NoProS

Minutes of NoProS Kick-off Meeting

4-5  february 2010

Venue of the meeting:

Zenith Cinema

Via Bonfigli 11 - Perugia

Present:

Welcome and presentation of the coordinator

Intervention of Patrizia Spada presenting Tamat and its main activities.

Presentation of Project partners

Each partner presented  its own organisation, outlining the principal features and activities they carry on.

Project Overview: Approach, Objectives and expected Results

Corinna Bartoletti (from Tamat) explained the aim of the project taking in consideration the importance that EU gives to adult education in the LLP context and the increasing interest for the improvement of this sector, to which the project is tailored. Then she presented the chosen metodology, the Learning Circles one and the objective, that is to set up 5 Learning Circle Curricula.

Finally she explained the two steps project’s results, which are:

1.   At first to reach advantages from the NOPROS learning circles methodology, for both the organizations and stakeholders dealing with LLL and the “adults community” to be involved in the experimentation,

2.   then, during the dissemination and thanks to the setting up of the e-Learning Circles, to contribute to the EU strategies for enhancement of the quality of training offer and to increase adult participation to LLL.

At the end of this presentation there was an explanation about how to use the “White Board” to draw the NoProS Logo in an interactive manner.

Inception overview: Rescheduling the project

Silvia Francario explained the activities to realize for the project implementation and all the partners redefine the project schedule in a partecipative manner. The new deadlines, divided for WP, are the following:

WP1 _ Management and Coordination

ü      04/01/2010: Consortium Agreement (paper support); Project Handbook (CD-rom)

ü      04/03/2010: Inception Report (CD-rom and PDF download version)

ü      13/03/2010: Non-Profit Space Political guidance (paper support and PDF dowload version), All Languages

WP2 _ Reporting, Monitoring and Quality control

ü        28/02/2010: Quality Plan (paper support and CD-rom)

WP3 _ Dissemination and Knowledge transfer

ü        04/01/2010: Non-Profit Space graphic identity: Logos on digital support; Periodical press     realises and conferences: project advertisement, All Languages

ü        15/02/2010: Website

ü        28/02/2010: Project Presentation (CD-rom and PDF download version), All Languages

ü        15/03/2010: Project Brochure and gadget (paper support and PDF download version), All Languages; Non- Profit Space Database (digital support)

ü        28/03/2010: Periodical Project Newsletter (web published)

ü        30/05/2010: Dissemination Strategy (CD-rom)

ü        24/07/2011: National Dissemination Conferences: Public workshops and conferences, All Languages

WP4 _ Impact and Knowledge transfer

ü        19/12/2010: Non-Profit Space Impact Manifesto (CD-rom and PDF download version), All Languages

ü        22/08/2010: Non-Profit Space Videoclip (DVD, Website), All Languages

ü        09/10/2011: Non-Profit Space Handbook (paper support, CD-rom and PDF download version), All Languages

ü         20-21/10/2011: Non-Profit Space final conference, Public meeting (to be held at National Media Museum)

WP5 _ Organisational Model Development: Non-Profit as a generator of key competencies

ü      15/03/2010: NoProS Map of key competencies (CD-rom and PDF download version), All Languages

ü      31/03/2010: Organisational Model (paper support and PDF download version)

WP6 _ Development of Didactical Model: the Learning Circles Metodology

ü      15/05/2010: NoProS Learning Circles didactic model: for learning & EU empowering (Paper support, CD-rom and PDF download version), All Languages

ü      31/05/2010: LC facilitator Handbook

ü      06-07/05/2010: 2nd consortium meeting: Partners Meeting (to be held in Tallin)

WP7 _ Learning Circles Curricula Development

ü      22-23-24/09/2010: 3rd consortium meeting: Partners meeting (to be held in Athens)

ü      31/01/2011: NoProS Learning Circles Curricula (paper support and CD-rom), All Languages

WP8 _ Learning Circles Curricula Experimentation and Validation

ü      15/05/2011: Non Profit Space e-Learning circles (Web support), All Languages

ü      29/05/2011: 4th Consortium Meeting: Partners and stakeholder meeting (to be held in Lisbon)

ü      30/09/2011: National and synthesis experimentation report (paper support, CD-rom and PDF download version), All Languages

Project management administrative and financial procedures (WP 1);

Reporting, monitoring and quality control (WP 2)

Silvia Francario explained how to manage the project’s budget under each single budget heading  (travel, staff, subcontracting, other costs etc) and gave explanation about exceptional cases and budget modification

Presentation of WP 5: Organizational model _ Non-profit as a generator of key competencies

Corinna Bartoletti introduced the WP5: she reported the OECD’s definition of KEY Competence and enumerated the 8 Key Competencies. Then, in light of it, Silvia Francario explained the core of the WP5 and of the project too: facilitate the access to Lifelong Learning for adults and the attainment of key and transversal competencies by using different areas of Non-profit sector as a tool.

Afterwards Silvia presented the 5 Learning Circles Curricula and all the partners chose the Curriculum where to participate, in light of their competencies and interests. In this way each partner can contribute and receive the most from this innovative methodology. The partners decided also, behind suggestion of Maurizio Zollo, to write in a zero level, introductory to each curricula, which was called: Learn to Learn. The aim of this preparatory step is to improve the learning capabilities, identifying approaches to develop skill and testing the relative effectiveness of them to develop learning skills.

At the end, a lead partner was indicated for each curriculum.

This is the final frame of the 5 curricula: 

Presentation of WP 6: Didactical model _ the Learning Circles methodology  

Eleonora Bruni presented the methodology of the learning circles, defining the main advantages of it. The partners shared their opionion and then agreed with the chosen methodology. It was also decided, as first step, to test the effectiveness of the methodology within the consortium.

CEL Presentation

Maurizio Zollo presented CEL activities and researches. Then he introduced the theoretical framework of their actions to create a positive environment for working, learning and sharing knowledge.

After this presentation Michela Cavalletti and Ivano Ferri gave two different practical demonstrations of this type of actions, with active  involving of all the partners.

PROVISIONAL MEETING AGENDA

FINAL TIPS

Two suggestions arise from the meeting:

·      Each partner should involve its national agency for project dissemination (meetings, conferences, events, press release).

·      Each partner should keep three copies (two to be sent to the coordinator) of whatever output might produce for the project.

SUGGESTION ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER AND THE DATABASE

The newsletter and the database are included in the WP3 (Dissemination and knowledge transfer) and have to be realised as means to acquire informations, at disposal of all the partners, and for facilitate the proces of dissemination. This is the draft of the two entities made by CENJOR,the partener who is in charge of their realisation: