Ristovski: About 7 months used 85 percent of European educational programs

Funds for implementation of educational programs in both European sign, "Lifelong Learning" and "Youth in Action" which has the National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility in 2013 increased by 18 percent over the last year and are available 1 , 77 million, announced today at a press conference the Minister of Education and Science Spiro Ristovski.

The program "Lifelong Learning" with four sectoral programs, "Comenius" for elementary and secondary education, "Leonardo da Vinci" of vocational education and training, "Erasmus" for higher education and "Grundtvig" adult education designed to 1, 27 million, while the "Youth in Action" 504 thousand euros.

- In terms of usage, up to this point adopted 111 decisions to grant beneficiaries totaling 1.5 million of which the majority, or 89 are within the "Lifelong Learning" with 1.2 million euros 22 grants program "Leonardo da Vinci." About the program "Youth in Action" adopted 22 decisions that were used 317,000 euros, Ristovski said.

As I said, compared to last year when they were used 87 percent of the funds available this year for seven months spent in 85 percent.

He said that after completion of the accreditation process of the agency over the next year to ensure greater availability of funds from the European Union funds and providing more opportunities for users.