The project “Smart communication-smart youth participation” collects 4 partners in strategic partnership: Związek Centralny Dzieła Kolpinga w Polsce, Slovenia (Kolpingovo Združenje Slovenije), Kolpingwerk e.V. International, Organizatia Centrala Familiilor Kolping din Romania. The main aim of the project was to develop common, coherent communication and promotion Kolping system for increase quality of youth work and youth social impact in Europe by exchange the best practices in strategic partnership. Main target group of the project is focused on the Kolping staff, working with youth in their countries and young leaders of youth groups: coordinators of youth groups, communication and promotion specialists who are cooperating with youth Kolping groups, youth coaches and trainers, young leaders working in Kolping Youth Europe, members of boards responsible for youth work, all person coming from project partners countries: Poland, Slovenia, Romania, Germany.There was organised 4 meeting, one in each country. Topic of international meetings: • Poland- External communication and promotion tools and new technologies and social media tools in youth work • Slovenia- Internal communication and promotion tools to build identity of the groups and motivation and teambuilding• Germany (Kolping International)- International communication and promotion tools to enhanced links between different European youth groups.• Romania- National communication and promotion tools to enhance empowerment, bottom-up youth initiatives. As an innovative result of the meetings was developed publicity/manual Model of communication and promotion in youth work - created in order to exchange best practices and ideas and to share the tools and knowledge and other materials shared on the internet sites of project partners and shared with the participants of multiplayer events in each partner country. The manual will be avilable online after the end of the project for all interested people. In every international meetings participated representatives of each partner country, total number of mobilities in the project was 51.

"The project ""The challenges of modern adult education in the face of demographic change” collected 5 partners in strategic partnership:Związek Centralny Dzieła Kolpinga, Magyar Kolping Szövetség, Kolpingovo dilo CR, Kolpingovo dielo na Slovensku, Zdruzenje Kolpingovih Socialnih Dejavnosti Slovenije. The main aim of the project was to create tools for educators and trainers network and the exercise of creative methods. The specific objectives was:- sharing information and ideas about family education and the idea of family education to lifelong learning- developing different models of intergenerational family learning,- using different educational methods- learning about working with dysfunctional families- developing ideas for programs and course materialsstruggle with the isolation of older people by enabling them to take an active role in the communityMain target group of the project- partners staff, adult education project coordinators, voluntaries of adult education projects and actions, coaches, trainers, members of boards responsible for adult education, all person coming from project partners countries: Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic. Im project was implemented 5 Transnational Partner Meetings in all 5 participated countries Topic of international meetings: • Poland (ZCDK)- Families role in global life-(December 2016)• Slovenia (SKS)- ICT tools in intergenerational dialogue- (March 2017)• Slovakia (SKS)- Balancing Family and Work Life - searching for best practice models-(June 2017)• Hungary (HKS)- Families role in social life- (October 2017)• Czech Republic (CRKS)- Family in need- searching for best practice models- (February 2018). Realised project activities combined innovation and complementary activities, in international projekt activities participated 8-12 persons, was implemented 41 mobilities."

"The project ""Strengthening global awareness in the local communities - Kolping 2020 Strategy"" will be realized by 6 partners from Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania. The project objective is to strengthen the quality, relevance and European perspective of adult education in the field of global education and learning practices through European cooperation and exchange. The overall aim of the project is to:raise the competences and skills of key staff in adult education (focused on global education) and the key competences for active citizenship in order to increase the quality of teaching to make it relevant to the needs of time and society at large (linked to the objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training of The Erasmus+ Programme).Moreover the project shall contribute to the achievement of the promotion of European values like respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities (linked to general objective of The Erasmus+ Programme).Planned project activities combine innovation and complementary activities. There will be six meetings, one in each country. Activities are addressed to: trainers involved in global education and decision makers – members of organization’s board. It is assumed that in every meeting will be attended by three-four people from each country and host organisation, i.e. a total of 18-24 people will participate in a meeting. The selection of participants will be carried out by the sending organisations. Every selection will be fair, transparent, coherent and documented.The most important added value for all partners is the opportunity to gather practices, activities and ideas by considering the thematic area and to improve them as well as learn from each other’s realities what is in the topic global education very important – other point of view. All organisations already have their own activities focused on global education. This project will serve as motivation and stimulation and can support to develop the ongoing regular activities by improving or enriching them."