RE: INTEGRATIVE RE: ACTION Erasmus Project

Project Title

RE: INTEGRATIVE RE: ACTION

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: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Social dialogue; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

One of the most dramatic contemporary problems of the European social model is the pressure in industrial relations, which increasingly push aside the integration of social, civic and personal needs of „small“ participant in the general framework of interests. Conventional forms of education and civic action are proving increasingly inadequate to implement protective and auspices function. In this context, the creation, implementation and promotion of innovative technological tools for solving the above problems is of strategic importance for addressing one of the key challenges facing European civilizational model.

Specific objective of the project is to create specific IT-tools for informal distance learning for adults, validating their knowledge and skills, and creating conditions for cooperation and provision of civic pressure to defend social, civil and personal rights – with a focus on groups with special needs (socially excluded and discriminated; remote, temporary and home workers; freelancers, etc.). Specific objective of the project is to support the target groups in their efforts to defend their rights through active civic involvement, organizing to pressure groups and rendering influences in society to combat discrimination, social and civic exclusion, poverty. In this way – through the introduction of innovative technological solutions – the project team hopes to support the efforts for social peace, solidarity and mutual assistance, not only in partner countries but also in the EU as a whole.

At the project has been attracted a team of experts with very strong expertise in the field of adult education and lifelong learning, problems of the economy, industrial relations, social dialogue, working with disadvantaged groups and those with special needs. Applicant (Confederation of Labor „Podkrepa“, occurring as a nationally representative trade union in Bulgaria)q partnered Institute for Economic Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the National Organization „Little Bulgarian People“ (uniting Bulgarian citizens with extremely rare health status, determining their small size and presumably their social and civic exclusion), the British Academy of Strategic Knowledge (specialized in dealing with specific target groups through the application of innovative methods of communication and creativity) and Portuguese Conversas Associação Internacional (specialized in interpretation, psychological assistance and learning through art for people in need and risk).

Activities scheduled for implementation in the project include the construction and launch of innovative intellectual product – specialized web-platform with IT-tools for informal distance learning for adults, validation of knowledges and skills, cooperation and provision of civic pressure to defend rights . The target groups will be supported within the framework of transnational training, where they will be tested in practice with the technological tools developed, and know-how generated. Successful completed participants will be certified in accordance with the approved European standards for the validation and documentation of their competences. All the time – as a personal contribution of partner organizations outside the planned financing of the project budget – will be maintained accounts with constantly-updating information on the progress of the project in Facebook, Youtube and Blogger – which will increase the multiplication of the project results to be delivered to a wider audience.

In all activities will be followed strict methodology for quality assurance of the activities and early detection of deviations – to be taken to bring the activities under the original requirements and indicators as early as possible. Specifically are involved experts with financial and legal expertise to ensure adequate compliance with the requirements and implementation of project activities and adherence to strict budgetary discipline and accountability. All events will be subject of quality monitoring and each beneficiary will have a direct access to the management team – for signals, opinions, recommendations.

All organizations involved in the project have a sustainable and long-term interests in fighting poverty, exclusion and discrimination, and have extensive experience in dealing with specific and vulnerable groups, adult learning and lifelong learning. Surely this project will not be the end of their work – which is a prerequisite for ensuring the sustainability of results and upcoming further upgrades of everything achieved.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 146085 Eur

Project Coordinator

CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR PODKREPA SDRUZHENIE & Country: BG

Project Partners

• National Organization Little Bulgarian People
• ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
• C A I – CONVERSAS ASSOCIACAO INTERNACIONAL
• ACADEMY OF STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE CIC