DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT

Partnership for Development and Growth Fund

Application Form Project Recognition of Learning in Scouting

Please read through this application form carefully before starting to write your application.

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1. General Information Please provide some general information about the project. Name of National Scout Association Name of the Project Email address Name of person responsible for the project Contact address Scouting Nederland Recognition of learning in Scouting and Guiding e.lepelaar@scouting.nl Eric Lepelaar P.O. Box 210 3830 AE Leusden The Netherlands

Telephone/fax number Name of International Commissioner Signature of International Commissioner

+31 (0)33 496 09 46

Bas Mulder

Date Christos Hatzidiamandis Name of Committee Contact Signature of Committee Contact

17 february 2011

Date

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2. Aim and Duration of Project The Partnership for Development and Growth Fund applies to projects which have as their principle aim, the development and growth of the Movement. Please state clearly, the Aim of your project and how you will achieve the Aim. Recognition of (prior) learning inside and outside scouting is a theme that has become increasingly important in the work of NSOs and the Region. Scouting Nederland has some experience in this field and has therefore in June 2010 been asked by the Adult Resources Core Group of the European Region WOSM to support a project on Recognition in Scouting. The aim of the project is to promote, enhance and facilitate the ideas of recognition of (prior) learning in NSOs. This aim will be achieved by bringing together project teams of interested NSOs who will simultaneously start to work on the issue of recognition in their own NSO in order to identify:

How can you help your volunteers in recognizing their own competences developed both inside and outside scouting? How can you help them to make those competences visible to the outside world? How can we as Scouting help the individual in their development, also outside Scouting?

How long is the project expected to last? 1 year only X 2 years only 3 years only

3. Description of the Project Include information on the needs which you believe this project will meet; and a short description of what you are proposing to do, listing any events, whether for young people or adults and giving some idea of the number of people who will be involved. Successful applications to the Fund will show most, if not all, of the following areas (tick the appropriate boxes and develop these points in the following pages) How many young people will it involve? Briefly explain the motivation for the project, making reference to the strategy of your association. X X X X X Improving the quality of Scouting in the association Intention to extend Scouting to a greater number of young people Creative and innovative ideas Proposals that fit with the European Scout Plan and WOSM strategic priorities Involves partnerships How many young people will be involved in the project?

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There are 10 NSOs participating in the project At December 10 till 12 2010, there was a first, small start-up network meeting in the Netherlands, Bunnik, with the project managers from 5 of the participating NSO's. In this meeting possibilities and expected outcomes were discussed. This meeting was funded by Scouting Nederland. 27-29 May 2011, there will be a first network meeting for this project in Denmark, Copenhagen, with all the project managers from the 8 NSO's. The result of this meeting will be the establishment of a pilot project team in each partner country. At 30 September - 2 October 2011, there will be a larger network meeting in Portugal of the newly established pilot project teams (3-5 people from each partner organization). This network meeting focuses on sharing ideas, discussing approaches, exchanging methods and developing activity plans for each pilot project team. The focus of the activity plans is to introduce and/or enhance recognition of learning for young volunteers into the national Scouting and Guiding organisation 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 Youth pass, Europass, the European Portfolio for Youth leaders and Youth Workers, the National and European Qualification Frameworks (NQF and EQF) in relation to learning in Scouting and Guiding. The next phase focuses on the performance of the project activities by the pilot project teams in the countries of the partner organisations. During this phase the participants can communicate and exchange experiences through an interactive internet-based program (www.e-scouting.eu), comment on each others progress and consult each other. Questions to be answered in these project activities focuses on either the individual, organisational and national level. Succeeding to that two more network meetings are scheduled, to be held in Slovenia and the Netherlands. The first one will be a meeting at May 25-27 2012 in Slovenia, with the project managers of each pilot project team, to monitor and enhance the working- and development process of each pilot project team. Finally, at August 24-262012 there will be a meeting of the complete project teams 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 partner organisation. One of the final results of this project is a detailed and quality based project plan for each partner country, 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 working process in - and the lessons learned by - each pilot project team. Finally, during this project the participants communicate and learn from each other by use of an interactive internet-based learning environment. After an evaluation of this tool, this learning environment will also be available in the next years, during the dissemination and implementation phase.

4. Identification of Needs Briefly explain how the needs addressed by this project were identified.

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At the Scout Acadamy in 2008 a workshop was held about recognition in Scouting. The conclusion of this workshop was to start up of network introducing the competency based approach for training systems, learning paths and external recognition. The WOSM Adult Resources Core Group believed that a number of NSOs are interested in a project on recognition and therefore asked Scouting Nederland to take the lead in this project.
5. Objectives of the Project List and briefly explain the objectives that are expected to be achieved by the end of this project.

Recognition of (prior) learning is a theme that has become increasingly important in a 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 partner country, resulting in a vision or concrete project on recognition of learning in Scouting in the participating NSO's. This by initiating and bringing together a network of international pilot project teams of participating Scouting organisations from Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Slovenia. The focus of the project results is on the empowerment of young volunteers to gain insight in their own competences, development, possibilities and career planning. This is done by the initiating new national projects.
6. Implementation (a) Methods Provide details of the methods that will be used in implementing the project. 2 meetings of project managers of participating NSOs 2 meetings of project teams of participating NSOs Intensive communication between the participating NSOs through e-mail and internet

This project contains the first phase, in wich project teams are formed and international meetings are held to exchange learning experiences, methods an approaches. Learning by doing means that the whole process of project development in each partner country is being monitored and evaluated. During the evaluation process we intend to plan a follow-up, with a potential large and long term cooperation with the partner countries and to share the outcomes with the other national Scouting organisations in Europe who did not participate by presentations, workshops, round tables and roleplays during international Scouting seminars.
(b) Actions and content In chronological order, list the actions that make up the project.

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Preparatory meeting of the project managers in December 2010 (already held) Meeting of the project managers in May 2011, Denmark Meeting of the project teams in October 2011, Portugal Work on concrete projects in the NSOs from October 2011 till May 2012 Meeting of the project managers in May 2012, Slovenia Final meeting of the project teams in August 2012, The Netherlands
(c) Outcomes and results List the outcomes of the project, including interim outcomes. All outcomes and results must be measurable.

A vision on recognition in scouting in the participating NSOs. So one of the final products of the project activities is a detailed and quality based project plan for each partner country, focussing on the dissemination and implementation of recognition of learning, regarding young volunteers in particular. Another product is the description of the working method, i.e. the working process in - and the lessons learned by - each pilot project team. Finally, during this project the participants communicate and learn from each other by use of an interactive internet-based learning environment (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. The focus of the project results is on the empowerment of young volunteers to gain insight in their own competences, development, possibilities and career planning. This is done by the initiating new national projects.
7. Management (a) Project Structure and Responsibilities Please state the management structure for the project, including the names and responsibilities and how these people were chosen. The project will be managed by Scouting Nederland and supported by Volunteering Working Group of the Europe Region WOSM. Project managers: Eric Lepelaar (staff member for Adult Resources Scouting Nederland) Erik van Beek (Member Scouting Nederland and former member recognition unit of Adult Resources Core Group). The meetings of project managers and project teams of NSOs will be facilitated by the project managers and experts from different countries, through the the Volunteering working Group. The Project Managers will be supported by a team of three other volunteers from Scouting Nederland.

(b) Timetable Please present the timetable on the enclosed spreadsheet PF Timetable.xls. If necessary, provide

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details on the actions, meetings, events and so on, with specific dates for each. Also based on the enclosed timetable, please mention the dates when each phase of the project will be evaluated. Remember to include the preparation, the implementation and the evaluation (and follow-up) phases. Please include any additional comments relating to the timetable.

8. Evaluation Please state how the project will be evaluated, including during the project and at its conclusion. This should involve evaluating against objectives see Section 5 above. Process evaluation There will be Skype evaluation sessions before and after the meetings, to ensure an efficient running of the Activity. Also the interactive learning environment will be an important tool to monitor and improve the Working processes of each project team. 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 project plans for the partner organizations. The results of the meetings will be shared with other organisations through the national websites of the Partner organisations and through the international web portal of WOSM and WAGGGS. Here also, the objectives, relevance and priorities of the Youth in Action Programme and its coherence with this project will be clearly stated.

9. Budget Please present the budget on the enclosed spreadsheet PF Budget.xls. If needed, give details on the expected expenditure and the dates on which significant expenditures will need to be made. Please also provide details of income from other sources, including that from the associations own funds and any in kind support which you expect to receive.

10. Sustainability Please indicate how the project will contribute to the sustainability of your association. Do you see the project becoming self-sustaining?

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The project will hopefully introduce a new way of thinking and initiate projects in some NSOs. The project will become self-sustainable if the follow-up projects in the participating NSOs will be initiated. The results of the project will be communicated to all NSOs in the Europe Region.

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