We are also an EVS (European Voluntary
Service) Sending and Coordinating
Organisation. In the last 2 years, we have
sent abroad for EVS long term projects
about 20 youth.
We also work on Adult Education on skills
and competences development-also
focused on work-, learning facilitation and
innovative methods for learning/teaching
for educators and learners. A couple of
years ago we developed also a Grundtvig
Project for Seniors.
Thanks to the cooperation with other
professional organisations in Europe
we see how the quality of our projects
is increasing day by day. Agrado staff is
composed basically by 3 persons with
different competences:
Laris: international Trainer with Psychological
Counselor skills, responsible for project
design, management and coordination;
Francesco: Youth worker, an expert in
education and learning methods,
Trainer in local activities and animator;
Maila: youth worker, an expert in youth
activities, project management and
dissemination and media manager.
We have some collaborators and every
year we train our (over 18 years old ) youth
as leaders for youth Exchanges abroad.
What do you think it is the role of
NGO’s in general, in the educational
system?
NGOs have an important role, which is the
capacity to connect formal and non-formal
education and provide different patterns
of education.
They have on their side the possibility to “dare”
much more than traditional institutions:
dare new paths, new approaches to
learning, trying new tools- sometimes
even the possibility to fail and learn from
this. It is a creative process producing
sometimes also innovative solutions
and outputs!
NGOs can connect a lot of different entities,
and Erasmus+ Programme addresses
just in such direction in order to develop
cross-sectorial competences and offer
quality learning but also trying to solve
some social problems like NEET
phenomenon, unemployment, lack of skills
and motivation for learners and educators.
Another important role NGOs have is the
capacity of inclusion: non-formal education
activities are quite attractive also for youth
with educational difficulties, and they can
represent a great learning tool for their
development.
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