Course overview

In today's world European funds and programmes are a great opportunity for education institutions of every kind. Erasmus+, the new programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport has recorded a budget increase of about the 40% and offers concrete opportunities to foster excellence in education funding a wide range of actions and organizations.
Participating in this course you will learn more about the funding available at European level - with special focus on Erasmus+ - and you'll acquire concrete skills related to designing a successful project and manage it once approved.

Main objectives

This structured course aims to improve participants’ practical skills in the design, management and funding of European projects from shaping the idea, to identify the right European programme, to design a good project to get the get the funds.
The general aim of this course is to improve the quality and the accessibility of European projects in order to foster European integration and excellence in education by empowering and training teachers, education staff and those interested in developing European learning projects to successfully access and manage European funds.
Thanks to this project the participants will:

• Acquire knowledge and practical information about EU policies and funding opportunities 2021-2027, notably Erasmus+, through specific and project-oriented learning sessions;
  
• Improve their practical skills related to the management of the ideation and application process (including how to interpret correctly a call for proposal, how to design and develop effective project ideas, how to fill in the Application Form) through cooperative compilation of application forms and the analysis of successful projects;
  
• Learn and get guidance on the preparation and management of the financial, budgeting and contractual aspects through concrete examples and direct evidences;
  
• Learn best practices related the planning and implementation of the preparatory, visibility, dissemination and follow-up phases through concrete case studies and successful projects;
  
• Make contacts with individuals and organisations interested in developing European projects through everyday cooperation and specific networking activities.
  

Sessions planned

​​2023
25/06/2023 - 01/07/2023 (Bologna)
17/09/2023 - 23/09/2023 (Tenerife)

2024
28/04/2024 - 04/05/2024 (Bologna)
10/11/2024 - 16/11/2024 (Tenerife)
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If none of these dates suits you please mind that if there are at least 8 participants interested we may organize an additional session ad-hoc for your school.

Target audience

This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education, kindergarten and NGOs.
Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels. In case you would like to attend a session tailored for your school level, please write to [email protected] ​ to check if there is any session planned.

Language

The course is held in English. For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. 
Please write an email to [email protected] to get more information about it.

Standard daily programme

Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles.
Our standard programme comprises 7 days, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities. Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangements. Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion in Italy. Upon specific request we may organize longer versions of this course.

Sunday	-  Participants arrival -  Individual orientation and information about the venue and the city -  Networking activities -  Walking tour in the venue's city
Monday	-  Course introduction - Needs and expectations evaluation -  Teambuilding exercises -  Presentation of the 2021-2027 funding opportunities and programmes with projects’ examples and focus on Erasmus plus and other programmes relevant for the participants and chosen in the preparation phase - Group cooperative project design: discussing group project ideas proposed by participants in the preparation and division in groups, assessing which programme and action can fund these idea
Tuesday	-  Project Cycle Management and Logical framework Approach -  Presentation of concrete EU-funded projects: comparing the context analysis and the objectives of an approved and a rejected project -  Group cooperative project design: developing the problems’ and objectives’ trees -  Cultural activities in the venue's city
Wednesday	-  Work Breakdown Structure and Gannt diagramme -  Presentation of concrete EU-funded projects: the impact of a good WBS in project design and management -  Group cooperative project design: developing project structure and activity plan -  Optional cultural activities outside the venue's city (Florence, Cefalù, El Teide)
Thursday	-  Budgeting, from identifying the eligible costs to the expenditure planning and monitoring -  Presentation of concrete EU-funded projects: budget examples analysis - bad and good experiences, tips and tricks -  Group cooperative project design: drafting the project budget and filling the application form
Friday	-  Planning and managing the preparatory, visibility, dissemination and follow-up phases, plus focus on European added value and intercultural dimension -  Presentation of concrete EU-funded projects: achieving a mainstreaming and sustainable impact thanks to a well-planned project -  Group cooperative project design: Completing the project structure with the activities related to preparation, visibility campaign, dissemination and follow-up -  Farewell dinner
Saturday	-  Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities  -  Course roundup and final evaluation  -  Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony  -  Additional training session tailored to specific needs (optional)  -  Cultural activities or additional guided visit in another major city   -  Participants departure

Other relevant facts

• Methodology
• Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
• Certification and Validation of learning outcomes

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We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants' needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.

Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We are proud to tailor our training courses to both participants' learning and practical needs and to ease your participation at our training courses, we will gladly take care of all the practical arrangements. If you prefer, you can take care of some of the practical arrangements by yourself (e.g. meals, local transport...), though we will manage the organization of your accommodation in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, safety and time-efficiency. We always provide board and lodging in the same hotel in which we organize the course  thus ensuring optimal comfort and potential of networking with the fellow participants. Read more about  how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements. 
The most common option that we offer to schools and organisations costs EUR 1280 in Bologna, EUR 1220 in Tenerife and EUR 1130 in Palermo and includes course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, 2 coffee breaks per day, walking tour in the venue’s city, a sum-up dissemination video and local transport during the course. For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.

At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together - if requested - with the Europass Mobility Certificate. The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.

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