European development plan is a strategic vision of internationalization and modernization of your school.

​From the Erasmus+ programme guide and from our blog Tips you need for valuable European development plan you know which areas should it cover. In this blog we prepared some questions that might help you think when preparing the European development plan.

Questions for European development plan in KA1 Erasmus+ mobility application:

• What our school needs?
• Where are the barriers?
• Where do we want to go and why?
• Do we want to attract new target groups? Do we want a different approach to existing target groups or stakeholders?
• In which areas we are competent? In which areas we need additional skills?
• Where are we now? Which goals do we want to achieve? By when?
• Who needs new knowledge? Who can share?

Plans for mobility:

• Where can we get missing competencies?
• Why in another country and not at home?
• How can we get missing competencies in another country? Which activities are the most suitable?
• Who in another country practices useful activities for our needs?
• In how many countries are those best practices?
• Which best practice is the most suitable for us?
• Which employees will go to another country, to which activity and why?

After mobility:

• How will you implement new knowledge and skills to your school?
• How exactly will the change look like?
• What will be the impact of teacher's mobility on students?
• In what ways will be the activities at your school better because of the mobility?
• How will you measure the change?
• How will you ensure the impact on teachers, stakeholders and broader environment?

Source: Cmepius, Slovene national agency

​The broader aim of Erasmus+ KA1 projects is to enhance internationalization of the education. Internationalization increases employability, intercultural awareness, social capital, motivation for change, information sharing, awareness of different educational systems etc. European Development Plan in the KA1 application form is basically the answer to the question how will you strengthen internationalization of your school.