ERFAL: Exchange of Practices For Disadvantaged People Erasmus Project

Project Title

ERFAL: Exchange of Practices For Disadvantaged People

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Access for disadvantaged; Inclusion – equity; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The ERFAL project is a KA2 Strategic Partnership for Exchange of Practices aimed at creating a thematic network for sharing experience on different topics in the area of integration of disadvantage people. The project developed a collection of good practices dealing with the integration of migrants and refugees, disabled people, NEETs and elderly and providing successful models for raising their skills and supporting their economic and social integration.

The project objectives covered:
– To establish a thematic network for sharing experience on different topics in the area of integration of disadvantage people
– To improve the quality of the educational opportunities offered to disadvantaged people and raise their skill levels in a wide variety of sectors
– To support disadvantaged people in their economic and social integration
– To enhance the exploitation potential of existing educational projects focused on integration of various disadvantaged groups

These objectives were achieved through the development of a Toolbox of 75 tools, initiatives and good practices for integration of migrants and refugees, disabled people, NEETs and elderly people from the partner countries and beyond, which are made available on the project website (www.erfalproject.eu). The Toolbox development and information included was continuously communicated with relevant stakeholders dealing with the integration of disadvantaged people. The project website registered 6,000 visitors since its launch.
ERFAL used the methodology of the BarCamp participatory workshops where information and experiences are shared through different means and formats. A total of 4 BarCamp workshops were organised under the project, each one dealing with a specific topic related to the integration of disadvantaged people, and namely:
– First BarCamp: Integration of migrants and refugees
– Second BarCamp: Integration of disabled people
– Third BarCamp: Integration of NEETs
– Fourth BarCamp: Integration of elderly people

During the workshops each participant presented a good practice dealing with the topic in question in diverse forms – presentations, educational games, national and European initiatives and projects for integration and education of disadvantaged people, first-hand people experiences, mobile applications, videos, educational digital technologies, etc.
During the implementation of the project, the ERFAL partners created a network of 54 organisations and hundreds of individuals from the area of integration of disadvantaged people and used them for input and feedback at different project stages. The ERFAL outcomes were spread to relevant stakeholders within two rounds of national workshops aimed at exchanging experience on methods and opportunities for the integration of disadvantaged people. A total of 505 target group representatives participated in 24 workshops organised in the 9 partner countries.
The ERFAL project was widely disseminated within 184 dissemination events reaching nearly 8,000 people; thousands more were reached through online dissemination and different informational platforms.

In December 2018, the ERFAL project was awarded a Certificate for quality implementation of a project at an official ceremony during the annual valorization conference of the Bulgarian National Agency.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 85810 Eur

Project Coordinator

KU TU EOOD & Country: BG

Project Partners

• EURORESO
• Cooperatieve vereniging Pressure Line U.A.
• REINTEGRA, z.s.
• INICIATIVAS DE FUTURO PARA UNA EUROPA SOCIAL COOP V
• Ballybeen Women’s Centre Ltd
• SYNTHESIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LIMITED
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan Universitesi