The Executive Director of CARDET, Dr. Charalambos Vrasidas, was the keynote speaker at the event organized by The Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programmes, on November 29, 2011. The theme of the event was “New Technologies in Education and Training: elearning”. More than 500 teachers, students, academics and researchers attended the event.

The Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes (LLP) was registered at the Associations and Institutions Governor on the 30th of March 2007. The Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes is being directed by a Board of Directors with nine members, which is appointed by the Council of Ministers. The main occupation of the LLP is the management of the funds that are granted in Cyprus from the European Commission for the attendance of the Cypriot Beneficiaries in European Education and Training Programmes. The LLP manages the European Lifelong Learning Programme with its four sectoral programms, COMENIUS for School Education, ERASMUS for Higher Education, LEONARDO DA VINCI for Professional Education and Training and GRUNDTVIG for Adult Education, as well as the STUDY VISITS programme, for Education and Professional Training executives, that workes in the framework of TRANSVERSAL PROGRAMME, the Lifelong Learning Programme. Also, at the activities of the Lifelong Learning Programme, the management of the programmes EUROPEAN LANGUAGE LABEL, BOLOGNA PROMOTERS and eTWINNING are included, which are also included in the European Lifelong Learning Programme. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.llp.org.cy.