Final application Youth in Action

Youth in Action Programme – Action 4.3 - Training and Networking

Application for:

Action 4 - Youth Support Systems

Sub-Action 4.3 – Training and networking Version valid as of 1 January 2011

Please fill in all relevant sections of this application. It is compulsory to annex ALL documents requested in the check list. Please consult the Programme Guide to find all the information you need to lead your project and to fill in this application form

Part I. Project identification and summary

Project number

To be filled in by the Executive Agency or the National Agency

Postmark/Date of receipt

Name of the applicant

Please indicate the name and acronym of the applicant organisation or group. Scouting Nederland

Title of the project

Please give a short title to the project.

Recognition of learning in Scouting and Guiding

Type of project

leading to the development of further projects under the Youth in Action Programme

promoting exchanges, cooperation and training in the field of youth work

Type of Activity

Please tick the box corresponding to the Activity for which you are submitting this application. For more information, please consult Part B, Action 4.3 of the Programme Guide.

Type of Activity: 1. Job shadowing 5. Partnership-Building activity

(tick one box only) 2. Feasibility visit 6. Seminar

3. Evaluation meeting 7. Training course

4. Study visit 8. Networking

Duration of the project1

Please indicate the total duration of the project from preparation to evaluation and also the start and end dates of the Activitiy.

Start date of the project2: (date when the first costs incur) 01/ may/2011

End date of the project: (date when the last costs incur) 01/nov /2012

The Activity starts: 27/may/2011 The Activity ends: 01/nov/2012

Total duration of the Activity (in days), excluding travel days: 4 meetings of each 3 days = 12 days

Venue: 1st meeting in Denmark, 2nd in Portugal, 3rd in Slovenia and 4th in The Nederlands 1 Duration between 3 and 18 months.

2 Please consult part C of the Programme Guide ("Respect the deadline").


Part I. Project identification and summary (cont.)

Relevance to the general objectives of the Youth in Action Programme

Please tick relevant box(es).

The project:

promotes young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular;

develops solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union;

fosters mutual understanding between young people in different countries;

contributes to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field;

promotes European cooperation in the youth field.

Relevance to the priorities of the Youth in Action Programme

Please tick relevant box(es).

Permanent thematic priorities Annual priorities

European Citizenship European Year of Volunteering

Participation of young people Youth unemployment

Cultural diversity

Inclusion of young people with fewer

opportunities

Inclusive growth

Global environmental challenges and climate change

Creativity and entrepreneurship

National priorities

Non-formal learning

Main themes for the Activity

Please tick not more than 2 boxes.

European awareness Minorities

Inter-religious dialogue Urban/Rural development

Anti-discrimination Youth policies

Art and culture Media and communications/Youth information

Gender equality Education through sport and outdoor activities

Disability Health

Non-Discrimination based on sexual orientation Environment

Other - If so, please specify: Roma communities


Part I. Project identification and summary (cont.)

Summary of the project

Recognition of (prior) learning is a theme that has become increasingly important in the competence based European society, especially for those young people who are at the verge of their career building working life. The aim of this project is to promote, enhance and facilitate the ideas of recognition of learning in national Scouting and Guiding organisations in Europe, in order to disseminate and implement the concept and methods of recognition in learning in each partnercountry.

This is done by initiating and bringing together a network of international pilot project teams of participatipating Scouting and Guidingorganisations from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia.

At December 10 till 12 2010, there was a first, small start-up networkmeeting in the Netherlands, Bunnik, with the projectmanagers from the partnerorganisations. In this meeting possibilities, expected outcomes and the questions and remarks of Youth in Action were discussed (see Appendix 1). This meeting was funded by the partnerorganisations themselves (and is not part of the Youth in Action request).

At 27-29 May 2011, there will be the first networkmeeting for this Youth in Action project in Denmark, Copenhagen, with the projectmanagers from the partnerorganisations. The result of this meeting will be the establishment of a pilot projectteam in each partnercountry.

At 1-3 October 2011, there will be a larger networkmeeting in Portugal of the newly established pilot projectteams (3-5 people from each partnerorganization). This networkmeeting focusses on sharing ideas, discusssing approaches, exchanging methods and developing activityplans for each pilot projectteam. The focus of the activityplans is to introduce and/or enhance recognition of learning for young volunteers into the national Scouting and Guidingorganisation and to define a 'common language' for the practise of recognition of informal and non-formal learning in- and outside Scouting and Guiding. Instruments and guides already developed in European projects will be explored: the Youthpass, Europass, the European Portfolio for Youth leaders and Youth Workers, the National and European Quallification Frameworks (NQF and EQF) in relation to learning in Scouting and Guiding.

The next phase focusses on the performance of the projectactivities by the pilot projectteams in the countries of the partnerorganisations. During this phase the participants can communicate and exchange experiences through an interactive internet-based program (www.e-scouting.eu), comment on eachothers progress and consult eachother. Questions to be answered in these projectactivities focuss on three levels:

1. Individual level:

• How can your national organisation help young volunteers in recognizing their own competences (developed both inside and outside Scouting and Guiding)?

• How can your national organisation help them to make those competences visible to the outside world (help them to express their learning)?

• How can Scouting and Guiding help the individual in their development (also outside Scouting)? • What is the effect of the project for the young adult scouts in the participating national Scouting and Guiding

organizations?

2. Organisational level: • How can we valuate and validate competences learned outside the Scouting and Guiding organization within

Scouting and Guiding? • How can your national organisation adjust their training systems to help the individuals in their personal

development and employability on the labour market? • How can your national organisation valuate and validate competence learned in other countries

(transferability of learning)? • How can your national organisation evaluate competences gained in Scouting and Guiding?

3. National level: • How can your national organisation help the young volunteers to get their competences accredited by the

(national) educational system? What is the possible use of NQF and EQF? • How can your national organisation help the young volunteers to get their competences validated and

valuated by employers (labour market)? • How can this networkproject contribute to the YiA Goals? • How can this project contribute to the launch of new YiA projects?

Succedding to that two more networkmeetings are scheduled, to be held in Slovenia and the Netherlands. The first one will be a meeting at May 26-28 2012 in Slovenia, with the projectmanager of each pilot projectteam, to monitor and enhance the working- and developmentprocess of each pilot projectteam.

Finally, at 5-7 October 2012 there will be a meeting of the complete projectteams in the Netherlands, to evaluate the work done and to define the lessons learned in order to define the best suited approach and methods for the dissemination and implementation of recognition of learning in each specific partnerorganisation.

One of the final results of this project is a detailed and quality based projectplan for each partnercountry, focussing on the dissemination and implementation of recognition of learning, regarding young volunteers in particular. Another result is the description of the working method, i.e. the workingprocess in - and the lessons learned by - each pilot projectteam. Finally, during this project the participants communicate and learn from eachother by use of an interactive internet-based learningenvironment. After an evaluation of this tool, this learning environment will also be available in the next years, during the dissemination and implementation phase.


Composition of the partnership3

Name of partner Status Country

Les Scouts ASBL, Ms. Anne Gabriël

Project Manager Belgium

Junak - Association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic,

Mr. Jozef Vyprachticky

Secretary of the National Board

Czech Republic

KFUM-Scouts of Denmark,

Mr. Kristian Rostgaard Organisational consultant Denmark

Scouts and Guides of France,

Mr. Nicolas Puvis

Executive officer for Europe and Mediterranean

France

Scouting Netherlands,

Mr. Eric Lepelaar Staffmember adult resources The Netherlands

National Scouting Associaton of Portugal,

Mr. Pedro Duarte Silva

Educational Methods Commissioner

Portugal

Scout Association of Slovenia,

Mr. Tadej Pugelj

Executive for the youth program and adult resources

Slovenia

ASDE-Scouts of España,

Julio del valle de iscar

President of the ASDE-Scouts de España

Spain

TOTAL number of partners 8

3 Job Shadowing: two promoters from different Programme Countries, of which at least one is from an EU country. Feasibility Visit: at least two promoters from different Programme Countries, of which at least one is from an EU country. Evaluation Meeting, Study Visit, Partnership-Building, Seminar and Training Course: at least four promoters from different Programme Countries, of which at least one is from an EU country. Networking: at least six promoters from different Programme Countries, of which at least one is from an EU country.


Part II. Applicant

A. Details of the applicant

Name Scouting Nederland (Scouting Netherlands)

Street address Larikslaan 5

Postcode 3833 AM City Leusden

Region Country The Netherlands

Email [email protected] Website www.scouting.nl

Telephone 033-4960946 Telefax 033-4960999

Person authorised to sign the contract on behalf of the applicant (legal representative)

Family name (Ms/Mr) Brochard First name Koos

Position/function Director of Scouting Nederland

Person in charge of the project (contact person)

Family name (Ms/Mr) Lepelaar First name Eric

Position/function Staffmember adult resources

Email [email protected]


B. Profile of the applicant

Type and status Non profit/non governmental organisation

Public body Informal group of young people

Body active at European level in the youth field (ENGO)

Other – please specify:

Activity level Local Regional National European/International

Scouting Netherlands is a national youth organisation that aims to personal development of youth, by offering a wide range of in- and outdoor activities, based on a specific educational method. Scouting Netherlands is a member of two worldwide Scouting and Guidingassociations (WOSM and WAGGGS), and takes actively part in the European Scouting- and Guiding region.

About 25.000 volunteers, most of them youngsters between the age of 17 and 27, contribute to the activityprogram for over 80.000 members, offering challenging in- and outdoor activities, such as hiking, camping, teamwork and individual challenges.

Scouting Netherlands promotes development of both youthmembers as the highly motivated young volunteers. Talent development and recognition of learning has become a top priority in the management of our young human resources. This year, the introduction of the Scouting Academy is the first big step in the new competence based training and development system. The Scouting Academy is a non-formal way of delivering training and learning to Dutch volunteers. With this, Scouting Netherlands is a pioneer in the field of recoginition of learning by youth organisations in the Netherlands. The notion of recognition of learning has landed in several partner Scouting- and Guiding organisations throughout Europe. At the end of a workshopmeeting on recognition in 2008, the conclusion was that there is a high need for an international network introducing the competencebased apporach for training systems, learning paths and external recognition, in order to enable Scouting- and Guiding organisations throughout Europe to develop their own projectactivities in this area. Scouting Netherlands has some experience in this field and has therefore been asked to take the lead in the application for this project.

Has your organisation/group already received a EU grant?

No

Yes - International Woodbadge, August 2009 (More information: Françoise de Lange)

How did you find Youth in Action?

Please tick relevant box and specify.

through internet: www.

through someone who already knew Youth in Action (please specify name and/or organisation):

through the media (tv, radio, newspaper, magazine):

through a meeting or fair:

through Youth in Action information material (poster, brochure, postcard etc.)

other – please specify:


Part III. Partner promoter(s)

A. Details of the partner

Name

Street address

Postcode City

Region Country

Email Website

Telephone Telefax

Person in charge of the project (contact person)

Family name (Ms/Mr) First name

Position/function

Email

Telephone Telefax

B. Profile of the partner

Type and status Non profit/non governmental organisation

Public body Informal group of young people

Body active at European level in the field of youth (ENGO)

Other – please specify:

Activity level Local Regional National European/International

Member organisation of the applicant

Please give a short description of your organisation/group (regular activities, member of, etc.) :

C. Preliminary agreement of the partner

I, the undersigned, on behalf of (repeat the name of the partner)

confirm our participation in each stage of the project (repeat the title of the project as stated in Part I):

I declare having reached an agreement with all the promoters involved in the project with regard to the share of EU grant my organisation/group is entitled to receive in order to implement the project.

Furthermore, I confirm my undertaking to ensure visibility of the European Union support for the project and to ensure dissemination and exploitation of its results.

Name in capital letters:

Place:

Date:

Signature:


Part IV. Participants in the project

If more space is needed, please add rows.

A. Information on the PARTICIPANTS directly involved in the project

Please list below the number of participants from each country, excluding experts, support staff, etc.

Distribution by gender Country of residence Promoter

Number of participants

Profile of participants M F

Belgium Les Scouts ASBL 4

1 national projectmanager and 3 projectvolunteers for learning

2 2

Czech Republic

Junak - Association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic

4


2 2

Denmark KFUM-Scouts of Denmark 4


2 2

France Scouts and Guides of France 4


2 2

The Netherlands Scouting Netherlands 4


2 2

Portugal National Scouting Associaton of Portugal

4


2 2

Spain Federation of Scouts of Spain 4


2 2

Slovenia Scout Association of Slovenia 4


2 2

Subtotal 32 16 16


B. Information on the EXPERTS (speakers, trainers, facilitators, etc.) directly involved in the project

Country of residence Promoter Role of expert(s)4 Number of experts

The Netherlands Scouting Netherlands trainer, speaker 1

Denmark KFUM-Scouts of Denmark trainer 1

Portugal National Scouting Associaton of Portugal

trainer 1

Slovenia Scout Association of Slovenia trainer 1

Switzerland WOSM-European office speaker 1

Switzerland WAGGGS-European office speaker 1

Subtotal 6

4 Please specify the role of the experts in the Activity (whether speakers, trainers, facilitators, etc.).

C. Information on the SUPPORT STAFF directly involved in the project

Please list below the number of support staff from each country.

Country of residence Promoter Number of

support staff

The Netherlands Scouting Netherlands 2

Denmark KFUM-Scouts of Denmark 2

Portugal National Scouting Associaton of Portugal 2

Slovenia Scout Association of Slovenia 2

Subtotal 8

TOTAL5 (participants, experts, support staff, etc.) 46

5 Eligible total number of participants 1) Job shadowing: up to 2 participants, 2) Feasibility Visits: up to 2 participants per promoter, 3) All other activities except Networking: up to 50 participants, 4) Networking: no limitation on the number of participants.


Part V. Project description

The points below are intended to serve as a guide for your description of the proposed activities. The information that is requested will be very important in the selection process, and later for the running of the project. For further information, please consult the Programme Guide, part B – Action 4.3.

If more space is needed, please extend boxes.

Objectives and priorities:

Recognition of (prior) learning is a theme that has become increasingly important in the competence based European society, especially for those young people who are at the verge of building their career and starting their working life. The aim of this project is to promote, enhance and facilitate the ideas of recognition of learning in national scouting organisations in Europe, in order to disseminate and implement the concept and methods of recognition in learning in each partnercountry. This by initiating and bringing together a network of international pilot project teams of participatipating Scouting and Guidingorganisations from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia.

Relevance of the project

The project meets the objectives and priorities of the Youth in Action programme in many ways, in particular:

� The partner organisations are all independent youth leadership organisations committed to the education of young people to play a constructive role in society through their specific method (the Scout and Guide method) of non-formal education and the project aims to improve the capacity of YNGOs to promote young people’s active citizenship through training for leaders. Therefore this project contributes to the general objectives of the Youth in Action Programme, in promoting European cooperation in the youth field and developing the capabilities of the Scouting- and Guiding organisations to support their young volunteers in the awareness of their own competences and possibilities (empowerment of youth).

� As the participants come from different European countries, the activity will also be a genuine multicultural event, according to the Youth in Action priorities, giving the opportunity to exchange on the different levels of approach youth work and promoting also the building of new cooperations;

� The meetings and interactive internet-based learning environment, with the aid of experts and experienced project participants, are intended to provide a high standard of learning experiences for the younger participants, in order to develop the quality of the support to youth.

� Participation of young people in this project is important and is also in line with priorities of Youth in Action. One of the aims is that at least 50% of the member of the pilot project teams are 25 years or below.

� The project focuses on the Annual Priority on Youth unemployment. Recognition of learning offers a transfer of skills that young volunteers can use not only within Scouting and Guiding but also in their working career. We believe that volunteering, particularly through the Scouting and Guiding non-formal educational method, enables young people and their leaders to develop core competences in leadership, and other life skills and soft skills which will empower them in their daily lives and, of course,

- in the job market; - in intercultural and intergenerational understanding; - in their sense of identity; - and enabling them to experience participation in decision-making.

• This project is not only focussed on the exchange of ideas and methods of recognition of learning, but also on the dissemination of recognition of learning in the partner countries, by working towards national projects concerning the implementation of recognition in each partner country: the multiplying effect of the Youth in Action programme. This will lead to new projects and systems to recognise and value the development of youth. In this way, many young volunteers will be empowered ('in Action') to become aware of their own competences, to see their own capabilities and possibilities for development, work and career in a new perspective.

Volunteering also provides all the volunteers in Scouting- and Guiding with opportunities to become involved and take action in their local communities, supporting them to develop a sense of solidarity and often life-long habits of civic engagement. Studies show that volunteering can be a great and useful experience for young people that are unemployed or that are not yet in the job market. In conjunction with that, the project must also be seen in the light of 2011 European Year of Volunteering, and some sessions will be specifically dedicated to this topic and on the recognition and valorisation of volunteering.

Need for the Activity The projectpartners together represent more than 470 thousand members in 10 countries. The total in Europe is a multiple of that number. All these young members develop valuable competences in informal and non-formal ways. Informal by organising events, being a leader for young children, developing programmes and working together. In non-formal ways by following training in Scouting and Guiding. The competences they gain by doing so often are implicit, both on individual level, as on organisational and national level. Many volunteers are not aware of their development of competences and/or are not able to call his or her competences. Scouting- and Guiding organizations lack tools and cultural environment to validate the informal learning and outside the Scouting- and Guiding organizations, both formal education as labourmarket do not valuate and validate these competences. This is a problem, because these competences can be of great value for the employability of young volunteers on the labourmarket.


Contribution to the YiA Goals • First goal:

promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular:

o This YiA project tries to empower and recognise their (volunteers) competences. o Recognise the importance of volunteers for European citizenship.

• Second goal: promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular:

o Strengthens youngster’s formal and informal experiences in order to give recognition and to enter the labour market.

o Setup non-formal international organizations and ability to move to another country. • Third goal:

promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular:

o The project offers possibilities to drop-out’s and cultural experiences in formal and non-formal way.

o Helps youngsters with fewer opportunities to find their way and enter education and society. • Forth goal:

contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field:

o Competencies related to scout organizations are connected with values of sustainable development and environmental protection.

o The project also supports development of soft skills for ‘green’-action. • Fifth goal:

promote European cooperation in the youth field: o When youngsters realize / reflect what they learn in non-formal ways – they can influence in

their environment / locally / regionally through initiatives (to develop local society). o Empowering youngsters: When they know their skills / abilities – they have a larger influence.

Not only will the cooperation between the European Scouting and Guiding organizations be improved through this project. The cooperation between the Scouting and Guiding originations in the individual countries and other youth organizations and scholar systems will also be improved. This will be done by building a network in the recognition of prior learning, like we did in the Netherlands


Project's design:

Quality of the partnership

During a training at the Scoutacademy held in Malaga in 2008, there was a high demand for an international network introducing the competency based approach for training systems, learning paths and external recognition within Scouting and Guiding organisations. In this training about recognition on individual, organisational and national level joined 8 national Scouting and Guiding organisations. This training was the first step to a broader exploration of the possibility to start an European project about recognition in Scouting and Guiding. We found promoters at the European Scouting- and Guiding Conference in Brussels in July 2010, and through one of our European Scouting organisation (WOSM) who supported us in recruiting partners for this project.

Quality of the preparation phase

There was a preparatory meeting in the Netherlands where the project has been designed and a call for partners prepared (see Appendix 1). This Call has been distributed my email to other organizations that gathered also during the European Scout and Guide Conference to finally agree on the proposal and concretely sign the agreement forms.

History

In the previous years, the World Oranisation of the Scouting Movement has invested in the topic recognition by starting an expert group and publishing specific materials about the subject1 recognition. There is a strong agreement on the common theme of the project.

Project proposal

All partner countries are involved, the more practical preperations will be done by Scouting Nederland in cooperation with World Organisation of the Scouting Movement (WOSM). There is a written plan for the four meetings which describes tasks, workingmethods and profile of participants (see: Appendix 2: daily timetable for each meeting).

Activity programma

Meeting 1 Denmark: At May 27 till 29 (2011), there will be a first networkmeeting in Denmark, Copenhagen, with the projectmanagers from the partnerorganisations. The result of this meeting will be:

• the establishment of a projectteam in each partnercountry;

• sufficient knowledge base on recognition to start writing a national project plan;

Meeting 2 Portugal: At 30 September till 2 October 2011, there will be a larger networkmeeting in Portugal of the newly established pilot projectteams (3-5 people from each partnerorganisation). This networkmeeting focusses on sharing ideas, discuss approaches, exchange methods and to review activityplans for each national projectteam. The focus of the activityplans is to introduce and/or enhance recognition of learning for young volunteers into the national Scouting and Guidingorganisation and to define a 'common language' for the practise of recognition of informal and non-formal learning in- and outside Scouting and Guiding. Instruments and guides already developed in European projects will be explored: the Youthpass, Europass, the European Portfolio for Youth leaders and Youth Workers, the National and European Quallification Frameworks (NQF and EQF) in relation to learning in Scouting and Guiding.

The next phase focusses on the performance of the projectactivities by the pilot projectteams in the countries of the partnerorganisations. During this phase the participants can communicate and exchange experiences through an interactive internet-based program (www.e-scouting.eu), comment on eachothers progress and consult eachother.

Questions to be adressed in the pilot projectteams focuss on three levels:

1. Individual level: • How can your national organisation help young volunteers in recognizing their own competences

(developed both inside and outside Scouting and Guiding)? • How can your national organisation help young volunteers to make those competences visible to the

outside world (help them to express their learning)? • How can Scouting and Guiding help the individual in their development (also outside Scouting and

Guiding)?

2. Organisational level:

• How can we valuate and validate competences learned outside the Scouting and Guiding organization within Scouting and Guiding?

• How can your national organisation adjust their training systems to help the individuals in their personal development and employability on the labour market?

• How can your national organisation valuate and validate competence learned in other countries (transferability of learning)?

• How can your national organisation evaluate competencies gained in Scouting and Guiding?

1 Trainspotting, Exploring the link between adult training in Scouting and other aspects of life, including having a better job, WOSM, 2007


3. National level:

• How can your national organisation help the young volunteers to get their competences accredited by the (national) educational system? What is the possible use of NQF and EQF?

• How can your national organisation help the young volunteers to get their competences validated and valuated by employers (labour market)?

After that two more networkmeetings are scheduled, to be held in Slovenia and The Netherlands:

Meeting 3 Slovenia: With the projectmanagers at May 26-28 2012, to monitor and enhance the working- and developmentprocess of each pilot project.

Meeting 4 The Netherlands: The last, finishing meeting with the complete pilot project teams is scheduled at Oktober 5 till 7 (2012), to evaluate the work done and to define the lessons learned in order to define the best suited approach and methods for the dissemination and implementation of recognition of learning in each specific partnerorganisation.

Products

So one of the final products of the projectactivities is a detailed and quality based projectplan for each partnercountry, focussing on the dissemination and implementation of recognition of learning, regarding young volunteers in particular: the multiplying effect of the Youth in Action programme. Another product is the description of the working method, i.e. the workingprocess in - and the lessons learned by - each pilot projectteam. Finally, during this project the participants communicate and learn from eachother by use of an interactive internet-based learningenvironment (www.e-scouting.eu) through the internet. After an evaluation of this tool, the learning environment and its content will also be available in the next years, during the dissemination and implementation phase.

Website

We shall have a special web page for the project - to be used for communication between all the participants, as an interactive learningenvironment and to inform a wider public outside Scouting and Guiding. The objectives, relevance and priorities of the Youth in Action Programme and its coherence with this project will be clearly stated on the website.

Process evaluation

There will be Skype evaluation sessions before and after the meetings, to ensure an efficient running of the Activity. Also the interactive learningenvironment will be an important tool to monitor and improve the workingprocesses of each projectteam.

Product evaluation

The final evaluation will include an assessment of the results in relation to the objectives of the project. The assessments will be used in the projectplans for the partnerorganizations.

The results of the meetings will be shared with other organisations through the national websites of the partnerorganisations and through the international webportal of the European Scouting and Guidingorganisations for boys (WOSM) and girls (WAGGGS). Here also, the objectives, relevance and priorities of the Youth in Action Programme and its coherence with this project will be clearly stated.

See the attached daily timetable for each meeting for the the practical arrangements for the implementation of the Activity.


Project's content and methodology: Theme: Recognition of learning in Scouting and Guiding on individual, organisational and national level. How to valuate, validate and accreditate learning of young volunteers in order to make them more employable for the labour market, in line with the Youth in Action priority concerning youth unemployment. Recognition of learning inside and outside Scouting and Guiding is a theme that has become increasingly important in the work of the national Scouting and Guiding organisations in Europe. During an earlier seminar in 2008, there was a high demand for an international network introducing the competency based apporach for training systems, learning paths and external recognition within Scouting and Guiding organisations. The aim of the project is to promote, enhance and facilitate the ideas of recognition of learning in national Scouting and Guiding organisations througout Europe. in order to disseminate and implement the concept and methods of recognition in learning in each partnercountry. This by initiating and bringing together a network of international pilot project teams of interested national Scouting and Guidingorganisations within Europe, who simultaneously start to work on the issue of recognition within their own organisations to identify:

- how can young volunteers recognize their own competences developed both

inside and outside Scouting and Guiding?

- how can young volunteers make their competences visible to the outside world?

- how can Scouting and Guiding support the invidual development of young volunteers, also outside Scouting and Guiding?

- Which European instruments and knowledge can be used to reach more recognition for volunteers in Scouting and Guiding?

• The focus of the projectresults is on the empowerment of young volunteers to gain insight in their own competences, development, possibilities and careerplanning. This is done by the initiating new national projects.

Active involvement participants and non-formal learning methods

• Also in the working methods of the networkmeetings there is a large contribution asked of the participants. Active exchange of experiences, ideas and workshops based on problemsolving and learning by doing, instead of ready made workshops and presentations. During the first meeting the final content of the programs of the other meetings will be discussed and set, to ensure that the meetings meet the needs of the participants, but also te ensure the continuous active participation of all participants .There is a lot of experience within European projects in Scouting and Guiding and the use of non-formal learning methods like role-play, outdoor activities, ice-breakers and round tables. These forms of learning will be used in all four meetings.

• Participation of young people in this project is important and is also in line with priorities of Youth in Action. One of the aims is that at least 50% of the member of the pilot project teams are 25 years or below.

Social and personal development of participants Both on practical as on subject-matter level there are a lot triggers for participants to develop themselves socially and personally. They get an insight in how learning is viewed in different countries, the chance to discuss this and learn from each other, but also to engage in vibrant non-formal learning methods. By using the Youthpass to document these experiences, they will have a formal piece of evidence of their learning in this project.

Recognition tools

Al lot of work is already done in other European projects. There are tools available to experiment with in every partner country. In this project different tools will be explored:

Aimed at formal recognition

• Award systems o Duke of Edinburgh Award o International Award

• Formal recognition (EQF, NQF) o External assessment o External value


Aimed at informal & non-formal recognition

• Certificate of training (EQF) o Content o Time o Level

• Testimonial o Work done o Time o Development o Appreciation

• CV-translator o Right words o Linked to labour market

• Competence profiles (Youth pass, European portfolio) o Linked to vocational education o Key competences

• Self assessment

• Assessment by others

• Document your competences (Europass) • Portfolio for Volunteers (European portfolio)

Intercultural dimension:

Please indicate if and how your project reflects the following characteristics:

• the project increases participants' positive awareness of other cultures,

• the project supports dialogue and intercultural encounters with other participants from different backgrounds and cultures,

• the project helps to prevent and combat prejudice, racism and all attitudes leading to exclusion,

• the project develops sense of tolerance and understanding of diversity.

• Taking responsibility for your own learning- and developmental proces is something that does noet come not naturally in every culture, neither is recognition of informal and learning. By bringing projectteams of different national Scouting and Guiding organisations throughout Europe together, we are able to exchange and learn from eachothers experiences, methods en approaches. An important part in this is the shared awareness that learningexperiencess are a valuable tool in the development of young European citizens. This means that even without formal recognition in terms of diploma's, young people have a lot of valuable competences to offer and therefore are valuable persons. But also the notion that young people are best supported, not by 'helping' them and taking them by the hand and showing how things are done, but by empowering them to take charge of their own lives, their own choices and therefore their own growth.

• To enhance the cultural diversity of approaches and methods in this project, the venue will be different every meeting.


European dimension:

Please indicate if and how your project reflects the following characteristics; tick box(es) and then describe:

the project fosters participants’sense of European citizenship and helps them to understand their role as part of the present and future of Europe;

the project reflects a common concern for European society, such as racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism, drug abuse…;

the project’s theme is linked to EU topics, such as EU enlargement, the roles and activities of the European institutions, the EU's action in matters affecting young people;

the project debates the founding principles of the EU, i.e. principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law.

Recognition of learning inside and outside school is a theme that has become increasingly important in the competence based European society, especially for those young people who are at the verge of their career building working life. The aim of this project is to promote, enhance and facilitate the ideas of recognition of learning in other national Scouting and Guiding organisations in Europe, by initiating and bringing together the international project teams of the participatipating Scouting and Guidingorganisations.

Build on developed European instruments

Instruments and guides already developed in European projects will be explored: the Youthpass, Europass, the European Portfolio for Youth leaders and Youth Workers, the National and European Quallification Frameworks (NQF and EQF) in relation to learning in Scouting and Guiding.

World Organisation of the Scouting Movement (WOSM)

There is agreement with WOSM that the results of the project will be distributed and used all around Europe, in other national Scout associations, using the infrastructure and communication channels of WOSM.

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)

There is agreement with WAGGGS that the results of the project will be distributed and used all around Europe, in other national Scouting and Guiding associations, using the infrastructure and communication channels of WAGGGS.


Impact, multiplying effect and follow-up:

Please explain the expected impact on participants and the local communities involved in the project and which measures are foreseen to attain this impact. In a long term perspective, please describe how you plan to achieve a multiplying effect and sustainable impact. Please also explain how you plan to follow up this Training and Networking (e.g. new projects within the framework of the Youth in Action Programme, continuous contact with the promoter(s), etc.)?

This project contains the first phase, in wich projectteams are formed and international meetings are held to exchange learningexperiences, methods an approaches. Learning by doing means that the whole process of projectdevelopment in each partnercountry is being monitored and evaluated.

During the evaluationprocess we intend to plan a follow-up, with a potential large and long term coöperation with the partnercountries and to share the outcomes with the other national Scouting and Guidingorganisations in Europe who did not participate by presentations, workshops, round tables and roleplays during international Scouting and Guidingseminars.

Own network: a total of about 500 thousand members in 8 countries

Belgium 88.000 Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium (federation of several organizations)

Czech Republic 45.000 Junák - svaz skautů a skautek ČR

Denmark 44.000 Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere (federation of several organizations)

France 67.000 Scoutisme Français (federation of several organizations)

Netherlands 112.000 Scouting Nederland

Portugal 73.000 Federação Escotista de Portugal

Slovenia 4.500 Zveza tabornikov Slovenije

Spain 65.000 Federación de Escultismo en España

Impact

The impact of the project for the young adult scouts in the national Scouting and Guiding organizations: • Awareness:

o Motivation to volunteer; o Self-esteem; o Personal rewarding;

• Better leaders means better programs for youngsters; • More chances on the job market because of the formal and informal valuation of:

o Creative skills; o Entrepreneurship; o Leadership;

• More than 20 young people in EU experiencing a rewarding project: making a difference; • Youth empowerment – better position;

The impact of the project on the participants will include:

• A transfer of knowledge empowering motivated, confident and skilled volunteers active in the field of youth at national and local level;

• A deeper understanding of recognition and learning in the youth work;

• An increase of awareness of the Youth in Action and in the capacity in delivering projects within this programme (thanks to specific sessions about this topic);

• A peer to peer learning exchange;

• project information and results will be shared with other national organizations in Europe.

• Better use of the tools and instruments developed on European level: the Youthpass, Europass, the European Portfolio for Youth leaders and Youth Workers, the National and European Quallification Frameworks (NQF and EQF) in relation to learning in Scouting and Guiding.

In a long term perspective:

• Youth NGOs are identified as target group to achieve multiplying effects by the training of young leaders actively involved in them at national and local level;

• New projects under different Actions of the Youth in Action Programme.

From a wider perspective, the event ties in with the integrated support available through the regional Scout organisation.


Follow up: Contribution to the launch of new YiA projects:

• Involving local and regional scouts in the project and show / explain them how they can start a project with their own organization;

• Work together on the application document; • Initiate projects in new countries; • Generate new ideas & create an atmosphere for partnership projects.

Visibility:

Apart from the compulsory use of the Programme Logo (please see Part C, Publicity, of the Programme Guide), please describe:

• how you will ensure the visibility of the project;

• how your project will provide clear promotional added value for the Youth in Action Programme.

We will ensure the maximum visibility of the Project and of the YiA programme in particular trough:

- Offering a large space in our official Bulletin Euro.Scout.Info published electronically ten times a year with some 5.000 readers from a minimum of 41 countries (one article on recognition each issue):

- Giving space on our web-site e-scouting.eu and scout.org/Europe;

- Opening a Facebook page of the event;

- Organizing some sessions on funding opportunities with a particular focus on the Youth in Action and this will provide a clear added value to programme;

- Activity: all materials will have the YiA logo, the communication on internet and printed paper will have the YiA logo and an explanation of what YiA is about;

- Local, regional and national media about the project.

- We shall have a special web page for the project - to be used for communication between all the participants, as an interactive learningenvironment and to inform a wider public outside Scouting and Guiding. The objectives, relevance and priorities of the Youth in Action Programme and its coherence with this project will be clearly stated on this website.

WOSM is an organization fully committed in offering to young people opportunities for involvement, enthusiasm and empowerment for a long time. We believe that our expertise in the youth field, plus the Youth in Action support, can be a great way to achieve the Youth in Action objectives. In particular we are convinced that, thanks to WOSM structure in Europe (41 National Organizations from all around Europe) this project can also act as “Multiplier” of the Youth in Action Programme. In every communication that WOSM will have with its members regarding funding in general and this project in particular, information on the Youth in Action Programme will be added to raise awareness about the opportunity that the Programme can give also to National Associations.

Making the relevance of the YiA goals visible in the project • Empower drop-outs, people with less chances in getting a diploma be able to candidate for suitable job; • Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities; • Non-formal learning and learning from cultural differences.


Dissemination and exploitation of results:

Please give a detailed description of standard measures planned in view to disseminate and exploit the results of the project. (For inspiration, please see Part B, Action 4.3 'How to develop a good project?' of the Programme Guide).

This networking project results in the following standard measures:

• every partnerorganisation forms a project team;

• every partnerorganisation takes part at all four meetings;

• every partnerorganisaties developes a concrete projectplan for initiating, disseminating and implementing recognition of learing for young volunteers within their own national Scouting and Guiding organisation;

• at the end their is a clear evaluationreport thats states the results set by each projectteam and suggestions for improvement;

• at the end their is a clear plan for the continuation and extension of the network on recognition for the national Scouting and Guiding organisations in Europe.

Dissemination of the outcomes of the project in- and outside our national Scouting and Guiding organizations

• Project website: www.e-scouting.eu; • List with best practices; • Outcomes on Video > Youtube; • Report on EU conferences; • Link with existing WOSM / WAGGGS structure; • Report on national communication channels; • Use success stories of individuals;

o Opportunity to target national media coverage; • Which channels outside Scouting and Guiding?

o Use European Year of Volunteering; • Possibly: Organise a European seminar after the project (or / and use various European Events). • WOSM as WAGGGS are involved & their networks can be used to disseminate the results.

Have you planned additional measures assuring dissemination and exploitation of project's results? Yes No

If so, please describe them, give additional information on the target group and include a timetable of your planned activities.

• Articles in peer-reviewed journals; • Notes in special-interest newsletters or magazines; • Topics for discussions in on-line forums; • Face to face meetings and conference presentations; • Articles and features in local mass media (e.g., radio, television, and newspapers); • Materials (print and audio-visual) that can be shared with extension services; • Discussion groups within communities; • Discussion papers or briefs for policymakers.


Part VI. 1. Grant request: only for Activities 1 to 7 All items in euros

For further information please consult the Programme Guide for the overview of funding rules and the lump sums / scales of unit costs. The Executive Agency and the National Agencies may modify the amounts indicated in the grant request according to the funding rules of the Programme Guide.

Amount requested from the

Youth in Action programme

Amount granted (to be filled in by the Executive Agency or the National Agency)

A. Grant requested

Travel costs (70% of actual costs)

Accomodation/food costs (scale of unit costs)

Activity costs (lump sum + scale of unit costs)

Training tools costs (scale of unit costs) – only for training courses

Exceptional costs (100% of actual costs) – if applicable

Total grant requested from the Youth in Action programme

B. Co-financing

Please consider that the percentage of travel costs not covered by the EU grant should be indicated in this section.

Amount

Own resources

Other contributions to this project (please specify each source):

Total of co-financing

Did your organisation/group apply for/receive an EU operating grant for the current year? Yes No

If so, please specify the contract number:


C. Calculation of grant request All items in euros

Participants’ travel costs (including experts and support staff)

Please note: only cheapest means of transport/fares are subject to reimbursement

Promoter Number of

persons From To

Means of transport

Total costs (100%)

Grant requested

(70%)

TOTAL

Accomodation/food costs – scale of unit cost calculation (including experts and support staff)

Promoter Number of persons Number of nights

Unit cost per night/per

person Amount

TOTAL

Activity costs – lump sum calculation

Subtotal

Activity costs – scale of unit cost calculation (including experts and support staff)

Promoter Number of persons Unit cost

per person Amount

Subtotal

TOTAL ACTIVITY COSTS

Training tools – scale of unit cost calculation (if applicable)

Number of days Unit cost per day Amount

TOTAL

Exceptional costs (if applicable)

Please consult the overview of funding rules for exceptional costs as defined in the Programme Guide.

Specification Costs

TOTAL


Part VI. 2. Budget: only for Networking (Activity 8) All items in euros

For further information please consult the Programme Guide for the overview of funding rules. The Executive Agency and the National Agencies may modify the amounts indicated in the grant request according to the funding rules of the Programme Guide.

A. Estimated costs

Amount

Accepted costs (to be filled by the

Executive Agency or National Agency)

A.1. Direct costs

1. Personnel costs 12.096

2. Travel costs 18.025

3. Accommodation/food costs 11.448

4. Meetings costs 2.760

5. Publications/translations/information costs 290

6. Dissemination and exploitation of results

7. Other costs directly linked to the implementation of the activity 150

Sub-total 44.769

A.2. Indirect costs

8. Indirect costs (up to 7% of direct costs; i.e. budget items 1+2+3+4+5+6+7) 3.131

Total estimated costs (A.1 + A.2) 47.900

B. Estimated income

Accepted income (to be filled by the

Executive Agency or National Agency)

B.1. EU Grant

1. Contribution requested from the “Youth in Action Programme”6 20.000

B.2. Co-financing

2. Own resources (including partners) 27.900

3. National/regional/local public institutions

4. Private donors

5. Other Community funding for this project

6. Other contributions to this project (please specify each source):

Total estimated income (B.1+B.2) 7 €47.900

6 50% of total eligible costs can be requested from the Youth in Action Programme (unless alower % of grant is requested by the applicant). The maximum amount of the EU grant can not exceed € 20 000.

7 Please note that total estimated income should be equal to total estimated costs.

Did your organisation/group apply for/receive an EU operating grant for the current year? Yes No

If so, please specify the contract number:


C. Description of costs All items in euros

Personnel costs

Please indicate the personnel costs directly induced by the activity (including names, functions, whether the person is directly recruited for this project and the related activities). Separate clearly internal staff of your organisation from the recruited personnel.

Name Function Tasks Internal or recruited

Number of days/months

Gross salary day/month

Costs

Eric Lepelaar Projectmanager

Coördinating and facilitating meetings and program

Internal 4 hrs a week for 18

months

€652 montly €11.736 for 18 months

Lars Vermeij Communications

Contentmanagement website

Internal 12 hrs €360 in total

€360

TOTAL 12.096


Travel costs

If applicable, please separate clearly the different phases of your project (e.g. preparation, implementation of the Activity, evaluation) in the “specification” column. Please note that only cheapest means of transport and fares are subject to reimbursement. Also include the local transport.

Specification Promoter Number of

persons From To

Means of transport

Costs

First meeting (projectmanagers)

Les Scouts, Belgium

1 Belgium Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€150


KFUM-Scouts of Denmark

7 (incl. 2 support staff + 1 expert)

Denmark Copenhagen (Denmark)

car €350

(7 x €50)


Scouts and Guides of

France

1 France Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€175


Scouting Netherlands

1 Netherlands

Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€175


National Scouting Associaton of Portugal

1 Portugal Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€250


Scout Association of Slovenia

1 Slovenia Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€400


Federation of Scouts of

Spain

1 Spain Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€175


Junak, Czech Republic

1 Czech Rep. Copenhagen (Denmark)

car, airplane,

bus

€200

Second meeting (projectteams)

Les Scouts, Belgium

4 Belgium Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€1000

(4 x €250)

Second meeting (projectteams) KFUM-Scouts

of Denmark

4 Denmark Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€1.000

(4 x €250)



France

4 France Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€1000

(4 x €250)



4 Netherlands

Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€1000

(4 x €250)



7 (incl. 2 supportstaff +

1 expert)

Portugal Lisbon (Portugal)

car €350

(7 x €50)



4 Slovenia Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€1.400

(4 x €350)



Spain

4 Spain Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€500

(4 x €125)



4 Czech Rep. Lisbon (Portugal)

car, airplane,

bus

€1.000

(4 x €250)

Third meeting (projectmanagers)

Les Scouts, Belgium

1 Belgium Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€350


Third meeting (projectmanagers) KFUM-Scouts

of Denmark

1 Denmark Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€400



France

1 France Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€300



1 Netherlands

Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€350



1 Portugal Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€350




1 expert)

Slovenia Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car €350

(7 x €50)



Spain

1 Spain Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€400



1 Czech Rep. Ljublijana (Slovenia)

car, airplane,

bus

€350

Fourth meeting (projectteams)

Les Scouts, Belgium

4 Belgium Bunnik (Netherland

s)

train €400

(4 x €100)

Fourth meeting (projectteams) KFUM-Scouts

of Denmark

4 Denmark Bunnik (Netherland

s)

car, airplane,

train

€600

(4 x €150)



France

4 France Bunnik (Netherland

s)

car, airplane,

train

€700

(4 x €175)




1 expert)

Netherlands

Bunnik (Netherlands)

car €350

(7 x €50)



4 Portugal Bunnik (Netherlands)

car, airplane,

train

€1.000

(4 x €250)



4 Slovenia Bunnik (Netherland

s)

car, airplane,

train

€1.400

(4 x €350)



Spain

4 Spain Bunnik (Netherland

s)

car, airplane,

train

€800

(4 x €200)



4 Czech Rep. Bunnik (Netherland

s)

car, airplane,

train

€800

(4 x €200)

TOTAL €18.025

Accommodation/food costs

Please estimate the costs for accommodation and food. If applicable, please separate clearly the different phases of your project (e.g. preparation, implementation of the Activity, evaluation) in the “specification” column.

Specification Number of persons Number of days Cost per day Costs

First meeting projectmanagers 16 2 €54 €1.728

Second meeting projectteams 37 2 €54 €3.996

Third meeting projectteams 37 2 €54 €1.728

Fourth meeting projectmanagers 16 2 €54 €3. 996

TOTAL €11.448


Meeting costs

If applicable, please separate clearly the different phases of your project (e.g. preparation, implementation of the Activity, evaluation) in the “specification” column.

a) Rental of rooms

Specification Number of days Cost per day Costs

First meeting 2 €100 €200

Second meeting 2 €200 €400

Third meeting 2 €100 €200

Fourth meeting 2 €200 €400

Subtotal €1.200

b) Equipment hire


First meeting 2 €80 €160

Second meeting 2 €160 €320

Third meeting 2 €80 €160

Fourth meeting 2 €160 €320

Subtotal €960

c) Interpreting costs (including travel, accommodation and fees)

Language from/to Number of interpreters Number of days Cost per day Costs

Subtotal

d) Hire of booths for interpreting (including equipment)


Subtotal

e) Other costs (i.e. material)


Materials first meeting 2 €50 €100

Materials second meeting 2 €100 €200

Materials third meeting 2 €50 €100

Materials fourth meeting 2 €100 €200

Subtotal €600

TOTAL MEETING COSTS €2.760


Publications/translations/information costs

Please indicate costs for producing and distributing information documents and materials (CD-ROM, video, books, leaflets, etc.) including the estimated number of copies needed.

a) Publications

Specification Number of copies Unit price Costs

Invitations, programinformation, reports and results of meetings

1800 €0.05 €90

Subtotal €90

b) Translations

Language from/to Number of pages Price/page Costs

Subtotal

d) Information

Specification Costs

Invitations, project- and programinformation €200

Subtotal €200

TOTAL PRODUCTION/TRANSLATION/INFORMATION COSTS €290

Dissemination and exploitation of results

Please indicate costs for disseminating and exploiting project’s results.

Specification Costs

TOTAL

Other costs

Please indicate potential other costs linked to the implementation of the project.

Specification Costs

Printed paper with YiA logo €150

TOTAL €150


Part VII. Bank details

Please fill in the details needed for the payment to reach the account of the applicant.

A. Account details

Account holder Scouting Nederland

Address Larikslaan 5

Postcode 3833AM City Leusden

Region Country Nederland

Contact

Family name (Ms/Mr) Lepelaar First name Eric

Email [email protected]


B. Bank details

Bank name ING

Branch address Daalsesingel 1

Postcode 3511 SV City Utrecht

Region Country Nederland

Account number 66.69.36.218

IBAN (if applicable) NL49 INGB 0666 9362 18

BIC (if applicable) INGBNL 2 A

Sort Code (if applicable)

Remarks


Part VIII. Signature of the legal representative

The applicant undertakes to inform the Executive Agency or the National Agency of all changes affecting the activities as described in this form.

The applicant allows the European Commission, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency and the National Agencies to make available and use all data provided in this application form for the purposes of managing and evaluating the Youth in Action Programme. All personal data collected for the purpose of this project shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) N° 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies.

Data subjects may, on written request, gain access to their personal data. They should address any questions regarding the processing of their personal data to the Agency (National or Executive) in charge of the management of their application. For projects selected at national level, data subjects may lodge a complaint against the processing of their personal data with the authority in charge of data protection in their country at any time. For projects selected at European level, complaints may be lodged with the European Data Protection Supervisor at any time.

The applicant undertakes to inform the promoters and participants in its project on the provisions and practices regarding data protection applied under the Youth in Action programme.

Applicant

Name: Scouting Nederland

Legal representative

Name in capital letters: KOOS BROCHARD

Place: Leusden

Date: 25 January, 2011

Signature:


Part IX. Declaration on honour

To be completed by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant.

I, the undersigned, hereby request a grant from the Youth in Action Programme of EUR …………………… to implement the action covered by this grant application

I certify that all information contained in this application, including project description, is correct to the best of my knowledge and am aware of the content of the annexes to the application form.

I confirm that my organisation/group has the financial and operational capacity to complete the proposed project.

I confirm that my organisation/group has taken the appropriate measures to ensure the protection and safety of participants involved in the project.

I take note that under the provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Union8, grants may not be awarded to applicants who are in any of the following situations:

(a) if they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;

(b) if they have been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata;

(c) if they have been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify;

(d) if they have not fulfilled 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 they are established or with those of the country of the contracting authority or those of the country where the contract is to be performed;

(e) if they have 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;

(f) if following another procurement procedure or grant award procedure financed by the Community budget, they have been declared to be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply with their contractual obligations;

(g) if, on the date of the grant award procedure, they are subject to a conflict of interest;

(h) if, on the date of the grant award procedure, they are guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the contracting authority as a condition of participation in the grant award procedure or fail to supply this information.

I confirm that neither I nor the organisation/group for which I am acting as legal representative are in any of the situations described above, and am aware that the penalties set out in the Financial Regulation may be applied in the case of a false declaration.

In the event that my grant application is successful, I authorise the Commission/the Agency to publish on its internet site or in any other appropriate medium: • The name and address of the beneficiary of the grant; • The subject of the grant;

• The amount awarded and the rate of funding of the costs of the approved work programme.

By signing this application form, I accept all the conditions set out in the Youth in Action Programme Guide, published on the websites of the European Commission, the National Agencies and the EACEA.

Place: Leusden Date (day/month/year): 25/01/2011

Signature: Stamp of the applicant (if available):

Name in capital letters: KOOS BROCHARD

Position/function: Director of Scouting Nederland

8 Council Regulation N° 1605/2002 (OJ L248 of 16/09/2002), Commission Regulations N° 2342/2002 (OJ L357 of

31/12/2002) and N° 1248/2006 (OJ L227 of 17/08/2006). These can be consulted in the Official Journal online at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOIndex.do.


Check list

Before returning this application form to the Executive Agency or to the National Agency, please check the following:

� The application must include the following documents:

the present application form, duly completed and signed in original by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant (signatures required in Parts VIII and IX of this form), together with the Preliminary agreements of all partner promoters, duly completed and signed in original. Please note that Preliminary agreements can be provided in the form of fax (when submitting the application) on the condition that they are complemented by orginals that must be received by the NA before the Evaluation Committee takes place.

daily timetable of the planned activity

� Additional mandatory documents for grant requests exceeding € 25 000:

In accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, all applicant promoters – with the exception of public bodies and informal groups of young people – to EU funding exceeding € 25 000 must submit, together with their application form, the following financial documents:

the profit and loss accounts of the applicant,

and

the balance sheet for the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed.

The objective is to permit an assessment of the financial capacity of the applicant promoters. Please note there is no specific form to submit the information outlined above.

� Additional mandatory documents for projects submitted at National level only9:

only for non-gouvernmental organisations: an extract from the official gazette/trade register, and certificate of liability to VAT (if, as in certain countries, the trade register number and VAT number are identical, only one of these documents is required);

only for public bodies: a legal resolution or decision or other official document established in respect of the public body;

only for informal groups of young people: a copy of the group representative's identity card or passport.

9 These documents do not have to be provided if the applicant has already submitted them in occasion of a previous application under the Youth in Action Programme; on the condition that no changes have been occurred in the meantime.

� Additional mandatory documents for projects submitted at European level only:

the legal entities sheet duly signed by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant (individual/private companies/public entities). Please note that complementary justification documents are required according to the applicant’s status, as specified in each type of form. (This sheet can be downloaded from the European Commission’s website: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/execution/legal_entities_en.htm#en_es_fr)

the financial identification sheet duly signed by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant and certified by the bank (original signatures required). Please fill in the form relating to the country in which the bank is located, even if the applicant organisation is officially registered in another country. (This sheet can be downloaded from the European Commission’s website: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/financial_ identification_en.html)


Appendix 1

Outcome of preparatory meeting 10-12 December 2010.

Portugal • Awareness of the subject Recognition:

o Spread the word through our organization; o Motivation / Need to develop.

• Define the components / tools of our ‘Recognition of Learning in Scouting and Guiding’-system (Principles)

• Identify what we have in Portugal: in our country & in our association (What state of the art is available?)

• Identify what we need to do to make it real: concrete/practical, tasks/measures • Understand what is going on in Europe / partners • Find the resources (manpower) required to make it work: create working groups in Portugal • Define an agenda (plan) for the next years • Present a proposal to our national council • Start implementation during the project

Belgium • Focus on External Recognition (Business and University accept (proof of) learned competences); • France

o Shared & tested different approaches to produce a tool o Learned from each other’s good practices and mistakes o Access to new ideas, partners

• Flanders o Move from regional to national platform o Integrate the web based recognition system ‘Oscar’ o Understand at local level the value of competence work o Shift from training (certification) to experience (assessment) o Raise the tempo

Spain • Recognition of Learning in Scouting and

Guiding as European platform to: o Watch good practice o Study good practice o Report about developments o Use the platform to improve

� Training system in Spain � Recognition system � For Scouts and external

(schools, business) • 2nd step: Permanent network

o Designs o Proposes o Support o Use the permanent network to:

� Improve training, assessment en recognition on national level • Based on competences • For NSD (Involve European Region) • According to European directions

Slovenia • Local level

o Concrete system of tools for recognition � Members � Leaders, patrol, troop � Adults


o National � Recognition system

• Transferable to other systems of NGO’s • Tool for cooperation in external recognition

� Incorporating in trainings for patrol, troop leaders o International

� Network of good practices � Sharing experiences � Coaching for next steps � International effect of recognition in

society

The Netherlands

• Recognition Promo Team on regional & local level o Training o Toolkit o Ideas o Materials / examples

• Formal, national recognition o How make is easy to formally recognize

competences o What possibilities to become an APL assessor

• Strategic – collective competence language o Tactical: used and adapted by National

Scouting and Guiding Organisation o Strategic:

- European - National Volunteer Platforms


Appendix 2

Daily timetable meetings Recognition of Prior Learning in Scouting and Guiding

First meeting – Copenhagen, Denmark - Projectleaders

Date May 27-29, 2011

Profile participants Projectleaders from the participating countries. Experienced in managing projects and the non-formal learningsystems in their country.

Participants Projectleaders

Goals Exchanging ideas and methods, making plans, setting goals for each projectteam

Tasks Discuss posibilities in every country to start a project on recognition

Working methods Round table, short pitches from every country about their informal and non-formal learning, workshops with existing materials on recognition, both from scouting as from other european good practice

Practical arrangements Bunnik, Stayok, two big rooms, 1 for men, 1 for women, and a room special for working together

Intercultural encounters Outdoor activities during the meeting, where projectleaders get to know eachtother in informal ways, ice-breakers, preparation note from every country with in short their status in recognition of prior learning in Scouting and Guiding.

Participants involvement

Active work and learning matters, every country has to prepare their own projectplan, projectplan is part of discussions and workshops held.

Skype evaluation session

Two weeks after the meeting there wil be a Skype evaluation meeting. See questions addressed in this document.

Second meeting – Portugal - Projectleaders and volunteers

Date September 30 - October 2, 2011


Volunteers who are involved in the project in every country.

Participants Projectleaders and volunteers

Goals Exchanging experiences and methods about recognition of prior learning within each country, problem solving workshops, refine specific aims and targets for each team

Tasks Discuss the project development and subject-matter

Working methods Round table, short pitches from every country about their project, workshops with existing materials on recognition, both from Scouting and Guiding as from other european good practice.

Real visit to the Dutch project, exchange of experience.

Practical arrangements Bunnik, Stayok, two big rooms, 1 for men, 1 for women, and a room special for working together

Intercultural encounters Outdoor activities during the meeting, where both projectleaders and volunteers get to know eachtother in informal ways, ice-breakers, preparation note from every country with in short their status in of their project.



Active work and learning matters, every country has to prepare their own projectplan, projectplan and development is part of discussions and workshops held.



Third meeting – Slovenia - Projectleaders

Date May 26 - 28 2012


Participants Projectleaders

Goals Monitoring and enhancing the process of the different projects.

Tasks Discuss posibilities to make the projects stronger in every country. Adjusting the content-matter of the final meeting on the specific needs of the countries involved in relation to the objectives set.

Working methods Round table, outdoor activities, video about the county projects (to learn and to desseminate).

Practical arrangements Kopenhagen, Denmark

Intercultural encounters Outdoor activities during the meeting, where projectleaders get to know eachother in informal ways, exchange their learning and


By bringing only the projectleaders together to discuss progress of their projects and to adjust the content-matter of the final meeting to the specific needs of the involved countries, we achieve an efficient and effective moment to enhance the project results. Projectleaders are involved through the active workforms and the strong relation to what they are doing in their own home country.



Fourth meeting – The Netherlands - Projectleaders and volunteers

Date October 5-7, 2012


Volunteers who are involved in the project in every country.

Participants Projectleaders and volunteers

Goals To evaluate the work done, collect the results, define the lessons learned and making plans for future continuation of the projects or development of new project in each partnerorganisation.

Tasks Discuss and evaluate the project development and subject-matter and building a plan for the future.

Working methods Round table, workshops.

Real visit to the Danish project, exchange of experience.

Practical arrangements Kopenhagen, Denmark

Intercultural encounters Outdoor activities during the meeting, where projectleaders and volunteers get to know eachother in informal ways, exchange their learning and


Active involvement in making a new plan to stimulate the sustainability of the project results.




Skype evaluation: Relevance: Effectiveness: Efficiency: Sustainability: Impact: Coherence/complementarily: 1) Coherence within the Commission's development programme 2) Coherence/complementarily with the partner country's policies and with other donors' interventions 3) Coherence/complementarily with the other Community policies Community value added:


Appendix 3

Content for next meeting

Content

• Competence language(s): EQF, NQF, other used languages • Experience recognition tools • Implementation plans: • Top-down • Bottom-up • Teambuilding with use of recognition tools

Days

• Friday morning/afternoon: arrival of project members • Sunday(evening): leave

Preparation

• What systems per country? • What tools per country?


Appendix 4

New opportunities Written by: Milutin Published by: WOSM website http://scout.org/en/around_the_world/europe/information_events/news/new_opportunities Scouting Netherland hosted representatives from National Scout Associations interested in a designing the project on learning in Scouting and Guiding. Scouting Netherland, in close cooperation with the WOSM - European Region, invited National Scout Organisations to join a Europe-wide project to stimulate recognition of learning within Scouting and Guiding. At the European Scout Conference representatives from interested organisations met and agreed on the basics of the project which was designed later in the summer. The aim of the whole project is to promote, enhance and facilitate ideas of recognition of learning in Scout organisations in Europe, by initiating and bringing together a network of international project teams from associations from Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic and Slovenia. The aims of the preparatory meeting were to exchange ideas and methods, make plans and set goals for each project team. Project managers from Belgium, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain and committed team members from Scouting Netherland spent three days sharing their experiences in recognition of learning in Scouting and making concrete agreements for the next year. The result of the meeting is the project that will be submitted to the National Youth Agency in the Netherlands and various individual project ideas to work on.


For the European Network on Recognition of Learning in Scouting and Guiding

• List(s) of competencies • Database of existing tools • Idea of an award system • Surveys • Glossary • Best practices

Speak the same language Create opportunities to work on recognition Take home as much experiences as I can – start our path Share, Create and Build

Final application Youth in Action

Documents

Transcript of Final application Youth in Action