Getting Started with Cross Border Collaboration: A Six-Week Free Course
This six-week guided course is designed to support individuals and organisations who are considering or beginning to plan a cross-border project. It provides the knowledge, resources, and practical tools needed at each stage of project development, helping to ensure your project is effective, well-managed, and built on a sustainable cross-border partnership.
Getting Started with Cross Border Cooperation will enable you to:
- Use evidence to effectively identify and define challenges in your community that your organisation can solve as part of fulfilling its core mission.
- Build sustainable partnerships with organisations on the other side of the border.
- Design and implement projects that benefit multiple jurisdictions in a way that each organisation alone could not achieve.
- Effectively demonstrate the value and impact of your project.
The course is free of charge and is open to any and all organisations on the island of Ireland who are considering engaging in a cross-border project for the first time.
COURSE FORMAT
There are two course options: a guided course with Anthony Soares, Director of the Centre for Cross Border Cooperation; and a self-guided course for independent learning.
The online course is split into six modules, each dealing with different aspects of the design of a cross-border cooperation project. If you take it independently you can take as long as you need to complete it. The content consists of text, videos and interactive exercises.
The guided version of the course is 6-weeks in duration. The same, 6-module online content will be available to you. There will be 6 online sessions that will be interactive and guided by a member of the Centre for Cross Border Cooperation. These sessions will be over Zoom and will include an overview of the content for each module, discussions and (when appropriate) breakout rooms You will need to complete the online modules according to a schedule so that you are prepared for each of the guided sessions. You can retain access to the online content after the course has ended for as long as you need.
DURATION
The online course is available to take independently and at your own pace – you can take as long as you need to complete the six modules that the course is made up of.
The guided version of the course takes place over 6 weeks. You will need to complete the online modules according to a schedule so that you are prepared for each of the facilitated sessions. You can retain access to the online content after the course has ended for as long as you need.