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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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eGOS. e-Guidance and e-Government Services (eGOS)
Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,
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Distance vocational and educational guidance through the use of ICT-based toolsThe project aims to ease the access to information and guidance (group and individual counselling sessions ) and employment general services (active job search, selection of human resources and job matching services). A multi-channel open source pla ...
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Sistema para la Movilidad de Flujos Migratorios Laborales en la provincia de Huelva (M@RES)
Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2011,
Mejora del sistema de cooperación transfronteriza institucional hispano-marroquí para la gestión conjunta de los flujos migratorios laborales; Promocionar y extender la contratación en origen a otras zonas y sectores de actividad; Reducir los flujos migratorios ilegales potenciando la capacitación de los equipos técnicos de las administraciones públicas descentralizadas. ...
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lataforma transfronteriza para el desarrollo industrial y la sostenibilidad ambiental (0123_INTERPLAT_5_E)
Start date: Feb 29, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2010,
OBJETIVO: Creación de un sistema de cooperación transfronteriza empresarial anda-luso permanente para canalizar la realización de actuaciones de dinamización y de mejora de la competitividad y el empleo potenciando la sostenibilidad medioambiental y la salubridad del entorno territorial basado en las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones.ACCIONES: Gestión y Coordinación del proyecto; ...
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The QuAss (Quality Assurance) project aims at defining, testing, validating and disseminating at trans-national level a series of quality indicators based on a quality-cycle structure to improve the skills of analysts and project development staff in Training Enterprises. These quality indicators will help to maintain quality in the processes of identifying needs and planning training schemes, whi ...
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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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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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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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...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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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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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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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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The project aims to adapt existing training offers and methodologies to the training needs in the metal sector SME in order to overcome the characteristic lack of resources in time and capital of these industries to promote human resources development. The development of the project involves: a study on the current state of the art and tendencies of the European and national institutional training ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Different studies point out the need existing in different European countries for a migration workforce, making European countries opening more and more their labour market to people from other EU countries. But European mobility is limited in a great extent by the diversity of languages across the EU. Workers need to know words, professional vocabulary, commonly used expressions and practical inf ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Developing an European SOFTWARE to VALIDATE and RECOGNIZE the KEY NON FORMAL & INFORMAL Competences needed by the SENIORS who are VOLUNTEERS in Social & Educational Activities
Start date: Oct 1, 2012,
European ageing might be an opportunity if we´re able to use the great knowledge mass generated by our elder. Activating them socially, allowing transference of this knowledge is the best way to create value basing on sustainability and knowledge & boosting the role of elders inside inclusive society (European Strategy 2020). It´s necessary the IMPLEMENTATION of systems for RECOGNITION&VALIDATION ...
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