No One Behind Erasmus Project

Project Title

No One Behind

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: Inclusion – equity; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Rural development and urbanisation

Project Summary

The project No One Behind aims at celebrating the art of equip adults from rural area with digital skills, promoting their access to lifelong learning activities, motivating them to start learning, as well as connecting individuals, groups, organizations who are willing to help more adults regarding the joy and relevance of digital competences.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
1. Creating an innovative methodology for educating and training adults from rural zone to improve their digital and ICT skills by the end of the first quarter of 2021;
2. Elaboration of the training manual with 5 modules for digital skills for adults in the rural area and its validation by at least 125 adult educators by the end of 2021;
3. Developing attitudes, mental models and engagement of minimum 125 adults from rural zone by creating the new and innovative boarding GAME that will be pilot tested and disseminated in the second semester of 2022 for increasing work-based active learning.
4. Improvement of the educational skills of at least 17 adult educators from 6 partner countries of the project by developing and conducting a Short-Term Joint-Staff Training in the first semester of 2022
TARGET GROUP:
Adult educators: social workers, teachers, mentors, professors, other professionals who work with adults
Adults from rural zone willing to improve their daily life, to change their job or to find new opportunities by equip with digital skills.
Indirectly, the project will also target other stakeholders of the project, namely education centers and other organizations; public bodies active in local and regional development, decision-makers in the field of education.
For all the above, this project will aim for educators, mentors and other professionals who work with adults to get acquainted with their learners’ specific needs and to be trained to implement a tailored course with specific content to improve their ICT skills.
The project consortium consists of 7 organisations such as:
NERDA, a NGO with 21 years of experience in regional development in Romania that offers services for increase of sustainable economic growth, partnerships, development of human resources and entrepreneurial attitude.
INOVA is the Portuguese leading company in the promotion and management of international projects of Innovation, Education, Research and Technological Development.
EUROCREA is a consulting and training company based in Italy, with two offices located in Milan and Naples. Eurocrea Merchant has implemented several projects and initiatives in the field of adult education, with the aim to promote sustainability and acquisition of personal and transversal skills.
IDEC is a training consulting company located in Piraeus, Greece. Its activities consist of training, management consulting, quality assurance, evaluation and development of ICT solutions for both private and public sector.
EUEI specialises in the creation of powerful online platforms, immersive educational environments and provision of resources and tools to create truly valuable learning experiences. EUEI was founded on the concept of ‘continuing education’; a post-secondary education programme that provides further enrichment to learners in a wide range of sectors.
ATERMON is a start-up located in Netherlands, focusing on intelligent uses of Game-Based Learning, Web 3.0 technologies and tools for the implementation of solutions which can deliver lasting learning experiences of real practical value.
ADL “ECO LAND” is a NGO, with a non-patrimonial purpose, which aims to develop the local community by promoting and developing the tourism potential and the patrimony of the area, traditional, cultural craftsmanship, of the tourist attraction points existing in Targu Neamt and in the adjacent localities.
PROJECT SPECIFIC RESULTS:
1. Developed of an innovative methodology for education and training of adults in rural area.
2. Developed of a training manual with 5 modules for digital skills for adults in the rural area
3. Developed a new and innovative boarding GAME
4. At least 125 adult educators, minimum 20 in each partner community, except Netherlands, as ATERMON only serves as the technical partner, have taken part at the validation of the training manual
5. A short-term joint training activity for adult educators from May 2022 was developed and carried out in in PORTUGAL by INOVA, an Innovation Centre in Matosinhos city.
6. At least, 17 educators took part in short-term joint-staff training activity for adult educators
7. At least 125 adults learners from rural area, minimum 20 in each partner community, have taken part at the pilot testing of the boarding game for equip them with the digital skills
8. 5 transnational meetings have taken place: 1st in Piatra Neamt (Romania) in in November 2020; 2nd in Matosinhos (Portugal) in May 2021; 3rd in Piraeus (Greece) in November 2021;
9. 11 multiplier events with at least 300 participants in total.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 231728 Eur

Project Coordinator

Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Nord-Est & Country: RO

Project Partners

• EUROCREA MERCHANT SRL
• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA
• INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA
• Asociatia de Dezvoltare Locala ECO LAND
• European E-learning Institute
• ATERMON B.V.