{"id":122,"date":"2026-01-23T05:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coco-erasmus.eu\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:39:54","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coco-erasmus.eu\/?page_id=122","title":{"rendered":"Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"122\" class=\"elementor elementor-122\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e67a8a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e67a8a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f76c3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f76c3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 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It is a three-year Erasmus+ project (2025\u20132028) that fosters cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) and non-governmental and civil society organisations (NGOs\/CSOs) to address social and environmental challenges.<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"coco-faq-item\">\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-question\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-question-text\">Who is involved in COCO?<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-answer\">The consortium includes five partner organisations: Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna\u0144 (Poland, lead), ACEEU (Germany), PISOP (Poland), University of Camerino (Italy), and Aalborg University (Denmark).<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"coco-faq-item\">\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-question\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-question-text\">Why was COCO created?<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-answer\">Despite shared goals, HEIs and NGOs\/CSOs rarely collaborate in a structured way. Barriers include a lack of awareness, rigid academic curricula, and the absence of practical tools for guiding partnerships. COCO was created to remove these barriers and build lasting, meaningful cooperation between universities and civil society.<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"coco-faq-item\">\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-question\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-question-text\">What will COCO produce?<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-answer\">COCO will deliver: an Awareness Guide on HEI\u2013NGO\/CSO collaboration opportunities; the Civic Classroom, a full course equipping students for non-profit work; and the Collaboration Compass, a set of five free digital tools to help universities and civil society organisations build and assess their partnerships. 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Bringing together students, university staff, and local NGO\/CSO representatives, each event uses a World Caf\u00e9 format where participants rotate between themed discussion tables covering needs, barriers, and opportunities for collaboration.<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"coco-faq-item\">\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-question\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-question-text\">What are Reciprocal Mentorships?<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"coco-faq-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"coco-faq-answer\">Reciprocal Mentorships pair a university staff member with an NGO\/CSO staff member for a minimum of three months. 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