ICT4NGO – ICT Competency Assessment Standard for European NGOs Erasmus Project

Project Title

ICT4NGO – ICT Competency Assessment Standard for European NGOs

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Quality Assurance; Recognition, transparency, certification

Project Summary

ICT4NGO project aims at contributing to development of digital skills amongst NGO staff through creation of innovative experimental training program supported by the specialized ICT-portal which diagnoses and recommends paths of digital competence development for individuals. ICT4NGO is not limited only to NGO staff but is open for all kinds of adult learners who work or are stakeholders of social sector (including: informal activists, local animators, local leaders, social educators, CSR officers and etc). Taking into account relative lower earnings of people engaged in social sector, ICT4NGO based on open source materials provides a virtual learning path enabling for each social sector stakeholder to improve her/his digital competencies using open source materials which are recommended according to their diagnosed skills.Following policy recommendation, key product of our project is self-assessment portal (O3 and 04) with online recommendation and ICT mentoring tool (O4) which diagnoses, gives feedback and guides the social sector activists through their digital skills development. Portal will provide explanation of various path of digital skills development and assess current state of knowledge for particular adult learner. Except diagnose and recommendation, it will also consist of motivational functions and possibility to track the development of current situation.The ICT4NGO training programme (O5 & O6) will be held by selected trainers who will operate under the supervision of high qualified staff (researchers, expert professionals). The learning units will be designed in order to be assembled and packaged in a suitable and personalized way. The entire training program will be supported by an evaluation system that will ensure the objectives achievement.Thus, the novelty of ICT4NGO project is threefold. On the one hand it is based on a lifelong training programme for adults, designed, developed and experimented by researchers and expert professionals. On the another hand, it will adopt an innovative training approach, based on an experimental form of collaborative learning and distance learning. Finally, it will also provide first digital skills self-assessment and recommendation-guidance portal for NGOs in the European Union which will enormously contribute to the professionalization of the social sector.Partners1. Foundation TechSoup, Poland, leader of consortium2. SOCIALTECHNO IMPRESA SOCIALE srl, Italy 3. Les Ateliers du Bocage, France4. Haus des Stiftens gGmbH, Germany5. Fondacija Mozaik, Bosnia

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 165289,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACJA TECHSOUP & Country: PL

Project Partners

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