Quality Network Cooperation II Erasmus Project

Project Title

Quality Network Cooperation II

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 : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The project QuNeCo – which stands for QUALITY NETWORK COOPERATION – aimed at creating a strong network among 10 organisations from Europe, Asia and Latin America, wishing to host/send youth with fewer opportunities for EVS. Furthermore, the project helped youth workers gain new competencies, improve the quality of youth work and enable 22 young people with fewer opportunities to do EVS in another continent.
The result of the project is a stable and sustainable network of 10 organisations, 22 EVS projects for youth with fewer opportunities abroad, follow-up EVS projects, an OPC preparation toolkit, an update of an EVS supervision training module and an improved quality of youth work.
No planned result is methodology how to educate kids between 3 – 6 years old about water and hygiene.

The primary target group were young people aged 18 to 30, the priority had youngsters with fewer opportunities. Through EVS, they gained new personal and professional skills, increased their employability and became more open and tolerant to other cultures. The secondary target group of the project was project coordinators and EVS staff in each partner organisation which were actively involved in work with these young people. The youth workers gained new intercultural and professional experience during this project.
The local community in all partner organisations also greatly benefits from the project – especially in terms of intercultural learning and tolerance.
These activities took place during the project:
– a kick-off meeting(10 project coordinators + experts)
– EVS (22 young people)
– 3 EVS supervisions in new partner organisations (KERIC coordinator + European coordinator)
– Youthpass training (12 participants)

Through EVS, this project helped to solve the issues connected with the community where the young people with fewer opportunities come from. By motivating the young people to change their lives, gradual steps were taken to the change of their community as such. We expect that the employability of young people opportunities on the labour market will be increased.

Other themes that will be particularly addressed by the project were:
 cultural diversity
 prejudice, racism, xenophobia, current anti-Islamic views in Europe
 participation of young people in public life
 the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities
 cross-sector cooperation
 European, Asian and Latin American awareness
 Underdevelopment of rural areas

The methods of work follow the principles of non-formal education.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 143159,88 Eur

Project Coordinator

OBCIANSKE ZDRUZENIE KERIC & Country: SK

Project Partners

• FILOXENIA DIAPOLITISMIKI PERIVALLONTIKI ORGANOSI
• ASOCIACION DE INTERCAMBIO INTERNACIONAL CULTURAL DE JOVENES (INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL YOUTH EXCHANGE) ICYE HONDURAS
• CHANGLE ROYALS ENGLISH TRAINING CENTER
• CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
• YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSEMBLY INC
• CHARITY-ORIENTED MYANMAR
• AHA – JUGENDINFORMATIONSZENTRUM VORARLBERG