In order to successfully apply all the changes the new Law on Adult Education has brought in the system of adult education sector, we have identified the Erasmus+ mobilities as a mean for up-scaling skills of POU Koprivnica's staff so they would be well prepared for implementation of adult education according to new regulations. After brainstorming about what changes we have to make in our institution and what knowledge and which skills we need to bridge that gap, we decided that the top management needs some additional knowledge. At the time of applying this project, new methodology for making of educational programs has been adopted and we were involved in the project of self-evaluation and external evaluation so we needed additional knowledge and insights in different experiences and practices in order to pick the best ones for us to apply. Also, the headmistress confessed that she could benefit from the course about leadership and management. As third, since we do not have a HR department, we were seeking out for some knowledge in this area, especially for upgrading skills of team management and dealing with conflicts, as well as with ways to reward employees and negotiate with potential and current employees.
POU Koprivnica is an adult education provider, an institution founded by the City of Koprivnica with a long history of providing lifelong learning programs to citizens of Koprivničko-križevačka County, where it is situated. As such, we offer and implement different accredited and non-accredited learning programs for employed and unemployed people in the County, as well as programs tailor made according to people's needs. Due to large number of organisations dealing with adult education and some of them not so law abiding, new Law on adult education has been adopted in December 2021 with the purpose of encompassing all that an organisation which deals with adult education must follow in order to provide the best quality of educational programs to interested population. New law considered many changes in operating of adult education organisations, many adjustments of general documents, as well as changes in implementation of programs. POU Koprivnica is a small institution with only 16 employees, out of which only six of them work in the program area, so, for implementation of all those changes, we needed improvement of skills of decision makers in the institution essential for successful application of proscribed changes.