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Topic: |
Blended Intensive Programmes: Taking Stock and Moving Forward |
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BIP ID: |
2023-1-BG01-KA131-HED-000118721-1 |
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BIP Coordinator and receiving HEI: |
D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics |
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BIP partnership: |
KreativEU alliance |
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Target group: |
Staff |
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Period of physical part: |
20-24 June 2025 |
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Period of the virtual part: |
30 June 2025 |
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Learning platform: |
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Country of venue: |
Bulgaria |
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City of venue: |
Plovdiv |
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Minimum No. of participants: |
15 |
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Maximum No. of participants: |
22 |
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Trainer: |
Assoc. Prof. Marusya Smokova |
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Application deadline: |
20 May 2025 |
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Application link: |
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Description: |
The main objective of the BIP is to identify lessons learnt from past BIPs and alternative events. It will provide participants with tips and guidelines for sustaining strengths and improving weaknesses in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating BIPs. The BIP is targeted at the academic and administrative staff in HEIs, who are responsible for organising and implementing BIPs. The BIP will be organised as thematic workshops and working groups. The BIP will cover topics that vary from finding the right BIP idea and target group, choosing the role in the BIP partnership, using reliable resources for exploring good practices, composing an effective partnership, describing the BIP, choosing the optimum number of participants, finding the right time and channels to communicate the BIP, choosing the venue, managing IIAs, MAs, and LAs, managing applications and registrations, funding the BIP and providing services to the participants, defining an agenda, hosting the participants, overcoming the obstacles, collecting and analysing participants’ feedbacks, evaluating and reporting the BIP. |
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Expected outcomes and used methods: |
The BIP is more applied-oriented and use-inspired, focusing on tips and guidelines on how to organise and implement useful, inspiring, and memorable BIPs. It relies mainly on experiential learning, gamified project-based learning, collaborative learning, and role-playing instructional strategies. Participants could learn through collaboration and experiences, as well as through the exchange of good practices. They will work in teams of 2-3 people and could earn badges for their performance. Each group will evaluate the BIP developed by a peer team. |
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Virtual Component Description: |
After the physical training sessions, participants will continue working on their group assignment to design a real BIP. They will be provided access to a Moodle-based course where they can collaborate and present their group assignment. The group presentation will be organised as a final online workshop to sum up the experience and lessons learnt. It will be held on June 30th, 2025. |
| Topic: | Successful Project Proposal Writing for HEIs |
| BIP ID: | 2021-1-BG01-KA131-HED-000008608-1 |
| BIP partnership: | D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics (BG) - Coordinator Valahia University of Targoviste (RO) Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (PL) University of Camerino (IT) |
| Target group: | Staff |
| Period of physical part: | 4-8 September 2023 |
| Period of the virtual part: | 11 September – 10 October 2023 |
| Learning platform: | https://training.eacademy.bg/ |
| Country of venue: | Bulgaria |
| City of venue: | Chiflik and Svishtov |
| Minimum No. of participants: | 15 |
| Maximum No. of participants: | 20 |
| Trainers: | Prof. Margarita Bogdanova Assoc. Prof. Marusya Smokova Assoc. Prof. Evelina Parashkevova |
| Application deadline: | 31 August 2023 |
| Application link: | https://forms.office.com/e/EANaEU1MWj |
| Description: | This Blended Intensive Programme is aimed at equipping participants with the key skills and competences for designing successful project proposals. The BIP is targeted to the academic and administrative staff in HEIs, who are responsible for developing project proposals. The BIP emphasises on designing and submitting successful project proposals under the calls of the Key Action 2 of the Erasmus+ Programme. The BIP content covers topics which vary from finding the right call for a project idea, developing a project concept, finding reliable partners, elaborating work packages and assigning responsible partners for each of the work packages, designing an implementation and risk management plan, as well as a dissemination and exploitation plan, constructing a budget, etc. The BIP is more applied-oriented and use-inspired focusing on tips and guidelines both on how to create and evaluate/score a project proposal. It is focused on the evaluation criteria and what the evaluators look for in a project proposal under a specific call. |
| Expected outcomes and used methods: | This BIP relies mainly on the project-based learning, small-group discussions and role-playing instructional approaches. Participants could learn through collaboration and experiences. They will work in small groups on a real project proposal and its work packages. Each group will evaluate a work package developed by a peer group. By the end of the BIP, participants will be able to:
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| Virtual Component Description: | After the physical training, participants will continue working on their group assignment – to complete the work package of a real project proposal assigned to their group during the physical training sessions by considering the feedback of a peer group. They will be provided an access to a Moodle-based course where they can collaborate, organise online meetings and discussions, take part in peer review activity, complete and submit their group assignment. |