In preparation of an individual pupil mobility scheme under the new Lifelong Learning Programme (Comenius Sub-programme), the European Commission has awarded a Service Contract (n° 2006-2867/001-001) for a long-term project to EFIL, the European Federation for Intercultural Learning, the umbrella organisation of the European AFS-Organisations. The new programme will enable secondary school pupils to spend up to a year studying in a school abroad with a grant from the European Commission. EFIL has hired EEE-YFU (European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding) as a subcontractor.

The project consisted of three consecutive parts: (1) an analysis of the context in 31 European countries, (2) drafting of recommendations on the practical implementation of the action, and (3) a pilot phase with intra-European exchanges of up to 500 secondary school pupils. The results of this pilot project will be taken into account when designing the practical implementation of the new action.

This Final Report is the fifth report to the European Commission, following the “Initial Report”, the “First Interim Report”, the “Second Interim Report” and the “Third Interim Report” that were submitted during different phases of this project. Throughout the text of this Final Report, reference is made to these extensive documents.

The Final Report presents an overview of the different aspects of this pilot project, with a focus on the results of the exchange phase itself and the evaluation of this mobility scheme by an external evaluator.

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