Category: Project Updates

Creative Virtual Cooperation – Become part of the European initiative!

The EU projects “Creative Change” and “The ONE project” both aim to make cooperation and communication in EU-projects more creative, innovative and thus more sustainable.

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die Berater is coordinator of the project partnership Creative Change  –  a mixture of adult education organisations and culture-creating and mediating institutions. We want to inspire each other and collect and test new approaches for the management of EU projects. The motto is: Moving away from a strict process orientation towards a human-centred approach! Make room for design thinking and the increased use of creativity techniques in different phases of project work!

Creative Change invites EU project managers from all over Europe to join us on our common journey towards more creativity and innovation. In the project, we are collecting different tools and methodologies and we develop an online Creativity Space to explore and learn about them.

Start thinking outside the project management-box and learn more at creative-change!

Hunt For Europe Newsletter 1 released

On 9 June 2021, a webinar presentation of the “Hunt for Europe” project was held. The webinar involved our stakeholders, i.e. 40 teachers of the partner countries who will be involved in the test with their students next year. It’s a mix between learning the language and learning aspects of everyday life, customs, and traditions of a country, with a view to total integration, the most important objective of the project.

Read more about the current state of development in our first newsletter.

The project is funded by the “ERASMUS+” programme. Our international partners are: EnAIP Piemonte (Italy), LudusXR (Denmark), Wisamar (Germany), Centre 4 Education (Spain), Vardakeios School of Hermoupolis (Greece), MTU (Ireland).

Why are intercultural competences so important in healthcare?

In everyday care, people from different cultures come together. In their daily work, healthcare staff often have to master challenging situations.

Especially in intercultural encounters, it is different knowledge, different attitudes, reservations, etc. that lead to misunderstandings.

In the Erasmus+ project I-CARE we are developing various materials on the topic of intercultural/transcultural care and making them available to all those working in social and care professions.

Through more intercultural competence, nurses gain more confidence in dealing with diverse patients/client groups. Knowing how to react correctly and concrete tips for dealing with delicate situations contribute to better mutual understanding and thus reduce stress in everyday work. In the end, everyone benefits – patients, staff and not least the entire organisation.

More information about the I-CARE project

Invitition to a Webinar about Europhobia

We would like to invite you to our MEGA course – An informal and playful way to challenge Europhobia in youth work. The MEGA course is part of the EU project MEGA that has been implemented since February 2020 by six partners from six countries. The course has been developed by the project team over the last months and will now be piloted across Europe. For more information on the project please visit our website: mega.bupnet.eu

The course addresses youth workers, trainers, facilitators and other relevant stakeholders that offer services and training for young people.

The aim of the course is to enable the participants to implement an innovative approach at empowering young people to critically analyse Europhobic distortions of the European Union and to learn to act as “European ambassadors”, i.e. to convincingly spread realistic images of the EU among their peers. Youth workers will learn to identify and unmask Europhobic myths, apply quiz-based learning and produce learning quizzes with and for young people.

We start on 15 June at 17 CET with an introductory webinar. Here you will have the opportunity to get to know the project team and the other participants. We would also like to introduce you to the course concept and launch the e-learning phase. The course will then take place virtually – unfortunately not in Palermo due to Corona. Course days are June 5th, 8th, and 13th, 2021, from 10.00 to 12.30 and 14.00 to 16.30 CET.

If you are interested to join the webinar or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at bridgestoeurope@dieberater.com!

Our Priority Area for New Erasmus+ Projects: Unfolding human potentials

At the core of all activities of die Berater is our dedication to develop people’s competences by providing fitting learning opportunities. In the broadest sense. Preparing for the labour market. Upskilling professional competence. Learning how to best contribute to society. This learning never stops and should be based on clear insight what competences I have and how I can improve them.

For more information on competence-based learning have a look at our profile.

Let’s start the new EU funding period with exciting projects on competence development and assessment together!

Our Priority Area for New Erasmus+ Projects: Safeguarding health, integrity and wellbeing

Education has an important role to play in informing and encouraging people about habits and behaviour conducive to mental and physical health at work and in life in general. die Berater® advocates empowerment and resilience against any manifestation of discrimination, hate and violence in the digital and in the real world.

Please have a look at our profile to learn more about our activities on this important area. And let’s develop new Erasmus+ proposals on health, integrity and wellbeing.

Our Priority Area for New Erasmus+ Projects: Learning and working for sustainability

A special priority of the new Erasmus+ programme will be the contribution of the education, training and youth sectors to the European Union’s Green Deal and to sustainability at large.

For die Berater® sustainability is much more than a buzzword that is already worn out before it has been properly understood and rudimentarily implemented.

We want to live sustainability in education. Acting sustainably means not acting at the expense of future generations. Thinking and acting responsibly,  without (knowingly) causing permanent damage to people and the environment.

This perspective gives room for many new important Erasmus’ project we want to develop together with you. Please have a look at our profile to learn more about what sustainability means for us.

SUFOGIS: News and Events

Our latest SUFOGIS newsletter is now available with updates, photos and stories of what is going on in this exciting GIS and Remote Sensing project. Read all about it in our latest newsletter!

Our Priority Area for New Erasmus+ Projects: Opening up opportunities for young people

The key to our future is the younger generation. The better young people are educated, trained and prepared for the labour market and active participation in society, the better they will be capable to finding creative solutions to the challenges ahead. This preparation for the future does not only take in schools, colleges and universities. Learning takes also place at work, in youth centres, sports clubs or in volunteering activities. And learning, especially with young people, should contain elements of fun, making use of innovative open and digital learning formats. die Berater® offers young people a wide range of different learning opportunities.

Please have a look at our profile to learn more about these activities. And let’s develop innovative Erasmus+ projects related to formal and informal learning provisions for young people for the upcoming first application deadline together!

Our Priority Area for New Erasmus+ Projects: Caring for the older generations

The demographic change and the trend of an aging society pose a global challenge, to our burden to our pension and health insurance systems, to the labour market, education and society at large.

In all of these areas we need to take age into account as a critical factor. We at die Berater® implement a range of age-sensitive projects and initiatives promoting age-sensitive approaches. Please have a look at our profile to learn more about these activities. And let’s develop innovative Erasmus+ projects related to ageing for submission at the upcoming first application deadline together!