Objectives

The project partnership has set several actions that are continually taken to really launch the MEDEA Awards as a Europe-wide initiative by expanding the reach of the awards to the wider European educational and training community:

  1. To establish a European network of national contact points, consisting of a local agent or "national contact point" (NCP) in each European member state who will help to promote the MEDEA Awards in their country by establishing links with other related national, sectoral and regional initiatives including those responsible for related awards and prizes.
  2. To make available dissemination materials related to the MEDEA Awards in French and German to augment the English materials available and foreseen so the MEDEA Awards and its European identity is enhanced by this multilinguality. This has meant that the MEDEA leaflets, posters, presse releases, website and submission form have been available in French and German since 2009 and are renewed for 2010.
  3. To disseminate information about the MEDEA Awards to those involved in the Lifelong Learning Community to ensure that those people involved directly or indirectly in this programme are fully aware of the MEDEA Awards and can participate. This involves our direct contacts and extended network, including related projects such as EduTubePlus, EUScreen, Viducate, DIVIS, … and other projects within relevant EU Programmes.
  4. Establish a specific European Collaboration Award for the 2009 and 2010 MEDEA Awards to recognize best examples of european collaboration in relation to media-enhanced learning
  5. To set up a process whereby those submissions that are short-listed for awards in 2008 and 2009 will be investigated and analysed to identify best practice and to be promoted as case examples of how high-quality media-enhanced learning comes about. This work can be used to further encourage others in their efforts towards improving the quality of their work in this area

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The MEDEA Awards competition is all about recognising, encouraging and rewarding excellence and creativity in media in education. MEDEA aims to highlight the educational environments that reflect the media-rich world in which our learners live nowadays.