The INTERtool project aimed at providing European project managers and teams in adult education with the specific intercultural competencies necessary for successful transnational cooperation, with a strong focus on the virtual dimension.

To this end, the project developed, tested, and disseminated a guidance publication, a face-to-face training course and a virtual training tool which support EU project actors in:

• Reconciling different communication, working styles and values brought into European projects;
• Facilitating effective moderation to solve problems during the project process, taking into regard the emotional aspects of intercultural communication;
• Organising intercultural communication in virtual environments;
• Facilitating, mostly by virtual means, an effective intercultural team-building process;
• Securing equality in the partnership in spite of differences e.g. in the field of language competencies and cultural values.

Project Duration: 2006-2009

Partners:

DVV International (Coordinator), Germany https://www.dvv-international.de/en/

die Berater, Austria http://www.dieberater.com

Intercultural Institute of Timisoara, Romania www.intercultural.ro

Xena: Centro Scambi e Dinamiche Interculturali, Italy http://www.xena.it

Teaching and Learning Challenges Ltd. United Kingdom

Humap, Finland https://www.humap.com/en/

Swiss Federation for Adult Learning, Switzerland http://www.alice.ch/en/