Over the next 3 years, ManagEnergy will be placing an increasing emphasis on Education. As always, we rely upon the local energy actors to provide us with information about activities in their region. See the ManagEnergy KidsCorner section below for details of how these plans are progressing and how you can help.
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The ManagEnergy KidsCorner websites feature energy and transport pages including games, downloads, animations, videos, statistics, photos and other teaching resources aimed at 7-11 year olds (top left), 12-16 year olds (bottom left) and their teachers. With the addition of Croatian and Turkish versions of the ManagEnergy KidsCorner in March 2008, the pages for 7-11 and 11-15 year olds are now available in 27 languages. The ManagEnergy KidsCorner can be found online at: www.managenergy.net/kidscorner/ or via the direct link www.learn-energy.net The website includes a portal with hundreds of links to online energy education resources in all Member States. It also includes energy-related educational materials in all twenty-seven languages. To submit links, simply complete the online form at: www.managenergy.net/kidscorner/addasite.html |
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| Photo competition winner 2007 Arnas Karpavicius, Age 15 Kaunas Juozo Gruso Secondary School Lithuania |
Drawing competition winner 2007 Alba Alvarez Castro, Age 10 C.P. La Palomera, León Spain |
View further information about the competition, runners up, etc 
Schoolchildren are tomorrow's adults and have a crucial role to play in tackling climate change. As they grow older they will have a huge responsibility in ensuring the world reduces its emissions of harmful greenhouse gases by using energy more efficiently. In an effort to help young children understand many of the issues behind climate change, the European Union's Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme has supported a number of practical, grass roots schemes that teach 'energy education' in primary schools. The projects bring together local experts on energy efficiency and the children's own teachers to run fun, but informative classes on energy saving issues. In 2007, the IEE programme has made available a budget of €55 million for energy efficiency projects in Europe.
This video, which has been produced by the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency, is free of charge and copyright. It takes a deliberately 'grass roots' approach and presents a selection of projects by focusing on the children and their teachers.
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In his preface to this brochure, Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, writes "This brochure outlines the energy challenge, emphasises the role of education as a vector in changing behaviour, and shows how some young people have already made an impact. Case studies from across our continent show what is possible and I hope will inspire many new projects." |
Daniela Mormile, Unit for promotion and dissemination of programme results, European Commission Energy & Transport DG 
View Video Recording (39 min) Full Conference recordings 
Gonzalo Molina-Igartua,
Adviser, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission View Video Recording (29 min) Full Conference recordings
More video recordings and presentations
Patrick Lambert View Presentation (19 min)
HKA2 - Think Globally, Act Locally is the main area of activity within Intelligent Energy - Europe to fund energy education projects. However, projects on education are also funded under VKA2 - SAVE - Retrofitting of social housing (education and training for tenants, housing associations, etc) and VKA9 - STEER - Policy measures for energy efficient transport (education of children and students on the implications of transport behaviour).
View the slides from the IEE Information Day - May 2006
Socrates is the European programme for education. Its aim is to promote the European dimension and to improve the quality of education by encouraging cooperation between the participating countries.
The programme sets out to develop a Europe of knowledge and thus better cater for the major challenges of this new century: to promote lifelong learning, to encourage access by everybody to education, to acquire qualifications and recognised skills.
Socrates consists of eight actions:
1. Comenius: school education
2. Erasmus: higher education
3. Grundtvig: adult education and other education pathways
4. Lingua: learning and teaching of European languages
5. Minerva: information and communication technologies in education
6. Observation and innovation of education systems and policies
7. Joint actions with other European programmes
8. Accompanying measures
The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying in third countries.
Leonardo da Vinci is the action programme for implementing the European Community's vocational training policy, supporting and supplementing action taken by the Member States.
Its aim is to use transnational cooperation to enhance quality, promote innovation and support the European dimension of vocational training systems and practices.
In specific terms, Leonardo da Vinci pursues three central aims: to facilitate occupational integration, improve the quality of training and access to this training, and to boost the contribution of training to innovation.
The total budget for Leonardo da Vinci is 1.15 billion € over seven years (2000-2006).
Overview of European Commission Education and Training Programmes and Funding
Intelligent Energy - Europe Home Page | Other sources of funding
Local experience is a particularly important source of knowledge in the support of EU policies on education. This section provides invaluable knowledge for all local and regional actors by highlighting good practice in the form of reports and video recordings.
Claudia Carani View Video Recording (49 min) | Further information 
Eddy Deruwe View Video Recording (42 min) | Further information ManagEnergy events provide opportunities for networking either in person or online via Internet Broadcasts.
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