KA2 Youth EXCH. “Unicorn”

The aim of UNICORN is to reflect on the identified needs and gaps, add own organizational challenges, search for practices and not only improve the work within the participating organizations, but also provide all adult education providers a road map they could follow. The path will focus on increasing the impact, outreach and dissemination capabilities within European Adult Education and create potential training plans for increasing the social media skills of educators.

Start: 01-09-2020 – End: 30-09-2022 

Project Reference: 2020-1-DE02-KA204-007543 

EU Grant: 101.034,00 EUR 

Programme: Erasmus+ 

Key Action: KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and The Exchange of Good Practices 

Action Type: KA204 – Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education

PROJECT TOPICs: 

Economic and financial affairs (incl. funding issues)  

ICT – new technologies – digital competences  

Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development). 

The objectives of UNICORN are:  

• to reflect on the identified needs and gaps, add own organizational challenges, search for practices and not only improve the work within the participating organizations, but also provide all adult education providers a road map they could follow.  
• to explore, review, discuss, apply and test practices to discover better paths on how to address and reach the intended target audiences, helping to extend and develop the competences of personnel and organizations working in adult education. 

TARGET GROUPs 

Facilitators, trainer and consultants working directly in adult education (18+). 

APPROACH / METHODOLOGY 

UNICORN is a project focused on the exchange of smart practices. 

PROJECT ACTIVITIES 

These are the outputs that will be delivered:  

Result 1: Elaboration of at least 50 smart practices evaluations on creating impact through communication;  

Result 2: Two training courses: one input TC and one Impact TC;  

Result 3: An interactive map of “European practices on creating impact”;  

Result 4: Pedagogic guidelines; 

Result 5: The UNICORN eBook on helping non formal adult education to increase its impact; 

Result 6: Action Plans to integrate the practices into the impact strategies of the partners. 

Transnational Projects Meeting – 01.2021 – Kick-off Meeting Berlin 

Short-term joint staff training events – 02.2021 – Input Training 

Transnational Projects Meeting – 03/2021 – 2nd Meeting 

Transnational Projects Meeting – 09/2021 – 3rd Meeting 

Transnational Projects Meeting – 03/2022 – 4th Meeting 

Transnational Projects Meeting – 06/2022 – 5th Meeting 

Short-term joint staff training events – 06/2022 – EduLab on creating impact 

Transnational Projects Meeting – 09/2022 – Final Meeting