ANHER

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AHNER project

The Anher project is co-financed by the Erasmus plus – VET program and involves 6 partners from 6 European countries: Poland, Holland, Spain, England, Portugal and Italy. The project aims to increase the skills of professionals working in the fields of archaeological heritage and environmental heritage. The two areas (archaeological/cultural and environmental/natural) are considered as distinct and not integrated into all the laws of the countries involved.

The project, therefore, intends to produce a series of innovative teaching materials that can bridge this gap in the relationship between archaeological/cultural heritage and environmental/natural heritage.

The need to develop and improve professional skills in the field of protection and management of archaeological and natural heritage is increasingly felt taking into account the dynamic changes in recent years in both sectors in Europe, changes that require new and integrated protection and management methods of the archaeological and natural heritage sectors in the partner countries.

The project is a first attempt to produce integrated educational materials and tools  that are addressed to archaeological heritage professionals and professionals working in the naturalistic field. High-quality training materials will be produced following a detailed analysis of the relevant professional training in Europe in both areas.

 

In order to achieve these objectives, the Anher project is divided into the following phases:

  • preliminary research phase, aimed at mapping effective educational experiences both in the environmental and archaeological fields. Through a survey with questionnaires and interviews with sector professionals, the respective training needs of the two areas are identified: archaeological, cultural and environmental/natural;
  • a phase of construction of training courses: 10 training modules are created through the collaboration of all partners, which are accessible from an interactive platform tested in a previous Leonardo project. These teaching materials are used for the construction of personalized courses based on the needs expressed by the final beneficiaries;
  • ANHER also intends to create Centers of Integrated Heritage Teaching Excellence in each partner country, aimed at providing a permanent organizational structure for training activities in the domain of integrated heritage, archeology and environment;

• pilot phase during which training courses was tested in each country.

BRAVE

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BRAVE – BRicking Adult’s future Via Empowerment

Project number 2017-1-RO01-KA204-037257

Leader

FDE – FundaţiaDezvoltare in Europa

Programme

Erasmus +, KA2 (Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education), Call 2017 

Brief description

The BRAVE project – (Bricking Adult’s future Via Empowerment) aims at enforcing the unemployed adults’ position (included adults from 30 to 60 years old) which find it difficult to find a job because of the increasingly specialized skills required by the commerce.

Brave will find new specific learning paths, that can support adults in reconsidering both their lives and expectations in order to be more aware of their own professional ambitions and goals, so they can reach their own personal satisfaction.

The formative path will concentrate on personal and social skills and on business skills aimed at prototyping the business model of the participants.

 

Objectives:

Increase the realization, the motivation and the inclusion level of unemployed adults in the society where they live, thanks to the training and empowerment paths implemented within the program.

Improve both the knowledge and skills of the unemployed adults that participate in BRAVE activities, especially with the support of innovative methodologies.

Advance the employment of all the unemployed adults participating in the BRAVE training program

Support the experiences and information exchange among partners so they can improve their skills and knowledge on innovative training paths for unemployed adults.

Promote the creation of new local and national networks in the counties involved in the project: all the activities realised at a local level such as formation, meetings between stakeholders and participants, multiplier events, etc. will contribute creating a new community/local network which could be useful in future cooperation occasion in each country.

Improve the skills and abilities of the local stakeholders who participate in the multiplier events and to each project event.

 

The project activities are:

  • INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS (O)

01 Innovative training program BRAVE STAGE 1 – Personal empowerment

02 Innovative training program BRAVE STAGE 2 – Business prototyping

03 Crowdsourcing platform to collect Business Models feedback

04 MOOC 4.0 publication to improve the skills and abilities of unemployed adults

  • LEARNING TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES (C)

Realization of 2 events of an international training (LTTA), aimed at testing and finalizing the BRAVE training program and for the uploading of business models created in the crowdsourcing platform.

  • MULTIPLIER EVENTS (E)

7 multiplier events (E1-E7) will be locally/nationally organized in the involved countries, to spread and transfer the project results.

 

Expected Results:

  • Higher self-confidence, awareness, enterprise, and satisfaction of the ones who will participate in the project
  • Higher social and communicative skills, assertiveness and a higher ability in TIC area / English and digital skills
  • Increase in self-employment, employability, courage to face challenges and discuss with peers from other counties
  • New knowledge of business creation and development
  • Improved partner knowledge on the methods of adults’ empowerment in other countries, better cooperation, and creation of local, national and international networks.

 

Beneficiaries:

Unemployed adults between 30 and 60 years old, institutions responsible for the adults’ education, social services, public institutions, employment centers.

 

Partnership

– Lead partner: FDE – FUNDATIA DEZVOLTARE IN EUROPA (Romania)
– PP1: InEuropasrl (Italy)
– PP2: Stichting PRIME (Netherlands)
– PP3: KentroMerimnasOikogeneiaskaiPaidiou (Greece)
– PP4: Socialiniuinovacijufondas (Lithuania)
– PP5: CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD-CARDET (Cyprus)
– PP6: Instalofi Levante (Spain)
– PP7: Zenit Formazione (Italy)

 

Period

The project lasts 24 months (from 01/11/2017 to 31/10/2019)


Project contribution

The total cost project is 253.730,00 euro


Financing Corporation

AgenţiaNaţionalăpentruProgrameComunitare in DomeniulEducaţieişiFormării Profesionale (ANPCDEFD)


Project website: http://www.iliketobebrave.eu/

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E-VET

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Empowering VET Teachers – Innovative & Enhanced CPD for Newly Qualified VET Teachers Working with Migrant Students 

Project number: 2018-1-PL01-KA202-050618

Leader

Università di Lodz (ULO) – Facoltà di Economia e Sociologia (PL)

Programme and call

Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training, Call 2018

Short description

Because of a significant youth unemployment rate of 18,4% in the UE and a total flow of people that immigrate to one of the EU-28 member states amounting at 3,4 million, it’s held to be true that are needed innovative operations and qualities in the VET area in order to sustain the economic growth both national and European level.

The E-VET project contributes to the overall Europa 2020 objectives, according to which, VET systems should be attractive and inclusive with VET teachers highly qualified, which can supply students both key and specific professional skills. VET teachers operate as social agents, contributing to the development of a skilled workforce, essential to the EU to compete globally, promote social inclusion and sustain his high standards of life.

So, the project main objective is improving the Uninterrupted Professional Development of VET teachers which work with students from all over the world and ethnically different, making them able to reinforce the inclusion level within the school background and consequently strengthen the economic and social empowerment of disadvantaged group of teenagers.

 

Objectives

  • Provide teachers in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET) an online diagnostic tool that can help them evaluate their own professional skills and identify improvement areas guaranteeing an additional and relevant ongoing formation based on their individual necessities.
  • Provide VET teachers with new skills and tools pertinent to the soft skills, to encourage intercultural communication and skills, improving the underprivileged children’s participation and learning level and tackling discrimination, racism, and bullying.
  • Provide VET teachers with digital guides in order to increase the social inclusion level within the class, using training scenarios in interactive learning activities ready for immediate implementation in the class.

 

The project activities are:

>INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS (O)

  • O1 Online Diagnostic Test for the soft skills evaluation
  • O2 E-learning platform with soft skills methods and tools in order to support intercultural communication
  • O3 Capability E-VET MOOC. Didactic methods to increase social inclusion within the class

>LEARNING TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES (C)

Implementation of a transnational training event (LTTA), aiming at finalizing the E-VET MOOC training program, based on the results achieved previously in the project.

>MULTIPLIER EVENTS (E)

5 multiplayer events (E1-E5) will be organised at a local/national level in the involved countries, to spread and transfer the project results.

 

Expected results:

  • Higher knowledge and confidence in the use of teaching methods aimed at social inclusion by teachers in the VET industry.
  • Improvement of VET teachers’ motivation for vocational training and skills development.
  • Increase of insights and benefits obtained by stakeholders and external partners.

 

Beneficiaries:

VET teachers, in particular, to those working in multicultural contexts, educational institutions, active institutions on formal, non-formal, and informal formation, public management, ONG active in multicultural sectors.

 

Partnership

Lead partner: Università di Lodz (ULO) – Facoltà di Economia e Sociologia (Poland)

– PP1: Valencia Innohub (Spain)

– PP2: EURO LIDER (Poland)

– PP3: InEuropasrl (Italy)

– PP4: Cosmic Innovations (Cyprus)

– PP5: KNOW AND CAN ASSOCIATION (Bulgaria)

Project duration

The project lasts 24 months (from 01/10/2018 to 30/09/2021)

 

Project funding

The total cost project is 226.600 euro

FoodTalks

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FoodTalks – Shifting eating patterns through education and training

Project number: 2019-1-DE02-KA204-006191

Programme and call

Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices, Strategic partnerships for adult education, call 2019

Lead partner

Agado Gesellschaft für nachhaltige Entwicklung UG (DE)

Short description

Our current food system faces global challenges. Food production is the main cause of climate change, a determining factor in deforestation and loss of biodiversity, as well as in the growing scarcity of water resources. Added to this is the fact that one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted, while millions of people have problems with malnutrition. Among the trends with significant impact in terms of waste, there is the growing role played by meals consumed outside the home.

A more resource-efficient catering and canteen system can help increase the sustainability of modern eating styles by transforming consumer demand. Consumer choices can be influenced. The majority of the European population is in favour of reducing food waste and adopting a sustainable and healthy diet. However, adequate information and knowledge is often lacking.

The main objective of Foodtalks is therefore to put in place a strategy for changing the behaviour of the actors in the sector, which contributes to increasing sustainability in catering and canteens.

Objectives:

– develop approaches and mechanisms to accompany restaurateurs and canteen managers in changing business practices and processes to respond to contemporary challenges related to the sustainability of the food system
– develop tools that restaurateurs and canteen managers can use to conduct communication campaigns between consumers and suppliers to change food consumption patterns

Project activities

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS (O)

O1: Action package for informed consumers. The manual aims to provide guidelines for awareness campaigns by restaurateurs and canteen managers aimed at changing eating habits, especially with regard to meals taken away from home, for the involvement of suppliers and users of restaurants and canteens (municipal, school, university, business, hospital or retirement home, or run by non-profit organizations) to adopt more sustainable eating habits. The manual will also collect data on the effects of food production, distribution and consumption, materials and ideas, methodological indications and tools to carry out communication actions.
O2: Toolbox for restaurateurs and canteen managers. The toolbox will provide industry data and suggestions on how to make the offer of sustainable catering, the reworking of recipes and examples of strategies to approach consumers in order to promote sustainable eating styles.

LEARNING TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Realization of 1 transnational training event (LTTA). The Workshop on methodologies for communication campaigns on conscious food consumption will serve to adapt the manual to the different local contexts in the countries involved and to develop tools to monitor the pilot actions that will be implemented.

MULTIPLIER EVENTS

A transnational multiplier event will be organised in Spain to disseminate and transfer the results of the project both within and outside the Global Action Plan International network.

Expected results:

– materials for communication campaigns will be developed and tested in selected canteens
– proposals for sustainable approaches for canteen and restaurant owners to be made available online through a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) training platform.

Beneficiaries

The project is aimed at restaurateurs and canteen managers and their staff, as well as initiatives and associations working in the field of sustainable food and proposes solutions for a greener catering system involving suppliers and consumers.

Partners

– Legacy17 (Sweden)
– ASOCIACION PLAN DE ACCION GLOBAL PARA LA TIERRA GAP ESPANA (Spain)
– InEuropa srl (Italy)
– Global Action Plan Ltd. (Ireland)
– Stichting Global Action Plan Nederland (Netherlands)
– Framtiden i våre hender (Norway)

Duration
The project has a duration of 24 months (from 01/10/2019 to 30/09/2021).

Project contribution

The project has a total cost of 294,347.00 euros.

FAct! – Food Actions!

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FAct! Food Actions! is a project founded by EU within the Erasmus+ Programme. It’s a participatory learning program that empowers households to have more sustainable food habits.

The FAct! Program aims to address these issues and to provide tools for individuals and households dissatisfied with their own eating habits and willing to learn how they can combat food problems. Interested households from Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden are invited to take experimental action for a healthy and sustainable food cycle.

This is done by a threefold approach:

  • The self-learning workbook “Care to eat” proposes easy action steps to enable households to have better health, climate and environment and to reduce food waste. It contains food recipes, actions recipes and supporting material and templates for each of these three topics. Via the surveys included in this website, households can measure their progress.
  • The online library contains further information on food, food waste, food and climate change and food and health, encouraging households to do their own research.
  • Finally, a training module for coaches provides support for those willing to organise a study circle to learn from and experience food actions with others. Such a study circle needs an empowering coach to facilitate the whole process, and the training modules enable coaches to successfully run a study circle.

Find more at http://fact.globalactionplan.com/en