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Miguel Angel Muñoz [email_address] GoGreen Green Business is Smart Business WP2 – Development of the GOGREEN training model

WP2: What the proposal says - Deliverables PRESENTATION STRUCTURE Tools I and II Tasks per partner Implementation Plan: Users needs analysis and Methodological, Educational and Technical Requirements Synthesis report: country reports

DELIVERABLES 2.1 Survey questionnaire 2.2 Go Green Implementation Plan 2.3 WP2 workshop in Spain

TOOL I: Questionnaire Identification of Users’ needs: Survey questionnaire Design of a questionnaire in EN that was published online with a link from the project website: http:// www.gogreenproject.eu / tabid /102/ language /en-US/ Default.aspx

TOOL II: National report structure Analisys of application contexts: National reports Structure of the national reports including selection of GOOD PRACTICES to better identify the application contexts

TASKS PER PARTNER as in proposal Chamber of Arcadia: coordinator in Greece aided by Allweb and Miltos. 272 questionnaires and National report Greece - Completed Eurosportello : coordinator in Italy aided by UniRoma: 200 questionnaires and National report Italy - Completed Ccia Arad: coordinator in Romania : 201 questionnaires and National report Romania - Completed BICC Sandinski: coordinator in Bulgaria : 206 questionnaires and National report Bulgaria - Completed Camara Valencia: coordinator in Spain aided by SCIES: 117 questionnaires and National report Spain - Completed IZI and IZTO Turkey: co-coordinators in Turkey : 110 questionnaires – Completed. National report Turkey Missing. Scienter España : WP COORDINATOR. The project team from Scienter España was composed by 4 people led by M. Begoña Arenas, who is unable to attend this event and is being represented by Miguel Angel Muñoz Castro at this meeting in Valencia.

WP2: Synthesis report: Overview EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Section 1. INTRODUCTION: THE GOGREEN PROJECT AND THIS REPORT 1.1 the Gogreen project 1.2 WP2: development of Gogreen training model 1.3 Document overview SECTION 2. ANAYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT APPLICATION CONTEXTS 2.1 Process followed 2.2 Structure of the national report 2.3 Table with key information per country 2.4 Main Findings Annexes. National reports

WP2: Synthesis report . NATIONAL REPORTS I -simplified analysis The national contexts have demostrated to have an enormous influence on the implementation of green practices and the evolution of the awareness and culture towards green issues of SMEs in the participating countries. In all the participating countries it is perceived that raising awareness, communication and training campaigns are very necessary . Most of the SMEs surveyed in the participating countries perceive the benefits of implementing green practices particularly reducing costs and improving their “image” and also most of them declare that the existing administrative regulations in their countries complicate their active involvement in adopting environmentally friendly practices.

WP2: Synthesis report . NATIONAL REPORTS II -simplified analysis Italian and Greek SMEs followed by Spanish, seem to be those following training courses related to ICT more frequently so this means that the efforts to promote the benefits of using ICT for learning regarding environmental issues should be focused specifically in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey . In this frame, the leading institutions in the countries involved in GOGREEN need to make an effort so as to adapt the training modules to be developed in the frame of GOGREEN to their specific contexts. The benefits of adopting quality standards need to have more emphasis in Spain.

WP2: Implementation plan: Overview EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Section 1. INTRODUCTION: THE GOGREEN PROJECT AND THIS REPORT 1.1 the Gogreen project 1.2 WP2: development of Gogreen training model 1.3 Target group adressed 1.4 Deliverables 1.5 Document overview Section 2. USERS NEEDS ANALYSIS 2.1 Process followed 2.2 Questionnaire 2.3 Main Findings 2.3.1 Short analysis by sections Section 3. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 3.1 Methodological requirements 3.2 Educational requirements 3.3 Technological requirements References

WP2: Implementation Plan. USERS TRAINING NEEDS: Process followed Draft questionnaire before meeting in Tripolis Scoping exercise in each partner country Initial analysis of the results 1 .- Identification of the field of investigation 2.- Issue of final questionnaire 3.- Completion of questionnaires and insertion onine GOGREEN Survey

WP2: Implementation Plan SIZE OF THE SAMPLE, we have had a total of 1108 valid questionnaires filled in, distributed as follows: 1108 TOTAL 110 TURKEY 201 ROMANIA 200 ITALY 1 HUNGARY 272 GREECE 1 GERMANY 117 ESPAÑA 206 BULGARIA QUESTIONNAIRES COUNTRY

WP2: Implementation Plan Size of the SMESinvolved

WP2: Implementation Plan: Economic sector of Participating SMES 2 Fishing 5 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 5 Mining and quarrying SubSection CA : Mining and quarrying of energy producing materials 13 Education 14 Financial intermediation 17 Private households with employed persons 22 Health and social work 30 Transport, storage and communication 34 Real estate, renting and business activities 47 Agriculture, hunting and forestry 56 Other 63 Electricity, gas and water supply 72 Other community, social and personal service activities 98 Construction 109 Hotels and restaurants 213 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 284 Manufacturing NUMBER SECTOR

WP2: Implementation Plan: Green practices currently implemented in SMEs

WP2: Implementation Plan: Reasons for SMEs to implement green practices: Savings and Image

WP2: Implementation Plan: Major DRAWBACKS on the introduction of environmentally friendly practices in SMEs . ECONOMIC ASPECTS

WP2: Implementation Plan: BENEFITS expected to achieve by implementing green policies

WP2: Implementation Plan: ADOPTION OF QUALITY STANDARDS EN ISO 14001 is the most adopted reaching 67% of those 19% adopting quality standards

WP2: Implementation Plan: COUNTRIES ADOPTING QUALITY STANDARDS

WP2: Implementation Plan: Position of the SMEs regarding training 61% have regular or occasional implementation of training courses, while 25% assured the implementatioon of trainig courses is “rare”.

WP2: Implementation Plan: FOLLOW OF ICT COURSES From those 30% who have followed ICT related training courses 72% declare to have followed blended learning courses (including face to face sessions and online learning)

WP2: Implementation Plan: THE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR LEARNING IS RARE !

WP2: Implementation Plan: PREFERRED FEATURES IN ONLINE COURSES The respondents rated over 4 -very important-: the Quality of learning contents Loading time Text easy to read and use and Usefulness of certification

WP2: Implementation Plan: Interest of SME workers to follow training courses 48% said “maybe” and 31% “would love to”

WP2: Implementation Plan: Having in mind that the GOGREEN focus is designing and testing a “Green Training Programme”, aiming to improve the knowledge and the skills of entrepreneurs and professionals related to the effective introduction and management of green business practices , we will introduce in the folowing slides some basic requirements related to methodology, education and technology to guide the following WP3 – Gogreen Training Material Development, WP4 - resource center development and WP5 - pilot training meaning to be a starting point with WP3, 4 and 5 WP leaders.

WP2: Implementation Plan: METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS I In the GOGREEN proposal, 15 interactive multimedia training modules are foreseen and 2 methods are planned to be implemented in the frame of WP5: Training Trainers’ workshop (in Florence IT) and Workshops and Trainees Seminars to be implemented in 6 pilot sites (Greece, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey)

WP2: Implementation Plan: METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS II TRAINING TRAINERS’ WORKSHOP 2 days are planned in the proposal. We advise to plan the following structure: Presentation of the GOGREEN project Round to present all the participants and “break the ice” Guide to use the training materials Training techniques How to use the online platform How to cary out the evaluation of the training Questions and interactive sessions with trainers

WP2: Implementation Plan: METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS III WORKSHOPS AND TRAINEES BLENDED LEARNING SEMINARS a- In the proposal it is stated that 80%will take place at the online platform and 20% presential. As 30% of the users who have followed ICT related training courses 72% reported to have followed blended learning courses (including face to face sessions and online learning), we recommend the trainers to ask all the trainees who have participated in the learning courses to report on previous experiences and try to build on “good practices examples” while trying to cope with the problems the participants have had in the past.

WP2: Implementation Plan: METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS IV WORKSHOPS AND TRAINEES BLENDED LEARNING SEMINARS b- It is recommended to hold at least 3 face to face sessions : at the beginnig, in the middle and at the end of the online courses and use ad hoc evaluation grids to be filled in by the participants. As to the online component, the role of the trainer or e-tutor is crucial as this requires a transformation process to that of learning facilitator.

WP2: Implementation Plan: METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS V Structure of the 15 Training modules We propose the following structure: Title of session : Example: Corporate energy policy Learning Outcomes : what learners will know, understand or be able to do after the training Preparation: - describe any preparation that the training will need to do before the session e.g. Print materials, Bibliographic respurces available Procedure : describe in step-by-step what the learner must do at each stage of the module. Timings: say how long in minutes each part of the module might take Contents : include the contents of the training and explain well what each trainee is expected to do. Acknowledgements : if the material has been adapted from a particular learning course or project then state – ‘ adapted with permission from ROMA TRE training handbook’ . If you are the author state this e.g. originated by XXX. We would advise to include a Forum: Discussion : provide some questions to provoke discussion about what has been learnt at the end of the session

WP2: Implementation Plan: METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS VI SUPPORTING TRAINING MATERIALS AND TOOLS It is advised to produce: Trainees handbook FAQ which will solve questions emerged after reading the trainee handbook Case studies Bibliographic written and online resources As to the case studies and Bibliographic written and online resources in the frame of WP3, all “Piloting” partners are expected to look for legal institutional and country specific issues.

WP2: Implementation Plan: EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS I TOPICS OF THE 15 TRAINING MODULES In the proposal the following topics are mentioned: Corporate energy policy Energy efficiency Recycling Renewable energy sources Biofuel Employee environmental attittudes We would add: An introduction module explaining the reasons and benefits for SMEs to follow “Green courses” Quality issues related to Green practices and also maybe Sustainable Manufacturing as many of the SMEs involved in the learning needs were manufacturing SMEs.

WP2: Implementation Plan: EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS II CERTIFICATION: It has been mentioned by the participants in the survey as “very important” for which we recommend: the pilot leaders in each country to check their national regulations and the possibilities their institutions have to provide a certification of the learning being implemented in the pilots.

WP2: Implementation Plan: TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS I We do not want to reinvent the wheel, so we will include here some tips, such as the 10 Ways to Improve Blended Learning Course Design , Erin Schreiner proposes on eHOW : Integrate a Variety of Technologies Don't rely on one technology option. Blended learning allows for the integration of computers , audio-visual tools and standard visual aids. By using an array of technologies, you increase the likelihood that you reach all of your students. Set Clear Expectations Make it clear what students should learn as a result of the blended learning course. State your expectations at the beginning of the course, and remind students of these expectations as you move through the lessons. Adopt a Clear Organizational System Blended learning courses often include an array of independent activities. To ensure that students know what they need to do at each step of the way, organize the course carefully and provide students with a syllabus or course outline, digital or print, so that they can keep track of their assignments.

WP2: Implementation Plan: TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS II Select Active Learning Techniques It is easy for students to become disengaged when learning independently. Integrate hands-on activities when students meet in the classroom to require that students actively participate in the lessons. Offer Differentiated Learning Blended learning affords you the opportunity to reach students at their level. When designing your course, create lessons at a variety of levels. By having leveled lessons available, you can assign the lessons to high, medium and low level students as necessary. Tailor Teaching to an Assortment of Learning Styles Everyone learns differently. Some benefit from visuals, while others thrive when presented with auditory information. As you design the course, integrate an array of different delivery mediums into the course so that all students can be successful, regardless of learning style preference. Take Advantage of Online Resources The Internet is rich in educational resources. Do not ignore this wealth of material. Instead, save time and effort by integrating online resources into both the classroom and e-learning lessons that make up your blended learning course.

WP2: Implementation Plan: TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS III Offer Collaborative Learning Options E-learning can be a solitary endeavor. Allow your students to benefit from working with others by offering collaborative learning options. Use collaboration both in the classroom, by pairing or grouping students, and online by using discussion boards and other e-communication tools. Allow for Easy Communication Students should be able to easily reach teachers when necessary. Set up a simple system of communication to ensure that students do not become frustrated by lack of teacher assistance. Use Multiple Assessment Methods Do not always assess the students in the same way. Integrate projects, quizzes and written assignments to ensure that students' deficiency in one area does not have a negative impact on their overall score in their blended learning course. The flexibility in scheduling and format is critical to success.

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