In May, ERA sent a Czech participant to another two-week training under the Grow Your Raw project, which took place in Bordeaux, France. The project is focused on the development of start-up businesses in the field of organic production and sustainable development. Mr. Daniel, whose company produces chilli peppers, has visited a number of French organic companies together with a group of other European participants and has been inspired by their experiences, ideas and new projects. Participants visited vineyard specialized in organic and biodynamic winegrowing, permaculture garden, saffron farm, wine museum, farm producing organic vegetable, bio-bee farm, company producing cognac and much more.
Author: Lucie Marková
On 3rd and 4th May, the second transnational meeting of 3DP-Help Erasmus+ project took place in Iasi, Romania. All 5 partner organizations, coming from the Czech Republic, Malta, Romania, Lithuania and Croatia, encountered to discuss the results achieved. The main aim of the project is precisely concerned in developing training material to help Adult trainers to attract, reach out and assist adult learners to catch up with the 21st Century digital skills of 3D-printing. In this phase the attention has been concentrated on the first two outputs realized according to the project plan.
The first one, Guidelines on the use of 3D printing in Adult education, based on partners experience and on preliminary studies carried out was led by the Maltese organization MECB Ltd, however, all partners contributed to this part of the project.
The second output, Case Studies for Adult Education was led by Romanian organization Ludor Engineering SRL. A survey to identify the most relevant case studies relative to the uses of 3D Printing was performed and the selected case studies were analyzed in order to find out best practices and other useful ideas for the 3DP course.
The European Development Agency, lead partner of the whole project, is the organization responsible for the third output: Curriculum of a 3DP Course Adult Training, which now be developed.
The ideas are growing up and we are on the right track, ready to move forward.
You can find more information on the website of the project: http://3dhelp.euda.eu/, and Facebook page of the project: https://www.facebook.com/3DHelp.Enhancing.EU.Employability/.
The second transnational meeting of all partner organizations will take place from May 3rd – 4th,
2018 in Iasi, Romania. Representatives of all partner organizations from 5 different countries (Czech Republic, Romania, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta) will participate.
The project started in November 2017 and during the first half of the year, the first two intellectual outputs were being worked out and all partners were contributing and cooperating on the content. The first output IO1 was led by MECB (Malta based Excellence Consulting Bureau) and provides us with guidelines on the use of 3D printing in Adult education, while the second output IO2 was led by a Romanian organization Ludor Engineering, which provides case-studies identification and analysis using of the 3D printing. During the meeting, each partner organization will present an overview of their work, obstacles and results. Both outputs will be discussed in Iasi. At the same time, further results will be discussed, such as IO3, for
which the EUDA will be responsible.
You can find more information on our website: http://euda.eu/3d-help/, on the website of the project: http://3dhelp.euda.eu/, and Facebook page of the project: https://www.facebook.com/3DHelp.Enhancing.EU.Employability/.
31 March 2017
PRESS RELEASE
VINA (Validating Informal and Non-formal Acquired Skills)
a EU co-funded project about skills validation in Adult Education
EURO, an Italian Research Centre, Promotion and EU Initiative, along with partner organisations from UK (European Learning Network Ltd), Czech Republic (Evropská rozvojová agentura s.r.o.), Greece (K Poulopoulos E.P.E.) and Poland (Fundacja Instytut Rownowagi Spoleczno Ekonomicznej) has been successful in gaining Erasmus+ funding for this interesting and important project for the Adult Education sector across Europe.
Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Its budget of €14.7 billion will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain experience, and volunteer abroad. The VINA project is approved under Key Action 2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices – of the programme Erasmus+ managed by the Italian National Agency Erasmus Plus Indire.
VINA (Validating Informal and Non-formal Acquired Skills) project is aimed at educators, assessors, lecturers and other main users who need to update competences and skills of adults in the informal and non-formal sector to match the needs of the 21st century. The project consortium will develop:
- a database of Instruments for Validating Informal and Non- Formal Learning;
- a Recognition Opportunities Tendency Analyser (R.O.T.A.)
By involving external partners, adult colleges, assessors, lecturers, public sector institutions, trainers, teachers and the wider community, the 5 partners will, through thorough research, create a database and an easy-to-use online validation tool. Both will be available as an Open Resource.
More information about the project can be found at www.vinaproject.eu
Contacts
Project Coordinator: EURO
Viale dell’Olimpo n° 30a – 90147 Palermo (Italy)
E mail: info@associazioneeuro.org
Dissemination Coordinator: European Learning Network Ltd
152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX – UK
E mail: info@elnpartner.co.uk
“This project has been co-funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.”