„Fundusz Inicjatyw” Foundation is a non-governmental and not-for-profit organization, working in the field of adult education since 2008. By providing educational services to our customers we try to improve their situation: strengthen their position in the labour market; prevent social exclusion; promote entrepreneurship and citizenship; activate professionally and socially and combat prejudices and stereotypes (including these related to sex). Our work is based on skills and experience of 17 Foundation’s employees; their creativity and commitment allow us to provide a wide range of high quality services (including trainings, individual and group counselling, conferences, information campaigns, career and psychosocial counselling, etc.). The project "European Standards of Fundusz Inicjatyw Foundation" aims to improve the capacity of the Foundation's staff in four key areas, diagnosed as crucial for further, effective development of our organization, namely : 1) management of educational projects (planning, organization and support evaluation), 2) improvement of our offer targeted to groups at risk of social exclusion (including unemployed and people without professional qualifications), 3) innovative methods of introducing ICT into educational offer and 4) language skills (English, German and French). In response to the needs of our organization, within the project our employees will get a chance to participate in three substantive trainings and four language courses. The process of choosing the participants for trainings will be mostly based on matching the subject of a training with the potential participant’s tasks in the Foundation, f.i. participants of the training on integrating ICT into educational services will be chosen from employees who organize these services in our organization, what will provide a direct impact on the quality of fulfilling participant’s work chores. The expected results of the project will include i.a.: an increase of the quality and efficiency of the Foundation’s staff, which will strengthen the effectiveness and attractiveness of our educational offer. Our customers (i.a. people at risk of social exclusion, f.i. without professional qualifications) will gain access to new forms of educational support (with new ways of including ICT within the learning process), which will increase their chances for a real life change. The project will also increase the international potential of the Foundation by highlighting its presence in the international environment; capital gained during the project will result in our greater international activity (thanks to new contacts and enhanced intercultural and language competences of our staff). Undoubtedly, project will impact the staff of the Foundation - the increase of their motivation, engagement and positive attitude will be translated into the higher quality of their work. In a long term perspective, the project will contribute to the development of “Fundusz Inicjatyw” Foundation as a reliable organization in the field of adult education and will result in increasing the quality of educational services in our region. We believe that this investment in the potential of our employees will not remain fruitless."