Summary
Virtual Mobility is part of COST Virtual Networking Tools, which help developing skills and capacities through virtual collaboration between researchers across Europe. Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the COST Innovators Grant (CIG) results.
The CIG IG18123 has two working groups packages have, one at the national level to create and design the Quality Assurance Protocol (WP1), and one at the international level to develop the Quality Assurance European Guidelines (WP2). VMGs can contribute to the specific related tasks of each working group packages.
Potential applicants that are interested to submit an application should read the VMG guidelines for more details about eligibility, criteria for evaluation, financial support, criteria for reimbursement and how to apply.
Information for VMG guidelines: 
ig18123_vmg_guidelines.pdf
Further details can be consulted at the COST Annotated Rules: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-guidelines/
Contact
Grant Awarding Coordinator: Ana Pizarro Carmona (anapizcar@gmail.com)
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA 18123 launches its first call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG Grants). VMG are funded as part of the Action CA 18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables, disseminating the Action results.
First call characteristics:
The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups, particularly tasks related to WG 2, 3, and 4.
The first call covers the 2nd Grant Period from June 2021 until October 2021, and during this period VMG should be completed.
The call will fund 6 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines
Deadlines for the 2nd Grant Period call:
- Application period: 12th July 2021 – 25th July 2021
- Evaluation period: 26th July 2021 – 1st August 2021
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal templateVMG acceptance letter templateVMG report templateVMG webpage summary template
VMG coordinator: Virtual Networking Support Manager
Further information on the COST Action CA 18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST Vademecum: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA 18123 is launching a second call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) applications within the Second Grant Period, due to the fact that there are still five VMGs available for this Grant Period.
VMG are funded as part of the Action CA 18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables, disseminating the Action results.
Second call characteristics:
The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups, particularly tasks related to WG 2, 3, and 4.
The call will fund 5 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines
Deadlines for the 2nd call of the 2nd Grant Period:
- Application period: 23rd August 2021 – 5th September 2021
- Evaluation period: 6th September 2021 – 12th September 2021
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal templateVMG acceptance letter templateVMG report templateVMG webpage summary template
VMG coordinator: Jean Grasmeijer (eurofamnet@gmail.com)
Further information on the COST Action CA 18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST Vademecum: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA 18123 is launching a third call for a Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) application within the Second Grant Period, as there is still one VMG available for this Grant Period.
VMG are funded as part of the Action CA 18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the Action results.
Third call characteristics:
- The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups.
- The call will fund 1 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines:
Deadlines for the 3rd call of the 2nd Grant Period:
- Application period: 14th - 20th September
- Evaluation period: 21st - 24th September
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal template VMG acceptance letter template VMG report template VMG webpage summary template
VMG coordinator: Jean Grasmeijer (eurofamnet@gmail.com)
Further information on the COST Action CA 18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST Vademecum: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA 18123 launches the first call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) in its 3rd Grant Period. VMG are funded as part of the Action CA 18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the Action’s results.
Call characteristics:
- The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups, particularly tasks related to WG 2, 3, and 4.
- The 3rd Grant Period runs from November 2021 until October 2022, and during this period the VMG shall be completed.
- This call will fund a maximum of 6 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines:
- This call will be ongoing until February 6th 2022
- The applications during this call will be reviewed within 7 days
- The next call will be discussed at the MC meeting in February 2022
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal template VMG acceptance letter template VMG report template VMG webpage summary template
Contact
VMG coordinator: Jean Grasmeijer
Further information on the COST Action CA 18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST annotated rules.
This Call is CLOSED
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA 18123 launches the first call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) in its 4th Grant Period. VMG are funded as part of the Action CA18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the Action’s results.
Call characteristics:
- The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups, particularly tasks related to WG 1+5, 2 and 3.
- The 4th Grant Period runs from November 2022 until September 2023, and during this period the VMG shall be completed.
- This call will fund a maximum of 4 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines:
- This call will be ongoing from 6th March until 20th March 2023
- The applications during this call will be reviewed within 15 days, from 21st March to 4th April 2023
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal template
VMG acceptance letter template
VMG report template
VMG webpage summary template
Contact
VMG coordinator: Ana Pizarro (eurofamnet@gmail.com)
Further information on the COST Action CA18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST annotated rules and in other documents: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA 18123 launches the second call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) in its 4th Grant Period. VMG are funded as part of the Action CA18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the Action’s results.
Call characteristics:
- The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups, particularly tasks related to WG 1+5.
- The 4th Grant Period runs from November 2022 until September 2023, and during this period the VMG shall be completed.
- This call will fund a 1 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines:
- This call will be ongoing from 29th May until 12th June 2023
- The applications during this call will be reviewed within one week, from 13th to 20th June 2023
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal template
VMG acceptance letter template
VMG report template
VMG webpage summary template
Contact
VMG coordinator: Ana Pizarro (eurofamnet@gmail.com)
Further information on the COST Action CA18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST annotated rules and in other documents: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Action CA18123 launches the third call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) in its 4th Grant Period. VMG are funded as part of the Action CA18123. The research network itself is funded by COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the Action’s results.
Call characteristics:
- The COST Action CA18123 has five working groups. VMG can contribute to the specific related tasks of the working groups, particularly tasks related to WG 1+5 and WG4.
- The 4th Grant Period runs from November 2022 until September 2023, and during this period the VMG shall be completed.
- This call will fund a 3 VMG up to EUR 1500 each (pending for MC voting).
Deadlines:
- This call will be ongoing from 7th August until 13th August 2023
- The applications during this call will be reviewed on 14th and 15th August 2023
Documents for interested applicants:
VMG complete proposal template
VMG acceptance letter template
VMG report template
VMG webpage summary template
Contact
VMG coordinator: Ana Pizarro (eurofamnet@gmail.com)
Further information on the COST Action CA18123 and Working Groups is available on the website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18123
Further details can be consulted at the COST annotated rules and in other documents: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
This Call is CLOSED
The COST Innovators Grant IG18123 launches its call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMGs). The QA[4]EuroFam project is framed within EurofamNet network and is funded by COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the CIG’s results.
Call characteristics:
- The COST Innovators Grant project IG18123 has two working packages (WPs). This VMG will contribute to give support to the specific tasks related to the design of Quality Assurance protocol, particularly tasks related to WP1.
- The COST Innovators Grant period runs from November 2023 until October 2024, and during this period the VMG shall be completed.
- This call will fund a maximum of 1 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines:
- This call will be ongoing from 22nd to 29th November 2023
- The applications during this call will be reviewed within 15 days, from 30th November to 14th December 2023
Documents for interested applicants:
- VMG complete proposal template.
- VMG acceptance letter template.
- VMG report template.
- VMG webpage summary template.
Contact
Grant Awarding Coordinator: Ana Pizarro Carmona (anapizcar@gmail.com)
Further information on the IG18123 is available on the website: https://www.eurofamnet.eu
Further details can be consulted at the COST annotated rules: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
The COST Innovators Grant IG18123 launches its call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMGs). The QA[4]EuroFam project is framed within the EurofamNet network and is funded by COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) aim to develop skills and capacities between researchers across Europe and foster the establishment of existing networks through virtual collaborations, by sharing knowledge, by learning new skills and techniques, by reaching deliverables and disseminating the CIG’s results.
Call characteristics:
- The COST Innovators Grant project IG18123 has two working packages (WPs). This VMG will contribute to give support to the specific tasks related to the design of a policy brief related to the work of WP2.
- The COST Innovators Grant period runs from November 2023 until October 2024, and during this period the VMG shall be completed.
- This call will fund a maximum of 1 VMG up to EUR 1500.
Deadlines:
- This call will be ongoing from 9th to 15th April 2024
- The applications during this call will be reviewed within 15 days, from 16th April to 30th April 2024
Documents for interested applicants:
- VMG complete proposal template.
- VMG acceptance letter template.
- VMG report template.
- VMG webpage summary template.
Contact
Grant Awarding Coordinator: Ana Pizarro Carmona (anapizcar@gmail.com)
Further information on the IG18123 is available on the website: https://www.eurofamnet.eu
Further details can be consulted at the COST annotated rules: https://www.cost.eu/funding/how-to-get-funding/documents-and-guidelines/
Coordination and dissemination of final WG4 deliverables
Name and surname: Nevenka Zegarac
Country of professional affiliation: Serbia
E-mail: nelazegarac@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences
Participants: Nevenka Žegarac (University of Belgrade, Management Committee Member from Serbia and WG4 in EurofamNet). Nina Mešl (University of Ljubljana, Management Committee Member from Slovenia and WG4 co-leader in EurofamNet), and David Herrera Pastor (University o
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Belgrade
Title of the VMG: Coordination and dissemination of final WG4 deliverables
Dates of the VMG: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 to Friday, September 1, 2023
Summary of the research: VMG provided support for the WG4 leader and members to distil the key learning from the three original reports three interactive maps on Family Support workforce skills to develop an innovative conceptual framework on and accompanying Policy brief, virtual conference/ meeting and preparation of Delphi study results for publishing in academic journal. It allows to improve advance cooperation, exchange and dissemination of FS workforce skills knowledge within EurofamNet and in the wider community of academics, practitioners and policy makers.
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Final Results Brochure + Processing of Action deliverables
Name and surname: Jean Grasmeijer
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: Jeangrasmeijer.psicologa@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Huelva
Participants: Lucía Jiménez, John Canavan
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Sevilla, University of Galway
Title of the VMG: Final Results Brochure + Processing of Action deliverables
Dates of the VMG: Monday, August 14, 2023 to Friday, September 1, 2023
Summary of the research: The VMG has served the purpose of producing the Final Results Brochure, a formal deliverable of the Action. It was given shape through several meetings with the graphic editor. Currently, the Final Brochure presents the updated information about the Action, including links to each of the activities, outputs and resources on the website. In addition, the VMG allowed me to contribute to processing the remaining deliverables of the Action, an urgent task that needed to be done before the end of the Action. This work included giving the appropriate format to the deliverables upon reception from the authors, including an ISBN number and archiving the invoices for proofreading / ISBN duly to justify the costs incurred to COST.
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Academic Outputs of the EuroFam COST Action CA18123: Preparation of the Final Reports: Publications, Conference Presentations, Research Project
Name and surname: Sviatlana Karpava
Country of professional affiliation: Cyprus
E-mail: karpava.sviatlana@ucy.ac.cy
Home institution: University of Cyprus
Participants: Branko Bošković
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Cyprus; University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro
Title of the VMG: Academic Outputs of the EuroFam COST Action CA18123: Preparation of the Final Reports: Publications, Conference Presentations, Research Project
Dates of the VMG: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 to Friday, September 1, 2023
Summary of the research: The VMG was an excellent opportunity to advance the progress in research coordination and/or capacity building and deliverables. Dr Karpava had a chance to devote more time on co-ordinating with all WGs on identifying and taking advantage of dissemination opportunities as well as on encouraging network members to share working progress of Eurofamnet both in conferences and social media. The main focus was on the preparation of the reports on the academic/research output, but the new effective ways and dissemination strategies were also discussed, such as effective use of social media channels, ongoing enhancement of Eurofamnet website, creating pathways for dissemination through academic channels, developing methods to tell stories about family support to reach families and policy makers, coordinating with WG 1 on major dissemination processes and events. The outcomes of the VMG were the compilation, design, edition and publication of EurofamNet members activities: conferences, papers and projects. This was done in the format of reports.
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Same-sex parenting support in Europe
Name and surname: Roman Zaporozhets
Country of professional affiliation: Latvia
E-mail: romanzaporozhets43@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Latvia
Participants: Aivita Putnina
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: PhD Student, University of Latvia
Title of the VMG: Same-sex parenting support in Europe
Dates of the VMG: Saturday, April 1, 2023 to Friday, September 1, 2023
Summary of the research: I assisted in literature review and data collection on same sex parenting policies as well as conducting inteerviews with stakeholders.
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Making stories: families’ voices about family support
Name and surname: Carlos García-Medina
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: car.garciamedina@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Seville
Participants: John Canavan, Rocío Garrido, Lucía Jiménez, Andy Lloyd, Jesús Maya
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Seville
Title of the VMG: Making stories: families’ voices about family support
Dates of the VMG: Monday, June 12, 2023 to Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Summary of the research: During the VMG I was developing the process to translate the academic outputs and practices resources made by the Cost Action members for target families through an innovative and artistic method. In order to do that families interacted with WGs’ outputs (WG2) through storytelling, specifically we focused on getting their feedback about the access, use and importance of family support provision. The team has been able to analyse the data in terms of (1) identifying types of supports, barriers and best practices for each participant group, (2) determine similarities and differences between groups and (3) develop an artistic way of disseminations. The participants made up a final story where they told types of support they get, barriers and difficulties they find, best practices and suggestions for improvement. After that, we integrate in a final video their stories pointing out their similarities and their diversity. This video was displayed on the MC Meeting in July in Madrid with the network.
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Preparation of COST Final Achievement Report and Final Results Brochure
Name and surname: Jean Grasmeijer
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: Jeangrasmeijer.psicologa@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Huelva
Participants: Lucía Jiménez, John Canavan, Ana Pizarro Carmona
Affiliations of participants:
Title of the VMG: Preparation of COST Final Achievement Report and Final Results Brochure
Dates of the VMG: Thursday, June 1, 2023 to Friday, June 30, 2023
Summary of the research: The VMG has given me the opportunity to work on the Final Achievement Report, which is a formal requirement of COST that helps COST to promote the achievements and impacts of the Action and secure the future of COST as a tool to support research networking in Europe. Together with the other participants in this Grant, we have taken inventory of the information needed to produce the report, an gathered this information – regarding formal deliverables and other outputs, impact of the Action, dissemination and meetings – through ongoing communication with Action leaders and members. In addition, the preliminary preparation of the Final Results Brochure was also achieved. The Final Results Brochure distills the information of the Report into a brief, easily accesible document with an attractive design, that will bring the Action’s outputs and activities closer to policy makers, practitioners and civil society.
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Exploitation and development of useful resources on evidence-based programmes and tools
Name and surname: María del Carmen Miguélez Martín
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: miguelezmaria4@gmail.com
Home institution: University of La Laguna
Participants: Sonia Byrne
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of La Laguna
Title of the VMG: Exploitation and development of useful resources on evidence-based programmes and tools
Dates of the VMG: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Summary of the research: Support for the WG3 leader and coleader in the exploitation and development of useful resources on Evidence-based programmes and tools.
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Sustainability study of the Action Cost CA18123 EurofamNet
Name and surname: Ana Pizarro Carmona
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: anapizcar@alum.us.es
Home institution: University of Seville
Participants: John Canavan, Sofía Baena
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Seville
Title of the VMG: Sustainability study of the Action Cost CA18123 EurofamNet
Dates of the VMG: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 to Thursday, October 20, 2022
Summary of the research: This Virtual Mobility Grant has aimed to carry out a sustainability study of the Action Cost CA18123 EurofamNet. For this purpose, in particular, an exhaustive search for different funding sources at European level has been carried out in order to establish a solid basis for the network so that the members can continue to develop their tasks and contribute from a scientific perspective to the field of family support. The joint work and the development of the proposals with the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the network have allowed to know the feasibility of the planned actions, to achieve an integrative perspective and a plural approach that will reinforce the consolidation strategy of the network to establish itself in the European framework on a solid basis.
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Knowledge Transfer of Key EurofamNet Messages to families
Name and surname: Carlos García-Medina
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: car.garciamedina@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Seville
Participants: Andy Lloyd, Jesús Maya, Rocío Garrido
Affiliations of participants:
Title of the VMG: Knowledge Transfer of Key EurofamNet Messages to families
Dates of the VMG: Monday, July 18, 2022 to Monday, October 10, 2022
Summary of the research: During the VMG I was developing the process to translate the academic outputs and practices resources made by the Cost Action members for target families, youth and children through an innovative and artistic method. In order to do that families (parents, children and young people) have interacted with WGs’ outputs (WG2) to get their feedback and finally create an efficient and art-based way of dissemination for the public. The team have been able to establish a well-structured process which will be mostly based on the types of support provision stablished by last policy brief from WG2. Three key points have been important for this project: the four P’s of family support (policy, provision, practice and participation), diversity of family forms and art-based method. In this regard, storytelling has been a good tool to get families’ views about the access, use and importance of family support provision.
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National mapping: A paper on National Working Groups
Name and surname: Jean Grasmeijer
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: jeangrasmeijer.psicologa@gmail.com
Home institution: University of Sevilla
Participants: Lucía Jiménez, John Canavan, Sofía Baena
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: Northern University of Galway, University of Sevilla, Loyola University of Andalusia
Title of the VMG: National mapping: A paper on National Working Groups
Dates of the VMG: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 to Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Summary of the research: The VMG allowed for a very fruitful collaboration between the participants. The following activities were carried out: • Online meetings to plan the task distribution and update on individual progress • Decision on the target scientific journal for publishing the paper: a decision was made by consensus among the participants to publish the paper in Children and Youth Services Review • A bibliographic review of scientific literature at the European level surrounding previous studies on family support delivering and national structures in family support • Production of the introduction section of the paper • Planning further steps
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Academic Outputs of the EuroFam COST Action CA18123: Preparation of the Reports: Publications, Conference Presentations, Research Projects
Name and surname: Sviatlana Karpava
Country of professional affiliation: Cyprus
E-mail: karpava.sviatlana@ucy.ac.cy
Home institution: University of Cyprus
Participants: Branko Bošković, Ana Pizarro Carmona
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Cyprus; University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro; University of Sevilla, Spain
Title of the VMG: Academic Outputs of the EuroFam COST Action CA18123: Preparation of the Reports: Publications, Conference Presentations, Research Projects
Dates of the VMG: Monday, August 1, 2022 to Thursday, September 15, 2022
Summary of the research: The VMG was an excellent opportunity to advance the progress in research coordination and/or capacity building and deliverables. Dr Karpava had a chance to devote more time on co-ordinating with all WGs on identifying and taking advantage of dissemination opportunities as well as on encouraging network members to share working progress of Eurofamnet both in conferences and social media. The main focus was on the preparation of the reports on the academic/research output, but the new effective ways and dissemination strategies were also discussed, such as effective use of social media channels, ongoing enhancement of Eurofamnet website, creating pathways for dissemination through academic channels, developing methods to tell stories about family support to reach families and policy makers, coordinating with WG 1 on major dissemination processes and events. The outcomes of the VMG were the compilation, design, edition and publication of EurofamNet members activities: conferences, papers and projects. This was done in the format of reports.
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Identifying the key ingredients of effective online family support
Name and surname: Patty Leijten
Country of professional affiliation: Netherlands
E-mail: p.leijten@uva.nl
Home institution: University of Amsterdam
Participants: 6 participants, 4 young scholars: Patty Leijten; Ana Catarina Canario; Burcu Kömürcü Akik; Oana David; Rukiye Kızıltepe; Koraljka Modić Stanke.
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: 6 affiliations, 5 countries, 4 ITC countries: University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; University of Porto, Portugal; University of Ankara, Turkey; University of Zagreb, Croatia;
Title of the VMG: Identifying the key ingredients of effective online family support
Dates of the VMG: Friday, July 1, 2022 to Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Summary of the research: Family support to enhance effective parenting and children’s well-being is increasingly offered online. This raises the question under what conditions online family support is a good (or perhaps even better) alternative to in-person support. With the support of this VMG, WG3 members conducted a systematic literature review and will soon finish three meta-analyses: (1) under what conditions is family support to enhance effective parenting and children’s well-being most effective?; (2) is online family support generally non-inferior to in-person family support? And (3) can online family support enhance the effects of in-person support?
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Turkish adaptation of the Interview on Parenting Competencies (ECP-12)
Name and surname: Rukiye Kızıltepe
Country of professional affiliation: Turkey
E-mail: rukiyekiziltepe@gmail.com
Home institution: Pamukkale University
Participants: 4 participants, 2 young scholars: Lucía Jiménez García, Milagrosa Sanchez, Rukiye Kızıltepe, Gamze Er Vargün
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: Lucía Jiménez García-University of Sevilla, Spain; Milagrosa Sanchez-Loyola Andalucia University, Spain; Gamze Er Vargün- Anadolu University, Turkey
Title of the VMG: Turkish adaptation of the Interview on Parenting Competencies (ECP-12)
Dates of the VMG: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 to Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Summary of the research: The researchers have adapted the ECP-12 from Spanish into Turkish thanks to this VMG. All members of VMG met several times to discuss and decide on the final version of the adapted items. The team determined additional scales to be used for the validity of the adapted scale. The researchers prepared the documents for ethical approval and applied to the Ethical Committee of Pamukkale University for the adaptation study. Moreover, the team sent the scale items to 14 practitioners working inTurkey. All practitioners evaluated all items in terms of representativeness, utility, and clarity. Given the whole VMG period, it may also be claimed to be an excellent experience for the VMG members. In sum, the final form of this scale was prepared during this VGM in order to collect the data as a result of a series of meetings held by the researchers.
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Support in the database for the catalogue of sound evaluation tools in family support and organization of the training school
Name and surname: María del Carmen Miguélez Martín
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: miguelezmaria4@gmail.com
Home institution: University of La Laguna
Participants: Sonia Byrne
Affiliations of participants:
Title of the VMG: Support in the database for the catalogue of sound evaluation tools in family support and organization of the training school
Dates of the VMG: Thursday, July 14, 2022 to Saturday, July 30, 2022
Summary of the research: Support for the WG3 leader and coleader in the database of sound evaluation tools I family support and organization of the trainning school.
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Support to complete the WG2 work on conceptualizing Family Support in Europe
Name and surname: Carmel Devaney
Country of professional affiliation: Ireland
E-mail: carmel.devaney@nuigalway.ie
Home institution: National University of Ireland Galway
Participants: Carmel Devaney
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Galway
Title of the VMG: Support to complete the WG2 work on conceptualizing Family Support in Europe
Dates of the VMG: Friday, April 1, 2022 to Thursday, June 30, 2022
Summary of the research: The VMG has allowed support for the WG2 leader and Co-leaders to distil the key learning from the three original reports on Family Support to develop an innovative conceptual framework on Family Support and accompanying policy brief. This briefing is available on the Eurofamnet website.
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Compilation of sound evaluation tools for family support
Name and surname: Elisabeth Stefanek
Country of professional affiliation: Austria
E-mail: elisabeth.stefanek@promente-forschung.at
Home institution: Pro mente Forschung
Participants: Oriola Hamzallari, Camellia Hancheva, Zane Linde-Ozola, Koraljka Modic Stanke, Nina Pecnik, Daiva Skuciene, Lina Sumskaite, Ana Uka
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: Aleksander Moisiu University, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", University of Latvia, University of Zagreb, Vilnius University, University College "Beder”
Title of the VMG: Compilation of sound evaluation tools for family support
Dates of the VMG: Monday, September 20, 2021 to Sunday, October 31, 2021
Summary of the research: The VMG was very important to work on the tasks related to the subgroup of WG 3, “compilation of sound evaluation tools for family support”. Much progress could be made through online meetings with the whole subgroup and with single working group members. Furthermore, several online collaboration tools, e.g., google drive, EndNote Web were used. All working group members had access to all relevant documents. They could share their content and working group members provided each other feedback on their working products. Furthermore, detailed protocols of each meeting were made in order to have a documentation of the process and members who missed a virtual meeting with all necessary information have access to the protocols.
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A scoping policy review of children’s and parents’ participation across European countries
Name and surname: Angela Abela
Country of professional affiliation: Malta
E-mail: angela.abela@um.edu.mt
Home institution: University of Malta
Participants: Bente Heggem Kojan, Tatyana Kotzeva, Lilian Tzivian, Samita Wilson
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Bulgarian Academy of Science; University of Latvia; Union University School of Law, Belgrade; NUI Galway, Ireland; University of Stavanger, Norway
Title of the VMG: A scoping policy review of children’s and parents’ participation across European countries
Dates of the VMG: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 to Sunday, October 31, 2021
Summary of the research: The objective of this VM was to contribute towards knowledge and understanding of children and parents’ participation in children and family services policies. This objective supports the COST Action Strategy aim as well as increased collaboration among network members and stakeholders across European countries. Outputs: 1) Three virtual meetings were organized among the participating members. The first meeting focused on introductions of the team members, setting the scope of the project and clarifying roles and responsibilities of each member. During the second meeting, the draft indicators for children’s and parents’ participation for data collection were discussed. The last meeting clarified queries related to the data-collection grid, update the project timeline and discuss any challenges the members experienced during data-collection. 2) Data-collection tool: a table of questions/indicators related to children’s and parents’ participation was developed to collect the relevant data from the selected policy documents. This helped us collect comparable data from included countries. 3) Nine individual policy review reports representing countries from 7 different European regions produced, using the data-collection tool. 4) A summary of preliminary findings from country reports produced. Outcomes: i) Enhanced collaboration between COST Action members and Eurofamnet stakeholders, for example, EuroChild. ii) Increased knowledge and understanding of various notions of participation ascribed to children and parents in the social policies across different European countries
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EuroFam Dissemination Activities: Development of the next newsletter and flyer
Name and surname: Christos Sidiras
Country of professional affiliation: Denmark
E-mail: chsi@mmmi.sdu.dk
Home institution: University of Southern Denmark
Participants: Vasiliki Maria Iliadou
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: Clinical Psychoacoustics Lab, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Sector, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Title of the VMG: EuroFam Dissemination Activities: Development of the next newsletter and flyer
Dates of the VMG: Monday, September 13, 2021 to Sunday, October 31, 2021
Summary of the research: This VMG was a collaboration between a number of researchers. Meetings between different groups of participators were held, while panels (i.e. participators of each meeting) was formulated based on the specific needs of each meeting. This increased both speed and efficiency of the working group of this VGM. At all stages, the working group was in contact with the leader of the EuroFam project. This facilitated both decision making and the development of material that better represents and communicates EuroFam’s scope and purposes.
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The use of ICT in family support
Name and surname: Patty Leijten
Country of professional affiliation: Netherlands
E-mail: p.leijten@uva.nl
Home institution: University of Amsterdam
Participants: Ana Catarina Canário, Aleksandra Lewandowska-Walter, Zane Linde-Ozola, Koraljka Modić Stanke, Elyška Kodyšová, Burcu Kömürcü Akik, Nicole Creasey
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Porto, Portugal; University of Gdansk, Poland; University of Latvia, Latvia; University of Zagreb, Croatia; APERIO - Healthy Parenting Association, Czech Republic; University of Ankara, Turkey; University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Title of the VMG: The use of ICT in family support
Dates of the VMG: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 to Sunday, October 31, 2021
Summary of the research: The VMG allowed members of the Action to work together on a manuscript on the various ways in which ICT can be used in family support. This paper is one of the deliverables of the Action, and especially timely now that the covid-19 pandemic forced many family support providers to find alternatives for face-to-face support. The paper provides an overview of the various ways in which ICT can be used, from peer-led discussion boards to enhance parental social support and knowledge sharing, to professional-led support sessions through video calling, and self-directed websites and apps that provide parents with knowledge, skills, and feedback on their parenting. It includes a critical discussion on when to consider ICT as a supplement or alternative to traditional family support delivery forms, with a special focus on access and equity. The paper will be submitted for publication in a special issue on children’s health and well-being in an international peer-reviewed journal.
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Conceptualization of family support in Europe
Name and surname: Carmel Devaney
Country of professional affiliation: Ireland
E-mail: carmel.devaney@nuigalway.ie
Home institution: National University of Ireland Galway
Participants: Rebecca Jackson
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre
Title of the VMG: Conceptualization of family support in Europe
Dates of the VMG: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 to Friday, October 29, 2021
Summary of the research: The VMG has allowed support to work on distilling the key messages from the literature review on Family Support in Europe. This has included the finalization of the key messages from each section of the report and the main findings that need to be brought forward to inform the innovative framework for conceptualizing Family Support in Europe. This is a key deliverable for WG2
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Creation of the CA18123 “EurofamNet” intermediate brochure
Name and surname: Jean Grasmeijer
Country of professional affiliation: Spain
E-mail: jeangrasmeijer.psicologa@gmail.com
Home institution: Universidad de Huelva
Participants: Lucía Jiménez, Pablo García Ruiz, Christopher Clouder
Affiliations of participants: Affiliations of participants: University of Sevilla, ICMedia, Alliance for Childhood
Title of the VMG: Creation of the CA18123 “EurofamNet” intermediate brochure
Dates of the VMG: Monday, September 20, 2021 to Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Summary of the research: The work done during the VMG allowed for the production of the intermediate results brochure of the Action. This brochure is one of the Action’s deliverables for the second Grant Period, and ties into one of the Action’s main objectives: “To raise awareness among key European and international stakeholders in family support by involving them into the Action and disseminating internationally with interactive tools”. The brochure provides a visually appealing and concise introduction to the Network, giving an overview of its objectives, its structure, its methodology and its principles. Moreover, it presents the reader with all the activities carried out, as well as the outputs produced by the Network as a whole and its individual members. It is an interactive tool, in the sense that all the main items are linked to either the specific document or section on the Network’s website.
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