1. eTwinning, a fast growing learning community Eugenio Rivière – European Commission Santi Scimeca – eTwinning Central Support Service Anne Gilleran – eTwinning Central Support Service

3. The context

4. Article 149 To contribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing their action. Article 166 To implement a vocational training policy which supports and supplements the action of the Member States.

5. Policy work with Member states Action programmes LLP-COMENIUS

8. Lifelong Learning Programme Comenius school education Erasmus higher education Leonardo daVinci vocational education Grundtvig adult education Transversal programme policy cooperation, languages, ICT , Jean Monnet programme Jean Monnet Action; European Institutions; European associations

9. Comenius School Partnerships Comenius assistantships Comenius In-Service Training Comenius Regio Individual Pupil Mobility

10. Comenius: Europe at school school networking, projects, training, communities of practice IST Comenius school partnership Comenius assistant Individual Pupil mobility IST IST Funding Infrastructure and support

11. The philosophy

12. Professor Derrick de Kerckhove connected intelligence

13. Professor Stephen Heppell innovation

14. Professor Sugata Mitra empowerment of learners non formal, self-regulated learning

15. Professor Edward de Bono creative thinking

16. Tim Rylands inspiration

17. learning with and from each other collaboration integrating non formal learning professional development minimally invasive empowerment motivation learning by doing team work skills trust project pedagogy creativity community teachers as lifelong learners making school more relevant for pupils open-ended learning situations support recognition

18. The challenges