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Rajaleidjate õpiränne
Rajaleidjate õpiränne
Start date: Jun 1, 2016,
End date: May 31, 2018
PROJECT
FINISHED
Estonian Lifelong Learning Strategy 2020 addresses the most important obstacles in the area of lifelong learning. The strategy sets five strategic goals of which two are closely tied to the development and provision of lifelong guidance.The main objective of the Foundation Innove is to coordinate the lifelong learning development activities and implement the relevant programmes and projects and the EU structural aid in a targeted and efficient manner. Our mission is to support the development of learners' life skills by creating and stimulating the learning environment and efficiently mediate European funds to organisations that implement educational, labour and social policies. The Agency for Lifelong Guidance act as Estonian Euroguidance (EG) Centre in Estonia, operates in the Innove with the aim to support guidance practitioners in promoting mobility and the European dimension within education and training and in the field of lifelong guidance. The Agency belongs to the Academia - a network of partners that have a long term experience in organizing international study visits for guidance practitioners - to support them to become familiar with relevant developments and trends in Europe in the field of lifelong guidance. To meet the needs of the changing labour market and clients the practitioners have to be aware of the current trends in globalized labour market and have experience in using modern and wide-ranging toolbox of methods. In addition, due to the fact - there is no regular accredited basic training programmes offered to the career specialists in the public universities, it is essential to provide a consistent possibility of different high quality courses.The main goal of this project is to provide an opportunity for the specialists working in the field of lifelong guidance, to gain new experience and knowledge from other European countries and to disseminate best practices among other practitioners in Estonia. With this project we aim to improve the professional skills and knowledge of the practitioners and the quality of guidance services provided by them. The multinational study visit groups are of added value – this provides the opportunity to learn from several counties’ practices all at once. Last but not least, all the other participants benefit also from Estonian experiences, shared by Estonian guidance specialists. It is also essential to raise the awareness of the practitioners about mobility as one possibility in lifelong learning. By providing this opportunity to the practitioners, they can have a personal mobility experience and this helps to better realise and promote the value of mobility to others. Besides that, the communication abilities and growth of professional network, along with improved language skills, can be seen as the benefit of this project.Main target group of this project are specialists working in the field of lifelong guidance. Our practitioners have various educational backgrounds; most of them are either psychologists, information specialists, youth workers or teachers. During the study visit in spring 2016 and 2017, thirty practitioners will be visiting their colleagues in different European countries. As the first step in implementing the project, we will launch a call for application among our target group. Based on the application, the selection procedure will be carried through, with the main criteria for successful applicants being working experience in the selected field, language skills and dissemination plans of the project results. There will be an information day organised for the participants, where they learn about practicalities, conditions and the project in general. Then we will sign contracts with the participants and carry on with practical arrangements. The participants have to prepare a personal development plan at least two weeks before the study visit, where they state both their personal goals and methods how to reach them along with planned dissemination activities. In the II quarter of 2017 and 2018, four-days study visits will take place. After the visits, all participants must fill in relevant feedback forms and reports, disseminate the results of this project. We will link the dissemination of the project with the training programme for guidance personnell in Innove and find most efficient and multiform dissemination plan, preferably in media, both at regional, national and international level.The promoter provides participants practical and logistical support during the whole project. Foundation Innove will make most of the travel arrangements. To solve possible problems during the study visit, all parties involved in this visit (the promoter, hosting partner and the participant) will exchange contact details. During the study visit, the project coordinator, will be in contact with the hosting organisation and if necessary also with the participant.