Only local or regional authorities with a role in school education are
eligible to apply for funding and must coordinate the project within their region.
Comenius Regio Partnerships must include partner regions from two countries
participating in the Lifelong Learning Programme; one of the participating regions
must be from a EU Member State.
Comenius Regio Partnerships should focus their work on clearly defined themes.
These might concern the organisation of school education, cooperation between
schools and other local partners (e.g. providers of formal or non-formal learning), or
common problems in school education (e.g. inclusive education, violence at schools,
racism and xenophobia). They should lead to a concrete result of their cooperation
(e.g. publications, events such as a conference or seminar).
Comenius Regio Partnerships should help regions to improve their educational offer
for young people. The main purpose of Comenius Regio is not to involve pupils or
students directly but to focus on school development and the structured cooperation
among the partner regions. Pupils and students normally benefit from Comenius Regio
Partnerships indirectly rather than as main participants.
Examples of activities that can be carried out in Comenius Regio partnerships:
Project meetings between all institutions involved in the partnership
Exchanges of staff involved in school education (e.g. teacher exchanges, study visits
of staff working in the local/ regional school administration)
Action research, small studies
Job shadowing
Exchanges of experience and good practice with partner regions / municipalities
abroad