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11-03-2024

MARCH 2024: ADULT LEARNERS LIFELONG LEARNING MOBILITY to ALICANTE, SPAIN!

The 14 - 21 of March 2024 the FAIE team (the second time in a role of supporters at lifelonglearning for the adult learners) is heading to Alicante, Spain. We are joined by the lifelong learning participants representing two our Partners in education: The Stowarzyszenie Działań Lokalnych Spichlerz and The Stowarzyszenie Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku w Oleśnie.

The host organisation is International Initiatives for Cooperation Galicia.

We shall participate in a Spanish mini-language course for the travellers and seek the oportunities to also practice English. We are planning workshops about the Spanish culture and traditions accompanied by degustation of tapas:) What is more, the participants would have the opportunity to upgrade their digital photography skills and navigating in a new environment using digital navigation tools. We shall visit the city and get some Spanish 'relaxation attitude', enjoying the time together and sharing delicious food. We are all involved in NGOs - so we shall also visit our peers at El Centro de Asociaciones y Voluntariado de Alicante. Once again, we shall use the opportunity to learn together, learn with each other and about each other😊

Project: Erasmus+ Programme Accreditation, Adult education.

Co-financing: European Union.

 

07-12-2023

TOOLBOX for successful educational work with the young adults. Exchange of good practices & networking meeting. December 14th - feel invited!

eel invited to the virtual exchange of experiences and networking event organised by the FIRST Network! The event is expected to gather participants from Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Portugal and more. Participants from any European country are welcomed.

Time and place: Thursday, December 14th, 10.30 - 12.00 CET; Zoom

The aims of the event are: 
- Exchange of experiences and good practices concerning useful, valuable tools, methods and solutions for organizing and conducting motivating/engaging/attractive educational experience for the young adults, 18+.
- Networking and possible matchmaking for common projects in the field.

Addressees: Representatives of organisations/institutions/enterprises/informal groups related to education and employment, interested in European cooperation in the field of education/lifelong learning & youth work.

The programme: At the meeting the FIRST Network Members and guest speakers would share experiences - and give an opportunity to discuss the following topics:
- The DigiComPass Training course, based on the DigComp Framework of the European Commission, and the implementation of Flipped Learning 3.0 framework as the training approach.
- The experience in interventions against early school leaving.
- Europass digital identity as a key to personal success on the European labour and education market.
- The European youth projects participant perspective - do's and dont's for the lifelong learning organisers and providers.
- Student volunteering in digital competency development for older people.

The detailed programme of the meeting is available HERE.

Registration: The registration to the event will be opened by December 13th, 23:59 CET. The registration form is available HERE.

17-10-2023

International STRUCTURED DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE TRAINING in Tyniec, October 2023.

The days 14th - 15th of October the FAIE team organised and was running an international Structured Democratic Dialogue co-laboratory.

The aim of the workshop was experiencing in practice the elements of SDD, learning by doing, in order to:

▪ To foster the ability of youth to deal with complex and multifaceted issues.

▪ To develop the ability to build a common view from multiple stances.

▪ To foster mutual understanding while keeping independent thinking.

The main challenge, around which the co-laboratory was organised was: What changes should be introduced to encourage youth democratic engagement and participationin the democratic processes?

There were 51 youth activists from Poland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and Bulgaria taking part in the event.

Structured Democratic Dialogue Process (SDDP) is an effective group decision-making methodology for managing complex problems with the participation of different stakeholders.

Participants discuss their ideas, cluster and vote the most important ones. Then, influences among ideas are analysed to produce an ‘influence tree’ (‘Wall of Obstacles,’ ‘Vision Map’ or ‘Action Map’).

The ‘influence tree’ is presented to the participants, subject to discussion.

It promotes mutual understanding, consensus building and trust between participants. It is used worldwide in processes aimed at developing public policies in collaboration between the citizens and the State.

 

The workshop was organised within the JUST EU and ME project, funded by
the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme (2021-2027)

 The report from the workshop may be found HERE.


06-06-2023

   CC_logo_MULTICOLOR.jpg   TO THE PEOPLE OF CREATIVE AND CULTURAL CENTERS OPERATING OUTSIDE LARGE CITY CENTERS!

Are you realising creative/cultural/artistic activities in rural areas/small towns/sparsely populated and/or low urbanized areas? If so, we are looking just for you.
We do need your knowledge and experience!

Why and what for?

We think your organization/business is important. You create value for your local community in terms of people's sense of belonging, meaningfulness and keeping the countryside active and interesting. We want to help businesses/organisations like yours to improve your economic situation, support innovation and resilience so that you can continue to produce these values long into the future.

Would you share some of your knowledge and experience with us?

Please feel invited to take part in the open on-line research. The questionnaire in English you will find HERE.

The purpose of this survey is to collect some basic, general information about the creative organisations/businesses active in sparsely populated, non-urban areas in Europe. The online survey is accompanied by more detailed  interviews.

We will collect this data Europe-wide, but especially in 4 partnering, European countries: Poland, Sweden, Italy and Latvia. We will analyze our findings and try to create a better understanding of the sector and some general recommendations for improvement/strengthening the sector on the European level, without losing any of your core values, rather enhance them.

After the research phase, we will initiate two pilot cases in each country. As an effect, we will offer training programmes and business/organisation development services dedicated to non-urban, creative entities.

This survey is available in English, Polish, Swedish, Latvian and Italian.
It takes around 10-15 minutes to answer the questions.

In advance - thank you for your time and answers!

 

This is an EU-project called „CHANGE CREATORS. Innovative business models for the non-urban creative sectors”. The main aim of the project is to contribute to innovation, sustainability and resilience of the alternative cultural and creative places located in sparsely populated areas. We do this through discovering, testing and introducing new business models and audience development models. The project is co-financed by the European Union within the Creative Europe Programme.

 

 

09-06-2023

The European THEORY OF CHANGE designing workshop - feel invited! (June edition)

… A Theory of Change is an organization’s story of how the world will be different
because of what it does …


When?

20th – 21st of June 2023 (Tuesday and Wednesday) 16.00 – 19.00 CET

Where?
Modality / Location: On-line (Zoom)

For whom?
Anyone who wants to learn how to plan, design and measure social change/intervention.

Aims of the workshop:

To provide activists with skills to envision and plan an effective social intervention through Theory of Change.

To strengthen activists’ ability to cooperate with European peers.

What will you learn at the workshop?
How to define long-term goals, identifying influencing factors and the conditions that must be met to achieve these goals.
How to design the pathway of change.
How ideologies, values, preconceptions, stereotypes influence the way change is meant to happen and how to make these conditions visible.
How to write a narrative to be employed, among others, for advocacy actions.
The workshop programme

How to enroll?
Please register to the workshop by the web form HERE
The participation is free of charge. 

I am registering to the workshop!

The workshop is being organised within the JUST EU and ME project, funded by
the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme (2021-2027)

 The report from the workshop may be found HERE.

 

 

06-06-2023

   CC_logo_MULTICOLOR.jpg   TO THE PEOPLE OF CREATIVE AND CULTURAL CENTERS OPERATING OUTSIDE LARGE CITY CENTERS!

Are you realising creative/cultural/artistic activities in rural areas/small towns/sparsely populated and/or low urbanized areas? If so, we are looking just for you.
We do need your knowledge and experience!

Why and what for?

We think your organization/business is important. You create value for your local community in terms of people's sense of belonging, meaningfulness and keeping the countryside active and interesting. We want to help businesses/organisations like yours to improve your economic situation, support innovation and resilience so that you can continue to produce these values long into the future.

Would you share some of your knowledge and experience with us?

Please feel invited to take part in the open on-line research. The questionnaire in English you will find HERE.

The purpose of this survey is to collect some basic, general information about the creative organisations/businesses active in sparsely populated, non-urban areas in Europe. The online survey is accompanied by more detailed  interviews.

We will collect this data Europe-wide, but especially in 4 partnering, European countries: Poland, Sweden, Italy and Latvia. We will analyze our findings and try to create a better understanding of the sector and some general recommendations for improvement/strengthening the sector on the European level, without losing any of your core values, rather enhance them.

After the research phase, we will initiate two pilot cases in each country. As an effect, we will offer training programmes and business/organisation development services dedicated to non-urban, creative entities.

This survey is available in English, Polish, Swedish, Latvian and Italian.
It takes around 10-15 minutes to answer the questions.

In advance - thank you for your time and answers!

 

This is an EU-project called „CHANGE CREATORS. Innovative business models for the non-urban creative sectors”. The main aim of the project is to contribute to innovation, sustainability and resilience of the alternative cultural and creative places located in sparsely populated areas. We do this through discovering, testing and introducing new business models and audience development models. The project is co-financed by the European Union within the Creative Europe Programme.

 

 

14-03-2023

The European THEORY OF CHANGE designing workshop - feel invited!

… A Theory of Change is an organization’s story of how the world will be different
because of what it does …


When?

Two alternative sessions, either on Saturday, 25th of March 2023 (10.00 - 17.00)
or Wednesday, 29th of March 2023 (10.00 - 17.00)
Both sessions will include lunch break

Where?
Modality / Location: On-line (Zoom)

For whom?
Anyone who wants to learn how to plan, design and measure social change/intervention.

Aims of the workshop:

To provide activists with skills to envision and plan an effective social intervention through Theory of Change.

To strengthen activists’ ability to cooperate with European peers.

What will you learn at the workshop?
How to define long-term goals, identifying influencing factors and the conditions that must be met to achieve these goals.
How to design the pathway of change.
How ideologies, values, preconceptions, stereotypes influence the way change is meant to happen and how to make these conditions visible.
How to write a narrative to be employed, among others, for advocacy actions.
The workshop programme

How to enroll?
Please register to the workshop by the web form HERE
The participation is free of charge.  Upon registration via web form it is possible to choose the preferred session (Saturday or Wednesday)

I am registering to the workshop!

The workshop is being organised within the JUST EU and ME project, funded by
the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme (2021-2027)

 

 

17-02-2023

 CC_logo_MULTICOLOR.jpgNEW FAIE’S PROJECT! CHANGE CREATORS.

The title: “Change Creators. Innovative business models for the non-urban creative sectors” [acronym: Change Creators]

Short description:
The background of the project are the needs of the sector:
- The need to support the competitiveness and economic potential of the local, alternative cultural and creative places, located outside of large cities, on sparsely populated areas, to make them more sustainable and resilient;
- The need for supporting culture and arts sector in sparsely populated areas in reaching to a new audience and clients;
- The need for supporting the resilience of the alternative cultural & creative places facing the repercussions of the pandemic crisis in the UE.

The main aim of the project is to contribute to innovation, sustainability and resilience of the alternative cultural and creative places located on the sparsely populated areas through discovering, testing and introducing new business models and audience development models.

The period of realization: February 2022 – April 2025

The project Partners:
Fundacja Alternatywnych Inicjatyw Edukacyjnych, PL (Coordinator)
Latvijas Lauku Turisma Asociacija LAUKU CELOTAJS, LV, https://www.celotajs.lv/en
Opera Società Cooperativa Sociale - ONLUS soc. coop. p.a., IT, https://www.opera-coop.it/
Mötesplats Steneby, SV, https://motesplatssteneby.se/

Co-financing: European Union, within the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027

 

30-11-2022

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WE ARE SHARING EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNT! ”E4All. MORE ATTRACTIVE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR ALL GENERATIONS”

Feel invited to benefit from the recommendations and educational materials developed in the frame of the European project: ”E4All. More attractive and inclusive education for all generations!

In the open source materials folder you will find:
1. Recommendations for more inclusive intergenerational adult education.
2. List of the articles, concerning intergenerational education developed during the project, published on the EPALE platform (with the links to the videos).
3. List of the Knowledge Pills, concerning proposed solutions answering challenges related with intergenerational education, published on YouTube (with the links to the videos).
4. The training programmes and the educational materials related to the two short-term joint staff European courses realised during the project: “EU mobility and rights – language learning – environmental education for all generations” & “Technology, games, flipping, and intergenerational training approaches”.

Feel free to use the materials!

The overall aim was to support the adult educators at designing, delivering and promoting more attractive and inclusive education for all generations of adult learners.

Period of realisation: December 2020 – November 2022

The project Partners:
Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives, PL (Coordinator), www.fundacjaaie.eu
Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Madrid-Villaverde, ES, www.eoivillaverde.com
Challedu, GR, https://challedu.com
ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE EDUVITA E.T.S., IT,  www.eduvita.it
European Initiative for Education, AT, www.advanced-training.net
Ecological Future Education, LV,  www.efe.lv 

Co-funding: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA2 Exchange of Good Practices.



01-10-2022

YOUTH WORK. Exchange of good practices & networking meeting. October 14th - feel invited!

Feel invited to the third virtual exchange of experiences and networking event organised by the FIRST Network! The event is expected to gather participants from Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Portugal, Greece and more. Participants from any European country are welcomed.

Time and place: Friday, October 14th, 10.00 - 11.30 CET; Zoom

The aims of the event are: 
- Exchange of experiences and good practices concerning working with the youth/young adults.
- Networking and possible matchmaking for common projects dedicated to the youth/youth workers.

Addressees: Representatives of organisations/institutions/enterprises/informal groups related to education, interested in European cooperation in the field of education/lifelong learning & youth work.

The programme: At the first part of the event you would learn some good practices related to working with the youth and young adults - some specific projects examples, good practices - in the field of arts education, eco-community buildng, possibilities of upgrading competences in the EU with EU co-financing.

The second part of the event will take place in 'breakout rooms' - smaller international groups. There you would have the possibility to present your successful projects, exchange experiences, initiate new partnership(s), build your European network or just listen to the discussion if you chose so...

The detailed programme of the meeting is available HERE.

Registration: The registration to the event will be opened by October 13th, 23:59 CET. The participation is limited to 32 persons. While registering - please choose the topic that interests you most while registrating to the event. The registration form is available HERE.

 

30-09-2022

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN PROJECT MANAGERS' COMPETENCES RECOGNITION AND VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR LIFELONG LEARNING developed by the FIRST Network

Based on the results of the 34 months long European exchange and consultations process, the recommendations for the validation and recognition system for the European project managers working in civil society organisations are:

  • Acknowledge that the dimension of mission and purpose is crucial in the 3rd sector.
  • Define clear definitions/understandings of competences, skills and experiences.
  • Build competence validation and recognition systems encompassing theoretical and practical parts of a competence.
  • Allow flexibility that considers the diversity of the civil society.
  • Recognise cultural and social differences.
  • Be sensitive to the qualities of values and attitudes.
  • Ensure validation through transparent procedures.
  • Ensure recognition of formal, non-formal and informal knowledge.
  • Ensure simplicity to understand and measure.
  • Allow accessibility for those already working in the area [of civil society] and also those without experience.
  • Consider the complexity of the individual personality [of the candidates to validate and recognise their competences].
  • Take into account work experience in various areas.
  • Have the recognition and validation system evidence-based to achieve recognised status in the European Union.
  • Include references to the already existing, similar/relevant recognition and validation schemes to avoid “reinventing the wheel".


By making progress in the areas as mentioned above, we will address the most critical and helpful root characteristics of the valuable and practical validation system for the European projects' managers and achieve positive change in many other areas such as:

  • Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications on the European level.
  • Extending and developing the competences of educators and other personnel who support adult learners.
  • Supporting the setting up of and access to upskilling pathways.
  • Strengthening the European Civil Society Organisations sector.
  • Promoting lifelong learning among the Europeans.

The reccommendations were developed in the frame of the project AER-V "Recommendations for international project managers competences recognition and validation for lifelong learning" co-funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme of the European Union.

 24-06-2022

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION IN NORWAY.

In May in Oslo, Norway, the FAIE team had the opportunity to meet the founder and director of our new, potential project partner, Åpenhet.

Åpenhet is the Norweski GovTech, non-profit, specialising in data management, data visualisation, sharing data in an interactive way.

We have visited the co-working space where the Åpenhet team works and learned more about our  expertise and expectations. A good start for the possible, future cooperation.

Co-financing: The EEA Grants and the EEA Education Programme.

 

19-04-2022

APRIL: THE ADULT EDUCATION STAFF OF TWO NGOs IS HEADING TO A JOB-SHADOWING IN THE NETHERLANDS!

April 20th - 26th of April the whole FAIE team is going to job-shadow the cultural/artistic/heritage/educational activities in Holland. We are going with our partner in education – the Association of Local Activities Spichlerz. We would be 10 persons in total.

The meetings, discussions, exchange of experiences will start in Utrecht, where the headquarters of our host-Partner - the St.Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst, LKCA - are located. Later on we shall also meet some peers in Amsterdam, Ermelo, Arnhem, Hilversum... The job-shadowing programme is reach; the red thread is the cultural and historical heritage preserving for lifelong learning.

All the mobility participants are all working in the field of adult learning (adult education). We are all searching for new knowledge, inspiration and contacts in Europe.

For the foto/film-diary – feel free to see our FB page:)

Project: "Co-creation as a leverage for Lifelong learning".

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.

 

07-02-2022

NEW FAIE'S PROJECT: ”EUROPEAN NETWORKING AS A METHOD FOR FURTHER TRAINING AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IN THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR” [Acronym: EU NET].

The title: ”EUropean NETworking as a method for further training and exchange of ideas in the lifelong learning sector” [EU NET].

Short description:
The main challenge EU NET addresses is lower than possible level of European networking of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) active in the lifelong learning, adult education sector.

The project Partners identified the reasons of this situation in the two main areas: Firstly -  the lack of proper/affordable legal and formal solutions supporting networking accessible for the non-profit and/or not-for-profit CSOs. Secondly - the need for more practical examples, more case studies, material for further self-education in the field of European level cooperation and networking of the adult learning CSOs.

The overall aim of the EU NET initiative is to support the European level networking of the Civil Society Organisations active in the lifelong learning sector.

The period of realisation: February 2022 – May 2023.

The project partners:
Fundacja Alternatywnych Inicjatyw Edukacyjnych, PL (Coordinator), www.fundacjaaie.eu
Cooperativa Sociale COOSS MARCHE ONLUS scpa (IT), undefined
Folk High School Association Surrounding Budapest, Hungary, undefined
Rightchallenge - Associação (PT), www.rightchallenge.org
Húsavík Academic Center (IS), www.hac.is

The EU NET webpage/more information: www.first-network.eu

Co-financing: The European Union.

 

14-01-2022

WE ARE OPENING THE YEAR 2022 WITH A CO-CREATION COURSE IN VIENNA!

The winter days 17 - 23 of January 2022 the whole FAIE team is going to take part in training course "Co-Creation in the Cultural and Educational Sector". We are going with some volunteers repreenting our partner in education – the Association of Local Activities Spichlerz; unfortunately the colleagues from Podkultura Association would not join us this time. We would be 7 persons in total.

The tailor-made training course was designed for us by the educators of the EDUCULT – Institute of Cultural Policy and Cultural Management from Austria - the experts at empirical research and consulting as well as cultural management in the fields of culture and education.

The co-creation idea relates to planning, designing and realising educational processes the most inclusive way possible. The offer of the organisation is to be accessible, available and inviting for persons representing various generations, various cultural/religious/economical/educational/social/national... backgrounds. The good practice proves that - if well and consciously designed - the co-creative activities may bring an added value - strengthening the social trust, increasing social cohesion and building social capital.

All the mobility participants are all working in the field of adult learning (adult education). We are all searching for new knowledge, inspiration and new partners in Europe.

For the foto/film-diary – feel free to see our FB page:)

Project: "Co-creation as a leverage for Lifelong learning".

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.

18-10-2021

IN SEPTEMBER WE ARE JOB-SHADOWING IN MADRID, AT THE PUBLIC LANGUAGE SCHOOL!

The days 19 – 26.10.2021 the whole FAIE Team is going to watch/observe how the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Madrid-Villaverde works. We are going together with our Partners in education - the educators of the Senior's Clubs run by the Caritas Diecezji Bielsko-Żywieckiej.

We are going to watch how the language school, teaching langues to adults of all generations and of various backgrounds, works in practice:
- We will attend classes, watch the methods of teaching; we shall talk to the adult learners,
- We will watch the non-standard, creative methods of teaching languages (among others: the language choir, radio studio, the music band...),
- We will ask (and watch) how the school cooperates with other education-field organisations and institutions in their sourroundings.

We are learning how to make the senior adults’ education more attractive, more fun, more motivating to lifelong learning.

Project: “The languages of creativity. Good practices for the golden age educators”.

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.

 

27-09-2021

MATCHMAKING in the field of education/lifelong learning, October 8th 2021 - feel invited!

Feel invited to the second virtual matchmaking event organised by the FIRST Network! The event is expected to gather participants from Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Portugal and more. Participants from any European country are welcomed.

Time and place: Friday, October 8th, 10.00 - 11.30 CET; Zoom

The aims of the event is facilitating the European cooperation in the field of culture/arts/cultural heritage through creating a platform for experiences exchange and new partnerships building and/or preparing to designing successful application for Erasmus+ small scale grant.

Addressees: Representatives of organisations/institutions/enterprises/informal groups related to education, interested in European cooperation in the field of culture/arts/cultural heritage.
We especially invite beginners in European cooperation.

Draft programme: At the first part of the event you would learn some good practices related to European cooperation in the field of education/lifelong learning - specific projects examples. You would also learn You would also learn about one of the possibilities to co-finance European cooperation in this field – Erasmus+, small scale partnerships (just 2 partners needed….)

The second part of the event will take place in 'breakout rooms' - smaller international groups. There you would have the possibility to present your project idea, exchange experiences, initiate new partnership(s), build your European network or just listen to the discussion if you chose so...

The detailed programme is available HERE.

Registration: The registration to the event will be opened by October 7th, 23:59 CET. The participation is limited to 40 persons. while registering - please tell us about your particular interests in the subject - we'll do our best to assign you to the group of similiar interests. The registration form is available HERE.

 

24-09-2021

IN SEPTEMBER WE ARE GOING TO A CRAFTS COURSE TO NORWAY.

For five days, 27.09.2021 – 1.10.2021, the whole FAIE team is attending a course „Handicrafts for lifelong learning” in Norway. We are going with the managers and educators of our two Partners in education – the Zawierciański Uniwersytet Trzeciego Wieku and the Seniors Club run by the Caritas Diecezji Bielsko-Żywieckiej. We would be 10 persons in total.

The host organisation is the Norwegian expert in preserving and keeping the immaterial cultural heritage – the Norges Husflidslag.

In the course programme there is, among others: wool embroidery, small looms, ribbons making, jewelry of aspen wood, decorating with self-hardening clay. To move a bit – folk dance workshops.

We are learning how to make the senior adults’ education more attractive, more fun, more motivating to lifelong learning.

Project: “The languages of creativity. Good practices for the golden age educators”.

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.

 

16-08-2021

FOR AUGUST – GOING TO JOB-SHADOWING IN SLOVENIA! FOCUS: CULTUR/ARTS/EDUCATION.

For a week, 19 – 25 of August, the whole FAIE team is going to job-shadow the cultural/artistic/educational activities in Slovenia. We are going with our two partners in education – the Association of Local Activities Spichlerz and the Podkultura Association. We would be 10 persons in total.

Our host-organisation will be JSKD - Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities – a national umbrella for artistic/cultural/creative activities in Slovenia.

We are starting at a double-international theatre-film-music festival: Future Telling 3 + Festival Vizije in Koper. Then moving to Ljubljana to meet the JSKD team in their headquarters.

All the mobility participants are all working in the field of adult learning (adult education). We are all searching for new knowledge, inspiration and contacts in Europe.

For the foto/film-diary – feel free to see our FB page:)

Project: "Co-creation as a leverage for Lifelong learning".

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.

 

16-04-2021

MATCHMAKING around CULTURE/ARTS/HERITAGE, June 25th - feel ivited to join the event!

Feel invited to the first virtual matchmaking event organised by the FIRST Network! The event is expected to gather participants from Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Iceland and Portugal.

Time and place: Friday, June 25th, 11.00 - 12.30 CET; Zoom

The aim of the event is facilitating the European cooperation in the field of culture/arts/cultural heritage through creating a platform for experiences exchange and new partnerships building.

Addressees: Representatives of organisations/institutions/enterprises/informal groups related to education, interested in European cooperation in the field of culture/arts/cultural heritage.
We invite both experienced international projects realisers and beginners in the field of European cooperation.

Draft programme: At the first part of the event you would learn some good practices related to European cooperation in the field of arts/culture/heritage - specific projects examples. You would also learn about one of the possibilities to co-finance European cooperation in this field - the Creative Europe Programme.

The second part of the event will take place in 'breakout rooms' - smaller international groups. There you would have the possibility to present your project idea, exchange experiences, initiate new partnership(s), build your European network or just listen to the discussion if you chose so...

The detailed programme is available HERE.

Registration: The registration to the event will be opened by June 22nd, 23:59 CET. The participation is limited to 40 persons. while registering - please tell us about your particular interests in the subject - we'll do our best to assign you to the group of similiar interests. The registration form is available HERE.

 

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31-05-2021
FEEL INVITED TO GET INSPIRED! Read the report “Encouraging inclusive culture. Baseline Report of the EU project BOOST”.

What could be the success factors and challenges for promoting societal benefits – such as social inclusion, social cohesion, active citizenship - through cultural and artistic activities?

Read the summaries of the 30 interviews conducted in 5 EU countries: Poland, Austria, Denmark, Slovenia and Ireland. We have spoken to the animators, leaders and managers of culture/arts/cultural heritage field organisations working with theatre, dance, choirs, visual arts, orchestras, running culture centres and museums, organising music festivals, promoting crafts and the craftsmen…

Some of them are specialised in working with people with fewer opportunities – as those with disabilities, of a migrant background, living on rural/sparsely populated areas, in the situation of homelessness...
Some of them – perform for the ‘general’ public, just do their best to be inclusive.

The aim of the baseline survey was to identify the pre-conditions, success factors and main barriers of social benefit promotion in amateur arts and voluntary culture activities in order to define categories and levels that need to be considered in a benchmarking system – the tool supporting inclusivity the BOOST team intents to design and test.

The report is available in English HERE

 

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27-04-2021

SUMMARY – THE PREPARATORY MEETINGS FAIE - ÅPENHET (NO)

We have found an interesting potential partner in Norway, we got the financial support for the preparatory visit and we have planned a meeting in a beautiful Norway together.

Due to the pandemic situation in the EU we have re-scheduled the meeting several times; we have even prolonged the period of the project realisation.

At the end we decided to meet online… During several meetings we have learnt about our organisations, priorities, activities, expertise and strengths. We have also discussed some ideas for the future project cooperation.

The result: We have a new, interesting partner and new, interesting cooperation plansJ

Co-financing: The European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA FM) and Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.


15-04-2021

ONE MORE YEAR TO LEARN: How to effectively work on the verge of education and culture.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the EU it was impossible for us to meet our Host-Partners from Slovenia, Denmark and The Netherlands. We didn’t really want do it virtually. Fortunately, our mobility project got prolonged by a year – by May 2022.

Projekt: "Co-creation as a leverage for Lifelong learning".

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.



International cooperation. How to start it well? FEEL INVITED TO THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE! Kraków, Poland, 21 – 22 of September 2020**

It is our pleasure to invite all interested in international cooperation and lifelong learning to the international conference valorising the key outcomes of the “First-time international projects realisers support network” project.

The Conference will take place 21 - 22 of September 2020 at The Guest House of the Tyniec Abbey in Tyniec (next to Kraków). The conference starts at 1 pm September 21st and ends at 3 pm September 22nd.

The aim of the conference is   to capitalise the 2 – year long cooperation of five civil society organisations from five European countries: Poland, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Denmark.

During the conference the following main outcomes of the project will be presented and discussed:
- The
Multilateral Survey Report on good practices and success stories at supporting international projects managers in the adult education civil society organisations.
- The Multilateral Research Report on key competences of international project managers in the adult education civil society.
- The ‘SUPPORT PORTAL’ for the first time international projects realisers.
- The mentoring and e-mentoring system for the first-time international project realisers.
- The training course curricula and open educational resources for the first time international projects realisers.

Last but not least, during the conference, a network of civil society organizations representing the adult education sector – The FIRST Network - will be presented.   The aim of the FIRST Network will be to contribute to strengthening the capacity of these organizations to work internationally, enhancing innovativeness and the ability to adapt to changes in the modern world.

The conference programme

To register to the conference, please fill in the form available here: Register to the conference!
Registrations to the conference will be opened by August 15th, 23:59 CET.

If you would like to participate in the conference, but are unable to join us in Kraków, we offer you the possibility to participate actively online. To register to the conference online, please fill in the form available here: Register to the conference online!

** In case if the epidemic situation caused by Covid-19 in Europe worsens, the conference may take place online only.

 

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NEW FAIE'S PROJECT: “Boost Social Inclusion in Amateur Arts and Voluntary Culture” [Acronym: BOOST]

Title: “Boost Social Inclusion in Amateur Arts and Voluntary Culture”

Short description:
During the last years, an increased European interest in the potential of amateur arts and voluntary culture in fostering social inclusion can be witnessed. This is reflected in a range of publications and projects focussing on this interconnection (Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe report 2018; European Commission 2018; European Research Partnership on Cultural and Creative Spillovers 2019; Matarasso 2018; Culture Action Europe 2018).

Based on this data, own research, and results of the former Erasmus+ project BRIDGING, the rationale behind this new project is that amateur arts and voluntary culture enhances social inclusion. Many learning providers in the field know for the potential of their work to support social inclusion. Yet, how this can be done and what categories and practical questions need to be considered when working on this objective is often unclear.

The project BOOST aims at empowering learning providers in the sector of amateur arts and voluntary culture to contribute to social inclusion.
The overall aim is to
support lifelong learning providers in the sector of amateur arts, voluntary culture, and heritage to work more consciously and systematic in promoting societal benefits.

On the basis of further research, the project team aims to design, develop and test a Benchmark Tool allowing the learning providers to diagnose the social inclusiveness of their activities and make plans for possible improvements. The Benchmark Tool will be accompanied by Practice Methodes for social inclusion that would directly support an organisation’s development in social inclusion according to the result of its self-assessment.
What is more, a The Manual for the use of the Benchmark Tool and the Practice Methods will be developed so that other learning providers can easily use the Benchmark Tool and the Practice Methods.

Period of realisation: September 2020 – December 2022.

The project partners:
Kulturelle Samrad i Danmark (DK), www.kulturellesamraad.dk(Coordinator)
Interfolk, Institut for Civilsamfund (DK), www.interfolk.dk
Voluntary Creativity Company (IR), undefined
Fundacja Alternatywnych Inicjatyw Edukacyjnych (PL), www.fundacjaaie.eu
EDUCULT - Denken und Handeln im Kulturbereich Verein (AT), www.educult.at
Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti (SI), www.jskd.si

The BOOST webpage/more information: https://boostparticipation.eu/

Co-financing: Erasmus Plus, KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, Strategic Partnerships for adult education.

 

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PREPARATORY VISIT TO NORWAY – WE GOT THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT!

Our aim is to widen our partnership cycle and invite to cooperation a new, competent partner from  one of the EEA countries. Thanks to new inspirations and cooperation we hope to work even better and even more effective in the field of promoting and supporting lifelong learning.

If only the pandemic situation in EU gets better – we hope to meet in person in the beautiful Norway.

Co-financing: The European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA FM) and Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

 

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NEW FAIE’S PROJECT! E4All. More attractive and inclusive education for all generations

Short description:
The main challenge E4All addresses is little support available for the adult education providers at designing attractive and inclusive intergenerational education.

The project focuses on supporting adult educators at joining various generations of adult learners in a common educational process that allows learning from each other, learning with each other and learning about each other.

Among the current trends and topics of interest in education addressed by the project, important both for the young and the senior generation of learners are: language learning, taking part in educational mobilities & Erasmus Programme, EU citizenship rights, digital competences & critical thinking, responding to environmental and climate-change challenges, making education more personalised and attractive to the learners.

The project proposed is an element of a long-term strategic plan of the project Partners, aiming at delivering new solutions and tools supporting intergenerational education in the frame of future, common initiatives. The cooperation is concluded with outlining the Exit Strategy for possible follow-up initiatives.

The overall aim is to support the adult educators at designing, delivering and promoting more attractive and inclusive education for all generations of adult learners.

Period of realisation: December 2020 – November 2022

The project Partners:
Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives, PL (Coordinator), www.fundacjaaie.eu
Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Madrid-Villaverde, ES, www.eoivillaverde.com
Challedu, GR, undefined
ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE EDUVITA E.T.S., IT,  www.eduvita.it
European Initiative for Education, AT, www.advanced-training.net
Ecological Future Education, LV,  www.efe.lv 

Co-funding: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA2 Exchange of Good Practices.

 

NEW FAIE’S PROJECT: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGERS COMPETENCES RECOGNITION AND VALIDATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING (AER-V)!

Short description:
The main challenge the project addresses is little support available for recognition and validation of knowledge, skills and competences of international project managers active in Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the adult education sector, acquired through formal, non-formal and informal learning.

The overall aim is to support recognition and validation of knowledge, skills and competences of international project managers active in Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the adult education sector, acquired through formal, non-formal and informal learning.

The direct target group of the project includes the members, workers, co-workers, educators and volunteers of the Third Sector adult education organisations (i.e. Civil Society Organisations, including informal groups, Non-governmental organisations and other non-profit organisations).

The project flow is based on several transnational meetings aiming at good practices and experiences exchange. The project also includes a short-term joint staff training event - Structured Democratic Dialogue Co-laboratory.
As a result there will be recommendations for international project managers competences recognition and validation for lifelong learning developed.
AER-V is an element of a long-term strategic plan of the project core partners, aiming at delivering sustainable support for international cooperation of the adult learning sector CSOs.

Related project: “The first-time international projects managers support network”.

Period of realisation: December 2019 – December 2021.

Project partners:
Fundacja Alternatywnych Inicjatyw Edukacyjnych (PL), www.fundacjaaie.eu (Leader)
Cooperativa Sociale COOSS MARCHE ONLUS scpa (IT),
http://www.cooss.it/it/
Interfolk, Institut for Civilsamfund (DK), www.interfolk.dk
EDUCULT - DENKEN UND HANDELN IN KULTUR UND BILDUNG (AT), www.educult.at
Rightchallenge - Associação (PT), www.rightchallenge.org
INSTITOUTO NEUROEPISTIMON KAI TECHNOLOGIAS KYPROU/ Future Worlds Centre (CY), www.futureworldscenter.org


Co-funding: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA2 Exchange of Good Practices.

 

NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UE! The new FAIE’s project: "Co-creation as a leverage for Lifelong learning".

Short description:
In order to facilitate the synergy effect – and in order to maximise peer-to-peer learning – we have invited to cooperation two other organisations, sharing similar educational goals. FAIE – as the most experienced in international cooperation, having a wide network of European Partners – became the leader of the educational consortium.

The main aim of the project is to raise the level of knowledge and skills of the consortium members in the field of solutions, models and forms of supporting, promoting and organizing non-formal and informal adult education process on the verge of education and culture.

We plan to reach this aim through 3 educational mobilities – two job-shadowing sessions and one course/training session. There will be 10 adult educators and organisation’s managers participating in each of these educational experiences.

Period of realisation: November 2019 – May 2021

The Consortium Members:
Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives (Leader), www.fundacjaaie.eu
Stowarzyszenie Dzialań Lokalnych Spichlerz, undefined
Stowarzyszenie Podkultura, undefined

Receiving Partners:
Interfolk, Institut for Civilsamfund, DK, www.interfolk.dk
Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti, SI, www.jskd.si
St.Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst, NL, www.lkca.nl

Co-financing: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2014-2020), KA1, Educational Mobilities.



WHAT ARE THE KEY COMPETENCES OF AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION? RESEARCH DONE – LEARN THE RESULTS!

The Partnership of the “First-time international project realisers support network” finalised the research stage of the project in August 2019. You may now learn the results of the international research in the fields of: success stories and challenges in the field of international projects realisation and the key competences for international projects managers active in the civil society organisations, adult education sector.

Feel invited to read the reports!

·        “Successes and challenges. Report I on international project management in the civil society sector of adult education.”

·        “Key competences and needs for support. Report II on international project management in the civil society sector of adult education.”

The research was realised in Poland, Italy, Hungary, Denmark and Austria in the spring 2019. It consisted of on-line questionnaire and interviews. The research respondents were over 200 managers and management bodies members of the civil society organisations active in the field of lifelong learning.

The research reports are available in 6 languages: Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Danish, German and English.

The research results constitute basis for designing the following offer, dedicated to first-time international project managers and management bodies of the organisations  interested in initiating international, partnership cooperation:
1. National and international training courses.
2. Mentoring and e-mentoring system.
3. Internet portal gathering all the relevant information concerning international projects management in one place.
3. International Support Network.

The offer will be available, beginning from the autumn 2019 – by summer 2020. The recruitments will be announced separately.

Interested in taking part?

You may already write to the project Coordinator: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to learn the recruitment criteria and other details.

 

FIRST-TIME INTERNATIONAL PROJECT REALISERS NETWORK – take part in an open on-line research!

Would you like to cooperate internationally in the wide field of education? Are you already cooperating with international partners? Or are you managind an organisation/institution running international cooperation? Or just planning to start it?
Take part in an open, international on-line survey!

https://educult.limequery.org/235477

The ERASMUS+ project “First-time international project realisers support network” aims at delivering and sustaining a support portal that gathers all the information essential for international project managers and third sector adult education organisations planning to incorporate international cooperation into their strategies. The project’s other purpose is to establish a European network supporting the initiation, planning and realisation of partnerships as well as European cooperation in the field of life-long learning.

Your participation in this survey is an important contribution to reach these aims!

Your answers are treated anonymously and your IP address will not be saved. Answering the questions takes about 15 minutes.

The research is being realised in Poland, Denmark, Austria, Italy and Hungary. You may fill in the survey in English, Polish, Danish, German, Italian and Hungarian.

Many thanks in advance!

For further questions please contact EDUCULT/Vienna (www.educult.at) at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

"ABOUT EUROPE - CREATIVELY. To live – to learn – to be socially and politically active – to work. International conference in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, January 25th, 2019.

The day of 25th of January 2019 there will be an international conference "ABOUT EUROPE - CREATIVELY. To live – to learn – to be socially and politically active – to work" taking place in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.

The aim of the conference is to present the offer of the MyEUPortal, which aim is to gather and organize (under one internet address) information from across Europe to help people better understand the rights they have as EU citizens when living in EU countries other than their own, making the information useful and universally accessible.

http://www.myeuportal.eu/ [the portal will be accessible for testing at the beginning of January 2019]

The conference programme, in English, is available HERE.

Planning to be around Bielsko-Biała January 25th? Please feel invited! Translation into English will be ensured.

You may register here: REGISTRATION TO THE CONFERENCE or contact us directly at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Feel invited!

 

Honorary patronage:

 

Media patronage:

 

 

 

 

MyEU ANALYTICAL ACTIVITIES – READ THE REPORTS!

The reports concern identified needs, good practices & success stories in the field of successful participation of EU citizens in their host EU countries civic and political life.  The reports include:

1.      “REPORT on STATE of the ART Comparative Summary”

State of the art analysis answered two main questions:

1)      What knowledge and information concerning rights deriving from EU citizenship, and in what forms, are available at the each Partner country level,

and

2)      What kind of knowledge, and in what form, is needed for the youth to be able to exercise their rights deriving from EU citizenship.

The open on-line survey lasted three months, from mid-March 2018 till mid-June 2018. Four different translated versions were realized: English, Italian, Polish and Hungarian. The survey collected a total of 326 questionnaires: 100 Polish, 115 Hungarian, 100 Italian and 11 filled in English, where respondents came from France, Spain, Slovenia, Georgia, Armenia, Slovakia, and Romania. The results analyzed in this report consider both overall data (concerning all questionnaires collected) and national data specifications.

Read the“REPORT on STATE of the ART Comparative Summary”

 

2.      “REPORT on GOOD PRACTICES. Research and Analysis of good practices and successful stories of social and political activities of young EU citizens in their hosting countries. COMPARATIVE REPORT”

The National Reports of Good Practices presents a collection of the best practices collected in Poland, Italy and Hungary, inspiring with practical examples and showing the benefits of exercising the rights deriving from European citizenship while living in any EU host country in the fields of:

1) Job mobility,

2) Vocational training and counselling,

3) Volunteering and social & political life activity.

There are 15 good practices & success stories gathered in the Report; 5 for each Partner country.

Read the REPORT on GOOD PRACTICES…”

 

3.      Youth Citizens Forums Reports.

In the period May – June 2018 thee were 3 Youth Citizens Forums organised in: Jesi, Italy, Pszczyna, Poland andJászfényszaru, Hungary.

The aims of those forums were to

1)      Present and further discuss analytical activities results (on-line research, interviews) and clarify information needs in the field of active European citizenship of persons living in host EU countries,

and

2)      Developing recommendations for the contents and form of the MyEU Portal – main outcome of the MyEU project planned.
The aim of the MyEU Portal is organizing and gathering in one place (under one Internet address) European information resources on the rights of the European Union citizens residing in a country other than their country of origin, so that they become widely available and useful.

Read YCF Reports:
1. Polish Youth Citizens Forum Report
2. Italian Youth Citizens Forum Report
3. Hungarian Youth Citizens Forum Report

Soon we will invite you to consult the ideas for the MyEU Portal!

 

EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM – JUNE 15th 2018 IN PSZCZYNA – FEEL INVITED!

The aim of the Forum is to develop recommendations for the MyEU Portal, which aim will be to suport young Europeans mobile within European Union (i.e. living in some other EU country than their country of origin due to studying/volunteering/working abroad) in excercising their EU citizens rights.

Registration and detailed programme of the Forum (available in Polish): https://europejskie-forum-mlodych.konfeo.com/pl/groups
 

The European Youth Forum is being realised in cooperation of 2 European projects realisers: „We upgrade our vocational skills and competences!!!”, co-financed within the Knowledge Education Development Operational Programme (2014-2020) and „MyEU. Youth in the move portal to active citizenship of the European Union” co-financed within the Rights, Equality, Citizenship Programme of the European Union (2014-2020). 

 

FELL INVITED! FOR A CONFERENCE SUMMARISING ACTIVITIES OF THE SPAR PROJECT: BUDAPEST, 8 - 9 OF JUNE 2018!

The SPAR Project involves six partners from across Europe working together to research and develop innovative and sustainable approaches to training and skill-sharing, in order to enable citizens in sparsely-populated areas to become cultural volunteers, connectors and conveners. Each country and region has its own unique challenges, advantages and resources. Research has been undertaken to find common ground and ways to share knowledge and best practice to benefit citizens across Europe.

Programme of the conference and registration form: https://www.sparproject.eu/events/conference-budapest

 

HELP US AT DESIGNING GOOD SUPPORT TOOLS FOR THE YOUTH MOBILE WITHIN EUROPE – SHARE YOUR OPINION!

Have you ever studied/volunteered/worked in other country than your home-country? If the answer is "yes" - please feel invited to share your opinion! https://it.surveymonkey.com/r/B7D7NM5
Investment: around 15 min. of your precious time.
Benefit: Developed new tools to support educational/work mobility of the youth within EU.
Thank you in advance!
The on-line research will be opened till May 13th 2018.

 

NEW FAIE’S PROJECT – SUPPORTING YOUTH MOBILE WITHIN EUROPE - MyEU!

Title:“MyEU. Youth in the move Portal to active citizenship of the European Union”.

Short description:
The main problem the project addresses is low level of engagement and democratic participation of the mobile European Union citizens in the political, civic and democratic life of their host EU countries. This problem is especially relevant for the young people, the youth.
The main target group of the project activities will be the youth (18 – 35 years old) already mobile or planning mobility (living/studying/working/volunteering/getting training) abroad.

The project activities will focus on 3 sub-groups of the youth:
1. Youth in vocational training and vocational counseling in their host countries;
2. Youth planning to work/working in another Member State than their country of origin - job mobility of the youth;
3. Youth who could use/use the opportunities to volunteer abroad in order to upgrade and develop their transversal and soft skills (such as group work, communication skills, motivation) that will then help them to find their place in the job market. Volunteering, taking often part in civil society organizations (NGOs) fosters social & political life activity.

As the research shows, that taking part in a mobility abroad helps young people to find their place on the job market. People who experienced living abroad are, in general, also more open, more tolerant, more self-confident and see more benefits of living in wider Europe. This often leads to increased activity in the social, cultural and political life both at local and European level.
The general objectiveof the MyEU project is to increase the level of engagement and democratic participation of theEuropean Union citizens, especially the youth, in the political, civic and democratic life of their host EU countriesthrough promoting opportunities, ways, tools and benefits for active democratic participation.

Period of realisation: January 2018 – June 2020.

Partners:
Fundacja Alternatywnych Inicjatyw Edukacyjnych (PL) www.fundacjaaie.eu (Lider)
Cooperativa Sociale COOSS MARCHE ONLUS scpa (IT) http://www.cooss.it/it/
Magyar Nepfoiskolai Tarsasag (HU) www.nepfoiskola.hu

Co-financing: Rights, Equality, Citizenship Programme of the European Union (2014 – 2020).

 

ALL THE BEST FOR 2018!

 

INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE LEVER PROJECT PARTNERS IN BIELSKO-BIAŁA

November 16th FAIE hosted in Bielsko-Biała Partners of the „LEVER. Voluntary culture in sparsely populated areas with added value for democratic participation and community bonding”project.It was the fourth meeting  of the Partners realising a 3-years long initiative, with involvement of civil socjety organisations form Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Finland.

Objectives of the project are:

1. To develop innovative ways of outreach to citizens engaged in arts and culture to be-come resourceful volunteers in cross-cultural activities in the local communities.

2. To complete innovative pilot works in 1-2 sparsely populated communities in the partic-ipating countries.

3. To publish a Handbook on methods and best practise as well as a Curricula Compendium for culture volunteers.

4. To provide a comprehensive dissemination of the results to the main target groups in the Baltic Sea region.

We are half-way through.

See the LEVER leaflet.
Feel invited to the LEVER official webpage: http://culture-lever.net/

Co-financing: Nordic Council of Ministers’ NGO programme for the Baltic Sea Region.

 

ARE YOU ORGANISING CULTURAL/ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES? PARTICIPATING IN SUCH EVENTS? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE! Take part in an international research.

The questions in a short on-line survey (you need only 10 minutes to fil lit in!) concern your experiences in participating in/organizing  creative activities. By creative activities we mean all kind of events organised in the cultural/artististic (proffessional as well as amateur)/ cultural heritahe sphere – such as concerts, workshops, exhibitions, theatre plays, choir singing, digital creativity… and many more. Each of us participates/ has been participating in such events. What are your experiences?

Share your opinions with us! Please check the language preferred:

Polish: https://educult.limequery.org/525589?lang=pl

Danish: https://educult.limequery.org/2?lang=da
Dutch: https://educult.limequery.org/915834?lang=nl

English: https://educult.limequery.org/613624?lang=en

Slovenian: https://educult.limequery.org/561612?lang=sl

 

The research is being realised in Denmark, UK, Slovenia, Poland and the Netherlands in the frame of the “Bridging social capital by participatory and co-creative culture” (BRIDGING) project. The project is co-financed within the Erasmus+ Programme, Strategic Partnerships.

See the BRIDGING leaflet.
Feel invited to the BRIDGING Communication Portal.

 

THE FAEIs TEAM GOES FOR ERASMUS+ TRAINING

What is already behind us – is a preparatory meeting in the frame of the EDU-DESIGN project. What’s in front of us – is participating  a 10-days long training "The 6th International SDDP Facilitators Training School, being realized by our Cypriot Partner – Future Worlds Centre – in Nicosia, Cyprus. SDD means Structured Dialogic Design. Some of our workshops participants already have an occasion to experience working using this method during our trainings – still – in an analogue form. After training – we will be entitle to apply the full version of co-laboratories, supported by dedicated software. Wonderful!

All this in the frame of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1, Learning mobility of the adult education staff. Therefore we will be hard to reach between October 30th and November  10th:)
 

The FAIE Team is leaving for testing international training programmes

Pilot training courses are dedicated to managers and volunteers active in the cultural sector on sparsely populated areas. The trainings will take place the days 2 – 6 of October in Lousada, Portugal.
FAIE takes there a strong team of cooperating organisations: Local Activity Association Spichlerz, The Group of Various Initiatives and Foundation of Education, Social Policy, Sports and Culture. Apart from us there will be teams from Denmark, Hungary, UK and Portugal taking part in the trainings.

After testing and refining the training programmes and materials, they will be made available for all interested.

The SPAR “Curricula for culture volunteers and managers in sparsely populated areas” project was co-financed in the frame  Erasmus Plus Programme, KA 2, strategic partnerships.

For more information please visit: https://www.sparproject.eu/

 

NEW FAIE's PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE & EDUCATION: BRIDGING

Title: Bridging social capital by participatory and co-creative culture” (Project acronym: BRIDGING)

Short description:
The decline of trust the last decade is one of the central challenges of our societies. Several surveys by UN, OECD, EU and others indicate that the declining trust refers not only to the usual suspects as governments, companies and mainstream media, but also to NGOs and even more concerning to an increased distrust of other people.

Trust is the fundamental element of social capital in a country, and the World Development Report (2013) shows that countries, where people are more likely to trust others, are also countries where there is less violence and more political stability, accountability and stronger economic growth.  Furthermore, trustful social relations are essential for happiness. The World Happiness Report (2012) indicates trust as one of the major reasons that some countries are happier than others. 

Trust among fellow citizens is also essential for the subjective well-being or Quality of Life.

Without trust, institutions don’t work, societies falter and people lose faith in each other. Here, we think, the European sector of participatory culture (amateur arts, voluntary culture and heritage) can make a difference. This sector is, next to amateur sport, the largest civil society sector in the EU member states, and it has in the last decade been the civil society area with the highest rate of expansion in members and new associations. A vast number of voluntary and paid staff and artists are employed in a myriad of associations to provide arts and culture based activities for about 38 pct of the peoples in the member states (Eurobarometer 399, November 2013).

However, the voluntary arts and culture associations could strengthen their societal engagement. Especially in these times, the learning providers in this sector should prioritise new initiatives that can help to counter the current decline of the cohesiveness and mutual trust in our communities.

The overall aim to bridge social capital and to promote inclusion, cohesion and trust by strengthening the participatory and co-creative culture activities in the European sector of amateur arts, voluntary culture and heritage.

Period of realization: September 2017 – August 2018

Project partners:
Kulturelle Samrad i Danmark (DK), www.kulturellesamraad.dk(Coordinator)
Interfolk, Institut for Civilsamfund (DK), www.interfolk.dk
Voluntary Arts Network (UK), www.voluntaryarts.org
Fundacja Alternatywnych Inicjatyw Edukacyjnych (PL), www.fundacjaaie.eu
EDUCULT - Denken und Handeln im Kulturbereich Verein (AT), www.educult.at
Lietuvos Pilių ir Dvarų Asociacija (LT), www.dvarai.lt
Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti (SI), www.jskd.si
St.Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst (NL), www.lkca.nl

Co-financing: Erasmus Plus, KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, Strategic Partnerships for adult education.

 

TRAINING FOR THE MANAGERS AND VOLUNTEERS ACTIVE IN CULTURAL SECTOR: „NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND PRIVATE SOURCES OF CO-FINANCNG CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE FOR THE YEARS 2014 – 2020. METHODOLOGY OF DEVELOPING PROJECTS”, Warsaw, August 31st, 2017.

The aim of the training is to prepare the participants to planning and developing successfull projects, in the frame of the current EU funding perspective as well as using national and private sources of co-financing, through conveying up-to-date, coherent and complex information concerning possibilities and rules for developing projects and their financing.

Audience of the training: Cultural and creative sector employees, managers and volunteers active on the sparsely populated areas.

Benefits for the participants:

Ø  Learning national and european granting programmes directed to the culture & creative sector institutions and organisations: possibilities of co-financing, beneficiaries, rules of co-financing;

Ø  Learning the offer of private foundations supporting cultural activities;

Ø  Learning the techniques of developing coherent and comprehensive projects;

Ø  Learning how to check if the institution/organization qualifies for co-funding;

Ø  Learnign how to prepare the contents to the application form;

Ø  Learning the ways of searching for and choosing project partners for the partnership projects.

Date and venue:Warsaw, 31st of August 2017 r.

Recruitment and further information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 511-551-439

The training i san element of thesting national pilot trainings supporting managers and volunteers of the cultural sector, active on sparsely populated areas. The international, partnership project is being realized in the frame of the “Curricula for culture volunteers and managers in sparsely populated areas”, acronym: SPAR project. The project is co-financed in the frame of Erasmus Plus Programme, Key action 2, Strategic partnerships for developing innovation.
To learn more please visit: https://www.sparproject.eu/

 

LEVER. OUR LOCAL PILOT TEAMS.

In the frames of the LEVER project we have the pleasure to cooperate with two local Pilot Teams, realising artistic and cultural activities on the sparsely populated areas. The aim of those activities is to revive those little cities and villages, making them more attractive both for their inhabitants, tourists and potential investors. The important goal also is to promote democratic participation and integration of the local communities.

We have the pleasure to cooperate with:

Stowarzyszeniem Działań Lokalnych Spichlerz from Czernica, Śląskie voivodeship – realising activities around the 700th anniversary of the Czernica village: http://www.7wiekow7zyczen.pl/

and with

The Group  of Various Initiatives from Góra Ropczycka, Podkarpackie voivodeship – promoting classical music for everyone and everywhere, as well as a beautiful local park – Buczyna: https://www.facebook.com/grupa.inicjatyw.roznych/

Co-financing: Nordic Council of Ministers’ NGO Programme for the Baltic Sea Region.

 

THE FAEIs TEAM GOES FOR ERASMUS+ TRAINING

What is already behind us – is a preparatory meeting in the frame of the EDU-DESIGN project. What’s in front of us – is going for a 10-days long training "Networking and good practices concerning research&training unit building" tailor-made for us by our Italian Partner COOSS Marche, http://www.cooss.it/it/. All this in the frame of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1, Learning mobility of the adult education staff. Therefore we will be hard to reach between May 29th and June 9th:)

 

SPAR: NEW PROJECT WEB-PAGE

Curricula for culture volunteers and managers in sparsely populated areas”, acronym: SPAR, is an international, partership project being realised in the frame of Erasmus Plus Programme, Key action 2, Strategic partnerships for developing innovation. FAIE is a project partner.
To learn more please visit: https://www.sparproject.eu/

 

NEW FAIE’s PROJECT: „WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT. COOPERATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES”.

This is the 4th edition of the „We know what we want…” projects cycle. The 2017 edition answers the need of widening knowledge and skills of the Polish NGOs people concerning innovative methods of working in the 3rd sector and building partnerships for successful projects realization for the benefit of local communities. Involving the local communities.

The general goalof the project is to increase the number of citizens’ initiatives being realised by the Polish non-governmental organisations through applying innovative methods of local needs analysis and realising social, cooperation projects in local communities.

The members, workers, co-workers and volunteers of the NGOs active in 4 voivodeships of Southern Poland: Śląskie, Małopolskie, Podkarpackie and Opolskie, will be invited to participate in:

1.                 Three – days long workshops presenting two innovative methodsuseful at working in the 3rd sector: Structured Dialogic Design and Theory of Change. The 3rd day we will practice more “typical” method: planning and developing projects with the use of the Project Cycle Management methodology.

2.                 Two – days long workshop of practical development and budgeting of the partnership projects, after which partnership teams will be able to apply for co-funding of their local, social projects involving local community. There will be at least 3 project teams built and at least 3 local projects co-financed.

3.                 Advisory sessions, dedicated to the project – teams, to support them at successful realisation of their initiatives.

What is more: all interested NGO people, from whole Poland, will be invited to take part in 5 webinars and making use of educational materials in a form of Knowledge Pills, that will be developed during the project.

Participation in the project is free of charge.

The project will be realized in a period: April – December 2017.

The project is co-financed in the frame of the Civic Initiatives Fund Programme 2017 of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

The project’s website is available HERE (information in Polish only).

 

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONCERNING COMPETENCES AND SUPPORT NEEDED BY THE CULTURE MANAGERS AND VOLUNTEERS - PLEASE TAKE PART!

Answering the on-line survey questions should not take more than 15 - 20 minutes. The research is opened until March 14th 2017. The research takes place, simultaneously, in Poland, Denmark, UK, POrtugal and Hungary.
Link to the questionnaire (Polish language version): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EGkUgrHaXEerxFCrwvH13LgaMMuF6LQbzvx3Wnigoww/edit

The overall aim is to map the essential conditions for successful culture volunteering in the sector of amateur arts, voluntary culture and heritage in sparsely populated areas to provide cross-disciplinary arts and culture opportunities for the local communities with an added value for civic participation, community bonding and local identity.

The objectives are

·         To outline the key competences of currently successful culture volunteers

·         To outline good practise on how to engage culture volunteers in sparsely populated areas

·         To outline good practise on how to train culture volunteers in sparsely populated areas

·         To outline good support from voluntary culture associations to the culture volunteers

·         To outline good support from other local stakeholders to culture volunteering
 

The research takes place within a project "Curricula for culture volunteers and managers in sparsely populated areas".
The project is co-financed within Erasmus Plus Programme, key activity 2, strategic partnerships.

 

NEW FAIE's PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE - SPAR

Title: “Curricula for culture volunteers and managers in sparsely populated areas”
(Project acronym: SPAR)

Short description:
Sparsely populated areas need active culture NGO's to strengthen active citizenship and locally engaged communities by developing enlivening arts and culture opportunities with an added value for civic and democratic participation.

To secure cultural sustainability, we need to strengthen the “citizen help citizen" or "peer to peerapproach", where amateur arts and voluntary culture associations and their volunteers provide available and involving arts and culture.

The overall aim is to recruit and educate culture volunteers in sparsely populated areas to gain new competences to provide cross-disciplinary arts and culture opportunities for the local communities with an added value for civic participation, community bonding and local identity.

Period of realization: September 2016 - August 2018

Project partners:
Voluntary Arts network (UK), www.voluntaryarts.org
National Association of Cultural Councils (DK), www.kulturellesamraad.dk
Interfolk, Institute for Civil Society (DK), www.interfolk.dk
Hungarian Folk High School Society (HU), www.nepfoiskola.hu
Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives (PL), www.fundacjaaie.eu
Municipality of Lousada, Division of Communication, heritage, culture, education and sport (PT), http://www.cm-lousada.pt

Co-financing: Erasmus plus, key activity 2, strategic partnerships.

https://www.sparproject.eu/

 

“EDU-DESIGN. Education for designing the future” project got started!

We are pleased to share the news that, with beginning of August, we are starting realisation of a project “EDU-DESIGN. Education for designing the future”. The project is devoted, this time, to the FAIE’s staff professional development.

The general aim of the project is learning various models and forms of life-long-learning organising and supporting being realised successfully by the Partner organisations, in the field of non-vocational, non-formal adult education. Our staff will go to the Partner organisations in Hungary, Italy and Cyprus to job-shadow, consult and get training – in order to work more effectively for the benefit of the Polish NGOs and all active leaders in their communities. This is possible thanks to the grant received in the frame of the KA1 – Learning Mobility of the Erasmus+ Programme. Details soon.

The project Partners are:

Magyar Nepfoiskolai Tarsasag, Węgry: http://www.nepfoiskola.hu/

Cooperativa Sociale COOSS MARCHE ONLUS scpa, Włochy:http://www.cooss.it/it/

Future worlds Centre, Cypr: http://www.futureworldscenter.org/

The project will be realised in the period form 1st od August 2016 until Novemner 30th 2017.

EDU-DESIGN was co-financed in the frame of the KA1 – Learning Mobility – Adult education staff mobility of the Erasmus+ Programme for the years 2014 – 2020.

 

LEVER PROJECT: A study on state of the art of cultural activities on the sparsely populated areas in published

The overall aim of the study is to clarify the current state of art by providing baseline surveys in each partner country with recommendations for the subsequent pilot work.

The baseline surveys were prepared for Poland, Denmark, Lithuania, Belarus and Finland.

All the publications can be reached HERE

The LEVER project main webpage is available HERE

 

NEW FAIEs PROJECT: „WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT. THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT REALISERS NETWORK”

The „We know what we want…” projectis an answer for the need to widen knowledge and skills of the Polish NGOs in the field of planning, developing and realizing international, partnership projects.

International projects realisation is a challenge, still – from the other side – it gives many benefits: it is possible to keep the continuity of the activities realised, it is possible to keep the work places and creating new ones. Thanks to international contacts the level of innovation in the organization rises. You gain new inspiration, you get the access to the world’s best practises, you may exchange thoughts, methods of work, experiences. Your offer for your clients is wider and richer. Your workers, co – workers, volunteers gain great opportunity to upgrade qualifications, rise competences – to vocational development and self – development. This gives them better opportunities on the open job market. Your organisation grows and become more professional.

We will invite the members, workers, co-workers and volunteers of NGOs from all over Poland to take part in:

1.       Workshops, concerning planning, developing and realizing international, partnership projects.

2.       Advisory sessions,aiming at developing a specific, international project concept, including choosing the project partners.

3.       Co-creating and using an internet portaldesigned to support international, partner cooperation. Here we will invite also NGOs from other countries!

First workshops will take place in May 2016.

The project was co-financed in the frame of the Civic Initiatives Fund Programme 2016 of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

The project will be realized in a period: March 2016 – December 2016.

 

NEW FAIE's PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE - LEVER

Title:“Voluntary culture as leverage of cross-cultural activities in sparsely populated areas with an added value for democratic participation and community bonding.”

(Project acronym: LEVER)

Short description:
During the last years, we have seen more political and public interest for reviving the rural and sparsely populated areas in the Baltic Sea Region. A few steps to revive the villages and remote areas have among other countries already been taken in a Danish context, but progress is slow, and the models for how it is done, is not described.

In this project, we intend to develop new methods and approaches to revive the areas and secure sustainability by applying the “citizen help citizen" or "peer to peer approach", where civil society associations and their volunteers from the cross-cultural sector of amateur arts, voluntary culture, heritage and cultural centres are engaged to provide available and involving arts and culture activities with an added value for civic and democratic participation and community bonding.

The overall aimis to promote cross-cultural activities in the sparsely populated communities in the Baltic Sea region with an added value for civic and democratic participation and community bonding.

Period of realization:January 2016 – December 2018 (1st stage: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2016)

Project partners:The partnership circle includes six national/regional associations from Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Belarus that is active in the field of voluntary culture and liberal adult education:al adult education:
Interfolk, Institute for Civil Society (Coordinator), www.interfolk.dk
National Association of Cultural Councils in Denmark, www.kulturellesamraad.dk
Finnish Swedish Youth Association,www.fsu.fi
Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives, www.fundacjaaie.eu
"United Way" Belarusian Republican Non-Governmental Organization,http://en.ngo.by
Lithuanian castles and manors Association, www.dvarai.lt

Co-financing:Nordic Council of Ministers’ NGO programme for the Baltic Sea Region

Please see the project's leaflet HERE

 

The project
 «ACTIVEU.
Let’s get active! Incentives for citizens active participation in the democratic life of the European Union»
was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme "Europe for Citizens"

 

Measure 2.3 "Civil Society Projects"

7 events have been carried out within this project:

Event 1. The preparatory activities – preparatory meeting of all the Partners
Participation
: The event involved 9 citizens, including  2 participants from the province/area of Ancona (Italy), 2 participants from the city of Nicosia(Cyprus), 1 participant form the city of Iasi (Romania) and 4 participants from the city of Bielsko-Biała (Poland).
Location/ Dates:The event took placein Bielsko-Biała, Poland, from 14/01/2015 to 16/01/2015
Short description:  The aim of the event wasto meet the partners face to face and to introduce the key persons involved; to agree on tools of communication and information exchange; to detail the activities planned; to exchange information on state of the art of research on active democratic participation on the EU level in the respective countries and to set the ground for research process and it’s promotion. 
 

Event 2. Open on-line research designing, conducting and summing-up
Participation:The event involved  701citizens, including  175participants from Poland, 224 participants from Romania, 169 participants from Italy, 26 participants form Cyprus as well as 107 participants from other countries.
Location/ Dates:The event took placeinPoland, Romania, Italy and Cyprus from  01/02/2015  to 11/07/2015.
Short description:  The aim of the event was to create a space where EU citizens could share their opinions, needs, expectations and ideas concerning active participation in the democratic life of EU; to learn the reasons and root causes of not participating in the democratic life of the EU;  to learn what the possible incentives, that could increase the citizens to participation in the EUs’ policies shaping, could be; to exchange results of the on-line research through digital workspace.
 

Event 3. The 4 National Citizens’ Forums designing, conducting and summing-up
Participation:The event involved  130 citizens, including  30  participants from16 towns/small cities from Italy, 38 participants from 14 cities from Poland, 37 participants form 16 cities from Romania and 25 participants for 2 cities from Cyprus.
Location/ Dates:The event took placein: Jesi, Italy,on the 20/05/2015; Bielsko-Biała, Poland, on the 9/06/2015; Iasi, Romania, from 10/06/2015 to 12/06/2015 and Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 7/09/2015.
Short description:  The aim of the event wasto sum-up and discuss the results of the open on-line research; to group these results into the main thematic areas; to develop national recommendations for diminishing the obstacles for active participation/ introducing incentives for becoming an active citizen.


Event 4. Developing and conducting information campaign encouraging to take part in the open on-line research and the National Citizens Forums.
Participation
:The events reached directly 199 citizens in Italy, 243 citizens in Poland, 1300 citizens in Romania and 51 citizens on Cyprus. Indirect recipients are estimated for around 123 439.
Location/ Dates:The event took placein Poland, Italy, Romania and on Cyprus from  03/01/2015  to 31/12/2015.
Short description:  The aim of the event was to inform about the on-line research the widest possible networks of the Partners; engaging as many citizens from various social groups as possible to take part in the research; underlining benefits/ rising awareness of importance of participation and involvement in community life.

 

Event 5. The International Citizens Forum designing, conducting and summing-up.
Participation:The event involved 25 citizens, including  2  participants from the city of Ancona (Italy), 3 participants from the city of Iasi (Romania), 3 participants form the city of Bielsko-Biała (Poland), 15 participants form the city of Nicosia (Cyprus) and 1 participant form the city of Nicosia (Turkey) and 1 participant from the city of Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Location/ Dates:The event took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, from  15/10/2015  to 17/10/2015.
Short description:  The aim of the event was developing possible solutions for increasing the citizens’ participation in the democratic life of EU; developing recommendations for relevant EU/ national institutions and organisations/ European and national authorities  in the defined thematic areas.

Event 6. Summing up the recommendations in a final document to be presented to  the  relevant EU/ national institutions and organisations and to a wide public.
Participation:The event reached directly 50 citizens in Italy, 64 citizens in Poland, 50 citizens in Romania and 50 citizens from Cyprus.
Location/ Dates:The event took placeinPoland, Romania, Italy and on Cyprus from  01/08/2015  to 31/12/2015.
Short description:  The aim of the event was formulating feedback  & recommendations for more active democratic participation of the EU citizens in a final document and to disseminate those solutions to the  relevant EU/ national institutions and organisations in the defined thematic areas, as well as to present the recommendations to a wide public.

Event 7.Developing the exit strategy for the Partnership
Participation:The event involved  reached directly 10 citizens in Italy, 10 citizens in Poland, 15 citizens in Romania and 10 citizens of Cyprus.
Location/ Dates:The event took placeinPoland, Romania, Italy and on Cyprus from  01/11/2015  to 31/12/2015.
Short description:  The aim of the event was to use the results of the current project as an input to the next one aiming at implementing the ideas for increasing democratic participation of the EU citizens in the EUs policies and EUs’ future shaping.

The number of citizens indirectly reached by the project exceeded 409 000.

The project was being realised in the period January – December 2015.

 

"Let's get active!": Recommendations for more active democratic participation of the European Union citizens published and sent...

Based on the results of the year-long international research and consultations process, including over 850 direct participants and reaching over 160.000 indirect addressees from all over Europe, the Recommendations for more active democratic participation of the European Union’s citizens were developed. You may read the recommendations HERE.

The Recommendations were sent to the following European Union level bodies:
- The European Ombudsman, Mrs. Emily O'Reilly
- The Chair of The European Parliament the Committee on petitions, Mrs. Cecilia Wikstrӧm
- The Chair of The European Parliament the Committee on Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Mr. Claude Moraes
- The President of The European Parliament, Mr. Martin Schulz
- The President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk
- The Director of The European Agency for Fundamental Rights, Mr. Michael O'Flaherty

The Recommendations will be also sent to national level bodies/institutions/organisations in four countries of the project partnership as well as disseminated among w wide public.

Attachments to the Recommendations are:

1.  The International Open On-line Research Report;
2.  The National Citizen’s Forums reports for 4 countries: Poland, Romania, Italy and Cyprus;
3. The International Citizens Forum Report.

You may read them HERE

 

 

Wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016!

The FAIE Team

 

"Let's get active!...": The International Open On-line Research Report is now published!

We have the pleasure to announce, that the English version of the On-line Open Research Report concerning active democratic participation is now published. The national language versions of the report (Polish, Romanian, Italian and Greek) will be available in December.

The goal of the open on-line research was to create a space where the European Union’s citizens could share their opinions, needs, expectations and ideas concerning active participation in the democratic life of EU, in order to: learn the reasons and root causes of not participating in the democratic life of the EU;  to learn what the possible incentives, that could increase the citizens to participation in the EUs’ policies shaping, could be. 

There were 701 persons, who took part in the research answering at least the mandatory questions. The research was initially designed to take place in Poland, Romania, Italy and Cyprus, still, thanks to the English version, in total, respondents representing 40 various countries took part in it.

Participants came from both inside and outside Europe: Poland (175 questionnaires collected), Romania (224 questionnaires collected), Italy (169 questionnaires collected), Cyprus (26 questionnaires collected) and: Portugal, Hungary, Scotland, Lithuania, Morocco, France, Slovakia, Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Austria, Germany, UK, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Turkey, Ukraine, Switzerland, Pakistan, Ecuador, Lebanon, Argentina, Armenia, Lithuania, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Tunisia, Montenegro, Latvia, Slovenia, Serbia and Belgium.

The open on-line survey lasted 3 months, from April 2015 till June 2015.
The research was being realized in 5 language versions: English, Italian, Rumanian, Polish and Greek.

The survey engaged 4 specific topics and the questionnaire was organized in 6 different groups of questions gathered by area of interest (Personal Data, Get involved, Get Active, Elections and Participation, EU and Participation, Note).  

The English version of the report you will find by clicking HERE.

The report will be now translated into 4 national languages of the project Partners. The national translations will be available in December 2015.

 

"Let's get active!..." - we invite you to contribute your ideas in regards to civic engagement and participation!

How? by using Idea Prism, a mobile application specifically designed to enable on-line participation!

By becoming a member in the dialogue "Let's get Active" you would be able to respond to one of the challenges that the project aims to address: What changes or incentives do you think should be introduced to encourage democratic engagement and participation in the democratic processes?

The application is free and you can download it via Apple or Android Store.

Participation is immediate! After downloading the App, individuals can contribute their ideas just by signing-in with their email.
For further information or any queries please send us an email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members of the dialogue may contribute ideas in the form of single-sentence statements, and subsequently add a paragraph as clarification. Members can also shoot short videos right from their device and upload a lively clarification to the cloud for others to consider. The dialogue will be in effect from the 1st of October until the 14th of October. The ideas will be presented during the International Citizens Forum which will take place at 15th – 17th of October in Nicosia, as a part of the EU co-funded project Let's get Active.

For more information on the application please visit: http://www.ekkotek.com/products/wisdom-tools/idea-prism.html

For more information on project Let's get Active please visit our website: www.letsgetactive.eu

Please feel invited!


Information session for the youth and youth workers - Time to Move. Discover ways to experience Europe -  September 28th at 14.00, Social Activity Incubator in Bielsko-Biała.

 

 

Feel invited!

 

The open on-line research, concerning active democratic participation, is now closed. Thank you for sharing your opinions!

At the beginning of July we have closed the open on-line research concerning active democratic participatiation, being realised in Poland, in Italy, in Romania and on Cyprus. In total 731 persons from Europe (and even outside Europe) shared their opinions with us: We have receiver 175 answers from Poland, 224 from Romania, 26 from Cyprus and 169 from Italy.  Additionally 137 coming from countries outside the project partnership took part in the research. The research report will be published in September. Thank you very much for participation in the survey and for sharing your opinions!

The research was realised in the frame of the "Let's get active! Incentives for citizens active participation in the democratic life of european Union" project. More about "Let's get active!...": http://www.letsgetactive.eu/

 

How to increase civil activity of the Poles?

„ABOUT THE EUROPE - CREATIVELY”

We invite you to take part in a forum summing-up the results of the open on-line research

Where?

Galeria Bielska BWA, 3 Maja 11 street, Bielsko-Biała

When?

9th of June 2015 r., 10.00—15.00

Information:

http://www.letsgetactive.eu/national-citizen-s-forum

Registration*:
Formularz zgłoszeniowy

Organiser:
Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives

 

The National Citizens Forum is being organised in the frame of "Let's get active! Incentives for citizens active participation in the democratic life of european Union" project, supported by the European Union in the frame of the Europe for Citizens Programme.

The Euriopean Youth Week patronage for "Let's get active!..."

We are pleased to inform that "Let's get active!..." - the on-line research related activities - has received the European Youth Week patronage.

we ask you for opinion!

Our goal is to learn the reasons of low level of involvement of the youth in democratic participation on the European Union level. We also want to learn some possible incentives that could encourage the youth to be more active citizens.

Join the research! We ask for 15 minutes of your time!

Your opinion is important!!

GO TO THE ON-LINE RESEARCH

Patronage for "Let's get active!..."

European Youth Week 2015: https://europa.eu/youth/eyw_en

 

Join the on-line research!

obstacles for active participation/ introducing incentives for becoming an active citizen!

The project partners set up a quick survey and invite you all to participate to the on-line research! The questionnaire will take only 15 minutes of your time!

Your answers count…Let’s get active!

GO TO THE ON-LINE RESEARCH


Please feel invited for www.letsgetactive.eu!

We are just about to start the on-line research in the frame of the "Let's get active! Incentives for citizens active participation in the democratic life of the European Union" project. The research will be open in Poland, in Italy, in Romania and on Cyprus; still - if you live in any other EU country - please feel free to participate. We will ask, among others, if you are satisfied with your countrys' membership in the EU? Are you interested in this subject? Would you like to have more influence on what's happening in the EU? Or you just don't care?

Details soon.

www.letsgetactive.eu

"It is worth preparing - 2015!"  Training sessions initiated in connection with beginning of the new EU 2014 - 2020 financial perspective and new grant-programmes as well as new editions of the national, international and provate grant-programmes is being continued.  

Training sessions entitled „European Union funds for the years 2014 – 2020. Sources of co-financing educational, cultural, social and enterpreneur activities" as well as workshops based on the project - cycle - management methodology re-started in 2015.

The trainings and workshops are going to be realized cyclically on the South of Poland, beginning form January 2015. 

 

Merry Christmas!

We know we might be celebrating on various periods, but regardless when - we wish you Merry, Peaceful Christmass, lazy and pleasant winter holidays and good, inspiring New Year 2015!

 

In January 2015 we start international partnership project realisation in the frame of Europe for Citizens Programme – Civil Society Projects in 2015!

We are happy to share an information that the partnership project entitled "Let's get active!  Incentives for citizens active participation in the democratic life of the European Union" which is coordinated by us, was successful and has been selected for receipt of the grant. The project will be realized in the Partnership comprised of Polish, Cypriot, Romanian and Italian Partners.

The main aim of the project is to increase the level of engagement and democratic participation of the European Union citizens in the democratic life of the European Union being aware of the role they can have in shaping the EUs’ policies and thus the future of Europe shaping. To achieve this, we will ask a lot of questions to learn why most of the EU citizens do not engage themselves in the process of shaping the EU politics. We can’t wait to face the challenge!

By the way we would like to congratulate the other Polish successful project leader - Fundacji Rozwoju Regionalnego Viribus Unitis from Nowy Sącz.
As the Europe for Citizens Polish Contact Point informs, among the 27 selected projects, 17 have Polish partners. We wish you all great and valuable realisations!

 

Since September 2014 we became the EURODESK Regional Information Point!

It is our proud to inform that, after taking part in the competition, we were chosen to work as the Eurodesk Regional Information Point in Bielsko-Biała. Eurodesk is the main provider of information on European policies and opportunities for young people and those who work with them. The Eurodesk network works in 33 European countries and is supported, among others, by the European Comission. The other supporter, in Poland, is the National Ministry of Education. Our role as Eurodesk consultants is to provide information regarding opportunities for education, training, traineeships, voluntary work and work in Europe for the youth and the youth workers. The advisory is free of charge. If you are looking for training/ studying/ voluntary work opportunities in Poland or if you are searching for Polish partner for your project - please feel free to write:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call +48 511 551 439. We will use the Eurodesk network to help the best we can.

 

HOLIDAY LLL ACTION – EDUCATION by the FAEI EXPERTS!

Not to get too lazy – in Agust - we invite the NGO – people and other fans of Life – long – learning the best we have (free of charge of course…):

1.      A legal and administrative advisory (excluding tax-law) – for NGOs and for individual persons;

2.      English – polishing sessions (for example before you go for vacation abroad…) – group or individual;

3.      Advisory on possible source of co-financing projects for your NGO.

If interested – please write: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call: +48 511 551 349. We will make an appointment in our office/online.

The HOLIDAY LLL ACTION is opened 1 – 31st of August 2014. Still you may make na appointment earlier.

Please feel invited!

The FAEI Team

 

"It is worth preparing!"  Training sessions initiated in connection with beginning of the new EU 2014 - 2020 financial perspective and new grant-programmes as well as new editions of the national, international and provate grant-programmes.  

Training sessions entitled „European Union funds for the years 2014 – 2020. Sources of co-financing educational, cultural and social activities ant the methodology of developing project proposals” are being realized cyclically on the South of Poland, beginning form February 2014.  

The goal of the trainings is:

To prepare participants to successful planning and developing projects, in the frame of the new EU perspective as well as national and private grant programmes, through teaching comprehensive and coherent information on opportunities and rules to acquire co-financing for project realization.

The trainings are adressed for:

1. Board members, workers, co-workers and volunteers of the non-governmental organizations;

2. Owners and workers of the micro-, small and medium enterprises;

3. Workers of the local government sector;

4. Other persons interested in planning, writing and realizing projects and applying for project grants.  

Information about the current trainings together with the application form and the detailed description of the training programme are here: http://www.fundacjaaie.eu/index.php
 

Additional information is available in Polish. Still there is a possibility to organize the training in English. In interested, please write: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call +48 511 551 439.

Feel invited!

 

“We know what we want. The academy of international projects implementers Poland – South” was successfully closed the day of December 31st 2013.

On the subject of international projects planning, developing and realizing we have trained the members, co-operants, workers and volunteers of 34 non-governmental organizations from 3 provinces on the south of Poland: the Śląskie, Małopolskie and Podkarpackie Provinces.

During the advisory sessions there were 9 concepts of international projects developed. There were 16 persons, representing 11 organizations, participating in these sessions.

We have also recorded 14 „Knowledge Pills” containing tips on how to approach to the biggest challenges at international projects realization (you may see them here: http://www.pl-pd.wiemyczegochcemy.pl/pigulki-wiedzy).

What is more – we have implemented and tested a pilotage trainee programme preparing the trainee to  work as a medium-size project assistant. Our trainee was great, we hope to cooperate at our next projects. The trainee programme will be continued.

Webpage of the project: http://www.pl-pd.wiemyczegochcemy.pl/

 

We are the member of Non-governmental Organizations of Bielsko-Biała Threaty.

Since November 2013 we are member of the of the Non-governmental Organizations of Bielsko-Biała Threaty. We want to work together to widen our possibilities to realize our missions and obtain the synergy effect. One of our goals is to create the Social Benefit Council which is to be an advisory body representing the Third Sector in the region, working at the President of the city Bielsko-Biała Office.

 

We are on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FundacjaAIE

 

The “we know what we want…” project will be continued!

We have a pleasure to announce that – since May 2013 – we begin the 2nd edition of a project supporting non – governmental organisations (NGOs) at planning, writing and realising international projects.

International projects realisation is a challenge, still – from the other side – it gives many benefits: it is possible to keep the continuity of the activities realised, it is possible to keep the work places and creating new ones. Thanks to international contacts the level of innovation in the organization rises. You gain new inspiration, you get the access to the world’s best practises, you may exchange thoughts, methods of work, experiences. Your offer for your clients is wider and richer. Your workers, co – workers, volunteers gain great opportunity to upgrade qualifications, rise competences – to vocational development and self – development. This gives them better opportunities on the open job market. Your organisation grows and become more professional.

The project “We know what we want. The academy of international projects implementers Poland – South” in the year 2013 will be realized in 3 voivodeships: The Śląskie voivodeship, the Małopolskie voivodeship and the Podkarpackie voivodeship. The project is directed to workers, members, co – workers and volunteers of 30 NGOs from these regions.

In the frame of the project there will be workshops on planning, acquiring co-financing, writing and realising of the international projects. We will show the opportunities that NGOs have to finance their international activities and we will show advantages (and disadvantages) of such activities. We will outline how to find and how to build cooperation with an international partner (partners). We will teach how to plan projects that could be successfully implemented, how to write a project proposal to get co-financing. This is especially important in the context of the new EU financial perspective for the years 2014 – 2020.

Next – we will offer possibility to take part in advisory sessions. During the advisory process a full, complete international project proposal will be
created – ready to use for preparing an application for the specific call for proposals.

What is new: There will be 2 levels of training groups offered – for the beginners and for persons who already have experience at projects realisation. You may choose the group which suits you best. If your organisation will be accepted for the advisory stage -  you will also obtain a list of grants available for you in line with the goals of the organisation’s statue activities and your development plans. We will also develop some “knowledge pills” together – presenting tips on how to approach the biggest challenges of international projects creating and realising.

The project “We know what we want. The academy of international projects implementers Poland – South” will be realised in the period May 2013 – December 2013.

The project is co-financed in the frame of Government Programme Civic Initiatives Fund 2009 – 2013.

More information will be published soon.

Free courses for persons in age 60+

Recruitment for courses beginning in 2013 is now opened. We offer 4 subjects of courses:

1. English lessons lead using the studiecirkel method.

2. Consumer's rights and patient's rights.

3. Safe saving and investing.

4. Travelling and planning travels with use of Internet tools.

The courses will take place beginning from February untill June 2013 in Bielsko-Biała. All the courses are free for persons in the age 60+ living in Bielsko-Biała city, bielski district, żywiecki district and cieszyński district. All the information you will fing here: http://www.paszport60.fundacjaaie.eu.
(Information available in Polish only. If you would like learn more about our projects please feel free to write: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call: +48 501 639 754).

The project "Passport of an active senior" is co-financed by "The Governmental Programme of Social Activity of the Seniors 2012 - 2013".

We know what we want - project successfuly closed!

With the date of December 31st we have finished realisation of the project "We know what we want - driving license for international projects for Silesian NGO's". 
During the project realisation 22 persons representing 12 silesian NGOs took part in workshops concerning planning, writing and realizing international projects. 11 persons representing 7 organisations took part in advisory sessions concerning planning and writing full international project proposals. 

Congratulations! We keep our fingers crossed for successful realisation of your projects!

 

We know what we want - recruitment opened!

Recruitment of participants of the project  is now opened.

Feel invited to participate in free workshops and advisory sessions concerning planning, writing and realizing international projects. Project participants will also learn how, and where to search for co-financing for international projects realization. Then, with support of experienced advisors, they will develop complete project proposal ready to submit for defined call for proposals.

Recruitment will take place in the period August 29th - September 29th .2012.

Detailed information and application form you will find here: www.wiemyczegochcemy.pl
(Information available in Polish only. If you would like learn more about our projects please feel free to write: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call: +48 501 639 754).

 

In June 2012 we invite for  free of charge workshops and advisory concerning international projects creating and realisation:

In June 2012 the Foundation of Alternative Educational Initiatives has begun realization of a project entitled "We know what we want - driving license for international projects for the Silesian NGO's".

In the frame of the project there will be workshops delivered for workers/co-workers/volunteers of 12 of Silesian NGO?s. The goal of the workshops will be to give some essential knowledge and skills on planning, preparing and realizing international projects. Author organizations of the best 6 project ideas developed after workshops will take part in advisory sessions. The goal of the advisory sessions is to prepare complete proposals of international, partnership projects as well as finding a proper international partner for the project realization.

The project will be realized since June 2012 until December 2012 in the Silesian province.

The project is co-financed in the frame of Civic Initiatives Fund.

More information: www.wiemyczegochcemy.pl (webpage only in Polish language)