Kickoff meeting Athens 17-20 September 2021

The first meeting was held in Athens. It was a very productive meeting. The partners met closely and spent four days together from September 17th to September 20th.

The agenda included not only workshops but also many cultural activities. So, everyone had the opportunity to get to know each other better and exchange ideas and suggestions. In addition, there was a planning of the future stages of the programme.

Ιndicatively we mention that there was a presentation by a specialist, a volunteer firefighter, on the issue of the recent fires in Attica (Varibobi).

There was a productive discussion about Modules as well as about the results achieved by IO1 and the progress of IO2. There was also planning and implementation of all IO3, IO4 and IO5 products.

We hope that the next international meetings will continue normally.

Kick-off meeting- VOLinACT in Athens

17/9/21 Welcoming by Sofia Psarrou Dimitriou. Presentation and discussion of the agenda with partners.

18/9.21  Diomideios Votanical Garden Chaidari

Discussion on all the tasks done so far in September.

Contracts, Website, Dissemination, Evaluation, Monitoring of the project 

Results achieved from IO1
From IO1 to IO2
Discussion all the IOs from September till the next meeting from the GANTT chart

- Progress of IO2
-Translation in National language
-- Creation of OER platform.
-Uploading in platform OER .Each partner has to appoint a manager for it.

COFFEE BREAK

-Training and Testing Methodolog

- Pre-pilot test of OER platform

- Pilot test of OER platform

-Strategy game for Android

19/9/21
- LTTA training

- Multiplier event

- At least 2 activities per partner as e.g. a workshop with volunteers in cooperation with Associated partners and local authorities

Archaeological places and Fire protection- Visit to Acropolis

Esplanade tour: following an inshore way, participants will have the opportunity to explore the picturesque West - Southwest seaside of Attica.
They could also see and discuss about some disasters (mainly forest fires ones).
Lavrion: We will visit the fire brigade of the area and we will discuss with a professional about fire risks (especially during the summer period) and citizens' behavior before and during a forest fire.

Tι είναι το VOLinACT

2nd and 3rd virtual meetings

2ndVOLinACT virtual meeting, 16-12-2020

Due to The COVID-19 pandemic, the 2nd meeting of VOLinACT project took place online. The project outputs and related activities were presented and agreed upon by all the partners, the project coordinator provided a description and brief analysis of the work plan.

The partners substantively discussed the finalization of the first intellectual output IO1, more specifically, the preparation of a questionnaire for the purposes of Raising Awareness for Training Volunteers. The target groups (volunteers trainers and Experts in forest firefighting), the content of such a questionnaire were defined.

With the purpose of most efficient result, to enrich the project with quality content, the partners decided to present two good practices each in the field of Fire Fighting.

3nd Virtual meeting 20-01-2021

The 3rd VOLinACT project meeting took place virtually. It was held on 20.01.2021.

There was a very fruitful discussion, the result of which was a finalization of the questionnaire that will assist the participants in mapping skills and competencies across the Volunteers' Fire Protection Organizations in the participating countries.

With the help of the questionnaire, skills and competences needed for fire fighters volunteers will be identified, gaps in volunteers' knowledge recognized, best practices of the partners taken into consideration.

The partners also set the guidelines for work on the dissemination of the information related to the VOLinACT project.

"VOLunteers in ACTion : Raising Awareness For Volunteer Fire Fighters (VOLinACT)" 

Why this project?https://youtu.be/C-fSz-6xcP0