Dear colleague,

This is one among the several calls of interests for the
establishment of lists of experts published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.

I am an independent consultant in rural development and 
I hope to enlarge my professional relationship.

Best regards

Mariano Gosi

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Call for expressions of interest No DG XXII/14/97 in  relation to in 
respect of research and consultancy services in the field of education, 
training and youth.
 
 1.  Contracting authority: European Commission,
 Directorate-General XXII - Education Training
 and Youth, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049
 Bruxelles/Brussel. 
 Tel. (32-2) 296 21 20. Facsimile (32-2) 295 72
 95. Telex COMEU B 21877. Telegraphic address
 COMEUR Brussels. 
  2.  Call for expressions of interest. Persons
 wishing to be included on a list are invited to
 submit an application in accordance with the
 provisions of this notice. 
 The authorizing department will include in the
 list applicants who meet the criteria set out
 in Section 8 below. 
 For each specific contract in the field
 described in Section 3. a), the authorizing
 department will forward the invitation to
 tender and the specifications to all candidates
 on the list or to certain candidates selected
 on the basis of the appropriate preselection
 criteria for the contract concerned. 
 The list drawn up as a result of this notice
 will be used exclusively for contracts for
 amounts below the limits established by the
 relevant 'public contract' Directive. 
 The list will be subdivided into specific
 subject areas corresponding to those set out in
 Section 3. a). 
  3.  a) This call for expressions of interest
 concerns the following subject areas: 
 Education (pre-school, school and higher
 education); possible areas for research and
 consultancy work are: 
 - the functions of education, including: the
 relationship between education, competitiveness
 and employment; the link between school career
 and social exclusion, educational institutions
 and the development of continuing training 
 (including adult education); measures promoting
 continuity between education and continuing
 training; contribution and impact of
 educational research - (A01); 
 - education policies, including: trend
 analysis; educational reforms; diversification
 of educational provision (more communication
 with the socio-economic sphere, development of
 open and distance learning, adult education) - 
 (A02); 
 - the parties actively involved in education,
 including: representations and expectations of
 pupils, students, socio-economic partners,
 families, people working in education;
 recruitment, demography, training (initial and
 continuing); career development of people
 working in education - (A03); 
 - how education is perceived by the public;
 current topics and debates - (A04); 
 - aspect of educational financing - (A05); 
 - evaluation of educational systems and
 quality, including: 'macro' assessment methods 
 (national and regional levels); 'micro'
 assessment methods at establishment level;
 management of educational establishments;
 assessment methods and means of formally
 recognizing the knowledge and skills of pupils,
 students and teaching staff - (A06); 
 - management of educational establishments - 
 (A07); 
 - the living conditions of students, including:
 reception, accommodation, social security,
 equal opportunities (disabled, underprivileged,
 etc.) - (A08); 
 - the role of the regions and local authorities
 in developing education - (A09); 
 - teaching methods: use of new technologies in
 education; analysis of the teaching methods
 used in distance learning; comparative analysis
 of curricula and teaching methods; organization
 of learning activities - (A10), 
 - education in specific areas (health, the
 environment, consumer education, cultural and
 artistic education, etc.) - (A11), 
 - transnational cooperation in education,
 including: assesment of jointly developed
 courses and modules; experience and information
 exchange systems; the impact of establishing
 transnational networks of various kinds - 
 (A12); 
 - mobility in the European Union Member States
 and in non-member countries, including: current
 extent of mobility of pupils, students and
 teaching staff, factors promoting or hindering
 mobility (legislative problems, recognition of
 qualifications and study periods) - (A13); 
 - the European dimension in education,
 including: analysis of the cultural or
 socio-economic/political elements appropriate
 for inclusion in the curricula or for
 development as modules of higher, secondary or
 primary education -(A14); 
 FVocational training (including: initial and
 continuing training, vocational guidance
 policy, vocational qualifications): possible
 areas for research or consultancy work are: 
 - aspects of training systems, including: the
 transparency, equivalence, recognition and
 validation of vocational qualifications;
 setting-up of general systems to anticipate
 training and qualification needs; adaptation of
 training systems, methods and tools to training
 needs; key skills and basic qualifications - 
 (B01); 
 - training methods for companies (particularly
 SMEs); forms of combined work/training and
 cooperation between industry and training
 bodies or universities - (B02); 
 - adaptation to industrial change through
 training, including; changes in work
 organization, technological change, changes in
 production systems, sectoral development;
 changes in occupations and qualifications - 
 (B03); 
 - development of self-teaching, open and
 distance learning methods, including multimedia
 and use of information and communication
 technologies - (B04); 
 - the effectiveness of vocational guidance and
 training in combating unemployment - (B05); 
 - the transition to work and integration of
 young people into working life, including:
 school/industry cooperation, apprenticeships,
 access, training for companies; implementation
 of the right to training ('youth credits' etc.)
 - (B06); 
 - lifelong training - (B07); 
 - technology transfer in the context of
 university/industry cooperation - (B08); 
 - regional development, including: training of
 regional development staff, 'learning regions'
 - (B09); 
 - promotion of investment in training,
 including: investment in continuing training,
 company-based training, the situation of SMEs,
 access - (B10); 
 - the inclusion of training expenditure in
 national and company accounts, particularly
 from the point of view of training investment -
 (B11); 
 - methods and tools for evaluating the quality
 of training provision; training quality
 assurance; the definition of criteria and
 measurement methods for quality,
 cost/effectiveness and benefits of training - 
 (B12); 
 - the social dialogue, including: industrial
 relations policy, collective agreements, access
 to training financing of training - (B13); 
 - vocational training networks and their
 effectiveness (between training and research
 centres, at sectoral level, etc.); training
 possibilities for training designers and
 planners; training for national and regional
 authority officials in implementing Community
 policies - (B14); 
 - vocational training policy and activities in
 connection with specific situations, including:
 integration and reintegration of women into the
 labour market; access to and/or reintegration
 into the labour market of people from
 underprivileged or outlying regions;
 integration and reintegration in society and at
 work of people in difficulty, particularly the
 long-term unemployed, marginalized young
 people, the disabled, ethnic minorities and
 people with few or no qualifications - (B15); 
 - the training market, including: human
 resource audit and training methods and tools
 for companies (particularly SMEs); sectoral
 surveys on company continuing training plans
 and new skills evaluation methods at the
 workplace; analysis of industrial relations
 policy in connection with training and the role
 of the social partners in training - (B16). 
 Youth policy (action for young people outside
 the education and vocational training system);
 possible areas for research and consultancy
 work are: 
 - the definition of a European youth policy - 
 (C01); 
 - survey of existing studies and research on
 youth policy - (C02); 
 - better provision of information and
 encouragement of participation among
 disadvantaged young people - (C03). 
 General questions concerning education,
 training and youth policy: possible areas for
 research and consultancy work are: 
 - evaluation and monitoring of Community
 programmes - (D01); 
 - evaluation and monitoring of projects
 sponsored under Community programmes - (D02); 
 - dissemination of products and processes
 generated by projects sponsored under Community
 programmes - (D03); 
 - collection of available statistics at
 national level, formulation of concepts
 permitting comparison, based on the work in
 this field being carried out in individual
 countries, definition of a joint, global,
 methodological framework which can be used at
 national level - (D04); 
 - links between education/training and
 industry/economic life - (D05); 
 - links between education/training and new
 technologies - (D06); 
 - education/training and considerations of
 economic and social cohesion - (D07); 
 - education/training and policies to combat
 unemployment - (D08); 
 - education/training and the labour market (job
 creation, employment and employability,
 mobility, etc.) - (D09); 
 - education/training and regional development
 concerns (particularly the improvement of
 underdeveloped regions) - (D10); 
 - education/training and globalization of the
 economy - (D11); 
 - education/training and demographic change - 
 (D12); 
 - equal opportunities for men and women in the
 field of education, training and youth - (D13),
 - education systems and policies (pre-school,
 school and higher education) in non-member
 countries: EFTA countries, Central and Eastern
 Europe, Malta, Cyprus, Mediterranean countries,
 Middle East, North America, Latin America,
 Asia, ACP countries and South Africa, Australia
 - (D14), 
 - vocational training policies and systems 
 (initial and continuing training, vocational
 guidance policy, vocational qualifications) in
 non-member countries: EFTA countries, Central
 and Eastern Europe, Malta, Cyprus,
 Mediterranean countries, Middle East, North
 America, Latin America, Asia, ACP countries and
 South Africa, Australia - (D15); 
 - youth policies (with an emphasis on volunteer
 programmes) in non-member countries: EFTA
 countries, Central and Eastern Europe, Malta,
 Cyprus, Mediterranean countries, Middle East,
 North America, Latin America, Asia, ACP
 countries and South Africa, Australia - (D16);
 - cooperation between regional organizations in
 the field of education, vocational training and
 youth policy - (D17); 
 - cooperation with non-member countries,
 including: the current situation as regards
 cooperation in the field of education, training
 and youth between European Union Member States
 and non-member countries, current activity in
 the form of student exchanges and other forms
 of mobility between the European Union and
 non-member countries, and factors hindering
 such exchanges (i.e. social security,
 immigration, language barriers); cooperation
 with non-member countries on recognition of
 vocational qualifications and transfer of study
 credits; the impact of new technologies; areas
 potentially benefiting from cooperation with
 non-member countries - (D18); 
 - language teaching and learning, including:
 policy in this area in the Member States;
 language skills audit methods and tools;
 analysis of needs; learning methods and tools;
 skills assessment and formal recognition - 
 (D19); 
 - regional and minority languages and cultures
 - (D20); 
 - information and communication in respect of
 Community policies in the fields of education,
 training and youth, including: implementation
 of global information activities, in
 partnership with the Commission, the Member
 States and the operational structures of
 Community programmes; drafting of journalistic
 articles; translation, revision, and linguistic
 and stylistic editing of articles; design of
 information media (publications, exhibitions,
 audiovisual services, public relations, media
 relations, use of modern technologies, etc.) - 
 (D21), 
 - exchanges of experience and information, the
 impact of the introduction of various kinds of
 transnational networks - (D22). 
 b) The work may be in connection with the
 current situation with regard to policies and
 action in these fields, or may involve the
 formulation of new policies or activities. It
 may also have a bearing on policy at Member
 State or Community level (particularly within
 the context of Articles 126 and 127 of the EU
 Treaty), and on cooperation with non-member
 countries. 
 The services which may be required by the
 Commission in the fields of education, training
 and youth are of varying nature and scale. They
 may, for example, include: short one-off
 analyses on a specific subject, larger-scale
 analyses on broader questions and/or providing
 a basis for evaluation, debate or forecasting,
 detailed conceptual analyses on general
 subjects as a means of determining major trends
 in the fields specified. 
  4.  The contracted services may be carried
 out on Commission premises or those of the
 contractor. 
  5.  The list drawn up on the basis this call
 for expressions of interest will remain valid
 until 31. 3. 2000. 
  6.  Groups of service providers may apply. Any
 such group selected must acquire a specific
 legal form once the contract has been awarded.
 The Commission often needs to carry out
 research on a Community scale. The de jure or
 de facto networks to which an interested party
 belongs may therefore be a significant factor
 in selection. The Commission therefore requests
 interested parties to indicate any links they
 may have with networks(s), whether legal in
 character (consultancy group with subsidiaries
 in several countries) or operational (joint
 pubblications or research) or pragmatic 
 (cooperation with other consultants or
 organizations). 
  7.  a) Applications must be submitted to the
 following address: 
 Commission europeenne, direction generale XXII
 - Education, formation et jeunesse, unite
 ressources, evaluation et informatique, rue de
 la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel.
 The envelope should be marked: 'Appel a
 manifestation d'interet no DG XXII/14/97'. 
 b) Applications must be made on the standard
 reply form obtainable from the address in
 section 7.a. 
  8.  Applications must be drafted in 1 of the
 official languages of the European Community
 and include: 
 - the standard reply form duly completed and
 signed and indicating the fields in which the
 applicant operates, the countries or
 geographical areas for which the applicant is
 qualified, the type of services provided and
 available language skills; 
 - one or more documents providing evidence of
 the applicant's economic and financial
 capacity; this evidence may take the form of 1
 or more of the following: 
 - bank declarations; 
 - balance sheets or balance sheet extracts; 
 - a declaration of overall turnover in respect
 of the specific services applied for in the
 past 3 financial years. 
 If the service provider has a valid reason for
 being unable to supply the abovementioned
 references, evidence of economic and financial
 capacity may be supplied in the form of any
 other document considered appropriate by the
 authorizing department. 
 - Any recent documents attesting to the
 applicant's qualifications in the field(s)
 concerned, the countries or geographical areas
 indicated, the type(s) of service indicated and
 the languages indicated; as a minimum,
 candidates must supply the curriculum vitae of
 all persons likely to be responsible for
 performing the service concerned; 
 - Any recent documents attesting to the
 applicant's experience in the field(s)
 concerned, in the countries or geographical
 zones for which the applicant is qualified and
 in the type(s) of service to be supplied; as a
 minimum, applicants must supply a list of the
 main services over the past 3 years specifying
 the nature of the service, the value of the
 contract, the date and the client (public or
 private). 
 Applicants who fail to provide any of the
 documentary evidence specified will not be
 included in the list. All documents must be
 supplied in duplicate. 
  9.  This call for expressions of interest will
 be held open to enable interested parties to
 apply for inclusion in the list at any time. 
 The closing date for submission of applications
 is 31. 1. 2000. 
 Applicants must keep the Commission informed of
 any change in their situation to enable their
 applications to be kept fully up to date. 
  10.  Dispatch date of notice: 27. 5. 1997. 
  11.  Date of receipt by the Office for
 Official Publications of the European
 Communities: 27. 5. 1997. 

 


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