my comments on the project
Hi all,
First of all, congratulations Sotiris... good work as regards the proposal and the logo!
Second, here are the answers on the questions you have asked in the email, especially that some of them concern the hosting organizations:
How you will create your local lab
In Romania, we will split the one month period in 2 parts:
first and second week, the volunteers will be based in the county capital (Bistrita) for the language and IT training - we can secure a free room for training and access to a PC network within a youth center as the one you have seen in Castelo Branco.
for the last 2 weeks, the young people will be hosted in a spa resort - Sangeorz Bai - where we have really good relations with the local authorities and in this way we can have some expenses covered.
The local lab will be in this case an internet cafe. The young people will use a camera belonging to our organization, easy to use and to handle. They will have to organize themselves in such a way that they will be able to use it according to a certain agree schedule.
2. what contacts you will make as sending or hosting organizations
As a hosting organization in the fist phase, for us it is important to have agreements with all local parties which could cover some of the costs or help us in any way with access to internet and a training venue. As I have mentioned above, we think we have found the right solutions for that.
3. What would you like more by coordination
As regards the proposal and in the light of the discussions we had in Athens and Castelo Branco, HAID should submit the proposal and have the right to sign all papers with the EU.
As regards the coordination of the network, we should have that coordination committe where all partner organization should have a representative (with the only mention that such representative should be a decision-maker). I think that all volunteers who are participating in the project should have the right to post and make comments on this blog. As regards their participation in the evaluation of the activity, I don't understand why Sotiris suggested the number of 3, but I am sure that in case any of the volunteers will want to be part of the discussion, there will be nobody there to stop him/her to add his/her comments.
4. do you have other ideas about on arrival training
I have seen what is suggested about on arrival training and it looks feasible to me. It would be good if all sending organization will present to the volunteers such schedule in advance - so they will not raise different expectations. I would stress the language training and IT training - i.e. how to overcome the technofobia of the volunteers - as Sotiris has pointed out very well in the proposal.
5. Do you have questions about mentoring;
the selection of the mentors is the key for the succes of the project. their preparation has to include a short demonstration and a short training - maybe not more than 2 hours - on what is expected from volunteers in terms of using the wikipedia and uploading materials. Maybe not all mentors are familiar with this. So I would suggest that in the mentor training should be added an extra 2 hour preparation for the aspects mentioned above.
One general comment:
The proposal is very innovative, and this is a plus we have in front of EU. It will require a lot of work and dedication from both hosting and sending organization, but the good preparation of hosts, local authorities and local communities is the real issue which will make a success out of our project.
I will post soon, some of the selection tools we have used in our former projects and some relevant resources you should read and which will be usefull in your preparation for this project.
Camelia - Romania
posted by Camelia Crisan @ 11:16 AM
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