COping with NO mobility during COrona Virus times : Learning from each other Erasmus Project

Project Title

COping with NO mobility during COrona Virus times : Learning from each other

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Home and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law); Transport and mobility; Social dialogue

Project Summary

Since Covid-19 emerged to a pandemic in 2020 it has compelled many governments around Europe to take extreme measures of lock down to a degree unimaginable until then. As a result millions of Europeans were forced to stay home for an extended period of time. Unexpectedly employees had to work from home for the first time, teachers had to teach from home for the first time, students needed to continue learning from home for the first time and parents had to support their families – both their kids and parents – in a different way from the one they were used to. This new reality found most, unprepared to adapt their working, leaving, producing, creating, learning, teaching and living habits and be as productive and effective while staying at home. Thus, CONOCO project aims to collect practices from the partner countries and beyond, on how the Europeans employees- employers, educators-students, parents- grandparents, were coping with staying at home and also highlight original, atypical approaches that proved to be efficient and help peoples productivity and creativity. This collection will be grouped and prepared in an easy readable digital document that will map what happened in the following categories, which could become guidelines on how to cope with isolation at home covering many different parameters of everyday life and how people can develop competences to be adaptable to this at any time.
THE CASE OF WORK FORCE:
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated instantly the practice of ‘teleworking’, ’working remotely” or “working from home”. According to Eurostat data (2018) the percentage of employed persons aged 15 to 64 in the European Union (EU) who usually work from home was at 5.0% in 2017. This figure was highest in the Netherlands (13.7%), Luxembourg (12.7%) and Finland (12.3%), and lowest in Bulgaria (0.3%) and Romania (0.4%). Also, the EU says that flexible work is indispensable to achieve greater balance and productivity [European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2016 on creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance (2016/2017(INI))].
THE CASE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (School and Higher education):
Through the years, schools have experienced several closures as a result of health issues or other crises, causing educational disruptions among millions of children and youngsters. Aware both of the importance of maximizing the social distancing meant to limit the spread of the new Covid_19 virus, and the incentive of continuing the educational process teachers have been focusing on online teaching-the application of online techniques to provide learning to students at a distance. Even though the current pandemic according to the indication is coming to an end, as the previews experience has shown similar obstacles and situation may occur at any time in the future. That is why, it is absolutely necessary to discoever the problems now so school and HE distant teaching and learning can be improved.
THE CASE OF PARENTS AND GRAND-PARENTS:
Probably the main actors of such crises are the parents and sometimes even grand=parents who have been scientifically impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak and it is this category who not only have to adapt their working schedule and habits to the new situation but found themselves in the challenging position of supporting their families in a different way from the one they were used to. The project will collect practices from this group as well.
This project does not produce Intellectual Outputs as its aim is a collection of good practices. The following result deliverables are planned:
D1: Online Survey implementation and result
D2: Focus groups and interviews in order to produce the national Reports
D3: C1 Short Learning, Teaching Training content
D4: C2 Short Learning, Teaching Training content
D5: Preparation, editing and finalization of the video testimonials
D6: E-book comprehensive collection of results
D7: Diseemination Strategy and Plan
D8: Quality Assurance Stategy and Plan
The project has duration 20 months.

Project Website

http://co-no-co.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 82872 Eur

Project Coordinator

European Association of Erasmus Coordinators & Country: CY

Project Partners

• Volkshochschule Schrobenhausen e.V.
• UNIVERSITATEA PETROL SI GAZE PLOIESTI
• Liceul Teoretic “Tudor Arghezi”
• PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU
• ITIS P. PALEOCAPA
• ASSOCIAZIONE PER I DIRITTI DEGLI ANZIANI DI MONZA