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Turning silver into gold through management strategies that effectively address an ageing and multi-generational workforce

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

EC Europe 2020 Strategy points to increased ageing and low employment, especially of older workers, as two of Europe’s main structural weaknesses. EC proposed a target for 75% overall employment rate for 2020, which specifically needs greater involvement of older workers and for Member-States to promote innovative active ageing policies. The adoption of this Strategy was followed by the Council co ...
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Accessible Learning design, implementation and accreditation

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Developing an inclusive education system is not only a matter of equal rights. Access to education can put persons with disabilities on equal footing with non-disabled persons, promotes diversity within the educational environment and creates social bonds between persons with and without disabilities. It is also a means for promoting education systems with an emphasis on achieving a common learnin ...
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Designing, monitoring and evaluating adult learning classes – Supporting quality in adult learning

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The professional development of staff in the adult education sector is one the key pillars of Education and Training 2020 ET2020, for the improvement of quality and efficiency of adult learning. In adult learning sector, a high number of professionals, including teachers and trainers, come from other sectors and while they maybe experienced in their field of work, they often lack competences in ad ...
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ECVET for work-based learning

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Every year across Europe hundreds of thousands of individuals take part in several work-based learning activities in order to acquire and/or update their knowledge, skills and competences. However, in practice the visibility and transferability of the learning outcomes obtained in such activities remains quite problematic due to the fact that learning that takes place at the workplace, does not re ...
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OPEN AND INNOVATIVE SPACES FOR COLLABORATIVE WORKING BETWEEN VET PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

We are facing very important and long-term changes that go further than the crisis we are undergoing and that have impact in all economic and social changes. These geo-political, economic and social changes are forcing our companies to change their “ways of doing”, to make things better or differently, transforming their value proposals, their international presence and their organisation and mana ...
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IN.TRA-WORK

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Context.According to the latest Eurostat data (December 2015), the unemployment rate in Europe has fallen by about 1% compared to 2014, settling at 9%; on the other hand, there is still a gap between North and South EU countries.Youth unemployment in the eurozone (under 25 years) decrease of one percentage point in December 2015 (22%) compared to the same month of 2014, and in the EU from 21.2% in ...
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Virtual Vocational Education and Training

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main aim of the “Virtual Vocational Education and Training – VIRTUS” project is to develop an innovative, fully functional virtual vocational education and training centre, which will provide appropriately designed modular certified courses in: 1. Tourism and Hospitality Services 2. Social Entrepreneurship, corresponding to regional growth potential and skills needs and targeting at increasin ...
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Skills for the creative economy

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

ArtS project will exploit the Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) potential for creating growth and jobs and enhance cultural economy at regional and transnational levels. It shall define and forecast labour market needs in the CCS in Greece, Italy and Spain; design appropriate teaching and training methodologies and deliver a joint training programme that will respond to these needs. These object ...
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Professional Development of VET learners and industrial workers for the new industrial revolution 4.0

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The purpose of PROVET 4.0 project is to respond to a strong need for Europe and specifically for the partnership: the need of qualified workers to face the challenges of the industry 4.0, though a) identifying the current and future capabilities requirements of Key Enabling Technologies for Advanced manufacturing in electric and metal mechanic industries in Italy, France and Spain and b) develop ...
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From Push to Pull: ECVET and transparency instruments go Business - Modern Human Resource Management with European transparency instruments

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"At the moment ECVET is too conceptual and far from easy to implement. Moreover there is a huge gap between companies and the education sector in relation to timescales." (ECVET Magazine, 11/2013 as consequence of the annual ECVET forum 2013). This statement of the workshop held with representatives of all European countries on the involvement of companies into the ECVET and whole transparency ins ...
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European Expert in Social Innovation Incubation

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Specific aim of the project is to spread and promote in Europe a new professional curriculum, namely the European Expert in Social Innovation incubation (ESII). Social innovation processes rely on the inventiveness of citizens, civil society organisations, local communities, businesses and public servants and services. They are an opportunity both for the public sector and for the markets, so tha ...
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TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A LONG LASTING MODEL Generating profitable, workable and sustainable business in the tourism sector

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Mar 30, 2017,

As we can observe in employment strategies and youth employment contained in the Framework Europe2020. This strategy recognizes the importance of entrepreneurship and self-employment to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and there are several initiatives to address these issues: Agenda for new skills and jobs, Youth on the Move: education and employment initiatives and the European Pl ...
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Open Professional Collaboration for Innovation

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The project addressed the issues raised in Bruges Communique, namely, increased competition of institutions and professionals, as well as rapid technological change. These issues were addressed via prepared training materials and facilitation of (C)VET, VET teachers and trainers, as well as adult educators who, being professionals, should learn how latest innovations in education (such as Open Edu ...
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Professional Development of University Educators for Improving Students' Entrepreneurial Skills

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The project addresses the issue of entrepreneurship development that is highlighted in the Communication on Reigniting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe (Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan) adapted by the European Commission in September, 2013. The project is aimed to improve entrepreneurship education at higher education institutions and in such way to contribute to better quality of higher e ...
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VIDEO techniques for developing Appreciation, Respect and Tolerance for diversity in students

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...t the same time will help them develop multiple skills and competencies. The partnership is composed by four high schools, namely the 4th General High School of Acharnes (GR) as coordinator and Fondo Formacion Euskadi (ES), Nösnäsgymnasiet (SE), Liceo Stabili (IT) as partners. The Athens Video art festival (GR), a private company, which will pass professional knowledge and expertise on to the pa ...
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Fostering the Virtual Mobility within the Metal Sector

Europe is living a stage of great changes, where it is necessary to act firmly on the relation between training and labour market to progress realistically towards the so called Knowledge Society. The economic crisis is showing a sectoral and occupational restructuring in the Metal Sector:In Europe, there are qualification tension in emerging sectors, with scarce offer of qualified manpower and ot ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE APPRENTICESHIP IN THE RETAIL SECTOR

By all is known the importance of vocational training as a factor of competitiveness and job creation. However, VET systems of Euro- Southern area countries, despite having undergone reforms in recent years, still show shortcomings: poor motivation of students/families; mismatch between the training and the productive structures needs; scarce development of apprenticeship in enterprises, lack of t ...
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E-learning Exercise Genexis System

The use of ICT in education and training has been a priority in most European countries during the last decade. A small percentage of schools in some countries have embedded ICT into the curriculum, and demonstrate high levels of effective and appropriate ICT use to support and transform teaching and learning across a wide range of subject areas. Although it appears to be recognised the value of I ...
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BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF EDUCATION AND WORK USING ECVET AND EQF PRINCIPLES IN THE WINE´S INTERNATIONAL TRADE

The European Union is the world´s leading producer,consumer, exporter and importer of wine. In terms of quality,its reputation is recognised around the world. This is result of a centuries of quality wine making which provide the consumers with excelent quality wine. The wine sector in EU represents a vital economic activity especially as regards employment and exports revenue. With more than 1,5 ...
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NTNC-NEW TEACHERS FOR NEW COMPETENCES: Tools to help the Teachers to develop, mobilize and valorize the Transversal Competences in their Learners requested by the Companies acquired through Informal Learning

It is necessary to get a correspondence between the qualifications offered by VET systems and the real needs of companies (Agenda New Qualifications and Employments, 2010).VET Systems have been focused on training in technical aspects. Companies, on their part, are requesting also some non-formal and informal competences they consider necessary in their productive contexts.Therefore the role of te ...
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Training planner to SMEs

...th the SME and the employee.The consortium behind the application is Starfafl Vocational Training Fund in Iceland, Attentus consultancy bureau in Iceland, BEST Training and Consultancy in Austria and Fondo Formacion Euskadi in Basque Country in Spain. Starfsafl and Attendus have 4 years experience in development of the concept of Training Planner with over 40 companies and 4000 employees in Icelan ...
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Common Integrated Management e-Learning System for the development of professional competition skills in the small scale urban commerce in European dimension

The competitive pressure from large retailers to small retail shops, which are mainly located in the city centers, led to a large number of retail shop closures during the financial crisis, which entire families live off. The target group of retailers had essentially the problem that there is no training of the staff and also the retailer himself during the operation. Cause of that, there were use ...
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ENTRETRAIN - Innovative Training for promoting Entrepreneurship and engendering an Entrepreneurial Culture within the Company

As stressed in the Europe 2020 Strategy, E&T systems should focus their curricula on creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. A vision of fostering creativity and innovation is needed that focuses on individuals within modernized, excellent and high quality VET systems.At the same time, education for entrepreneurship, meaning a sense of initiative, ability to turn ideas into practice, creativi ...
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ISO 17024:2003 certification: Qualified Construction Worker ISO 17024:2003

The ISO CONSTRUCT project aimed at the challenging situation in the European construction sector which is basically fully with low skilled and unskilled workers. For these professions / wokrers the current discussions around accreditation and recognition of competences and skills within the EQF and NQFs do not offer any appropriate solution since all approaches for recognition and accreditation of ...
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CPS + 45

The project CPS + 45 second a first project dedicated to young graduates. He aims at transferring to 3 new countries and to a new audience: +45 years old workers.Between 2000 and 2009, the employment rate of people aged from 55 to 64 in the EU increased from 36.9% to 46% (Source: Eurostat)Today, it is common for + 45 workers to decide to change one’s field of activity or jobs. This situation can b ...
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PRO@: USING THE "EQF AND ECVET PRINCIPLES” TO OPEN NEW QUALIFICATIONS WAYS INTO SHIPBUILDING SECTOR

 The sector of Shipbuilding and Repair in the EU is undergoing a situation of deep crisis, an irreversible loss of jobs and the announcement of new redundancies. The sector is facing important challenges in a dynamic, complex and uncertain context: the competition of third countries, investments on R&D to keep the competitive advantages and increasing demand of qualified and polyvalent profession ...
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CHEMIFOR. Integrated Selflearning System for the Chemical Sector

The Chemical sector is exposed to important medium-term changes: in his processes, technological innovations, innovations for the progress of products, integrated systems of management, quality, prevention of risks, reduction of the environmental impact... Changes that affect to the competences of the workers.In this context, QUEMIFOR was to be framed to favour the development of vocational self-t ...
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In THE MIDDLE - ECVET for transparency and recognition of learning outcomes and qualifications in “integrated health care logistics”

The "Facility Management" constitutes an important economic sector in European countries, with a significant occupational relevance for new and old professionals and enterprises with updated and specialized competences. To satisfy the demand for services and products, European facility management operators offer concrete and expanding job opportunities to a large number of people in a very diversi ...
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CERTIFICATION SYTEMS IN THE SANITARY TRANSPORT

Medical emergency transport services are facing an increasing social demand; higher quality and the incorporation of new technologies, coordinated assistance, training and suitable resources. They also play an essential role for the suitable emergency assistance: they reduce death toll, decrease complications (consequences) and economic costs, thus making public health profitable and optimising th ...
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ISO QUAM 17024:2003 certification: qualified metal worker

Aim of the project is to make available ISO 17024:2003 to low skilled workers or labourers in the metal sector, a worldwide approved certificate of her personal skills and competence, based on the norm. The expenditure of the certificate is alike in all taking part countries and is based on the one hand on a uniform competence matrix, as well as, on the other hand, on conformist norm conditions of ...
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Volunteer Management e-Learning

The online course was developed through consultation with the partners to ensure that the content successfully met the learning needs of volunteer managers in each of the partner countries and could be used more widely across Europe in future.
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Fostering New Skills and Teaching Methods to favor the Development of the DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM in the Vocational Training Centers

In scenario of unemployment crisis, VET systems must be a key actor to improve the employment rates of youngsters. But the reality is very different in most of the Southern Europe. The young unemployment rates is raising more than the 50% while, this rate is not bigger than the 8% in the North. A part of some structural differences between the North & South, we must accept that one of the key fact ...
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Mobilising Opportunities in Vocational Education with Innovative Technologies

Today European chemical industry employs more than 1,2 million peoples. Hundred thousands of unschooled or low educated people are recruited to work in these companies without education or background in chemical industry. There is a increasing interest in chemical products, and different innovations in the field of equipment and tooling, products and applications are more and more demanding for th ...
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Competence, Cooperation, Communication in the C-E.N.T.E.R. of Dissemination and Exploitation of EU Project Results

Start date: Jan 1, 2010,

Dissemination and exploitation are of vital importance in EU projects and have to be taken into account by all project managers and their teams. Especially in the field of LLP most people have no education in marketing or product placement in order to plan, implement and monitor these activities. C-E.N.T.E.R. addresses persons who would like to improve or get knowledge in this field.E.N.T.E.R. and ...
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Review and revive VET practices

The project addressed European priority to contribute to the development of quality lifelong learning, and to promote high performance, innovation and a European dimension in systems and practices in the field. More concretely, the project focused to improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility of VET services. Though ICT integration into institution quality criteria on institutional, cur ...
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Innovative approaches to develop vocational SKills of People with severe disabilities

Start date: Jan 1, 2014,

The SKIP project addresses the individual and social needs of people affected by severe disabilities, promoting training and improving learning opportunities to avoid their marginalisation and loss of human capital. To ensure that adult people with severe disabilities reach their full potential and receive the support they deserve, qualified operators and trainers are needed to provide these indiv ...
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Teaching creativity in engineering

Start date: Jan 1, 2014,

After more than a decade from the moment the European Council formulated the Lisbon strategy, expressing the ambition of making EU "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy by 2010", it became obvious that knowledge is the third key factor, besides labour and capital, for the economic growth of any country. And, in a dynamic and highly competitive world, knowledge is intrinsically ...
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Mobile Devices App for Documentation and Recognition of Informally Acquired European Key Competences during Transnational Mobility Stays

Start date: Jan 1, 2014,

M_APP focuses on the challenges informal learning causes when it comes to its documentation and reporting because, practically, it can occur anywhere and at anytime in our lifetime – and we are rarely equipped with documentation instruments at these moments in time. Nevertheless, informal learning in adult life is considered as one of the most crucial factors in LLL, therefore making it more trans ...
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Quality assurance for VET providers using product lifecycle Management

Start date: Oct 1, 2013,

Following the background of the quality indicators recommended by the EQARF framework as well as the CQAF (Common Quality Assurance Framework), the Q-PLM project aims at developing an innovative tool to produce quality assurance for VET providers based on the methods of Product Lifecycle Management. This approach has been in use in other economic sectors for years and allows the impact analysis of ...
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Digital education for Enhanced Editorial products

Start date: Feb 1, 2012,

The publishing sector is facing new challenges caused by the technological development of new digital publishing materials.A survey commissioned by the EC about printing and publishing sector highlights the necessity for upskilling and training workers in order to improve their knowledge about new technologies as enhanced book, new software applications including mobile devices. In response to thi ...
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