Objectives achieved by the implementation of the project activities: Professional competencies and skills of the project participants were increased by their involvement in the activities in the following areas: 1. methodology and professional training, including language training in the following areas: interpretation of tangible and intangible natural and cultural heritage, natural sciences, healthy lifestyle, sustainable development, internationalisation. Methodological training was focused on the acquisition of innovative forms of work and approaches with an emphasis on the use of experiential pedagogy methods, including research methods; 2. social: learning new forms of work and methods in working with disadvantaged people, activities aimed at their integration and inclusion in the educational/work/life-long process; 3. digital technologies and tools: gradual introduction into the educational and work process (promotion of educational programmes/activities/events, publicity of the organisation, use in teaching programmes, etc.) 4. intercultural and intergenerational skills: strengthening these links and belonging to rural areas and thus to the region/place where the participants live. These aspects are transferred
The applicant organisation is a private non-profit organisation located in a remote rural area, which has found itself in a competitive environment by building the USRUS centre and the IS of the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area focused on the interpretation of the natural and cultural heritage of the Beskydy Mountains, raising awareness in the field of environmental protection, sustainable development. With its professional experience, new opportunities for the development of cooperation at the European level, knowledge of the needs and requirements of the region/state, regulations resulting from legislation, facing economic and social pressures caused by the globalisation system, it is increasingly aware of the need to put emphasis on improving the professional competences and skills of staff and trainers in order to meet the requirements of the CS and maintain and increase its competitiveness in the coming years. Comprehensive and systematic development of human resources leads to the formation of a learning organisation and in the application of a knowledge management system. The organization has implemented this project, which by involving appropriate participants in the activities as well as other dissemination activities