International Weeks

Calendar 2020-2021

Where ?	Topic	Dates	Program	Application
Louvain-la-Neuve	Outdoor Education	Online 1 - 5 March 2021
Gävle	Pre- and Primary School Culture In a New Context When Education Is Challenged By Migrants	Cancelled due to the health crisis - No online alternative
Winchester	Comparing European Pedagogies	Online 16 - 18 March 2021
Stavanger	Outdoor Education	Online 22 - 26 March 2021
Vienna	Music and Culture	Cancelled due to the health crisis - No online alternative
Vác	Children’s STORYCorners	Online 12 - 16 Avril 2021
Barcelona	Education in the 21st Century	Online 21 - 23 April 2021
Santarem	Freedom & Citizenship in Europe	Online 19 - 23 April 2021
Namur	Storytelling	Online 19 - 23 April 2021
Schwäbisch Gmünd	Culture(s) of Education	Online 26 - 30 April 2021
Lausanne	Serious Games	Weekly meetings online, start : April 26
Esbjerg	Imagine and create	3 - 7 May 2021
Vienna	Drama	Online 17 - 19 May 2021 Will be held online

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.