Stronger Together

The project “Stronger Together – Improved Cooperation within CARNET and Support to the Integration of Asylum Seekers into Croatian Society” runs from August 1, 2018, to July 31, 2020, as part of the Erasmus+ program, Key Activity 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals.

Erasmus+ is the leading EU program to support education, training, youth, and sport, set to last from 2014 to 2020. Its purpose is to support member states in efficiently using European human and social resources while promoting the principle of lifelong learning, including formal, non-formal, and informal education.

Through six mobility activities, CARNET aims to foster community and societal development by increasing opportunities for distance learning and creating online content for asylees and asylum seekers. Following the mobility, CARNET will conduct a focus group with interested parties to design a one-day training session on using online tools and platforms for creating accessible and interactive online content. The competencies gained through the mobility will contribute to CARNET's organizational development through improved collaboration and communication skills. 

The key needs of CARNET for further development to be fulfilled through this project are as follows:

• Share examples of best practices, experience, and information with related organizations and participate in activities in the international environment.
• Improve organizational, communication, and presentation skills, as well as collaboration skills.
• Improve understanding of group dynamics and teamwork
• Develop new ideas and methods for implementing non-formal training.
• Improve conflict management skills and the skills for designing and conducting constructive focus groups.
• Enhance your understanding of intellectual property (IP) protection, focusing specifically on copyright and personal data protection within the online environment.
• Develop new and improve existing CARNET services (Moodle, MOOC – Massive Open Online Courses, and the “Nikola Tesla” National Distance-Learning Portal) and network them.
• share experiences with partner organizations in using and applying online tools, creating online courses, and their availability to end users (asylees and asylum seekers in the countries of partner organizations).

The project is composed of three phases:

• a preparation phase – refers to the activities necessary to carry out the mobility, such as gathering the required documentation and searching for and making arrangements with partner organizations;
• a mobility phase – participating in structured courses and job shadowing activities;
• a dissemination phase within CARNET and also with other organizations and partners dealing with asylees and asylum seekers

All phases of the project will be carried out through six different mobility activities, four of which are structured courses and two are job shadowing abroad.

Structured courses:

1. “Developing Effective Communication Skills”
2. “Conflict management: Repairing relationships and benefiting from difference”
3. “Soft Skills for Teachers, Trainers, and Education Staff” 
4. „Teamwork as a Means for Enhancing Productivity

Job shadowing abroad

1. University of Las Palmas
2. CENTRA member institution or company