Project Development

Implementing Visions with Projects

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Projects are an experiential self-learning field for civic engagement. They are facilitating the idea of initiative, helping the involved people to acquire skills and knowledge in a very direct way. Furthermore, they are connecting volunteer activity with the direct of the project in the society. Under this perspective, projects are a civic learning space for civic engagement. In this section we offer methods to explore the visions and needs, and how to come from these explorations to a concept.

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Articles, Checklists and Methods

Collaboration for Social Change
Networking and Collaboration as a Competence
Project Inspiration
Stakeholder Analysis and Communication

A Shared Ideaspace
Bridge to the Future
Concept Map
Change Your World with 50 Euro
Designing a persona
Empathy Map
Future Workshop
Ideas that match
Impact Chain
Map your neighborhood
My Further Civic Involvement: Meditation on the Future
Silent Journey
Task: Start with "Why"
The Oasis Game
Word Cloud
Who Can Change Things...

Checklist: Crucial Questions
Collaboration Canvas
Logic of the project
Checklist: Why do I get involved?
Checklist: Project Concept
Checklist: Quick Project Check

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Inspiring Handbooks and Resources:

Activism/­Active Citizenship/Project Work

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  Now Project Development Handbook
  by NOW Association Download

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  Initiative Cookbook
  Homemade Engagement. An Introduction to Project Management. Download

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  Change-oriented adult education in the fields of democracy and digitalization
  from the project FutureLabAE
  Download

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  Toolkit for Democracy and Human Rights
  by Human Rights Academy (HRA) Norway.
  Download

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  A Consensus Handbook
  Seeds for Change Network's tool for co-operative decision-making
  Download

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  Resource Mobilization Toolkit
  FRIDA's toolkit (not only) for girls, young women and trans youth
  Download

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  Networking for Entrepreneurship Education
  Guide to networking and collaboration by the EntreComp 360 project
  Download

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  td-net toolbox
  of the Swiss Academy of Sciences for developing projects, conducting research and exploring ways to impact in heterogeneous groups
  Online

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  Steps toward Action
  Empowerment for self-responsible initiative. Help your learners to discover their vision and to turn it into concrete civic engagement.
  Download

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  Let's Play Demo­cracy­baro­meter
  Learning democracy through analog card games by GIGA and demokrative
  Download

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  Participatory Method Toolkit
  A practitioners manual.
  Download

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  Toolkit European citizenship in youth work
  Toolkit 7 (revised) of Council of Europe
  Download

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  Have your say!
  Manual on the Revised Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life by CoE
  Download

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  Building our Citizen Muscle
  SALTO-Youth Participation, Diána Hajdu-Kis
  Planning youth participation projects Download

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  Seed for Change
  Tools addressing skills around civic competences
  Web

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  Game On
  A Practical Guide to Campaigning
  Download

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  Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
  IDEO's guide
  Download

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  Design Thinking for Educators
  by Riverdale Country School and IDEO
  Download

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  ENGAGE
  Learning democracy with children aged 8-12 by DARE network
  Download

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  Impact Management Toolbox
  by the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT
  Online

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  Development Impact & You
  Practical Tools to trigger and support social innovation
  Download

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  Community Tool Box
  Created by by University of Kansas
  Online

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All Methods:

• Methods A-Z

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Standard Building Blocks:

• First Steps
• Guidance through the Process
• Social Skills

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Educational Fields:

• Active Citizenship Education
• Human Rights Education
• Digitalisation
• Education for Sustainable Development
• Project Development
• Unleashing Creativity
• Global Learning
• Game-based Learning
• Language Animation
• Mentoring
• Entrepreneurship Education
• Arts Education

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Handbook

H. Fahrun, E. Skowron,
N. Zimmermann

Initiative Cookbook

Homemade Engagement. An Introduction to Project Management.

MitOst Editionen 2015: Read