MAGISTERIAL LESSONS
Project partners within the Renew project have produced some magisterial lessons about European project planning & management. The lessons were intended for the project participants so it was not possible to reproduce here all their contents. Nevertheless we think that the lesson contents can be very useful for many people working in European projects. The lessons are intended for people already working in EU-funded project so they don't constitute an introduction to European Funds. Here the first eight lessons contents
LESSON 1 - A framework for Local/ Regional Action Plans for Social Inclusion, Mgr Eva Benkovà, M.S., European Development Agency, Czech Republic
Contents - Lesson participants will get the opportunity:
- to learn from successful projects under the EU-funded Programmes such as URBACT
- to prepare own proposals individually or together with other participants
- to discover effective methodical tools used in this kind of projects.
Format:
- Powerpoint Presentation and online information on the e-learning platform
- Video links to relevant successful projects from the URBACT Programme (e.g. “My Generation TV Riga”)
Contents - Lesson participants will get the opportunity:
- to learn from successful projects under the EU-funded Programmes such as URBACT
- to prepare own proposals individually or together with other participants
- to discover effective methodical tools used in this kind of projects.
Format:
- Powerpoint Presentation and online information on the e-learning platform
- Video links to relevant successful projects from the URBACT Programme (e.g. “My Generation TV Riga”)
LESSON 2 Use of the European Regional Development Fund for businesses by Mr. Jan Hauser, European Development Agency, Czech Republic
Content - Lesson participants will get the opportunity:
- to get insight into the using of ERDF for businesses in the EU;
- to learn from good practice and/or from each other;
- to develop own proposals on this issue
Format:
- Powerpoint Presentation and online information
- Word document with backgrounds
- Workshop conducted during the transnational meeting in Prague
LESSON 3 - Using an e-learning environment in adult education (theoretical backgrounds/practical example) by Mrs. Ilse Stroobants (e-moderator/instructor), Niewue Media School, Belgium
Theoretical background: social-constructivist principles and e-moderating/e-tivities insights from G. Salmon: a short survey.
Content: use of an e-learning environment (Blackboard – Toledo) to support some courses (by example: initiation in teaching competences) in a centre of adult education (CVO HIK Geel – SLO). By using the learning environment, course participants get the opportunity:
- to learn from each other (exchange experiences, knowledge, point of views,…) with regard to didactical subjects;
- to look into and adjust preparations of (initial) lessons;
- to work together on joint papers;
- to share work outputs;
Further, they easily and fast get access to the feedback from their instructor. Appointments associated with the frequency of feedback and coaching are made so that ‘in time” adjustments can be guaranteed.
Course participants evaluate the use of the platform as an added value to the training.
Format:
- Powerpoint Presentation and online information
- Word document with backgrounds
- Workshop conducted during the transnational meeting in Prague
LESSON 4 - E-learning Example of Good Practice: STELLLA & STELLLA 2.0 by Mrs Manuella Borghs, Lecturer & Coordinator international projects, CVO HIK Geel.STELLLA "Stimulation of eLearning for Life Long Learning for adults", Niewue Media School, Belgium
Life long learning will be a key factor for the professional, personal and social success of adults in tomorrow's society. It is the ambitious aim of steLLLa to develop a generic method for autonomous learning for adults that can be implemented in the training courses of various professions. Stellla 2.0 aims to improve the learning process of adults by introducing web based and mobile learning methods in their learning path.
Mrs Manuella Borghs is co-ordinator of both European Grundtvig projects.
She will demonstrate the outcomes of the different learning tools used in the STELLLA projects:e-learning environment as Toledo, virtual classroom, web 2.0, video conference, Skype conference, Podcasts, WIKI,SMS.
LESSON 5 - The GOPP Method, How to plan a project with efficacy, Dr. Orazio Pasquali, PIN Education, Bulgaria
Our contribute to RENEW project is developing in two complementar ways: the first concerns the implementation on the e-learning platform of the following materials to permit auto-training to the partners:This lesson refers to the GOPP methodology. It treats mainly 5 aspects (each block of materials is dedicated to one of them).
1) GOPP methodology: the context, the project cycle, the analyse phase (the actors key, the problems and the problems tree, the objectives and the objectives tree, choose the operating sectors) and the project phase (the logical framework, from the objectives tree to the logical framework, the risks analyse, the indicators.
2) GOPP conductor: the role of the conductor, the workshop developing
3) GOPP preparation and materials: how preparing the workshop, the materials, the other resources
4) GOPP for a project evaluation: GOPP in the intermediate and final project evaluation, the results of an evaluation GOPP
5) GOPP GLOSSARY .
LESSON 6 - Budget Planning and development in new project proposals, by Mr. Yiannis Geragotellis, KINNO Consultants, Greece
The lesson treats of: Budget rules/limitations according to the Programme’s manual; Budget categories/lines (staff, overheads, travel, durable/ consumable goods, services, external expertise, promotion and publication); Basic assumptions (based on previous experiences & market research) re travels, durable, publication material, services costs etc; Splitting to components/ Definition of the costs of the project’s activities and deliverables; Distribution of costs among the partners; Feedback from partners : staff rates, overheads, VAT
LESSON 7 - Project Financial and Accounting Management, by Mr. Yiannis Geragotellis, KINNO Consultants, Greece
The lesson treats of: Financial Reporting and Financial management during the project’s implementation; Monitoring / Evaluation of spent expenditure.
LESSON 8 - Hungarian Structural Funds and eligibility of civil organisations in structural funds, Ms. Tiborné Terhes, EUNET, Hungary
The lesson treats of: structural funds as financial instruments of the regional policy of the European Union, the specific Hungarian Structural Funds and the Hungarian strategy for ESF funding. The eligibility of civil organisations in Eu structural funds
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