You may be aware that as part of the process of keeping up to speed with leading edge developments in organisational learning, ECLO and its members have a successful track record of engagement in EU supported projects relevant to our mission (see http://www.eclo.org/research.htm for details).

This includes two successful projects from previous Framework programmes; KALIF and KITS, and with the first call for proposals under the EU 7^th Framework R&D programme  now live, we, and our members are considering our possible participation. As you may be aware, in FP7 the strand for research into technology-enhanced learning is part of “Challenge 4”, (Digital Libraries and Content) of the ICT research programme (see p35 of the workplan) and this call closes on May 8^th 2007. Further information on this area of EU supported research can be found at http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/telearn/index.html and the workplan plus other essential documents can be found at http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict 

If you too are considering submitting proposals and see the value of having a trans-national partner, you may wish to consider including ECLO, in your consortium. ECLO, can be effective in a number of roles, including evaluation and especially dissemination. For more information about ECLO visit http://www.eclo.org/ and for information about our dissemination infrastructure follow the link from our homepage.  

Those of you familiar with the Framework programme will be aware that it supports research involving the development and deployment of technologically innovative ICT.

If you have innovative project ideas that might merit an EU funding contribution, but which utilise more established technologies then the EU Lifelong Learning programme may be more suited to your interests and ECLO has also participated in several projects in the predecessors to this programme : http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/newprog/index_en.html 

Closing dates vary according to strand but those most likely to be of interest ECLO members close end March or end April.

 Participation in projects, consistent with our mutual interests, can enable ECLO to offer a richer service to its members than is possible with our core income alone, as does wider collaboration with organisations with a similar vision who are not part of our membership network. If you are thinking of submitting a proposal and wish to explore possible collaboration please contact me at jim.jack@eclo.org

Even if E.C.L.O. is not a partner in your approved project, it has a well established infrastructure readily available for the dissemination and publication of the results of EU or other funded projects. If you would like to take advantage of this infrastructure click here for more details.

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