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this period - 1997 to 2000 - the number of projects increases. Several
of them are isolated from each other, but there is also a fairly large
cluster of interrelated projects (a project network). This has developed
out of the initial three-project cluster (see figure
4). Their joint thematic area is about learning, competence development
and qualifications.
Three
aspects are interesting:
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The FORUM
members, particularly those who also participated in EUROPROF (marked by
black-edged squares), are represented in the majority of projects, especially
in the enlarged cluster.
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The cluster
has got a strongly interrelated central group of projects, but also two
projects - top and bottom - which are connected with the rest by just one
partner each. A partner in such a position serves as a cut-point; this
is, potentially, an essential link for exchanging information and ideas
between the project at the edge and the rest of the cluster.
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Also noteworthy,
in this period, are the first yellow marks: partners from newly associated
countries in Central and Eastern Europe. They are only involved in the
cluster of projects - showing the cluster’s potential for integration.
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