European Project Manager - Building European Identity at Educational and Training organisations

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Scope

The European programmes in Erasmus+, planning, implementation and evaluation of European projects.

ECVET points: 3.5

Target groups

Staff at all types of schools and organisations that provide learning, including vocational education and training and adult learning:

• Directors / headmasters
• Project managers
• International officers
• Administrative staff
• Teachers / trainers

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the training course, the participant is expected to:

• Understand the European education policies and relate them to national policies and practices
• Network with other schools in other countries
• Participate in European projects
• Write a proposal for funding a European project
• Administrate and manage a European project

Methodology

Blended learning based on:

• On-line using e-learning platform
• In-class training
• Workshops and exercises facilitated by the trainer

Thematic units

• European education and training policies
• European programmes in the field of lifelong learning
• Planning a European project
• Implementation of a European project

Learning material

The learning material consists of presentations and support material in English language.

Trainer

Natassa Kazantzidou: European projects consultant, responsible for IDEC lifelong learning centre, trainer. Specific expertise in the field of evaluation of education, European education policies, European projects in education.

Xenia Chronopoulou: European projects consultant, economist, IT expert. Specific expertise in the field of management of European projects, IT systems, e-learning and financial administration of projects.

Cost

Tuition fee: 350 euro per person for 5 days training and 420 euro for 6 days training
The cost includes the learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility

Cultural activities: 80 euro per person (in Piraeus)
The cost includes a) a walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner, b) a guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites and c) common dinner with live music in Athens. The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.

Cultural activities: 220 euro per person (in Chania)
The cost includes:

1. buffet lunch in “Mediterranean” restaurant during the training days (Monday – Saturday). Buffet lunch includes: home made bread, house wine and local beverages, variety of salads, cold and hot plates, and desserts. All dishes are prepared in the kitchen of the Conference Centre, with organic olive oil and local and biological cultivated products and they respect the local gastronomy.
2. transfer to Chania old town, a walking tour and welcome dinner. The group will be transferred in the old town in buses, they will stroll around the old port of Chania and they will have dinner in a typical Cretan restaurant. Dinner includes variety of starters and salads to share, meat platters, house wine and dessert.
3. an excursion in the famous beach of Falassarna and a visit to Kissamos village, in the west Crete. The cost includes the bus transfer, it does not include dinner and other expenses. You are expected to bring your swimming suits, towels and good mood.
4. transfer to Chania and common farewell dinner. The group will be transferred in the district of Halepa and they will visit places of historical and touristic interest. They will have dinner in a typical Cretan restaurant. Dinner includes variety of starters and salads to share, meat platters, house wine and dessert.

Entrance fees to sites and museums are not included. Other costs not explicitly mentioned above are not included.

All costs can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.

Further information

Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.

Indicative training programme

Day 1

Presentation of participants

Introduction to the training course, aims, objectives, approach, structure of the course

Introduction to e-learning platform

Getting to know one’s own organisation and sector within international settings

Stakeholders of cooperation

Education and training policies

Common knowledge of possibilities to finance projects

Identification of Programmes for Cooperation and Positioning One’s Own Organisation

Activity: Description of own organisation

Presentation of Erasmus + programme

KA1 – Mobility projects

KA2 – Cooperation projects

KA3 – Policy reform

Activity: Looking for funding opportunities - Look for funding opportunities, select an appropriate funding scheme, download the relevant material.

Day 2

Planning International project

Activity: Define project concept

Grant application

Prepare a project summary and a presentation

Activity: SWOT analysis

Day 3

Implementation of international activities / projects

Team building and networking

Intercultural skills in an intercultural context

Activity: Searching for partners - Mention at least two ideas of where you can look for partners. Write a letter to send to the potential partners asking for collaboration.

Activity: Prepare draft workplan - Define workphases and tasks, assign tasks to partners.

Day 4

Activity: Prepare dissemination plan - Define dissemination strategy, methods and tools, make a first planning, define targets

Activity: Prepare quality plan - Define quality criteria and indicators, identify risks and challenges, define quality control and improvement processes, define evaluation methods and tools

Time management and administrative management

Activity: Gantt chart

Financial management

Activity: Drafting budget - In an excel sheet, estimate the budget for all the partnership

Day 5

Activity: Develop a work package - Define objectives, activities, roles of partners, timetable, budget

In parallel, portfolios of individuals, interviews and assessment

Reflexion - evaluation of the training course

Certificates – Europass Mobility

Farewell

Training sessions

Location	Dates	Duration
Chania	29/6-4/7/2020	Summer school 2020 - 6 days
Piraeus	9-13/11/2020	5 days
Chania	July 2021	Summer school 2021 - 6 days
Piraeus	8-12/11/2021	5 days

Testimonials

Great social programme!! Thank you so much, it was a wonderful experience!! Lovely people, great restaurants and great places to visit. Love the Akropolis and the Museum!!

Sofia, Aleholm Sävsjö kommun, Sweden

Hosts are lovely people who took a really good care of us. Thank you!

Katariina, Oulu Vocational College, Finland

Thanks to the seminar I realized what European project involved as bureaucracy a structure so it opened my eyes!! Now I am aware.

Sylvie, MJC du Plateau, France

I feel I have developed greater knowledge in the subject area and the key areas. I have the competencies to be able to apply these in my role when I return.

Sharon, SERC, UK

Fully met my expectations and I am grateful to all team members.

Nevzat, London Nautical School, UK

IDEC is a very professional training center and the European Project Manager course is very useful and interesting. I’m really happy and satisfied that I had choose this one.

Agnieszka, Publiczne Przedszkole Nr 7, Poland

Theory is connected with practice. During the exercise you can test the gained knowledge in practice. Thanks to the international participants you can look at some issues from different perspectives. Thank you!

Ewa, Fundacja "Aktywni XXI", Poland

The trainer created opportunity to practice. The course organisation was professional and the social program was excellent. Thank you!

Jolanta, Fundacja "Aktywni XXI", Poland

As an IDEC intern, the course has been very useful. I had the possibility of being much more familiar with the concepts and parts of a European project.

Xabier, Intern, Spain

I’m very happy from this course because of the professional organisation and high quality workshops.

Lidia, Publiczne Przedszkole Nr 7, Poland

The course fill in the gaps I had.

Grigoris, Greece

The training course met my expectations. The trainer was very friendly, encouraged participation and motivated me to search for knowledge buyout the contents that the course provided.

Nefeli, Greece

Thank you for the hospitality and showing your knowhow!

Anatolí, ESCUELA OFICIAL DE IDIOMAS DE RIVAS-VACIAMADRID, Spain

The course was excellent and as it 10 years of management in business were summarized in 5 days and tackled to meet the expectations and standards of EU proposal writing expectations. The ideas and management strategies and processes were polished and sharpened to be able to transform an idea to an actual winning proposal. Right on the spot, excellent training and entertaining. Highly recommended.

Isabella, Intern, Columbia

There was nothing I missed during the course. Content, program and atmosphere were good for me. It wasn’t just a boring lecture but interesting training with participants comments with was very useful.

Jakub, Dlearn Network, Poland

I would definitely recommend this course to everyone who plant to work or has just started working in Erasmus+ KA2 projects and wants to know more on management and planning. The very experienced trainer of IDEC can help you get things in the right order and enlighten you in your learning pathway. IDEC, thank you for this great experience!

Katerina, Dlearn Network, Greece