Erasmus+ Contact Seminar in Leipzig: Sharing Positive Experiences and Finding Future Partners

1. Thank you for the invitation to join Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 Contact Seminar in Leipzig and with you as host, Wisamar! Getting to know each other – share our positive experiences! Open Space: Our project ideas – maybe find our future partners! Let´s get concrete – plan our project/s here and afterwards!

2. Presentation • Romania – ACDC Romania & BucovinaInstitute • Slovenia – Sentprima • U.K - Cornwall Rural Community Charity & Plymouth District Mind • Lithuania – ZISPB & TaivoLaikas • Sweden – Construktiva Project and Ideas Office • Sweden – Consortium: Birka folkhighschool, Rysseviken, Globulen • Social FirmsEurope CEFEC

3. Romania Association of Consultants in Community Development (ACDC Romania) is a professional association, with certified expertise in sustainable community development. Since its inception ACDC Romania was involved in international partnerships promoting the concept of e-facilitator/e-tutor following the increasing attention that has been paid, in recent years, to e-inclusion policies at European level, as the main prerequisite for development, active citizenship, social inclusion and employability. ACDC has developed a network of partners within the field of social and professional insertion, schools, libraries including e-centers ruled by municipalities in rural areas providing social inclusion training and consulting services. ACDC's current activities are focused on consulting services offering solutions for social inclusion of vulnerable members of the community that are situated in disadvantaged rural areas, considered amongst the poorest regions in EU. ACDC Romania has developed programs that main target groups are represented by: rural, low skills people, Roma, victims of domestic violence, people with mental disabilities and people isolated geographically. • Our Mission • Promote sustainable community development • Promote and develop specific programs for the protection of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, minorities, immigrants, persons at high social risk, people with disabilities • Provide training and access to carrier development for community mentors involved in social inclusion activities • Promote the concept of e-Facilitators for e-Inclusion • Promote apprenticeship to improve employment skills and facilitate insertion on the labor market • Promote social entrepreneurship • Promote youth mentoring, apprenticeship and basic employment skills

4. Romania ACDC, previous experience in EU programs: 2012-2014 – Grundtvig (Mentoring for inclusion, ICT for Adult Education) Leonardo (ICT for digital inclusion) 2013 Erasmus+ Youth partnership 2012-2015 – Erasmus+ (ECVET4e-inclusion) 2015-2018 – Erasmus+ (e-skills 4 e-inclusion) Main interests in developing future partnerships Erasmus+ KA1, KA2, KA3 - Social entrepreneurship - Apprenticeship for employment - Basic skills for employment - Competences evaluation and certification - Digital skills for social inclusion - Youth mentoring ACDC Contact: Carmen Podani, Vice-PresidentWebsite: www.acdcromania.roContact: carmen.podani@gmail.com& acdcassociation@gmail.com

5. Romania Bucovina InstituteNon-Governmental Organization founded in 2011, with aims to support the sustainable development of communities in the North East of Romania, South –West of Ukraine and entire Republic of Moldova through learning partnerships projects and organizing continuing training programs for Adults.  The objectivesof the organizationare: – to develop programs to facilitateinterculturallearning, cross-bordercooperation and exchangeofexperience – to support rural youth and adults, immigrants, minorities and persons withdisabilities to ensure access to all forms oflearning; – the regional and communitydevelopment by conductingtrainingcourses, evaluationofcompetencies sessionsorganizingcertification process, facilitating access withoutdiscrimination to all membersof the community Website: www.bucovinainstitute.org Contact: bucovina.institute@gmail.com

6. Romania “We are interested on Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 with focus on supporting employment and qualification for people with learning disabilities using ICT, apprenticeship models within social enterprises and supporting youngsters from rural areas to get qualifications and/or certify their competencies.”  VasiGafiuc

7. Slovenia ŠENTPRIMA is a private institute for rehabilitation and education, founded 2005 by Šent – slovenian asssociation for mental health. They are high quality, effective and pervasive in areas: employability and equal employment of vulnerable groups – particularly people with mental health problems, the introduction of the Diversity of employment, the development of support services for employers. Šentprima programs:– vocational rehabilitation and supported employment– informing, counselling people with disabilities, employers, professional workers– educational programs and development projects Professional team is composed of experts from the fields of occupational medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work, sociology, occupational therapy, education. From 2013, they are holders of the European quality standard EQUASS Assurance. Since 2017, they are signatories of Diversity Charter of Slovenia. Website: www.sentprima.com Contact: jana.ponikvar@sentprima.com

8. Slovenia “As Šentprima we are, of course, interested in participating in projects mainly in the areas of: training and employment of young people with special needs (special emphasis on the autistic spectrum), diversity management at the workplace.” Jana, director

9. U.K.CRCC, Cornwall Rural Community Charity is a Cornish Charity thatinforms and guides localgroups and individuals to achievetheir aspirations and developsustainable and inclusivecommunities. • CRCC delivers manyprojects; • helpingcommunities to plan theirfutures, • developingcommunitygovernanceskills to runtheirgroups • giving support to groupsprogressingfundingapplicationse.g. for coastal and fisheriesgroups, community organisations, employment, health and social care etc. • CRCC is contracted by Cornwall Council to deliver the KernowCarers Service which is delivered in partnership with Action for Children and the Family Information Service. Therearemanyskillstrainingopportunities and alsoconfidenceboostingtraining in IT for olderlearners, vulnerablepeople etc. • CRCC also offers opportunities for peoplewhoareaffected by mental healthissues to have a voice and a recent new project has been set up to strengthenyouth provision in West Cornwall. • CRCC'sproject portfolio is varied and changescontinuously as needsareidentified and fundingsecured. • CRCC'smainoffice is in central Truro and it has a satelliteoffice in St Dennis and has recentlymergedwithPenwith Community Development Trust (PCDT) which is based in Penzance. • Website: www.cornwallrcc.org.uk • Contact: Gemma.Finnegan@cornwallrcc.org.uk

10. U.K. “Currently we are thinking about projects involving young adults 16-25 year olds with learning disabilities (includes autism), employability and in particular work experience - we'd love to explore exchanges/mobilities for a small group of learners. Only 6% of adults with an Learning Disability has employment in the UK. So we want to learn how EU partners support young people with LD towards the workplace. What skills/training is offered and how do you work with employers to give work experience opportunities. We also want to look at enterprise skills for social enterprises/community businesses for those with LD.We are also interested in any digital projects - we've developed a range of digital inclusion training that also embeds elements like financial capability, health management and well being. So have lots to share around how you can use digital inclusion training to improve a range of learning/lifestyle goals. We are always interested to hear what everyone else is up to and open to discussion on a wide range of different projects types.” Gemma Finnegan, Development Lead

11. U.K. Plymouth & District Mind – an incorporated mental health charity operating in Plymouth, UK since 1984. They support over 1,500 people each year through our Recovery College (psycho-educational courses; 1-to-1s; peer support groups; social activities; skills development; job coaching; volunteering) and deliver mental health awareness courses such as Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and Promoting Wellbeing in the Workplace across Devon and Cornwall.  They are campaigners against stigma and discrimination and run a programme of school based assemblies and small group workshops to tackle this issue. PADM has developed and provides level 1 mental health training for young people – nationally accredited; level 3 mental health training locally accredited (NOCN) – this was then transferred and accredited at level 3 in Slovenia, Greece, Lithuania and level 6 in Poland. Plymouth Mind is a British Council, NOCN, APT and City and Guilds approved centre for vocational training in mental health. Accredited  training provider for Mental Health First Aid England; accredited provider for ASIST training. Website:  www.plymouthmind.com Contact:  info@plymouthmind.com

12. Lithuania ŽISPBVšĮŽmogiškųjųištekliųstebėsenosirplėtrosbiuras (ŽISPB NGO Human Resources Monitoring and Development Bureau) is a non-governmental non-profit organization. NGO Žmogiškųjųištekliųstebėsenosirplėtrosbiuras was established in 2010.  We are seeking:  •  innovative social and educational initiatives at the local, national and international levels; •  projects and methods of the vocational and professional employment policy and spread models of good practice in human resource management; •  organise and run non-formal education programmes for children, youth and adults;  •  initialize and develop activities, that satisfies needs of the disabled, older or aged persons and promote international collaboration of this social groups. ŽISPBdevelops and implements various projects, initiatives and interventions at both national-local and transnational level, in collaboration with formal and non-formal adult education providers, research centres, associations, NGOs, social cooperatives, SMEs, training centres, local institutions, public services, schools, etc. The services are provided for different target groups: social workers, social partners, social risk families, disabled people, young people, young offenders, ex offenders, female offenders, etc. Website: www.zispb.lt Contact: biuras@zispb.lt

13. Lithuania & Councelling and Initiatives Center „Your time“ “ To keep eyes, ears and HEART open for international cooperation! New knowledge, willing to grow together” AstaJaseliūnienė & GailaMatulyte

14. SwedenConstruktiva Konsult workswith:         * idea and projectdevelopment         * coaching and support for establishment and enterprising         * createsjobs (shorter and longerassignments) in interactionbetween public activities,            private interests and non-profit involvement.Project and Ideas Office Sweden            * for international and localprojects           * as a self-employmentcompany for thosewhowant to test theirown business- and projectideas • Target groups: refugees, immigrants, unemployed, persons with disabilities, youth • Social inclusion within social enterprises and initiatives / Democracy and empowerment • Community Champion Training Programme (Erasmus+ 2015-2018) www.communitychampioneu.com/cctp • Prevent Domestic Violence http://domesticviolence.zispb.lt/en/products - Handbook & Training programme • Rural development through including immigrants into working life and business www.facebook.com/LISAsamarbete/?modal=admin_todo_tour

15. Consortium Sweden A consortiummeanswithin Erasmus+ thatseveral organisations in the same country combine for a singleapplication. In thisway, the project or skillsdevelopmentcan be spreadmorewidely. At leastthree organisations must be included and an organization is responsible for coordinating the consortium and the project. The consortiumcoordinatorsubmits the application. Birka folkhögskola www.birka.fhsk.seAdult education/Folkbildning is the term used for the free education work in the broadest sense, which is characterized by the participants themselves taking responsibility for the work and being characterized by the needs and interests of the participants. Public education requires that the education work is conducted in a spirit of cooperation and tolerance. Adult education/Folkbildning carries a critical and investigative approach to information and opinion formation. Birja also offers Vocational training = treatment counselor, leisure instructor and community workers. Rysseviken AB www.rysseviken.seRysseviken with target group people without homes, has participated in an Erasmus VET project entitled Community Champion Training course in Birka folk high school 2017-2018. Through that project Rysseviken saw how they can contribute to social inclusion by giving more vulnerable persons opportunities to enter the labour market. The organisations activity include also developing specific studies and affiliation to relevant international network for social inclusion such as Social Firms Europe CEFEC www.socialfirmseurope.org in order to offer skills and employment opportunities to our beneficiaries. Globulen NGO www.landulla.com/globulenwith the purpose to gather people, associations and businesses committed to the social economy and local development. To learn from each other and to share knowledge, experiences and expertise, and work together for the future development. Social business - local development - integration & youth - international contacts are the main themes in the association, which also is a member in Social Firms Europe CEFEC. Contact: ullalandenmark@telia.com

16. Social Firms Europe CEFEC CEFECConfederation of European Social Firms, Employment Initiatives and social CooperativesSocial Firms Europe CEFEC is a European Network of Social Firms, Social Co-operatives, NGO’s and organisations that all share the objective of creating paid work for disabled and disadvantaged people. CEFEC mission: To support and encourage the development of Social Firms and social co-operatives around Europe so that more people who currently face severe barriers to the labour market because of their disability or disadvantage can access employment. Website: www.socialfirmseurope.org Contact: socialfirmseurope@gmail.com Nextannual CEFEC meeting and conference, in Trieste, Italy, June 2019 - Welcome to join!