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Meraki

NGO, Valencia (Spain)
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Type of internship offered: onsite and online

Partner since: 2018

Meraki Projects is a non-profit association aimed at enhancing European cooperation amongst schools and education centre, teachers, sport clubs and cultural entities across Europe. The association is integrated by professionals in the field of education at all levels (Primary, Secondary and Higher education), trainers and Project Managers, experts in the field of EU funding and other national sources of funding. Meraki provides training and consultancy in EU projects, and directly participates in European-funded projects, mainly under the Erasmus+ programme. Meraki Projects also organizes professional visits and training courses for teachers from other countries in Europe in various fields: education methodologies, robotics, diversity, gamification, digital skills, etc. Meraki Projects is cooperation, creativity and working in an international environment. The list of European and international projects in which Meraki is involved can be found at the following LINK.

Testimonials on the Internship

I feet very comfortable working at Meraki Projectes and especially with my tutor, Laura who has excellent professional capabilities. I appreciated that Laura was very open and communicative and I got to share and exchange, experiences, practices and so on. So, overall I am highly appreciated about my internship experience at Meraki.

by Enida B. (Albania)

The internship carried out at the Meraki, which I carried out remotely, was well organised. I was in constant communication and under the tutorship of Laura, president of Meraki. Together, we made a work plan and devised my tasks, where I could express my field of interest and what I wanted to do. So, you can adjust your tasks based on your interests and level of complexity. I also had a lot of benefits from the flexible working hours that Meraki can provide. I carried out many different activities. I got the chance to design and create an idea for a future project that should be led by Meraki. I had the opportunity to contact project partners and maintain communication with them, to present them with a project idea, to work with them on developing a project idea and to present to new partners in the field of European projects the principles on which European projects are based. This was a part where I used my exploring and research skills, as I had to find relevant information from various documentation. Finally, I had the opportunity to write a full project proposal together with Laura and to officially submit it.

by Robert V. (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

My internship experience with Meraki was very well organised. The work environment was very supportive, as my tutor was always readily available to answer any of my questions with regard to my assigned tasks. My tutor made sure to always keep me in the loop of whatever was going on with the projects that I was working on. As Assistant Project Manager, I had the opportunity to collaborate on the drafting of new projects for the 2023 Erasmus+ call and also to design and develop concept notes for new project proposals. I also conducted research on relevant calls for funding opportunities. Furthermore, I was involved in preparing presentations for project meetings and materials for ongoing projects. I was also able to assist with the overall management of new projects and create content for the dissemination of ongoing projects. Last but not least, one of my roles was to expand Meraki's contact base by searching for potential project partners. This was a good opportunity to learn how to network. Everything that I learned and worked on at Meraki was very interesting for me and very consistent with the contents of the classroom-based part of the Master Programme, making the internship a very useful educational work experience. I would therefore recommend this internship to future trainees.

by Nawal Attia N. (Nigeria)