Learning by doing: Local Communities work and learn together to prevent and reduce ESL and drop-out

Following the initial research conducted as part of IO1 and carried out by CIES-UIL (Mateus et al, 2018) on factors leading to ESL, the team at the University of Northampton developed guidelines for the implementation of IO2 (Devecchi, et al, 2018). This document is the final report of the IO2’s activities and includes the following: • The IO2 framework; • Report on training, its development and implementation; • Report on the pilot activities carried out by each partner; • Evaluation of training; • Evaluation of pilot activities; • Conclusion and recommendations. Part 1 of this report focuses on the work carried out in preparation for the implementation of the training and pilot initiatives. It outlines the IO2 framework and the support measure (management and leadership) put in place to ensure the effective and successful fulfilment of the IO2’s aims and objectives.