SKOCKANO – quality standard of civil society organisations constructively engaged in non-formal education
Center for Peace Studies ·Croatia
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">By implementing <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">SKOCKANO </span></strong>project partners aim to influence <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">sector challenges</span></strong>: insufficient and uneven knowledge and skills of CSOs and rare or unsystematic education of civil society for providing non-formal education (NFE); insufficient competencies for e-learning; uneven quality of provided NFE and lack of clear quality criteria and standards; spread of anti-constitutional values; inadequate recognition of FFE in RoC; fluctuation of workers in CSOs resulting in loss of knowledge and skills in NFE area. We will</span> <span style="color: #000000">contribute to our <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">general goal</span></strong>: To increase the influence of CSOs in NFE area through sustainable quality assurance system (QAS), capacity building, firming of sectoral and intersectoral cooperation and increase of visibility –by reaching of <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">specific goals</span></strong>; <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">SG1 </span></strong>Establishing of quality standard for CSOs NFE activities; <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">SG2 </span></strong>Strengthen the capacities for NFE implementation, QAS application and increasing of work quality of SCOs in NFE; <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">SG3 </span></strong>Improve the framework and environment for activity of CSOs providing NFE through promotion of quality NFE and strengthening of sectoral and intersectoral cooperation. </span><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF">Longterm, the SKOCKANO project, through strengthening the sector and the quality of the NFE programs, contributes to empowering active citizens to engage in creating a fairer and a more sustainable society. </span> <span style="color: #000000">In order to assure a higher quality, adoption and widespread use of project results we will include <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"">key stakeholders </span></strong>in activities implementation. Those are: CSOs that provide NFE, schools, local and regional administration units, relevant institutions, and citizens. Implementation of creation and application activities of QAS in area of NFE will result in an increase of civic sector sustainability in area of providing NFE.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The project partner from Norway, Phronesis SA, provided support in the development of the Quality Assurance System (QAS). In the first year of the project, given their expertise in non-formal education, their involvement was significant in terms of system development as well as the creation of standards and criteria. Through joint meetings and reviews of working drafts, we refined the system and consulted with them on the usability and applicability of the criteria and their ranking. By involving the Norwegian partner organization through a bilateral initiative (additional funding for exchange and learning), we strengthened bilateral cooperation between Croatian CSOs and organizations from donor countries. A study visit to Norway expanded our collaboration with Norwegian organizations. During the visit, we had the opportunity to present our sectoral innovation and project results, which allowed us to strengthen bilateral knowledge exchange and gain insight into the functioning and activities of the civil sector in Norway.
Project partners
- Phronesis SA Donor project partner· Norway
- Forum for Freedom in Education Project partner· Croatia
- Human Rights House Zagreb Project partner· Croatia
- Centre for Civile Initiatives Poreč Project partner· Croatia
- GOOD Initiative for systematic and quality introduction of human rights and democratic citizenship education into the formal education system Project partner· Croatia