Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

The Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, organized the first part of the “train the trainers” event “Increasing the Capacity of Educational Institutions in Serbia for Writing Project Proposals and Using Potential Sources of Funding to Improve the Quality, Equity and Efficiency of Work” on Fruška Gora on 19 and 20 November.

Following the publishing of the Public Call for this training over four hundred employees from the education sector applied, showing the subject to be very interesting, and the skills obtained through training to be sorely needed in the educational system.

Following the competition, the Commission selected twenty future trainers who attended the first part of the training during this weekend. The training will continue in December, and as of February the trained trainers will be tasked with further training employees in education.

The idea for the trainings arose after the publication of the “Guide for Schools, Teachers and Professional Associates: How to Find Information on Sources of Funding and Resources for Schools, Teachers and Professional Associates”, very well accepted among employees in education. The Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit elaborated the issues from the Guideline, creating the training aimed at the dissemination of project-writing skills and knowledge to the greatest possible number of schools in Serbia, so as to enable staff to obtain additional funds to equip schools and improve the quality of teaching and learning, as well as provide conditions for a more equitable education through developing competences and a support system within inclusive education.