Co-creation is more than participation. It implies that different stakeholders co-initiate, co-design and co-implement a project or programme together. This report, created in the frame of the Erasmus+ project “Co-Create”, aims to analyse the situation in the participating countries of Austria, Denmark and Finland.

International cooperation is part of the work of many life-long learning organisations in the European civil society sector. Nevertheless, many are not yet involved in international partnerships or could not implement international cooperation successfully. However, international cooperation could help the organisations to initiate internal learning processes and spark innovation. This is the general idea of European cooperation programmes like Erasmus+. Some civil society organisations are utilizing the possibilities of these programmes, but more are routinely applying for funding without success or have never even tried. As anyone who has ever reached out for such financial support knows, these applications require time and personnel in order to be successful. Therefore, starting international projects is a challenge, but implementing them can be an even more daunting task. Project managers need support and specific skills if they are working internationally. In which way do the organisations’ management departments support their international project managers? First-time international project managers especially need help as they are most often not prepared to work in an international environment.

Ziel des Projekts BRIDGING ist die Zusammenarbeit zwischen sieben Ländern, um Sozialkapital zu fördern, sowie soziale Inklusion, Zusammenhalt und Vertrauen in der Gesellschaft, zu einer Zeit zu stärken, die von Spaltung und Missverständnissen geprägt ist. Das Projekt entwickelt neue, partizipative und co-kreative kulturelle Lernzugänge, die an Praktiker*innenin Europa weitergegeben werden können.

UNESCO Publishing a publicat cartea Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies ce prezintă o metodologie structurată, dar flexibilă, pentru dezvoltarea competențelor interculturale într-o varietate de contexte, atât formale, cât și informale. Pilotată în întreaga lume de către UNESCO, această metodologie s-a dovedit a fi eficientă într-o serie de contexte și axată pe o varietate de probleme.

Internationale Zusammenarbeit ist Teil der Arbeit vieler europäischer zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisationen für lebenslanges Lernen. Dennoch sind viele noch nicht in internationale Partnerschaften eingebunden oder konnten noch kein internationales Kooperationsprojekt erfolgreich umsetzen. Internationale Zusammenarbeit könnte den Organisationen jedoch helfen, interne Lernprozesse und Innovationen zu initiieren.

We offer practical tools for staff members to develop or improve their Intercultural competences. This resource is a series of training modules that are designed for use in training workshops. They can be held separately or as a tailor-made training course with several (or all) modules combined.