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Application Form, Tempus Joint European Project – 15/12/2005

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Directorate-General Education and Culture

Tempus application formJoint European Project 2005

Development of a Centre for Continuing Eduaction of Science Teachers

(JEP - nnnnn - 2005)

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SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Please read the following explanations and instructions concerning the submission of the pro-posal carefully.

Only applications using the correct form will be accepted and processed.

Before completing the form, please read the relevant sections in the Guide for Applicants, which can be obtained from the Tempus website at the following address: http://europa.eu.int/tempus.

In the “get involved” section of the website (Actions ≥ Get involved ≥ Application forms) applic-ants will find the “Frequently Asked Questions” for grant applicants, which is a helpful tool providing relevant answers to the questions arising during the preparation of an application.

For a better understanding of the administrative approaches used once a project has been selected, applicants are also advised to consult the “manage your project” section of the website (Actions ≥ Manage your project), where the contractual documents and “Frequently Asked Questions” for grant holders can be found.

The application must be word-processed, using a computer. Hand written applications will not be accepted.

Applications must be sent by e-mail, while all signed original supporting and administrat-ive documents must be sent by registered mail in one package (documents sent separately will not be accepted) at a later deadline. Applications sent by post or fax and supporting and administrative documents sent by e-mail (as PDF documents) or fax will not be accepted.

The deadline for submission by e-mail is 15th December 2005, 23:59 Central European Time. Ap-plicants are strongly advised not to leave the submission of their applications until the last pos -sible moment. Applicants should consider that problems arising can only be dealt with during of-fice hours and that technical support will be guaranteed until 16:00 (Central European time) on 15 December 2005. Applicants are therefore strongly advised to submit applications in a timely manner.

Sections of the application that are not available electronically such as endorsement letters and CVs of external experts do not need to be sent by e-mail.

The e-mail-based applications must be sent to:

JEP2005 @etf.eu.int

Following the submission of the application by e-mail, applicants will receive an electronic ac-knowledgement of receipt by 19th of December 2005 at the latest, indicating the registration num-ber assigned to the application. This acknowledgement will be sent to the e-mail address from which the application has been submitted.

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The registration number must be indicated in the cover letter accompanying the supporting and administrative documents to be dispatched by post and used in all future correspondence about the project.

Applicants should not staple the original supporting and administrative documents and should ensure that the reference numbers indicated on the endorsement letters are in accordance with the ones used in section II.

The deadline for submission of the original supporting and administrative documents is 5 th Janu-ary 2006 (date as per post mark). Only those supporting and administrative documents ac-companied by a cover letter referring to a valid registration number will be accepted. Please note, that applicants will not receive an acknowledgement of receipt for their original sup-porting documents. However, applicants will be contacted in case these documents should not have reached the ETF by the 01st of March 2006.

The signed original supporting and administrative documents and two copies thereof must be sent in the same envelope, using registered mail to:

EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATIONTEMPUS DEPARTMENT – SELECTION TEAMJEP APPLICATION DEADLINE OF 15/12/05

VIALE SETTIMIO SEVERO, 6510133 TORINO

ITALY

The original supporting and administrative documents and copies dispatched by post must con-tain the signed declaration, all the endorsement letters and curricula vitae in case of proposed in-dividual experts as well as the signed legal entity and financial identification forms.

Applicants should be aware that only postal or courier registration slips indicating the project re-gistration number will be accepted as proof of dispatch.

Applicants should be aware that upon completion of the selection procedure all communication concerning this application (such as information on the decision, the provision of feedback to un-successful applicants, etc.) will solely take place with the person indicated in this application as “grant applicant” (reference number 1 in section II).

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THE APPLICATION FORM

This application form contains features that allow the automatic transfer of information into the database used for the selection and narrows down the possibility of applicants’ possible mistakes.

Applicants will find below some explanations on the structure of the form as well as some hints on how to fill it in. Should you nevertheless encounter any problems, do not hesitate to contact the Tempus Depart-ment of the European Training Foundation for prompt support, at the following e-mail address: [email protected]

How to complete the form:The structure of the following sections of this form is protected.- Section I, Declaration- Section II, Basic Data of the Project, List of Consortium Members- Section IV, Summary of the Project- Section V, Funding requirements- Section VI, Administrative Documents: Legal entities, Financial identification

Applicants are allowed to fill in only the specific fields, which are highlighted in grey while the rest of the form is not editable. There are free-text fields, where any text can be inputted (ex: <<Example text field>>), and selection fields, where you will have to select from a list of predefined values (ex. <<Please select avalue>>). As a general rule, in order to type into a field or to select a tick box, click on it with your mouse. You can also easily move from one field to the next using TAB or arrow keys.

In case the requested information is to be provided in the form of a list, you can start a new line after each individual entry by clicking on the “enter” key, within the same field, as in a normal “word” document.

Please note that some fields are automatically filled-in based on your input in other fields. For instance, you will only have to input the project title once on the cover page, and it will be displayed in all other sections of the application requesting this information. In general, you should always fill in the first field, requesting the information, which will then be copied into subsequent sections. We therefore recommend that you fill in the form starting from the cover page. In order to ease the navigation in the application form, we recommend using the Document Map feature (from MS Word menu, “View” “Document Map”)

Beside these general hints please take the following issues regarding the different sections of the form into account:

- Section II, List of consortium members:The form includes a limited number of “boxes” for participating consortium members and individual ex-perts. Should you plan to involve more consortium members and/or individual experts, please insert their data in the field called: “Contact details for further consortium members” and “Contact details for further individual experts” including the same information as for the protected “boxes”.

- Section V, Funding requirements:The Summary table n°8 (“Summary of project funding requirements”) will be automatically filled in with the total costs of each heading in the relevant tables n° 1-6.Furthermore, within table n°8, the percentage of co-financing of the project will be verified automatically, once the amount to be co-financed is inserted in the proper field in table n°7.

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SECTION I: DECLARATIONTo be completed by the Grant Applicant

The following should be signed by the grant applicant and by the legal representative of the grant applicant’s insti-tution. Please note that the Applicant Higher Education Institution must be based in the European Union.

1. We have stable and sufficient resources of funding to maintain our activities throughout the period during which the project is carried out;

2. We are not bankrupt or being wound up, are not having our affairs administered by the courts, have not entered into an arrangement with creditors, have not suspended business activities, are not subject of proceedings concerning those matters, and are not in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for under national legislation or regulations;

3. We have the professional competencies and qualifications required to complete the proposed project;

4. We have not been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract -ing authority can justify;

5. We have not been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;

6. We have not been subject of a judgement which has the force of res judicata for fraud, corruption, in -volvement in a criminal organisation or any other illegal activity detrimental to the Communities’ fin-ancial interests;

7. Following an award procedure financed by the Community budget, we have not been declared to be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply with the contractual obligations;

8. We have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which we are established or with those of the country of the contracting authority or those of the country where the contract is to be performed.

We, the undersigned, certify that the information given above and in the following project proposal is cor-rect to the best of our knowledge, and that the proposal has been endorsed by the relevant authorities rep -resenting the consortium members.We, the undersigned, have taken note that if found guilty of false declarations will receive financial penal-ties in proportion to the value of the grants in question.

Title of the project:Development of a Centre for Continuing Eduaction of Science Teachers

Ref. Nr. 0 - Legal Representative of the Applicant Higher Edu-cation Institution:

First name and surname: Andreja Kocijancic

Place: Ljubljana Date:

Position: Rector of the University of Ljubljana

Signature:

Official stamp or seal of the Applicant Higher Education Institution:

Ref. Nr. 1 - Grant Applicant:

First name and surname: Bojan Golli

Signature:

Place: Ljubljana Date: Application Number: (Re-gistration number obtained after submission)

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SECTION I: ENDORSEMENT LETTERS All consortium members (except the Grant Applicant’s Higher Education Institution) must submit an

endorsement letter to confirm their role and willingness to participate in the project; these must be sub-mitted together with the other supporting and administrative documents by the deadline.

Applicants should follow the model below.

MODEL ENDORSEMENT LETTER

OFFICIAL HEADED PAPER OF THE CONSORTIUM MEMBER

OBJECTIVE: ENDORSEMENT OF THE TEMPUS PROJECT: (FULL TITLE OF THE PROJECT)

CONTENT: Give details of the application, confirming the support of the consortium member for the project. Specify the role of the consortium member in the project and give details on the contact person.

For a partner country consortium member indicate how the project fits into the develop-ment strategy of the consortium member in the context of the reform of the higher educa-tion system.

Please insert a confirmation sentence stating that the consortium member has read the whole application, including the financial details, and is aware of the specific role it will have in the project.

SIGNATURE of the person legally authorised to represent the consortium member

POSITION of the person legally authorised to represent the consortium member

DATE: please remember that the date must be subsequent to the previous Joint European Project ap-plication deadline.

OFFICIAL STAMP or SEAL of the consortium member

For each proposed individual expert, a summary CV (maximum of 2 pages) must be included. The CV has to make explicit reference to the expertise to be provided in the framework of the given Joint European Project proposal.

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Application Forms; Tempus Joint European Project – 15/12/2005

SECTION II: BASIC DATA ON THE PROJECT

Title of the project:

Development of a Centre for Continuing Eduaction of Science Teachers

Acronym of the project:

DCCEST

Specific Objectives of the project:

To establish a centre for continuing education of science teachers, to develop continuing education cour-ses and to improve multimedia and web-based knowledge of science teachers

Partner country/ies involved: (Please tick the relevant box/es)

CARDS

MK – former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – CS - Serbia and Montenegro

– 1244 - KosovoAL – Albania

BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina

HR – Croatia

Tacis

BY – Belarus TJ – Tajikistan

KZ – Kazakhstan TM – Turkmenistan

KG – Kyrgyzstan UA – Ukraine

MD – Moldova UZ – Uzbekistan

RU – Russian Federation

MEDA

DZ – Algeria MA – Morocco

EG – Egypt PS – Palestinian Authority

IL – Israel (on a self-financing basis only) SY – Syria

JO – Jordan TN – Tunisia

LB – Lebanon

Has the grant applicant institution (Ref. No.:0) previously acted as a grant holder / contractor for a European Commis -sion grant / contract? (Please select from the button below.)

YesIf yes, please provide the registration number of the most recent grant agreement / contract:2004 - 2971/001 - 001 JMO JMO

Please specify with which Directorate General of the European Commission the project had been carried out:Directorate - General Education and Culture

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Subject area code: (Please refer to the Guide for Applicants Glossary of Codes and to Priorities for the partner countries in order to find out about the code for the relevant subject area, in line with the priorities for the partner country/ies involved). Please insert ONE code only

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The proposal had already been submitted in a previous call: NoIf yes, please provide the registration number:

1.

2.

3.

Individual Mobility Grants related to this proposal: (Please list any Tempus Individual Mobility Grant funded in the last 12 months in which any of the consortium members has been involved)

IMG – IMG - IMG – IMG - IMG - IMG - IMG – IMG – IMG -

Reference number of previous Tempus projects in which consortium members have been involved (if any):

JEP - 14139-1999 JEP - JEP – JEP – JEP – JEP – JEP - JEP - JEP -

Language of application and of future correspondence: (Please select from the list below)

English(E)

Type and duration of the project: (Please select from the lists below)

Curriculum Development (CD)

2 years (2)

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SECTION II: LIST OF CONSORTIUM MEMBERS Consortium members involved in the project: (Please include data on all consortium members involved in the

project. Refer to the Guide for Applicants, “Glossary of codes” (part IV, page 44) for the relevant codes assigned to countries, which specifies a two letter code for each country. For Kosovo -1244, the code 12 should be used.)

Reference number: 0 – Legal representative of the applicant higher education institution (same person as listed in the declaration under Ref. nr. 0)

Title: Mrs.(F)First name: Andreja Surname: Kocijancic

Function at organisation: Rector

Name of the organisation: University of Ljubljana

Type of organisation: University (U)Legal Status: Public Sector(PS)

Faculty:

Department:

Country*: SI Postal code: 1000

Town: Ljubljana CEDEX

Address: Kongresni trg 12

Phone: Country code: 386 City Code: 1 Phone Nr.: 241 86 00

Fax: Country code: 386 City Code: 1 Fax. Nr.: 241 86 50

E-mail: [email protected]

Reference number: 1 – Grant applicant(same person as listed in the declaration under Ref. nr. 1)

Title: Mr.(M)First name: Bojan Surname: Golli

Function at organisation: Associate Professor of Physics

Name of the organisation: University of Ljubljana

Type of organisation: University (U)Legal Status: Public Sector(PS)

Faculty: Faculty of Education

Department: Department of Physics and Technical Studies

Country*: SI Postal code: 1000

Town: Ljubljana CEDEX

Address: Kardeljeva ploshchad 16

Phone: Country code: 386 City Code: 1 Phone Nr.: 5892 200

Fax: Country code: 386 City Code: 1 Fax. Nr.: 5347 997


* Refer to the Guide for Applicants, “Glossary of codes” (part IV, page 44) for the relevant codes assigned to countries, which specifies a two letter code for each country. For Kosovo -1244, the code 12 should be used

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Application Forms; Tempus Joint European Project – 15/12/2005Reference number: 2 – Grant co-ordinator

(fill in only if different from above, otherwise, please leave this section blank)

Title: Mr.(M)First name: Blagoj Surname: Veljanski

Function at organisation: Professor of Computational Physics

Name of the organisation: Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

Type of organisation: University (U)Faculty: Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Department: Institute of Physics

Country*: MK Postal code: 1000

Town: Skopje CEDEX

Address: Gazi baba bb

Phone: Country code: 389 City Code: 2 Phone Nr.: 3117055

Fax: Country code: 389 City Code: 2 Fax. Nr.: 3228141


Reference number: 3 – Contact person of consortium memberTitle: Mr.(M)

First name: Harry Surname: Varvoglis

Function at organisation: Associate Professor

Name of the organisation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Type of organisation: University (U)Faculty: Faculty of Science

Department: Department of Physics

Country*: EL Postal code: 54124

Town: Thessaloniki CEDEX

Address: University campus





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Application Forms; Tempus Joint European Project – 15/12/2005Reference number: 4 – Contact person of consortium member

Title: Mrs.(F)First name: Surname:

Function at organisation:

Name of the organisation:

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Department:

Country*: Postal code:

Town: CEDEX

Address:

Phone: Country code: City Code: Phone Nr.:

Fax: Country code: City Code: Fax. Nr.:

E-mail:

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Contact Persons of further Consortium Members

Should the number of consortium members exceed 17, please use the following space to add additional members. The following information must be included for each contact person:Title, first and surname, position at institution, type of organisation, name of institution, name of fac-ulty, name of department, COMPLETE address, Phone, Fax and e-mail.

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Application Forms; Tempus Joint European Project – 15/12/2005List of proposed individual experts:

Please note that individual experts cannot come from any of the consortium member organisations, neither as staff nor as students, as in this case they can be involved in the project directly.

Reference: i – Individual expert (from non-consortium members) proposed for specific tasks in project (CV must be included of a maximum of 2 pages)

Title: Mr.(M)First name: Per Surname: Morgen


Name of the organisation: University of Southern Denmark

Type of organisation: University (U)Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering

Department: Department of Physics

Country*: DK Postal code: 5230

Town: Odense CEDEX

Address: Campusvej 55




Reference: ii – Individual expert (from non-consortium members) proposed for specific tasks in project (CV must be included of a maximum of 2 pages)

Title: Mrs.(F)First name: Valeri Surname: Golev


Name of the organisation: “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia

Type of organisation: University (U)Faculty: Faculty of Physics

Department: Department of Astronomy

Country*: BG Postal code: 1164

Town: Sofia CEDEX

Address: James Bourchier 5





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E-mail: Refer to the Guide for Applicants, “Glossary of codes” (part IV, page 44) for the relevant codes assigned to countries, which specifies a two letter

code for each country. For Kosovo -1244, the code 12 should be used

List of individual experts

Should the number of individual experts exceed 4, please use the following space to add additional ex-perts. The following information must be included for each contact person:Title, first and surname, function at institution, type of organisation, name of institution, name of fac-ulty, name of department, COMPLETE address, Phone, Fax and e-mail.

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SECTION III: PROJECT PARTICULARS

This application form requires a general understanding of the Logical Framework Matrix approach and some fa-miliarity with the vocabulary associated with it. Applicants who have never used the approach are therefore ad-vised to familiarise themselves with it and to consult one of the numerous handbooks available on the subject on the internet.

Please follow the guidelines provided in the Tempus Guide for Applicants, Part IV

In section III you are required to provide detailed information on your project in the form of narrative parts and accompanying tables; the information provided should not be repetitive but complementary. In the narrat-ive sections you are expected to describe aspects of your project from a strategic and methodological point of view whereas in the tables you are asked to enter into greater detail in relation to aspects such as expected out-comes, activities, inputs and budgetary requirements.

III.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECTA maximum of four pages A4

III.1a Partner country/ies problem and needs analysisIn this section you should present the justification behind the project, clearly identifying the specific prob-lems and/or needs on which the proposed project will focus and reasons why these have been selected. Please describe briefly how your project proposal came into being and how it was prepared.III.1b Presentation of the consortium and external experts

In this section you should explain why the selected consortium members are best suited to participate in the project and describe their particular expertise in relation to the project objectives.

III.2 THE PROJECTA maximum of four pages A4Having already identified the problems and needs in Section III.1a, in this narrative part you should describe the project which must be clearly and directly related to the identified problems. You must clearly indicate the working methodologies and processes to be used. Applicants should remember to include details on academic content.

III.3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES, OUTCOMES AND ACTIVITIES (LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRIX – LFM)

Please use the model provided. You are expected to complete an LFM (maximum of 2 pages), which represents a synthesis of the project. Details provided in the table should complement the information previously ex-plained in the project narrative (section III.2).

III.4 Work planA one-page work plan for each project year should be completed. Please create additional work plan tables if further space is needed.

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III.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT

A maximum of four pages A4

III.1a Partner country/ies problem and needs analysis:Please focus on the needs and constraints (a) in the Partner Country(ies), (b) at the PC higher education institu-tion(s) - if relevant please refer to respective legislation and/or regulations. Your information should be specific to the subject of the proposal.

During the period from 1 November 1999 to 31 October 2001, the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics in Skopje was involved in the Tempus Joint European Pproject: "Use of Computers in Continuing Education of Physics Teachers" (AC_JEP-14139-1999). As a result of the activities of this completed project (project website http://iunona2.pmf.ukim.edu.mk/fizikatempus), 97 physics teachers from 62 high schools to the country were trained to apply the computers in physics educa-tional process in secondary schools. This project had very good sustainability, as during June 2002, the Ministry of Education and Science of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia supplied 62 high schools in the country with modern computer equipment (set of 2 personal computers and 1 computer educational system Coach 5). Therefore, the situation with the computer-assisted knowledge of physics teachers in secondary schools in the country is better than in the previous period, but not yet satisfactory. It is evident that there is a basic need to continue the further improvement of the knowl-edge (especially multimedia and web-based knowledge) of science teachers (physics and also astron-omy, chemistry and biology teachers).

In particular, there is a lack of educational computer programs addressed to science students and teachers. Thus there is a great need to diffuse successful educational products across the country.

The proposed project will give an impetus and better conditions for improvement of the com-puter competence of science teachers and increase their ability to deal with the demands in the current era of computer technology.This project will fulfil the gap in the much-needed expertise of improving the knowledge of science students and teachers at the University of Skopje.

It is also necessary to update the general knowledge of science of older educators at all levels who didn’t have the opportunity to follow the modern web-based courses in their studies and, thus, couldn’t respond to the active interest of their students. The project will help in establishing a closer cooperation between the University in Skopje and Universities of Ljubljana and Thessaloniki.

The target group of the project will be the science teachers (physics, astronomy, chemistry and biology teachers) from secondary schools in Macedonia and the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natu-ral Siences and Mathematics in Skopje.

As the organization of continuing education of science teachers is a statutory obligation of the Faculty, the project will help very much to fulfil this obligation and also to contribute in moderniza-tion of the teaching process of science education in this era of new technologies.

The proposed project fits the priorities determined by the Ministry of Education and Science of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Restructuring the curricula and authorising institutions for education and training of teachers in secondary schools, with a special attention to the continuing education. The project also fits the recommendations of the National Strategy for the Development of the IT Society established in 2005.

The project fits directly into the national Tempus priorities: Natural Sciences and Mathematics and also Continuing Learning Training Courses.

Continuing learning is an essential element of the European Higher Education Area. In the fu-ture Europe, built upon a knowledge-based society and economy, continuing learning strategies are necessary to face the challenges of competitiveness and the use of new technologies.

The project also fits the Tempus preferences: 1) the project is very closely linked to the teacher training; 2) the project is complementary to the completed Tempus project “Use of Computers in Con-tinuing Education of Physics Teachers” in a very similar subject area, as it is above mentioned; and 3) the project includes the use of modern information and communication technology.

III.1b Presentation of the consortium:Please focus on the elements which are essential for the project (particular expertise, relevant previous experi-ence and contacts beneficial to the project). In case of involvement of external experts, please make reference to their specific expertise and contribution to the project. The grant applicant institution is the Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana (http://www.pef.uni-lj.si). The University of Ljubljana is an institution with a very rich tradition. The Univer-sity of Ljubljana was established in 1919 on the foundations of a long-established pedagogical tradi-tion. With its more than 56,000 undergraduate and post-graduate students, it ranks among the biggest universities in the world scale. A total of 22 faculties, 3 academies of art and 1 university college em-ploy approx. 3500 teaching and research staff, assisted by nearly 900 technical and administrative staff.The University of Ljubljana is famous for the quality of its study courses both in the humanities, and in scientific and technological fields, as well as in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.On a domestic and international level, the study courses run at the University of Ljubljana and its projects follow the latest world discoveries and trends in the field of art, science and technology, to which the contribution of numerous Slovenian professors and researchers is of great importance.The University of Ljubljana practices basic, applied and development research, striving for excellence and quality of the highest standard in all fields of science and arts, such as the humanities, social sci -ences, linguistics, arts, medicine, natural sciences and technology.The Faculty of Education is part of the University of Ljubljana which provides undergraduate and graduate studies in teacher education for primary and secondary schools. It covers the following fields: Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences and Technical Studies, Fine Arts Education, Primary School Teaching, Special Education and Social Pedagogy. The transformation of the former College of Education, by way of the Academy of Education, into a Faculty of Education came as a consequence of development of national education as well as social circumstances, in which the educa-tion of teachers gradually assumed an ever – greater importance, with the result that teacher – training programmes were increasingly expanded and improved. One of the factors conditioning this change was a shift in the conception of the teaching profession from one picturing the teacher with minimal authority, to one viewing the educator as autonomous and as a professional. Similar process can also be noted in other countries, where the education of primary school teachers has been gradually broad-ened and incorporated into universities.The Faculty of Education promotes the international cooperation which at the moment is very well de-veloped and helps in the Faculty`s recognition in the world. The international partnership is based on the cooperation between individual professors and researchers, the exchange of students and profes-sors. Bilateral collaborations on the basis of interstate agreements and in the frame of European Union Programmes is widely extended as well.The research in these fields is conducted in the framework of the Institute for research and artistic work and the Centre for education policy studies (CEPS) as well as other institution outside the Fac-ulty. Members of the research group are engaged several international research projects mostly sup-ported from EU programmes.

The grant applicant, Bojan Golli from the Faculty of Education, Department of Physics and Technical Studies is Associate Professor of Physics and his expertise will be very fruitful, especially in the sub-ject of educational aspects of physics.The coordinating institution is the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (http://www.pmf.ukim.edu.mk). In the 1946, the Faculty of Philoso-phy was established in Skopje as the first institution of higher education in Macedonia. Initially, it had departments only for history, philology, natural and mathematical sciences. A year later, with the en-actment of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, the University of Skopje, later named St. Cyril and Methodius, was inaugurated. In the beginning the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics had five Chairs, for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography, and grew into the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics by the end of 1958.The development of natural and mathematical sciences undoubtedly had a profound and fundamental effect on the overall evolution of the University. It has been the principal source in providing scholars for the University, teachers for elementary and high school education, and professionals for industry.The bygone years were times of continuous changes in order to address the necessities of contempo-rary education. However, some of these experiments, such as the division of the Faculty into five sepa-rate and independent faculties, in the late seventies and early eighties, were only temporary. By 1985 the Faculty was re-integrated and its realm was enriched with the foundation of the Institute of Infor -matics. Another major organizational unit is called the Observatory of Seismology and plays an im-portant role in research into earthquake phenomena especially in the region of Southern Europe.The Election to the Faculty evidences full-time status at the University and involvement in all of the academic and research activities, both at undergraduate and graduate level. The number of the faculty has steadily grown over the years and today there are 188 professors and associates. Most of them have spent considerable time as research and teaching fellows in European and American universities. Over the years, a significant number of national prizes and awards have been presented to the scholars for their merits in the fields of education and sciences.Study in the Faculty is designed to meet the needs of the students and introduce them to a broader con-text of the selected major in order to develop their intellectual potential to face the challenges in a rapidly changing world. The basic educational philosophy is that the science and engineering degrees must provide each graduate with in-depth theoretical knowledge, practical skills and confidence in or-der to pursue a prosperous career.The Faculty offers different degrees such as B.Ed., B.Sc. and B.Eng. in the areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, ethnology, informatics, and meteorology. There is a require-ment of at least one foreign language which is either English, French, German or Russian. A large number of laboratories facilitate the research and educational endeavor.The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has developed cooperation with numerous academic and research institutions from all over the world.The experience of the teaching staff of the Faculty in the previous completed Tempus project and their expertise in the educational aspects of science will ensure successful realization of the proposed objec-tives of the project.The project coordinator, Blagoj Veljanoski from the Institute of Physics of the Faculty of Natural Sci-ence and Mathematics in Skopje is a Full Professor of Theoretical Mechanics, Computational Physics and Philosophy of Natural Sciences. He was a co-coordinator of completed Tempus project “Use of computers in continuing education of Physics Teachers” (1999-2001) and now he is a co-coordinator of two Tempus Structural and Complementary Measures projects: “Web-based Learning Courses for Science Teachers” and “Multilingual Web-based Science Courses”.The other Consortium member from EU is Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (http://www.auth.gr). The establishment of the University of Thessaloniki, as the second Greek university, was legislated under Law 3341/1925, during the premiership of Alexandros Papanastassiou, during the period of the

first Greek Democracy. The chronological development of the University, which was renamed the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1954, can be divided into three stages, each covering a period of approximately twenty-five years.The Aristotle University today consists of 41 Departments as well as many other units, such as labora-tories, study rooms, libraries, clinics, etc., which make it the largest university in the country in terms of the staff, the number of students and the facilities offered. At the same time, due to the research work and the activities undertaken by the teaching and scientific staff, the University has gained inter-national recognition.So, the Aristotle University, through the progress it has made, has lived up to its founders' expecta-tions not only as far as its general contribution to the development of northern Greece is concerned, but also in terms of its special contribution to the scientific and educational development of the so-called "New Areas". However, the development and the completion of a dense university network in northern Greece is not only dependent on the Aristotle University in this specific geographical area but also on the Greek state in general, as the rapid developments of recent years in the Balkans and in the Black Sea area.Its elevation, however, to an important educational centre in this region presupposes the systematic de-velopment of its advantages, in relation to other institutions, and intense efforts in establishing com-munication and cooperation with related institutions and the corresponding community of other neigh-bouring countries; these relations, of course, are important preconditions not only for the promotion of subjects of scientific research and education, technology and culture, but also but also for the creation of conditions of political stability which, in turn, can serve economic development, based on the mu-tual benefit and common progress of the peoples of the area.The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of agreements for scientific research, reserves close contact with a large number of European Universities as well as universities in the U.S.A., Canada and Australia. This cooperation covers a wide range of fields in positive and techno-logical sciences, in Medicine, Law and Economic Science, Theology, Philosophy, Philology, etc. This contact is vital in the production and dissemination of knowledge and concerns cooperation not only in teaching but also in the field of research. It includes an exchange of teaching staff and students for ei-ther long or short periods of time and for both specialized and more general programmes.To date, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has signed agreements establishing scientific cooper-ation with the many universities and among them with “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje.The contact person Harry Varvoglis from the Faculty of Science of the Aristotle University of Thessa-loniki was already a collaborator in the previous completed Tempus project "Use of Computers in Continuing Education of Physics Teachers". He is Associate Professor of Astrophysics and his exper-tise will be very fruitful, especially in the subject of astronomy and distance teaching and learning.Individual expert Per Morgen from the University of Southern Denmark, as a leading European expert in distance education and continuing education (Chairman of 'Science and Technology' Academic Net-work of the EADTU (European Association of Distance Teaching Universities) and Scientific Director of EuroPACE (European Programme of Advanced Continuing Education), Paris, France) will partici-pate in the activities for establishment of the centre for continuing education and in realization of the system of continuing courses for science teachers.Individual expert Valeri Golev from the “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, as an expert in as-tronomy will act with upgrading the science and astronomical knowledge of teaching staff in the part-ner institution, expert evaluation of the developed material for continuing education and expert assis-tance to set the environment for operating the interactive course.

III.2 THE PROJECTA maximum of four pages A4

The project description should correspond to the needs identified and described under III.1a by focussing on the following points: How does your proposal solve/address these needs and constraints? Who is/are the target group/s of your project? Who are the direct/indirect beneficiaries?The main goal of the project is the establishment of a centre for continuing education of science teach-ers at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje.The main long term objective is the improvement of multimedia and web-based knowledge of science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia.To obtain this goal it is necessary to solve the following tasks over the two year–duration of the project:At the start of the project it will be necessary to obtain information about the training needs of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje.After that, study visits of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje to EU institutions will be carried out in order to examine at first hand the current state of the use of computers in science education and to get experience for development of continuing education courses and organization of training seminars. Upon their return, detailed discussions should take place on the basis of the knowledge in order to make plans for organization of the system of training courses for continuing education. The criteria for the choice of individuals who will travel for the study stay will be the following: commitment to the programme, computer skilfulness, knowledge of foreign language, willingness to participate at training seminars. The decisions will be made by the Management Committee.In accordance with identification of the needed computer equipment and software, it will be made a decision on optimal choice of the needed computer equipment and educational software. The equip-ment will be purchased and installed at the classroom of the centre for continuing education. This cen-tre will be very valuable to achieve urgent needs of the science teachers for improvement of their sci-ence knowledge (especially multimedia and web-based knowledge) and to take advantage of the com-puter equipment too, by which the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia supplied 62 secondary schools in the country. Indeed, it will be disadvantage not to use this supplied equipment. The purchased books, software, CD-ROM demonstration disks will be of big help to the staff for creating the courses and materials. The educational experience they will get in partner Uni-versities will be of great importance. The high quality creation of the courses will be based on the pos-sibility to use new advanced equipment and technologies in the centre for continuing education.The development of course syllabi and adaptation and development of continuing education courses will be made by the teaching staff of the working project team who used their knowledge and know-how of multimedia technologies gained during the period of retraining in EU partner countries. A con-cept for the courses will be elaborated on the base of comparable courses in the EU universities, yet adapted to the special needs of the partner country. This concept which will include the first drafts of syllabi will be evaluated after the first retraining phase. The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathe-matics will collaborate with the Bureau for Development of Education in the frames of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia in order to find the best way of ensuring that the courses are accessible and appropriate for science teachers and students in Macedonia. The Faculty will also collect and analyse the suggestions coming from the trials in the schools and summarize them critically for the further versions.100 science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia will be selected to participate at training seminars organized in the centre for continuing education at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Math-ematics in Skopje. The total number of teachers will be divided in 5 groups of 20 participants. Taking into account the engagement of the teachers in their everyday education process, each group of teach-ers will participate in one day seminar which will be organized five times per year in two years dura-tion of the project. 2 professors from University of Ljubljana, 2 professors from Aristotle University

of Thessaloniki, individual expert Per Morgen from the University of Southern Denmark, individual expert Valeri Golev from the “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia together of 10 members of teaching staff of Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje will be engaged in delivering of intensive training courses for science teachers in established centre for continuing education. The web-site of the centre will be designed right from the start of the project. The first version will in -clude initial information about the centre and plans of its development. The updating of the web-links is an essential part of the dissemination because it ensures transparency and provides ongoing informa-tion about the outputs of the centre. The web-site will be maintained beyond the lifetime of the project by collection of all new information about the centre.Dissemination, sustainability, monitoring, quality control and management are necessary elements for the proper running of the project.The management, which contents of consortium meetings and the coordination of the project is an es-sential component of the project. The management ensures the proper implementation and running of the project.The establishment of the centre for continuing education of science teachers at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje will have significant effects not only for the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, but also for the educational system in the Republic of Macedonia.

III.3 LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRIX – LFM

Wider Objective:What is the overall broader objective, to which the pro-ject will contribute? To provide a necessary improvement of science knowledge of the population

Indicators of progress:What are the key indicators related to the wider object-ive? Status of the use of computers in the teaching process Status of the science in the teaching process

How indicators will be measured:What are the sources of information on these indicat-ors? Increased interest for studying science Inclusion of topics of science in high school curricula

Specific Project Objective/s:What are the specific objective/s, which the project shall achieve? To establish a centre for continuing edu-cation of science teachers, to develop con-tinuing education courses and to improve multimedia and web-based knowledge of science teachers

Indicators of progress:What are the quantitative and qualitative indicators showing whether and to what extent the project’s spe-cific objective/s are achieved? Increased number of students studying science Science teachers with updated and quali-fied knowledge of science Interest of pupils to study science

How indicators will be measured:What are the sources of information that exist and can be collected? What are the methods required to get this information? Report from secondary schools Establishment of schools science sec-tions Results from the competitions in science

Assumptions & risks:What are the factors and conditions not under the dir-ect control of the project, which are necessary to achieve these objectives? What risks have to be con-sidered? Full support by the Ministry of Educa-tion and Science for the establishing of the system of continuing education

Outputs (tangible) and Outcomes (intan-gible):Please provide the list of concrete outputs/outcomes leading to the specific objective/s, using bullet points, considering the following questions for their definition:What are the envisaged quantifiable and non-quantifi-able effects and benefits of the project?What improvements and changes will be produced by the project?1. Retrained teaching staff in the partner institution2. Computer classroom at the centre for continuing education3. New and upgraded continuing education courses4. Organization of continuing education seminars5. Dissemination6. Sustainability7. Quality control8. Management

Indicators of progress:What are the indicators to measure whether and to what extent the project achieves the envisaged results and effects? New multimedia teaching material pro-duced Organization of the system for continu-ing education Consortium meets regularly for updating

How indicators will be measured:What are the sources of information on these indicat-ors? Reports of science staff Prospectus from the Faculty Reports on activities from partner insti-tutions Usage of equipment expressed in the percentage of the total available time Inclusion of the prepared material in the science Reports from secondary schools Minutes of coordinating meetings

Assumptions & risks:What external factors and conditions must be realised to obtain the expected outcomes and results on sched-ule? Enough enthusiastic science teachers in-terested in taking part Inertia of teachers who have never took lessons of modern science Adequate computer skilfulness of sci-ence teachers

Activities:What are the key activities to be carried out and in what sequence in order to produce the expected res-ults? 1.1 Identification of training needs of the teaching staff in the partner institution 1.2 Develop and implement training of the teaching staff in the partner institution 2.1 Identification of the necessary com-puter equipment and educational software 2.2 Purchase of computer equipment and educational software 2.3 Installation of computer equipment and software 2.4 Set up e-learning web portal of the centre for continuing education 3.1 Development of course syllabi 3.2 Adaptation and development of con-tinuing education courses 4.1 Selection of 100 participants at train-ing seminars 4.2 Preparation of training seminars 4.3 Realization of the series of training seminars for continuing education of sci-ence teachers 5.1 Design and presentation of a web-site of the project 5.2 Organization of information sessions and public presentation 6.1 Establishing of legislative frame-work for continuing education 7.1 Evaluation of the results by external experts 8.1 Coordination meetings 8.2 Day-to-day project coordination and accounting

Inputs:What inputs are required to implement these activities, e.g. staff time, equipment, mobilities, publications etc.? Equipment: 1 computer (multimedia graphic station) 1 computer (www + ftp server) 12 computers (workstations) 12 web cameras 1 CCD camera 1 printer 1 scanner 1 LCD projector 1 plotter ed-ucation and reference books appli-cation packages educational software Mobilities: 24 flows from Partner Country to EU 18 flows from EU to Partner Country 2 flows from Candidate Country to Part-ner Country 1000 flows within the Partner Country in duration of one day of each Staff time:

1460 hours for academic tasks (preparation and adaptation of teaching materials for continuing courses) 4800 hours for administrative tasks (administration and coordination of project activities, accounting activities)

Printing and publishing of comprehensive teaching material for intensive training courses

Assumptions, risks and pre-conditions:What pre-conditions are required before the project starts? What conditions outside the project’s direct control have to be present for the implementation of the planned activities? Initiative and enthusiasm of the staff from the Faculty of Science Adequate computer skilfulness of teach-ing staff Full support by the Faculty of Science for the establishing of the system of life-long learning

III.4 WORKPLAN Please use the model provided. Applicants are expected to complete a one-page work plan for each project year.For each year of your project proposal, please complete a work plan indicating the deadlines for each outcome and the period and location in which your activities will take place. The same reference and sub-reference numbers as used in the logical framework matrix must be assigned to each outcome and related activities.M1 = first month of the project year; 12 M = 1 year; 4 weeks = 1 M. Please use one symbol (= / X) to represent one week.

WORKPLAN for first project year

ActivitiesM1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12Ref. N°

/Sub Ref. N° Title

1 Retrained teaching staff in the partner institution O1.1 Identification of training needs of the teaching staff XX XX XX XX XX1.2 Develop and implement training of the teaching staff == == == == ==2 Computer classroom at the centre for continuing education O

2.1 Identification of the necessary computer equipment and educational software

XX XX

2.2 Purchase of computer equipment and educational software XX XX2.3 Installation of computer equipment and software XX XX2.4 Set up e-learning web portal of the centre for continuing education XX XX XX XX3 New and upgraded continuing education courses O

3.1 Development of course syllabi XX XX XX3.2 Adaptation and development of continuing education courses XXX XXX XXX4 Organization of continuing education seminars O

4.1 Selection of 100 participants at training seminars XX XX XX4.2 Preparation of training seminars XX XX XX4.3 Realization of the series of training seminars for continuing educa-

tion of science teachersXXX XXX XXX

5 Dissemination O5.1 Design and presentation of a web-site of the project XX5.2 Organization of information sessions and public presentation X X6 Sustainability O

6.1 Establishing of legislative framework for continuing education X X7 Quality control and monitoring O

7.1 Evaluation of the results by external experts XX X8 Management of the project O

8.1 Coordination meetings X8.2 Day-to-day project coordination and accounting X X X

Starting and end date of Outcome: OActivity carried out in the EU/Candidate Country: =Activity carried out in the Partner Country (ies): X

WORKPLAN for second project year

ActivitiesM1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12Ref. N°

/Sub Ref. N° Title

1 Retrained teaching staff in the partner institution O1.1 Identification of training needs of the teaching staff1.2 Develop and implement training of the teaching staff == == == == == ==2 Computer classroom at the centre for continuing education O

2.1 Identification of the necessary computer equipment and educational software

2.2 Purchase of computer equipment and educational software2.3 Installation of computer equipment and software XX2.4 Set up e-learning web portal of the centre for continuing education XX XX XX3 New and upgraded continuing education courses O

3.1 Development of course syllabi XX XX XX3.2 Adaptation and development of continuing education courses XXX XXX XXX XXX4 Organization of continuing education seminars O

4.1 Selection of 100 participants at training seminars4.2 Preparation of training seminars XX XX XX4.3 Realization of the series of training seminars for continuing educa-

tion of science teachersXXX XXX XXX

5 Dissemination O5.1 Design and presentation of a web-site of the project XX XX5.2 Organization of information sessions and public presentation X X6 Sustainability O

6.1 Establishing of legislative framework for continuing education X X7 Quality control and monitoring O

7.1 Evaluation of the results by external experts X XX8 Management of the project O

8.1 Coordination meetings X8.2 Day-to-day project coordination and accounting X X X

Starting and end date of Outcome: OActivity carried out in the EU/Candidate Country: =Activity carried out in the Partner Country (ies): X

III.5 OUTCOME & ACTIVITY TABLES

The outcome tables enable you to give precise details on each expected outcome and the related activities. You should also provide details on the resources needed for each outcome. Please create additional tables if further space is needed.The following types of information will be required: Please fill in the same title and reference number for each outcome as provided in the Logical Framework

Matrix. Please include assumptions and risks for each outcome where relevant. Please provide a representative title for each activity together with a sub-reference number, starting and end

date. An adequate description of each activity; what will be done, when, where and how. The consortium member/s or experts who will carry out an activity should be stated, specifying which staff

from which of the consortium members will be responsible for and carry out each single activity (e.g.: Senior administrative staff from university A; the rectorate of university B; finance officers from institution C; quality control staff from institution D, etc.). It is not sufficient to merely list some (or all) consortium members.

For each activity a target group must be clearly identified. A target group is composed of the direct benefi-ciaries of the activity and could typically include one or more of the following: Academic staff of a given department, university administrative staff, students, trainees participating in a training course. Please quantify your target group and state precisely who they are and where they are located (e.g.: 5 librarians of university A; 20 secondary school teachers, 25 students from the institutions B, C and D; 10 administrators at the Ministry of Education; etc.). This is particularly important for projects in which several Partner Country institutions are involved.

All the resources (financial, human, material) needed to execute an activity must be described in the “Input” row. The information provided should be specified and itemised. For staff costs please provide information on the kind of staff , where they come from and what the hourly rates are (e.g.: Academic staff from EU in-stitution F x G hours x H Euro). In case of staff and student mobilities, you must indicate the number of people, the direction and duration of each of the mobilities (e.g.: 5 PC staff to EU institution A for B num-ber of weeks). For equipment, you should be as precise as possible on the types of equipment needed for each activity and the number of items (e.g.: 15 computers and 1 network printer).

For each outcome you should indicate the types of expenditures that will be necessary by filling in the “re-lated costs” table at the end of this section. You should not duplicate expenditure under more than one out -come, as the sum of the total budget required for each outcome should correspond to the totals indicated in Section V, Table 8, ‘Summary of project funding requirements’. Overheads should be accounted for only once, under the outcomes and activities table for ‘Management

of the Project’.For Dissemination and Sustainability, Quality Control and Monitoring, and Management of the Project, you must also provide a description of the strategy you will adopt.

OUTCOME/OUTPUT AND ACTIVITY TABLES

Outcome title: Retrained teaching staff in the partner institution Ref. N°: 1Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date: 30.06.2008

Related Assump-tions and risks:

Initiative and enthusiasm of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathem-atics in Skopje, adequate computer skilfulness of the teaching staff

Activity title: Identification of the training needs of the teaching staff in the partner institution

Sub Ref. N°: 1.1

Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date : 30.09.2007Description of the

activity:Identification of the training needs of teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje

The consortium member/s or ex-

perts who will carry out the

activity:

Members of the Management Committee from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathemat-ics in Skopje

Target group/s:Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje who will be in-volved in the project activities

Inputs: Academic staff costs (€700)

Activity title: Develop and implement training of the teaching staff in the partner in-stitution

Sub Ref. N°: 1.2

Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date : 30.06.2008

Description of the activity:

Study visits of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje to EU institutions will be carried out in order to examine at first hand the current state of the use of computers in science education and to get experience for development of con -tinuing education courses and organization of training seminars. Upon their return, detailed discussions should take place on the basis of the knowledge in order to make plans for organ-ization of the system of training courses for continuing education. The criteria for the choice of individuals who will travel for the study stay will be the following: commitment to the pro-gramme, computer skilfulness, knowledge of foreign language, willingness to participate at training seminars. The decisions will be made by the Management Committee.



activity:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje as guests and University of Ljubljana and University of Thessaloniki as hosts

Target group/s: Members of the project team from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje

Inputs:

Mobilities:8 staff members from Macedonia to University of Ljubljana for 4 days each (€ 8.400),16 staff members from Macedonia to University of Thessaloniki for 6 days each (€ 15.200);Visas (€1.000)

RELATED COSTS (for the outcome described above)

Budget Heading Related Costs in €

Staff Costs 700

Cost of Stay, Travel Costs, Institutional Costs 23.600

Equipment Costs 0

Printing and Publishing Costs 0

Other Costs 1.000

Total Costs 25.300

Outcome title: Computer classroom at the centre for continuing education Ref. N°: 2Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date: 30.03.2008


Initiative and enthusiasm of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathem-atics in Skopje to establish the needed classroom as a core facility of the Centre for continuing education of science teachers

Activity title: Identification of the necessary computer equipment and educational software

Sub Ref. N°: 2.1


Description of the activity: Make decision on optimal choice of the needed computer equipment and educational software



activity:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, experts from EU partner institutions and individual experts

Target group/s: Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje

Inputs: Expert advices

Activity title: Purchase of computer equipment and educational software Sub Ref. N°: 2.2Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date : 30.03.2008


In accordance with identification of the needed computer equipment and software, call for tender should be sent out and after that the computer equipment and educational software will be purchased to support the classroom of the centre for continuing education



activity:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje


Inputs:

1 computer (multimedia graphic station), 1 computer (www + ftp server), 12 computers (workstations), 12 web cameras, 1 CCD camera, 1 printer, 1 scanner, 1 LCD projector, 1 plot-ter,education and reference books, application packages, educational software (€ 65.000)

Activity title: Installation of computer equipment and educational software Sub Ref. N°: 2.3Starting date: 1.03.2007 End date : 30.04.2008


Purchased computer equipment and educational software will be installed in the classroom of the Centre, computer network will be configured, teaching staff will be trained on usage the software and network



activity:

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje


Inputs: Academic staff costs (honoraria for installation and training) (€1.000)

Activity title: Set up e-learning web portal of the centre for continuing education Sub Ref. N°: 2.4Starting date: 1.04.2007 End date : 30.09.2008


E-learning web portal will be designed right from the establishing of the Centre. The first ver -sion will include initial information about the Centre and plans of its development. Then the web portal will be maintained beyond the lifetime of the project by collection of all new in-formation about the Centre.



activity:



Inputs: Academic staff costs (€ 1.000), printing and publishing costs (designing and maintenance of e-learning web portal of the centre) (€5.000)



Staff Costs 2.000

Cost of Stay, Travel Costs, Institutional Costs 0

Equipment Costs 65.000

Printing and Publishing Costs 5.000

Other Costs 0

Total Costs 72.000

Outcome title: New and upgraded continuing education courses Ref. N°: 3Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date: 30.09.2008


Using of the experience of the teaching staff in the previous completed Tempus project, ad -equate computer skilfulness of science teachers

Activity title: Development of course syllabi Sub Ref. N°: 3.1Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date : 30.04.2008


The development of course syllabi will be made by the teaching staff of the working project team from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics with the help of experts from EU institutions. The concept which will include the first drafts of syllabi will be evaluated after the first retraining phase.



activity:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, experts from EU and individual experts


Inputs: Academic staff costs (€2.000)

Activity title: Adaptation and development of continuing education courses Sub Ref. N°: 3.2Starting date: 1.04.2007 End date : 30.09.2008


The adaptation and development of continuing education courses will be made by the teach -ing staff of the working project team who used their knowledge and know-how of multimedia technologies gained during the period of retraining in EU partner countries. A concept for the courses will be elaborated on the base of comparable courses in the EU universities, yet adap-ted to the special needs of the partner country. The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathe-matics will collaborate with the Bureau for Development of Education in the frames of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia in order to find the best way of ensuring that the courses are accessible and appropriate for science teachers and students in Macedonia. The Faculty will also collect and analyse the suggestions coming from the trials in the schools and summarize them critically for the further versions.



activity:

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, experts from EU andindividual experts


Inputs:

Academic staff costs:1 academic staff from University of Ljubljana x 150 hours x €20 (€3.000),1 academic staff from University of Thessaloniki x 150 hours x €20 (€3.000),Individual expert Per Morgen from the University of Southern Denmark x 50 hours x €20 (€1.000),Individual expert Valeri Golev from the University of Sofia x 50 hours x €20 (€1.000),3 academic staff from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje x 478 hours x €6 (€8.600),Printing and publishing costs (€3.000)



Staff Costs 18.600

Cost of Stay, Travel Costs, Institutional Costs 0

Equipment Costs 0


Other Costs 0

Total Costs 21.600

Outcome title: Organization of continuing education seminars Ref. N°: 4Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date: 30.09.2008


Experience of the teaching staff in the previous completed Tempus project, enough enthusi-astic science teachers interested in taking part at the training seminars, adequate computer skilfulness of science teachers

Activity title: Selection of 100 participants at training seminars Sub Ref. N°: 4.1Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date : 30.04.2007


Taking into account the involvement of the science teachers in the previous completed Tem-pus project, their interest to participate at training seminar and their adequate computer skil-fulness, 100 science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia will be selected to parti-cipate at training seminars in the Centre.



activity:


Target group/s: Science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia

Inputs: Academic tasks

Activity title: Preparation of training seminars Sub Ref. N°: 4.2Starting date: 1.02.2007 End date : 30.04.2008


Using the experience that the teaching staff of the working project team gained during the period of retraining in EU partner countries, the plan for delivering of the training seminars will be made.



activity:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, experts from EU and individual experts

Target group/s: Science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia

Inputs: Academic tasks

Activity title: Realization of the series of training seminars for continuing education of science teachers

Sub Ref. N°: 4.3



The total number of 100 science teachers will be divided in 5 groups of 20 participants. Tak -ing into account the engagement of the teachers in their everyday education process, each group of teachers will participate in one day seminar which will be organized five times per year in two years duration of the project. 2 professors from University of Ljubljana, 2 profess-ors from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, individual expert Per Morgen from the Univer-sity of Southern Denmark, individual expert Valeri Golev from the “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia together with 10 members of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje will be engaged in delivering of intensive training courses for science teachers in the centre for continuing education



activity:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, experts from EU partner Universities and individual experts

Target group/s: 100 science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia

Inputs:

Mobilities:100 teachers participating in one-day training seminars five times per year in two years of duration of project, therefore (100152 = 1000) flows within Macedonia (€30.000),6 academic staff from the University of Ljubljana to Macedonia for 5 day each (€6.300),6 academic staff from the University of Thessaloniki to Macedonia for 4 days each (€3.900),Individual expert Per Morgen from the University of Southern Denmark for 4 days (€1.800), Individual expert Valeri Golev from the University of Sofia for 4 days (€1.300), Academic staff costs:1 academic staff from the University of Ljubljana x 150 hours x €20 (€3.000),1 academic staff from the University of Thessaloniki x 150 hours x €20 (€3.000),Individual expert Per Morgen from the University of Southern Denmark x 50 hours x €20 (€1.000),Individual expert Valeri Golev from the University of Sofia x 50 hours x €20 (€1.000),4 academic staff from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje x 480 hours x €6 (€11.500),Printing and publishing (€1.500)



Staff Costs 19.500

Cost of Stay, Travel Costs, Institutional Costs 43.300

Equipment Costs 0


Other Costs 0

Total Costs 64.300

III.5.1 DISSEMINATIONA maximum of one page A4

Please describe the dissemination strategy the consortium will follow in order to ensure that positive results will be made available both within and outside the Partner Country institutions during the life of the project.

The project will start with setting up an Internet web-site which will continuously show the project’s progress. These sites will be devoted mostly to the presentation of teaching materials.

All dissemination events will be accompanied by distribution of special printed materials. All teaching materi-als, elaborated during the project, will be accessible for all interested peoples both in printed and electronic forms.

All outputs will be freely available on www and ftp server, which will be established within the planned centre for continuing education of science teachers.

Taking advantage of the experience gained with the previously successful Tempus project we will exploit the best practices to improve and foster the project in the country. This would reinforce the already established net-works between schools and scientific disseminators and widen the analysis and the dissemination of the results.

The projected centre for continuing education will organize information sessions with journalists before or dur-ing the training courses. The teaching staff from the centre will publish some popular scientific articles in daily and periodical journals. Public presentation of project outputs will be organized as a unique opportunity for the general audience to acquire some science knowledge and to be acquainted with the updated information. Demonstration and shows will be set up by all the partners at the National and International education seminars, exhibitions, public debates related to education and science communication.

We will start a wide and prolonged trial (also beyond the end of the project) in the schools in Macedonia with the aim of trying out innovative pedagogical strategies as well as laboratory work, in order to improve the learning and teaching of science to students and teachers and to ensure effective communication of the scientific content to citizens.

Dissemination measures are core activities of the proposed work and relevant right from the beginning of the project. Dissemination will play a crucial role in attracting target audiences for the centre and seminars for con-tinuing education of science teachers.

Dissemination activities are oriented in the following directions:

Project dissemination channels: the web-links, information on events, training materials used at the seminars, the publications, reports and statistics, the electronic version of the brochures etc. will be published.

Dissemination through printed material on the project: printed brochures and seminar-material for the trainees.

Dissemination through the events: seminars for the science teachers; open days of the centre for continuing edu-cation.

Dissemination on demand: this includes all forms of information material which may be consulted by any inter-ested party upon request. The provided services may enable interested parties to access electronic data and in-teract with the project information base in a friendly way i.e. navigate, retrieve, request.

The systematic dissemination of the project's results is a key pre-requisite for the exploitation of the project re-sults and the overall success of the project.

The dissemination effect is in-built in the project itself due to its nature: improving of the science knowledge and its spreading to the students. Tangible outputs: as teaching material, practical manuals, books and software (prepared in the local language) will be offered to the schools as a present for their library, laboratories or for the use of science sections.

In addition, a web forum will be developed to summarise and disseminate the results from, and the best prac-tices implicit in, the analyses of the evaluations received from people involved in the trials of the project in schools. Then the forum will be updated with the results of the trials and dissemination phases of the new mul-timedia contents, so as to inform discussion on all topics relating to the energy and semiconductors, and to en-courage the exchange of ideas about teaching them in schools.

Outcome title: DISSEMINATION Ref. N°: 5Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date: 30.09.2008


The science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia, which were involved in the previ-ous completed project, are already informed for the activities of the proposed project

Activity title: Design and presentation of a web-site of the project Sub Ref. N°: 5.1Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date : 30.09.2008


Web site will be designed right from the start of the project. The first version will include ini -tial information about the project features and general teams’s plans. Then the web-site will be maintained beyond the lifetime of the project by collection of all new information about the project development and its actions.



activity:


Target group/s: Science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia, public representatives and educa -tional authorities

Inputs: Academic staff costs (€1.000), printing and publishing (€2.000)

Activity title: Organization of information sessions and public presentation Sub Ref. N°: 5.2Starting date: 1.11.2006 End date : 30.04.2008

Description of the activity: Organization of information session and public presentation of the outcomes of the project



activity:


Target group/s: Public representatives and educational authorities


COSTS RELATED TO DISSEMINATION


Staff Costs 2.000

Cost of Stay and Travel Costs 0

Equipment Costs 0


Other Costs 0

Total Costs 5.000

III.5.2 SUSTAINABILITYA maximum of half page A4

In this section applicants should refer to activities that will be organised during the project life time and that will lead to the sustainability of project results after the Tempus financing has ended. Factors that contribute to the sustainability of project results such as the accreditation of the new courses and/or curricula; involvement of the private sector and/or other stakeholders for future development and planning; future oriented partnerships between universities, guarantee of future financial resources, preparation and/or setting-up of a business plan for the newly established unit/centre, etc;Please describe the long-term perspective for project results, making particular reference to various aspects such as: Financial sustainability (how will activities be financed after the Tempus funding has ended?). Institutional sustainability (will structures be established and remain in place so as to allow activities to continue?). Sustainability at the policy level where applicable (what will be the structural impact of the project – e.g. will it lead

to improved methods, procedures, legislation?)

Financial sustainability: The project will have implemented and fulfilled all its objectives until the end of the project. After the Tempus project has ended, the centre for continuing learning of science teachers will be used by the undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje and therefore the Faculty will finance it. Therefore the financial aspect is the task of the Faculty which overtake the responsibility for using and keep running the centre for continuing learning of science teachers.Institutional sustainability: The target groups are conscious of the advantages of the new structures and see a big benefit in using them and looking forward to keep the structure. The full running of the centre remains in place and is an important contribution to the Faculty. The full support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ensures that the activities of the project will be sustained, espe-cially in respect to the programme of the Ministry to establish the Internet connections of all secondary schools in the country.Sustainability at the policy level: The Ministry of Education and Science recognises the importance of continu-ing education of science teachers in the country and will provide the legislative framework for this type of ac-tivity. Outcomes of the project will be presented to the educational authorities. The scope is to include some of them in the National strategy for educational and science development.

Outcome title: SUSTAINABILITY Ref. N°: 6Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date: 30.09.2008

Related Assump-tions

and risks:

Full support of the Ministry of Education and Science to ensure that the activities of the pro-ject will be sustained

Activity title: Establishing of legislative framework for continuing education Sub Ref. N°: 6.1Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date : 30.09.2008

Description of the activity: Organization of information session and coordination meetings with educational authorities



activity:


Target group/s:Educational authorities of the Ministry of Education and legal representatives of the Faculty

ofScience in Skopje


COSTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY


Staff Costs 1.000


Equipment Costs 0


Other Costs 0

Total Costs 3.000

III.5.3 QUALITY CONTROL AND MONITORINGA maximum of half page A4

Please use this section to describe your overall internal and external quality control and monitoring strategies/methods by providing information on the following issues: How will the timely achievement of the planned outcomes be demon -strated/measured in an objective and quantifiable way? Which are the adjustment mechanisms foreseen in case the qual -ity differs from the one expected or the outcomes will not be achieved on time? Please describe the concrete evaluation measures and the identified responsible actors. Typical actions could include for example peer reviews, evaluations and external accreditation or inter-Tempus project coaching.

The quality control and the monitoring of the project will be ensured through the following methodologies:Self Evaluation: Consortium members will ensure the quality control through self evaluation done by the con-tract members of the universities. The quality control will entail both the content of the project and the method of publication and dissemination of the results of the project. The purpose of the Universities’ involvement is not only aimed at reviewing the quality of the work performed by self evaluation but also to contribute to the fulfilment of the wider objective of this project. The self evaluation will take place at the consortium meetings.The questionnaires for the participants control the quality of professional implementation and running of the centre for continuing education. Another important task is the evaluation of transfer of knowledge, which is re-sponsible for the assurance of professional staff and professional running of the centre.Monitoring and External Evaluation: Monitoring experts will perform an evaluation of the overall common ap-proach for a professional establishment and updating of the centre for continuing education. The external evalu-ation will be done in the end of the project.Internal monitoring consists of keeping all project documents like minutes of seminars, syllabi, course material, current statistics and so on. Participants in seminars and courses will have to fill in questionnaires at the end of these events and half a year later to find out which new ideas have influenced their work in their jobs.In order to ensure successful realization of the project activities, the Local Management Committee would beresponsible to perform a direct supervision of the schedule. Once a month, the Coordinator should give an oral report to this Committee. Twice a year the Management Committee, consisting of one member from each EU partner institution and one external expert will meet in order to review and discuss the progress of the project.The quality of the prepared educational materials will be assessed by the experts (members of the consortium) and the anonymous reviewers assigned by the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje.

Outcome title: QUALITY CONTROL AND MONITORING Ref. N°: 7Starting date: 1.06.2007 End date: 30.09.2008


Activity title: Evaluation of the results by external expertsRef. No. of outcome/s to be assessed: 2; 3; 4

Starting date: 1.06.2007 End date: 30.09.2008

Indicators of progress:

New multimedia teaching material produced, prepared teaching material with modern sci -ence contents, organization of the system of continuing education, consortium meets regu-larly for updating

How the indicators will be assessed:

Reports of science staff, prospectus from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, reports on the activities from partner institutions, usage of equipment expressed in the percentage of the total available time, inclusion of the prepared material in the sci -ence lessons and in science sections, reports from secondary schools, minutes of coordinat -ing meetings

Consortium mem-ber/s or experts

who will carry out the assessment:

Teaching staff of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, experts from EU institutions and individual experts


COSTS RELATED TO QUALITY CONTROL AND MONITORING


Staff Costs 1.000


Equipment Costs 0


Other Costs 0

Total Costs 2.000

III.5.4 MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECTA maximum of one page A4

Please describe the role and responsibility within the project of each consortium member (from the Partner Country(ies) as well as from the EU) and of individual experts (where appropriate). Applicants should include an estimation of the tasks that will have to be performed in each project year in order to guar -antee effective and efficient project management. This section should also make reference to human resource hours for tasks related to project management.In addition, you should explain how the overall project management will be implemented making specific reference to the management structure in the Partner Country/ies, how decisions will be taken (reference should be made to decision-making mechanisms/bodies and their roles in case of divergent opinions) and how the consortium proposes to ensure per -manent and effective communication and reporting.

The consortium is made up of three well integrated and complementary partners. Each participant in the consor-tium has demonstrated specific resources (skills, competence and expertise) which are essential for achieving the project objectives. The consortium members are: the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, University of Ljubljana and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Also, external experts such as Per Morgen and Valeri Golev will be involved in the project.Role and responsibility of consortium members:The grant coordinator institution, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje will be ultimately responsible for the overall management of the project, administration and supervision and will coordinate all project activities. The project coordinator, Blagoj Veljanoski will be responsible for the overall coordination of the project execution and inter-partner cooperation, the organisation of project meetings and reviews, the updat-ing of information on the web site, the distribution of notes, meeting agendas and minutes, and he will be the li -aison among the coordinating institution and other partners of the project. The coordinator, as a team chairman, assures the active participation of all project partners as essential to maintaining partner motivation and contri-bution, in particular to analyse work progress, to evaluate partner suggestions and to make decisions on the work plan. The realization of the project, will indeed require a continuous reviewing process of resources and analyse the work progress and planning the implementation of the project and take decisions on the work plan, procedures and policy.The grant holder institution, the University of Ljubljana will be legally responsible for the administration of the Tempus grant in accordance with the plans presented in the application and the terms of the contract awarded and financial management of the project.The EU partners of project: University of Ljubljana and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will participate in the activities of establishing of the system of continuing education. They will help in the process of identifying the needed computer equipment in the schools, selection of the computer equipment and educational application software. With the help of these institutions, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje will establish the system of continuing education of science teachers in the field of the use of computers in the edu -cational process.The EU partner institutions will host professors and assistants from the partner country for training, receiving the information on the computer educational process and updating their computer knowledge with current Euro-pean and world practices. Representatives from the partner institutions will give some lectures and will partici -pate in delivering continuing education courses during their presence at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje.The expertise in continuing education and distance education of the individual expert such as Per Morgen and the expertise in astrophysics education of the individual expert such as Valeri Golev will be very valuable and fruitful for the project.Management structure:An effective project management system is crucial for the successful implementation of the centre for continu-ing education. A Management Committee composed of all consortium members and chaired by the project Co-ordinator will be responsible for coordinating the provision of computer equipment and its installation in effect, preparation of the teaching material and organization of the continuing education training courses. The Manage-ment Committee is expected to meet during the various seminars and conferences organized in the context of the implementation of the project. The meetings of the Management Committee will be organized during the

activities of the project foreseen with the presence of all the consortium members.Both project coordinator and grantholder will be supported by a part-time administrative staff member of the re-spective university, for which purpose the staff costs are foreseen. This administrative part time staff will help the practical aspects of the project (distribution of information, organization of meetings and courses, accom-modation etc.)Decision and communication:Decision making within the consortium will be by consensus whenever possible. The connection and communi-cation within the consortium will be guaranteed by a web intranet-internet system supported by a dedicated and specialised team at coordinating institution. Co-ordination meetings will be combined with mobility for other purposes wherever possible, but coordination will also be carried out by telecommunication means (which turned out sufficient for most purposes in earlier projects).

Outcome title: MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT Ref. N°: 7Starting date: 1.10.2006 End date: 30.09.2008

Related Assumptions and risks:

Activity title: Coordination meetings Sub Ref. N°: 7.1Starting date: 1.06.2007 End date : 30.09.2008


Organization of 2 annual meetings of the Management Committee. The meetings will be used for strategic planning of project activities, execution of the project dissemination strategies, planning and realization of actions aiming at sustainability of the results after the project end.

The consortium mem-ber/s or experts who

will carry out the activity:

All consortium members

Target group/s: Members of the Management Committee

Inputs:Mobilities:2 academic staff from University of Ljubljana to Macedonia for 5 day each (€2.100),2 academic staff from University of Thessaloniki to Macedonia for 4 days (€1.300),

Activity title: Day-to-day project coordination and accounting Sub Ref. N°: 7.2Starting date: 1.10.2007 End date: 30.09.2008


Day-to-day project coordination will be done electronically (by e-mail, via project web-site, if necessary, by telephone). This proved sufficient in earlier Tempus project.

The consortium mem-ber/s or experts who

will carry out the activity:

All partner: the grant applicant, project coordinator, the team’s contact persons, project ad -ministrative staff

Target group/s: The consortium members universities

Inputs:

Administrative staff costs:1 administrative staff from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje x 3600 hours x €3 (€10.800),1 administrative staff from University of Ljubljana x 1200 hours x €8 (€9.600),Other costs (€1.000)Overheads (€14.000 )

COSTS RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT


Staff Costs 20.400

Cost of Stay and Travel Costs 3.400

Equipment Costs 0

Printing and Publishing Costs 0

Other Costs 1,000

Overheads 14.000

Total Costs 38.800

SECTION IV: SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

A summary of the project must be provided in English, French or German and may be included in future Tem -pus publications. This summary should be a snapshot and should include the main features of your project. Please make sure that the information you provide in this section is consistent with the Logical Framework Matrix.

Outputs and Outcomes:(as in LFM)

Retrained teaching staff in the partner institution, Computer classroom at the centre for continuing education, New and upgraded continuing educa-tion courses, Organization of continuing education seminars, Dissemina-tion, Sustainability, Quality control and monitoring, Management of the project.

Summary of the Main Features of the Project:

The situation with the knowledge of science teachers in secondary schools in the former Yugoslav Repub-lic of Macedonia is not satisfactory. It is evident that there is a basic need to continue the further improve-ment of the science knowledge (especially multimedia and web-based knowledge) of science teachers. In particular, there is a lack of educational computer programs addressed to science students and teachers. Thus there is a great need to diffuse successful educational products across country. The proposed project will give an impetus and better conditions for improvement of the computer competence of science teach -ers and increase their ability to deal with the demands of the recent era of computer technology.The main goal of the project is the establishment of a centre for continuing education of science teachers at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje. The main long term objective is the im -provement of multimedia and web-based knowledge of science teachers from secondary schools in Mace-donia.In order to achieve the main objective of the project, the following activities will be carried out over the two year–duration of the project:The equipment will be purchased and installed at the classroom of the centre for continuing education. This centre will be very valuable to achieve urgent needs of the science teachers for improvement of their science knowledge (especially multimedia and web-based knowledge) and to take advantage of the com-puter equipment too, by which the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia sup-plied 62 secondary schools in the country. Indeed, it will be disadvantage not to use this supplied equip -ment.The teaching material related to the use of computer in science education will be adapted and developed by the teaching staff from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje with the valuable help of experts from EU partner countries. 100 science teachers from secondary schools in Macedonia will be selected to participate at training seminars organized in the centre for continuing education at the Fac-ulty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje.Therefore, the establishment of the centre for continuing education of science teachers at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje will have significant effects not only for the Faculty, but also for the educational system in the Republic of Macedonia.

Quantitative data concerning the training of target groups involved in your project

Number of teaching staff trained or retrained 12

Number of trainers trained 16

Number of trainees trained 100

Number of administrative staff trained or retrained 0

Please tick the relevant boxes indicating which of these elements are covered by your project:

Bologna Process No

Adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees No

Diploma supplement No

Adoption of a system based on two main cycles, undergraduate (bachelor) and post-graduate (Master or doctorate)

No

Establishment of a system of ECTS to promote student mobility No

Promotion of European co-operation in Quality Assurance No

Promotion of the necessary European dimensions in higher education Yes

Lifelong learning as an essential element of the European Higher Education area Yes

Promoting the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area Yes

Other credit systems No

Modular structure of curriculum No

Quality Assurance No

e-Learning Yes

University/Enterprise co-operation Yes

Links to the labour market in degree programmes Yes

Links with other EU education programmes Yes

Set up of project website Yes

Qualification frameworks Yes

Teacher training

Language No

IT skills Yes

Social and intercultural skills Yes

Links with VET in

Adult training Yes

Non-formal and informal education Yes

Active citizenship No

Occupational guidance and counselling No


SECTION V: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS

In tables 1 to 6 you are asked to provide estimates of the Tempus grant you would require to carry out your project (95% of the project costs). Please complete the tables you will find below, assigning costs to the headings Staff costs, Travel costs and costs of stay for staff and students, Equipment costs, Printing & Publishing costs, Other Costs and Overheads.

In Table 7 you are asked to provide a detailed estimation on the amount to be co-financed by the con -sortium members, which should at least equal 5% of the eligible project costs.Finally, table 8 presents the summary of the previous tables and will be aggregated automatically from the data you provided. Please note that below the summary table messages will appear, inform-ing you about the compliance with the ceilings outlined in the Guide for Applicants.

Applicants should note that tables 1-6 only refer to the Tempus grant and not the overall project costs.

Applicants should also note that the Tempus grant consists of the operational costs (tables 1-5) and of overhead costs (table 6), which can be allocated up to a flat rate of 7% of the operational costs; whereas the project costs consist of the total amount needed for the implementation and realisation of the project and is composed of the Tempus grant plus the co-financing (tables 1-7).

A Tempus grant may co-finance up to 95% of the eligible costs of a project. The maximum grant for any project may not exceed:

€ 500,000 for a project lasting, in principle, 3 years; € 300,000 for a project lasting, in principle, 2 years..

These are maximum amounts and any budget plan should demonstrate its consistency with the details of the project description. All amounts must be expressed in Euro (€).

The following ceilings should be applied: Staff costs: maximum 30% of the Tempus grant; Equipment: maximum 30% of the Tempus grant; Overheads / Indirect costs: maximum 7% of the operational costs covered by the Tempus

grant.

Applicants should be aware that the non-compliance with the indicated budget ceilings may lead to a lower assessment grade or even the failure of the proposal.

Please do not use any decimals and do not use “thousand separators”. The figure “one thou-sand” should be indicated with consecutive digits: 1000 and NOT 1,000 or 1.000 or 1 000 or 1000,00


Table 1: Staff costs

the maximum allowed for staff costs is 30% of the Tempus grant

The table below refers to the costs for both the academic and administrative personnel involved in the project. Please note that local rates must be used. For further details on eligible staff costs please refer to the Guide for Applicants.

STAFF COSTS (please specify what type of activity will be covered and provide a quantification in hours for the human resources needed for these activities)*

Amount required in €

EU Academic Staff

2 professors of University of Ljubljana x 150 hours x €201. 2 professors of University of Thessaloniki x 150 hours x €202. 1 professor of University of Southern Denmark x 100 hours x €203. 1 professor of University of Sofia x 100 hours x €20

60001. 60002. 20003. 2000

Partner Country Academic Staff1. 10 professors of Faculty of Science in Skopje x 480 hours x €6 1. 28800

EU Administrative Staff1. 1 part-time secretary x 1200 hours x €8 1. 9600

Partner Country Administrative Staff1. 1 part-time secretary x 3600 hours x €3 1. 10800

TOTAL STAFF COSTS: 65200* (Please provide specific calculations, e.g.: Lecturers of Partner Country Universities A and B x X number of hours x Y €uro per hour equals Z, etc.


Table 2: Costs of Stay, Travel Costs, Institutional costs

For maximum costs of stay, please refer to the Guide for Applicants, Part IV pages 15 to 19. The con-sortium should additionally calculate estimated travel costs and should request the total for both costs of stay and travel.

Please indicate in this table which mobilities are planned throughout the whole project duration

Staff/traineesDirection Number of

flows*Total costs of stay+ Travel costs (€)

From ToPartner Country EU/Candidate Coutry 24 23600EU/Candidate Coutry** Partner Country 20 16700EU EU 0 0Partner Country Partner Country 0 0

Within a Partner Country 1000 30000Total: 70300

Students (only in the framework of Curriculum Development and University Management pro-jects)

Direction Number of flows*

Total costs of stay+ Travel costs

+ Institutional costs*** (€)From To

Partner Country EU EU Partner Country Partner Country Partner Country

Within a Partner Country Total: 0

Institutional costsFlows to EU institutions: A maximum of € 500 per student for a study period of 3 to 5 months

A maximum of € 1000 per student for a study period of 6 to 12 months

Flows to Partner Country institutions: A maximum of € 200 per student for a study period of 3 to 5 monthsA maximum of € 400 per student for a study period of 6 to 12 months

* Please note that one flow=one journey. In the case of group travel, each person should be considered as an individual flow (5 staff travelling to the same project meeting = 5 flows). Should an individual carry out several visits, each visit should be considered as 1 flow (Prof X participating in 3 coordination meetings abroad = 3 flows).

** In this direction Tempus funds may only be used for mobilities of EU consortium members and/or EU indi-vidual experts or of individual experts from Candidate Countries travelling to Partner Countries.

*** Institutional costs are eligible for “student study periods” abroad only.


Table 3: Equipment costs

the maximum allowed for equipment costs is 30% of the Tempus grant

Here you should detail and quantify items of equipment needed for the activities, listed clearly by the partner country university/ies at which each item will be installed. You should ensure that these details correspond to those given in the Outcome Tables. Please remember that only partner country universities may benefit from equipment funding.

LIST OF EQUIPMENT Beneficiary university/ies Amount required in €

1 computer (multimedia graphic station),

1 computer (www + ftp server),

12 computers (workstations),

12 web cameras,

1 CCD camera,

1 printer,

1 scanner,

1 LCD projector,

1 plotter,

education and reference books,

application packages,

educational software

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje 1. 65000

TOTAL EQUIPMENT COSTS 65000


Table 4: Printing and Publishing costs

Please estimate the amount you would require to cover printing and publishing costs and give details on the type of material.

TYPE OF PUBLICATION AND N° OF COPIES (indicative) Amount required in €

Printing and publishing of comprehensive teaching materials for continuing edu-cation courses

1. Electronic and web publishing of the educational materials

2. Designing and maintenance of web site of centre

4500

1. 6000

2. 5000

TOTAL PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COSTS 15500


Table 5: Other costs

Here you should anticipate any other eligible expenses, which might arise during your project, giving reasons for each item. Expenses listed here must be fully detailed and justified.

EXPENSES (please specify) REASON (please specify) Amount required in €

1. Visa costs, bank charges Travels, bank transfers 1. 2000

TOTAL OTHER COSTS 2000


Table 6: Overheads

the maximum allowed for overheads is 7 % of the operational costs covered by the Tempus grant

Please indicate the amount needed to cover overheads.

OVERHEADS (please specify) Amount required in €

1. Photocoping, postage and telecomunication costs, stationery, office supplies 1. 14000

TOTAL OVERHEADS 14000


Table 7: Summary of project co-financing requirements

Applicants should specify through which resources (their own, from other EU Institutions or EU Member States, other organisations) they intend to co-finance the project, on which basis the co-financing has been calculated and what the amount to be co-financed is likely to cover. As the co-financing is an addi-tional heading, expenses that have been declared in any of the previous financial tables covering the Tempus grant (tables 1-6) cannot be declared under co-financing again.

Source of CO-FINAN-CING*

Justification** Item*** Amount (in €)

Own resourses of the Faculty of Science in Skopje

1. Own resourses of the Faculty of Sci-ence in Skopje

2. Own resourses of the Faculty of Sci-ence in Skopje

Preparation of teaching mater-ils = 4 persons x 250 hours x €5

1. Purchase of computer ac-cessories for computer classroom of the centre

2. Printing and publishing of promotional materials for training seminars

Staff costs

1. Equipment

2. Publications

5000

1. 6000

2. 2000

TOTAL CO-FINANCED 13000

*(E.g.: EU grant, governmental subvention, organisation/institution’s own resources) ** (E.g.: Preparation of training materials= 2 days x 7,5 hours x 3 persons x € 25***(E.g: Equipment, staff costs, publications))


Table 8: Summary of project funding requirements

The estimated amounts given for each heading should correspond to the totals in the tables which detail the budget breakdown for each category of expenditure and must be expressed in Euro (€).

PROJECT COSTS TOTAL

A.1 Staff Costs € 65200

A.2 Travel costs, costs of stay and inst. costs € 70300

A.3 Equipment € 65000

A.4 Printing & publishing € 15500

A.5 Other costs € 2000

SUBTOTAL (A.1 – A.5) € 218000

A.6 Overheads (up to a flat rate of 7% of the subtotal A.1 – A.5) € 14000

A: Total Tempus grant (A.1 – A.6): € 232000B: Amount to be co-financed by the consortium (constituting of a minimum of 5% of the eligible project costs) € 13000

GRAND TOTAL (A+B): € 245000

Staff Costs ceiling of 30% of total Tempus grant is respected Equipment Costs ceiling of 30% of total Tempus grant is respected Overheads ceiling of 7% of total operational costs covered by Tempus grant is respected

Total Costs requested from the Tempus programme are within the limits

Co-financing amount respects the 5% minimum of total project cost (A+B)

I have verified the amounts reported in the summary table above (Table 8 - Summary of project fund-ing requirements) and checked that these comply with the Tempus ceilings and thresholds specified in the Guide for Applicants and restated at the beginning of Section V – Funding Requirements.

If, by any reason, the summarising table above does not correspond to the amounts you have in-putted in the previous financial tables, the table can be re-calculated by ticking in turns the checkboxes on the left

Table 9: Breakdown of the Tempus grant

In the table below applicants are asked to provide an overview of the indicative breakdown of the Tem -pus grant amongst the consortium members.

Name of the institution Amount in €

The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje 181200

University of Ljubljana 30500

University of Thessaloniki 13200

University of Southern Denmark 3800

University of Sofia 3300

Total Tempus Grant (A) € 232000

SECTION VI: ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

On the following pages you will find two different forms to be filled out concerning the legal status of the applicant – the so-called "Legal Entities" forms:

(1) a form for "Public Entities"(2) a form for "Private Companies"

Please note that:

"Public Entities" are organisations and institutions whose founding act is based on public law (such as resolution, law, decree or decision etc.),

whereas;

"Private Companies" are not only companies but also organisations and institutions whose founding act is based on private law (such as registration, agreement, contract, declaration of association etc.).

If you are a public organisation or institution please fill in the form "Public Entity".

If you are a private organisation or institution please fill in the form "Private Company” even if you are not a company.

LEGAL ENTITIESPUBLIC ENTITIES

(Please select from the buttons below or fill in the related fields.)

TYPE OF COMPANY UniversityNGO (Non Governmental Organisation) YES NONAME(S) Univerza v Ljubljani / University of LjubljanaABBREVIATION ULOFFICIAL ADDRESS Kongresni trg 12POSTAL CODE 1000 P.O. BOX CITY LjubljanaCOUNTRY SlovenijaVAT NUMBER PLACE OF REGISTRATION LjubljanaDATE OF REGISTRATION 18 / 04 / 1979REGISTRATION NUMBER 10156600PHONE +386 1 2418 590 FAX +386 1 2418 593E-MAIL [email protected] PERSON Katja Cerjak

THIS “LEGAL ENTITY” FORM SHOULD BE FILLED IN AND RETURNED TOGETHER WITH: A copy of the resolution, law, decree or decision establishing the entity in question; Or, failing that, any other official document attesting the establishment of the entity.

DATE

NAME AND FUNCTION OF THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVEAndreja Kocijancic

Rector

SIGNATURE

STAMP

LEGAL ENTITIES

PRIVATE COMPANIES

(Please select from the buttons below or fill in the related fields.)

TYPE OF COMPANY NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) YES NONAME(S) ABBREVIATION ADDRESS OF THE HEAD OFFICE POSTAL CODE P.O. BOX CITY COUNTRY VAT NUMBER PLACE OF REGISTRATION DATE OF REGISTRATION Day / Month / YearREGISTRATION NUMBER PHONE FAX E-MAIL CONTACT PERSON

THIS “LEGAL ENTITY” FORM SHOULD BE FILLED IN AND RETURNED TOGETHER WITH: a copy of any official document (e.g. official gazette, register of companies, etc.) showing the con-

tractor’s name and address and the registration number given to it by the national authorities; a copy of the vat registration document if applicable and if the vat number does not appear on the offi-

cial document referred to above.

DATE

SIGNATURE

FINANCIAL IDENTIFICATION(To be filled in by the Grant Applicant)

ACCOUNT HOLDERNAME University of LjubljanaADDRESS Kongresni trg 12TOWN / CITY Ljubljana POSTCODE 1000CONTACT PERSON Mrs. Nevenka DrgancTELEPHONE +386 1 241 8550E-MAIL [email protected] NUMBER SI 54162513

BANKBANK NAME Banka SlovenijeBRANCH ADDRESS Slovenska cesta 35TOWN / CITY Ljubljana POSTCODE 1000BANK/BRANCH CODE ACCOUNT NUMBER 011006030707119SWIFT BSLJSI2XIBAN SI 56-01100-6030707119

REMARKS:

BANK STAMP + SIGNATURE of BANK REP-RESENTATIVE:

DATE + SIGNATURE of ACCOUNT HOLDER:(Obligatory)

SECTION VII: CHECKLISTBefore submitting your application by e-mail, please make sure that it is complete and tick the boxes accordingly:

1. The Declaration (Section I) is completed

2. The Legal Entities Form (Section VI) is filled in

3. The Financial Identification Form (Section VI) is filled in

4. The Basic data (Section II) on the project is provided

5. All the consortium members (Section II) are listed and contact persons are indicated

6. The description of the project covering all questions (Section III) is provided

7. The project summary sheet (Section IV) is complete

8. The tables regarding funding requirements (Section V) are complete

Before submitting the original supporting and administrative documents after receipt of your project registration number, please make sure that they are complete and tick the boxes accordingly:

1. The cover letter indicating the registration number is enclosed.

2. The Declaration (Section I) is signed and stamped or sealed

3. The Legal Entities Form (Section VI) is signed and stamped

4. The Financial Identification Form (Section VI) is signed and stamped

5. The endorsement letters are signed and submitted together with the application (Section I)

6. The curriculum vitae of the participating expert(s) is/are enclosed.