New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Project category

Identify the award category for which this project is being submitted
Prioritising the places and people that need it the most

Email user
aidabrucaj@gmail.com

Basic information
Project title
Access to Technology

Full Project Title
"Access to Technology and Information by the Guci e Re Community"

Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
- The project is closely related to the needs of our school.
-Obstacles we encounter in obtaining different services.
- School students, due to the lack of technological materials, do not manage to practice in the subject of informatics and foreign language. - The young people of the village do not have a place where they can get services using technology, and norms of solidarity and reciprocity, which are essential for our communities, are not developed to the right extent.

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Local

Where was your project implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Albania

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Northwestern Albania /Guci e Re Village, Rrethina Administrative Unit, Shkoder Municipality

Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly rural

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2022-04-10

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project).
- First name: Aida
  Last name: Bruçaj
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Albania
  If relevant, please select your other nationality: Albania
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Rruga e Gucianëve
  Town: Guci e Re /Shkoder
  Postal code: 4015
  Country: Albania
  Direct Tel: +355 68 417 3215
  E-mail: aidabrucaj@gmail.com
  Website: https://www.facebook.com/shkollaisb
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/shkollaisb
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): https://www.facebook.com/shkollaisb
In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
Purpose
Increasing social cohesion, and interaction between school youth, the community, and other institutions in the area such as health centers, religious centers, local government, etc., through Voluntary Service.
The village of Guci e Re is a village with a relatively poor population, about 70% of the families are treated with economic assistance and the families come from deep mountainous areas, which together with themselves have brought a great cultural diversity. This village has about 1500 inhabitants. Public spaces in the village do not exist. The entire population, without exception, does not have a place where they can sit together, discuss, etc.
The only institution in the village of Guci e Re that offers various community services is the "Ismet Sali Brucaj" school. In recent years, the school has often taken community initiatives..'
Our village is at a considerable distance from the city of Shkoder, and public transport to the city does not operate at all after 14:00. This means that residents who do not have private cars cannot access the city of Shkoder in an easy and accessible way. students who attend secondary schools do not have the opportunity to attend extracurricular courses due to the distance, as well as young people who are not in school or employed. Also, it is very difficult for parents of students and pensioners to go to the city near the centers of services for a certificate or to photocopy for free because it takes time and travel costs.
The students of the school do not have any computers where they can normally develop the Technology classes and develop digital competencies.
With the creation of a serviced office, many of these obstacles would disappear.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
Development of learning in appropriate conditions.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Development of young capacities.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Quality time through learning,coding

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
High digital skills.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Community service

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
• To mobilize actors in the service of the community
• Creation of a service office within the school premises with the necessary tools for access to technology for all community groups:
- School-age
- Young men and women who are in high school
- Young people who have finished high school and are unemployed (to have the opportunity to take different courses, etc.)
-Elderly people who cannot go to the city to receive services (how to photocopy different materials, etc.)
Activities and steps to achieve the project goal:
-Finding a room near the school that we can use as office space and be under supervision all the time.
This will be done in cooperation with the school directorate, the teaching staff, and the youth group.
- Presentation of the project to different community groups (parents, young people, teenagers, school students, health centers, religious communities, etc.).
This will be done by the student government group together with their leaders through direct meetings, online groups, and leaflets.
- Finding partners, and parents who know the field of Technology for installing computers and other tools.
This will be done by the student's parents
Sensitizing the youth of the community to attend our service hall.
This will be carried out in cooperation with the Shkoder Local Education Office, Shkoder Municipality (where the use of the school facilities after school hours has been discussed in advance) with the school directorate, the staff of teachers, and the youth group
-Finding suitable tables and chairs for computers. This will be done in cooperation with the school directorate, the teaching staff, and the youth group.
For the purchase of eight computer sets, we applied for a mini-grant from the organization World Vision Albania

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
- The project is closely related to the needs of our school. Each of the objectives is based on these needs:
-Obstacles we encounter in obtaining various services (computer courses, how to write a CV, how to draft a letter of interest for various jobs)
- Due to the lack of ICT materials, school students are unable to practice ICT and Foreign Language.
- The young people of the village rarely have a place where they can get help by learning computer programs, drafting a CV or letter of interest, but also where they can put into practice their ability to help others Norms of solidarity and reciprocity, which they are essential for our communities, they are not developed to the right extent .
- The community is not motivated enough to be closer to the school, knowing the importance of the services it is offering. Many of them have to go to the city to receive some services that they can get near the service office in their village.
To achieve the implementation of this community project, the school is based on:
LAW No. 18/2017 ON THE RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THE CHILD
Article 6 Application of the best interest of the child
Article 20 The right to an adequate standard of living
LAW No. 75/2019 FOR YOUTH Article 16 Financing of youth policies, programs and projects
The school as a community center
FIELD: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Standard 4: Funding of courses offered to the community and by the community Indicators:
• The school cooperates with parents to find ways of financing extracurricular courses.
• The school cooperates with parents to offer extracurricular courses at no cost.
• The school cooperates with agencies/organizations and businesses to provide community participants and students with courses according to their needs.
• The school creates mechanisms for continuous communication with agencies/organizations and businesses to have successful coordination.
• The school supports young talents.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
• The interaction between the youth and the community will be great. This experience will help them by promoting greater trust between them, the students, and the community by developing norms of solidarity and reciprocity, which are essential for our communities.
• The community will be motivated to be closer to the school knowing the importance of the services it is offering. Many of them will not need to go to the city to receive some services that they can get near the school office.
• The young people of the village will find a place where they can get help by learning computer programs, drafting a CV or letter of interest, but also where they can apply their skills to help others.
The school will be seen in a different way, not as a cold institution that only serves them
to its students but as a warm and friendly place for the whole community.

Knowing that in our community we have many people who cannot get the right services due to being alone, due to health problems, due to the lack of resources and different possibilities to go to the city

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
The total number of children in the school or community who benefit is 97.
The number of children with limited abilities who benefit: 3 with limited abilities and 9 with learning difficulties.
The number of children from families with economic difficulties who benefit is 80. The number of parents who benefit is 170.
The number of teachers benefiting is 16.
Another 100 other members from the community

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
Student government manages to raise funds in the community.
The school director together with the teachers secured the room where the computers would be placed.
The organization "Children are the future" gave us a photocopy.
Two parents volunteered to assemble the equipment.
The Regional Directorate of Education provided us with a computer.
We applied and won a mini-grant from the World Vision Organization, with which we bought eight communes

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
The fields of knowledge that are being implemented in the project are related to digital competence. This competence relies on basic techniques to find, create, exchange information, communicate, and create social networks on the Internet. During the last year, students also participate in various coding competitions.
Students are able to interact with their peers but also with adults, using digital media. The safety of students is also of great importance, therefore, in order to meet the criteria for digital competence, students must be able to stay safe on the Internet. This was achieved by the increased care of teachers and the training of family members. In addition to other skills as young people, they have also acquired the development of self-awareness and awareness about globalization and different cultural diversities, including interaction with students from other cultures.

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
100 students are developing their education in an appropriate way.
30 students are participating in coding competitions.
The digital skills of 100 students and 16 teachers have increased a lot.
The interaction between young people and the community is very great
This experience has helped foster greater trust between teachers, students, and the community by developing norms of solidarity and reciprocity that are essential to our communities.
The community is motivated to be closer to the school and is receiving services at our school.
Young people have a place where they can get knowledge by learning computer programs, and drafting a CV or letter of interest, but also where they can apply their skills to help others.
This space that we have created with computer materials will allow us to realize:
Computer courses for young girls
This group will be with young girls and women (age 17-21 years) who live in home conditions and are not very involved in social life.
We are also cooperating with non-governmental organizations for the organization of computer courses by learning its basic programs, so they can become skilled and perhaps aspire for work in the future.

We are teaching young people to write CVs or Letters of interest for application
(This group is supposed to include the category of young people who are of an age to work, they have a great desire to know and enter the labor market, but the possibility of the information on the ways of employment is low.
About 50 parents of students request help for a family or personal certificate (especially at the beginning of school when these documents are used to register children in first grade or to reimburse textbooks) and we have tried to print these from e- Their Albania, Various applications in the portal and download, the printing of documents;

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
Web link
Web link
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
Our school is quality, coherent, and innovative in the realization of student competencies.
We have created suitable conditions for learning. The school staff is offering community service.
We are working together with all the actors.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
Research, research, creating a database with information.
Organization of awareness-raising meetings between actors for the possibility of cooperation;
Identification of deficiencies in resources, assets, fulfillment of legal obligations, capacities, or operational actions;
Creation of the working group with specific responsibilities in the proposed organizational chart;
Identification of indicators according to the existing situation related to the problem it aims to solve or the service it aims to provide
offer cooperation projects.
Application for a project in the World Vision organization.
Project implementation.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
Techniques that have a planning methodology that guides the planning team toward results.
Finding financial and human resources.
Mutual cooperation with all the actors.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
Awareness of all actors for the creation of physical conditions with the development of learning in suitable conditions.
Creating opportunities for students to show their inclinations in technology and for involvement in different activities.
Removing barriers to accessing technological services.
Increasing the interactive capacities in the school.
Support of vulnerable community groups.
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