Qualification of 3rd Sector in Europe

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Formal Project Description Contract Title Qualification of 3rd Sector in Europe Lead Partner FENACERCI (coordinator) Partners Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, ECQ European Center for Quality; BTECNET Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin;E.RI.FO. Countries of the action Portugal,Bulgaria,Germany, Italy, Cyprus. Cost of Action € Grant €16.000 Dates {{{start_day}}}/{{{start_month}}}/{{{start_year}}} - {{{end_day}}}/{{{end_month}}}/{{{end_year}}} Website N/A

Overall objective(s) Share 3rd Sector qualification experiences, debating conceptual and legal framework, financing and training models, successful practices, evaluation methods, competences recognition and other major results; Identify innovative solutions and practices for management and working models problems in 3rd Sector organisations and perspective their possible integration as 3rd Sector qualification tools; Define joint training and consultancy standards, in result of partnership experience/results integration; Propose new European project proposals; Create and enlarge the network of European partners, as a resource for these and other European partnership projects.

Expected Results Development of relationships and networking activities among the participating persons and institutions, contributing to the development of synergies and mutual enrichment; Better understanding of the history, nature, diversity, roles, problems and challenges faced by nonprofit organizations in the participating countries and regions; Dissemination of knowledge about different models, practices and materials used across Europe to qualify nonprofit organization and to develop their human resources; New personal and institutional competences to assess the training needs within nonprofit organizations and to plan participatory training projects and initiatives; More creative and innovative approaches to solve management problems and other situations related to the performance of nonprofit organizations; and Design of joint training-consulting and/or research-training-action projects and initiatives, combining the experiences of the involved persons and institutions.