Lifelong Learning Programme – Grundtvig Learning Partnerships Partner searching file GRUNDTVIG Learning Partnerships Polish organization is searching for partners to the multilateral project under Grundtvig programme - Grundtvig Learning Partnership. Deadline for submission of application forms (each partner to its own National Agency) is 21 February 2012. Preliminary project title Polish organisation Name Type of organisation City Address Telephone E-mail Website The characteristics of the organisation (main areas of educational activities, who are adult learners, etc.) Contact person Name/surname Position Telephone e-mail The quality of training in adult education X NGO Trainers’ Association NGO Warsaw Ul. Smolna 16 m. 7 00 48 22 468 87 73 biuro@stowarzyszeniestop.pl www.stowarzyszeniestop.pl The most important area of activity is training new trainers and developing qualifications of the professional ones. STOP Trainers’ School is an answer to a strong need expressed by numerous activists of non-governmental organisations to create polish training called “Training for Trainers”. It is addressed to persons, who work in third sector and plan to actively engage in the training work for NGOs. We also organize such schools for different branches, for example Family Mediations School of Trainers and courses for trainers for representatives of NGO’s: The Network of Information and Support for Non-Governmental Organizations SPLOT or employees of Labour - Market Institutions. We’re taking part in Library Development Program – Training of Trainers for Librarians, Idea of such project: supporting librarians in development of educational skills, which empowers local communities, specially from rural areas (community education, library as community and educational center) and librarians as professionals – they can share knowledge and experience within “library environment” – they are real experts in many or their professional fields, they need methodological support. Katarzyna Lipka-Szostak (Daria Sowińska-Milewska) Specialists of the projects 00 48 607 374 868 daria@stowarzyszeniestop.pl Summary of the project Aims, objectives, general approach The areas of cooperation (for example): Exchanging of experiences and methods of European trainers/institutions supporting trainers of adults in fields: - Different ways of supporting the trainers in their develop and achieve of advances skills: (trainers supervision, coaching of trainers, tutoring, we-learning techniques in supporting trainers) - How to train the trainers? – innovative ways of teaching the adult’s trainers For more information about Grundtvig Programme (part of Lifelong Learning Programme) and its action Grundtvig Learning Partnerships please contact National Agency website in your country: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html Lifelong Learning Programme – Grundtvig Learning Partnerships Activities (number and aims of partners’ meetings, main national activities between partner meetings) Expected outcomes (results, effects, products, also such as reports, websites, etc.) Group of adult learners at which the project is targeted Working language of the project Duration Role in the project Evaluation of the trainers labour Certifications for adult’s trainers Adult’s trainers as an initiator of social change Exemplary activities (to agree with partners): Seminars combined with practical workshops in each partner country, - study visits, - coferances, - others - Best experience of adult learning strategies put on project website - Best ideas of supporting trainers in their develop (coaching, tutoring, others) - Increase the capacity of organization in teaching professional trainers in not vocational training - Achieve new skills by not vocational trainers - Improve the offers of not vocational training and its quality Adult’s trainers, mainly from NGO, with experiences in teaching of adults (in not vocational training) within their own organization. - English 2 years (August 2012 – July 2014) coordinator Potential partners Types of organisations, countries, etc. Countries - especially: UK, Ireland, Sweden, German, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, but other countries will be welcome as well. Type of organisations: associations of NGO trainers and others, institutions of social workers, Centres of Continuing Education, all kind of institutions focused on supporting adult’s trainers For more information about Grundtvig Programme (part of Lifelong Learning Programme) and its action Grundtvig Learning Partnerships please contact National Agency website in your country: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html