With the implementation of the present Erasmus+ Project we aimed to achieve the following objectives: Providing and increasing the number of effective and challenging training opportunities for students that provide a positive labour market opportunities; Improved teaching and trainer skills leading to improvements in service delivery; Engaged and cohesive communities - include promoting social cohesion and social inclusion, tackling crime and community safety projects; Better partnership working with local partners in developing joint solutions to meet the needs of local trainees and trainers in a globalizing and European vision; Promoting the learning of digital tools improving digital/technological skills of participants; Engaging and connecting people through digital tools able to get instant information or communicate at a distance; Improve project implementation skills; Strengthen cooperation with partners in other countries; Increase language skills of participants; Develop skills in implementing, managing and monitoring international projects, Provide and increase the number of effective and challenging training opportunities for participants that provide a positive advancement for opportunities in the labor market; Enhancing teaching/learning and training skills that lead to improvements in service delivery; Promoting engaged and cohesive communities - working on skills to promote social cohesion and social inclusion, fighting crime and community safety; Enhancing local, regional, national and international partnerships; Enable us to work collaboratively with key partners to develop joint solutions to meet the needs of local trainees and trainers; Broaden the scope of the association; Integrate a European vision into the daily lives of our participants and associates; Ensure the development of our area of action by providing excellent, transparent and innovative services to trainees, staff and partners. We believe that more digitally literate associates will be able to develop improved training plans for our staff and partners, undertaking best practices and disseminating the knowledge and skills acquired in the structured course, leading to the improvement of our services and the community. With these objectives in mind our development priorities were Integration of EU work into the daily lives of our trainees, staff and collaborators Improved VET opportunities for our staff and students that included a learning period abroad (this involved all the support necessary for successful mobility), Focused and targeted training resources that have been developed in collaboration with partners and which better meet the needs of our young people; Better trained trainers, able to develop improved training materials adapted to the digital age, so that they can observe and undertake good practice from across the partnership to reflect on and improve our services to our partners and staff Improved skills recognition and accreditation, using national and EU tools (includes the use and implementation of ECVET, Europass and Youthpass); Ensure that we develop our business model, providing clear and innovative quality services to members, trainees, students, employees, volunteers and partners. In order to meet our strategic European and international objectives, it was necessary to create and secure an effective European Development Plan (EDP) that focuses on the needs of our organizations and provides milestones that can be measured and reviewed
The application and submission of this Erasmus+ KA104 project by the CSS Raquel, Lombardi Association entitled: Digital tools for Adult Education, arises from the need of our institution to implement a Strategic Training Plan, which would fill some gaps in the digital skills of its internal and external employees. This project aimed to provide and increase the number of effective and challenging training opportunities for students that provide a positive advancement in the labor market opportunities; Improved teaching and training skills and consequently improved service delivery by improving the digital skills of our trainers/employees forming a cohesive and socially inclusive community. Improved VET opportunities for our learners / trainees including a period of learning abroad .Better trained trainers, able to develop improved training materials, who can observe and undertake good practice from across the partnership in order to reflect and develop our services to our clients; Improved skills recognition and accreditation, using national and EU tools (includes the use and implementation of ECVET, Europass and Youthpass); Ensure we develop our business model, providing quality and innovative services to learners, staff and partners. In order to meet our European and international strategic objectives, we need to ensure that we have in place an effective European Development Plan (EDP) that focuses on the needs of our organizations and provides milestones that can be measured and reviewed Thus, the purpose of this project was first to empower the participants of the structured course with digital skills and tools that are essential for the success of the team and the charity. To this end, we conducted an initial consultation and analysis of the needs of the association, as well as surveys of employees, members and volunteers of the institution, in order to find out their motivations, interests and real needs in digital and technological areas. With the analysis of the results, we drew up a list of gaps and training needs, taking into account the professional profile of the employees and the areas of activity of the institution. Therefore, it was of utmost importance to submit a project under Key Action 1, in order to fill the identified needs and gaps, develop the skills and competencies of associates, improve the quality of services provided by the institution, internationalize and modernize the curriculum of employees, always following a more European vision and training for the use of information technologies and collaborative networking