Training, youth and education: Slovenia's participation in Leonardo, Socrates and Youth programmes

PURPOSE : to open up Community programmes in the fields of training, youth and education to Slovenia for the year 1999. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision 1999/648/EC. CONTENT : Decision no 2/1999 of the EU-Slovenia to adopt the terms and conditions for the participation of Slovenia in 3 Community programmes in the fields of training, youth and education (LEONARDO I, SOCRATES I and the Youth for Europe). In particular, Slovenia : - will participate in all activities of these programmes to the same title as the Member States and in conformity with the objectives, criteria procedure and deadlines established in these programmes; - will apply the same terms and conditions for the submission, assessment and selection of applications to those which apply to the Member States; - will include a minimum number of partners from Member States for all the activities and transnational projects; - will provide the appropriate structures and mechanisms at national level in order to implement its participation; - will facilitate the free movement and residence of students, teachers, university administrators, young people and other eligible persons moving between Slovenia and the Member States for the purpose of participating in these programmes; - will pay each year a contribution to the general budget of the European Communities to cover the costs resulting from its participation in the 3 programmes. The financial contribution of Slovenia will cover: - subsidies or any other financial support from the programmes to Slovene participants; - financial support from the programmes to the functioning of the natioanl agencies and; - supplementary administrative costs related to the management of the programmes by the Commission stemming from Slovenia's participation. The Community participates in part in covering this contribution by deducting the necessary amounts from the annual financial PHARE/Slovenia grant. However, the PHARE contribution will not cover the supplementary administrative costs related to the management of the programme by the Commission: this will come from Slovenia's national budget. Furthermore, Slovenia will be associated in following its participation to the programmes mentioned in order to prepare itself for the Community decision-making process in the perspective of accession (notably, by participating in co-ordination meetings previous to committee meetings on the management of these programmes and being informed of the results of these meetings). ENTRY INTO FORCE : 01.05.1999.�