MIR Learning Partnership

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Formed in Sintra, November 2005, based on a suggestion by the Portuguese Socrates National Agency, reconfirmed and kicked off in Episkopi, Cyprus, October 2006, active until summer 2009 and then hopefully continuing.

MIR means the integration of three key elements in Adult Education for Local Development

• Motivation of people to become local actors
• Involvement and integration of local actors in regional development agreements
• Resources – Knowledge experience; know-how

At this wiki we explain our goals in public and we also have pages for our internal project work:-

Public Pages

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• Dublin 2- November 2008
• Episkopi 3 - March 2009
• Kronach 2- June 2009

• Episkopi 2 - April 2008
• Austria 1 - December 2007

• Kronach 1 - June 2007
• Dublin 1 - March 2007
• Episkopi 1 - October 2006

Internal pages: MIR/internal yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MIRgroup/

Austrian pages: MIR/AT

German language pages: MIR/deutsch

Participating Countries

• AT – GIVE Forschungsgesellschaft (voluntary research organization)
• CY – Municipality of Episkopi
• DE – Volkshochschule Kronach (regional adult education institute)
• IE – AN COSÁN (community development organization)

• FR -

• PT (coordinator) – ADRIMAG (rural/local development association)
• SK – PROACADEMY – (citizen association)

• LT - MinciuSodas (private business)

Main Goal

• Integrate the main functions of education in regional development, by:
• motivating people to become local actors,
• get them involved and integrated in the process and
• explore models to provide broader resources of knowledge and experience

Objectives

• Exchange information, experiences and good practices developed by the partners at national level
• Import and adapt existent methodologies at other realities and contexts
• Integrate and train learners from our regions to assure most efficient learning process
• Disseminate methodologies among transnational partners
• Disseminate the project results outside the partner’s organizations

Main Activities

• Definition of common approach
• Collection of information
• Identification of learners, partners and actors
• Integration and training of learners, partners and actors
• Exchange of information and sharing experiences
• Evaluation of the impact/project activities
• Dissemination of the results and products

Results

• Achievement of a higher level of understanding of interrelatedness of Adult Education with Local Development
• Recognition of Adult Educators as key actors in local development
• Better management of the key elements of adult education in local development

Internal pages: MIR/internal