The Net-Works project is a three year-long Erasmus + project with the aim to establish new national or regional networks of adult education providers, and facilitate their involvement in European cooperation.
What is the Net-Works project?
It is a three year-long Erasmus + funded project which aims to establish new national or regional networks of work-based adult education providers, notably in Portugal, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia and North Macedonia and to facilitate their involvement in European cooperation.
Who are the partners?
It gathers partners from all over Europe: ENSIE from Belgium (lead partner), ISEN from Ireland, Ateliere Fara Frontiere from Romania, Galileo Progetti from Hungary, Community Development Institute – CDI from North Macedonia, Associação A3S from Portugal, Association of Social Economy Entities - ASSE from Slovakia and Initiative for Development and Cooperation – IDC from Serbia!
What will we do during the project?
During the project we will:
If you want to know more about the Net-Works project, the project partners and what are its goals and what it aims to do, go read this article!
The project started in December 2020 and will run until November 2023.
ENSIEs partners in the project are :
Irish Social Enterprise Network (ISEN) - Ireland
Ateliere Fara Frontiere (AFF) - Romania
Galileo Progetti (GP) - Hungary
Community Development Institute (CDI) - North Macedonia
Associação A3S - Portugal
Association of Social Economy Entitites (ASSE) - Slovakia
Initiative for Development and Cooperation (IDC/SENS) - Serbia
On December 2nd, the Net-Works project partners met in Tetovo (North-Macedonia) and online for the 3rd project meeting. All the partners were glad to meet each other in a hybrid way to take stock of what has been done in the last few months regarding the project and what is expected for the future The day after, the partners gathered again in Tetovo and online, this time for the 3rd hybrid peer-to-peer working session, this time dedicated to advocacy, led by ISEN and AFF. The day after, the partners gathered again in Tetovo and online, this time for the 3rd hybrid peer-to-peer working session, this time dedicated to advocacy, led by ISEN and AFF.
You can the summary of this meeting here.
At the end of October, the partners gathered in Bucharest and online to participate to a project meeting in order to exchange on how to build a network. They also had the opportunity to meet with Oana-Silvia Țoiu, member of the Romanian Parliament.
You can read more about this meeting here.
In September, the project partners met for the second peer-to-peer session to discuss "The perks of adhering to a network" . This session focused on the analysis of what the in depth motivation of organisations is to adhere to a network; it was divided into three parts, each one addressing one question. Learn more about it here!
The partners from the project prepared the first newsletter to present the activities and what has been done since the begining of the project. It was also an opportunity to present the series of videos prepared in the framework of the project focused on the question "Why join a network"?
You can find the newsletter here.
On July 7th and 8th, the project partners met in Bucharest, Romania, it was a good opportunity to exchange about the project latest news and next developments. We took the chance to visit a few adult work based education providers, Concordia, AFF and Viitor Plus, all members of RISE Romania!
Learn more about it here!
In March, the project partners met for the first peer-to-peer session to discuss what is a network, how it works and what can a network bring to its members. It was a very important first step to set up the scene at the beginning of the project! Learn more about it here!
In February, the project partners met for the project kick-off meeting to get to know each other and to establish what will be the first step about the project. and facilitaite their involvement in European cooperation.
Learn more about it here!.
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