Written answers
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Education in the North. [54152/12]
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Employment and Learning in the North. [54153/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together.
My Department co-operates with a number of Departments and Offices in Northern Ireland in co-sponsoring projects which have a cross-border dimension and include among their objectives increasing mutual understanding and advancing peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. The projects and Northern co-sponsors are listed in the attached table.
Department of Education and Skills
North South Co-operation Projects & Programmes
Name | Target Grouping | Irish Government | Northern Ireland Executive Department/Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
Children’s Book Week – annual event to promote reading among children | School, Youth, Teachers and Parents | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
Cinemagic – annual film festival for young people from 4 to 25 years of age | School, Youth, adults & Teachers | Dept. Education & Skills | - Dept. of Culture, Arts & Leisure NI |
Dissolving Boundaries – links schools North and South in partnerships forged through the Internet and school exchanges | School, Youth & Teachers | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
European Studies Project – through co-operative projects at post primary level enhances children’s’ awareness of EU social, economic and political issues and structures | School, Youth & Teachers | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
Irish Science Olympiad – brings together science students from the 32 counties in friendly competition for selection to an all island team for the International Science Olympiad | School, Youth & Teachers | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
Maths Week Ireland – promotes awareness, appreciation and understanding of mathematics throughout the island of Ireland | School, Youth, Teachers and Parents | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
Pushkin Prizes – promotes creativity in adults and children through the medium of the arts and the natural environment | School, Youth, Adults & Teachers | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
George Mitchell Scholarships - provides third level scholarships to enable US university graduates to pursue a year of study at institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland | 3rd Level | Dept. Education & Skills | Dept. of Employment & Learning NI |
Standing Conference on Teacher Education North/South (SCoTENS) | 3rd Level | Dept. Education & Skills | - Dept. Education Northern Ireland |
Universities Ireland – promotes co-operation and collaboration between universities North and South and to enhance their reputations in Europe and elsewhere | 3rd Level | Dept. Education & Skills | - Dept. of Employment & Learning NI |
Washington Ireland Programme – enables promising university students from all traditions on the island of Ireland to participate in a six-month programme of personal and professional leadership development | 3rd Level | Dept. Education & Skills | Office of First Minister & Deputy First Minister Northern Ireland |
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