eTwinning NSO activities in Lithuania

2026-07-22

Lithuania’s National Support Organisation (NSO) is the gateway for eTwinning/ESEP: it promotes the platform, registers users, mentors projects, trains teachers, ensures quality and safety, and embeds eTwinning in national policy. Track record (to 2025): • Around 2 000 schools and >9 000 projects launched. • 4 963 Lithuanian eTwinners on ESEP (31 Dec 2024). • Record 60 schools earned the 2025–26 eTwinning School Label. • Nation-wide ambassador/mentor network (10 regions) keeps growth steady despite new-platform hurdles. Goal 2026-2027: Retain active users, revive dormant ones, and add ≥500 newcomers/year; launch ≥1 200 European projects, prioritising rural, VET, ITE and ECEC sectors. Objectives: 1. Operate and enhance ESEP/eTwinning 2. Recruit and engage diverse users 3. Manage labels, prizes and awards 4. Provide rich national/international CPD 5. Guarantee safety and high-quality pedagogy 6. Forge Erasmus+ synergies & meet EU priorities (inclusion, digital, green, civic) Key actions: • Ambassador-led seminars, webinars, mentoring, helpdesk (≥90 events, 1 700 participants). • Joint promotion with Erasmus+ (≥2 KA1/KA2 events). • Monitor users/projects; advise on NQL/EQL; annual best-project contest. • Targeted outreach and tailored support for under-represented groups. • Policy influence: data-driven input to Ministry working groups. • Green, inclusive, digital practices (online events, paperless admin). Indicators by Dec 2027: • +1 000 new users, ≥550 active project leaders. • ≥9 IVET schools involved; 20–50 schools apply for the Label each year. • Ambassador network sustained (≥8 ambassadors, 10 mentors). • ≥400 NQL applications/year with 70 % awarded. • ≥90 teachers join international PD events. Built on proven methods and clear metrics, the plan seeks to deepen engagement, raise project quality and entrench eTwinning in Lithuania’s education ecosystem.

Lithuania

2026-02-01