EELI presentation

European Education and Learning Institute (EELI)

Who We Are The European Education and Learning Institute (EELI) is an adult educational and training institute.

Our aim is to actively contribute to the life long learning of people of all ages and strengthen cooperation in education throughout Europe.

The EU provides funding in the form of grants for a broad range of projects and programmes covering areas such as education, research, health, consumer protection, environmental protection and humanitarian aid.

If you are planning to build up projects with local or European partners and need funding, or if you intend to work with European institutions and be involved in such partnerships, EELI can build and fully manage your project.

Location The European Education and Learning Institute (EELI) has our base in the city of Rethymno, located in the center of Crete, Greece.

We collaborate with many partner organisations right across Europe.

Our Work

Our Main Sectors of Activity are:

The Institute’s expert team, specialised in EU funded programmes, provides consultancy and guidance in relation to EU policies, funding rules and the planning of multilateral projects. European funding is managed according to strict rules so as to ensure that funds are managed in a transparent and accountable manner.

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European projects department: development and management of programmes (studies and research)

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Mobility placements department: incoming and outgoing mobility placements

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Training department: (a) planning & elaboration of training programmes, (b) counselling and vocational guidance.

1. European Programmes Department Presentation of EU Projects

IDiSI – Integration of Diversity and Social Inclusion Erasmus project focusing on the training of trainers in the context of diversity and social inclusion. Expand and develop the competencies of trainers of trainers, educators and other staff supporting adult learners, in order to promote the integration of diversity and social inclusion of the most disadvantaged and low-skilled learners. The aim is to improve teaching methods and tools through the effective use of innovative solutions and digital technologies.

December 2020

ToFIE – Tools for Inclusive Education The project aims to enhance the knowledge and competences of educators of any discipline in the fields of Learning Disorders, promote their professional development and supply them with tools they can use in an educational context, aligned with their actual professional development needs. To this end we will develop a comprehensive Handbook of good practices and tools and a Course on Learning Disorders that will support the inclusion and participation of students with learning disorders, with a focus on the eventual special needs of foreign students whose first language is other than the language of instruction.

October 2020

VX Designers KA201 project that will provide young people with more meaningful experiences and learning, especially in exhibition and museum settings. VX Designers objective is to create a methodology to make the most of exhibitions as a pedagogical tool to develop students skills in an inclusive way, and to provide teachers and students with the tools to create their own virtual exhibition for learning. Targeted at learners who would benefit from curating their own exhibition, and so making a museum a centre for active, rather than passive, learning.

October 2020

LeCoLe – Learners as Co-Creators of their own Learning Erasmus+ KA2 project aiming to encourage active engagement of learners in planning, implementation and evaluation of the learning process at school and beyond in order for them to become co-creators of their own learning within collaborative learning process. Create innovate learning approaches that educators can use to enable student led learning, which will boost creativity, collaboration, technological competencies, responding positively to mistakes and improve decision making.

October 2020

PRESTO – Promoting People with Disability’s Transnational mobility KA204 Erasmus project to promote the social inclusion and to facilitate the transition to the labour market of people with intellectual disabilities thanks to their involvement in transnational mobilities. The outputs will include a defined path of how people with intellectual disabilities can take part in transnational mobility projects, update the methods of involving people with ID in VET and create a network of hosting SMEs and NGOS.

September 2020

Changing the Climate for lifelong learning through sustainability This is an adult education project with the aim of empowering learners in relation to the connection of global and local actions, specifically relating to climate change goals. Equip participants with the skills needed for sustainable development and promote their competencies relating to becoming global citizens.

September 2020

ACCED – Accelerating future Education online – in the time of the Virus Teaching methods are moving away from traditional methods and towards, online agile teaching, something COVID-19 is speeding up. The aim of this project is to support educators meet the real needs of their students and modernise the sector. It focuses on implementing a specific training program, a methodology and a certification to validate the training during the project implementation phase and beyond to grant sustainability and impact.

January 2021

FLASH MIND - Visual learning for inclusive pedagogy

The aims are to experiment with personalised learning paths that promote the inclusion of students facing difficulties and learning disabilities in the school system through innovative forms of content (interactive videos, flash cards).

The Flash Mind platform will also offer resources for teachers such as a pedagogical guide on the creation and use of its resources and tools as well as tools and learning methods based on visual pedagogy.

More info at: https://www.flashmind.eu/ January 2020

VAMOS - Valorising Migrants’ Experience to Increase their Occupational Skills Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership in VET and aims to design, develop and provide a specific training to migrant populations that will allow them to increase their employability in the Third Sector, by acquiring specific competences that facilitate social and labour inclusion of other migrants.

More info at: http://projectvamos.eu/

January 2020

SPOTTED - School policies to tackle and detect fake news

This new Erasmus+ KA2 project will last 32 months and aims to create a platform for young people, parents, and teacher alike, in order to contribute to the enrichment of the young generation’s media literacy and critical thinking, so they don’t fall victim to misleading info, bountiful in our media and technology-rich era.

In order to achieve that, various tools (Intellectual Outputs) will be created. An “Online assessment tool for media literacy”, to test young people’s abilities to detect fake news, “Guidelines on Media & Information literacy for schools” aimed at teachers and an “Online Disinformation e-Learning” to teach young people how to evaluate the info they are exposed to online.

November 2019

3D Printing in VET – 3DP VET Cooperation for innovation in VET. Aim of the project is to introduce the use of 3D Printers in Vocational Education and Training in Europe, and to develop a training programme on 3D printing use for teachers/ educators and students.

More info at: https://3dprintinginvet.eu/ October 2019

AUTRAIN – Development of a certificated training course for “autism officers”

This project aims at developing and implementing a comprehensive onlineplatform with information and advice on Autism Disorders. The platform will be used for information and awareness raising in terms of the daily life participation of autistic people, as the important basis of social inclusion, and will also be used for a pan-European exchange of information and opinions of experts in science and practical work in the field of autism. Includes an open online-platform for non-professionals dealing with autistic people.

October 2019

INTERTRAINE - Intercultural Training for Educators

This project’s main aims were to develop an intercultural training programme for educators teaching adult migrants. It resulted in the production of a handbook for trainers and a training package and course syllabus, which included practical exercises and, where possible, case studies.

All the training materials were uploaded to a MOOC. More info at: http://intertraine.eu/

October 2018

3D JAIL - Printing the future This project is an Erasmus+ KA2 project, Strategic Partnership in the field of Adult Education and its purpose is to develop the technical and digital skills needed to install and use 3D printers. It seeks to develop and test a training programme for prisoners aiming to upgrade their digital skills and enhance their employability.

More info at: https://3djail.eu/en/ October 2018

RELiVET - Reducing Early Leaving in VET RELiVET helped VET centres and staff to tackle early leaving of learners by identifying the factors that lead students to drop out, and designing a training curriculum for VET educators and for families. In addition, support toolkits were created for the special scientific staff involved in the learning process, on effective strategies for increasing graduation rates and student attainment.

More info at: https://relivet.eu/

October 2018

REMINT - Refugees and Migrants Inclusion Toolkit

The successful implementation of this project resulted in the development of a Toolkit, Handbook and Instructions on Experiential Methods, related to the best practice of enhancing asylum seekers, refugees and migrants’ inclusion. Wider use of non-traditional teaching methods were used to make the learning of these essential skills set easier, more motivating and more effective for the groups of beneficiaries.

October 2017

IIEF - Inclusion and Integration in Europe for

experts in pre-school education, youth and social work

Erasmus+ KA2/ Exchanges of Practices in AE project. This project enabled teachers, educators and trainers who work with vulnerable groups to acquire intercultural competences. A Toolbox containing activities for Inclusive Organisations boosting inclusion, dignity and diversity for participants was created.

October 2017

RE.INCLUSION – Guidelines for the Work

Inclusion of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

An Erasmus+ KA2/ Development of Innovation in VET project. This project defined the competence profile of practitioners working with refugees and developed an eLearning course based on best practices that can be used for the social and work inclusion of refugees.

More info at: www.reinclusion.eu/ November 2016

TALKING – Transactional Analysis Learning for Keeling over the Intercultural Gap.

An Erasmus+ KA2/ Development of Innovation in AE project. The project aimed to upgrade the skills of educators engaged in training activities in adult education involving immigrants. It improved the competencies that are necessary to manage an educational relationship between people of different cultures and languages. It involved the implementation, delivery and dissemination of an innovative methodology.

More info at: http://talking-project.eu/ November 2016

Understand & Teach – Helping Students with Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia

An Erasmus+ KA2/ Development of Innovation in AE project. The main project objective was to adapt, test, and disseminate an integrated system of transferable teaching materials to aid the education/training/decisionmaking process in the education sector. In doing this it equipped teachers, tutors and others with a duty of care for dyslexic students, with the ability to teach and support them successfully and efficiently by developing new educational skills; this, in turn, will provide the students with access to both knowledge and to the labour market.

More info at: http://understand-and-teach.eu/

November 2016

2. Mobility Programmes Department Presentation of Mobility Projects

Mobility Placements

EELI acts as a Sending, Receiving and Intermediary Institution for projects that aim to promote mobility actions for the unemployed, for young workers, teachers, trainers and educators, as well as to provide the opportunity to individuals to improve their qualifications.

We organise and coordinate work placements as well as study visits for students and professionals in close cooperation with a network of partners, providing guidance and support in all stages of mobility projects.

Training Fields:

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Tourism Hospitality services Cooking, Confectionery & Bakery Administration & Management Customer services Archaeology & Restoration Health & Social care Beauty Services Architecture Education Arts & Crafts, Design Technical professions & trades European Projects

Internships in Crete We organize and coordinate work placements and study visits in close cooperation with a network of professionals according to the interests and needs of the target groups.

Due to our privileged location in one of Greece’s most beautiful regions with a highly developed tourism sector, there are a great variety of options to choose from, especially when looking for partners or work placements in tourism-related professions.

Our services include the following: • • • • • • • •

Finding of project partners Arrangement of work placements Expert training in project-related areas Organisation of company tours and visits Accommodation Airport transfers Organisation of social activities Organisation of language courses

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Contact us today to discuss the ways in which we can work together. www.eeli.edu.gr

info@eeli.edu.gr

+30 28310 36121

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