The main objective of the project is to develop educational tools aimed at combating poverty in relation to two target groups: 1) those most vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion [i.e. unemployed, low-skill or education, single-parent families or families with many children] and 2) the politicians and decision-makers in the field of social policy. The project is a result of diagnosed of lack between real needs of people from both target groups, relies on a misunderstanding of the problem of the risk of poverty and social exclusion and inadequate support. In the first group, is planned to provide support the field of education with focus on entrepreneurial skills, so as to motivate the group to take self-protective actions by setting up a business. To the second group, is planned to provide support in terms of knowledge of the mechanisms of poverty and the best ways out of this situation by raising the level of knowledge on how to optimize the model of social security. It will be based on the cross-analysis of current solutions, identification of the most optimal model of social security, thematic workshops on specifics of entering and getting out of poverty, review of solutions applied in other countries and identifications solutions for the particular country. It is assumed that people who belong to group 2 do not have wide knowledge of the possible solutions (improvement of the situation of people from group 1), and are unable to suggest any optimal actions that would improve the system. The activities implemented within the project have been split in two phases and each will include two actions (executed in parallel). The first phase is the research of two areas: deep analysis of poverty in the target group (group 1) and a functioning model of social security (group 2). This phase will run from 09/01/2014 to 31/08/2015. The second phase includes workshops for people of both target group (workshops on development of entrepreneurial skills for group 1 and workshops on management of the social policies management for group 2). This phase will run from 01/09/2015 to 08/31/2016. As a result of activities in the project is planned to obtain four intellectual outcomes: O1-Scientific publication on poverty, O2-Scientific publication in the theme of functioning models of social security, O3-Methodology for conducting workshops in the group of persons in risk of poverty and social exclusion, O4-Methodology for conducting workshops in the group of policy makers and social politicians. All results will be placed in a specially created online repository in open access. The project involves the broad participation the representatives of target groups in the process of project`s implementation. During the implementation will involve the direct participation of min. 150 people including target groups and stakeholders. Information about the project outcomes will reach about 2000 persons. During the research , development of methodology and especially during the workshops – there will be a broad impact of the project. It expresses by providing information, dissemination activities and above by all providing intellectual outputs and results consistent with the real needs of the target groups. During the research , development of methodology and especially during the workshops – there will be a broad impact of the project. It expresses by providing information, dissemination activities and above by all providing intellectual outputs and results consistent with the real needs of the target groups. An impact of the project will be felt in long term, primarily in change the model of assistance and social security and the creation of new, more active attitudes at risk of poverty and social exclusion among people from first target group.
“TAP-Razem Przeciw Ubóstwu” (“TAP-Together Against Poverty”) project was realised under the program Erasmus+ Strategic partnership for adult education. Project implementation period covered 24 months (01.09.2014-31.08.2016), as well as the preparatory phase lasting three months, from 06.2014). The main objective of the project was poverty prevention through development and implementation of educational tools that are suitable for two target groups of the project: 1) those most vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion [i.e. unemployed, low-skill or education, single-parent families or families with many children, and people reaching incomes entitling them to receive social benefits] 2) the politicians and decision-makers in the field of social policy. The project was a result of diagnosed lack between real needs of people from both target groups, and relies on a misunderstanding of the problem of the risk of poverty and social exclusion and inadequate support. The activities implemented within the project had been split in two phases and each included two actions (executed in parallel). The first phase was the research of two areas: -deep analysis of poverty in the target group (group 1) -a functioning model of social security (group 2). This phase run from 01.09.2014 to 31.08.2015. The second phase included workshops for people of both target groups, it means workshops on development of entrepreneurial skills for group 1 and workshops aimed at better understanding of poverty and more efficient management of social policies for group 2. Support provided to the first group, concerned training the entrepreneurial skills as to motivate the group to self-protective action by starting a business. For the second – it was help in understanding the mechanisms of poverty, and the best ways out of this situation by raising the level of knowledge on the optimization of social security models. This phase run from 01.09.2015 to 31.08.2016. The result of activities in the project were four intellectual outcomes: O1-Scientific publication on poverty, O2-Scientific publication in the theme of functioning models of social security, O3-Methodology for conducting workshops in the group of persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion, O4-Methodology for conducting workshops in the group of policy makers and social politicians. All results were placed as open access in a specially created Online Repository, which was a part of the project realisation process. In project realisation process there were 6 organizations involved (totally, with the coordinator): - Stowarzyszenie „Centrum Wspierania Edukacji i Przedsiębiorczości” – coordinator, non-profit organization from Poland (Rzeszów); - Confederación Española de Centros de Enseñanza – Spanish confederation of education and training centers, non-profit organization from Spain (Madrid); - Mittetulundusühing MITRA – estonian non-profit organisation dissemination of European values (Tallinn); - Volontariato Torino (former name: Centro Servizi per il Volontariato Sviluppo e Solidarietà in Piemonte) – non-profit association of voluntary organizations (Torino); - Consortiul International Lectura si Scrierea pentru Dezvoltarea Gandirii Critice – international consortium supporting reading and writing learning from Romania (Cluj-Napoca); - Stichting LEIDO – private foundation of non-profit institutions from the Netherlands (Amsterdam). Thanks to the project realisation process and inclusion of the representatives of both target groups, it was possible to involve 150 persons in the first phase of the project. With the implementation of the following activities and dissemination activities, it is estimated that the information about the project reached up to 150 thousand. recipients, which is extremely important result (dissemination activities are described in the special reports). The project met with great interest, especially at national and European level, due to the quality of achieved results and weight of problems it concerned. Already, we can observe long-term benefits from the project realisation, expressed mainly by: - prepared popular scientific publications (both in academic circles, as well as politicians and decision-makers); - implementation of the training methodologies in partners` organizations and institutions cooperating with them; - interest in the project effects shown by leading organizations working to fight poverty (including national branches of EAPN).