It started on 1 January 1995 and will last to 31 December 1999. Leonardo is a programme of cooperation, not aide, i.e. the grants cover only a part of total costs of research projects and can be lower than expected ones. Leonardo is complementary to Socrates and like Socrates it promotes the idea of lifelong education. Leonardo programme can be applied for research projects which can express new ideas in vocational training or proposals of development and improvement of existing education methods.
Projects can present both theories or hypotheses and practical solutions.
Poland s participation in Leonardo was officially endorsed in the beginning of March, 1998. That signifies Polish institutions are eligible to take part in the Call of Proposals according to the same rules as those of other countries and their participation in the programme will have financial support out of Leonardo s funds. The programme has a two-dimension structure. Each strand is divided into more specified sub-strands characterising the problems to undergo within the programme.