Project proposals are assessed by the ELTeCS Europe and Central Asia project proposal evaluation committee. The committee consists of the Co-ordinator, Manager English Language Networking, and regional ELTeCS representatives.

Members of the ELTeCS Europe and Central Asia project proposal evaluation committee are:
Tamas Kiss, Co-ordinator - Hungary
Michaela Pisova - Czech Republic
Larissa Sardiko - Latvia
Zoltan Poor - Hungary
Penny Trigg, Manager English Language Networking, British Council, UK

ELTeCS project funding results autumn 2002

1. Cross cultural business communication project

Project manager: Silva Bratoz, Slovenia
Teachers from: Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Switzerland
Aims:

			To complement and extend a successful Leonardo da Vinci project (Cross-cultural Business Communication - CCBC) by piloting the materials produced
			To incorporate two new partners in the extended international network of institutions, trainers and students
			To provide participants with an objective view of their work through piloting and evaluation activities
			To make and consider suggestions for improvements of the materials
			To contribute to the development of an interactive CD with exercises for students
			To improve quality of networking and create greater opportunities for dissemination of lessons learned
			To enhance the quality of the activities carried out
			To enable the participants to acquire a thorough insight into methods of setting up a business English course based on simulations of realistic business practices, with implications of intercultural issues arising from an international network of teachers and students

2. Regional ICT networks

Project manager: Imre Szabo, Hungary
Teachers from: Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia
Aims:

			To share and extend experience of using the Internet in English language teaching in order to increase the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process
			To facilitate the exchange of information and networking among teachers and trainers interested in using information technologies in their teaching
			To exploit the potential of a regional team of teachers created at the Hornby Regional School 2002 in Hungary and develop their training skills

Report

3. Hornby Schools - passing the baton

Project manager: Csilla Hos, Hungary
Teachers from: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe and the Baltic States
Aims:

To capture and pass on to successor countries in Europe and to language teaching professionals worldwide the experience Hungarian INSET trainers have gained in organising Hornby schools for Central and Eastern Europe, to ensure that:

			the 2003 and 2004 Hornby European series offer the highest possible quality professional experience for participants, tutors and organisers
			the innovative methodology and philosophy of the Hungarian model of multi-national, regional school is disseminated
			organisers of professional development schools and similar events worldwide, Hornby-funded or otherwise, have access to and benefit from the lessons learnt in Europe

4. IATEFL planning

Project manager: Roy Cross, Croatia
Teachers from: throughout Europe
Aims:

			To bring together at least 500 newly qualified teachers (NQTs) from all over Europe via an IATEFL-e 2003 event
			To form an IATEFL-e 2003 programme committee and agree individual responsibilities and timetable of action
			To ensure a core group of 30 professionals is bonded, focused and motivated, to ensure success of IATEFL-e 2003 in September 2003

5. Workshop: Video techniques necessary to create better films for ELT purposes

Project manager: Iskra Angelova, Bulgaria
Teachers from:
Aims:

Report

6. Workshop: Developing writing materials for students of ESP in central and eastern Europe
Project manager: Lyudmila Kuznetsova, Russia
Teachers from:
Aims:

			To produce a set of high quality materials to teach writing skills in ESP, which will meet the demands of local curricula
			To set up a framework and make a plan of action for the piloting of the materials in the participants’ institutions
			To create a cross-regional team of colleagues to do the piloting
			To trial the materials in student groups in the participants’ home countries
			To revise the materials and disseminate them via the existing ESP networks
			To promote networking and exchange of materials among members of the ESP community in the region

Report

ELTeCS project funding results spring 2002

1. Ethical English - a supplementary book for English, Ecology and Health

Project manager: Keith Kelly, Bulgaria
Teachers from: Bulgaria, Slovakia

Report after the summer school

Report on launch of 'Ethical English'