"Early Child Abuse Response Enabling" - The project

Learning, teaching and training activities are the corner’s stone of the project "Early Child Abuse Response Enabling" (eCARE). Violence in schools happens regularly, and, though pupils are the first group impacted and affected by the problem, their perspective are rarely present or considered in current schools’ programmes that are currently tackling safe environment. eCARE correct this gap by involving the pupils in learning/training activities at the very early stage of the project design setting and implementation.

The training activities are designed upon the key findings unveiled by the survey, and the good practices comparative study and examination (see WP2) completed by the consortium at the early stage of the project, and that are identified and described in an Executive Summary.

The project is organized in a structured work plan and generates two specific Intellectual Outputs (IO):

1. IO n.º 1 (IO1), a curriculum for teachers' capacity building, encompassing a learner's need analysis, a training guide, 7 Learning Outcomes, and pilot testing learning activities;
2. IO2, a set of Accompanying Measures and Multiplier Programme encompassing a Multiplier tool-kit and In-Service Training guidelines.

The project development starts with Work Package n.º 2 (WP2), in the period May-September 2016), which aim at achieving a solid learner's need analysis, based on a comprehensive survey (560 individuals in total), and supported by an inclusive context examination (general framework at local and regional levels), thus preparing ground for the implementation of the pilot training testing phase (WP4/WP5).

Then, a set of learning activities are developed within WP4 "pilot training" (starting in October 2016), namely learning mobilities in Italy (C1), Bulgaria (C2) and Romania (C3), and pilot testing training at local level (each project partner). All these activities are supported by the provision of Learning Outcomes (modules) generated by each partner according to a distribution corresponding to partners' competences and experiences. In parallel, WP5 "EU competences framework" is embedded in the learning activities with the provision of EUROPASS and ECVET-based tools such as the EUROPASS Mobility Certificate and the ECVET-based framework of competences encompassing knowledge, skills and attitude.

All project's activities are supervised by the WP3 "Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance" which aim is to ensure the project's alignment and provide a comprehensive feedback from the project's participants (consortium, partners and learners).

WP6 "Exploitation of Results" activities materializes the project's Sustainability Plan. This group of activities aim at organizing the project's results and activities for further actions namely: transferability to new users in different fields of activities or sectors, and active communication with potential end users, as well as stakeholders at National and EU level.

Finally, WP7 "Dissemination and project visibility" aim at ensuring the project's visibility according to targeted audiences and event/activities typologies. Essentially, WP7 is developed with tangible events and activities (meetings, seminars and conferences, learning activities, etc.) and digital activities (web presence).

The project work plan is result-oriented and connect specific groups of activities aiming at generating the anticipated results:

1. Work Package n.º 1 (WP1), Project Management and Implementation
2. WP2, Mapping and surveying
3. WP3, Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
4. WP4, Pilot testing of the training programme
5. WP5, EUROPASS and ECVET Frameworks
6. WP6, Exploitation of Results (EOR)
7. WP7, Dissemination and project visibility

The figure below illustrate how WP interact and connect to generate the Intellectual Outputs.

Coordinator

Ali Karay Ortaokulu (secondary school), Avcılar (Turkey) – Leads WP1 and WP7, and is the promoter of eCARE initiative. Ali Karay Ortaokulu leads the design and the development of the consortium cooperation, and facilitates the dissemination of the project. Contact person: Mr İsmail Doğaner ismaildoganer2015@gmail.com

Partners

Scoala Gimnaziala Nr.11 (secondary school), Oradea (Romania) – Leads WP2 and gathers an extended experience in developing projects taking in account the civil society at large (cross-cutting issues), linking education and training and where surveying for needs analysis and mapping Good Practices are key instrument of the activities. Contact person: Ms Zaha-Paula Crina paula_zaha@yahoo.com

Fundació Escolàpies (secondary school), Valencia (Spain) – Leads WP5 and gathers an extended experience in ISO 9001 and EFMQ quality systems, enabling to constantly plan, organize and scrutinize learning activities carried out in the school, and connecting these activities to EU policies and frameworks such as EUROPASS and ECVET. Contact person: Ms Paula Calvo paulacalvo@escolapiasvalencia.org

EEG-EEL Dramas (secondary school), Dramas (Greece) – Assists the coordinator in WP7 and gathers a notable experience in dissemination activities. Contact person: Ms Sophia Paraskevopoulou saraxni@gmail.com

C.r.i.s.i. (mediators), Bari (Italy). Leads WP4 and gathers an extended experience in coordinating and implementing learning activities in the field of child abuse and neglect, with know how as private social operators in schools and municipalities. Contact person: Ms Francesca Spinoza info@mediazionecrisi.it

RTSPPPO – Region Veliko Tarnovo (public social operator), Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) – Leads WP6 and gathers and extended experience in the field of exploitation of results, namely: transferability to users in different fields of activities or sectors. Contact person: Ms Ventsislava Dimitrova ventsislava_79@abv.bg

Associação Animam Viventem (Civil Society Organisation), Cascais (Portugal) – Leads WP3 and gathers and extended experience in supervising monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance in EU settings, and developing web-based tools for that purpose as well. Contact person: Ms Inês Calado animam.viventem@gmail.com

Newsletter nº. 1 - eCARE project insight

Newsletter nº. 2 - eCARE project innovative approach

Newsletter nº. 3 - eCARE project Learning Mobilities

Newsletter nº. 4 - eCARE project results

Multiplier event in Turkey

Multiplier event in Romania

Multiplier event in Portugal

Multiplier event in Italy

Multiplier event in Spain

eCARE Observatory Committee (policy analysis experts) represents one of the project' Sustainability Plan pillar. The committee is created after the completion of the project (beyond 30.12.2017), within IT-Up structured platform, and it is programmed for a minimum of three years lifetime, in order to continuously analyse the evolution of the project's context and provide recommendations to targeted stakeholders (policy and decision-makers). For that matter key staffs of the current consortium is appointed to facilitate the forum every three or four months, and contribute to provide a contextualization of the outcomes in the European arena, considering policy analysis reviews, innovation in methodologies of learning practices, good practices in the applicable fields, etc. In that way, the committee will be able to provide recommendations and guidelines once a year to the present project network of stakeholders and all involved organisations as well.

Find here the contact list of eCARE Observatory Committee members.

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