e-nitiative.nrw - Network for Education Facts and figures

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Established

2nd November, 1999 by the State Government and local authority representative bodies in North Rhine-Westphalia

Run by

• Ministry of Education, Science and Research of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (MSWF)
• State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Conference of Municipal of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Association of Local and Municipal Authorities of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Rural District Authorities Conference of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Regional Assembly of the Rhineland

Tasks

• Supporting the equipment of schools with computer hardware
• Providing teachers with the skills for using new media in education
• Initiating the development of multimedia curricular and learning software
• Setting up partnerships and cooperation schemes with business and other organisations

Organisational structure
Responsibility for the operational side of e-nitiative.nrw is shared between the Project office and the Media consultancy department of the Rhineland Media Centre and the Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Strategic control over the e-nitiative.nrw is in the hands of a committee chaired by undersecretary, Dr. Wolfgang Meyer-Hesemann (MSWF), and composed of prominent experts.

At the local level, 54 'e-teams.nrw' advise and assist schools, teachers bodies maintaining schools authorities on all aspects of new media teaching, media development planning and qualifications.

Funding in 2002

• € 500 million flat-rate for equipping schools; provided to councils under the Local Government (Funding) Act
• € 8,3 million for software, equipment and infrastructure for vocational training colleges (proceeds from the auction of UMTS frequencies)
• € 3,5 million for software and online resources and materials
• € 2 million for continuing education and training, e-team.nrw