Key competences – a chance for success Erasmus Project

Project Title

Key competences – a chance for success

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: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The project responds to the problem of low key competences of adults at risk of social exclusion.
Key competences are the ability to read, write and understand text, counting and mathematical reasoning, as well as the ability to use modern technologies, as well as social skills such as interpersonal communication, adaptation to changes, teamwork, setting realistic life goals, dealing with conflict and conflict resolution, decision making, showing initiative.

The project is directed to employees of partner organizations – adult education staff working with and for people with low key competences.
As a result of project implementation, access and quality of the educational offer for adults with low key skills i.e. recipients of activities of all partners participating in the project, will improve. These are adults: living in disadvantaged areas, with low level of education, participants of great changes in the economy and the labor market, excluded and marginalized (including migrants, refugees, women distant from the labor market), with disabilities, carers of people with disabilities, seniors, after long-term exclusion from work (e.g. parents caring for young children who return to the labor market), leaving prison, after prolonged hospitalization and others in need of support.

Three partners will participate in the project:
Forum of Social Animators of Warmia and Mazury (FAS) from Poland as Project Leader, organization Labins from Italy and Eesti People to People from Estonia.

ACTIVITIES:
I. Short trainings for adult education staff (in Poland, Italy and Estonia):
Under the project, each partner will organize one joint short-term training for participants – adult education staff, in order to share the methods used, tools and good practices at work with people with low key competences. Each training will be attended by 4 people from each partner, i.e. 3 partners x 4 people = 12 people x 3 training. In total, 36 people will travel under this action.

II. International project meetings:
As part of the project, international project meetings will also take place, in which 2 representatives from each partner will participate, 3 partners x 2 people x 3 meetings. A total of 18 people will travel under this action.

PUBLICATION:
The result of the project will be a publication describing the good practices of each partner and a set of tools and recommendations for working with target groups.
Indirect recipients of the project will also be local communities, participants of dissemination activities, decision-makers, non-governmental organizations and institutions that will become familiar with the publication.

Each partner will also conduct a min. 2 local trainings on the methods and tools learned and 1 dissemination seminar.

MAIN RESULTS:
As a result of the project implementation:
– increase of knowledge and competence of adult education staff with low key skills;
– increasing the scope of educational services provided and increasing their quality;
– development of international cooperation in combating social exclusion;
– developing new tools and methodologies for working with people with low key competences;
– improving the quality of functioning of entities operating in the field of education and social inclusion;
– development of employees’ competences in the field of transnational and intercultural cooperation, strengthening of language competences;
– development of international cooperation, expansion of the network of contacts, establishment of new partnerships, including future project partnerships.

The established partnership has the task of transferring knowledge between entities operating in similar areas, having common goals and having different experiences and competences, which will complement each other on the basis of synergy. Transnational cooperation is an added value for all partners involved, in the long run it will help strengthen its members in the areas indicated in the project, allow exchange of experience and strengthen the scope and results of the project. The international activities will enable to learn about new solutions and good practices not yet used by partners and allow partners to adapt and implement them in their country.

Project duration 1/12/2020/30/11/2022 (24 months).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 55308 Eur

Project Coordinator

Forum Animatorow Spolecznych & Country: PL

Project Partners

• LAB.IN.S Società Cooperativa Impresa Sociale
• EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE