministry for Employment, Enterprise and Innovation (from Extramadura, Spain)
Policy area: Erasmus
Description: The Regional Ministry for Employment, Enterprise and Innovation is looking for an Erasmus for Young Entrepeneurs project for the call 30-G-ENT-CIP-12-E-N01C051. For more information, click here
Deadline for responding: 31 May
Contact person: Diego Goenaga Castro
Project title: Learning by doing international projects
Lead partner: Borlänge Municipality, Sweden
Policy Area: Europe for Citizens
Description: Borlänge Municipality is looking to learn about international projects and other EU municipalities. They are looking to set up shared activities, one in Brussels and one in Sweden which will be about how to create projects with international partners with EU funding. The outcome will be ideas for new EU projects. For more information, click here
Deadline for responding: 1st June 2012
Contact person: Zeinab El-saneh
Project title: Virtual Community Hubs
Lead partner: Cambridgeshire County Council
Policy area: Interreg IVB North West Europe Programme
Description: In anticipation of the 10th call for proposals under the Interreg IVB North West Europe Programme (expected in April 2012), Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for partners to develop Virtual Community Hubs using the latest ICT social media solutions to strengthen rural communities' access to services and encourage virtual exchanges. For more information, click here
Deadline for responding: No deadline listed
Contact person: Rachel Morgan
Project title: Education Partner Search
Lead Partner: Extremadura, Spain
Policy area: Entrepreneurism and Education
Description: The regional education directorate of Extremadura in Spain is looking for partners to take part in a entrepreneurism project. The project will focus on creating trans-European models for school teachers to support the development of their skills and methods in applying entrepreneurial learning to different subjects. Further information may be found here (pdf document).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Diego Goenaga Castro
Project title: Education Partner Search
Lead Partner: Lycee St Gabriel Nantes, France
Policy area: Leonardo Programme
Description: A vocational school in the Pays de la Loire region in France is looking for partners to take part in a Leonardo Mobility project. The school would like to work with other vocational institutions to develop mobility projects for students focusing on food product sales and good communication skills with customers. Further information may be found here (pdf document).
Deadline for responding: June 2012
Contact person: Karen Drapeau
Project title: Social Affairs Partner Search
Lead Partner: Akademi Norr, Sweden
Policy area: European Social Fund
Description: The educational network Akademi Norr in northern Sweden is looking for partners to take part in a project within the European Social Fund. The project, entitled 'Integration of immigrants and refugees in small municipalities', aims to develop individual skills and broaden the roles of civil servants working with newly arrived people. The network would like to exchange best practices and arrange study visits. Further information may be found here (Word doc).
Deadline for responding: none listed
Contact person: Anneli von Wachenfeldt
Project title: Getting more students through the educational system
Lead partner: The Municipality of Holbaek, Denmark
Policy area: Lifelong Learning Transversal Programme
Description: The Municipality of Holbaek, Denmark, is looking for partners interested in taking part in a project within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Transversal Programme. The aim of the project is to look at the transition of pupils from one education system to another and how actors can help pupils to be well received and ease the transition. Further information can be found here (Word doc).
Deadline for responding: None listed
Contact person: Joergen Grubbe
For more information contact: Iwan Williams