About

NICO_F is an international, sustainable network aiming to disseminate practical tools to promote facilitation at the European level.

Objectives:

The objectives of NICO-F are:

• Strengthening the work of intercultural communication organisations through FACILITATION to improve dialogue and integration within Europe.
• Training the participating program coordinators within an investigative working group, supported by professional FACILITAION trainers;
• Giving the participants the opportunity to work in different constellations and to bring the know-how of different countries together;
• Raising the knowledge about FACILITATION methods within the networks of the participating organisations and the Lifelong Learning Community.

Approach:

The partnership objectives will be achieved by way of the following approaches:

• Establishment of a network of intercultural communication associations willing to use and adapt FACILITATION tools, including trainers already specialized in FACILITATION;
• Establishment of a team of participants, who will make a needs analysis;
• Identification of the appropriate FACILITATION methods;
• Verification of FACILITATION methods during a one year implementation period, in which each organisation will test these methods within their community and networks;
• Evaluation of this implementation by each organisation and inclusion of staff and trainees into the process;

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

"Further details regarding what the partnership program found out about FACILITATION, its tools, philosophies and application can be found on its interactive mixxt platform":
http://nico-f.mixxt.eu/networks/content/index.Introduction