Cool Collaboration Erasmus Project

Project Title

Cool Collaboration

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 youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

In current time NGOs and youth work face more challenges than ever – partnerships and teamwork are spread throughout the whole Europe and further, main communication with partners is online through collaborative tools, with young people through social media. Common project management practices are not enough for efficient work (especially at international level), youth workers have low level of competences to use online collaborative tools, adapt communication means and message to target groups which would make significant process and quality in implementing Erasmus+ projects. Collaboration was formed from 4 partners in PT, SK, HU and CZ who face similar problems and needs.

Goal of our project is to increase project management, online collaboration and communication competences of youth workers and young volunteers in 4 NGOs as key skillset leading to significant progress in implementing Erasmus+ projects.

Objectives to be reached by end of project
O1. To increase quality of projects unfolded by NGOs by familiarizing youth workers and young volunteers with project management basics and strategies in international context.
O2. To increase efficiency of NGOs by implementing new online collaborative tools into their current workflow as well as create a common approach to set working procedures, quality assurance and management.
O3. To increase communication competences of youth workers and young volunteers in 4 NGOs adapted to digital context and different target groups (young people and international partners).

Participants of short-term joint staff training events
-4 participants per country (total 16 participants)
-Active youth worker or volunteer
-Experienced in topics related to the project (project management and communication in digital era at international level, online collaborative tools). N. B. it is preference, not requirement.
-Available and motivated to organize follow-up activities in home countries after each short-term staff mobility

Activities:
-C1 is dedicated to familiarizing with different online collaborative tools and integrating them to youth work and daily operations of NGOs, setting work standards, quality assurance and management process.

-C2 is dedicated to project management and communication at international context and digital era – project management and communication which is relevant to Erasmus+ project implementation considering partnership is made throughout all Europe and further.

Tangible results:
-5 high quality tutorials in project management at international level
-2 high quality tutorial about online collaboration tools in youth work
-list of useful links to use online collaborative tools
-presentation of different online collaborative tools with their pros and cons

Intangible results:
-Increased understanding of youth workers and young volunteers about project management in international context
-All partner NGOs will set working procedures, quality assurance and management which will lead to more efficient and effective work, reduced time spent on performing the same tasks.
-Increased digital competences of youth workers and young volunteers by familiarizing with different online cooperation tools
-Youth workers and young volunteers will be able to successfully use integrated online collaborative tools, implement and perform specific tasks, manage and maintain these tools.
-Youth workers and young volunteers will increase communication competences focusing on communication online with partners through online collaboration tools
-We are planning to involve 80 young people in follow-up activities of each training course of this project (20/country) so they accordingly increase competences on online collaboration tools and project management at international level, efficient online communication which will encourage and empower them to make more new initiatives for KA1 projects youth exchanges as well as will increase quality and efficiency of youth exchanges they are involved at given moment and in the future.

Impact:
Impact will be felt and given through increased competences of youth workers and volunteers, more activities and projects unfolded at local level as a result of international cooperation, increased efficiency and quality of youth work. NGOs will increase their visibility and reliability thanks to more projects and bigger scale projects they are able to implement thanks to this project and its activities.
More young people will be involved in NGOs activities as well. By taking part in this project and follow-up activities of each training, they will increase digital competences, project management and communication at international level which will motivate and empower them to be more active and involved in communities life and NGOs activities, create new initiatives, develop ideas for new projects on matters that are most relevant for them.

Project Website

https://www.cje.pt/projects/cool-collaboration

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 59580 Eur

Project Coordinator

CJE – CLUBE DE JOVENS EUROPEUS & Country: PT

Project Partners

• OBCIANSKY SPOLOK
• FOUR LINKS Z.S.
• Ifjúsági Nomád Klub Nonprofit Kft.