Rise in quality Erasmus Project

Project Title

Rise in quality

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Rise In Quality highlights the need to incorporate practical experiences with evidence-based practice, bringing about useful tools. Organizations across the European Union are continually under stress to meet deadlines, implement projects, and conduct workshops in the community. In promoting the EU values, a lot of work can add up for NGO’s and Youth Associations with limited time, staff and resources. This can be especially true for newer organizations involved with mobility projects. Perhaps they have less experience in volunteer support or fewer capacities in general.
A big part of this entire process are international volunteers and their work in each respective organization. International volunteers bring a unique perspective, creative thinking, and energy into organizations. International volunteers are also hoping to personally grow during their experience. International volunteering promotes new skills, innovation, and European values.
In order to best facilitate this growth, organizations need to be equipped with tools that are practical and simple to implement. Rise in Quality recognizes that with the limitations faced, staff cannot always spend the time they desire on training, workshops, or reading best practices for supporting volunteers. In establishing basic standards, organizations can find an increase in volunteer satisfaction, therefore contributing to an increase in project quality.
The two main outputs of this project are a volunteer support guidebook and template for an online induction training. Both outputs will be created through an inclusive, collaborative effort and available for youth workers to utilize transnationally.

Through strategic partnership, the hope of this project is to:
· Strengthen organizations’ capacity to support international volunteers
· Improve support for hosting international volunteers;
· Ease the stress of volunteer management
· Increase solidarity throughout partner organizations and all hosting organizations;
· Promote active citizenship and volunteering;
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To achieve these results, Rise in Quality will work on these objectives:
Support capacity building of youth workers and participating organizations;
Develop innovative practices in working with international volunteers;
Increase quality of youth work in participating organizations by applying developed intellectual outputs;
Promote active citizenship, volunteering and solidarity

The specific activities involved are:
1. The short staff mobility: a training course on coordinating and supporting volunteers in crisis situations;
2. The short staff mobility: a training course on how to prepare on arrival induction for volunteers in host organizations through online training;
3. Job shadowing and exchange of experiences and good practices;
4. Developing a volunteer support guidebook and on line induction training for international volunteers;
5. Multiplier event and dissemination activities

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 78391 Eur

Project Coordinator

Udruga za promicanje informatike, kulture i suživota & Country: HR

Project Partners

• REPLAY Network
• ASOCIACION MUNDUS – UN MUNDO A TUS PIES
• PISTES SOLIDAIRES