Study on Mobility Developments in School Education, Vocational

Study on Mobility Developments in School Education, Vocational

Study on Mobility Developments in School Education, Vocational Education and Training, Adult Education and Youth exchanges
Luxembourg
Year of EU entry: Founding member
Political system: Constitutional
monarchy
Capital city: Luxembourg
Total area: 2 586 km²
Population: 0.5 million
Currency: euro 1
17Mobility schemes were identified in
Luxembourg.
Funding versus Implementing Agencies of Mobility Schemes
In Luxembourg, three main actor groups can be identified that are relevant in the field of
learning mobility. The most relevant funding agencies are ministries, followed by private
companies and NGOs. In Luxembourg, those agencies providing the funding for a scheme are
also responsible for the implementation of the respective scheme, there’s no delegation of
implementation activities.
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Target Groups of Mobility Schemes
Mobility schemes primarily target “Teachers and other educational staff” as about half of the
prevailing schemes are open for this group. “Adult Learners” are the second largest group of
participants benefitting from mobility schemes. The third target group identified are “Pupils
and Teachers” but the number of participants is comparatively small. About 18% of the
mobility schemes did not provide any information on participants which means that the data is
comparatively good. The number of participants is almost constant over the years.
Four key activities have been identified for Luxemburg of which two are very prominent. The
activity “Work Placement” refers primarily to “Teachers and educational staff” and partly to
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“Adult Learners”. The activity with the second largest number of participants refers to
“Participation in course or seminar”. “School Stays” and “Language Classes” are further
activities with comparatively few participants.
Budget Development and Funding Agencies of Mobility Schemes
Small as it is, Luxemburg runs a few mobility schemes and provides considerable funding for it.
The vast majority of schemes give information about the budget which means the figures are
fairly close to the real situation; even though most of the figures are based on estimates. The
budgets remain more or less constant over time.
The primary funding source is the ministries; NGO's and private companies provide funding too
but to a lesser extent.
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Recognition of Mobility Schemes
A lot of training and education is not offered due to the size of the country. This means that
many young people go abroad and obtain their education elsewhere where they receive formal
recognition for this education. That may be the reason for the high rate of recognition in host
countries - which may be in a reciprocal way and be acknowledged by the home country too.
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Luxemburg
N
r.
Name of the
Mobility
Scheme
1 Academic Year
Ambassadorial
Scholarship
Web-link
Target Group
(Further
Specification)
Typeactivities
http://www.rotary.lu/
Pupils (General
secondary
education)
Participation
in course or
seminar
Language
classes
2 Cultural
Ambassadorial
Scholarship
http://www.rotary.lu/
Young people
(Youth field)
Language
classes
3 Enrichment
scholarships to
Luxembourgia
ns and
Belgians
http://www.taiwanem
bassy.org/be
Pupils (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training)
Participation
in course or
seminar
Adult Learners
(non-vocational
adult education)
School stays
Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training)
4 Fulbright
Scholarships –
Grants for
Professional
Journalists
www.fulbright.be
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training; nonvocational adult
education)
Participation
in course or
seminar
5 Fulbright
Scholarships –
Grants for
Secondary
School
Teachers and
Language
Teaching
Assistants
www.fulbright.be
Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (General
secondary
education)
Work
Placements
5
Language
classes
Study on Mobility Developments in School Education, Vocational Education and Training, Adult Education and Youth exchanges
6 Grants for
Citizens of
Luxembourg
http://www.men.publi
c.lu
Pupils (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training)
Participation
in course or
seminar
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training)
School stays
Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training;
Continuing
vocational
education and
training)
7 Huayu
(Mandarin)
Enrichment
Scholarship
Program
http://www.taiwanem
bassy.org/be
Pupils (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training)
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training; nonvocational adult
education)
Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training;
Continuing
vocational
education and
training)
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Language
classes
Study on Mobility Developments in School Education, Vocational Education and Training, Adult Education and Youth exchanges
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stagiaire
http://www.arcelormit
tal.com/
Pupils (Initial
vocational
education and
training)
Work
Placements
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training)
9 Inter-Country
Lecturing
Program
www.fulbright.be
Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (Primary
education; General
secondary
education)
Participation
in course or
seminar
1 Internship
0
www.lblux.lu
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training)
Work
Placements
1 Internship in
1 Luxembourg
http://www.fast.lu
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training; nonvocational adult
education)
Work
Placements
1 Mandarin
2 Skills
http://www.taiwanem
bassy.org/be
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training; nonvocational adult
education)
Language
classes
1 Multi-year
3 Ambassadorial
Scholarship
http://www.rotary.lu/
Pupils (General
secondary
education)
Participation
in course or
seminar
Language
classes
1 Seminars for
4 teachers
1 Senior
5 Specialists
www.fulbright.be
www.fulbright.be
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Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (General
secondary
education)
Participation
in course or
seminar
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
Work
Placements
Study tours
Jobshadowing
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training; nonvocational adult
education)
Participation
in course or
seminar
Other
1 Stagiaire
6 Luxembourg
http://www.banquedel
uxembourg.com
Adult Learners
(Continuing
vocational
education and
training; nonvocational adult
education)
Work
Placements
1 Taiwan
7 Fellowship
Program
http://www.taiwanem
bassy.org/be
Teachers, trainers,
other educational
staff (General
secondary
education; Initial
vocational
education and
training;
Continuing
vocational
education and
training)
Work
Placements
Youth workers etc.
(Youth field)
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Search Information Luxemburg
Mobility schemes according to institutions
Ministries / National
Agencies
The Ministries have an important role in providing learning mobility
schemes, especially the Ministry of Education and Ministry of
Culture. Most of these projects have students (higher education) as
target group.
Public Employment
Services
Public Employments Services and recruitment agencies provide
information regularly on job vacancies in the country and abroad,
but without having learning mobility programmes.
Bi- / trilateral
Programmes
(between specific
countries)
Lux-Development is the implementing governmental agency of
Luxembourg’s development cooperation. As such, it is responsible
for the implementation of bilateral projects that have mainly
students as the target group. The agency also deals with projects for
the Ministry of Finance.
NGO’s (foundations,
church initiatives,
etc.)
In Luxembourg the legal authority and administration of grants to
non-governmental organizations is maintained by the Ministry.
NGOs have been involved in the projects, more on the ecological
part and natural resources management.
Private companies
Many private companies offer learning mobility programmes, mostly
for young people and adult learners to make them realize the
importance of international education.
Other European
Funds (Regional
Funds, ESF etc.)
Luxembourg is using ESF funding to improve people’s employment
opportunities, particularly younger and older people and women,
and bring more of them into the workforce. Yet they are not part of
this survey because they do not include mobility learning activities.
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Mobility schemes according to activities
Language courses (if
aggregated data is
available)
The linguistic situation in Luxembourg is characterised by the fact
that several languages are spoken and written at the same time in
the same place. Acquiring foreign language skills is very important
in Luxemburg which explains why language courses are mentioned
as an activity.
Work Placements
Private companies provide work placements for different target
groups, especially to stimulate labour market mobility.
Volunteer
Programmes
The NGOs are the providers for volunteer programmes for young
people, with different learning activities and language classes
included.
Exchange
programmes of
teachers / pupils
(inlcuding school
stays)
For teachers and educational staff, possibilities for work placements
abroad are offered by ministries, sometimes including language
classes or other learning activities. The main reasons are to acquire
international skills and to stimulate labour market mobility.
Exchange
programmes of
youth (non-formal
education)
The development of young people is one of the purposes of the
exchange programmes in Luxembourg. These youth exchanges
gather young people to learn more about each other's cultures and
traditions and to promote intercultural education.
Town twinning
No aggregate data is available.
Study Tours
No aggregrate data is available .
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