V ASTRA TPM, our last transnational meeting
On July 14, 2023, the ASTRA project partnership convened online for the fifth and final Transnational Project Meeting (TPM). This meeting was promoted and coordinated by the delegates from Fundacja ad …
A partner group from Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal and Italy started the project ‘EURECA – European URban ECology Academy’ in the framework of the Erasmus+ adult education programme at …
On February 2nd, 2024, the consortium joined the Closing Meeting of CARE, a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, which brings together seven partners from four countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium). …
After two years of implementation, the OFFLINE How to quit with Social Media Erasmus+ project came to an official conclusion. Partners gathered together on 19 January, 2024 in Lecce (IT) to …
OPSIZO Project launched the online Open Education Resource Platform, that represents a repository of the project’s outputs, results, news and contacts, and will be the OER platform for target groups to …
A new Multidimensional and Multifunctional Matrix is now made available for free, aimed at both the educational and organizational level at Vocational Educational Training institutions in the EU. The matrix will …
On July 14, 2023, the ASTRA project partnership convened online for the fifth and final Transnational Project Meeting (TPM). This meeting was promoted and coordinated by the delegates from Fundacja ad …
On July 14, 2023, the ASTRA project partnership convened online for the fifth and final Transnational Project Meeting (TPM). This meeting was promoted and coordinated by the delegates from Fundacja ad Meritum, our expert partner in territorial, cultural, and post-mining regeneration from Poland. The online format was chosen due to unforeseen circumstances and unfavorable health conditions, especially for the delegates from Idrisi Cultura e Sviluppo ETS.
Originally planned as the fourth out of five TPMs, it was supposed to coincide with the ASTRA Learning, Teaching, and Training Activity (LTTA) organized by Fundacja Ad Meritum, which took place in early May 2023. However, due to logistical reasons and scheduling conflicts among the partners, it was postponed compared to the TPM in Palermo.
This TPM served as an opportunity to initiate the project’s closing phase, which will be completed within a month. A thorough review and monitoring of our intellectual outputs, both in terms of quantity and quality, were conducted, with particular focus on the latest deliverable already available and disseminated: the ASTRA Handbook, in English.
Furthermore, communicative aspects, dissemination strategies, and multiplication efforts were discussed, considering the project’s follow-up, which will remain active and accessible in all its elements even after the end of the support provided by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission.
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The representatives and delegates of the partnership organizations, Fundacja Ad Meritum (PL), Internet Web Solutions (ES), and Idrisi Cultura e Sviluppo ETS (IT), met via videoconference for one of the last …
The representatives and delegates of the partnership organizations, Fundacja Ad Meritum (PL), Internet Web Solutions (ES), and Idrisi Cultura e Sviluppo ETS (IT), met via videoconference for one of the last activities planned within the ASTRA project: the Learning, Teaching, Training Activity (LTTA) coordinated and promoted by the partner Fundacja Ad Meritum, an organization specialized in the revitalization of territories, social entrepreneurship, and cultural promotion. The aim of the LTTA, set up as a broad group work and review on the different aspects of the project (from intellectual outputs to the strategies implemented so far in terms of communication, dissemination, and multiplication), was to enable the three organizations to share not only their achieved results but above all the ways of their integration into OER.
In detail, Internet Web Solutions coordinated the integration sessions for IO 1 and 3, highlighting elements or aspects to be improved. A lot of attention was given, especially to the integrations of geolocation, already realized in the rich Geodatabase available in all partnership languages, as well as in English. During the second day of the LTTA, the integration status of the dynamic output “ASTRA PHOTOVOICE STORYTELLING” was discussed, and new solutions and sharing strategies were identified together by the organizations. The LTTA was also an important opportunity for discussion on the working method observed so far, on the educational and training solutions developed mainly by Idrisi Cultura e Sviluppo ETS and Fundacja Ad Meritum over almost two years, as the project ASTRA approaches its closing date. The LTTA, originally planned as an in-person activity in Warsaw, Poland, was conducted online unfortunately due to the inability of several organizers and participants to travel for significant personal reasons.
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On October 26, 2022, our partner organization Fundacja Ad Meritum coordinated and promoted the multiplier event in Poland, which was planned from the beginning of our project journey. This event took …
On October 26, 2022, our partner organization Fundacja Ad Meritum coordinated and promoted the multiplier event in Poland, which was planned from the beginning of our project journey. This event took place in the city of Bytom, Poland, a post-mining location that has been the focus of numerous studies, dissemination activities, storytelling, and testimonial collection, as evident in the various resources of IO3. Bytom is indeed one of the most relevant case studies in ASTRA, serving as a best practice example of post-mining revitalization that has been shared and promoted in other countries, particularly in Italy and Sicily.
The Polish multiplier event involved a significant number of participants, mainly young adults, educators, and cultural promoters. In particular, it also engaged the staff responsible for numerous cultural institutions active in this rich post-mining area, between Bytom and Rozbark, including the coordinator of artistic and educational projects at the Rozbark Theatre. More than 40 participants were reached, exceeding the originally targeted number set by Fundacja Ad Meritum during the drafting of the ASTRA proposal.
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The event was attended by 2 members of the IWS organisation and was addressed to a group of 7 vocational teachers of Romanian nationality. During the multiplier event, the main objectives …
The event was attended by 2 members of the IWS organisation and was addressed to a group of 7 vocational teachers of Romanian nationality.
During the multiplier event, the main objectives and results of the OFFLINE project were presented, specifically:
The event took place at the premises of Asociación Arrabal AID, a valuable partner of the project.
At the event, in addition to sharing information about the project, there were relevant exchanges of ideas and practices between the Romanian teachers and members of the participating organisation IWS.
The participants, aware of the risks that can arise from the use and dependence on social media, were very interested in the development and evolution of the project and took note of some good practices and recommendations to apply to their daily teaching practice.
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The RESTART project, co-funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme, aims to enhance entrepreneurship education and training in the VET (vocational education and training) ecosystem. It involves a consortium of seven …
The RESTART project, co-funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme, aims to enhance entrepreneurship education and training in the VET (vocational education and training) ecosystem. It involves a consortium of seven partners from 6 countries (Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Belgium and Spain). The project focuses on addressing the issues arising from digitalization and climate change. The objectives of the project include upgrading the entrepreneurship support system, supporting post-pandemic recovery for SMEs, improving skills for up-to-date market needs, and facilitating knowledge transfer of SMEs.
Based on the major business challenges identified in the post-COVID era categorized into four main areas (Digital Transformation, Innovation & Servitization, Localization, and Sustainability), the RESTART consortium offers the following 7 online training modules:
The training modules in 6 different languages (English, Croatian, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and Slovakian) are available at the RESTART platform.
The RESTART project partners are currently working on validating the training activities based on the previously created validation plan. This plan serves as a guideline for verifying the effectiveness and efficiency of the RESTART training. Therefore, we invite existing and aspiring entrepreneurs to improve their entrepreneurship skills by trying out the online trainings and providing us their valuable feedback. Let us know about your experience by filling in the RESTART feedback questionnaire or feedback form and star rating in the training sections of RESTART platform.
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If you have any questions, are interested in getting involved, cooperating or you have any comments, do not hesitate to contact us at email address: restarteuproject2021@gmail.com.
Follow all activities and news of the RESTART project on the webpage: www.restartproject.eu and the project Facebook page.
Digi.muse is a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission, involving 3 institutions from Italy, Belgium and Spain. The project targets small museums, which play a fundamental role …
Digi.muse is a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission, involving 3 institutions from Italy, Belgium and Spain.
The project targets small museums, which play a fundamental role in formal and non-formal education; moreover, their role is a priority for concrete integration actions, thanks to the link they have with the territory and the community, and thanks to their capacity to welcome and offer original experiences to visitors.
Digi.muse aims to identify the digital solutions used at European level to exploit the potential of the target group. For this reason, we have created a handbook of good practices and a matrix on museums and the digital tools they use to promote their interactive offer and so that other museums can find inspiration and examples to digitise their artistic and cultural offer.
Among the European museums identified is the Centro Interpretativo da Historia do Bacalhau in Lisbon, which we visited to see all the digital solutions that they have implemented, i.e: the reproduction of animations and videos on supports such as a giant book, a boat, a table where utensils and food appear thanks to beautiful animations; a kitchen with digital tools to play with, such as the fridge or the glass-ceramic hob; there are portholes where they reproduce the interviews with some sailors and, finally, the creation of a sensory room that reproduces the navigation through the waves of the sea, everything seems realistic thanks to the low temperatures, the stormy sea reproduced on the walls and the little boat in movement where the visitor can sit and the mackintosh that can be put on.
The visit to the Centro Interpretativo da Historia do Bacalhau in Lisbon was interesting and enriching, especially thanks to the work done in the framework of the Digi.muse project.
For more information on the project, to consult and download the good practice manual and the matrix we have produced, please consult the following website https://www.internetwebsolutions.es/digimuse_es.php
After finishing the development of the training and the GENIE board and online game all project partners are now starting to deliver the training and game in the validation activities to …
After finishing the development of the training and the GENIE board and online game all project partners are now starting to deliver the training and game in the validation activities to involve at least 150 beneficiaries until October 2023. The target group of the test & validation are microentrepreneurs, leaders of micro and small enterprises as well as their employees.
The aim of the test & validation phase within the GENIE project is to ensure the quality, reliability, and correctness of the training and the game. It is a crucial step in the development lifecycle that involves verifying that the product meets the specified requirements and performs as expected.
The primary goals of the testing and validation include:
Ultimately, the aim of testing and validation is to deliver a reliable, high-quality product or system that meets the needs and expectations of its users while minimizing risks and ensuring compliance with relevant standards. This is the real-operational environment testing of the results aimed at collecting feedback from users on content, delivery means, depth and relevance of the modules, user friendliness of the boardgame, functionalities of the OER Platform, etc. Users who are interested in the training and the online game can access the platform without login requirements: https://genieproject.eu/training.php?lang=EN. At completion of the course, they can use a feedback form to provide information on the user friendliness of the training course. Upon completing the training course and the quiz at the end they can also prompt the OER Platform to develop an attendance certificate.
The international Erasmus+ financial literacy project FLY – Financial Literacy for Inclusion, co-financed by the European Union, has now launched its training section https://www.fly-project.eu/training.php?lang=EN with all the training material developed by …
The international Erasmus+ financial literacy project FLY – Financial Literacy for Inclusion, co-financed by the European Union, has now launched its training section https://www.fly-project.eu/training.php?lang=EN with all the training material developed by the project partners, through the Open Educational Resources Platform (OER). With this initiative, all the courses designed to promote financial security are available to the public free of charge.
Users can access all the training material completely free of charge and without prior registration, through the link: https://www.fly-project.eu/training.php?lang=EN and easily navigate through the different modules and training areas, which will provide the keys to optimise the use of money and achieve greater autonomy in basic financial matters.
This resource is aimed at anyone who wants to acquire the skills to identify and assess situations related to their personal finances and make their own financial decisions.
The content of the new online training tool is available in a multilingual version, having been translated into the five languages of the FLY project (English, Spanish, Italian, French and Turkish); and is divided into three main areas: Financial Literacy Alphabet; Financial Decision-Making and Management; and Finances for Good.
In the FIRST AREA, Financial Literacy Alphabet, the following modules are covered: Module 1: Fundamentals of finances; Module 2: Money and Means of Payment; Module 3: Economic Indicators.
In the SECOND AREA: Financial Decision-Making and Management, the modules: Module 4. Savings products: deposits; Module 5. Financing options, credits and loans; Module 6. Family / personal budget management; Module 7. Special products (i.e., reverse mortgage).
And in the THIRD AREA: Finances for Good, you will learn about the modules: Module 8: Financial advisory; Module 9: Risks and Dangers of Finance; Module 10: Ethical finance for a just society.
Through different training resources such as infographics, presentations, self-assessment tests, and a tool specially designed to measure the user’s financial knowledge, citizens can broaden their notions about the value of money and savings or about risk and the real needs of their economic decisions, be they savings, investment, indebtedness or transactions, for example. This training, validated by experts in the field, is aimed at targeting the best financial actions that have an impact on the preservation of the environment at the individual level.
The OER platform that hosts this material, as one of the pillars of the FLY project, as well as the rest of the project results, is developed by a consortium of eight organisations from five European countries (Belgium, Spain, France, Italy and Turkey).
From a digital transformation perspective, this group addresses financial literacy by supporting the use of digital technologies in adult education and promoting new learning opportunities, especially for people who need a higher level of financial knowledge, skills and competences.
The partners are currently engaged in the Testing and Validation phase of the training content, with a target of 140 final beneficiaries, including representatives of the target groups, professionals and educators, as a matter of fact, the curriculum will be delivered transnationally to a cohort of targets’ representatives and stakeholders of interest (i.e., both direct beneficiaries of the training content as well as other stakeholders operating in the fields of Adult education, digital and media literacy, etc.). An internal and common project plan for the roll-out in pilot version of the training content has agreed on by partners.
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The SPECIAL project has embarked on a mission to empower EU NEETs (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) by reigniting and nurturing their essential “life” and “soft” skills. With the ultimate …
The SPECIAL project has embarked on a mission to empower EU NEETs (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) by reigniting and nurturing their essential “life” and “soft” skills. With the ultimate goal of facilitating their successful (re)integration into post-COVID societies and labour markets, SPECIAL is focused on designing, developing, testing, and validating a comprehensive training framework for VET operators.
The project, which brings together six partners from six countries (Iceland, Sweden, Romania Spain, Italy, and Belgium) aims at reigniting lifelong learning skills of NEETs in Europe (mainly those from non-urban areas). The SPECIAL project aims to assist EU NEETs by providing comprehensive support and resources, helping them establish sustainable and fulfilling futures. Combining innovation, collaboration, and a dedication to skills enhancement, SPECIAL aims to reshape the lives and opportunities of NEETs, enabling them to thrive in the post-COVID era.
The consortium has successfully conducted its Test and Validation activities. The partners involved in the project have provided valuable insights and feedback based on the results of these activities, shedding light on the effectiveness and impact of the training framework.
The feedback from trainees regarding the SPECIAL toolkit has shown positive outcomes and numerous benefits. They found the toolkit user-friendly and practical, allowing them to acquire new skills and knowledge. The training content was highly praised for its usefulness and relevance, encouraging reflection on society, social media risks, and opportunities. Trainees also appreciated the information on digital entrepreneurship, which provided valuable tips. They suggested that the module completion time could range from 4 to 8 hours, indicating a manageable and flexible learning experience. Additionally, the inclusion of tools for web design, graphics, and SEO within the toolkit was greatly appreciated.
Insights and recommendations from partners based on their Test and Validation experiences have further contributed to the SPECIAL project’s development. Trainers reported positive sessions, with active engagement from participants. The courses were tailored to specific groups, including those familiar with social networks and teachers addressing social media challenges in their classrooms. Discussions covered dependency on social networks, emerging job opportunities, risks of online platforms, and the impact on real-life interactions.
The module focusing on social media received significant attention, particularly regarding time spent on applications and the potential distortion of reality. Teachers expressed concerns about excessive mobile phone use among students. The digital entrepreneurship module was praised for introducing practical tools like Canva and WordPress, as well as providing guidance on SEO/SEM. Trainers emphasized its relevance for individuals interested in starting businesses, offering valuable insights into various aspects of entrepreneurship.
Feedback from trainers and students from other partner organizations echoed the positive results obtained during Test and Validation activities. Trainers appreciated the toolkit’s accessibility and practicality, highlighting its inclusivity and adaptability. Students reported significant learning outcomes, praising the toolkit’s practicality and ease of use. The training content was considered valuable and up-to-date, inspiring students to explore possibilities within the Fablab domain. The toolkit was recognized as a helpful resource that motivated students to continue their independent learning journeys.
The feedback and recommendations gathered from Test and Validation activities serve as evidence of the SPECIAL project’s effective training framework. The positive results and valuable insights provided by partners contribute to continuous improvement and the identification of potential areas for further exploration. SPECIAL stands as an innovative initiative dedicated to empowering EU NEETs, equipping them with practical skills and knowledge to successfully navigate the challenges of the post-COVID era.
For more information about the SPECIAL project and its ongoing initiatives,please visit our website: https://projectspecial.eu
Stay tuned on the news of the SPECIAL project through the platform and the social nerworks Facebook and Youtube!
On 13 June 2023, the consortium joined in Húsavík, Iceland for the 4th and final transnational meeting of the SPECIAL project. SPECIAL project that started in 2021, brings together seven partners …
On 13 June 2023, the consortium joined in Húsavík, Iceland for the 4th and final transnational meeting of the SPECIAL project.
SPECIAL project that started in 2021, brings together seven partners from six European countries (Sweden, Italy, Iceland, Belgium, Spain and Romania) and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, aims to strengthen, reignite and nurture the “life” and “soft” skills of young people who are neither studying nor working in the European Union (NEETs) to help them (re)integrate into post-COVID societies and labour markets.
During the meeting, the partners were able to discuss the status of the projects deliverables and the work ahead in the the final stretch. Meeting face2face was an important chance to go into depth matters such as evaluation, administrative aspects as well as communication of the products of the project.
In the last weeks of the project the partners will work on the development of PR4 Operational Guidelines and Policy Recommendation, the 2 deliverables that are strategically relevant for the uptake of the project and its sustainability.
The SPECIAL Training Toolkit (PR3) is ready and uploaded on the platform. Accessable, attractive and effective content for young people not in education nor in employment. The OER platform, hosts the products resulting from the project (reports, training, guidelines and recommendations) and is now available at www.projectspecial.eu in six languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Icelandic, Romanian and Swedish)
The meeting was a great chance to learn from our work and to strengthen the bonds for further collaboration.
Stay tuned on the news of the SPECIAL project through the platform and the social nerworks Facebook and Youtube!