The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, wishing to support the creativity developed during educational and teaching procedure within primary education, invites teachers to submit original educational activities proposals that will take place during 2015-2016 in kindergartens and primary schools of remote areas (except islands and northern border regions of Greece), as well as kindergartens and primary schools belonging to to the Directorate of Primary Education of Central Greece, Peloponnese and Western Greece. The third year of the programme's implementation concerns once again isoltaed schools with limited opportunities to enrich teaching with new stimuli. The key aim of the programme is to provide the opportunity for schools to cultivate the cooperative culture, and its spirit, and for educators to apply modern teaching methods and innovative educational ideas and practices.

Detailed open call available here (in Greek)

Requirements:

• Proposals for implementation of innovative educational approaches and learning strategies for everyday school use: The proposals to be submitted will involve the application of specific innovative methods and their linkage to concrete subject matter and themes on the basis of a detailed study programme to be applied for each individual class. Vague and generalizing proposals will be rejected.
• Participation is open to teachers from public primary schools and kindergartens which have been characterised as inaccessible by the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religion (except the islands and northern border prefectures), as well as all units belonging to prefectures of Central Greece, of the Peloponnese and Western Greece. Proposals can be submitted by individual teachers or by small groups of teachers with a coordinator (up to three teachers in total).
• Financial support will be provided on the basis of the detailed budget to be submitted together with the proposal for accomplishment of the educational activity, to an amount of up to two and a half thousand Euros (€3.000).  Eligible expenditure includes every type of expense necessary for completion of the programme, including VAT, not including salaries. The School Committee has responsibility for financial management.

Submission Process:

Applications should be only submitted electronically. Participants must include in their detailed proposal the following data and information:

• Title of the Activity
• Brief description 
• Details on the co-ordinator and members (including a brief résumé up to 200 words)
• Data on the school unit
• Description of the proposal:
  • rationale
  • detailed description and outline of objectives 
  • record of previous corresponding initiatives
  • number and age of pupils to be involved
  • expected practical results of the activity
  • Co-ordinator confirmation for the information of the school authorities
  • Budget

Eligible proposals should be submitted online until Monday, November 2nd, 2015 at 12:00pm.