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Writer's pictureKaroline Barkvoll Holstad
Dec 13, 20212 min read

Developing an EU project contributing to more including teaching material - case study


Project goals: Design a project that can contribute to increased inclusion in schools; Design a robust project and application; Mobilize ownership among project partners; Receive the grant. The result: The project partners received the grant; The project partners gained clarity as to what they wanted to achieve and how to move forward; All partners participated in co-creative workshops and aligned on the core elements of the project
Project snapshot

The client

LGBT+ Danmark reached out to ReSearch Humanity seeking someone who could help develop and write an application for EU funding.


The challenge

ReSearch Humanity worked, in close collaboration with LGBT+ Denmark and partner organisations Mino Denmark and Sabaah, on framing the project challenge as well as finding solutions and which steps to take. After facilitating two workshops, ReSearch Humanity led the work on writing the EU application, while continuously receiving input from the organisations.


The result

Most importantly, LGBT+ Denmark, Mino Denmark and Sabaah received the funding as a result of this proces. The project received an application score on 88 out of 100, where applications needed to reach a minimum score of 70.


The needs have been clearly defined and the assessment is based on robust and reliable data, it is clear that action needs to be taken [...] One strength is the inclusion of input and co-creation with school professionals. [...] [The] inclusion qualification program seems a particularly promising method to achieve the stated objectives, and its contents have been identified in three modules.

- From the European Commission evaluation of the application


Other than receiving the funding, the proces contributed to a high level of contribution and involvement from the three project partners, thus contributing to building ownership and commitment.


"Karoline assisted LGBT+ Denmark in preparing and writing an application for EU funding for a project aiming at developing intersectional teaching material for primary schools. The project also include the organisations Mino Denmark and Sabaah. Karoline designed and facilitated the preliminary workshops and collected knowledge on the organisations' goals. From this, Karoline, in collaboration with the organisations, designed the project and wrote up the application for a 2 year project. Not only did we achieve funding, we further gained clarity and insights into what we wanted to achieve and how best to reach our goals. Karoline is exceptional at designing and facilitating co-creative processes, which at an impressively short amount of time contributed to alignment and decision making among the partners."
Review from Susanne Branner Jespersen on the collaboration with ReSearch Humanity

The process

The collaboration on this project was initiated with an internal workshop for LGBT+ Denmark, mapping core challenges and brainstorming on broad solutions. During this workshop, ReSearch Humanity together with LGBT+ Denmark, defined the project framework and identified stakeholders and potential partner organisations.

Before developing the application, the project partners met up for a workshop where they amongst other developed potential solutions and aligned on a primary project framework of three modules
Brainstorm on solutions for the project

Having identified the core elements of the project, ReSearch Humanity took on outreach to and onboarding of project partners, Mino Denmark and Sabaah. Representatives from these organisations further participated in the second workshop, where participants became aligned on the project challenge. During the three hour workshop, we achieved a greater understanding of what the project target groups needed, and we designed the framework for how the project should proceed to contribute to more inclusive schools.


After finalizing the two workshops, ReSearch Humanity took the organisations' input in order to finish the project design and write an application, following EU guidelines. This work included creating a detailed plan defining all steps, a risk analysis and an evaluation plan. The application was developed in close collaboration with the project partners, who had acces to the draft and contributed with input for various parts of the application.




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