Erasmus+ Program€¦ · Erasmus+ Program Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships for youth 2016-2-EL02-KA205-002486 Contents Who is Who The Project in a nutshell Intellectual Outputs

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Social entrepreneurship and educational practices for young people (SE+ED)

Erasmus+ Program

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships for youth

2016-2-EL02-KA205-002486

Contents

Who is Who

The Project in a nutshell

Intellectual Outputs

Activities

Who is doing What

Budgeting

Partners’ Contact Information

Project Timetable

Social Entrepreneurship + EDucational practices for young people

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Who is Who

University of Macedonia

(UoM - Greece)

is a higher education institution (tertiary level). The department of UoM

Educational and Social Policy is pluralistic, which means it covers in

depth important areas around education. More specifically, students

have the opportunity to learn and critically reflect upon:

Adult education and lifelong learning

Social entrepreneurship and creativity

Youth Mobility and European identity

Civil participation of youth

European policies on youth training scheme

Informal education

Multicultural education

Special education

Contribution of education in self-improvement

The research and teaching interests of staff are in the field of Education

and Social Sciences, especially in Adult Education and Special

Education. The University, also, has an office dedicated on creating

informal educational programs for young people, as well as, on

implementing international research and European projects. Top priority

for the university is the responsible entrepreneurship. Combining it with

ongoing training, multiplies the benefits for young people. UoM has

been awarded many times for quality education and high

competence.

http://www.uom.gr/index.php?newlang=eng


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Cooperativa de Educação Cooperação e

Desenvolvimento CRL (ECOS – Portugal)

The main goal of action is the promotion of non-formal education ECOS

for social inclusion. Through our activities, we target towards the

contribution to the development of a more human, sustainable, fair,

inclusive, participative, democratic, equitable, solidarity, cooperative,

dialogical, diverse and integrated society.

Our main areas of Intervention are:

Creation of spaces for structured dialogue, cooperation and

collective construction among different actors, such as, social,

business and institutional actors.

Promotion, design, implementation and evaluation of playful,

educational, social, cultural and sustainable development projects,

in formal and non-formal spaces, through non-formal education,

always in a way that it complements formal education and

contributes to life-long learning.

Development of organizations capacity to do a more efficient

management of their resources and projects through training and

new technologies of information and communication.

Monitoring, support, assessment and consultancy to individuals,

organizations, institutions and respective educational programmes

and social intervention projects.

Promotion, recognition and validation of non-formal education and

other alternative pedagogical methodologies that contribute to

social transformation.

Our main expertise is on the development of participatory-based

projects that involves young people and decision makers, such as local

and regional authorities and other stakeholders. ECOS due to the staff

expensive experience on youth training field is also an expert

organisation on training and capacity building of youth organisation

and public and private institutions working with and for youth.

http://ecos.pt/en/


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gain & sustain: europe

(GS - Austria)

The association “ ” (Verein zur Förderung von gain&sustain:Europe

Kulturaustausch und Nachhaltigkeit in Europa) was founded in 2009 in

Graz, Austria, and exists at the moment of ten enthusiastic young

people at the age between 18 and 30 years. The organisation aims to

support social, economic and ecological sustainability in Europe and

also developing countries all over the world. In the centre of our activity

stands the desegregation of politics, society and economy with

youngsters in the global context and the step in to an open dialogue

and a generation of valuable common strategies for the present and

the future. As our major task we see the interlinking and consultation of

youngsters in connection with international, multicultural events and EU

projects to promote awareness in the direction of tolerance, EU

citizenship and cultural diversity with the generation of tomorrow. The

main objective of the association is the interlinking of single

organisations and individuals, above all youngsters, around subjects like

sustainability and social entrepreneurship in order to give space to

innovation & creativity and to allow a cultural exchange. During the

project our aim is to find motivated people who will be involved in the

project and who can be considered as good input bringers.

Furthermore we want to share our experiences and skills in order to

make a smooth project happen.

http://www.gainandsustain.eu/


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MBM Training and Development Center

(MBM - United Kingdom)

MBM TD Center is an international training and development agent,

working on lifelong learning advanced services in Training, Technology

and Social Entrepreneurship. The main goal of the “MBM Training and

Development Center” is to support adults and students in becoming

life-long learners and independent, contributing European citizens. On

the other hand, the “MBM Training and Development Center” is

assisting the adult learners in reaching their full potential through

learning opportunities that are relevant and easily transferred into the

workplace. MBM TD Center offers a wide variety of developmental

programs to build job skills for the role the trainees have and to foster

the career we hope they develop. Programs extend to all segments of

the workforce.

The is an entity for the MBM TD Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

advancement of social entrepreneurship. The Centre’s activities are

seeking to foster innovative social transformation through education,

research, and collaboration. The Center acts as a network hub for

social entrepreneurship, linking together key actors in the sector and

contributing towards creating new and effective partnerships for

sustainable social change. It engages in social innovation and aims to

have a decisive influence on policy.

The is an example of MBM TDC`s MBM Youth Work Learning Center

systemic approach to professional development that focuses on

specific strategies for gaining the skills and knowledge youth workers

need.

http://www.mbmtraining.uk/social-entrepreneurship-center.html

http://www.mbmtraining.uk/youth-work-learning-center.html


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Uniwersytet Rzeszowski

(UR - Poland)

The came into being by the Act of Parliament of University of Rzeszów

7th June 2001. The University of Rzeszów was created through the

merger of the Pedagogical University of Rzeszów, the Rzeszów branches

of Maria-Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin, and Agricultural

Academy (the Faculty of Economics) in Kraków. The University

continues the policy of these Institutions, develops research projects

and participates in various educational programmes that are important

for the South-Eastern Poland. Due to its geographical position the

University realizes its unique tasks in cooperation with foreign higher

education institutions. It plays the role of an intellectual and cultural

bridge between Ukraine and European Union. It cooperates with 120

foreign institutions of higher education (with over 50 partner universities

from Ukraine) and with over 180 universities within Erasmus+

programme. Its official language is Polish. However, lectures and classes

for foreign students are run in English. The University of Rzeszów is one of

the members of the European Universities Association and the

Association of Carpathian Region Universities. The current structure of

the University allows for a variety of academic research projects and

educational programs. The University has experience in scientific

research, knowledge about local, European business, its environmental

problems and society, didactic experience and scientific background,

experience in organization of scientific conferences, seminars and

workshops.

http://www.ur.edu.pl/en


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The Project in a nutshell

The last decade, two unexpected things happened in Europe: a financial

crisis and a significant rising of unemployment. These forced economy to a

new type of entrepreneurship, the social entrepreneurship. The social

entrepreneurship was the answer to the new needs that widely appeared.

Our project stems from the social entrepreneurship tradition but at the same

time offers a new perspective bringing together five different countries

(Austria, Portugal, Poland, UK, Greece) with different cultures and different

needs. The SE+ED project sets up collaboration between alternative

institutions (two Universities, two NGOs and an enterprise).

The aim of the project is the methodological and educational training on

social entrepreneurship. Twenty five young people, from five different

countries and institutions will participate. The social entrepreneurship is the

focus of the SE+ED project.

More specifically the main goals are:

An intensive training of young participants

Setting up a portal and a forum

A presentation of different applications of social entrepreneurship

Publishing an e-book

Uploading webinars

A dissemination of project’s result in an international conference with

broader participation

An evaluation by the young people of the project and of the

beneficiaries of social enterprise applications

A sense of community and sharing between European citizens.

The group that will participate on training will be five young people – plus a

team leader- from five different countries. The Participating organizations will

all contribute to the project schedule, either by hosting some of the actions

(preparatory meeting, conference) or during the training course. Young

people will actively participate in all actions of the project. On training

course, they will be trained on the basic idea (successful social

entrepreneurship with social return) and innovative methods.

However, they will not only benefit from new knowledge and skills. The goal is

to return the stock of knowledge in the community. They will be converted

into knowledge producers, multipliers and promoters of the project, creating

a peer-support network that goes beyond the narrow geographic limits of

their community. By the end of the project, participants may offer themselves

as multipliers or mentors. Therefore, the group that will be benefited can

actually be wider.

The final outcomes of the project will be a web portal and a forum, a series of

online courses on social entrepreneurship and an e-book.


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Intellectual outputs

Web portal & forum

An information portal (web portal) for young entrepreneurs will be uploaded.

Also, useful information about social entrepreneurship can be found in the

communication forum of the portal. (Good communication between

partners will be discussed in preparatory meeting).

One of the biggest issues, in any project, is the communication between

participants. To ensure good communication, an electronic forum will set up

soon after the first meeting. Any participant will be able to share his thoughts

in the form of open dialogue. The forum will be part of a website that can be

used, not only, from the participants, but all those interested in the project,

young entrepreneurs, students, small companies or social enterprises. The

portal will contain: a) information on the legal regime for social

entrepreneurship in partner countries, b) networking and counseling, c) good

practices from different countries.

Webinars - Online courses

During the training course, lectures and some workshops will be recorded

digitally. Professor Dagdilelis (and any other who will offer a lecture) will be

videotaped while they will give their lectures and this material will be

available in the form of online course. Social entrepreneurship courses will be

uploaded at the portal, by the end of SE+ED project. Also, the portal will

include an interactive platform for hosting these online courses. The courses

will be in the form of recorded lectures, which will be followed by questions

and answers.

E-book

The third outcome of the project is an e-book (text with images). The first part

of the book will include information and guidance to young people

interested in social entrepreneurship. The second part will have, among

others, i) social enterprises that have been studied by the participants in each

partner country, ii) evaluation of their own implemented idea. Young people

themselves will evaluate what have they designed, along with partners'

supervisors and their beneficiaries.

To write the e-book two steps are very important: allocation and assignment

of individual tasks for each partner: collecting data for the standard

procedure of social enterprises applications. Young participants of each

country will apply: the design, implementation and evaluation. Additionally,

useful material will derive from the calendar records or the reports of the

participants on the progress of the project: citing difficulties, changes,

adaptations, ideas and whatever else they find useful.


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Activities

Transnational meeting

Each partner will participate in a preparatory meeting with two participants,

preferably the appointed project manager and the contact person. The

representative can also be administrative staff or a youth worker but it is

needed for him/her to have an important role during the project because at

this meeting is important to take decisions mutually.

The agenda of the meeting:

project induction

define terms of collaboration and communication among all partners

talk through the activities and intellectual outputs

plan the training and decide the workshops or lectures each partner

can provide

schedule ahead, set a timetable/ deadlines for deliverables

The hosting organisation will be gain & sustain: europe and the meeting will

be held in Austria during December 2016. We will inform you for exact dates

and further details.

Training Course

Young people from five European countries will meet in Thessaloniki (Greece),

in March 2017, on an intensive program, that will address entrepreneurship

with social return of investment. The program focuses on the knowledge

necessary for establishing an enterprise with a social return of investment. The

duration of the training course is 5 days (32 hours total, approximately). The

program will include lectures and workshops. By the end of the program,

participants will have to be able to design a business plan and use a web tool

to achieve a successful business.


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The objectives of the training course are, the participants:

to acquire basic knowledge of social entrepreneurship: history, current

status, opportunities and challenges.

to learn the basic principles for establishing an enterprise with social

return of investment: from concept to implementation. To be able to

develop their own ideas.

to learn how a business plan is drawn up for a small enterprise and

ways to finance it. They will be able to create a small project for their

own enterprise.

to comprehend the role played by digital technology, and particularly

the Internet, in establishing an enterprise with social return of

investment. By the end, trainees to be able to exploit them to their

advantage.

Experienced trainers from the partner organisations will cover the 5 days of

lectures and workshops. All partners will be welcome to actively participate

for example with a small workshop or a presentation of good practices. Good

to know that all lectures will be recorded and videotaped. Some of the

material from the seminars will be used as online course material at the web

portal.

Conference

The conference basically aims at the dissemination of the project’s outputs.

As a multiplier event the organisation of the conference aims to reach out to

the local community for participation especially to young entrepreneurs or

students. During the conference there will be the chance for active

participation since young participants will have the opportunity to present

their case study project or to be involved in the conference proceedings and

arrangements. Also, part of the conference will be a reflection upon the

whole project and assessment of the project procedures, activities and

outputs.

The hosting organisation will be ECOS and the conference will be held in

Portugal probably by the end of June 2016. We will inform you for exact dates

and further details.


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Who is doing What

Activities and outputs when* UoM

Greece

MBM

UK

GS

Austria

ECOS

Portugal

UR

Poland

Transnational meeting talk through the whole project

11 participants (max)

1 day duration

December sending

organisation

3 participants

sending

organisation

2 participants

hosting

organisation

- country of

venue 2 participants

sending

organisation

2 participants

sending

organisation

2 participants

Workshop outline a workshop or a lecture to

provide for the training

February send outline

to partners

send outline

to partners

send outline

to partners

send outline

to partners

send outline

to partners

Youth training lectures and workshops on social

entrepreneurship (basic steps,

challenges, case studies, business

planning, new technologies)

5 days duration, 32 hours

(approximately)

5 young participants + 1 trainer/

team leader

March hosting

organisation

- country of

venue

5 participants

+ 1 leader

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

Web portal informational website on social

entrepreneurship web forum related material (e.g. online courses,

case studies etc)

April - June - write short

text

- participate

in forum

- write short

text

- participate

in forum

- write short

text

- participate

in forum

- write short

text

- participate

in forum

- write short

text

- participate

in forum


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Webinars online courses available at the web

portal

recorded workshops or lectures

during the training

March - record

lecture to

upload on

the web

- record

lecture to

upload on

the web **

- record

lecture to

upload on

the web **

- record

lecture to

upload on

the web **

- record

lecture to

upload on

the web **

Case study find a social enterprise and gather

information on practices and

business tools they use

March -

June

write a

detailed

report on

the case

study

write a

detailed

report on

the case

study

write a

detailed

report on

the case

study

write a

detailed

report on

the case

study

write a

detailed

report on

the case

study

e-book information on social

entrepreneurship

case studies in different countries

business plans and reports on the use

of web tools to achieve a successful

business

June - write short

text

- keep

daily/weekly

reports of

the study

- write short

text

- keep

daily/weekly

reports of

the study

- write short

text

- keep

daily/weekly

reports of

the study

- write short

text

- keep

daily/weekly

reports of

the study

- write short

text

- keep

daily/weekly

reports of

the study

Conference lectures, presentations and

workshops

reflection and assessment

dissemination of intellectual outputs

end of

June

- present

e-book

material

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

- present

e-book

material

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

- present

e-book

material

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

- present

e-book

material

hosting

organisation

- country of

venue 5 participants

+ 1 leader

- present

e-book

material

sending

organisation

5 participants

+ 1 leader

* Specific dates will be announced after communication among all partners and basically with the activity leading organisation in

order to mutually agree and commit.

** To be discussed how exactly each partner will contribute in online courses.


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Budgeting

We will sign bilateral contracts between University of Macedonia

(Greece) and each partner in order to agree on budget and task

repartition. Only then we will be able to transfer you the first part of the

grant.

We will inform in detail each partner about the exact amount of the

grant to receive and how. Also, each partner will be informed for the

workdays approved.

Tips on budget

Project management cost: it’s a lump sum, 250€ per month for 12 months.

Travel and subsistence costs for the transnational meeting are calculated as

lump sum per person. Theoretically, it is possible to use the unspent money

however we want. But please keep all tickets and bills related to your travel

and stay. We will give official guidelines after the dedicated meeting with the

Agency.

Intellectual outputs staff costs: According to our National Agency we should

fill for each staff member a declaration of honor specifying their job, their

mission on the project and the work time dedicated to the intellectual output.

Also, we should write down our time schedule while we work on the

intellectual outputs. Please start from the beginning to assess your workload

and number of days through time sheets. We will be able to provide online

timesheets.

Multiplier Event - Conference: it’s a lump sum.

Training Activity: lump sum for travel cost and individual support. The training

will be held in Greece (Thessaloniki) and the host organisation will cover the

costs. You will be reimbursed for travel cost, so please keep all tickets and bills

related to your travel.


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Partners’ Contact Information

Country / City Organisation Web Address Contact Person e-mail address

Greece /

Thessaloniki

University of Macedonia (UoM)

Department of Educational &

Social Policy

http://www.uom.gr/ Ioanna

Dagdileli [email protected]

United

Kingdom /

Bristol

MBM Training and

Development Center (MBM

TDC)

Social Entrepreneurship Center

http://www.mbmtraining.uk Borislava

Daskalova [email protected]

Austria /

Graz gain & sustain: europe (GS) http://www.gainandsustain.eu/ Sabrina Schifrer [email protected]

Portugal /

Faro

ECOS - Cooperativa De

Educacao, Cooperacao E

Desenvolvimento

http://ecos.pt/ Bruno António [email protected]

Poland /

Rzeszow Uniwersytet Rzeszowski (UR) http://www.ur.edu.pl

Bogdan

Wierzbinski [email protected]


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MONTHS Sep16 Oct16 Nov16 Dec16 Jan17 Fev17 Mar17 Apr17 May17 Jun17 Jul17 Aug17

Project activity* Activity number

Preparation

Transnational meeting report O1

Contracts - job descriptions setting O1.A1

Preparation for the meeting: content and structure O1.A2

Transnational meeting O1.A3.M1

Implementation

Training O2

Preparation of training: content/trainers O2.A1

Training young participants C1

Defining partners’ future applications O2.A2

Follow up

Setting up a portal& forum O3

Setting up a forum O3.A1

Setting up a portal O3.A2

Uploading webinars (on-line courses) O4

Video editing O4.A1

An e-book for social entrepreneurship O5

Collecting data O5.A1

Proofreading partners’ texts O5.A2

Editing the book (first edition) O5.A3

Dissemination

Conference O6

Press Releases for the conference O6.A1

Conference E1

Reflecting on case studies O6.A2

Dissemination of the portal O6.A3

Project closing

Project report O7

Evaluating the five case studies O7. A1

Adding a new chapter O7.A2

External evaluation report O7.A3

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