The title "Generativity: manage it!" focus on a specific methodological reference: generativity describes a self-contained system from which its user draws an independent ability to create, generate, implement or produce new content unique to that system without additional help or input from the system's original creators. The term was coined in 1950 by Erik Erikson to denote a concern for establishing and guiding: in Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development, generativity is defined as a struggle against stagnation that ascends during adulthood, when a process of guidance left the place for a process of guiding the next generations, fin education as on social fields, from raising a child to stop a tradition of abuse, from writing a family history to starting new organization, from designing and implementing innovative ICT tools for PCM and to develop effective and sustainable services. The project aims to make a difference with one's life, to give back and take care of one's community.The substantial objectives are to strengthen the quality of the competence in design and implementation of effective and sustainable social interventions through the offer of learning materials, creation of collaborative empowerment field and the acquisition of ICT and PCM skills.To achieve them, the partnership is composed by high-level organizations creating a multi-levelled integrated consortia in term of:- legal entity: varies from 1st level (local associations IT, EL, PL, UK, CY), 2nd level (regional and national umbrella organizations IT, FR) and 3rd level ( EU-federations BE); private and public bodies; the consortia has direct impact in 28 Member States- level of impact with dissemination: locally-based (in BE, IT, FR); country specific (BE, FR, IT, EL); EU-wide (BE)- range of activities: from high-education (EL); quality management (CY, PL, IT); evaluation (UK); ICT expert (PL, IT); inclusion policies for homelessness (BE, FR, IT, EU), migrants, refugees (BE, FR, IT, EU)The project sets a clear distribution of the target groups on 3 different levels:1- high-level/senior staff (IT, PL, CY, EL) as trainer and expert to confront and further develop their skills in adult education and PCM, with the opportunity to pass their competence & skills within a generativity scheme2- educational staff and professionals in adult education and PCM (BE, FR, IT, EL) that need to be trained in new tools and innovative PCM methods, implemented in 2.0 environments, they will receive Europass-certified training; the group is based on "train the trainers" methodology in order to foster the passing and the acquisition of transversal competences from high-level senior professionals3- adult learners and end-users of social and educational interventions, as expression of the civil society (BE, IT, FR, PL, EL, CY, UK), which belong to different social categories, such as unemployed, immigrants, pensioners, that have the need to benefit from sustainable and effective intervention within an increasing inclusive educational community, to develop their skills and competences. The project is designed on the following process to reach the following outputs:- IO1: educational platform on PCM: O1A1: initial research on relevant frameworks and libraries O1A2: setting up the OER platform - beta version O1A3: populating the OER platform with materials O1A4: piloting and evaluation O1A5: final improvements, adjustments ongoing constant updates- IO2: training modules on innovative, effective and sustainable project cycle management O2A1: experienced-based research on relevant literacy on PCM O2A2: design and text of the training modules O2A3: editing of the training modules O2A4: final implementation, use and adjustments- IO3: online tutorials on effective PCM targeted to social interventions O3A1: preparation of the structure O3A2: preparation of learning contents O3A3: final adjustment to the learning contentsThe dissemination plan is clearly structured on the methodology of the cascade effect:- 22 participants to the LTTA Shortterm joint staff training event- 70 particpants to 7 workshops to pass the IO2 training modules on PCM- 1080 minimum individuals receiving the IO2- 270 participants minimum to 9 multiplier events- minimum 1000 contacts to IO1 and on LinkedIn existing groups receveing all dissemination materialsThe evidences strongly enlighten that the most educated and competent the staff is, the more sustainable and efficient are the interventions, the more positive they impact on the end-users, maximizing the investment and cost/benefit ratio
'Generativity'aimed at improving the capacity of social sector organizations to develop and implement projects in an innovative, effective and sustainable way. The conceptional framework for the developed training materials is the Project Cycle Management methodology (PCM). The training materials put very much forward the use of ICT and ICT tools as extremely useful tools for transnational & local projects and other activities implemented by social sector organizations. The online learning modules (IO2) and tutorials (IO3) allowed social organization staff, and adult learners in general, to effectively respond to challenges encountered in their daily work: how to better support vulnerable communities and individuals and how to respond to staff’s training needs despite of limited (time and monetary) resources. Learning took place in 2 ways: Either through direct participation in local multiplier events (MEs) a or by accessing the outcomes online. Beneficiaries were project partners and staff working with social sector organizations in the 7 partners countries (BE, FR, GR, IT, PL, UK, CY). Staff from partners with less PCM skills (FEANTSA, fio.PSD, FAS) received training by PCM senior professionals from the expert partners Diciannove, Danmar, UTH, CARDET and EEC. Generativity was able to directly reach out to 216 beneficiaries in 7 countries through the national multiplier events, to 22 beneficiaries during the LTTA and to 1403 individuals (initial target 1000) all over Europe who downloaded the modules and 2366 users who watched the tutorials online. The partnership comprises 9 partners from 7 countries: - 1 European umbrella organization- FEANTSA is the European network of homeless service providers (coordinator, Brussels); - 2 national umbrella organizations which provide support and services to different vulnerable groups: fio.PSD (IT) and FAS (FR); - 5 local organizations with specific knowledge on ICT, training/learning, development and implementation of European projects: Danmar (PL), Diciannove (IT), EEC (UK), CARDET (CY), KEA (GR); - the University of Thessaly as academic expert in education and life-long-learning (GR). To reach its objectives, Generativity implemented the following activities: •Partners jointly developed the IO1 educational platform on Project Cycle Management which provides an extensive selection of resources on PCM, including relevant documents of the European Commission. Leading partners were Diciannove and Danmar. IO1 was widely disseminated by all partners. • Partners jointly developed IO2- online training modules for professionals in the social sector and other adult learners on project development & implementation and relevant ICT tools (leading CARDET and Diciannove, UTH in charge of evaluation & feedback). • The modules were thoroughly pre-tested. Expert partner UTH pre-tested the modules with 30 university students, all partners pretested the modules during the 5-days LTTA. • All partners jointly produced the tutorials (IO3), videos for self-study which allow users to familiarize themselves with 6 IT tools which are particularly useful for the planning and the implementation of projects (lead EEC, Danmar leading on evaluation and feedback). • All partners disseminated the three IOs during national multiplier events (half-day to full-day) reaching out to local social sector organizations, adult and youth learners and vulnerable individuals. FEANTSA, as a European umbrella organization, organized a European multiplier event at its annual policy conference 2017 which allowed for additional dissemination among FEANTSA’s 114 member organizations (additional activity, not in bid). Through the development and the extensive dissemination of innovative, effective training materials which are easy to access and use, Generativity - contributed sustainably to capacitate social sector organizations in Europe, and particularly in the 7 partners countries, to build innovative projects to respond to social challenges at local level, - fostered participation in learning activities, particularly among adults, fostered learning autonomy and responsibility and hence contributed to the sense of active citizenship; - built and strengthened digital skills among social sector professionals, adult & youth learners and disadvantaged groups (e.g. unemployed, migrants, refugees); - contributed to the employability and labour market inclusion of beneficiaries and particularly of vulnerable groups. Generativity hence contributed to a more inclusive society. - Generativity ensures longer-term benefits: The platform (IO1) ensures the availability of the high-quality self-learning materials (IO2&3) also after the project duration. Project partners, participants of the MEs and users who accessed the training materials through self-study will continue to use the acquired skills and knowledge to design and implement better, innovative, effective and sustainable solutions and projects.