Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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A. General Information
This application form consists of the following main sections:
- Context: this section asks for general information about the type of project proposal you want to submit;
- Participating organisation(s): this section asks for information about the applicant organisation and about other participating
organisations involved as partners in the project;
- Description of the project: this section asks for information about the stages of the project which should include: preparation,
implementation and follow-up;
- Budget: in this section you will be asked to give information about the amount of the EU grant you request;
- Project Summary: In this section you should describe in a compact way your project's rational, objectives and how you intend to
achieve these;
- Check List/Data Protection Notice/Declaration of Honour: in these sections, the applicant organisation is made aware of
important conditions linked to the submission of the grant request;
- Annexes: in this section, the applicant needs to attach additional documents that are mandatory for the completion of the
application;
- Submission: in this section, the applicant will be able to confirm the information provided and to submit the form electronically;
For more information on how to fill in this application form, you can read the e-Forms Guideline.
B. Context
Programme
Erasmus+
Key Action
Action
Strategic Partnerships
Field
Call
2014
Round
Round 1
30-04-2014 12:00:00
English
Project Acronym
SIRCle
01-09-2014
36 months
31-08-2017
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For further details about the available Erasmus+ National Agencies, please consult the following page:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus-plus/national-agencies_en.htm
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C. Participating organisation(s)
C.1. Applicant Organisation
PIC
944766421
Findhorn Foundation
Findhorn Foundation
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
DML.F113/SC007233
Country
United Kingdom
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
IV363TZ
CEDEX
City
Forres, Moray
Website
www.findhorn.org
Email
Telephone 1
+4401309690311
Telephone 2
+4401309690808
Fax
C.1.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
Foundation
No
Yes
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Learning Centre for Sustainability. Workshops that are run here benefit hugely from: the inspirational nature of the community in
which they are embedded a model of sustainable human settlement; the caring ethos of the staff who live in and run the centre;
and the artistic and beautiful nature of the built and natural environment. All these features make it an ideal place to welcome some
of societys more marginalised people.
The Findhorn Foundation, is mainly placed in two biggest venues: the Park in the Findhorn village and Cluny Hill in the town of
Forres; it is home to more than 400 people from all over the world, and welcomes thousands of visitors each year. The community
also extends to individuals, businesses and organisations within a 50 mile radius of The Park, and to the islands of Iona and Erraid on
the west coast of Scotland.
The Findhorn Foundation is a model for sustainable living - sustainable values are expressed in the built environment through our
ecological houses and innovative use of building materials, as well as applied technology in the Living Machine sewage treatment
facility and electricity-generating wind turbines. Sustainable values are also expressed in the communitys social, economic and
educational initiatives.
We aim to pioneer, inspire, demonstrate, encourage and share our experience. It is the consciousness, motivation, mindfulness,
creative energy and joy that we bring to all of these activities that make visions a reality and bring lasting, positive change to the
world.
What are the activities and experience of your organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or expertise
of key persons involved in this project?
The Foundation focuses on holistic adult education personal development; art and creativity; ecology and environmental
education; health and healing and personal well-being. It receives around 3000 people a year into residential workshops and has a
co-worker staff complement of some 90 FTEs. Its annual turnover is in the region of 1.8 million and it has assets with a book value
of over 5 million. It has a proven track record as a Charitable Trust dating back over 30 years. As such it is well placed to hold
responsibility for the administration of this grant.
The Findhorn Foundation is also an NGO associated with the UN; one of 9 official UN Training Centres for sustainability (CIFAL
Findhorn) and has won awards for best practice in human habitats.
Main representative:
Robin Alfred worked as a trainer, educator and social work manager for 15 years in London, prior to coming to the Findhorn
Foundation Community, Scotland in 1995. At the Foundation, Robin was initially responsible for a "reinvention" process before
going on to Chair the Foundations Management Committee. He is founding director of the organisation's Consultancy Service and
also Chair of Trustees.
Robin has extensive experience of leading and developing groups and individuals in a variety of settings including prisons, social
work, police forces, communities and other organisations. Robin is trained in a wide variety of approaches to personal and
organisational development including: Appreciative Inquiry, the Frameworks for Change Coaching Process, Process Work, and Tools
for Corporate Transformation. He is also an associate and lead presenter for Olivier Mythodrama Associates for whom he delivers a
wide range of leadership trainings, based on Shakespeare plays and stories.
Robin has a BA degree in Economics, Philosophy and Politics, and an M.Phil in Criminology. He has been a faculty member of the
Findhorn Foundations Ecovillage Training for the past eight years, and has taught on Ecovillage Design Education courses at
Findhorn, Sieben Linden and Orissa, India. He represented the Findhorn Foundation on the two-year Transition to Resilience
Learning Partnership programme and has co-led the first iteration of the Transition to Resilience Training A Learning Adventure for
Change Makers He has taught both the Social and Economy aspects of EDEs.
Robin co-facilitated the GEN Europe Conferences in 2012 and 2013 and is co-editor of Beyond You and Me Wisdom and Inspiration
for Building Community the Social Key of the EDE.
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Have you participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
Yes
Please indicate:
EU Programme
Year
Applicant/Beneficiary Name
Grundtvig
2009
GRP/09/141P
Findhorn Foundation
Grundtvig
2012
2012-1-GB2-GRU13-08277
Findhorn Foundation
LEADER
2010
ML0072
Findhorn Foundation
Ms
Gender
Female
First Name
Camilla
Family Name
Bredal Pedersen
Department
Management
Position
Chair
camilla.bredal@findhorn.org
Telephone 1
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C.1.4. Contact Person
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
First Name
Robin
Family Name
Alfred
Department
Trustee
Position
Chair
robin.alfred@findhorn.org
Telephone 1
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If the address is different from the one of the organisation, please tick this box
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999580539
FFCUL
Acronym
FFCUL
503183504
SIM
Address
Country
Portugal
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
1749016
CEDEX
City
LISBOA
Website
http://www.fc.ul.pt/node/654
lmdmoreira@fc.ul.pt
Telephone 1
+351217500032
Telephone 2
+351217500448
Fax
+351217500166
C.2.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
Other
No
Yes
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FFCUL acts as the front institution for a Portuguese scientific collaboration of multiple research groups (research centers for different
fields, such as Biology, chemistry, Geophysics, Information Technology, Physics, Geology, Statistics, Oceanography), with more than
400 ongoing projects. Many of these R&D activities are developed together with international teams and are funded both at national
and European levels. Its main purposes are to promote research and technological development activities, provide qualified human
resources training and offer consulting expertise and knowledge dissemination.
The Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon (FCUL) has its mission in teaching, innovative research and knowledge transfer in the
areas of exact, natural and techno sciences, as well as in producing, disseminating and sharing knowledge and cultures. It is engaged
in stimulating an ongoing and open dialogue with civil society through multiple interconnections with social and economic actors.
FCUL is internationally recognized as a benchmark institution in the creation of scientific knowledge, promoting excellence in
teaching, research and the enhancement of social and economic knowledge. Among the Facultys current Strategic Objectives are
promoting the social and economic value of knowledge and ensuring the sustainability of the economic sphere. The Faculty hosts
the Laboratory for Systems, Instrumentation and Modeling in Science and Technology for Space and the Environment (SIM), a
research center established in 2003. The SIM laboratory has two research groups, among them one on Climate Change Impacts,
Adaptation and Modelling (CCIAM), mostly funded by the European Union. CCIAM integrates 7 PhDs and 20 masters and graduates
that support the ongoing European and national research projects as well as national and international services in the fields of
Climate Change and Sustainability.
What are the activities and experience of the partner organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or
expertise of key persons involved in this project?
CCIAM research group bring together scientists from several disciplines who conduct trans-disciplinary research on both local,
national and international level and its objectives fall within 5 main domains: Impacts assessment: to conduct pioneering research
on climate change (CC) impacts on water resources, coastal zones, forests, biodiversity, agriculture, public health, tourism, energy
demand, and transports; Adaptation: to contribute towards national and global research on adaptation to CC; Transition to
Sustainability: to promote actionresearch on the search for effective solutions for the integral crisis Humanity faces today;
Networking: to establish national and international networks; and Dissemination: to disseminate research results.
The CCIAM engages in transformative and action-research towards a more sustainable and resilient planet and society. This group
also leads the Inter-University Doctoral program entitled "Climate Change and Sustainable Development" sustained by the three
major universities of Lisbon.
Besides adult training programs and work towards improving educational infrastructures, a major component of the institutions
strategy for promoting the dissemination of science targeting the needs of society are various international partnerships with
institutions of higher education, but also cooperatives and other grassroots initiatives and networks with civic actors (change
agents). FCUL has close links with the international Transition Network and with Transition Portugal and is involved in various local
to international cooperative projects.
The contact person, Dr. Gil Penha-Lopes, is a Post-Doc and project coordinator in the CCIAM, responsible for the topics of Transition,
Resilience and Empowerment. He is also a Transition Trainer and an Integral Coach.
Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
Yes
Please indicate:
EU Programme
Year
Applicant/Beneficiary Name
FP7
2013
FP7
2012
BASE
FFCUL
FP7
2010
CIRCLE-2
FFCUL
ETC
2011
EEA/NSV/10/01
FFCUL
IMPRESSIONS
FFCUL
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Title
PROFESSORS
Gender
Male
First Name
Family Name
REBORDAO / RELVAS
Department
NA
Position
ADMINISTRATION BOARD
LMDMOREIRA@FC.UL.PT
Telephone 1
+351217500448
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C.2.4. Contact Person
Title
Doctor
Gender
Male
First Name
Gil
Family Name
Penha-Lopes
Department
Physics
Position
gil.penha-lopes@fc.ul.pt
Telephone 1
+351918362396
If the address is different from the one of the organisation, please tick this box
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Altekio
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
28/CM-4675
Country
Spain
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
28002
CEDEX
City
Madrid
Website
www.altekio.es
Email
Telephone 1
+34917585961
Telephone 2
+34656441365
Fax
C.3.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
No
Yes
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What are the activities and experience of the partner organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or
expertise of key persons involved in this project?
Altekio develops the following activities relevant for this project:
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the activities already developed during their professional environment with Altekio and their previous working experiences, mainly
in social and environmental organizations. Their skills are those required for fulfilling the aims of the former projects. The following
are some of them: competences for team work and task coordination within the latter, communication skills (listening included),
talent for innovation and creativity, risk assuming capacity, competences for training adult people, ability to inspire other people.
Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
No
C.3.3. Legal Representative
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
First Name
Javier
Family Name
Fernandez
Department
N/A
Position
Administrator
javier@altekio.es
Telephone 1
+34917585961
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Address
C/ Montera 9, 55
Country
Spain
Region
P.O. Box
N/A
Post Code
28012
CEDEX
N/A
City
Madrid
Telephone 2
+34676968374
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Jorge
Family Name
Navacerrada
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Department
N/A
Position
Training coordinators
jorge@altekio.es
Telephone 1
+34917585961
If the address is different from the one of the organisation, please tick this box
Address
C/ Montera 9, 55
Country
Spain
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
28012
CEDEX
City
Madrid
Telephone 2
+34656441365
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945460165
plenum GmbH
plenum GmbH
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
247583V
Lindengasse 2/14
Country
Austria
Region
AT13 - Wien
P.O. Box
Post Code
1070
CEDEX
City
Wien
Website
plenum.at
Email
Telephone 1
+4315246846
Telephone 2
Fax
+431524684620
C.4.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
Other
No
No
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What are the activities and experience of the partner organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or
expertise of key persons involved in this project?
p l e n u m society for holistic sustainable development was founded in
January 2008 as a succession organisation of the Austrian Institute for Sustainable Development. We consult, train and accompany
businesses, organisations and individuals in the area of sustainability, value-oriented management, corporate social responsibility
and social entrepreneurship.
Since 2010 we offer a year-long training program called "Pioneers of Change" that supports social innovators at an early stage. The
program strengthens their leadership capabilities and enhances skills and knowhow to transform individual visions of a sustainable
and peaceful society into concrete projects and organisations like social businesses.
Plenum has 6 permanent employees and a bigger number of project staff. Plenum is strategically combining education, consulting
and research. The Plenum Academy is offering proven training courses like the training course for CSR-Managers called
Quintessenz, Pioneers of Change or short-term workshops (like the international Grundtvig-Workshop Sustainable Innovation
Quest in 2012). Secondly, Plenum is creating its main income by consulting big corporations in their sustainability strategy and
corporate social responsibility. Thirdly, Plenum is cooperating with research institutions like universities to research issues like
sustainable lifestyles, sustainable economics or even ecovillages (like for example funded by the Austian Climate Fund).
DI Dr. Alfred W. Strigl
Alfred Strigl is CEO of p l e n u m. He is council member in the Austrian Institute for Sustainable Development, member of ESD
(European Sustainable Development) and was in the Austrian Delegation in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg. Dr. Strigl teaches on the Vienna Universitt fr Life Sciences and the Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan. He leads
and designs the Management Training for Corporate Social Responsibility since 2003 (now called Quintessenz) and is a key
enabler, trainer and mentor for the Pioneers of Change Program.
Mag. Sylvia Brenzel:
Sylvia Brenzel studied Environmental Economics and worked from 2003-2007 in the Austrian Business Academy for Sustainable
Development. She developed the first training program for managers in Corporate Social Responsibility, before she cofounded
plenum in 2008. Sylvia focusses on education for sustainable development. She has extensive expertise in Curriculum Design,
Teaching in international Institutions, Coaching and Social Entrepreneurship.
DI (FH) Martin Kirchner:
Martin Kirchner developed and leads the Pioneers of Change program. He was trainer and consultant for several NGOs focussing
on education for sustainable development. His work builds on his extensive experience in systemic coaching, nonviolent
communication, social entrepreneurship, permaculture and project management. Martin was Initiator and Project Coordinator of a
model settlement for a more sustainable lifestyle (Cohousing Pomali), was council member of the Global Ecovillage Network and
cofounder of the austrian communities network Austrotopia.
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Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
Yes
Please indicate:
EU Programme
Year
Applicant/Beneficiary Name
2011
2011-1-DE2-GRU06-07834 3
Grundtvig Workshop
2012
2012-1-AT1-GRU13-07510
plenum gmbh
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Alfred
Family Name
Strigl
Department
Academy
Position
CEO
alfred.strigl@plenum.at
Telephone 1
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C.4.4. Contact Person
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Martin
Family Name
Kirchner
Department
Academy
Position
Project manager
martin.kirchner@plenum.at
Telephone 1
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948931213
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
SC043796
Country
United Kingdom
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
IV36 3TZ
CEDEX
City
Findhorn, Forres
Website
www.gen.ecovillage.org
Email
Telephone 1
Telephone 2
+44 7411303940
Fax
C.5.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
Other
No
Yes
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The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), set up in 1995, is an umbrella organisation working to support the experimental creation and
preservation of low impact lifestyles across the globe. GEN comprises of actors working in multiple sectors, ranging from individuals,
communities, businesses and NGOs, to educational institutions and government. It serves as an alliance between rural and urban,
traditional and intentional communities (with some of the lowest per capita carbon footprints recorded). Through the sharing of
best practice and innovative solutions, and the honouring of deep-rooted traditional knowledge and local cultures, GEN is creating a
pool of wisdom for sustainable living on a global scale.
The Global Ecovillage Network envisions a world of empowered citizens and communities, designing and implementing their own
pathways to a sustainable future, and building bridges of hope and international solidarity. GEN works closely with 6 regional offices
on all continents, one of which is the GEN-Europe organisation and office, based in Germany.
GEN has consultative status with UN-ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) and is a partner of the UNITAR-CIFAL initiative which
provides training in sustainable development to local government officials around the world.
Mission
One of the most effective ways of spreading ecovillage strategies while building networks of support and collaboration is through
educational programs. The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) is now running on all continents, with the encouragement and
promotion of local trainers. The EDE is a 4 week-long training whith the curriculum has been recognised and endorsed as setting a
standard for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014. The EDE is universal in scope but
local in application, directed towards honouring and drawing out valuable cultural diversity (see www.gaiaeducation.net for more
information).
As a solution-based, multi-stakeholder alliance, GEN provides information, tools, examples and global representation to the
expanding network of those dedicated to developing and demonstrating sustainability principles and practices in their lifestyles and
communities around the world.
Goals
1. To advance the education of individuals from all walks of life by sharing the experience and best practices gained from the
networks of ecovillages and sustainable communities worldwide.
2. To advance human rights, conflict resolution and reconciliation by empowering local communities globally while promoting a
culture of mutual acceptance and respect, effective communications, and cross-cultural outreach.
3. To advance environmental protection globally by serving as a think tank, incubator, international partner organization and
catalyst for projects that expedite the shift to sustainable and resilient lifestyles.
4. To advance active citizenship and community development by coordinating the activities ofregional ecovillage networks and
reaching out to wider society and policy makers in order to accelerate the transition to sustainable living.
Main Activities
To provide information, tools, examples and representation to the expanding networks of those dedicated to developing and
demonstrating sustainability principles and practices in their lifestyles and communities around the world
To co-ordinate the activities of a number of regioregional ecovillage networks around the world
To serve as an incubator and platform for international projects and initiatives that accelerate the shift to sustainable lifestyles and
more resilient societies.
What are the activities and experience of the partner organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or
expertise of key persons involved in this project?
GEN-International brings a strong expertise in developing and delivering Educational Curricula for Capacity Building for the
transition to resilient communites. One of the most effective ways of spreading ecovillage strategies while building networks of
support and collaboration is through educational programs. The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE), developed through GEN, is now
running on all continents, with the encouragement and promotion of local trainers. The EDE is a 4 week-long training whith the
curriculum has been recognised and endorsed as setting a standard for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development 2005-2014. The EDE is universal in scope but local in application, directed towards honouring and drawing out
valuable cultural diversity (see www.gaiaeducation.net for more information).
An EU-funded Learning Partnership brought together the expertise of eight key European educational movements in the field of
sustainability, amongst them the Global Ecovillage Network in the years 2010-2011.
Building on the best of the Ecovillage Design Education, the Transition Town Training, the Permaculture Design Certificate Course,
Spiral Dynamics Trainings, and the Art of Hosting body of experience, the Transition to Resilience Training has been designed to
support active citizens and their local governments in setting up projects for sustainability (building community in cities and towns,
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setting up Transition Town or similar initiatives, achieving CO2-reduction, enhancing bioregions, establishing village networks etc.
GEN-International, Scotland brings experience and knowledge of grassroots sustainability initiatives from over 10,000 ecovillages
around the world.It also brings the results from the EU Learning Partnership Transition to Resilience and the learning materials
produced.
GEN-International is also part of the ECOLISE Network and works closely with AEIDL to strengthen community-led response to
Climate Change within the EU.
Main representative:
Kosha Anja Joubert (MSc Organisational Development) is an international facilitator, trainer, manager and consultant. She has
worked extensively in the fields of curriculum development, international collaboration and sustainable development.
Kosha currently serves as President of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN-International). GEN was set up in 1995 to support
organisations and societies to transition into resilience, learning to sustain and regenerate their social and natural environments.
GEN builds bridges between policy-makers, academics, entrepreneurs and sustainable community networks across the globe. GEN
has consultative status in the UN - ECOSOC. (www.ecovillages.org).
Kosha simultaneously holds the position of Managing Director of GEN-Europe, the European branch of GEN-International (www.geneurope.org). In this role she has been the driving force behind the emergence of GEN-Africa as an independent region within GEN,
and is currently working with organisations in the Middle East on the emergence of GEN-Middle East. Through this, Kosha has gained
extensive experience in working with participants from these regions in Leadership and Sustainable Venture Trainings, financed and
funded through the German Foreign Ministry and the Anne Lindh Foundation.
Kosha is a co-founder of Gaia Education, which develops trainings at the cutting-edge of sustainability, and sits on the Certification
Board of Gaia Education (www.gaiaeducation.net). She is co-author of the internationally applied Gaia Education curriculum, The
Ecovillage Design Education, the development of which was endorsed by UNITAR and recognised as an official contribution to the
UN Decade for the Education for Sustainable Development 2004-2014. The Ecovillage Design Education has been run in 35
countries since 2006. Kosha has been lead faculty on 14 of these courses.
Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
No
C.5.3. Legal Representative
Title
Mrs.
Gender
Female
First Name
Kosha Anja
Family Name
Joubert
Department
N/A
Position
President
koshajoubert@gen-europe.org
Telephone 1
00441309691973
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C.5.4. Contact Person
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Title
Mrs.
Gender
Female
First Name
Kosha
Family Name
Joubert
Department
N/A
Position
President
koshajoubert@gen-europe.org
Telephone 1
00441309691973
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Wind Harvest
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
0465 53 19 02
Bijenkorfstraat 62
Country
Belgium
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
1030
CEDEX
City
Schaerbeek
Website
Email
Telephone 1
+32495501919
Telephone 2
Fax
C.6.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
Other
No
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The main focus currently is Windharvest, which is operating under Still Consulting SPRL.
Wind Harvest is a start up private company, based and founded on Holistic principals, with its main focus on the development and
design, as well as the selling and spreading of renewable energy, more concretely of 70kW vertical axis wind turbines, into local
communities, crises and disaster areas as well as already existing wind parks.
Through the assistance and facilitation of communities in the process of stepping into Ownership of their Energy production and
becoming independent from the energy market, Still Consulting SPRL / Wind Harvest aims for initiating the process of transitioning
towards a respectful, honest and authentic living, in which the 4 aspects of a sustainable Lifestyle the Social, Economical, Ecological
and Awareness are addressed, stimulated and worked on together.
The process of owning the Energy production can be seen and functions as an important catalyser, in the process towards the
building of sustainable Communities and the Empowerment of new and holistic ways of working and living together with and in a
inclusive and divers way and setting.
It is the support of responsible, active and resilient citizenship.
Still Consulting SPRL / Wind Harvest is with its offices based at Euclides, a centre for social economic activity and support, in
Anderlecht, Brussels Belgium
It is employing 12 people in the design, selling and maintenance of this 18m high Wind turbines and people in the team-and
business development, focusing on the inclusive working, meaning collecting multiple perspectives and emerging the collective
intelligence.
Currently certifying the production prototype in Denmark, it is looking to develop the business globally using the licensee model,
where a percentage of profit is allocated to local community investment as part of the contract.
Apart from the engineering required technically for the turbines, there is use of emergent skills in the dealing with the holistic value
creation with all members of the community in order to co-create holistic value, the optimising of value, instead of maximising
shareholder returns.
It enhances an inclusive participative value creation, where the allocation of profit lay by whole system.
What are the activities and experience of the partner organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or
expertise of key persons involved in this project?
Still Consulting, Belgium, brings knowledge and expertise of the learning and navigation process of their holistic business approach.
The aim to create and optimize value for the whole community, including the multi perspectives of each part and the whole working
field.
They bring knowledge of how social entrepreneurship involves the whole community in the journey to create resilient
environments.
Through their experience, they contribute to the understanding and development of new modes of working, to create a financially
healthy environment, the financial leg of Resilience. Shaping knowledge into tools, trainings and learning spaces is part of their
holistic business strategy. The tools include aspects of inclusive, participative value creation, the profit allocation by the whole
system, navigational skills based on complex human and field systems, relationships and boundaries as part of value creation. Being
part of a Partnership like the SIRCle, is an element of their business strategy, as being a learning organisation and listening to the
emergent collective intelligence.
The people dedicated to this project have extensive experience in the use of emergent skills with all types of organisations both
profit and non profit; coaching and leading such organisation through difficult transitions, both economic and social; offering
training, teaching and experiential working with individuals and groups from all parts of the economic spectrum.
A highly respected Senior International (turnaround) executive; Julian Still has successfully completed many complex interim
assignments, transition challenges and coaching missions, across Europe.
A dynamic Hands-on General Operations professional, who is a passionate advocate and practitioner of new sustainable business
methodologies and tools currently emerging in the field of complexity and systemics, with extensive practical experience and a
proven ability to make the difference and enable turnaround and transition.
A creative interim manager, whose success in leading, building and coaching teams, is based on a blend of energy, enthusiasm,
humour, maturity and balanced hard and soft skills leading to empowered employees, highly satisfied customers, and trustful
shareholders.
A senior coach/trainer with experience of coaching senior Directors of the EU commission, training multi-cultural groups in
transition skills, and conflict resolution.
Possessing superb interpersonal, coaching and communication skills, tri-lingual (English, Dutch and French), and a winner of the
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Belgian Interim Manager of the year award in 2005, for turning around a failing four company acquisition to create Belgiums third
Internet, data & telephone company.
Luea Ritter has a background as artistic director and organiser for various arts organisations both nationally and internationally and
founded and co-curated several festivals such as f.e. Arpia (www.arpia-art.be), a platform bringing together art, landscape and
citizens.
The main focus of her work in the artistic sector has moved towards building bridges and dialogues between different regional,
national and international communities and sectors, in which she has a strong focus on sustainable and resilient approaches to the
inclusive and participatorial living and working together that balance inner and outer worlds in times of transition, including our
environments we cohabitate.
Translation and (ex)-change processes between people, teams, communities and sectors are essential and connect with her work as
a systemic constellation practitioner, consultant and facilitator for individuals, teams and communities.
She is part of the Development Team of Windharvest and the GEN-International Team.
Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
No
C.6.3. Legal Representative
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Julian
Family Name
Still
Department
Centre
Position
CSO
jstill@windharvest.eu
Telephone 1
+32 495501919
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Address
Rue de chimiste 34
Country
Belgium
Region
P.O. Box
N/A
Post Code
1070
CEDEX
N/A
City
Anderlecht
Telephone 2
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Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Julian
Family Name
Still
Department
Centre
Position
CSO
jstill@windharvest.eu
Telephone 1
+32495501919
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Address
Rue du chimiste 34
Country
Belgium
Region
P.O. Box
N/A
Post Code
1070
CEDEX
N/A
City
Anderlecht
Telephone 2
N/A
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940416359
AEIDL
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
11497/88
Country
Belgium
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
1040
CEDEX
City
Brussels
Website
www.aeidl.eu
Email
Telephone 1
+3227364960
Telephone 2
Fax
+3227360434
C.7.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
No
Yes
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What are the activities and experience of the partner organisation in the areas relevant for this project? What are the skills and/or
expertise of key persons involved in this project?
AEIDL has developed considerable expertise in running support services for the networking of specific groups of people. The main
networks facilitated by AEIDL and its partners, on behalf of the Commission include the following:
DG Agriculture: European Evaluation Network for Rural Development (Evaluation Expert Network - 2009 - ongoing)
DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: FARNET, the European Fisheries Areas Network (Axis 4 of the EFF 2009 - ongoing)
DG Employment and Social Affairs: ESF-TCI - Transnational and innovative actions networks under the European Social Fund (ESF
2009-2013)
DG Employment and Social Affairs: EQUAL- European networks promoting the exchange of experiences and the diffusion of
innovative practices in the area of entrepreneurship (Community Initiative for Emplyment 2001-2008)
AEIDL has always worked in close cooperation with external experts. This is a necessity to provide our client with the best
combination of expertise and communication capacities.
The Helpdesk of the European Evaluation Network for Rural Development co-managed by AEIDL is based on a pool of experts
aiming to promote and facilitate the use of evaluation in the development and implementation of rural development policies.
The FARNET Support Unit co-managed by AEIDL gathers thematic and geographic experts from all over Europe to provide
technical support in establishing and coordinating a network of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) and other stakeholders
involved in the delivery of Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).
Within the ESF-TCI contract, AEIDL coordinated th pool of experts who monitored 10 transnational cooperation networks.
The LIFE programme has a large team of thematic experts in charge of the monitoring of LIFE projects. They have contributed to the
drafting of the thematic dossiers produced by the LIFE Communication Team managed by AEIDL.
An important part of AEIDL's expertise concerns the dissemination of good practice, including the collection of information on
methods and instruments, and the presentation of information to make it available to diverse target groups. AEIDL has experience in
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national partnerships. These are presented as success stories, innovative actions, as part of a thematic publication or as magazine
articles.
The activities which fall into the ECOLISE networks basket are also very relevant to this project. Indeed, to support its member
organisations in achieving this vision, the mission of ECOLISE is to be a shared platform for learning, action and advocacy of
community led initiatives on climate change and sustainability in Europe. Through its activities, ECOLISE seeks to raise the profile of
community-based action on climate change and sustainability in Europe, to facilitate exchange, cooperation and knowledge
development and sharing among stakeholders across Europe, and to strengthen the collective influence of its members in EU,
national and local policy making. ECOLISE draws on experiences from other parts of the world and, where possible, seeks to be a
source of inspiration and support for similar initiatives outside of Europe.
Eamon OHara has over fifteen years experience in managing EU projects and initiatives, including ten years of coordinating
communication activities at EU level. Much of Eamons work on communication has concerned EU environment and territorial
development policy.
Toby Johnson has worked in the field of social enterprise for 37 years, the last 20 years of which have been based in Brussels. He
helped found two workers co-operatives, one of which (Suma Wholefoods) has grown from its initial team of 7 to employ 150
people today. He became Secretary of the UK work co-operative federation, where he was responsible for representation and also
organised a number of development and training projects. In 1994 he was seconded to the European Commissions Social Economy
Unit, where he helped implement the Work Programme for Co-operatives, Mutual Societies, Associations and Foundations. Since
then has worked in two main fields: as the European Commissions expert on social economy in the EQUAL programme (2002-08);
and since 2009 he has played a similar role as part of the technical assistance team supporting the transnational ESF Learning
Networks. He currently supports the Social Entrepreneurship Network (SEN).
Eveline Durieux has been responsible for the Documentation Unit at AEIDL since 1992, with primary responsibility for the
organisation, development and maintenance of specialist documentation systems.
As information analyst, she contributes to the preparation of good practices, interviews and case studies.
Within the LEADER II Observatory, she was a member of the experts groups "Environment" and contributed to the creation of the
pedagogical tool on the LEADER Approach.
Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
No
C.7.3. Legal Representative
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Jean
Family Name
Vanweydeveld
Department
N/A
Position
Managing Director
jva@aeidl.eu
Telephone 1
+32 2 736 49 60
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C.7.4. Contact Person
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Eamon
Family Name
OHara
Department
N/A
Position
Project Manager
eoh@aeidl.eu
Telephone 1
+33 565 24 58 28
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946229181
Acronym
National ID (if applicable)
25518688
Country
Romania
Region
P.O. Box
Post Code
CEDEX
City
Bucharest
Website
www.intranzitie.org
Email
Telephone 1
+40722596482
Telephone 2
Fax
C.8.1. Profile
Type of Organisation
Other
No
Yes
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Since march 2014 RiT is formally part of the global Transition Towns Network, (born in 2006, Totnes, UK, on the background of the
climate, social and economical crisis and looking actively to to help communities to build healthy, resilient, local responses to these
challenges, nowadays present in more than 34 countries) sharing its common culture and network empowerment.
RiT activities are related with macro-regional and international networking, local communities empowerment, social economy,
education, communication, mass-media contact point and training.
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Has the partner organisation participated in a European Union granted project in the 3 years preceding this application?
No
C.8.3. Legal Representative
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
First Name
Mihai
Family Name
ABAGIEF
Department
Management
Position
President
mihai@intranzitie.org
Telephone 1
+40722596482
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Address
Strada Lotrioarei
Country
Romania
Region
P.O. Box
N/A
Post Code
510134
CEDEX
N/A
City
Bucuresti
Telephone 2
N/A
Miss.
Gender
Female
First Name
Adina Maria
Family Name
Moise
Department
Position
Manager
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adina@intranzitie.org
Telephone 1
+40742034342
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In 2013 in Portugal, for example, 19.2% of young people were early leavers, while in Romania and Spain the figures were 17.3% and
23.5% respectively. (Ref: Early leavers from education and training by sex and labour status [edat_lfse_14] Last update: 10.04.14)
The target groups for this partnership are:
1. Trainers drawn from the Partner Organizations, who will become certified SIRCle Trainers and go on to run pilot SIRCle Courses in
their countries.
2. Disadvantaged adults and youth. We aim for of each training to be made up of this group
3. Social entrepreneurs who are interested in developing social enterprises that will benefit the core target group (2 above). We aim
for of each training to be made up of this group.
In what way is the project innovative and/or complementary to other projects already carried out?
The SIRCle project will be grounded in innovative and holistic methodology by bringing materials and tools from soft or peoplebased educational processes, into the hard or more business-based work of developing social enterprises. We will work with
developing imagination, creativity, innovation, awareness of self and others, presence, and intuition while balancing such rightbrain activity with the more traditional left-brain processes of planning, organising and structuring.
This approach will be combined with a Pattern-Language curriculum and a focus on Experiential Learning Pedagogy to create a
compelling, powerful and unique learning journey for change makers.
The project will use innovative and student centered pedagogical approaches, derived from work already completed in former EU
Learning Partnerships. These will include Partnership Education, Transformative, Experiential and Action Learning. These pedagogies
make the educational process directly relevant to participants lives, focussing on the solutions to real problems that people
experience as they set up projects. They educate the whole person: head, heart, hands and senses. The use of what are called
"multiple intelligences" as developed by Howard Gardner, has become a popular way of conveying a pedagogy that includes more
creative ways of learning, integrating hands-on experience, theory and research, time for reflection, pitching to experts, interactive
group processes and more. Different people learn in different ways and the SIRCle Trainings will be offered with this awareness.
This approach will open up a new spectrum of follow-up opportunities to adapt and to transfer educational tools from the social to
the economical dimension and vice-versa, thus building a resilient knowledge community. We will dive deeper into the field of
holistic business, focussing on the process of creating holistic value, instead of maximising shareholder return
The SIRcle Project builds on two Grundtvig Learning Partnerships:
1. In 2010-2012, the Findhorn Foundation and GEN-International were involved in a Grundtvig LP, during which the curriculum for
the Transition to Resilience Training - A Learning Adventure for Change Makers was developed. Since then GEN-International and
the FF have run the first pilot of this 2-year long training between 2012-14. The course has been a great success. The current
Strategic Partnership will provide the opportunity to transform the curriculum to address the need of change makers to marry their
care for the planet with entrepreneurship - an area which has been significantly neglected in sustainability trainings in Europe up to
now.
2. This Strategic Partnership will also draw on the outcomes and learnings of another, very successful Grundtvig LP, called Hosting
transformation: Best practices on facilitating sustainable innovation and active citizenship. From 2011 to 2013 Plenum/Pioneers of
Change has been part of a group of seven European Adult Education Institutions which exchanged their methodological
approaches and learnings regarding learning journeys for social innovators. The most important outcome of the partnership is an
umbrella organization called the International Partnership for Transformative Learning (IPTL). The IPTL organizes an annual
weeklong conference called the ChangeMaker Festival.
Another outcome from this two-year partnership was the publication of a book called "Hosting Transformation: Stories from the
Edge of Changemaking." This 95-page full-color book, printed using ecologically responsible methods, shares the personal trials and
triumphs of individuals in the partnership, as well as methods and practices from the organizations and further insights from the two
years of working together. 1000 copies of the book were printed and distributed and it is also available for free electronically at
www.hostingtransformation.eu/book. The SIRCle Project will bring this foundational work to a new level by applying the learnings
and best practices to a new joint curriculum.
The SIRCle project is also complementary to the LEONARDO project, PACTES (www.im-pactes.eu), that is being carried out this year,
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and which strengthens and professionalizes European organizations in the social economy field . One outcome of the PACTES is the
development (in collaboration with the Spanish partner Proempleo/ALTEKIO) of the Social Entrepreneurship Pedagogical Toolkit an educational tool for professionals and entrepreneurs who work in the field of entrepreneurship within the Social and Solidarity
Economy (SSE), both at a training level and for consultancy. The toolkit is the result of the sharing of expertise and the innovation of
4 partner organizations from Germany, Belgium, Spain and France and will be made available to this Partnership to adapt and
modify.
How did you choose the project partners and what experiences and competences will they bring to the project? How was the
partnership established and does it involve organisations that have never been previously involved in a similar project?
The Project Partners were chosen according to a number of criteria. We sought to achieve a geographical spread across the EU, from
southern countries (Spain and Portugal) to the north (Scotland, Germany, Belgium) and also including the east (Romania). We also
sought to create a balanced portfolio of experience, including a formal educational and research institution, (University of Lisbon),
those with experience of social enterprise (Still Consulting; Altekio and Plenum), and those with a proven track record of delivering
high quality and impactful trainings to disadvantaged adults (Findhorn Foundation; Plenum; GEN-International; AEIDL; Romania in
Transition.) Lastly we sought to ensure the Project has very good and embedded networking capacity so as to scale up and
disseminate the learnings across the EU and, potentially, wider.
The majority of the partners have had access to EU funds before and use different sources of structured funding to develop and
provide their educational activities. The majority also have more than 5 years expertise in the field of delivering adult education for
sustainable development; and have direct connections with existing active citizenship networks in their countries of reference. Still
Consulting, Belgium and Romania in Transition have not been involved in such a project before.
The Co-Ordinating Partner, the Findhorn Foundation, is a well established 52 year old education and learning centre with a proven
track record of delivering major projects and with the organisational and financial capacity to support the projects implementation.
- The Findhorn Foundation, Scotland brings substantial experience of running adult education programmes for an international
clientele, and of bringing about change at an international policy level through its work as a UN NGO. It is also the seat of one of
only 9 UN CIFAL training centres world wide focussed on sustainability.
- GEN-International, Scotland brings experience and knowledge of grassroots sustainability initiatives from over 10,000 ecovillages
around the world. It brings the results from the EU Learning Partnership Transition to Resilience and the learning materials
produced. GEN has consultative status with UN-ECOSOC.
- AEIDL, Belgium brings experience in networking and communication at European level. It has considerable experience in
organising and running training programmes, workshops and other events targeting actors involved in local community-based
initiatives across Europe. It has an extensive network of contacts with local development actors and initiatives in all EU countries. It is
closely connected to ECOLISE, the European network for local community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability.
- Plenum, Austria runs international trainings and consults leading business corporations in their sustainability strategy. It will bring
the learnings of their Pioneers of Change training programme, a year long training program that supports young innovators to
build up social enterprise and that has reached more than 30.000 people in the last 4 years. Plenum will also bring the results of the
EU Learning Partnership Hosting Transformation.
- Altekio, Spain will bring experience of social entrepreneurship, and social empowerment through active citizenship. It has led the
implementation of this methodology in Spain and will bring: the OASIS game, an experiential community-based learning process
focussed on sustainability; experience of Future Scenario Planning and an understanding of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
UN report in which Altekio coordinated the future scenarios and is responsible for the communication strategy in Spain.
- Romnia n Tranzitie (Romania in Transition) brings diversity and connection to Eastern Europe. They have experience in
establishing networks and local initiatives within the culture of the Transition Town Network. They have experience in hosting
trainings and are already working actively to create a network of local trainers for this Strategic Partnership.
-Still Consulting, Belgium, brings knowledge and expertise of the learning and navigation process of their holistic business approach.
This aims to create and optimize value for the whole community. They bring knowledge of how social entrepreneurship involves the
whole community in the journey to create resilient environments.
- Faculty of Sciences Foundation, University of Lisbon brings scientific and educational knowledge and wisdom based on actionresearch/service projects and post-graduate courses hosted at the Faculty of Sciences. FFCUL has experience of bottom-up
participatory processes and bridge-building between local actors and regional and national decision-makers, as well as
internationally recognized competence on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Its members include institutions such as the
IPCC and the Portuguese Government Advisory Board on Environment and Sustainable Development.
How will cooperation and communication happen among all project partners and with other relevant stakeholders? What will be the
purpose and frequency of the transnational project meetings and who will participate in them?
Cooperation and communication between all the project partners will happen as follows, using appropriate ICT tools:
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- establishing a project coordination mailing list for all the partners and their representatives
- monthly coordination/evaluation webinar conferences, using Webex.
- establishing a Cloud space or/and Google Drive folder to share and work on documents connected with project implementation
- regular transnational project meetings: two meetings during the first year, and one each in the second and third year of this
partnership
- three training events for trainers of the various Partner Organisations, one during the first and two during the second year
- during the second and third year, SIRCle pilot trainings will be conducted in the various countries involved in this partnership.
These trainings will be enriched by inviting other trainers from the Partner Organisations to contribute in person or via webinars and
teaching videos, thus both deepening the experience for participants and ensuring an even more transnational context.
The Webex conferences and Google Drive/ Cloud space have already been tried, tested and proved invaluable in the building of the
partnership so far and the writing of this application.
Ongoing communication will take place with the following stakeholders:
- learners interested in attending the training courses, who will be chosen from amongst disadvantaged members of communities in
impoverished rural and urban areas;
- adult education institutions interested in applying the SIRCle Educational Curriculum;
- social businesses interested in working with, implementing and developing the SIRCle Trainings in the EU and in partner countries
other than the ones included in the partnership;
- actors involved in sustainable community building or transition projects;
- government agencies and local authorities interested in promoting sustainable development and social innovation in their
respective constituencies
The following processes and tools will be used to enable the communication with these stakeholders:
- SIRCle Multiplier online events (ICT tools used, http://www.co2neutralconferencing.com/)
- SIRCle Multiplier events
- SIRCle Website and Facebook Site
- Publications through online newsletters of partner organisations
Since most of the participating institutions have been in contact for some time through personal acquaintance and/or cooperation
in the context of other projects, they have already developed good communication routines. The project will enable them to engage
in more intensive exchange about the topics proposed here, overcoming previous practical restraints. In order to achieve effective
cooperation and communication, working meetings will be organized whenever necessary for facilitating direct and personal
exchange among all partners. The coordinating organization monitors the cooperation and its progress. During the first meeting the
working program will be spelled out in more detail. During every meeting, half a day will be spend for management and budget
issues.
What are the most relevant priorities addressed by your project?
Supporting the production and adoption of Open Educational Resources in diverse European languages
Promoting the take-up of practical entrepreneurial experiences in education, training and youth work
What are the most relevant topics addressed by your project?
Entrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship education
Environment and climate change
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses
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What results are expected during the project and on its completion? Please provide a detailed description of the expected results (if
they are not listed in intellectual outputs, multiplier evens or learning, training, teaching activities).
- a functioning network of eight partner organisations focused on training for transition and social entrepreneurship will have been
established, with the potential to undertake follow-up actions, projects and initiatives;
- SIRCle brings together organisations from different national, cultural, disciplinary, sectoral and educational backgrounds. The
exchange of knowledge from and about their respective innovative projects on social and holistic entrepreneurship, sustainability
and transition will raise the awareness of all participants (staff, trainees and adult learners) in diverse ways (each transnational
meeting will bring together at least 16 participants from the partner organisations)
- the staff of partner organisations (at least 16) will increase their skills in ICT use, becoming proficient in the use of Webex and Skype
for online video conferencing and webinars;
- as a result of the training in seven different countries, SIRCle will have feedback forms (at least 100) to facilitate the evaluation of
participants progress and the aspects of the training that need to be modified or changed in the future.
- the project will enhance- a functioning network of eight partner organisations focused on training for transition and social
entrepreneurship will have been established, with the potential to undertake follow-up actions, projects and initiatives;
- SIRCle brings together organisations from different national, cultural, disciplinary, sectoral and educational backgrounds. The
exchange of knowledge from and about their respective innovative projects on social and holistic entrepreneurship, sustainability
and transition will raise the awareness of all participants (staff, trainees and adult learners) in diverse ways (each transnational
meeting will bring together at least 16 participants from the partner organisations)
- the staff of partner organisations (at least 16) will increase their skills in ICT use, becoming proficient in the use of Webex and Skype
for online video conferencing and webinars;
- as a result of the training in seven different countries, SIRCle will have feedback forms (at least 100) to facilitate the evaluation of
participants progress and the aspects of the training that need to be modified or changed in the future.
- the project will enhance all partners understanding of theoretical concepts regarding the transition to resilience, as well as their
practical implications in view of actions for transition, community building and sustainable living, including, how social and holistic
entrepreneurship can empower people to take care of their social and ecological environment, while becoming or remaining
economically sustainable and resilient.
- the partners will also learn to use different methods, and understand their impacts on personal motivation and development,
group communication, collective intelligence, community building, and sustainability;
- by comparing experiences from, and methods used, in seven countries, the partners will reflect on the advantages and
disadvantages of their own habits and approaches.
- the integration of best practice into the SIRCle Pattern Language Curriculum;
- an improved capacity for integrating diversity and transdisciplinarity in partner organisations;
- an improved capacity for learning (including evaluation), knowledge management, and communication of new knowledge both
within and beyond partner networks;
- improved international links with similar or complementary initiatives and networks;
- the establishment of innovative transdisciplinary theories, methodologies and ethical frameworks;
- improved connections with the target groups and local and regional authorities;
- the fostering of a spirit of European citizenship;
- the promotion of a corporate culture based on active participation and the principles of democracy, with a holistic view about
economic, social, and environmental interdependency;
- Contribution to educational integrity through deepening links between formal education (university) and the actions of non-formal
education;
- adult learners (at least 100) will increase their ICT skills for e-learning educational activities and experiential learning;
- adult learners will also improve their entrepreneurial cpmpetences
- the final project report summarizing insights and results;
- at least 20 social innovation projects will be showcased and presented during transnational meetings and educational activities,
thus creating a best practice exchange;
- at least eight comprehensive Power Point presentations, in seven different languages, concerning the basic vocabulary of
transitioning to resilience, actions for transition, community building and sustainable living, will be shared during the transnational
meetings and the educational activities;
- criteria for gender equality have been included in all activities of the SIRCle project (meetings, curriculum, teaching videos...),
helping to improve the employability of women.
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E. Preparation
Please describe what will be done in preparation by your organisation and by your partners before the project activities take place.
A meeting will be held in each of the partner organisations to inform staff and interested members of the public that this project is
taking place. Each of the partner organisations will ensure that all organisational structures are in place: the best team for the project
will be finalised and internal project management will be set up.
The coordination partner will prepare an illustrative document about the project implementation plan.
The document will contain:
- a detailed schedule of the online project implementation meetings with proposed dates and hosting partners;
- a draft agenda for the first meeting;
- a project implementation timetable with specific description of the activities to be accomplished by each partner;
- proposals for appointing a Project Local Coordination Team to take responsibility for the dissemination of the SIRCle Project;
- explanations about contracting and the modalities for transferring funds;
- explanations about book-keeping modalities for partners;
- technical explanation concerning Commission grant agreement signing
Each Partner will design an application process with an application form (based on the Application process of Pioneers of Change);
choose a suitable venue for the trainings; organize the set-up according to a pre-requirements list; attract potential participants
through spreading the invitation in the networks of the partners, newsletters, websites, public events, Facebook, Twitter, press
contacts; select a diverse group of participants and send them information up-front.
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Indicators e.g. for the quantitative achievement of objectives and the quality of the transnational exchange of experience.
Appropriate assessment and certification methods, based on clear learning outcomes, will be developed, both for the Training of
Trainer Courses and for the Pilot Trainings. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation will take place through questionnaires handed to
participants/project partners after trainings and meetings.
Learning materials will be online open resources, and will include teaching videos and the inclusion of online teaching (webinars) as
an integral part of each of the trainings.
In the first online meeting the partners will define the criteria for success and evaluation.
A standardised questionnaire will be designed, which will be filled out periodically by the Executive Board and by Project Local
Coordination Teams .
For every activity, participants are requested to keep a diary to describe the effect of their workshop experiences in terms of the
physical emotional and mental development and impact, and to monitor their personal insights and intuitions as well as experiences
of collective intelligence and learning. After every meeting a report will be composed, containing the texts of presentations, and
descriptions of the program activities.
At the end, the project will be evaluated according to
1. outcomes concerning the main goals of the SIRCle Project
2. cooperation between the partners,
3. the building of a knowledge community with all the participants taking part in the trainings,
4. feedback about the disseminiation events in each countries and about the closure event
5. possibilities for further cooperation of the participating partners and their networks and the ongoing viablity of the work.
What measures are foreseen to handle project risks (e.g. conflict resolution processes, etc.)?
Possible risks compromising the Actions success are:
- Lack of interest among the targeted groups
- Lack of participation among the targeted stakeholders
- Failure to meet the complex coordination and governance challenges raised by mobilising a strong, dynamic consortium involving
partners from different countries and sectors of society
- Sudden disengagement by project members due to financial constraints.
For the assurance of the course of the project a common agreement on regulations of the cooperation, decision making processes
and communication is arranged in consent, as well as how to deal with conflicts.
The objective`s system, as a constant monitoring instrument is used as an early warning of project risks.
All the partners has embed in their organizational culture the use of conflict-resolution instruments and methods, as well as the
deep-collaboration and participative decision making processes.
The partners agree that if an emerging issue/conflict is presenting itself, internal and/or external mediator can be called in for
support, independent of the common solution strategies.
These are vital elements, which will be also taken up in the learning/teaching materials and the trainings themselves.
The questions, possible methods and experiences of the different partners, how to structure social and holistic business with the
topics of inclusive decision making processes, dynamic governance structures and conflict resolutions methods.
The consortium will support its members efforts to mobilise national and European funding for new projects and will raise
awareness about alternative ways of becoming economically sustainable through social innvoation. The partner organisations will
benefit from this internally as well.
Which activities and indicators of achievement (quantitative and qualitative) will you put in place in order to assess whether and to
what extent, the project reaches its objectives and results?
The production of start-up, mid-term and long-term timetables with relevant deadlines, will guarantee accurate project timekeeping
and the balanced division of work on different tasks and from different Local Project Coordination Groups.
Project Phase 1 (01-09-2014 - 6-11-2014): Collection of existing Learning Materials, linking to Solution Library (Preparation)
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1. Monthly meetings take place in various constellations amongst partners, as required by work activities. Thus, at least 36 video
conferences take place during the 3 years of the partnership. Notes are taken and shared online amongst all partners. A partnership
contract is created. (O1-A1) (Indicator: online notes of 36 meetings by the end of this project)
2. Inventory of existing Learning Patterns: at least 30 existing Learning Patterns are identified, edited and shared online in English by
6-11-2014 (O1-A2)
3. Suitable IT-Tools identified and agreed upon for the partnership by 6-11-2014
- website set-up and development, online collaboration tool, cloud space repository, social media set-up (O1-A3)
4. Evaluation of feedback forms of T2R-Pilot Module 5 - detailed feedback and reflection by at least 16 participants. (O1-A4)
Project Phase 2 (6-11-2014 - 11-07-2015): Creation and Launch of SIRCle - Curriculum (Implementation)
5. Needs assessment filled out by at least 20 learners from target groups in each of the participating countries: 120 future users in all.
These questionnaires are evaluated and a short report will be written and published online. (O2-A1)
6. SIRCle Curriculum Core Story for 5 day, 7 day and multi-modular approaches written, including description of learning outcomes
for each, and uploaded to website (O2-A3). At least 40 further Learning Patterns created and uploaded (freely downloadable), also
interlinked with the Solution Library.
7. Launch of Curriculum: 2000 brochures printed and disseminated
Project Phase 3 (11-07-2015 - 01-02-2016): Translation of materials, Training of Trainers
8. Translation of Core Story for 5 day, 7 day and multi-modular approaches to Spanish, German, Portuguese, Romanian, French and
Dutch - 6 European languages besides English
9. Number of trainers formed and certified: at least 2 per partner organization, 16 in total, during two Trainings.
10. Learning Videos created and uploaded to websites / YouTube/ Vimeo: at least 16
Project Phase 4 (01-02-2016 - 30-05-2017): Running of Pilot Modules in Partner Countries
11. Multiplier events before start of Pilot Trainings: 1 event in each partner country, 6 in total, with at least 21 participants each
(documented by signature lists)
12. Number of Learning/teaching activities performed at European level in different countries :12 between February 2016 and June
2017
13. Number of participants to the educational activities, at least 16 per activity (documented by signature lists)
14. Multiplier events after 2 Pilot Trainings: 1 event in each partner organisation, 6 in total, with at least 21 participants each
(documented by signature lists)
Project Phase 5 (01-02-2016 - 30-05-2017): Closure
15. Evaluation of outcomes: At least 3 new social innovation projects initiated in each of the partner countries by the end of this
project.
16. Short report written: Evaluation of Pilot modules
17. Sustainability of project: next iteration of modules planned in each of the partner countries.
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Overall:
18. Transnational meetings implemented, two in first year, 1 each in year 2 and 3: 4 in total
Multiplier events: 2
19. Number of downloads of online educational resources: at least 500 per year during the second and third years
20. Views of videos on youtube/vimeo channels: at least 2000 per year during the second and third years
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F. Implementation
Please describe the activities that your project will organise. Please provide detailed information in particular about the project
activities that will be supported from the grant for Project Management and Implementation.
During the first phase of the project, a collection of existing Learning Materials will be created and linked to a new website and the
existing GEN Solution Library.
Monthly meetings will take place in various constellations amongst partners, as required by work activities in order to coordinate
and manage the work of the partnership. In the Implementation phase, the partnership will create and launch the SIRCle Curriculum.
The Curriculum will be developed based on Core Stories and Learning Patterns which can be applied to 5 day or 7 day trainings and
multi-modular approaches. The description of the learning outcomes for each of the above will be elaborated and uploaded to the
project website. The Learning Patterns will be made available to be downloaded from the website by the wider community.
SIRCle brochures, giving a consise introduction to the approach and to the training, will be created, printed and disseminated by the
partners.
Core pieces of the SIRCle curriculum will be translated to 6 European languages besides English, namly: Dutch, French, German,
Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish.
As a step forward to the dissemination SICRle Training, trainers will be trained and certified during two different Trainings, building
on each other. In the same time, at least 16 Learning Videos will be uploaded and made available on the projects website via
Youtube and Vimeo as part of the e-learning tools and technical support in a deep connection with the existing e-learning platforms
of the partners (when present).
Before the pilot trainings, 6 multiplying events will be organized: each partner organization will organise 1 event with at least 20
participants (the actual numbers are likely to be double or more) and will document this with signatures list.
Between February 2016 and June 2017 12 Learning/Teaching activities will be performed in the different countries. Each of this
activity will have at least 15 participants. The educational activities will be open and accessible to the less advantaged and those
having Special Needs (people with physical or mental disabilities, school drop-outs, and adult learners aged 50+) In Romania and
Spain, the inclusion of Roma population is one of the concerns present in the partners representing this countries.
After the pilot trainings, 6 multiplying events will be organized: each partner organization will organise 1 event with at least 20
participants (the actual numbers are likely to be 30 or more) and will document this with signatures list.
Along the activities listed, and always when possible (organizing events, training sessions, selecting the participants, etc) the
partnerships between public and private organizations will be actively supported.
A closing event will be organised in Brussels, as a transnational meeting, in conjunction with a larger conference or symposium, such
as Green Week (http://www.greenweek2014.eu/) or European SME week (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/initiatives/sme-week/
index_en.htm). Leading up to this event, the evaluation forms from the various reports will be evaluated and researched in order to
identify highlights, best practice and areas of improvement in the SIRCle Curriculum. Results will be shared and a report published.
Along all the three phases of the present project proposal (Preparation, Implementation, Closure), the Project Management will be
actively monitoring and supporting the progress of the project. The Executive Board will meet regularly. So will the Project Local
Coordination Teams to guarantee the quality of the educational activities delivered at local level and to ensure the accomplishment
of the Intellectual Outputs and their production and dissemination.
Periodic financial and narrative reports concerning project activity will be delivered to the Executive Board, by Project Local
Coordination Teams.
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The Coordination Partner will prepare, in collaboration with the Executive Board, yearly management reports, and a final report
summarising the projects key achievements on its completion.
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creative ways of learning, integrating hands-on experience, theory and research, time for reflection, pitching to experts, interactive
group processes and more. Different people learn in different ways and the SIRCle Trainings will be offered with this awareness.
These pedagogical approaches enable the integration of participants from vastly diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities. The
power of collective wisdom that comes to play when we bring our diverse strengths together is brought into all activities of the
strategic partnership. Embracing diversity and communicating across all borders is seen and propagated as a source of strength and
innovation.
Training facilities will be chosen that are easily accessible to those with disabilities.
Some partners of our consortium (like plenum, AEIDL, Romania in Tranzitie) have already a track record of working with
disadvantaged people (like young unemployed).
With the competence and intention of this consortium and the financial resources of ERASMUS+, all the participants with fewer
opportunities will understand that they have a great opportunity to become skilled in what the World and Europe needs at this
stage and will see themselves as a part of the solution.
Which types of situations are these participants facing?
Cultural differences
Disability
Economic obstacles
Educational difficulties
Social obstacles
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O1
Output Title
Output Type
Learning/teaching/training material
Output Description
Collection of existing learning materials (to become 'learning patterns' within the Pattern
Language approach used throughout) as produced by the end of the T2R Pilot Course (which
was implemented in Scotland from 2012-2014) combined with learning materials which
partner organizations have already developed (Plenum: 'Pioneers of Change' and 'Hosting
Transformation Book'; Altekio: 'Oasis Game' and 'Social Entrepreneurship Toolkit'; etc).
Languages
English
Media(s)
Internet
Text File
Website
Database
Workspace
Mailing lists
Activity
Activity Code
O1-A1
Project Phase
Preparation
Title
Description
01-09-2014
06-11-2014
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
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O1-A2
Project Phase
Preparation
Title
Description
01-09-2014
06-11-2014
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Activity Code
O1-A3
Project Phase
Preparation
Title
Description
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01-09-2014
06-11-2014
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
O1-A4
Project Phase
Preparation
Title
Description
31-10-2014
06-11-2014
Findhorn Foundation
Participating Organisations
Output Identification
O2
Output Title
Output Type
Course/curriculum
Output Description
Core Story and Learning Patterns of the SIRCle Pattern Language Curriculum for 5 day, 7 day
and multi-modular approaches, including Learning Patterns specifically related to social
entrepreneurship. The Curriculum will include the description of Learning Outcomes for each
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of the training formats. These will build on variations of the Core Story of the SIRCle
Curriculum, which can then be fleshed out by the particular choice of 'Learning Patterns', on
order to be adapted to the context and needs of particular target groups.
Languages
English
French
Portuguese
German
Spanish
Romanian
Dutch
Media(s)
Mailing lists
Database
Facebook
Paper Brochures
Social Media
Text File
Website
Activity
Activity Code
O2-A1
Project Phase
Preparation
Title
Needs Assessment
Description
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06-11-2014
20-02-2015
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Still Consulting Sprl
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Activity Code
O2-A2
Project Phase
Implementation
Title
Description
06-11-2014
20-02-2015
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISB
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
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O2-A3
Project Phase
Implementation
Title
Description
20-02-2015
26-02-2015
plenum GmbH
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISB
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
Global Ecovillage Network
Still Consulting Sprl
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Activity Code
O2-A4
Project Phase
Implementation
Title
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Description
26-02-2015
04-07-2015
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISB
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Activity Code
O2-A5
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
04-07-2015
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11-07-2015
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Still Consulting Sprl
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Activity Code
O2-A6
Project Phase
Follow-up
Title
Description
01-04-2015
31-12-2015
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
O2-A7
Project Phase
Follow-up
Title
Description
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Still Consulting Sprl will coordinate and host, through Webex, the
monthly virtual meetings. They will coordinate the facilitation of the
meetings and ensure that notes are taken and shared online. The
actual tasks of facilitation and note taking will be shared amongst
the partners. A core-facilitation group will be formed from amongst
the partners. All partner organizations will participate actively in
these meetings.
11-04-2015
31-05-2017
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISB
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Activity Code
O2-A8
Project Phase
Follow-up
Title
Description
Participants will fill out evaluation forms after each of the Pilot
Modules, taking place in the various partner countries. These online
evaluation questionnaires (set up through Monkey Survey) will
research the effects of the training on the participants in regards to
them becoming effective change makers and social entrepreneurs.
All these evaluation forms will be collated and a report will be
published online.
FFCUL Portugal will devise the evaluation questionnaire, send to
Partners, collate and evaluate the feedback. The partner
organizations in each of the partner countries are responsible for
ensuring that all participants of the Pilot Modules I and II fill out
such an evaluation questionnaire.
01-02-2016
31-08-2017
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
plenum GmbH
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Project Phase
Closure
Title
Description
01-06-2017
09-06-2017
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISB
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Still Consulting Sprl
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Output Identification
O3
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Output Title
Teaching Videos
Output Type
Learning/teaching/training material
Output Description
Trainers from partner organizations will introduce both the Core Story and some of the
Learning Patterns of the SIRCle Curriculum on short video clips of up to 15 min.
Languages
English
Dutch
French
German
Portuguese
Spanish
Romanian
Media(s)
Youtube
Video
Database
Activity
Activity Code
O3-A1
Project Phase
Implementation
Title
Description
Short video clips of up to 15 min. that will introduce both the Core
Story and various Learning Patterns of the T2R-4C Curriculum and
would help to bring awareness amongst general public. These
videos will be viewed online or downloaded (at the project website,
partner websites and also on YouTube/Vimeo). The Core Story and
some important Learning Patterns will be presented both by various
SIRCle Trainers in their own languages and by animation
(stopmotion, graphic recording...). Most video clips will however be
in English. There will be also a introductory promotional video (to
view and/or download).
Altekio will co-ordinate and facilitate the creation of these teaching
videos in collaboration with all the partners and with the support of
audiovisual communication experts. The process to create each
video will be:
1. Experts of each Learning Pattern (organizations partners
members) will create a collaborative online document to define the
main contents of the videos.
2. After that, they will have a videoconference to agree on the final
content proposal.
3. This document will provide the screenwriter basis to create the
script and Altekio will co-work in this script with the screenwriter.
4. Partner experts will email feedback about the script. If any change
is necessary Altekio and the video experts will incorporate them.
5. To minimize travel costs some of the video creations will take into
account different technics: stopmotion, animation, graphic
recording (i.e. http://vimeo.com/73591323). All shooting will be
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04-07-2015
31-01-2016
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
O3-A2
Project Phase
Implementation
Title
Description
All partner organizations will update their website with the short
video clips on the core story and various learning patterns of the
SIRCle Curriculum, send and distribute it with their network, clients,
colleagues and sector as well as post it on relevant national
websites.
Altekio will coordinate this activity and ensure that videos are added
as visual learning materials to the SIRCle Database and posted on
Youtube/Vimeo. The tasks will be shared amongst the partners. All
partner organisations will participate actively in these website
updatings and distributing the videos with their networks.
04-07-2015
31-01-2016
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
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E1
Event Title
Event Description
Presentation of the new SIRCle Pattern Language Curriculum in the various partner countries
and in the respective local languages to representatives of the various target groups. The
design for this event will include engaging and participatory methods from the SIRCle
training, inspiring local social innovators and presenting the intention and importance for
social innovations to make our communities more resilient. One of the partner organisations
will come in through Skype/ webex and offer a short online session to include the
transnational character of SIRCle. Flyers will be distributed and potential participants for
SIRCle Pilot Modules I and II will be asked to fill out the SIRCle Participant Application Form.
O1, O2 and O3
Activity Code
E1-B1
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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06-02-2016
06-02-2016
Findhorn Foundation
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E1-B2
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
05-02-2016
05-02-2016
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E1-B3
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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19-02-2016
19-02-2016
plenum GmbH
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E1-B4
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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13-02-2016
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E1-B5
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
20-02-2016
20-02-2016
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E1-B6
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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27-02-2016
Participating Organisations
Event Identification
E2
Event Title
Event Description
Presentation of the outcomes of the pilot trainings. Celebration of the results and projects of
the participants through short presentations and an interactive market place. Visual
presentation of the learning journey, selected key content of the Pilot training and including/
inspiring the audience through participatory methods. Inviting for subsequent SIRCle
Trainings.
Invitation of press, local partner organisations, friends from the networks of the participants,
potential funders and philantropists.
O1, O2, O3
Activity Code
E2-B1
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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08-04-2017
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Lo
Activity Code
E2-B2
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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07-04-2017
plenum GmbH
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Activity Code
E2-B3
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
10-03-2017
10-03-2017
Participating Organisations
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E2-B4
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
21-04-2017
21-04-2017
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E2-B5
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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05-05-2017
Participating Organisations
Activity Code
E2-B6
Project Phase
Dissemination
Title
Description
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19-05-2017
Participating Organisations
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Participants of the SIRCle Trainings will receive a certificate as Social Innovator for Resilient Communites. The certificate shall be
written in such a way that it enhances employability of the participants and gets public recognition. The certificate will list
competencies like:
- Leadership skills
- Methodogical competencies being able to apply methods from Art of Hosting, Deep Ecology, Biography work, Process work,
Dragon Dreaming, Vision work, etc.
- Project and Business development skills (especially applying the Business Model Canvas)
- Communication and presentation skills
The concrete learning outcomes and competencies will be defined as a result of the process to create the new SIRCle Pattern
Language Curriculum.
Making use of European instruments like Europass, ECVET, Youthpass, ECTS etc. or any national instruments/certificates:
To certify the skills acquired attending the training activities the partnership agreed on exploring and implementing the use of the
following instruments:
The European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)
Europass Certificate Supplement
Europass Mobility Document
The Pioneers of Change curriculum of Plenum / Austria - which is an important foundation for developing our curriculum 2.0 - is
already receiving ECTS points from Austrian Universities. Together with our partner from Portugal, the University of Lisbon, we aim
to attain ECTS-accreditation for our new curriculum.
Please describe each of the learning, teaching or training activities you intend to include in your project:
Activity No.
C1
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
16
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
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Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
16
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
Altekio, iniciativas hacia la sostenibilidad, S.Coop.Mad.
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Still Consulting Sprl
Association Europenne pour l'Information sur le Dveloppement Local
Asociatia Romania in Tranzitie
Activity No.
C3
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
16
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Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C4
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
plenum GmbH
Global Ecovillage Network
Findhorn Foundation
Activity No.
C5
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
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Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
plenum GmbH
Findhorn Foundation
Activity No.
C6
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C7
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
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Activity No.
C8
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C9
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C10
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
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Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C11
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C12
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C13
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Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Activity No.
C14
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Global Ecovillage Network
FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
Activity No.
C15
Activity Type
Activity Description
No. of Participants
15
No
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Duration (days)
Duration (months)
Participating Organisations
Findhorn Foundation
Global Ecovillage Network
Still Consulting Sprl
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G. Follow-up
G.1. Impact
What is the expected impact on the participants, participating organisations, target groups and other relevant stakeholders?
The exchange of knowledge from and about their respective innovative projects on leadership and/or transition will raise the
awareness of all participants (staff, trainees and adult learners) in several ways. Participants will learn how transactional leadership
can empower people to take care of their social and ecological environment more actively. They will learn how to use different
methods and what their impacts are on individual motivation, as well as on group communication, collective intelligence,
community building, and sustainability. By comparing experiences from and methods used in the different countries in their specific
cultural context, they will reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of their own habits and approaches. The project will enhance
all partners understanding of theoretical concepts regarding leadership and transition, as well as their practical implications in view
of both practical and political action for transition, community building and sustainable living.
Impact on participants and on target groups.
- greater awareness about the opportunities offered by expanding markets such as sustainable communities development and
sustainable social innovative businesses creation;
- empowerment of learners living in difficult situations to make them become the means of change in their communities of
reference;
- formation of motivated and competent trainers able to support the change and a healthy development in their communities of
reference, but in the long term also at national and European level;
- creation of employment opportunities based on the acquisition of specific educational skills potentially integrable in social
business contexts (training at work model) over than in adult education institutions;
- greater awareness in the communities of reference about the importance of a good and life lasting adult education system;
- creating learning opportunities at local level to support the creation and the start-up of innovative thematic projects;
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European level
-Rising of awareness within the changemakers community about the importance in activating sustainable economy dynamics at
local level.
-Create awareness about the connection with self-resilience and community resilience at economic level.
national level
-Acquisition of specific skills about economic resilience within the communities involved in the educational activities
International level
Raising awareness about the necessity of investment in educational programmes oriented in integrating the principles of
sustainability within economical development trends.
Societal impacts will derive in the short term from improved knowledge management capacity
on the part of community-led sustainability movements, and indirectly and in the longer term from the benefits to their practical
contributions towards meeting national and international climate and sustainability targets.
Many of these impacts will be directly manifested with the three-year lifetime of the SIRCle Project. It is also likely that the project
will lead to longer term collaborations and sustained impacts far beyond this period.
How will you measure the previously mentioned impacts?
The impact of the project will be measured through:
Number of participants recruited coming from contexts others than the sustainable development one;
Number of adult learners who were never involved in Lifelong Learning Activities involved in project activities (educational activities
and multiplier events);
Number of dissemination events delivered in degraded urban or rural areas;
Number of thematic trainings planned outside the partnership and included as follow-up projects of educational activities
implemented at national level;
Number of trainers formed per country;
Number of public events involving other adult educational institutions;
Number of expression of interest in adopting and implementing the course from adult educational institutions (colleges, training
centers, ect..) and from social businesses;
At least two of the Learning Activities realized as Training at work and involving employees coming from responsible businesses;
Number of structural changes and innovative economic projects started-up or developed within the target communities during the
implementation of the project;
Number of VET institutions recognizing the Trainers certificate;
Indicators will be collected and monitored by each partner in their contexts of reference for all the duration of the project.
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3. Organisations promoting local development (mostly within EU-supported networks) which want to stimulate the growth of
sustainable social enterprises in their area, and need to extend their reach to new target groups, especially disadvantaged and
excluded people.
The SIRCle tools and products will therefore enable organisations and agencies active across Europe to:
adapt and future proof their offer of business support and training to current trends towards sustainable and inclusive
development;
converge the local development, social and environmental aspects of their work.
European networks of local development action groups
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accessible journalistic success stories of the take-up of the SIRCle tools and products
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How will you ensure that the project's results will remain available and/or will be used by others?
The partnership will ensure the presence of the website and maintenance on-line for at least 5 years after the end of the present
project. After this time, one of the partners or a possible emergent organization will take over this task, ensuring the availability to
the wider public of the results and outputs of the present partnership. The Findhorn Foundation is 50 years old, the Global Ecovillage
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Network will celebrate its 20th birthday during this strategic partnership. Both these organizations, and others in the partnership can
ensure a longterm presence of the results. The results will also be linked to the GEN Solution Library, an online repository of
Solutions for sustainable living.
If relevant, please provide any other meaningful information deemed necessary to give a comprehensive overview of your
dissemination plans.
WE ARE HERE CONTINUING OUR LIST OF TARGET AUDIENCES FOR DISSEMINATION:
European umbrella organisations concerned with social enterprise
European Confederation of Workers Co-operatives, Social Co-operatives and Social and Participative Enterprises (CECOP)
www.cecop.coop
Solidar www.solidar.org
European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) www.feantsa.org
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Gruppo CGM (Consorzio Gino Mattarelli) www.consorziocgm.org which unites 10,000 social co-operatives in Italy
G.3. Sustainability
What are the activities and results that are planned to be maintained after the end of the EU funding including the needed resources
to sustain them?
A Community of Practice CoP (Wenger, 1998) of the Trainers and a Community of Practice for the Trainees for further sharing, colearning and supporting will start operating.
There are at least two platforms which shall be built upon: the International Partnership for Transformative Learning (co-founded by
Plenum/Pioneers of Change) and the Global Ecovillage Network - both with large yearly gatherings as opportunities for the
practitioners to strengthen the connections on a personal level.
Following the model of Pioneers of Change / Plenum in Austria, the aim is to empower the participants of the trainings to create
local ongoing communities of changemakers. These network of social innovators from local communities of practice will get ever
more dense and powerful through subsequent SIRCle trainings and growing numbers of alumni over the years.
Plenum will facilitate (through their website, facebook page and meeting opportunities at their international gatherings) this
sustainable network of social innovators. A strong identity, united by a shared mission, as part of a larger movement for sustainable
change and a more resilient future will emerge.
Further to the completion of the pilot training, AEIDL will seek to integrate the course content into other training activities, in
particular its training in relation to Community-Led Local development (CLLD). CLLD offers the potential for local partnership, or
local actions groups (LAGs), across the EU to access funding under some or all of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds
to develop and implement local development strategies. In particular, in some EU countries, this will provide the opportunity for
existing LAGs operating in rural and fisheries areas to broaden the scope of their activities to target groups that are socially
excluded or disadvantaged. AEIDL will seek to adapt the pilot training to be used as a tool by these LAGs to engage with and
support these target groups.
Still Consulting will integrate and adapt the content into other existing training and courses within in the Art and Culture sector in
Belgium. These existing tools have been elaborated over the last years lead mainly by organisations such as Foam Brussels (http://
fo.am), a cultural laboratory re-imagining possible futures at the interstices of art, science, nature and everyday life, Pulse Network
(pulsenetwerk.be), the flemish transition network for culture, Greentrack (www.greentrack.be), focusing on reducing the ecological
footprint in the art and culture sector, and MUS-E (www.mus-e.be), a platform for socially engaged artists to develop their practice in
the contexts of education, leisure time and health activities.
Still Consulting will work in close collaboration with these networks together in order to develop it further and weave it into existing
modules of trainings. This can be a start also to reach out to trans-national art and culture networks, such as http://www.teh.net ,
a European network of independent cultural centres, providing a dynamic forum for ideas, experiences and exchange, supporting its
members and their communities.
Altekio will integrate and adapt the content further into other existing training and courses they are involved in, especially in
collaboration with PACTES partner in Spain, Proempleo. Other networks, such as Emprender.coop, Grupo Tangente, REAS, which join
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their common efforts for social entrepreneurship, will be part in the application of the curriculum. Altekio will develop the
promotion of green employment, aligned with SIRCle curriculum, as part of their daily activity.
Romania in Tranzitie is a community-managed organization based on a self-reliant network of facilitators that will integrate the
CIRCle curricula in their activities. This network will be supported by a network of existing local community managed centers
focused in supporting individuals and communities with tools and training in their work.
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Applicant Organisation
Partner Organisation
Partner Organisation
Partner Organisation
Partner Organisation
Partner Organisation
Partner Organisation
Partner Organisation
944766421
999580539
940338468
945460165
948931213
939921077
940416359
946229181
plenum GmbH
Findhorn Foundation
81000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
18000,00
Grant Requested
1
2
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Total No. of
Meetings
PIC of Organisation
Total No. of
Participants
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
100 - 1999 km
Distance Band
575,00
760,00
575,00
Grant per
Participant
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3450,00
2280,00
3450,00
Grant Requested
NOTA BENE: AS DETAILED IN THE PROGRAMME GUIDE, IN CASE OF PROJECTS INVOLVING MORE THAN 10 PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS, THE GRANT SUPPORT FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 10 PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS (1 COORDINATING AND 9 PARTNER ORGANISATIONS) FOR THE PROJECT
DURATION.
Role of Organisation
PIC of Organisation
For further information please consult the Programme Guide for the overview of funding rules. Please note that all amounts must be expressed in Euros.
H. Budget
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4
3
2
1
3
3
2
1
12
Total No. of
Participants
>= 2000 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
Distance Band
760,00
575,00
575,00
575,00
760,00
575,00
575,00
575,00
760,00
Total
Grant per
Participant
47625,00
2280,00
3450,00
5175,00
5175,00
2280,00
3450,00
5175,00
6900,00
4560,00
Grant Requested
O1
EN
O1
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Managers
Managers
Category of Staff
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O1
Output
Identification
PIC of Organisation
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Country
15
20
20
No. of Working
Days
214,00
280,00
280,00
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3210,00
5600,00
5600,00
Grant Requested
Which concrete participating organisations' staff resources are you planning to use in the production of outputs that have a significant contribution in terms of potential impact and
transferability (e.g. new curricula, pedagogical materials, IT Tools, analysis and studies, etc.)?
NOTA BENE: AS DETAILED IN THE PROGRAMME GUIDE, THE GRANT SUPPORT FOR TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETINGS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 23.000 PER PROJECT
PER PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. FOR SHORTER PROJECT DURATIONS, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WILL BE REDUCED PROPORTIONALLY TO THE ACTUAL PROJECT DURATION IN NUMBER OF MONTHS.
Total No. of
Meetings
PIC of Organisation
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O1
O1
O1
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
EN
O1
Managers
Managers
Managers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Technicians
Technicians
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Category of Staff
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Output
Identification
PIC of Organisation
Erasmus+
Belgium
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Portugal
Romania
Belgium
Belgium
United Kingdom
Austria
Spain
Portugal
United Kingdom
Portugal
Belgium
United Kingdom
Belgium
United Kingdom
Austria
Spain
Country
15
15
15
20
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
20
40
20
20
15
15
15
No. of Working
Days
280,00
280,00
280,00
137,00
74,00
214,00
214,00
214,00
241,00
137,00
137,00
214,00
137,00
131,00
162,00
162,00
214,00
241,00
137,00
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4200,00
4200,00
4200,00
2740,00
2960,00
8560,00
8560,00
8560,00
9640,00
5480,00
5480,00
8560,00
2740,00
5240,00
3240,00
3240,00
3210,00
3615,00
2055,00
Grant Requested
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O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
O3
EN
E1
Event
Identification
Technicians
Technicians
18
No. of Local
Participants
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Teachers/Trainers/Researchers
Technicians
Managers
Technicians
Technicians
Managers
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PIC of Organisation
O2
O2
Erasmus+
100,00
United Kingdom
Belgium
Romania
Belgium
Belgium
United Kingdom
Austria
Spain
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
Spain
United Kingdom
Belgium
Belgium
Total
No. of Foreign
Participants
770
20
20
30
20
20
20
15
Total
200,00
162,00
162,00
74,00
214,00
214,00
214,00
241,00
137,00
137,00
214,00
102,00
164,00
162,00
162,00
280,00
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2400,00
Grant Requested
141615,00
3240,00
3240,00
370,00
1070,00
1070,00
1070,00
1205,00
685,00
685,00
1070,00
3060,00
3280,00
3240,00
3240,00
4200,00
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E1
E1
E1
E1
E2
E2
E2
E2
E2
E2
216
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
No. of Local
Participants
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
100,00
Total
36
No. of Foreign
Participants
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
200,00
Total
28800,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
Grant Requested
C1
EN
C1
Activity Type
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Activity No.
PIC of Organisation
H.5.1. Travel
No. of Participants
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
Distance Band
275,00
360,00
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550,00
1080,00
Grant Requested
NOTA BENE: AS DETAILED IN THE PROGRAMME GUIDE, THE GRANT SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLIER EVENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 30.000 PER PROJECT REGARDLESS OF ITS
DURATION.
E1
Event
Identification
PIC of Organisation
Erasmus+
Call: 2014
Application Form
C1
C1
C1
C2
C2
C2
C2
C2
C2
C3
C3
C3
C3
C3
C3
C4
C4
C5
EN
C1
Activity Type
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Activity No.
PIC of Organisation
Erasmus+
No. of Participants
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
>= 2000 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
>= 2000 km
>= 2000 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
Distance Band
275,00
275,00
275,00
360,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
360,00
360,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
360,00
360,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
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2475,00
1650,00
2475,00
1080,00
825,00
550,00
825,00
550,00
1080,00
1080,00
550,00
825,00
825,00
825,00
720,00
1080,00
825,00
550,00
825,00
Grant Requested
Call: 2014
Application Form
C6
C7
C7
C8
C8
C9
C9
C10
C10
C11
C11
C12
C12
C13
C13
C14
C14
C15
C15
EN
C6
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C5
Erasmus+
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
100 - 1999 km
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
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1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1925,00
2200,00
1650,00
2475,00
1650,00
2475,00
1650,00
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C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11
C12
EN
C1
Total
Duration
(months)
Total
Activity Type
Activity Type
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Activity No.
Activity No.
PIC of Organisation
PIC of Organisation
H.5.2. Subsistence
Erasmus+
Duration (days)
Total
Country of
Destination
228
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
No. of
Participants
No. of
Participants
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
275,00
700,00
700,00
700,00
Grant per
Participant
Total
Grant per
Participant
Total
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4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
11200,00
11200,00
11200,00
Grant Requested
Grant Requested
64145,00
Call: 2014
Application Form
C14
C15
No. of Participants
With Special Needs
Description
Activity Type
Total
228
Total
Total
Grant per
Participant
275,00
275,00
275,00
Grant per
Participant
Total
Total
No. of Participants
(without accompanying
persons)
81
15
15
15
No. of
Participants
Total
Duration (days)
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Grant Requested
Grant Requested
Grant Requested
83100,00
4125,00
4125,00
4125,00
Grant Requested
NOTA BENE: AS DETAILED IN THE PROGRAMME GUIDE, THE GRANT SUPPORT FOR EXCEPTIONAL COSTS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 50.000 PER PROJECT.
PIC of Organisation
PIC of Organisation
PIC of Organisation
Activity Type
Blended mobility of adult learners
Activity No.
C13
Activity No.
PIC of Organisation
Erasmus+
Call: 2014
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Call: 2014
Erasmus+
I. Project summary
Please provide a short summary of your project. Please recall that this section [or part of it] may be used by the European
Commission, Executive Agency or National Agencies in their publications. It will also feed the Erasmus+ dissemination platform.
Be concise and clear and mention at least the following elements: context/background of project; objectives of your project; number
and profile of participants; description of activities; methodology to be used in carrying out the project; a short description of the
results and impact envisaged and finally the potential longer term benefits.
In view of further publication on the Erasmus+ dissemination platform, please be also aware that a comprehensive public summary
of project results will be requested at report stage(s). Final payment provisions in contract will be linked to the availability of such
summary.
The Sustainable Innovation for Resilient Communities (SIRCle) project uses adult education to address one of the most pressing
needs of our time, namely how to marry effective grassroots responses to climate and social change with the capacity to make a
sustainable living in a challenging economic climate. Adult learners will acquire the skills needed to set up and run a social
enterprise and sustainable business that contributes to the sustainability of their region. In this way they will be supporting the
development of a new economy based on the creation and distribution of the goods and services needed to deliver a sustainable
and resilient future.
Social enterprises are an essential source of jobs, in particular for groups of people who find it difficult to obtain work. These include
youth, long-term unemployed, disabled people and people in rural communities, as well as members of the other disadvantaged
groups cited above. While social enterprises operate on a commercial basis, their primary purpose is to serve their communities This
includes the delivery of local products and services and the creation of job opportunities for people who otherwise might remain
unemployed.
The SIRCle Project brings together a diverse range of organisations from Austria, Belgium, Romania, Spain, Portugal and the UK
(including a university; a social and holistic business, grassroots communities that train people in sustainability, resilience and social
enterprise; organisations with consultative status to the UN and the EU, and others which work at the coalface with marginalised
people such as the Roma communities in Romania and Spain) to achieve two aims over a three-year period, from November 2014 to
October 2017.
Year One: Capacity Building. Starting in November 2014, two representatives from each of the 7 Partner organisations will meet in
the Findhorn Foundation ecovillage in Northern Scotland for 5-days to experience together one of the cornerstone trainings that the
new curriculum will be built upon, the Transition to Resilience Training. The curriculum will be highly experiential and innovative,
using a core story as the principal vehicle for the learnings and then adding different ingredients according to the nationality, size
and composition of each group. It will also be translated into seven languages to meet the needs to each Partner country.
Partners will then meet monthly online and in person in regular intervals in order to share a variety of training methods and
materials in order to create the new Sustainable Innovation for Resilient Communities (SIRCle) curriculum. Alongside the face to face
meetings and monthly online conference calls, webinars will be conducted and at least 16 15-minute teaching videos produced to
augment the trainings.
Years Two and Three: Delivery of the trainings. In this phase of the SIRCle Project, each Partner organisation will run 2 Pilot Trainings
of the new curriculum. Each training will have a minimum of 16 participants, thus the Project will reach at least 228 participants. We
aim to ensure that the courses comprise around people from the disadvantaged groups and people from groups that are more
established in the mainstream and are now expanding their awareness to include issues relating to sustainability. Each group will
learn from the other, the final outcome being the creation of at least xxx social enterprises in each country that will enable
participants to develop a source of livelihood while exhibiting active citizenship in a way that serves the transition to resilient and
sustainable communities.
The long term impact of this SIRCle Project will be the creation of at least 18 sustainable ventures in 6 EU countries, the creation of a
cutting edge, innovative curriculum that supports both societal transition to resilience and the establishment of social enterprises;
and the opportunity to disseminate this curriculum and the best practice that accompanies it, within the UN, parts of the EU and
within universities.
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Application Form
Call: 2014
Erasmus+
944766421
Findhorn Foundation
United Kingdom
999580539
Portugal
940338468
Spain
945460165
plenum GmbH
Austria
948931213
United Kingdom
939921077
Belgium
940416359
Belgium
946229181
Romania
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9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
9000,00
81000,00
999580539
940338468
945460165
948931213
939921077
940416359
946229181
Total
64145,00
11490,00
6325,00
6050,00
4125,00
10725,00
10175,00
11130,00
4125,00
83100,00
8250,00
4125,00
4125,00
15325,00
8250,00
8250,00
8250,00
26525,00
Subsistence
Linguistic
Support
Special Needs
Exceptional
Costs
446285,00
42600,00
50575,00
45820,00
68940,00
52410,00
53685,00
52835,00
79420,00
Total
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NOTA BENE: AS DETAILED IN THE PROGRAMME GUIDE, THE TOTAL GRANT SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IS LIMITED TO 450.000 PER PROJECT FOR THREE YEARS. THIS MAXIMUM
AMOUNT WILL BE REDUCED PROPORTIONALLY FOR PROJECTS OF A DURATION SHORTER THAN THREE YEARS.
446285,00
28800,00
4800,00
2400,00
2400,00
2400,00
4800,00
4800,00
4800,00
2400,00
Travel
Learning/Teaching/Training Activities
Grant Requested
141615,00
3330,00
23550,00
19070,00
32360,00
14460,00
14560,00
11645,00
22640,00
Multiplier
Events
446285,00
47625,00
5730,00
5175,00
5175,00
5730,00
5175,00
6900,00
8010,00
5730,00
Intellectual
Outputs
Grant Calculated
18000,00
Project
Transnational
Management
Project
and
Meetings
Implementation
944766421
PIC of
Organisation
Erasmus+
Call: 2014
Application Form
Application Form
Call: 2014
Erasmus+
J. Checklist
Before submitting your application form to the National Agency, please make sure that it fulfils the eligibility criteria listed in the
Programme Guide and check that:
you have used the official Key- Action 2 application form.
all relevant fields in the application form have been completed.
the application form is submitted to the National Agency of the country in which your organisation is established.
the application form has been completed using one of the official languages of the Erasmus+ Programme Countries.
you have annexed all the relevant documents:
the Declaration of Honour signed by the legal representative mentioned in the application.
the mandates of each partner to the applicant signed by both parties.
the timeline for the project activities and outputs using the template provided.
all participating organisations have uploaded the documents to give proof of their legal status in the participants' portal (for
more details, see the section "Selection Criteria" in Part C of the Programme Guide).
for grants exceeding 60 000 EUR, you have uploaded the documents to give proof of your financial capacity in the participants'
portal (for more details, see the section "Selection Criteria" in Part C of the Programme Guide). Not applicable in the case of
public bodies or international organisations.
you are complying with the deadline published in the Programme Guide.
for projects submitted in the field of school education, vocational education and training, higher education or adult education:
if the duration is 24 months: the start date is 1 September 2014 and the end date 31 August 2016.
if the duration is 36 months: the start date is 1 September 2014 and the end date 31 August 2017.
for projects submitted in the field of youth for the deadline of 30 April 2014:
the start date is between 1 September 2014 and 28 February 2015.
the duration is between 6 and 24 months (the latest possible end date for a project of 24 months is thus 27 February 2017).
you have saved or printed the copy of the completed form for yourself.
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L. Declaration of Honour
To be signed by the person legally authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant organisation.
I, the undersigned, certify that the information contained in this application form is correct to the best of my knowledge. I put
forward a request of an Erasmus+ grant as set out in section BUDGET of this application form.
Declare that:
- All information contained in this application, is correct to the best of my knowledge.
- In the case of projects in the field of youth, the participants involved in the activities fall in the age limits defined by the Programme.
- The organisation I represent has the adequate legal capacity to participate in the call for proposals.
EITHER
The organisation I represent has financial and operational capacity to complete the proposed action or work programme
OR
The organisation I represent is considered to be a "public body" in the terms defined within the Call and can provide proof, if
requested of this status, namely:
It provides learning opportunities and
- Either (a) at least 50% of its annual revenues over the last two years have been received from public sources;
- Or (b) it is controlled by public bodies or their representatives
I am authorised by my organisation to sign Community grant agreements on its behalf.
Certify that (in case the grant requested exceeds 60.000):
The organisation I represent:
- is not bankrupt, being wound up, or having its affairs administered by the courts, has not entered into an arrangement with
creditors, has not suspended business activities, is not the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, nor is it in any
analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
- has not been convicted of an offence concerning its professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of 'res judicata';
- has not been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the National Agency can justify;
- has fulfilled its obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the
legal provisions of the country in which it is established or those of the country where the grant agreement is to be performed;
- has not been the subject of a judgment which has the force of 'res judicata' for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal
organisation or any other illegal activity detrimental to the Communities' financial interests;
- it is not currently subject to an administrative penalty referred to in Article 96(1) of the Financial Regulation (Council Regulation
1605/2002 of 25/06/02, as amended).
Acknowledge that:
The organisation I represent will not be awarded a grant if it finds itself, at the time of the grant award procedure, in contradiction
with any of the statements certified above, or in the following situations:
- subject to a conflict of interest (for family, personal or political reason or through national, economic or any other interest shared
with an organisation or an individual directly or indirectly involved in the grant award procedure);
- guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the National Agency as a condition of participation in the
grant award procedure or has failed to supply this information.
In the event of this application being approved, the National Agency has the right to publish the name and address of this
organisation, the subject of the grant and the amount awarded and the rate of funding.
Commit:
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- my organisation and the other partner organisations herein, to take part upon request in dissemination and exploitation activities
conducted by National Agencies, the Executive Agency and/or the European Commission, where the participation of individual
participants may also be required.
I acknowledge that administrative and financial penalties may be imposed on the organisation I represent if it is guilty of
misrepresentation or is found to have seriously failed to meet its contractual obligations under a previous contract or grant award
procedure.
Place:
Date (dd-mm-yyyy):
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M. Annexes
Please note that all documents mentioned in section "Checklist" need to be attached here before you submit your application online.
File Name
Mandates SIRCle[smallpdf.com].pdf
1856
290
KA2_Timetable_of_Activities_SIRCle_def_30-04-14.xls
59
Total Size
2205
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N. Submission
Before submitting the form electronically, please validate it. Please note that only the final version of your form should be submitted
electronically.
Time
Event
Status
2014-03-12 09:36:42 *
25F534DD5DBE19CA
Unknown
2014-04-30 01:02:44
Online submission
25F534DD63B22312
OK (1086044)
* means local PC time, which cannot be considered authoritative and cannot be used for claiming that the form has been
submitted in time
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