1. International Meeting Youth for Innovation Linz (Austria), 21.-23. June 2006

2. Session 2: Tools

3. Guideline for Funding I -raise awareness concerning „innovation” under pupils/students -encourage pupils/students to deal with „key issues“ of regional economic development on the basis of European research funding -support/funding of cooperation between school, business and science Allowance Purpose -funding of small innovation projects (duration: normally 3 months) -concerning regional key issues, especially: agro-business, tourism, environmental technologies, IT-sector, mechanical engeneering -cross-border implementation (and / or preparation / postprocessing) Funding Eligible Applicants -pupils/students respectively teams of pupils/students from general schools, vocational schools or universities (aged 15-30) -from the participating districts and independent cities of Weser-Ems -with support of the supervising school / university -application via district / independent city respective registrated regional partners

4. Guideline for Funding II -not reimbursable grant, 100%, respectively max. EUR 2.000 (incl. VAT) -external services (training, seminars, consulting…) -travelling expenses (visit of regional companies and institutions, Dutch partners, …) -events (invitations, room rents, entertaining, …) -publications (preparation, documentation and dissemination of the project results) -costs for telecommunication and consumption materials -equipment (computer hard-/software, cameras, laboratory equipments …) – until an amount of 75% of the overall costs of the project -equipment aquired in the context of the project are transfered into the property of the supporting school or university Type, scope and amount of the allowance Requirements -relevance of the issue for the region -quality of cooperation -expected effect or success perspectives -quality of the project management incl. support by the education institution -quality and plausibility of working, time and cost schedule

5. Guideline for Funding III -applications until 15.11.2006 (?) to the regional / local project partner / coordinator -with confirmation of the supporting school / university -evaluation / recommendation through a regional steering committee (?) -notification by the regional / local project coordinator within 4 weeks -district administration will implement a bank account / cost centre -partial payment to an amount of 80% within 10 working days -ongoing payment from the bank account after demand of the supporting teacher -final report / cross-reference within 2 months after the end of the project -after examination and approval through the regional / local project coordinator the final payment to an amount of 20% will be transferred to the indicated account Procedure

6. Guideline for Funding IV Contents of the Application 1.Data applicant/ partner0.5 pages 2.Summary 0.5 pages 3.Background and target 1.0 page 4.Working schedule2.0 pages 5.Time schedule0.5 page 6.Costs and financing 0.5 page 7.Project team and resources 0.5 page 8.Project management1.0 page 9.Relevance for the region and sector1.0 page 10.Results and utilisation plan 0.5 page 11.Annexes Total (minimum):8.0 pages

7. Guideline for Funding V Role of the supporting school / university -implementation / testing of the curriculum -support of the (teams of) young people -administration of funding, incl. confirmation of the final report / cross- reference -declaration to the application: -pupil / student has successfully attended the innovation curriculum -project application is known by the signatory and submitted in one copy -project application is fully supported by the school/ university -project implementation will be supported by (name of the person) -administration for the allowance will be supported -equipments and devices remain in the property of the school/ university -equipments with a purchase price of more than 410,- Euro (incl. VAT) have to be used corresponding to the targets of the project for min. 3 years

8. Next Steps: „Toolbox“ Weser-Ems -contest vs. preselection (2 per district / independent city) -3 info days within the region (June/July 2006) -declaration of participation (July 2005) -implementation (September 2006 – March 2007) Schools Mentors Ideas Cooperation (NL) -optional: per district / independent city and topic 1 mentor (=5); altogether min. 1 / topic -expected participation according to the „participation declaration“ -identification / declaration of participation until July 2006 -active cooperation: September 2006 – March 2007 -optional: per district / independent city and topic 5 ideas; altogether min. 5! -expected level of detail according to the reporting form -availability of ideas between July 2006 until end of August -level of requirement see guideline for funding -individual contacts with support of the EDR and experienced schools -optional: central organised contacts