DIGILEAD – Advancement of Digital Transformation of Social Sector with the Use of Open Badges Recognition System Erasmus Project

Project Title

DIGILEAD – Advancement of Digital Transformation of Social Sector with the Use of Open Badges Recognition System

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The general objective of the DIGILEAD project is development of digital transformation of EU NGOs align with educational framework ICT4NGO for digital education of social sector at a European level integrating the expertise of partners engaged in different topical social educational practices such as peer learning, participatory learning, social learning, and collaborative learning.

The specific objectives are:
• development of digital transformation competences of senior staff and management in non-governmental sector (O1) and (O2)
• to build up recognition toolbox for the NGO staff and leadership who would like to get their digtal skills achievements tracked, monitored and recognized with the use of open digital badges concept (O3) developed by the social sector (Mozilla Foundation, 2011)
• to create a mobile application (dashboard) for HRs of non-governmental organization in order to foster tracking, monitoring and development of NGOs strategic competencies within LLP education of their staff and leadership (O4)

DIGILEAD4NGO aims at creation of framework for digitally competent NGO leaders. Focusing on leaders (senior management and senior staff only) of NGOs will be complementary to ICT4NGO project which focused on employees/volunteers and will create an effective uptake of digital technologies at regional, national and European level.

In order to promote the idea of digital e-leadership, the DIGILEAD project will use the idea electronic badges. Idea behind is to create a good practices of European NGOs which use variety of methods of digitalization and which mission/leadership and values include digital transformation needs.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 153956,87 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACJA TECHSOUP & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Haus des Stiftens gGmbH
• LES ATELIERS DU BOCAGE
• Fondacija Mozaik
• SOCIALTECHNO IMPRESA SOCIALE srl