Diversity and inclusion are crucial aspects of any organisation, including National Agencies. To assess the inclusion and diversity efforts of your National Agency, a new tool called the ID Temperature Check has been introduced. The tool includes a set of questionnaires that evaluate the progress of National Agencies in five key areas, including ID strategy, communication, programs and supportive approach, trainings and events, and organisational development. In this article, we will see the ID Temperature Check Tool in more detail.

ID Temperature Check: 5 key areas

• ID Strategy: assess the comprehensiveness of your Inclusion and Diversity Strategy using a downloadable or online questionnaire.
• Communication: evaluate the inclusion and diversity approach of your communication team, materials, and channels. Use this downloadable or online questionnaire.
• Programmes and supportive approach: assess the application of inclusion and diversity in your programs. Here’s the online questionnaire and the PDF version.
• Trainings & events: evaluate the design and implementation of your trainings and events regarding inclusion and diversity. You can use the PDF questionnaire here, or access the online version.
• Organisational development: this assessment can provide valuable insight into how your organisation can improve in the area of inclusion and diversity. Download or access the online questionnaire.

Once you finish answering each online questionnaire, the system will automatically generate a report and send it to you via email. This report will provide you with a bunch of resources and best practices to help your National Agency keep improving its inclusion and diversity efforts in the areas that were evaluated.

Conclusion

The ID Temperature Check Tool is a valuable resource for National Agencies to assess their inclusion and diversity efforts. This tool can contribute to creating more inclusive and diverse National Agencies, which is crucial for building a better society. 

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Capacity Building in Higher Education

These projects are based on multilateral partnerships between organisations – usually higher education institutions – from the EU, European countries associated to the programme, and from other countries or regions around the world.

Together these partnerships design new university courses and teaching modules, train staff or develop internationalisation and governance in partner countries.

The impact of these projects is often wider than the scope of their action – they increase cooperation with the EU and promote intercultural awareness. They make a wider contribution to development by boosting academic disciplines that are important for the development of the partner countries involved.

145 Projects Selected

The 145 Erasmus+ capacity building for higher education projects recommended for funding provide good examples of

1.  it’s not all about student mobility – the programme also funds international cooperation projects
2. Erasmus+ fosters cooperation with countries all over the world

The final decision on these proposals is subject to the completion of the grant award procedure in line with the timeline indicated in the call for proposals and will be published on the Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal.

Apply for the Next Round

Interested in applying? The 2023 calls will open in mid-November. Check the Funding and Tenders Portal to apply.

You can read more about Erasmus+ capacity building for higher education projects from before 2022 and their results on the Erasmus+ project results platform.

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Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education

The Erasmus+ Action ECBHE supports international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of higher education. It supports the relevance, quality, modernisation and responsiveness of higher education in third countries not associated to the Erasmus + programme for socio-economic recovery, growth and prosperity and reacting to recent trends. In particular:

• economic globalisation;
• decline in human development;
• rising social, economic and environmental inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asia and Pacific Regions

In this session, the focus will be on Asia (Region 5) and Pacific (Region 8), thus addressing the following countries:

• Region 5: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam;
• Region 8: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia – Federated States of, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

The online info sessions suits therefore any organisation based in any of these countries or any organisation willing to submit a project proposal under the Erasmus+ programme involving organisations from these countries.

How To Join

To join the info session register first. The working language is English.

You can find further information about grants and the Erasmus Plus programme guide to get prepared in advance.

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The Training Course on Strategic Cooperation

The Training Course on strategic cooperation aims to contribute to the improvement of the quality of project preparation and implementation. Plus to achieve a greater positive impact of developed KA2 projects on different levels relevant for youth and the youth field.

The event runs under the supervision of Tempus Public Foundation, the Hungarian National Agency, and in collaboration with other National Agecies. In fact, this is a Training and Cooperation Activity of national agencies of the Erasmus+ Program with the aim of broadening the involvement of organisations in Erasmus+ KA2 partnerships for cooperation, as well as of improving the quality of, and with a positive impact on the youth field. 

The structure of the Activity provides 3 phases, as follows:

• National activity for preparation of participants prior to the transnational Training Course;
• Transnational Training Course of 3 full working days;
• Optional: National follow-up activity (if needed to further support participants).

The Training Course on strategic cooperation will bring together 2-5 participants per country – participants who have taken part in the national activities in their respective country (please contact your NA for further information).

Objectives of the Training Course

The aims of the Training on strategic cooperation are:

• Support participants in developing KA2 projects in an international context with a special focus on current features and expectations of KA2 in the new Erasmus+ programme;
• Explore the quality aspects of KA2 youth sectorial or cross-sectorial projects for the youth field;
• Get familiar with some real projects (being) implemented, and consult with their project promoters;
• Create opportunities for participants for sharing good practices, for further developing their project ideas as well as for networking and partnership-building.

Participants Profile

The Hungarian National Agency is looking for candidates with the following caracteristics:

• come from one of the following countries that take part in the Cross Over TCA: Belgium FR, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia or Slovakia;
• are able to work in English;
• are 18 or more;
• can take part in the whole duration of the Training Course;
• have received the preparation by their respective National Agency;
• have experience in planning, realizing, evaluating projects (not necessarily on the international level);
• are part of an organisation/institution/structure that aims to achieve positive impact in the youth field;
• have at least a project concept for KA2 in/for the youth field or represent a potential KA2 project idea in/for the youth field supported by their organisation (ideally have a mandate to fully take part in the project planning process).

How To Apply

The Training will be in Budapest, Hungary.

To participate, there is an online form to fill out.

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Training for Organisation and Staff

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The online session runs on Friday 27th May from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

The informative session on Capacity Building aims to support the international cooperation and policy dialogue in the field of youth and non-formal learning.

Capacity Building in the field of Youth

On April 20th 2021 opened the Call for Capacity Building in the field of youth. The deadline for submission of projects on Capacity Building in the field of youth is July 1st at 17:00 (CET).

Capacity-building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of youth in Programme and Partner countries. They aim to support the international cooperation and policy dialogue in the field of youth and non-formal learning. They act as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development and well-being of youth organisations and young people.

The proposals should focus on one or more of the following thematic areas:

• political participation and dialogue with decision-makers;
• inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities;
• democracy, rule of law and values;
• empowerment / engagement / employability of young people;
• peace and post-conflict reconciliation;
• environment and climate;
• anti-discrimination and gender equality;
• digital and entrepreneurial skills.

Eligibility Criteria

The following organisations can apply as coordinator:

• NGOs (including European Youth NGOs and national Youth Councils) working in the field
  of Youth;
• Public authorities at local, regional or national level.

The coordinating organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations of the project. They must be legally established and located in an Erasmus+ Programme country.

See further details about eligibility criteria for non-coordinating organisations.

For more information on the 2021 CBY call we invite you to consult the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

In the meantime, if you have questions for EACEA in the information session, you can send a message to this email address:

EACEA-YOUTH@ec.europa.eu

indicating “CBY 2021 Info-session” in its subject.

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This call covered the following actions:

• Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
• Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education

The objectives are the following:

• Improving the quality of higher education,
• Developing new and innovative education programmes,
• Modernising higher education systems through reform policies
• Fostering cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives.

Have a look at the list of the beneficiaries here.

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Millions of youngsters experience situations that often leave them severely traumatized and alone. Natural disasters, wars, violence claim numerous victims every day. Unprocessed trauma may disturb the natural development of young people.

The project “From Crisis to Chance – training course on emergency pedagogy” was born from the need to equip youth workers with more skills to work with youngsters that are at-risk of developing post-stress disorders in order. The objective of this Training Course was to help youth workers to cope and integrate these experiences in their biography so that their natural development would not be disturbed.

One of the outcomes from this Capacity Building Training Course organized by Spin Association in Lisbon is this BROCHURE. You can find there indications on how the youth workers can apply Emergency Pedagogy in their daily work with children and youngsters at-risk of developing post-stress disorders.

Partner of this project:
Trøndelag fylkeskommune – Norway
Socialna Akademija – Slovenia
Vicolo Corto – Italy
Asociación Mundus – Spain
You in Europe – Greece
Freunde der Erziehungskunst Rudolf Steiners  – Germany
Crescer – Portugal
Patrir – Romania

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The main difference regards the box dedicated to the objectives of the project, that it has been removed. Also, most of the questions have suffered small changes

This document compares the application form of 2019 and 2020. You can see there all the changes that have been done.

So, if you are using last year’s template to write your project stop immediately and check the new form! Check more details about the application HERE.

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The projects cover the following action:

• Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
• Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education

Have a look at the list of the beneficiaries here.

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The aim of the project

The call aims at promoting global citizenship and strengthening the active citizenship’s skills of youth diaspora. Not only they should be recognized, but they must also have the possibility to contribute to the peace-building process in Europe and to create a more inclusive society.

Its specific objectives are:

• to provide knowledge and competences on Global Education;
• to map successful initiatives and policiesthat address diaspora youth’ needs and challenges;
• to strengthen the capacity of the participants to better understand structures, mechanisms and strategies of advocacy and decision/policy making at local, national and international level;
• to promote the use of the main international tools;
• to identify potential follow-up actions and proposals to influence policy and/or raise awareness on the topic of the training course.

A definition

Nowadays, within the context of new migration flows and routes, the issue of people fleeing from their home countries is particularly sensitive. Nevertheless, there are four main factors that make a movement of people recognized as a disaspora:

• dispersal to two or more location;
• relationship to an actual or imagined homeland;
• self-awareness of the group’s identity;
• multi-generational dimension.

The context

The training course will take palce within the framework of the 7th Mediterranean University on Youth and Global Citizenship (MedUni), and will be facilitated and coordinated by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe in partnership with l’Observatoire National de la Jeunesse (ONJ) and other European and Southern Mediterranean stakeholders.

For further information on the training course, the application process and the actors involved, please refer to the following link. The deadline for this call is on 12 May 2019.

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