<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to exchange experiences between the Polish and Bulgarian parties on the amicable settlement of disputes by Arbitration Courts operating at Partner organizations. It is connected with the involvement of less financial and time resources as well as with taking adequate innovative actions. Additionally, the possibility of using information and communication technologies (ICT) in order to create and conduct online arbitration is assumed. Online arbitration may be conducted.<< Implementation >>As part of the project, the implementation of activities by all partners was assumed. There will be trainings, workshops, meetings and study visits. It is assumed that the Partners will continue to cooperate for a period of 12 months.<< Results >>The result of the project will be to improve the qualifications of the management staff of SMEs, through the acquisition of additional knowledge during training and trips, in the field of out-of-court dispute resolution. It is particularly important among small entrepreneurs who do not have adequate human resources to settle disputes and resolve conflicts in court.

<< Objectives >>The project activities are part of initiatives for vocational education and training. The idea of ​​the project is a response to the needs of VET education in partner countries and throughout the EU by increasing access to high-quality career counseling services, motivating and informing career counselors about the need for lifelong learning, increasing the attractiveness of vocational education and training by adapting to the requirements labor market in European countries.<< Implementation >>Activities under the project will be aimed at improving the quality and attractiveness of VET and adjusting them to the needs of the labor market. The result will be the improvement of the competences of 20 vocational counselors in Poland and Croatia in the area of ​​strengthening the cooperation of the school with employers in the field of updating the content of education and improving the quality of apprenticeships and systematizing the cooperation of VET schools with entrepreneurs.<< Results >>The main result of the project will be to strengthen cooperation between educational institutions and business by developing and creating examples of good practices and recommendations supporting young people in choosing a career path related to the technical industry and improving the overall image of vocational education by involving 20 career advisers from Poland and Croatia in the process of analyzing and improving own work in the light of direct knowledge of different methods of work.

"<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to improve the quality of work and practiced organizations, ie the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Białystok and the Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria. An important aspect of the project will be capacity building in the field of international practice and cross-sectoral. These goals, which are fulfilled by both organizations, will be implemented by activities in the form of organizations / workshops, B2B meetings, study visits as part of the Academy.<< Implementation >>The following activities are planned as part of the project:Action ""Project management"" implemented by the Leader,Action ""Vocational Self-Improvement Academy in Poland"" implemented by the Leader,Action ""Vocational Self-Improvement Academy in Bulgaria"" implemented by the Partner,The action ""Dissemination of the project"" implemented by the Leader,The action ""Dissemination of the project"" carried out by the Leader.<< Results >>The aim of the project is to improve the quality of work and practices of the involved organizations, ie the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Białystok and the Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria. An important aspect of the project will be building the capacity of the organization in the field of international and intersectoral work."

<< Background >>The European Skills Agenda for Sustainable Competitiveness, Social Fairness and Resilience (2020) emphasises the fact that “in order to succeed, lifelong learning available for everybody must become reality in Europe”. Acquisition of skills required in a given position should become the guiding principle behind these efforts. Many persons attend schools where digital transformation is delayed. The lack of modern school equipment may constitute one of reasons for the delay. As the partnership evaluates, an important role may be played by closer cooperation between vocational schools and their environment through a connecting element, such as a school employee with the competence of “coordination of the cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors”. The project activities correspond with initiatives for the achievement of the European Education Area until 2025 through the elimination of barriers to learning.The project is to respond to the VET NEEDS in the partner countries and in the EU. There are no training offers, teaching materials concerning the way of cooperation between the school and its environment to acquire e.g. equipment for schools, organise apprenticeships and practices in companies.NEEDS OF THE PARTNERSHIP:- extension of an educational offer to the options of professional development for leaders/coordinators of cooperation between schools and their environment, in particular within the scope of acquisition of companies to sponsor the buy of state-of-the-art equipment,- no interactive, activating digital tools supporting the development of digital skills and the acquisition of professional competence by trainees, so that they would be able to cooperate with school environment,- no procedures and tools for remote validation and certification of professional competence,- maladjustment of VET education to technologies/tools applied on the labour market.NEEDS OF THE TARGET GROUP:Surveys, interviews with teachers from vocational schools and with training institutions conducted by the project partners show that the partner countries:- have no leaders in vocational schools with regard to cooperation with environment,- have no tools for such a cooperation,- experience maladjustment of vocational education to the labour market’s needs,- experience maladjustment of VET education to technologies/tools applied on the labour market,- have no teaching materials, including e-learning resources, to prepare leaders of cooperation with environment.<< Objectives >>OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT: Improvement of the quality of vocational education through the development of tools for cooperation/sponsorship/further retrofitting of vocational education labs with equipment corresponding with the labour market for VET teachers/heads/workshop managers until 31 October 2024.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:1. Improvement of quality assurance in VET through selection of a leader for cooperation with environment in a vocational school,2. Contribution to innovations in the VET area through the introduction of a more attractive curriculum compliant with individual needs and expectations of participants,3. Extension of the VET offer with a developed comprehensive educational offer entitling school staff to acquire competences in cooperation with environment,4. More attractive education through the application of remote learning, thus promotion of digital development of school staff,5. Making it possible for participants to remotely confirm their acquired competence (validation and certification).<< Implementation >>Partners have agreed that six activities would be performed as part of the project:- IO.1. Profile of professional competence within the scope of “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors”,- IO.2. Modular training program within the scope of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors” in relation to the ECVET requirements,- IO.3. Set of educational packages for a trainer and a trainee within the scope of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors”,- IO.4. E-learning training within the scope of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors”,- IO.5. Test bank to diagnose the trainee’s level of competence and individualise learning process,- IO.6. Procedures for validation and environmental certification of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors”.According to the European Skills Agenda for Sustainable Competitiveness, Social Fairness and Resilience (2020), striving for the acquisition of skills required in a given position has been the guiding principle of activities performed by the partners. It means that identification and grouping of a set of learning outcomes in the form of a competence profile is the starting point of project activities. The developed competence profile shall initiate further actions that are closely logically connected. Identified project content shall be applied for the development of curriculum, teaching materials for intramural and remote learning, tools for validation and certification of qualifications (test bank, procedures for validation and certification).Through e-learning we are contributing to the improvement and extension of trainees’ digital competences.As part of their activities, partners shall confront a problem of the majority of EU states, i.e. recognition of professional competence acquired in the self-learning process (outside the educational system) and related individualisation of a learning path through the recognition of acquired learning outcomes (Recognition of Non-Formal and Informal Learning: Country Practise (2010), Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education: realizing the right to education through non-formal education (2017), Integrated Skills Strategy 2030 (2019)). Therefore, the partner institutions decided to develop procedures for validation and certification of learning outcomes acquired as part of training. For the validation purposes, there shall be developed a test bank and questions therefrom shall also be applied to identify a trainee’s competence level to enter a modular unit. The test bank supports also the compliance with the Council’s recommendations as to automatic mutual recognition, including the promotion of recognition of formal education and cross-functional competence developed through non-formal and informal education. Application of the test bank contributes to automatic mutual recognition of qualifications and learning outcomes in the partnership.The offered tools and procedures shall contribute to the process of remote validation of competence acquired as part of informal and non-formal training, as well as individualisation of a teaching/learning process.<< Results >>Therefore, the following HARD RESULTS shall be achieved during the project activities and at its end:1) Publication: Profile of professional competence within the scope of “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors” (in five language versions: Polish, Greek, Danish, Spanish, English),2) Publication: Modular training program within the scope of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors” in relation to the ECVET requirements (in five language versions: Polish, Greek, Danish, Spanish, English),3) Publication: Set of educational packages for a trainer and a trainee within the scope of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors” (in five language versions: Polish, Greek, Danish, Spanish, English)4) E-learning training within the scope of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors” (in five language versions: Polish, Greek, Danish, Spanish, English),5) Test bank to diagnose the trainee’s level of competence and individualisation of learning process (in five language versions: Polish, Greek, Danish, Spanish, English),6) Publication: Procedures for validation and environmental certification of a new competence “coordination of cooperation between an educational institution and external companies, including acquisition of sponsors” (in five language versions: Polish, Greek, Danish, Spanish, English).SOFT RESULTS:1) Improvement of competences of 120 participants of events disseminating the project results - seminars disseminating and improving the project results,2) Extension of knowledge and experience 100 participants of an international conference disseminating the project results. The conference shall also be transmitted online, thus participants from the partner countries will be able to take part in it.The project results are addressed to:- vocational schools (management, managers of practical occupational learning, teachers),- training institutions conducting training for schools (trainers),- employees, management of partner institutions.

The general objective of the project is to contribute to smart growth of Southern regions of Poland by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in innovation and by contributing to more efficient connection of links along the innovation chain and by this – to contribute to the smart EU growth. The specific objectives of the project are: (1) efficient management of the relation between SME (beneficiary of the SME Instrument, Fast Track to Innovation and Future and Emerging Technologies Open) and the coach in purpose to increase the number of projects financed within Horizon 2020 programme completed with a successful commercialization and (2) development of regional SME innovation management capacity: by carrying out innovation management gap analysis, development of the tailored action plan for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of their innovation management system and implementation of the targeted actions to address bottlenecks and weak points between the innovation capabilities and innovation goals. The objectives will be achieved by performing two kinds of service packs: Key Account Manager and Enhancing SME innovation management capacity, based on the common for the whole Enterprise Europe Network standard, compliant with European Innovation Management standards - CEN/TS 16555:1. The project is relevant to the Work Programme in Horizon 2020 and helps to overcome lack of capacity in innovation management, recognised as an important barrier in creating economic impact on innovation activities in SMEs. The project is addressed to the specific challenge and scope of the topic and offers mentoring and coaching services to beneficiaries who need this help. The project will make SMEs high quality innovation support services available where these are absent or unaffordable on local markets. The project aims at support projects with an European dimension that lead to radical changes in how business is done.