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RESTART 2

The Restart 2 Transfer of Innovation Project aimed to transfer the Restart training programme to partners in Lithuania and two regions of Germany. The innovative Restart programme was developed in Northern Ireland with the aim of supporting lone parents to enter the labour market. It uniquely combined one to one coaching with group based learning and a work experience placement. This approach has proved highly successful in helping lone parents who take part to build confidence and overcome personal barriers to ease the transition to work.Building upon the success of the original Restart project (2010 – 2012) our ultimate aim was to create an accredited employability programme which was widely available in a number of Europe languages. In addition, we aimed to create links to ECVET, thus enabling transparency of qualification and mobility for all Restart participants.Restart 2 was exported to partner countries using a five step process:Research into the situation of lone parents and employment in each country;The establishment of cross-sectoral Stakeholder Forums of policy and practice experts in each importing country to support the transfer; Adaptation, translation and accreditation of the programme;Piloting the programme with a group of lone parents in each partner country;Evaluation and dissemination of results.This new partnership enabled us to build on past successes and lessons learnt while incorporating ideas from new partners. In this way, the Restart 2 programme aimed to further European Priority 5 by improving the recognition and transparency of learning outcomes.