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“Soft skills OUtside of school Learning environment” (SOUL Skills)

 

 PROJECT OBJECTIVES                

 TARGET GROUPS

 ACTIVITIES

 RESULTS

 PARTNERS

 FUNDING

 CONTACTS

   

In May 2021, Platform AGORA started the implementation of the project "Soft skills OUtside of a school Learning environment" (SOUL Skills) developed in partnership with 7 organizations from 6 countries in the field of adult education. The project is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union, KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, Strategic Partnerships in response of the Covid-19 situation, KA227 - Partnerships for Creativity, contract # 2020-1-BG01-KA227-ADU-095132.
The duration is 24 months. 

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The main project idea is to give information about effects of social isolation due to Covid-19 on children’s behavior and socialization to educators and they to know how to evaluate the appearing deficits and to direct their overcome. The focus is on analyzing the development of soft skills after relatively long and unexpected remote education.

Among the specific objectives are:

  1. To identify lack of transferable skills development of children aged 6-12 years with focus on their development and proper assessment;
  2. To create a mechanism (descriptors) for joint evaluation of transversal skills of children aged 6-12;
  3. To design a set of methods - Toolbox for supporting development of these transversal skills.

 

TARGET GROUPS

The project target groups are:

  • Bulgarian Project partners’ staff, experts, facilitators and volunteers;

  • Education professionals of non-formal and informal education sector;

  • Parents and relatives of children aged 6-12;

  • Youth workers, facilitators and organizers at cultural centers, Chitalishta and/or non-formal education that are involved in activities with children aged 6-12;

  • Education Policy makers, Institutions and Public Authorities at European level, national level and regional level;

  • Stakeholder organizations such as Education Associations, Parent Associations, Youth and Cultural Centers, Chitalishta.

ACTIVITIES

The key project activities are implemented for a period of 24 months and include:

  1. Project Management and Implementation

  2. Translational Project Meetings – Kick Off meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria and Final meeting in Italy. 

  3. Design and development of three Intellectual Outputs:

    • Development of an Analytical Report „Child after the Social Isolation due to Covid-19”.

    • Development of Methodology for Evaluation of Transferable Skills of children aged 6 to 12 years old. 

    • Development of a Toolbox – a set of cultural activities, exercises and challenges for children in order for them to strengthen the targeted skill.

  4. Short-term joint staff training events – the Spanish partner DEFOIN took the responsibility to develop and organize 4 days training event for representatives of the partner organizations on how to use and apply the evaluation methodology and the toolkit – resulted form IO2 and IO3.

  5. Multiplier Events are held at the project end in each of the 6 partner countries for promotion of the three Intellectual Outputs produced within the project

RESULTS


 PARTNERS

FUNDING

The total project budget is 197 916 Euro. The project is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union, KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, Strategic Partnerships in response of the Covid-19 situation, KA227 - Partnerships for Creativity.

CONTACTS

Association "Platform AGORA",

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