The 3rd PRIORITY Project CBA Online

Thu, 21 May 2020

PRIORITY Project CBA Online- ASSIST Software

The PRIORITY project partners have managed to keep the project rolling, despite the pandemic’s interference during the last few months. Our mission to promote open, resilient, inclusive societies for youth could not be held back, particularly because of the special circumstances and challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CBA (Capacity Building Activity) was supposed to take place in April 2020, in Dresden, Germany. However, because of travel restrictions and social distancing regulations, we had to adapt to the new circumstances and move it online. Complying with the new protocols, the PRIORITY partners brought together 21 youth workers and trainers from Germany, Italy, Romania, and Greece, for a 5-day online workshop entitled “How to Sustain your PRIORITY Hub”. The activities were carried out between 11th and 15th of May 2020, being coordinated by project partner Jugend- Kulturprojekt e.V.

ASSIST Software’s partner volunteers from Bucovina Institute have enthusiastically participated in the workshop, which dealt with the sustainability and future of a PRIORITY Hub and focused on methods, tools, and strategies for how to future-proof each PRIORITY Hub. The participants collected useful information and gained valuable skills in using creativity and technology to develop their Hub and to expand their network of cooperation at a regional, national, and European level.

The program for the first day of the workshop was to wrap up the topics covered during the previous two Capacity Building Activities held in Larissa and Palermo and then to dive into the subject of the strategic planning of a PRIORITY Hub, which continued on to the second day of the workshop, as well.
During the third day, the participants were asked to work on a team assignment, which involved the development of a strategy for their PRIORITY Hub, adapted to the local community. Participants were provided all the necessary instructions and the full support of the trainer in the completion of the assignment.
The presentations of the assignment were held at the beginning of day 4, with each team having 7 minutes to deliver their presentation. The rest of the day consisted of discussions on how to use creativity and technology to further develop a PRIORITY hub.
The last day of the workshop was reserved for talks about ways of expanding the network of cooperation and about impact assessment of the Hubs on each community and redesign possibilities along the way. Furthermore, the participants learned how to financially sustain their Hub.

The CBA organizer, JKPeV, skilfully and thoroughly prepared the workshop, adapting the learning materials and activities to the online environment, ensuring an interesting and rewarding experience for all participants.

The PRIORITY Project is co-funded by the ERASMUS+ program of the European Union and submitted under key action: support for policy reform, action type: social inclusion through education, training, and youth, with the project number: 604571-EPP-1-2018-1-DE-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN. In this program are involved 4 countries (Germany, Greece, Romania - represented by ASSIST Software and Italy) and 6 organizations.