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Transparent qualifications for boosting the quality of services addressed to asylum seekers and refugees

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

ContextThe European Migration Forum (EMF) (26/27 January 2015, Brussels) confirmed the importance of consulting and involving civil society, migrants’ organisations as well as local and regional authorities in the design, implementation and evaluation of EU migration policies. Participants underlined the central role played by civil society in facilitating access to services and justice as well as ...
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Enhance self-awareness and balance the personalized learning in ESL prevention through a Smart Learning Environment

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

CONTEXT/BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECTIn 2010, the EC has set the reduction of ESL to less than 10 % of the relevant population by 2020 as headline target in the Europe 2020 strategy. The main obstacles to the achievement of the objective is the high rate of youngsters leaving school before having completed their learning pathway (Eurostat, 2015). In Italy, 63.1% of students aged 16 to 18 years is at r ...
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Shortening distance to education / labour market for migrant and refugee women though gender-sensitive counselling and local cooperation strategies

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

In 2015, 1 321 560 refugees claimed asylum in EU, out of which 292 540 applications were approved (Eurostat). The number of women refugees is increasing rapidly, as of 15 January 2016, just over 55 per cent of those arriving are women and children, as compared to only 27 per cent in June 2015 (UNHCR). At the same time, migrant female unemployment and social exclusion remains one of the main socioe ...
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Promoting quality culture in VET

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

Background The issue of quality and quality management in VET constitutes one of the major fields for development for the last 40 years and in European Union a lot of resources have been devoted to increase the quality of VET. More than 50 different models have been developed within LLP-program, focusing on different aspect of Quality management in VET. Despite all the effort, the experiences show ...
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MILAR Modelli Inclusione Lavoro Rifugiati

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Feb 2, 2019,

The growing number of people seeking refuge in Europe makes it increasingly difficult to match the labour supply of this target with the actual demand for professionals by European enterprises. In the absence of more targeted measures, after the first phases of reception, the new refugees risk being marginalized by the social and production community, falling victims to criminal activities.The MIL ...
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MOVING Languages - Mobile Virtual Learning for Languages

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

...tor) Learnmera is a private language training/translation company that offers language lessons and translations or corporations. Learnmera is specialized in language material creation and ICT.Sweden: Folkuniversitetet in Lund, the largest adult educational association in Sweden that offers a wide range of adult education all over SwedenSpain: Media Creativa, organization with extensive experience ...
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Winning Engagement - Language Clubs & Migrant Education

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Background Language has been described as a form of ‘human capital’ and without this capital, the life of a new migrant or refugee is greatly impoverished. More than a million migrants entered Europe in 2015, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Someone who does not speak the host language misses out – on employment (people with poor language skills are 20% less likely to fin ...
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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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Empoderamiento Laboral de Personas Maduras en la Era Digital

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

Based on a successful methodology to support labour integration of low-skilled mature workers implemented in Spain, which has adressed 900 people in the last two years with a insertion rate of 41%, we aim take this experience at European level enriching and expanding it with the experience to other participating countries. Taking as starting points the materials and methodology used in the Labor ...
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The expansion of the EU-approaches to providing the partner-countries higher education quality assurance Expanding Quality Assurance

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The project is aimed at development of quality assurance model for the higher education (HE) "Quality Management & Common Quality Assurance Framework"(QM&CQAF). It is oriented to enhancement of interaction between universities and national labor markets and to dissemination of this model in the Project member-countries. The Common Quality Assurance Framework (CQAF) implemented in the sphere of voc ...
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EQAVET in practice

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Rationale behind this proposal The recent economic developments have shown the importance of having a highly skilled workforce. The Member States, in their recent Council conclusions on the role of education and training to economic recovery and growth, have highlighted the importance of strong vocational education and training (VET) systems in attaining a high level of skills relevant to the labo ...
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Euro i-VET- Enhancing the quality of I-VET provision for young people in urban, multicultural settings

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

This project builds on two previous Leonardo TOI projects; the Big Bang which examined the impact of culture clash between Young People from disadvantaged backgrounds and opportunities in the world of work and education and Euro-ARCO which identified that Young People from BME and migrant communities in partner countries were far more likely to be long term NEET. Big Bang identified the close lin ...
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OUT-SIDE-IN: Inclusive Adult Education with Refugees

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

2015 starts with global crises a new record number of refugees and provides European host countries with major challenges: ghettos in the largest "refugee Country" Sweden, followed by populist movements as PEGIDA in Germany and the classic first asylum country Italy, violence rise against asylum seekers in Greece, refugee tents as untenable terminals in transit countries such as Turkey and Sloveni ...
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Den digitala bron

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

In a society where we are increasingly communicating with image, the need for deep visual communication skills becomes essential. Requirements for quality in visual communication are high because of the complexity of realities and stories being communicated. At the same time, we are facing major changes in today's media landscape. Digitization has moved over a part of media consumption from paper ...
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Shortening Distance to Labour Market for young people with risk for unemployment and social exclusion - Distance Education for Coordinated Measures by Regional Stakeholder Networks

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Annual Growth Survey (AGS) from 2014 shows that the unemployment among young adults within the age 18 – 30 years is one of the main socioeconomic problems in the European Union since economic regression 2009. It reached 23.4 %-more than twice as high as the adult rate, with some 5.7 million young people affected. Young people that have only completed lower secondary education bear the highest risk ...
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Quality Assurance in VET for learners with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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

ContextIn the EC's European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, the European Commission notes ‘the strong mandate on the EU and Member States to improve the social and economic situation of people with disabilities’, and further underlines ‘the aspiration of creating a barrier-free Europe’.The 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic framework for Europ ...
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Inclusive Neighbourhoods - Researching opportunities for intercultural learning

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

According to official numbers based on Eurostat, the European Union saw a record of 1,2 Million asylum seekers in 2015. This unprecedented number of people - many of them will be officially acknowledged as refugees and gain unrestricted residence permits - poses an exceptional challenge in terms of integrative measures to be taken in different policy areas, predominantly in education, labour marke ...
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Folkuniversitet Mob INT

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

...nd new contacts and projects- Contribute to the professional and personal development- Wider perspectives and reflection on their own work- Transfer of creative methodsThe goal of the project for the Folkuniversitetet:- Offer programs with an clear international profile- Create an understanding of the conditions in various countries and international relations- Enhance understanding of the conditi ...
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Cultural Awareness and Social Skills Key Competences in Tourism

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The European Parliament and the Council of 18.12.2006 recommended a European Framework for Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. This European Reference Framework (ERF) identifies and defines for the first time the 8 Key Competences (KC) that citizens require for their personal fulfillment, social cohesion, active citizenship and employability in a constantly changing world of work and need to ...
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Learner-Based Training: An Innovative Approach to Foreign Language Learning

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

The number of students participating in language learning for adults is declining in most EU countries. We believe that one of the reasons why adults decide not to engage in language learning is that it is still characterised by industrial society’s view on learning and the use of an audio-lingual method (presentation - controlled practice - use). However, the individual in the knowledge society i ...
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Go digital! Culture at your fingertips

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Despite significant superiority over the younger generation in the form of greater life knowledge and experience, people aged 50+ often undergo a gradual marginalization. The reasons are multiple, but one of them definitely is digital exclusion which not only causes one’s economic but also personal losses – leading to withdrawal from life, less confidence and worse understanding of the fast-changi ...
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We are dreamers, we are shapers, we are what we want to be

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

The rules of modern European society are changing. People want to have an active role in defining the way they live, the way they learn, the way they work, the way they interact. They are shaping the world and helping it to grow and develop through the creation of new ideas, partnerships and businesses. With the development of social technologies, the opportunities for budding entrepreneurs also ...
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TRAIN THE GAP. EUROPEAN LEARNING PATHWAY ON RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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

GENDER GAP can be defined “as the differences between women and men, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes” (dictionary.com) or as “the discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women.” (Oxford dictionary). Despite a general trend towards more equality in society and the labour market, progress remai ...
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Wysoka jakość edukacji dorosłych – europejska wymiana doświadczeń

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Main objectives of the project:1. transfer of knowledge, exchange of experience and good practices in:• the effective ways of motivating adults for learning process• promotion of lifelong learning among adults • adult education systems• valuation criteria for assessing and improving the training system quality (adults education)• improving the attractiveness of adult education• developing the educ ...
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Educational work with refugees - comparison of methods in Germany, Austria and Sweden

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

In all the three countries participating in the project (Germany, Austria and Sweden), the question of the right handling of the refugee relief is the dominant theme. Also the adult education is affected by this, because almost every adult education provider offers courses either for these refugees/new arrivals itself or for the professionals and volunteers, because the need of further training re ...
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Creative Communities Igniting Change

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

The creative sector has a major role to play in creating entrepreneurial opportunities which tackle discrimination and inequality in the field of entrepreneurship and employment. A leading driver of dynamic and innovative economies and an area of focus for EU development, it represents 6.8 % of European GDP (approximately €860 billion) and 6.5% of European employment (approximately 14 million). ...
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[ EXPLAIN ] HOW TO TELL WHAT YOU KNOW WELL

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...t Oberoesterreich (Austria) - Universitatea Dunarea De Jos Din Galati (Romania) - Association Européenne pour la Formation Professionnelle AEFP / European Vocational Training Association (Belgium) - Folkuniversitetet, Stiftelsen kursverksamheten vid Uppsala Universitet (Sweden) These organisations are active in the field of education, vocational and educational training , and university. > Descrip ...
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Methodology for Early Warning detection of risk for Early School Leaving (ESL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Problem 5.6 million Young people (18-24) in Europe are early school leavers (ESL). Without the shield from unemployment that is education (ILO 2012), these are 5.6 Million young people at heightened risk of poor participation in the labour market and social exclusion over their entire life course. Exposing 13.5% of all young people in this age group to this increased risk is not only an immense wa ...
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GESTOR EUROPEO DE INNOVACIÓN EN DESTINOS TURÍSTICOS INTELIGENTES Y RESPONSABLES

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

Tourism is one of the main economic activities at the UE level in terms of GDP, employment and innovation as highlighted in the Agenda for a sustainable and competitive European tourism (EC, 2006). The European Strategy 2020 showcases the role of tourism in the European economy and the importance of adopting a new tourism policy to improve competitiveness at the European tourism industry and creat ...
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Innovation and social learning in HEI

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The ISOLearn project is in line with the principles stated in main charters and declarations of intention by major international and European institutions and governments (e.g. UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Article 24, Education); Salamanca Statement on Special Needs Education (1994); (European Convention on Human Rights), Article 2 Right to Education; European Social ...
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Valorize High Skilled Migrants

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

TARGET GROUP, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED The activity of the project is addresed to a specific target: • Adult migrants with medium-high professional competencies that barely can partecipate to the Labour Market, or that enter there only with very low positions comparing with their knowledge . They are high-skilled people but considered low skilled by the local Labour Market. This is particulary tr ...
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Matching Non-Formally Acquired Competences to National Qualifications Frameworks

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

Due to the open labour market and an increased rate of migration, the recognition and validation of competences, from non-formal and informal learning, is one of the key topics in Europe today (EU COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION December 20th, 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning). The basis of the EQF is the traceability of acquired skills which encourages the mobility of European wo ...
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Early Learn to Learn Environment

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

In our project, we mainly aim, through project’s topic and activities, to increase the quality of ECEC services and contribute to decrease the number of early school leavers in parallel with 2020 targets from the Communication from the Commission (2011).This is general aim and starting point for carrying out this project.The specific focus on the project is developing“learn to learn” competence in ...
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INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR ADULT EDUCATION

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

According to the EADA survey (INE-2013)the population with low qualification in Spain (ISED 0-2) represents the 45% of total population between 15-64 years, whereas the EU-27 average reaches to 27% of this collective. However there are serious differences between countries. Countries as Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic or UK obtain percentages under the European average (from 7% to 17%). The differ ...
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Implementing the idea of sustainability into teaching and learning in Adult education

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

In many European countries adult education centres cover broad levels of the population nationwide. Since the initiation of the UN World Decade "Education for Sustainable Development" adult education centres aim to enable learners to act sustainable. However, topics in the field of sustainable development are often only treated sporadically and separately or in discipline-specific courses. But the ...
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Gain Global Awareness

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

his project aims at enhancing quality regarding the students´ ability to get a job in the future. This is done via practice abroad which will support the student to; develop language knowledge, cultural awareness, personal development, references, business contacts as well as business knowledge, which in return help student to social skills and a global perspective as well as an understadning of t ...
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Be Positive: A positive psychological approach to enhancing resilience and utilising strengths in European unemployed youth.

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

The rationale for the project was derived from the combined experience of health psychology researchers and practitioners who work for organisations providing vocational training and/or guidance counselling at national and European levels. The youth unemployment in Europe had reached a staggering 23.5% in the EU27. In this unemployed youth group, there is also a subgroup named NEETs – Young people ...
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Evaluating the soft skills of unemployed youth

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

It is increasingly difficult for young people with low or no formal qualifications to find a job. However, even without formal training or labour market experience, young persons gather social and personal competencies. These “soft” competencies are essential for doing a good job. For some jobs, they may even be the most important elements of qualification. However, employers and those working wit ...
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CERF – Certification Standard for European Reference Framework Key Competences

End date: Aug 6, 2015,

The European Reference Framework (ERF) identifies and defines, for the first time at the European level, those eight (8) Key Competences (KC) that citizens require for their personal fulfillment, social inclusion, active citizenship and employability in our knowledge-based society. The Member States’ initial education and training systems should support the development of these Key competences fo ...
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Innovation Agent

Opening new doors for innovative women : Reports on the technology available to SMEs, current implementation levels and the situation of women in SMEs contributed to the creation of the innovation agent professional profile and the training of a group of women to fit this profile. The creation of this profile will help to even out the distribution of men and women in the field of technological inn ...
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