EuroQualiTrain - European Qualification and Training was a mobility project developed to qualify the staff of the Comparative Research Network, according to our European Development Plan.
Background and Objectives:
The project aimed to increase the knowledge and experience of our trainers, extend our networks in Europe, to internationalize our work, and initiated a broad trans-European exchange and reflection on our curricula on an international level.
The project supported lifelong learning and mobility of our staff and improved the quality and efficiency of vocational training among the partner network. The improved curricula, higher qualified and motivated trainers increased the interest of the learners in our trainings.
The achievements had been far over exceeded by the involvement of migrants, young staff members and members currently changing profession.
Participants:
In total 12 mobilities took place with 8 staff members.
Gender: 4 males – 4 female
The age groups comprised the range from 24-47. 3 participants had been young trainers (age 24, 27,30) 3 participants experienced trainer (age 35, 37, 38) and 2 senior trainers (age 40, 46).
Professional backgrounds: 3 trainers had been new trainer, 2 participants had re-entered the work market as trainer after migration. 2 participants worked more than 10 years in the field.
2 trainer had German as first languages, while 6 participants have migration background.
Activities:
The project had been organised through training and teaching activities.
The training courses concerned topics like community reporting, leadership, using art, theatre and creativity in training, increasing ICT skills, MOCCs, gamification, storytelling and non-verbal intercultural methods.
The teaching activities had been in the fields digital storytelling in intercultural context, gender equality and migration and intercultural skills in youth work.
Mobility flows summarized a whole project management circle, composed out of application, preparation of participant, mobility, wrap-up and evaluation. The flows had been:
Results and impact:
The assessment of the mobility activities unveiled variouse impact on our staff, organization and our learners.
The assessed impact on our staff had been:
Impact on the organization:
The main impact of the project on CRN was the formulation and fulfilling of a European Development strategy. Further impacts on our organization had been:
Long Term benefits:
The project already resulted in a continued cooperation with some of the partners. The continuing cooperation contains common, cooperative development of new training modules, organizing reciprocal training courses and developing project applications together.
The long-term results of the project are among others:
Background and Objectives:
The project aimed to increase the knowledge and experience of our trainers, extend our networks in Europe, to internationalize our work, and initiated a broad trans-European exchange and reflection on our curricula on an international level.
The project supported lifelong learning and mobility of our staff and improved the quality and efficiency of vocational training among the partner network. The improved curricula, higher qualified and motivated trainers increased the interest of the learners in our trainings.
The achievements had been far over exceeded by the involvement of migrants, young staff members and members currently changing profession.
Participants:
In total 12 mobilities took place with 8 staff members.
Gender: 4 males – 4 female
The age groups comprised the range from 24-47. 3 participants had been young trainers (age 24, 27,30) 3 participants experienced trainer (age 35, 37, 38) and 2 senior trainers (age 40, 46).
Professional backgrounds: 3 trainers had been new trainer, 2 participants had re-entered the work market as trainer after migration. 2 participants worked more than 10 years in the field.
2 trainer had German as first languages, while 6 participants have migration background.
Activities:
The project had been organised through training and teaching activities.
The training courses concerned topics like community reporting, leadership, using art, theatre and creativity in training, increasing ICT skills, MOCCs, gamification, storytelling and non-verbal intercultural methods.
The teaching activities had been in the fields digital storytelling in intercultural context, gender equality and migration and intercultural skills in youth work.
Mobility flows summarized a whole project management circle, composed out of application, preparation of participant, mobility, wrap-up and evaluation. The flows had been:
- Flow 1: 09/2015 – Course “Community Reporter” at PVM, UK
- Flow 2: 07/2016 – Course “Rhythm and Art” at MISIRLI AHMET, Turkey
- Flow 3: 11/2016 – Course “Leadership for Employability“ at Youth Europe Service, Italy
- Flow 4: 02/ 2017a – Assignment “Digital Storytelling” at Mine Vaganti, Italy
- Flow 5: 02/2017b – Assignment “Gender Equality” at EUROACCION MURCIA, Spain
- Flow 6: 03/2017a – Course “Web Design and MOOCs” at IFOM, Italy
- Flow 7: 03/2017b – Course “Gamification in the class room” at Euenos, Spain
- Flow 8: 04/2017a – Assignment “Intercultural skills and migration” at AEL, Luxembourg
- Flow 9: 04/2017b – Course “intercultural theatre lab” at Border Crossings, UK
Results and impact:
The assessment of the mobility activities unveiled variouse impact on our staff, organization and our learners.
The assessed impact on our staff had been:
- increased individual, social and professional competences
- improved language and presentation skills
- increased professional options and new fields of work
- an improved work ethos and motivation
- increased management competences
- up to date knowledge of international approaches in their field
- increased openness for international activities
- a feeling of “Europeaness”
Impact on the organization:
The main impact of the project on CRN was the formulation and fulfilling of a European Development strategy. Further impacts on our organization had been:
- A strengthening of our international competences
- An increased capacity to develop innovative, user based, attractive activities and trainings
- An improved staff and organization development
- An active internationalization of our organization, our learners, staff, partners and networks
- Follow-up projects and increased exchange on curricula across Europe
- highly motivated and qualified staff members
Long Term benefits:
The project already resulted in a continued cooperation with some of the partners. The continuing cooperation contains common, cooperative development of new training modules, organizing reciprocal training courses and developing project applications together.
The long-term results of the project are among others:
- Organizing trainings of community reporters
- Granted KA2 project “Our Voices” in UK
- Granted KA2 project “More than Words” in UK
- Garnted KA2 project “EduCitizens” in Germany
- Granted KA1 mobility project in Italy
- Developing strategic cooperation in the youth field
- Developing cooperation on migrant issues
- Mentoring AEL in application writing on media literacy for migrants