FUNDACJA INSTYTUT BADAŃ I INNOWACJI W EDUKACJI
INBIE
Foundation “Research and Innovation in Education Institute” [INBIE] is a NGO Institution situated in Czestochowa – Poland, founded in 2014. INBIE promote equal educational opportunities to all social groups, and fight against social exclusion and support adult people at risk of marginalization. INBIE cooperate closely with formal and non-formal educational Institutions, local authorities, and Czestochowa Centre of Non-Governmental Organizations. The foundation staff work in an unpaid staff basis and its 10 members, are divided in two departments: Administration [financemarketing- volunteers] and education [researchers-educators-publishing]. All activities carried out by the foundation are supervised by the members of board and the foundation scientific council that reports each six months about activities developed and implemented by the foundation.
The quality system used has been developed by the scientific council and accepted by the members of board of INBIE. The target group are adults from 50+ years willing to develop new skills and competences that allows them to re-join the work race and search for better life chances. The foundation achieves its objectives through:- Research in the field of science, Non-formal education, art, protection of cultural heritage and traditions, care and social assistance.
- Supporting the development of local communities, NGOs and other institutions operating for the public good in various fields of social life (education, science, culture, information technology, environment, entrepreneurship, social asistance and charity).
- Conducting and supporting information and education activities in the field of civil society development and the development of science, including the provision of training and advice.
- Organisation of meetings, seminars, workshops, conferences, debates, fairs, courses, exhibitions, study visits. 5. Collection of data and information and conducting research on social activity and participation of citizens in public life and dissemination of the results and conclusions of these studies.
- Establishing cooperation with local and foreign institutions, whose activities are conducted in a similar range.
- Running a publishing to implement our statutory objectives: analysis, evaluation, publication and dissemination of the results obtained from research.
INBIE emphasis on collaborative learning methods [workshops – discussion groups – job shadowing] and online [wiki platforms and web-based applications]. INBIE has experience in Teaching foreign languages – specially English and Spanish – to adults, Coaching and Information and communication technology applied to Education and workplace. INBIE staff has experts in Mentoring, work shadowing and ICT that publish reports in EPALE, researchgate, Zenodo and INBIE publishing house [Our publications are available online and free of change at www.inbie.pl]. Staff from INBIE are researchers and trainers from the local community and educational institutions from Silesia region with a common objective: to improve adult people’s social and professional life, creating new opportunities to fight against unemployment and social exclusion. INBIE conduct language courses for adult people free of charge. INBIE helps adults people to find a place in society: to take initiatives, to experiment actions that increase their sense of responsibility of citizenship and active participation in building up the society. INBIE offers them a space of possibilities, through what they can develop their autonomy, their identity and involvement in it. One of the main aims of INBIE is fighting against social exclusion, poverty, social inequality, as well as protecting the natural and social environment, thus contributing to the endeavours of civil society towards social prosperity and sustainability. INBIE has experience in the implementation and dissemination of KA1 training activities and KA2 ERASMUS+ for Adults. Key persons involved in the project are language teachers, specialists on Coaching, ICT applied to Business and Education, Social inclusion and Culture.
DALYA AJANS
Dalya is a business and was established in 2010 in Çukurova. It works in the field of information technologies, advertising and promotional activities. She is particularly experienced in web design, mobile learning applications and e-learning platform design. According to the workload in the company, there are 3 permanent and 6 temporary employees. This organization is preferred due to its characteristics in terms of project proposal. It is a research and promotion firm, specializing in distance education solutions through web-based learning and ICT-based learning. The agency follows digital technologies and tries to adapt digital skills and innovations through software applications and programming in mobile and e-learning environment. It carries businesses and institutions to the future with distance education solutions. Its vision is to offer the right path to client companies and customers with solution keys. Innovative and creative views and ideas are the company’s goal. The most important feature of being a team is that the parties believe that they can go better together towards the common goal. For this, everyone takes on certain tasks. It is recognized that if one of the tasks fails, the whole team will be hampered in achieving the goal. Business life is better suited to this. Teammates stand behind each other in important moments, motivate the team in difficult situations and explain the team’s mission. It should make you imagine the vision in a tangible way that you can almost touch when you reach out your hand. Successful teams are not made up of people who do the same job, but of people who are different from each other, who complement each other and form a single whole. Being a team requires having the feeling that everyone will complete a whole as a whole. Agency is one of the cornerstones of the service sector – participating in the needs analysis of educators and users of robotics Dalya’s key staff in the project are selected on the basis of their past experience in ICT applications and are known to be experts in the fields they will contribute to the project. They have national and international reputations in their fields of work. On the other hand, they have documented and proven both technical achievements as well as high educational opportunities in the sector. They also have a high level of technical and analytical skills and expertise. Dalya, together with its staff, will participate in all activities with the Lead Organization in the design of the Platform and webpage and other digital materials and in the implementation of innovative open educational resources. Dalya also aims to take full responsibility for the production of digital materials. Dalya will be responsible for the innovative platform that will connect educational organizations, companies and volunteering SMEs based on digital technology and green logic. Our innovative and teamwork-based approach is fully in line with the project’s objective and we believe that we can effectively support the project with our experience in information technology. The organization has not been involved in a project in the field of school education before. It has partnered in adult education projects before and reflected its digital competences in these projects. As a Newcomer in the field of School Education, it will increase its institutional capacity development at EU level due to the work and activities in this project. It will be able to have an EU-wide network, especially through the Erasmus+ program. This will strengthen the project execution capacity and the cooperation and communication network. It will use its existing technology experience especially in line with the program’s action plan priority of transition to digital education and will contribute to teacher trainings.
UNIVERSITAT JAUME I
The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) is a public university in the north of the Valencian Community, a region on the European Mediterranean coast located between Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid. Created in 1991, the UJI has positioned itself as a friendly university characterized by its personalized attention, its fluid management and the high participation of its members in university life due, among other things, to its convenient size, with nearly 15,000 students and its integrated, modern, functional and sustainable campus. The UJI currently offers 32 degrees, 42 official postgraduate master’s degrees, 20 own master’s degrees and 33 specialization courses, and has 13,685 students, a figure that means that students receive individualized attention without problems of overcrowding. Twenty-eight university departments make up its four Areas: Technology and Experimental Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Law and Economics. Fourteen research institutes carry out outstanding work in various areas of knowledge with high links with the Valencian Community’s other economic and social sectors. On August 12, 2020, the European Commission awarded the Universitat Jaume I, the “HR Excellence in Research (HRS4R)” quality award. Through this award, the European Commission recognizes institutions that, based on a personalized approach strategy, are aligning their human resources policies with the 40 principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UJI is the tenth best Spanish university according to THE World University Rankings 2019 with its most significant strengths focused on the fields of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international projection. Finally, it is worth mentioning that the UJI is part of the RUVID Association; the Network of Valencian Universities of Strategy and R&D Action Plan of the Generalitat Valenciana in Horizon 2020, which is the EURAXESS Service Center for the Valencian Community. The close relationship between professors and students at the Universitat Jaume I allows professors to achieve a level of educational excellence that guarantees a clearly defined educational model based on lifelong learning, comprehensive training and active participation in social progress on the foundations of peace, equity, solidarity relations and respect for the environment. The UJI is also distinguished by the internationalization of its activities, the result of the need for openness to the world, the characteristic of young European universities, and the socio-economic needs of the Valencian Community. Founded when the information society was immersed in the process of consolidation, the development of the Universitat Jaume I has been marked by advances in information and communication technologies (ICT). For this reason, the application of ICT in learning and research processes and in university management has always been a protagonist at the Universitat Jaume I, to the point of being a pioneer in this field with initiatives such as the creation of the first Spanish web server or the first Center for Education and New Technologies in Spain. The quality management carried out at the Universitat Jaume I, both in the teaching field and in the administration and provision of services, is based on procedures in accordance with the most demanding international standards. The links that the UJI maintains with the business and institutional sector and with the community in general of Castelló are also very close. These links have allowed us to establish a privileged relationship with our environment that facilitates internships in companies and institutions and optimal knowledge transfer and integration into the labour market.
SAFE PROJECT
The organisation S.A.F.E. (Sustainable Attitude For Environment) main activities focused on adult learning services development in rural community. Main activities based on consultancy, research and expert activities in European education systems. We are working with seniors, adults, migrant women. S.A.F.E. Projects links to local, national and international contexts and is committed to stimulating development and change in educational, cultural, economical and ecological spheres through the creation and use of innovative tools and methods for adult learners and adult educators. Our objectives: * To foster progress and innovation in adult education and Research. * To support learning mobility for people at all ages, across borders and sectors. * To stimulate local growth by adapting international good practices and methods. * To improve lifelong education in Europe through transnational projects involving local communities. * To promote sustainable development of neighbouring regions and beyond through training and education. * To promote EU cooperation in the fields of education, audiovisuals and culture * To organize local projects in the Netherlands (seminars, workshops related to our objectives) * To collaborate and cooperate with local educational centers, writing and managing projects, searching for partners, organizing events in the frame of E+Organisation main activities – provide adult non-formal learning. We organise different courses for vulnerable groups (migrant women, older people) with a goal to stimulate local growth by adapting international good practices and methods. – organising women supportive groups – talking language development group – organising active leisure time – give consultations on CV writing and job interviews S.A.F.E.Projects closely working with different local organisations (Welzijn Lochem, Stichting Kunts Cultuur en Ondernemerschap Lochem, Lochem ondernemers) with goal to initiate and support migrant women integration into community. We have support from our community. We are giving consultations for different organisations on how to implement non-formal learning activities. We are teaching vulnerable groups how to use digital tools for personal, professional development. We are giving consultation for adult educators in the field of digital use of platforms and digital tools use in adult education. Target group with whom we work mostly working on different topics and activities divided in the main three age groups: – young adults (18-30) – mature adults (30-55) – older adults (55+).