Strengthening global awareness in the local communities – Kolping 2020 Strategy Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strengthening global awareness in the local communities – Kolping 2020 Strategy

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project “Strengthening global awareness in the local communities – Kolping 2020 Strategy” will be realized by 6 partners from Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania.
The project objective is to strengthen the quality, relevance and European perspective of adult education in the field of global education and learning practices through European cooperation and exchange.

The overall aim of the project is to:
raise the competences and skills of key staff in adult education (focused on global education) and the key competences for active citizenship in order to increase the quality of teaching to make it relevant to the needs of time and society at large (linked to the objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training of The Erasmus+ Programme).
Moreover the project shall contribute to the achievement of the promotion of European values like respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities (linked to general objective of The Erasmus+ Programme).

Planned project activities combine innovation and complementary activities. There will be six meetings, one in each country. Activities are addressed to: trainers involved in global education and decision makers – members of organization’s board.
It is assumed that in every meeting will be attended by three-four people from each country and host organisation, i.e. a total of 18-24 people will participate in a meeting. The selection of participants will be carried out by the sending organisations. Every selection will be fair, transparent, coherent and documented.

The most important added value for all partners is the opportunity to gather practices, activities and ideas by considering the thematic area and to improve them as well as learn from each other’s realities what is in the topic global education very important – other point of view. All organisations already have their own activities focused on global education. This project will serve as motivation and stimulation and can support to develop the ongoing regular activities by improving or enriching them.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127400 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACJA DZIELA KOLPINGA W POLSCE & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Kolpingwerk e.V.
• ORGANIZATIA CENTRALA A FAMILIILOR KOLPING DIN ROMANIA
• ZDRUZENJE KOLPINGOVIH SOCIALNIH DEJAVNOSTI SLOVENIJE
• Lietuvos Kolpingo draugija
• Kolpingovo dielo na Slovensku