Institutional actors:planning to improve

organisational learning

By Neus Lorenzo <nlorenzo@xtec.cat>

for projects towards

intercultural dialogue

Alexadria, July 2008

Content• The role of institutional actors ( Who’s who?)

-Identifying agents and responsibilities for changing concepts

• More involvement needed (Why do it?) -Values and Beliefs

• More coherency needed (Who are we?) -Identity and Mission

• Better definition and orientation (Where to?)

-Vision and innovation

• Better adaptation to context (What for?)

-Aims and Goals

• Too much territory & dispersion (How to manage?) -Strategic Plan, SWOT, Management Design

• Resources (tools or strategies?)-Training, Leadership, Participation, Assessment… … … ...

The role of institutional actors

• Surfing for adventure in visible projects? • Coaching initiatives and giving support for in-depth improvement?

Institutional agents•Legislators

•Media

•Authorities

•Advisers

•Religious Institutions

•Associations

•Foundations

•Enterprises

•Social Educators

•Teachers

•Parents

•… … ...

Institutional agents•Legislators

•Media

•Authorities

•Advisers

•Religious Institutions

•Associations

•Foundations

•Enterprises

•Social Educators

•Teachers

•Parents

•… … ...

Who’s who? Agents

To improve co-operation and teamwork within schools and between schools

To promote intercultural dialogue and interchange between cultures

Some questions about 2007-08:

-What’s the difference between a poor and incomplete project and a successful one? -When did a project work the best?-What resources were the most useful? -What are best practices for networks?

Let’s reflect on your answers…

-Do they allow to identify problems and suggest solutions?-How do we define good descriptors and indicators?

- to know tendencies- to assess progress- to analyse results

Who’s who? Responsabilities

Identifying problems and proposing solutions

Bad project design:Mismatching expectations

Tension:A single person projectBad timing:

teams work out of sync

Unsetle:Badly planned

Sudden problems:Lack of accuracy

Planning Institutional Projects

Changing concepts: What is an institutional Project… ?

(Are they really needed? Why?)

5 minutes

Form a group of three people, a let’s give marks to your answers (points per person)...

1- A document, a text, an application… 2- A group of actors, involving schools and teachers...3- A process, a development, a trip, a discovery...4- A path to the future, a vision for shared values...

Who’s who? Changing concepts

Register of agreementsDialogue and commitment

Shared values

Participation