USING A LEARNING AND COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE IN EUROPEAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT PACE - PROJECT ACTORS COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

The LLP has funded a number of projects which developed tools to support other LLP project actors in effectively and efficiently implementing their projects. But although (parts of) most products would be relevant for the whole programme, the dissemination and exploitation range of these projects is often limited to the sub-programme/education sector in question. In the light of the expiring programme period PACE (Project Actors Community in Europe) takes care that the valuable European project management know-how generated by the LLP support projects will not get lost and forgotten but be transferred to the new generation of programmes with the high visibility it deserves. To disseminate these results a learning and communication platform is provided. The platform offers project management supporting tools making full use of multimedia, Social Media and mobile learning. European project actors are invited to join the platform and have access to material and learning tools. A part from this they can benefit from ad hoc peer to peer support for solving EU project management problems and they can use the platform for project development and partner search. In addition to the platform the PACE community organises new forms of self-organised events - PACE BarCamps - for practitioners for networking and sharing good project-management practice. Through these activities, PACE seeks to make sure that European project management support tools are exploited beyond the boundaries of LLP action lines and education sectors. This paper gives an overview on the project approach and the structure, content and function of the platform.