WIN Wissenschaftsinitiative Niederösterreich is a non-profit association for interdisciplinary research, consulting and education. WIN is specialised in managing and coordinating scientific co-operation and educational projects in European research and education programmes.In summer 2015, the board of WIN has adopted a strategic document that contains a strategic outline of the orientation of our organisation for the coming years. The following topics are being considered as most relevant for our staff qualification:• Increased capacity to act at EU and at international level• Improve technical skills and broader understanding of practices, policies and systems in the field of adult education at the European level• Improved quality of working with adult learners, especially with people with migration background and with refugees• Innovative and improved care of the target groups• Deeper understanding of social, linguistic and cultural diversity• Increased ability to deal with the needs of people with special needsAs a consequence, we developed the „ HORIZON 2020 QUALIFICATION PLAN “ that foresees, for a two years‘ period between 2016 and 2018, education and training measures for its management personnel and staff in the following fields:• Quality assurance and quality control, with particular emphasis on working with disadvantaged learners and in social services• Increase the competences of disadvantaged adult learners• European project management, quality management and evaluation• Language learning in the virtual environment• Cyber bullying and abuse of social media and electronic communication• Aspects of non-formal education: basic skills, creative activities• Intercultural learning• Integration of migrants and refugees in the receiving society through training, educational activities and vocational training• Incorportaion of nutritional and health aspects into adult education measuresWIN has set up a provisional plan together with several European adult education and/or VET providers that cover the areas of WIN’s qualification needs. Although at these organisations, course programmes for 2017 and beyond are not yet available, an analysis of their previous programmes and/or bilateral negotiations have provided sufficient evidence that they can cover the main areas for improvement skills, knowledge and competences that are mentioned above. Alltogether, 12 staff mobilities will be organised. They concern 6 individual person who will attend 12 different courses and trainings.The HORIZON 2020 QUALIFICATION PLAN will be communicated to the educational and scientific community through a variety of measures:• through the WIN homepage (www.wissenschaftsinitiative.at)• through leaflets and other written communication that will be sent to stakeholders or distributed at conferences, exhibitions etc.• through presentation of the qualification outcomes at relevant forums, e.g. at events organised by the National Agency• through a publication that resumes the most relevant information from the final report to the National Agency. This output will also be available for download at our website.The evaluation will be an ongoing process during the entire project period. Self-evaluation by all learners (trainers, managers) is at the heart of constructivist methods. All learners will be asked to • identify possible targets and success criteria before the commencement of work• monitor what happened by keeping diaries/records• check their progress against the targets, and • evaluate the effectiveness of what happened.We will develop checklists and profiles that support this process.Every six months, WIN will organise evaluation meetings where all mobilities that have been executed in that period will be evaluated . Special attention will be paid to the consistency of the project objectives, and to the performance of training activities. At the end of the project, the medium and long-term impact of the HORIZON 2020 QUALIFICATION PLAN will be assessed by interviews with members of the board and, if relevant, also with external experts and stakeholders. This final evaluation will assess the impact on the project’s objectives and on trainers and staff:It is expected that the newly acquired competences will strengthen the position of WIN at various levels:• The scope of adult education courses and seminars will be widened, especially through more competences in non-formal education and competences in working with disadvantaged persons• WIN will be able to open a new line of educational and counselling services that will focus on intercultural issues • WIN will become stronger to serve in practice European cooperation: more staff will be able to participate in European projects; we will develop and organize transnational training courses.