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The project partners of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme, AgriGo4Cities, gathered together for the 5^th meeting in the city of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The two-days meeting took place on the 23^rd and 24^th October 2018 and was organized by the Association of South-Western Municipalities.

During these days the partners presented their action plans and discussed about the final conference that will take place in Budapest, which will be organized by the Central Transdanubian Innovation Agency. Once the main points were discussed the partners had the chance to do three different study visits around Blagoevgrad: one in a flower garden, another in a winter garden in a Day Care Centre for children with special needs, and the last one in an experimental garden in a peri-urban area. 

To know further details about this project partners meeting or to learn more about AgriGo4Cities check out the project´s website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/agrigo4cities 

The partners of a project oriented on adult education in 3D printing created an overview of all activities that have been organized since the launch of the project. Look what’s new!

At the end of September, 4 participants of our workshops went to northern Italy, where they met other workshop participants from Romania. During an all week long mobility, they had an opportunity to gain new interesting information about volunteering and volunteering activities in Italy, about the history of the region around the city of Carpi while visiting a former concentration camp, and about environmental care during a lecture in local protected landscape area. The whole programme was accompanied by a lot of interactive games and activities, during which the participants got to know each other more and found out their strengths and abilities regarding volunteering at the same time. There were also many intergenerational volunteering activities, for example, a musical lecture with elderly people suffering from Parkinson‘s disease. The whole programme was very interesting and successful and we can now look forward to other Romanian participants to visit us in Prague!

You can find more information about the whole project here: http://euda.eu/crea-t-y-v/

We are glad to let you know that between 30th and 31st May 2018 AgriGo4Cities 4th project partners meeting was held in Prague. The two-day event was hosted by one of the Czech project partners Municipal District of Prague 9.  

On 30th of May, the project partners met together in Prague 9 Town Hall and discussed individual work packages related to the project. Furthermore, the final good practices catalogue of participatory urban agriculture was presented there. The programme on the next day was dedicated to studying visits on the territory of Prague. 

Moreover, very interesting reportage by our IVY volunteer Francesco Morra was realized during the meeting. The reportage presents an overall image of “AgriGo4Cities”, the importance of community gardens and the results achieved.

The project partners’ representatives interviewed to explain the motivation that pushed them to collaborate together and their expectations about the future activities. They mainly focus on the issues of social inclusion and participatory approach, trying to transmit the essence of the project.

The reportage shows up the relevance in the local community of urban gardens and all the positive effects that it entails.

Check out the video right now!

 
This is the second newsletter of VINA project, on which you can find more information at www.vinaproject.eu. The first newsletter was published in March 2017 and gave an overview about the aims of the project, activities and partner organizations. This newsletter is about following actions, meetings and examples of the most interesting tools for the database of the project.
 
Meeting in London
In September 2017, a second meeting of partner organizations was held in London. Outputs 1 and 2 were discussed in two working sessions. A review on the first activities of the Output 1 was given, as well as an overview on Output 2 – Recognition Opportunities tendency Analyzer (R.O.T.A.) and on Communication/Management Platform. The partners created a General Evaluation plan.               

Meeting in Athens
The third meeting took place in Athens and was organized for 2 days in February 2018. A Database of Instruments and a communication platform were discussed, as well as the Analyzer. The division of next tasks was also agreed.
The next meeting will take place in September 2018 in Poland.
            
Validation of Education of Informal and Nonformal Learning
One of the outputs we are currently developing is a Database of Instruments for Validating Informal and Non-formal Learning, which will be a repository of recognition tools applicable in informal and non-formal learning. It will gather tools, collect the instruments developed as a result of projects funded by the EU and by local organizations, independent experts, enthusiasts, etc. It will make a qualitative evaluation of the collected tools and provide recommendations for users and provide users with the possibility to comment and evaluate collected tools, as well as to add a new instrument and create recommendations.
You can see how the database will look like:

Each partner organization was given a different area of Europe where they carried out an in-depth research on existing databases, searching for results related to non-formal and informal learning area from outside the world of EU projects with using work groups. 
You can have a look on two examples of tools:
The National Register of Qualifications (from the Czech Republic) –  a public register of complete and partial professional qualifications existing on the labour market in the Czech Republic and their assessment standards. It is a continuously built, state-supported register which can be used by citizens and employers. It allows candidates to obtain a nationally recognized certificate of their professional qualifications gained in non-formal education.
The Croatian Qualifications Framework – a reform instrument for regulating the system of qualifications at all levels in the Republic of Croatia through qualifications standards based on learning outcomes and following the needs of the labour market, individuals and society.
 
 
For more information about the project please visit us at – www.vinaproject.eu – or contact us via the coordinator at – info@associazioneeuro.org or via one of our partner organisations.
 

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.

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/.
 

European Development Agency, s.r.o. arranged a study internship for students of secondary
vocational school from Poland. The internship took place from the end of April till the beginning of
May 2018 for a period of three weeks, which was mainly focused on practical training. This mobility
was carried out within the "Eurostażysta", within the Operational Programme Knowledge Education
Development, funded by the Operational Program for Knowledge Education Development (PO WER
2014-2020), which is in line with the Erasmus + rules.
16 students from the 3rd year of the school Zespól Szkól Technicznych from the town Suwalki took
part in the internship, accompanied by two teachers. The students were from the fields of
construction, electrical engineering, and renewable energy sources. During the internship, they were
in two of Prague's secondary schools, SPŠE V úžlabině and SPŠ stavební Josefa Gočára.
For the participants of the internship, a very interesting program was prepared, where besides day to
day lessons, leisure activities were also included. As a tour of Prague with a Polish guide and a trip to
Kutná Hora also with a Polish guide. During this trip, students had the opportunity not only to visit
the Constance and St. Barbara's Church, but also to explore the historic city.
Due to the excellent organization of the European Development Agency, the students have gained
many valuable experiences, as many students have been living abroad for the first time, where they
have come into contact with a foreign language, culture and the environment of a large city.
Students enjoyed their classes and their stay in Prague.
 

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/.