After identifying common organisational needs, we set ourselves 3 specific objectives: 1) Have highly skilled staff in wilderness first aid - because they will be able to design and deliver more, more exciting, higher risk and efficient outdoor programs for adult learners. 2) Develop a knowledge-sharing platform and a common first aid protocol - because this can be the basis for jointly led international training and will strengthen the professional community. 3) Organise a high-visibility programme that may draw the attention of the Western European community, even a professional cooperation - because this will 'put us on the map'. This is one of the keys to organisational development and, not least, it will strengthen the individual learning needs and labour market position of adult educators working in the organisations of this partnership. To achieve these objectives, we have identified the introduction of two intensive wilderness first aid training courses and a knowledge sharing tool as the most appropriate tools. The NOLS methodology has been selected as the technical framework. Because of its reputation, its effective, practice-oriented approach and its flexibility to be applied in a changing regulatory environment.
Over the past years we have seen that for effective training, intense contact with nature, a marked change from the online world, higher adrenaline and challenge levels are increasingly important. This raises the average amount of risk and the number of situations exposed, encouraging us to develop our staff in the wilderness first aid area in particular. On the other hand, it is an important fact that there is no standard WFA protocol in East-Central Europe. Along this situation analysis, 3 common organisational needs have been identified: 1) Increasing programme diversity and trainer effectiveness through programmes with higher risk or more exposure. 2) Introduction of common, standardized protocols specifically within wilderness first aid and risk assessment that will facilitate and promote the organization of joint trainings in the future, and strengthen the community of outdoor trainers and trainers and the network of professionals working in the Hungarian-speaking area. 3) Broadening our Western European contacts, creating alliances and further cooperation opportunities. We have applied for this project in order to have a motivating framework and adequate financial support for the activities assigned to the objectives.