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KEEP-ON
Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,
School dropout rate in Spain is nearly 24%, the highest among European countries. According to EUROSTAT school dropout rates in the countries of the consortium are: Spain 23,6%, Portugal 18,9%, Greece 10,1%, and France, Belgium and Austria have less than 10%. The Europe 2020 strategy sets out the target of reducing school drop-out rates to less than 10%.Drop Out phenomenon, quitting students from ...
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Amélioration Continue de l'Evaluation de l'Employabilité
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,
The European reference framework for Quality Assurance for providers of VET (EQAVET) adopted by all European countries has been designed by targeting the following objectives:- Employability- Correspondence between the supply and demand for skills and qualifications on the labour market- Better access to VET in particular for vulnerable groups-In Europe several positive and effective initiatives ...
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Empowering teachers and trainers to cope with religious diversity and boost intercultural education in Europe
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,
Europe is facing some major its major challenges since the end of the WWII. From the effects of the radicalization and the extremism, to the crisis of the refugees and the asylum seekers or the discrimination of some migrant communities, the question about how to foster the social cohesion and to fight against discrimination is in the middle of the debates in an increasingly culturally diversified...
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GREEN MENTOR Fostering green entrepreneurship through an innovative ECVET curriculum for the new professional profile of Mentor for Green Entrepreneurs
Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,
New companies, especially SMEs, represent the most important source of new employment in Europe: they create more than 4 million new jobs every year. To bring Europe back to growth and higher levels of employment, Europe in general, but the countries of GREEN MENTOR project in particular (Spain, Austria, Hungary and Ireland), need more entrepreneurs. The transition to a green economy offers great...
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Journey to Employment
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
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Although some countries show improved performance in employment figures - both youth and general - there is still a need to improve these through improved employability skills and methodologies for delivering these. The GET THERE project will use two extant programmes to help deliver these outcomes, taking the ASDAN Employability Curriculum from existing qualification units and ...
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CULTOUR, overcoming skills gap and fostering mobility in Tourism sector trough the recognition, validation and up-skilling of intercultural competences for tourism jobs
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
Tourism is very important for the European economy, accounting for over 5% of EU GDP and employing an estimated 15.2 million persons. The employment in the tourism sector presents also an important percentage of the total employment in the partner´s countries of CULTOUR project; France (10.5), Portugal (18.2), Spain (15.8), Turkey (8.4), Italy (11.6) and Bulgaria (12.2).
Tourism has one of the hi...
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Key Tutors- A tool and education guidance to enhance key competences
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
At 218 million, average EU employment in 2012 was 2.6% less than in 2008. Only five countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Malta and Sweden) have recovered both their pre-crisis GDP and employment levels. Young people with low qualifications were worst affected by the crisis - hiring fell by one third (-31%) between 2013 and 2008. Young people generally enjoy a high rate of hiring, but this is not...
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LINK-Inc. Fostering equity and inclusion in Work-based Learning by equipping trainers and mentors with innovative approaches to address cultural and ethnic diversity in VET
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
In today's highly competitive labour markets, the experience gained through Work-based Learning (WBL) opens doors to later jobs. Youth unemployment rates in European countries with a strong tradition of WBL, such as Austria (9.0%), are lower than in countries with less developed WBL systems, like Bulgaria (21.6%), France (25.2%), Portugal (34.5%), Italy (42%) or Spain (51.4%).
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LIGHTHOUSE Supporting lifelong learning and career paths for migrants by tailored counselling and recognition of prior learning to improve skills, employability and mobility
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
LIGHTHOUSE Supporting lifelong learning and career paths for migrants by tailored counselling and recognition of prior learning to improve skills, employability and mobility is an innovative project aiming to develop and provide access to new methodologies for career guidance and counselling in Europe.
LIGHTHOUSE will be base on the develop an innovative model for supporting lifelong learning and ...
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UPDESIGN – Employability and transversal skills delivery for young disadvantaged learners through innovative upcycling methods and approaches
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,
All over Europe, unemployment figures for young people (16-25) are alarmingly high and still rising. Among the young unemployed, those showing low qualification levels are at risk of social exclusion, sometimes for the rest of their lives. This challenging situation applies for all countries the UPDESIGN project brings together: UK, Austria, Italy, Greece, Spain. More than 50% of Spanish youngster...
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Empowering entrepreneurial skills and unleashing potential of unemployed seniors.
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,
Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges that Europe is facing in the context of economic crisis in which we are submerged. One of the most affected groups of population suffering from unemployment is senior workers. People over 50 are generally characterised by the acquired knowledge and extensive professional experience but, at the same time, face huge difficulties to re-enter the labour ma...
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"Design and testing new VET frameworks for the transfer and recognition of organic livestock managemet skills in Europe”
Start date: Dec 1, 2013,
The challenge of this proposal is the devolopment of Organic Livestock management activities in Europe. The project aims to: (i)- contribute to the growth of Organic Livestock management awareness activities in Europe; (ii) - contribute to the implementation of such tools as EQF and ECVET enhancing lifelong learning and promoting the validation and recognition of non-formal and informal learning...
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Unemployment figures for young people in Europe are alarmingly high, particularly for those showing a migration background. Young migrants generally show higher school dropout rates, lower participation in higher and further education and receive less access to high-profiled jobs, which often makes their economic and social inclusion much more difficult. Educational concepts focusing on the empowe...
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According to the European Commission (Supporting the Teaching Professions for Better Learning Outcomes, 20.11.2012), the role of teachers and trainers is crucial in the modernization of VET with special focus on their professional development and status in society. The future dominated by change presents news challenges for both teachers and trainers in VET, involving new pedagogical, curriculum d...
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