International Weeks

Calendar 2019-2020

Where ?	Topic	Dates	Program	Application
Antwerpen (KDG)	Creativity	9 - 13 December 2019
Ghent	Gender	27 - 30 January 2020
Louvain-La-Neuve (HELDV)	North-South Relations & Sustainable development	3 - 7 February 2020
Liège (HELMo)	All different but together in school	17 - 21 February 2020
Valencia (UCV)	Education, physical activity & inclusion	2 - 6 March 2020
Gavle	Pre- and Primary School Culture In a New Context When Education Is Challenged By Immigrants	9 - 13 March 2020
Winchester	Harmony in Education	16 - 20 March 2020
Mechelen	Drama	30 March - 3 April 2020
Stavanger	Outdoor Education	30 March - 3 April 2020
Vienna	Music and Culture in Vienna	30 March - 3 April 2020
Vác	Children’s STORYCorners : Creativity Critical thinking, Cooperation and Communication	20 - 24 Avril 2020
Barcelona	Education in the 21st Century	20 - 24 April 2020
Santarem	Freedom & Citizenship in Europe	20 - 24 avril 2020
Schwäbisch Gmünd	Europe : Unity in Diversity	27 - 30 April 2020
UCSYD (Esbjerg)	Imagine and create	27 April - 1 May 2020
Vienna	Drama	4 - 8 May 2020
Lausanne	Serious Games	4 - 8 May 2020
Namur	Storytelling	4 - 8 May 2020
INHOLLAND (Harlem)	21st Century Skills Experience	25 - 29 May 2020
Ghent	Social Educators	1 - 5 June 2020

General principles

Member institutions of the Comenius Association organize international weeks for staff and students that usually last for one or two weeks.

These international weeks can be implemented in different ways :
1. a week including school visits, discussions about practice, cultural visits, etc.
2. a thematic week focusing on a specific topic

These international weeks could also consist of
3. a school placement
4. courses in the host institution
5. a research week

The international weeks have several objectives :
 above all to challenge their ‘ethnocentric’ views on culture by meeting other cultures, other ways of living, other families, other people.
 to enhance the personal development of students and staff by enabling them to experience something different from their daily routine
 to encourage their autonomy by giving them the opportunity to develop their own projects
 to broaden their educational experiences by being exposed to other systems
 to give them the opportunity to communicate in another language

Conditions

 Target groups : any student or any staff member from member institutions interested in the project
 Deadline for students’ nominations : 20 November. For the institutions who can inly host a limited number of participants this will be clearly mentioned in the description. Nominations can only be forwarded by the international office. In December, before vacation, Host Institutions have to confirm the possibility to accept more students if requested by some coordinators.
 Cost : we try to keep it as low as possible to stimulate mobility. More precise informations will be communicated in the description of each international week.
 Accommodation : to be negotiated with the host institution
 ECTS credits : 1 or 2 credits for a week, dependent on the preparation and commitment
 Certificate : each participant will receive a certificate.
 Preparation : depending on the project, some preparation might be required.
 During the project, participants have to be present at all activities involved in the project.
 After the project, participants are encouraged to disseminate the results, the contents of the project in their home institution.