1st-year Partnership SWOT analysis.

A SWOT analysis will provide us with an analysis of our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as a partnership and it can help us to develop a second-year project and our strategic plan. 

The Questions:

Strengths: 

• What are the advantages your partnership has?
• What do you do well? (What do you boast about?)

Weaknesses: 

• What could be improved in your partnership?
• What is done badly (or has been embarrassing to the partnership)?
• What should be avoided?
• What things should your partnership be doing that it can't?

Opportunities:

• Where are the good choices facing your partnership?
• What are the next steps?
• What are the trends in your community that your partnership could be in a position to make the most of?
• Are there new opportunities from the community, funding sources, scholar community that could help the partnership?

(Useful opportunities can come from such things as changes in technology, changes in government policy, or changes in social patterns, population profiles, or lifestyle changes)

Threats:

• What obstacles does your partnership face?   
• What is your school demand like? Are your students less satisfied or more satisfied? Do you need to re-target your partnership or its activities?
• Do you have finance or cash-flow problems? Could you do a better job of approaching grants or fundraising opportunities?
• Is partnership knowledge spread broadly, or would a gap be left if individuals moved on? Have you ensured you have "deputies" or ways to provide the project sustainability? 

Post-Swot Discussion 

• At the end of the session, pull all the answers together. The coordinator will collect your analysis. 

Swot Analysis Conclusions (Pärnu 2018)

FRANCE

STRENGTHS

• INSPIRATION
• DISCOVERY
• CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• COLLABORATION
• FUN TIME TOGETHER 

WEAKNESSES 

• STUDENTS' AGE DIFFERENCE
• DIFFICULT TASKS
• NOT INVOLVING OTHER SUBJECTS TEACHERS

OPPORTUNITIES

• POSITIVE GENERAL IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
• POSITIVE IMPACT ON MOST OF THE TEACHERS
• OPENING NEW HORIZONS FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL AREA

THREATS

• PART OF THE TEAM BEING RELUCTANT
• ADDITIONAL WORK FOR TEACHERS INVOLVED 

TURKEY

STRENGTHS

• MEETING NEW PEOPLE/CULTURES
• SHARING EXPERIENCES
• GAINING NEW DIMENSIONS
• EXCHANGING IDEAS
• LEARNING NEW METHODS

WEAKNESSES 

• TIME PROBLEMS
• LACK OF TEACHERS KNOWING ENGLISH

 OPPORTUNITIES

• AN OPEN GATE TO EUROPE
• MORE ATTRACTED STUDENTS

THREATS

• LACK OF MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
• REVENUE/FISCAL DEPARTMENT PROBLEMS 

GERMANY

STRENGTHS

• getting to know different cultures, educational aspects
• language awareness
• very good coordination work, keeping the project alive
• improving ICT skills

WEAKNESSES 

• tasks are too sophisticated for some students
• misunderstandings using WhatsApp
• age differences between students
• deadlines should be set earlier in case of trouble

OPPORTUNITIES

• gaining new students because of the project (open day at school) 
• positive PR (mayor, teacher, parents) 
• good for the profiling of our school, parents expect school partnership so that children can go abroad

THREATS

• organizational problems
• time consuming for teachers
• difficulties in finding colleagues for the project 

ESTONIA

STRENGTHS

• exchanging ideas, 
• improving language and ICT skills,  
• meeting new people, 
• improving communication skills, 
• learning about different cultures  

WEAKNESSES

• tasks were time-consuming for students,
• students' age differences,

OPPORTUNITIES

• positive impact on students,
• cultural  awareness,
• motivation 

THREATS

• additional and time-consuming work for teachers, 

SPAIN

STRENGHTS

•  Opportunities for students with few resources
•  Creation Erasmus teachers team at school (secretary, headmistress support, some teachers)
• Teachers' innovative techniques, open and flexible more and more
• Good collaboration among partners, easy-going and fluent communication.
• Exchange of innovative and good practices that may help teachers to improve 
• Students see English as a means of communication, not as a subject. 

WEAKNESSES

• Deficiency in the level of English from teachers
• Students' age differences inside the project team 
• time-consuming for coordinators

OPPORTUNITIES

• Parents and authorities support in La LLagosta
• Language and cultural awareness
• The only high school in La LLagosta- lack of competitors.

THREATS

• Too many applications at a national level
• High level of competitors to apply for a programme
• Difficult to find a variety of partners from different countries