Skills for teams – empowerment of staff for a better performance Erasmus Project

Project Title

Skills for teams – empowerment of staff for a better performance

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Recognition (non-formal and informal learning/credits); Quality Assurance

Project Summary

Over years of functioning we established teams composed of professionals, creative people with vision with different expertise. We see, that our predicaments were recognized in global dimension by worldwide and european research centres of OECD or International Labour Organisation as well as expert literature of lifelong learning, what gives us a spectrum of current and desired situation in adult education challenges for educators, managers, volunteers, activists and other staff members.
After internal analysis we observed challenges, which non formal education workers have to deal with.Due to multidimensional role of people working in education(oftentimes being both coordinator/fundraiser/accountant/coach/mentor/PR/promo manager/logistical support) are the most overburdened despite being elementary ,,puzzle” in a success of organisation

Core aim of our project is:
Expertise exchange among the consortium staff of non formal sector projects working with diverse audience, aiming at recognizing, analyzing and enhancing
their competencies in order to foster accuracy of their daily work in line with needs of their target groups.
We plan to reach it by following objectives:
Present innovative technologies&management tools
Raise:
soft skills,self-awareness
self-branding and entrepreneurial skills
awareness about:
activist burnout&provide strategies to combat it
different factors impacting quality of work
Improve:
competencies within multidimensional role of. org workers&leadership
dynamic, energy, flow and communication of org. teams in daily work
Design a customized program of development with recommendations based on org. profile
Support prof. growth&prevent retrain of professionals
Develop instruments to monitor effectiveness and quality learning process for target groups, tracking impact&progress of adult learners
Recognize differences in multi level approach adult education (management, programs design, activities delivery, evaluation etc.)
Promote Erasmus+ among adult learners and their educators together with creating positive picture of EU programs and values
Open a space for long term partnership for experienced and new orgs.
Break stereotypes, learn about cultural differences, provide a space for backstage discussions about matters of interest of participants

Participants – 16 participants per one joint satff meeting age 30+, who are the closest co workers of the partners orgs., by participating in 19 months long project on national and international level will become more empowered adult education workers. By used coaching, NVC, simulations, embodied training and diverse nonformal methods participants will raise their self esteem and self awareness, will know how to recognize and prevent burnout symptoms, will be able to take care of themselves and react in stressful situations, will know how their well being and professional both with personal form affects their environment and their performance. By using multiple methods of non formal learning they will learn how to approach to confrontations and avoid escalation of negative emotions.Participants will be familiar with cultural differences amongst potential learners they will work with, differences between biological and physical gender, how to work with LGBTQ communities,they will be trained in coaching methods and self-coaching, so they will be able to use them in their daily work with adults

On each of these level, on micro and macro scale we expect to share positive models and patterns developed throughout the project in order to minimize dichotomizes in standards and quality of work of education staff, but take advantage of differences and unique profiles of organisations/individual beneficiaries taking into account cultural, national, historical, economic, political, industrial and geographical variables.
Combining the very specific strengths of our partners guarantees a cross-sectorial input and variety of angles, practices and approaches to adult learning on the path to more effective and successful lifelong learning impact enhancement.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 62454 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundacja Culture Shock & Country: PL

Project Partners

• VOLUNTARIAT ZAVOD ZA MEDNARODNO PROSTOVOLJNO DELO LJUBLJANA
• Helix – Social Innovation Hub
• ASOCIACION AMIGOS DE EUROPA