CONFERENCE FINAL REPORT

Quality in Training - Policy in ActionExperience and results from Leonardo da Vinci projects

16-17 February 2004, Birmingham, UK

11 PPaarrttiicciippaattiinngg oorrggaanniissaattiioonnss ooff TThheemmaattiicc GGrroouupp 33:: European Commission; Technical Assistance Office - Socrates, Leonardo & Youth; Leonardo National Agencies from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

This Final Report compiles the main conclusions

reached during the Quality in Training - Policy in Action Conference.

It also includes the list of Leonardo projects which exhibited their products at the Conference.

For further information on the Conference or this report, please consult:

http://www.leonardo.ecotec.co.uk/thematicgroup3

On behalf of the European Commission and the participating Leonardo Agencies1,

the Leonardo UK National Agency would like to thank all the organisations

who contributed to the financing of this event:

The European Commission, Department for Work and Pensions/Department for Education and Skills (UK),

Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali (Italy), Birmingham City Council (UK),

Leargas (Ireland), Finnish National Board of Education (Finland), CIRIUS (Denmark),

Internationella Programkontoret for Utbildningsomradet (Sweden).

Also, all the experts, project presenters and exhibiters, workshop chairs and rapporteurs for their valuable input.

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CONTENTS

Contents………………………………………………………….………………….…………………………...…….…(i)

Executive Summary…………………………………..………..……………..……..…………………….....…...…….1

Valorisation and Thematic Monitoring within the Leonardo da Vinci Programme……………………......…3

Conference proceedings……….…………………….………………...………………………………………….…...4

From Lisbon via Copenhagen to Maastricht, Major steps to Enhanced European co-operation inVocational Education and Training, A. Copette, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Education andCulture, Application and Dissemination of Innovation…………...…………………..………………………...………5

Valorisation and Thematic Monitoring, J. Jauniaux, European Commission, DG Education and Culture,Application and Dissemination of Innovation……...……...……………………......…………………..………………7

Thematic Group 3: Quality in Training, K. Levent Egriboz, Director, Leonardo UK National Agency,Procedure B, ECOTEC Research & Consulting Ltd……………………..………………………….…………………8

Experience and Results from a Leonardo Project: Pilot projects on e-learning in Medical Physics,S. Tabakov, Kings’ College London, and T.Wehrle, S.Riches, King’s College Hospital……….……………..……9

Workshop 1: Creating training programmes relevant to the labour market …………………...………….……...10Workshop 2: Creating flexible training content and delivery mechanisms relevant to learners’ needs………..11Workshop 3: Developing and managing innovative Leonardo partnerships………………………….……..……12Workshop 4: Quality of training and assessment methods, including self-assessment……….…………….…..13

Annex: Exhibitors…………...……..………………………..……….………...…….……………………..…….……14

List of Exhibitors…………...………………………………..……….………...…….……………………..…….……15

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Quality in Training – Policy in Action Conference, held on 17 February 2004 at the InternationalConvention Centre in Birmingham, brought together a wide range of education and training organisations toexamine the relevant experiences and results from Leonardo da Vinci projects. The focus of the conferencewas the European Commission’s priority theme – Thematic Group 3 (TG3) – entitled “Quality of Training –Adaptation of the training supply and new training methods”.

The Conference was organised by the Leonardo UK National Agency in collaboration with the EuropeanCommission, the Technical Assistance Office – Socrates, Leonardo & Youth, and Leonardo NationalAgencies of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Slovenia andSweden 1.

The aim of the conference was to provide key stakeholders in the field of Vocational Education and Training(VET) with the opportunity to share expertise and raise awareness of the potential contribution of Leonardo daVinci projects to the quality of training policy and practice in Europe. Around 250 delegates from 29 countriestook part in the conference, which included presentations and workshops given by European Commission andLeonardo National Agency representatives, experienced project promoters and experts. Delegates also hadthe opportunity to participate in workshops and view the exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci projects. Fortyexhibits were displayed at the conference, thirty from Leonardo da Vinci projects relevant to the theme ofQuality of Training, nine National Agencies and Birmingham City Council.

The main purpose of the conference was to:• Present the examples of best practice projects under the theme of Quality of Training• Raise awareness about the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, Thematic Monitoring and Valorisation• Create networking opportunities for Leonardo da Vinci promoters and beneficiaries• Improve the exchange of information and knowledge among Leonardo da Vinci promoters• Mainstream Leonardo da Vinci projects’ results and findings into national and European vocational

training and education structures

The conference itself can be viewed within the context of the European Employment Strategy 2 (launched atthe Luxembourg Jobs Summit [1997], and revised in 2002 in line with the Lisbon Strategy 3 [2000]). This is amajor development at European level with regard to setting standards for Member States to achieve in termsof training, education and employment levels. The Leonardo da Vinci Programme is one of the initiatives thataddresses the European Employment Strategy, by enhancing the skills and capabilities of individuals throughthe development of European Commission funded projects across Europe.

The presentation by Alice Copette, Head of Unit in DG Education and Culture, provided an overview of severalkey statements at European level which have influenced the development of vocational education trainingpolicy in Europe, and in turn the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

1 Organisations contributing financially to the event included the European Commission, Department for Work andPensions/Department for Education and Skills (UK), Ministerio del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali (Italy), Birmingham City Council (UK),Leargas (Ireland), Finnish National Board of Education (Finland), CIRIUS (Denmark), Internationella Programkontoret forUtbildningsomradet (Sweden).2 http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_strategy/index_en.htm3 http://europa.eu.int/comm/lisbon_strategy/index_en.html

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The Lisbon Summit (March 2000), the Barcelona Summit 4 (March 2002) and the Copenhagen Declaration 5(November 2002) all focus on improving employment prospects and business competitiveness throughassessing and improving skills and knowledge of the current and potential workforce. The outcome of theseevents has been a consensus between the social partners with regard to the enhancement of European co-operation in vocational training within the EU. Finally, Alice Copette introduced the concepts of ThematicMonitoring and Valorisation with regard to the Leonardo da Vinci and presented future policy development andthe possible features of the next Call for the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

Jean Jauniaux’s presentation, outlined in this report, provides a definition of Valorisation and addresses theValorisation Action plan and objectives for 2004 6. There is also an introduction to Thematic Monitoring and abrief look at its definition, scope and future objectives. Valorisation can be defined as a process through whichthe innovative nature of Leonardo da Vinci project products are promoted, disseminated and subsequentlysustained and exploited in the long term. Thematic Monitoring, promoted as a priority by the EuropeanCommission is one of the tools which can help this process, by providing a platform for discussion and theexchange of information, experience and best practice on a thematic approach across the countriesparticipating in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

Kursat Levent Egriboz’s presentation appraised delegates of the work undertaken by the TG3 ManagementGroup, which is led by the Leonardo UK National Agency. The TG3 Management Group was introduced andfour cluster groups defined under TG3. Information was provided on the activities carried out to date andthose planned for the future, such as collating projects under the theme of Quality of Training, organisingseminars and publicising TG3 activities 7.

Slavik Tabakov, a project promoter from King’s College London together with beneficiaries, Tessa Wehrle andSophie Riches (healthcare practitioners from King’s College Hospital), drew on their experience of theLeonardo da Vinci Programme to provide both the teacher and student perspectives.

Whilst the plenary sessions addressed the development of training policy in Europe and focused on the added-value of Thematic Monitoring and Valorisation, workshops provided a platform for discussing the main clustergroups identified under the theme of Quality of Training, at both theoretical and practical levels, i.e.: creatingtraining programmes relevant to the labour market; creating flexible training content and delivery mechanismsrelevant to learners’ needs; developing and managing innovative Leonardo partnerships; and quality of trainingand assessment methods, including self-assessment.

To summarise, the Conference helped to explain the European Commission’s political context, whilstdemonstrating the potential for developing Thematic Monitoring at European, national and, above all, projectlevel within the Leonardo da Vinci Programme. The relationship between policy and practice was also madeapparent through the active participation of representatives at European, national and project level, therebydemonstrating the huge potential for embedding project results into policy across sectors and countries. TheConference provided a unique opportunity for beneficiaries, promoters, decision-makers, policy makers, andother interested parties to network and to learn from the activities undertaken as part of Thematic Monitoring,and within TG3, Quality of Training, in particular.

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VALORISATION AND THEMATIC MONITORING WITHIN THE LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme is the European Union’s vocational education and training programme,which supports Member States’ national training strategies through funding a range of collaborative projectswith European partners. The Programme allows many organisations, employers and educational institutionsthroughout Europe to improve the quality of their training, develop the skills of their employees and enhancethe European dimension of their activities.

An overarching theme of this Conference was the Valorisation initiative promoted as a priority by the EuropeanCommission within the context of the European vocational education and training and the Leonardo da VinciProgramme. Valorisation seeks to make constructive use of products and research resulting from Leonardoda Vinci projects and to ensure their effective exploitation and dissemination. In other words, Valorisation aimsto increase the impact and contribution of Leonardo da Vinci projects towards raising the quality of Europeantraining policy and practice. In this context, Thematic Monitoring acts as an important tool within theValorisation process.

Since November 2002 the European Commission and Leonardo National Agencies have sought to developThematic Monitoring, with the objectives of creating synergies and exchanging information, knowledge andexperience, in addition to improving the quality and the impact of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme across theparticipating countries.

Thematic Monitoring has been operationalised through the establishment of five Thematic Groups. Thesegroups were determined according to Commission priorities as regards vocational education and training.Each group includes representatives from the European Commission, the Technical Assistance Office –Socrates, Leonardo & Youth and various Leonardo National Agencies. Each group is facilitated by a leadNational Agency (indicated in brackets below).

European Thematic Monitoring comprises the following five themes:1. Integration into the labour market (led by Austria)2. Development of skills within companies, particularly SMEs (led by the Netherlands)3. Quality of training – Adaptation of the training supply and new training methods (led by the UK)4. Transparency, assessment and validation knowledge (led by France)5. E-learning (led by Germany)

Within TG3, four strands (“cluster groups”) have been identified, namely:• Creating training programmes relevant to the labour market• Creating flexible training content and delivery mechanisms relevant to learners’ needs• Developing and managing innovative Leonardo partnerships• Quality of training and assessment methods, including self-assessment

Projects falling within TG3 illustrate how vocational training can be adapted in response to fluctuatingeconomic and business environments and changing labour market demands, as well as to incorporateemerging training methods.

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The preliminary part of the Conference consisted of an evening reception held at the Birmingham City CouncilBanqueting Suite on 16 February 2004. This event was opened by the Deputy Lord Mayor, CouncillorMahmood Hussain, and provided an informal setting for delegates to network. The Conference and Exhibitionat the International Convention Centre on 17 February provided another opportunity for delegates to exchangeexperience and results from projects whilst making new contacts. The Conference also raised awareness ofthe potential contribution of Leonardo da Vinci projects to policy and practice, and the future development ofthe Leonardo da Vinci Programme including the nature and purpose of Thematic Monitoring and Valorisationat European level.

Plenary Sessions

Phil Randall, Head of the Leonardo UK National Agency (Department for Work and Pensions/ Department forEducation and Skills, Joint International Unit) opened the conference, by welcoming delegates and introducingspeakers. Kursat Levent Egriboz, Director of the Leonardo UK National Agency, in ECOTEC Research &Consulting Ltd, continued by providing an introduction to thematic work and in particular TG3 (Quality ofTraining). Alice Copette, Head of Unit for Application and Dissemination of Innovation within DG Educationand Culture of the European Commission, presented the morning’s keynote address on Thematic Monitoringand Valorisation, setting the scene for the rest of the day.

Jean Jauniaux (DG Education and Culture, European Commission) opened the afternoon session bydelivering a keynote address on Valorisation and Thematic Monitoring. Further to this, Slavik Tabakov (King’sCollege London) made the final project presentation, which illustrated how a good quality training programmecan impact on an individual’s skills and competences, and how this in turn can potentially effect change innational vocational training systems and practices. Two healthcare practitioners (Tessa Wehrle and SophieRiches) then explained how participating in the project had enriched their work-linked training.

The presentations made in the plenary sessions are summarised on pages 5-9.

Workshop sessions

The main objective of the workshop sessions was to share experiences and expertise between groupmembers with regard to what currently exists in VET and to further explore the contribution of Leonardo daVinci projects to the development of VET. The workshops were designed to focus on the four clustersestablished within TG3:• Creating training programmes relevant to the labour market• Creating flexible training content and delivery mechanisms relevant to learners’ needs• Developing and managing innovative Leonardo partnerships• Quality of training and assessment methods, including self-assessment.

The workshop conclusions are summarised on pages 10-13.

In each workshop, an experienced project practitioner delivered a presentation to illustrate the focus of thecluster and an expert facilitated the discussion, thereby demonstrating the link between theory and practice.The Chairs and Rapporteurs - from Leonardo National Agencies and the Technical Assistance Office, werealso key contributors to the workshops, based on their expertise within the Programme.

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From Lisbon via Copenhagen to MaastrichtMajor steps to Enhanced European co-operation in Vocational Education and Training

Alice Copette, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Education and CultureApplication and Dissemination of Innovation

Recent developments in the European Union’s Vocational Education and Training Policy need to beconsidered within the general political context which started in March 2000 at the Lisbon Summit. The LisbonSummit saw the introduction of a new set of strategic goals for Europe within the fields of education, trainingand employment. The challenging key decision taken at the Lisbon Summit was that, by 2010, the EuropeanUnion should become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable ofsustainable economic growth with more and better jobs.

To achieve this, adapting the education and training systems to lifelong learning, promoting employabilitythrough investment in knowledge and competences, regaining the conditions for full employment andstrengthening cohesion by 2010, were set as strategic goals at the summit. These goals were subsequentlyreaffirmed at the Barcelona Summit in March 2002 and further reinforced in November 2002 through theCopenhagen Declaration.

Most importantly, the Copenhagen Declaration set out a framework for enhancing European co-operation inthe field of VET based upon a voluntary, bottom-up and inclusive approach (involving the EuropeanCommission, the 31 participating countries in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme and the European socialpartners), with a view to increasing mobility, modernising vocational education training systems and attaininglifelong learning. To achieve this, the Copenhagen Process set, as its main objectives to:

• Develop of a single framework for transparency of quality and competences (EUROPASS)• Strengthen the European dimension of VET• Develop a European common quality assurance framework in VET• Support the development of quality and competences at the sectoral level• Develop a European credit transfer system for VET, similar to that for general education• Improve the training for teachers and trainers in VET, based on their learning needs• Develop common principles for validation of non formal and informal learning• Strengthen policies, systems and practices for lifelong guidance so as to better match peoples’ training to

future employments

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme, currently in its second phase (2000-2006), can be defined as “a laboratoryfor innovation in the field of lifelong learning” and, as such, is one of the Community programmes which canhelp implement the Copenhagen Declaration.

It is anticipated that the Programme will be more closely linked to the Declaration’s priorities in the future, forexample through the 2005-2006 Call for Proposals. The forthcoming Call priorities, approved by the Leonardoda Vinci Committee in February 2004, are likely to put a greater emphasis upon a sectoral approach, ThematicMonitoring and Valorisation.

At the project application stage, Leonardo da Vinci promoters will be requested to provide a plan for theValorisation of their project. In this Valorisation plan, promoters should describe the needs and end-users oftheir project, establish a clear dissemination strategy (relevant to the appropriate audience) and formulateplans for the exploitation of projects’ results both during the project and after project completion.

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At Commission level, additional Calls to promote dissemination and the transfer of innovation relating to theLeonardo da Vinci Programme will also be launched 8; the underlying idea is to encourage the transfer of bestpractices in innovative training products, but also methodologies and tools, from one region of Europe toanother.

Under the Dutch presidency of the European Union, a series of major events, including a Ministerial meetingand an exhibition of the 30 best Leonardo da Vinci projects, will take place in Maastricht in December 2004. A wide range of key actors, including senior representatives from Member States and the European Union, aswell as representatives from National Agencies, social partners, promoters, and beneficiaries will be invited. Participants will discuss and review the progress made since 2000, through debates and workshops focusingon the progress made by national VET systems to meet the challenge of Lisbon; building competences for theEuropean labour market and Innovation in Learning and Teaching.

One of the aims of the Maastricht Conference is to adopt a new Declaration setting out new priorities andstrategies towards 2010. In addition, the Commission, after a rigorous selection process involving LeonardoNational Agencies, will also grant Awards to some of the best Leonardo da Vinci projects in order toacknowledge the important contribution of projects and increase their visibility.

In this context, the new generation of education and training programmes (2007-2013) 9 will take the form of anintegrated programme in the field of lifelong learning (Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig).

Four transversal measures will also be established:• Political co-operation• Promotion of language learning• Innovative ICT-based content, services and practices for lifelong learning and most importantly• Dissemination, exploitation of results or products and the exchange of good practice

Alice Copette also thanked the project exhibitors who presented their products at the Conference; the qualityof the products, through which the Valorisation, exploitation of results and networking opportunities were madeapparent, also exemplified the encouraging and positive move towards future Thematic Monitoring activities.

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Valorisation and Thematic MonitoringJean Jauniaux, European Commission, DG Education and Culture

Application and Dissemination of Innovation

Jean Jauniaux provided delegates with a clear definition of Valorisation and Thematic Monitoring, theirobjectives and their future within the Leonardo da Vinci Programme 10.

The aims of Valorisation are to ensure the sustainability of project results, and to increase the impact ofLeonardo da Vinci project outcomes on Vocational Education and Training systems in Europe.

Valorisation measures concern the process of dissemination and exploitation of project outcomes – bothtangible and intangible. Tangible outcomes include training products and materials whilst intangible outcomescover training methodologies, processes and experiences. On the other hand, the impact of the programmecan be increased by improving the conditions for the development of projects, reinforcing the capacity ofprojects to transfer their results into systems, company practices and beyond this to national, regional orEuropean policy level.

How can the Commission encourage Valorisation? As previously mentioned by Alice Copette, Valorisationactivities will be emphasised within the new generation of education and training programmes, as Valorisationwill be one of the future transversal measures, with the aim of capitalising on projects’ achievements.

In this context, Thematic Monitoring is an instrument of Valorisation in the sense that it contributes to creatingsynergies, exchanging experience, improving the quality and impact of projects, and increased networkingbetween the key actors in VET.

Valorisation will be promoted within the 2005-2006 Call for Proposals by asking promoters to submit a clearvalorisation plan supported by robust dissemination activities. The commitment and responsibility ofpromoters to implementing the Valorisation strategy is also a prerequisite for success. In addition, the needsmet by the project should be clearly defined and well justified and project beneficiaries should be continuouslyinvolved throughout the project lifetime.

In the future, Thematic Monitoring activities will be delivered through:• Thematic seminars• Annual dissemination conferences• Studies, newsletters and databases

Thematic seminars (five to ten are due to take place in Brussels each year), funded by the Commission, willbring together the Commission, National Agencies, project promoters and beneficiaries with the aim ofpromoting a sustained impact of Leonardo da Vinci projects and encouraging the transnational exchange ofexperience around specific themes. The annual dissemination conferences will involve the main actors(project end-users, promoters, National Agencies) and serve to showcase both end products/results and bestpractices, thereby bringing the supply and demand for innovation closer together.

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Thematic Group 3: Quality of TrainingKursat Levent Egriboz, Director, Leonardo UK National Agency, Procedure B

ECOTEC Research & Consulting Ltd

Thematic Group 3 (TG 3): Quality of training – Adaptation of the training supply and new training methodsaims to identify ways in which vocational training can be used to reduce the gap between supply and demandin the labour market and to develop methods which will improve quality of education and training structures byidentifying learners’ needs. The four main clusters (see below) identified by the TG3 Management Group 11

were discussed in the workshops:• Creating training programmes relevant to the labour market• Creating flexible training content and delivery mechanisms relevant to learners’ needs• Developing and managing innovative Leonardo partnerships• Quality of training and assessment methods, including self-assessment

Since 2002, the activities carried out by TG3 have included:• Gathering information on the Quality of Training: Collating data on Leonardo da Vinci projects under TG3

across the 30 Leonardo da Vinci participating countries (a total of approximately 200 projects from 2000,2001 and 2002)

• Publicising TG3 activities to date: Creating a database of projects and a public Website for TG3 12

• Organising a thematic seminar (Brussels, December 2003)• Producing a leaflet on Thematic Monitoring (European Commission and Technical Assistance Office)• Defining cluster groups and establishing a checklist to select examples of best practice• Holding a management forum to create discussion amongst the Management Group members• Keeping abreast of developments in VET at European and national level by attending the European

Commission Technical Working Group; and listing national events around the theme of Quality• Providing information and support for the external evaluator, Ernst & Young (Italy), to produce a report on

TG3 on behalf of the European Commission

The following recommendations outlined in the report on TG3 were presented:• More thematic meetings should be organised between project promoters to improve the transferability and

sustainability of Leonardo da Vinci project results and findings• Networking between promoters should be encouraged in order to transfer and exchange information,

knowledge and experience• Forthcoming Commission Calls should promote the exploitation of results and findings from completed

Leonardo da Vinci projects• The Commission should introduce a quality label certifying high quality products/results• One of the report’s main conclusions is that the Leonardo da Vinci programme genuinely enables

participating countries to strengthen co-operation and cohesion whilst creating opportunities forinnovations in Vocational Education and Training systems, which would not otherwise be possible.

In the future, the above activities will be continued and improvements to the database and Website will beundertaken, in order to facilitate better monitoring and dissemination. In addition, seminars and conferenceswill be organised and good practice guidelines produced in order to publicise and valorise Leonado da Vinciprojects as much as possible at all levels – European, national, regional and local.

11 The TG3 Management Group is made of the European Commission, the Technical Assistance Office – Socrates, Leonardo & Youthand Leonardo National Agencies from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Sweden and theUnited Kingdom.12 http://www.leonardo.ecotec.co.uk/thematicgroup3/

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Experience and Results from Pilot projects on e-learning in Medical PhysicsProject Contractor: Slavik Tabakov, Kings’ College London

Project beneficiaries: Tessa Wehrle and Sophie Riches, King’s College Hospital

This presentation illustrated the overall title of the Conference, showing how a good quality Leonardo da Vinciproject has impacted on policy at institutional and European level.

Quality in Training was demonstrated through the London King’s College projects “European MedicalRadiation Learning Development” (EMERALD) and “the European Medical Imaging Technology Training”(EMIT), by means of a partnership spanning eight countries. The project produced innovative, flexibleresources that are both attractive to the target group and user-friendly.

Two beneficiaries from the EMIT project, talked about the project’s impact on their skills and capabilities, andexplained how the project contributed to developing their work-linked training on Ultrasound and MagneticResonance Imaging Technology. The EMIT project provided them with a wealth of materials resembling thosethey will encounter in their professional life that were flexible to use and that enable them to monitor theirprogress.

Some of the key elements reflecting Quality of Training included the production of genuinely innovativeproducts, based upon a robust knowledge of open and distance learning and the development of flexible anduser-friendly training materials relevant to learners’ needs. Linked to this, Policy in Action was illustratedthrough the wide and varied dissemination of the products to relevant stakeholders, the development of aprofessional forum for discussions and, above all, the strong potential for adaptability, transferability andsustainability of the training materials to other countries and working environments.

The training packages developed through Emerald II and EMIT are now an integral part of national trainingcourses and are being used across 38 countries clearly demonstrating the potential impact of the Leonardo daVinci Programme.

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Workshop 1: Creating training programmes relevant to the labour marketProject Contractor: Prof. David Birchall, Henley Management College, UK

“The development and trial of training programmes in learning through e-learningfor Managers and Management Trainers/Developers (PeLM)”

Expert: Pat Irving, ECOTEC Research and Consulting LtdChair: Klaus Fahle, Leonardo National Agency, Germany

Rapporteur: Jaromir Coufalik, Leonardo National Agency, Czech Republic

This workshop aimed to explore the Leonardo da Vinci Programme’s contribution to the development ofinnovative approaches to training and to creating flexible and adaptable vocational training programmesresponsive to changes in the labour market.

Prof. Birchall opened the workshop by describing the activities undertaken to ensure that the project wasrelevant to the labour market’s needs. This was achieved by identifying the skills gap and ensuringcollaboration with partners and the target audience, in addition to conducting evaluation and disseminationactivities.

The Henley Management College project targets SME managers and management trainers, and aims todesign, develop, pilot and evaluate two supported e-courses on “learning through e-learning” based upon aninnovative “holistic” approach. The project involves business, academic and training partners in five Europeancountries – the UK, Cyprus, Denmark, Malta, and the Czech Republic.

The main project outcomes will be a 20-hour e-course on e-learning skills for managers/ adult learners, and an80-hour e-course on e-learning for trainers/management developers. In a business environment whereelectronic mediums are widely used by SMEs, e-learning solutions are widely regarded as a positive way toreach managers who are geographically or physically disadvantaged and also time-poor SME managersunable to attend more traditional management development programmes.

The project is relevant to this cluster as it targets SME managers and management trainers in a range ofsectors, thus providing a snapshot of the current labour market situation. Employers play a key role in shapingthe labour market.

The group identified several mechanisms, which help Leonardo da Vinci projects to meet the needs of thelabour market, including:• The identification of training or labour market needs based upon research and co-operation with

beneficiaries and stakeholders• The creation of training programmes, taking into account the specific needs of individual countries, the

European policy context and needs of the individual target groups• Ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities which contribute to flexible development programmes and

which help projects identify how to react appropriately to changes in the labour market• The participation of relevant decision-makers, sectoral representatives and social partners to act as

dissemination channels in order to maximise the impact of the project and ensure that project results aremainstreamed

In this respect, the Leonardo da Vinci programme provides a forum for relevant actors to come together andinfluence training provision so that it reflects current labour market needs.

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Workshop 2: Creating flexible training content and delivery mechanismsrelevant to learners’ needs

Project Contractor: Rocco Mazzeo, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restorationof Cultural Property (ICCROM), Italy

“Vocational training curricula for conservation scientists” 13

Expert: Dr. Andrew McCoshan, ECOTEC Research and Consulting, LtdChair: Paul Guest, Technical Assistance Office – Socrates, Leonardo & Youth

Rapporteur: Sveva Balduini, Leonardo National Agency, Italy

This workshop was devoted to discussing the creation of flexible training content and delivery mechanismsrelevant to learners needs. At the level of the European Union, discussion on how to transform the EU into aknowledge-based economy, lifelong learning has become the corner stone of the European Commission’seducation and training strategy. These trends suggest that education systems and practices increasingly needto be based upon the individuals’ training needs and requirements. This requires increased flexibility in theprovision of education and training based upon different needs and requirements.

The ICCROM project is relevant to this cluster group as it developed and tested, through the directinvolvement of learners, a mechanism to establish and deliver a distance learning curriculum. This project,presented by Rocco Mazzeo, aimed to meet training needs stemming from a lack of appropriate pathwaysdedicated to young graduates in scientific subjects to enable them to specialise in the conservation andrestoration of cultural heritage.

The project targeted young people with a scientific university background (e.g. biologists, chemists, physicists),and the objective was achieved by designing, developing, testing, evaluating and disseminating the trainingcurriculum for a “Conservation Scientist”. This combined theoretical know-how, normally acquired during auniversity course, with the technical notions and applications that, until now, have mainly been acquired on thejob. This project showed the challenges involved in finding an appropriate match between delivery means andtools, specific contents and learners’ individual needs.

Against this backdrop, Dr McCoshan posed the questions of what should be learned, by which means and howlearning outcomes can be assessed, with the overall aim of providing learner-centred training. The ensuingdiscussion resulted in the following conclusions:• There is a wide range of methodologies for conducting training need analysis in accordance with a given

timescale and involving beneficiaries• Independent learning and customised training rely upon committed learners and the provision of

appropriate support (e.g. teachers, trainers, learning facilitators)• The current emphasis on the learner centred approach in VET necessitates the development of

appropriate assessment methodologies; self-assessment is particularly well adapted to this context

The most important message to emerge from the workshop as the importance of integrating differentapproaches and methods (traditional and new forms of learning) in the delivery of training, based upon arobust knowledge of learners’ needs.

13 For further information about this project please see page 33 of the Exhibition Annex

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Workshop 3: Developing and managing innovative Leonardo partnershipsProject Contractor: Capt. Christer Bergquist, Kalmar Maritime Academy, Sweden

“Securitas Mare –Development of education and training for sea and land based personnelfor Crisis and Emergency Management in connection with sea casualties” 14

Expert: Haaris Sheikh, Interesource Group LimitedChair: Jim Mullin, Leargas, Ireland

Rapporteur: Avril Burgess, Leonardo National Agency, Ireland (Leargas)

The purpose of the workshop was to consider the value of innovative partnerships, and to examinemanagement methods and practices at transnational level. Partnerships should be comprised of committedorganisations with complimentary skills who can form the effective communication channels required for thefull potential of a Leonardo da Vinci project to be realised.

Captain Bergquist drew on his professional expertise and experience gained in the Securitas Mare project toprovide advice on building and managing a partnership and ensuring its subsequent sustainability. The focusof the “Securitas Mare” project is the development of education and training for sea and land based personnelfor Crisis and Emergency Management in connection with sea casualties, with the overall aim being to improveboth the quality of, and access to, vocational training. The project partnership comprises a range oforganisations including European universities and training institutes.

The objective of the project is to increase understanding and readiness for Crisis Management from amultinational and multi-professional perspective. Securitas Mare aims to introduce training in Crowd andCrisis Management as a compulsory study unit of maritime educational programmes in Europe as well as toprovide elective study units for professionals.

The following recommendations were made during the workshop:• Partner selection methods: It is important to identify partner selection criterion early in the project and to

monitor their commitment throughout the project duration• Stakeholders: Key stakeholders should be involved to ensure the relevance of project outcomes to the

current market as this will in turn impact upon mainstreaming project results• Project management: There needs to be regular, clear, pertinent communication between partners and

common transparent reporting mechanisms and methodologies• Long term vision: External evaluation, critical friends or peer reviews can assist the project’s development

so that the project meets existing needs• Sustainability: Achieved through the continued co-operation of partners following the official completion of

the project

It was concluded that successful Leonardo da Vinci projects need to invest considerable effort in selecting andmanaging diverse partnerships. Securing ongoing input from a wide range of relevant individuals andorganisations in their particular field throughout the project lifetime will help mainstream the project results afterits completion.

14 For further information about this project please see page 22 of the Exhibition Annex

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Workshop 4: Quality of training and assessment methods, including self-assessmentProject Contractor: Katarzyna Czabanowska, Institute of Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

“Improving Employability of Public Health Graduates” 15

Expert: Fernanda Oliveira Reis, European CommissionChair: Phil Randall, Leonardo UK National Agency

Rapporteur: Hans Grönlund, Leonardo National Agency, Sweden

This workshop focused on self-assessment and quality assurance mechanisms developed and discussed bothat project and policy level. Methodologies currently being developed for quality assessment, assurance anddevelopment were also explored.

The project, promoted by Katarzyna Czabanowska, aimed to develop self-assessment and quality assurancefor Public Health graduates. Rigorous and systematic research methods were employed in order to developtools to assess the level of competences. The issue of competences was considered from the most importantperspectives: those of employers, graduate students and teachers/trainers.

The project “Improving Employability of Public Health Graduates” comprised a partnership between threeUniversities (Maastricht University Faculty of Health Sciences, Sheffield University - School of Health andRelated Research and Jagiellonian University Medical College - Institute of Public Health). The partnershippresents the development of competence-based education reflecting the needs of the labour market and self-assessment of competences by Public Health graduates as a basis for a quality improvement and a qualityassurance process.

At policy level, the activities carried out by the European Commission Technical Working Group werepresented by Fernanda Oliveira Reis. The ‘raison d’ être’ of the Technical Working Group is to contributetowards “promoting co-operation in quality assurance with particular focus on exchange of models andmethods as well as common criteria and principles for quality in VET” in line with the Barcelona Summit(2002). The Technical Working Group is a forum for discussion between Member States, the Commission,candidate countries, EFTA-EEA countries and the European social partners, assisted by Cedefop and theEuropean Training Foundation.

The remit of the Technical Working Group is to:• Examine existing national and international standards and norms, their applications, strengths and

weaknesses• Identify a common core of criteria for quality development at European level• Develop a limited set of coherent quality indicators for VET at systems level• Develop an operational approach• Outline a proposal for a co-operation framework

In conclusion, it was agreed that, at project level, establishing robust assessment tools can benefit a widerange of key actors: employers (in staff recruitment and development); students (through having their skillsand knowledge recognised); and teachers and trainers (when implementing a learner-centred approach).Further to this, at policy level, the need for a common quality assurance framework in Europe was recognisedand the contribution of the experience and outcomes of Leonardo da Vinci projects towards this wasacknowledged.

15 For further information about this project please see page 27 of the Exhibition Annex

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Annex: Exhibitors

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LIST OF EXHIBITORS

Exhibiting Organisation Project Title Country PageUniversitatea ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’Iasi

Environment and earth sciences multilingual multimediadictionary

RO 17

Kaunas University of Technology Integrated knowledge-based Inter-discipline studyprogramme

LT 18

The Events Sector Industry TrainingOrganisation Ltd.

Training programme and support materials forinternational event organisers

UK 19

Fundacion Lavora Emprending 21: Website for the proficiency managementand promotion of entrepreneurship attitutes

ES 20

Gorseinon College Peer mentor support project UK 21Kalmar Maritime Academy Securitas Mare SE 22North London Colleges EuropeanNetwork (NLCEN)

Work experience, language and culture of mobility inEurope (WELCOME )

UK 23

Social-og Sundhedsskolen Developing of a work experience module for students inthe last year of the basic and healthcare programmes

DK 24

La Fondation APEMH TRIADD BE 25Dudley College Craft into technology – Technology into craft UK 26Institute of Public Health JagiellonianUniversity Medical College

Improving employability of public health graduates PL 27

Budapest University of Economyand Public Administration

Further development of post-secondary educationprogramme in the topic of ecological farming with specialattention to emphasising transnationality, harmonisingconditions of partner EU and Associated countries

HU 28

Lancashire County Council Trade unions as an intermediary organisation to increaseskills acquisition

UK 29

Institute of Training and VocationalGuidance (IEKEP)

Diaplus: from training to employment – an openmethodology for lifelong career management

GR 30

Ballymun Job Centre Choices IE 31University of Primorska Cross-cultural business communication SI 32International Centre for the Study ofthe Preservation and Restoration ofCultural Property (ICCROM)

Vocational training curricula for conservation scientists IT 33

University of Tubingen Customised language learning with authentic learningmaterials for forestry, mechanical engineering, andcultural landscapes

DE 34

Satakunta Polytechnic European network to develop social & health careeducation to respond to varying needs of older peopletoward active old age

DK 35

Bekes County Labour Centre Developing a model for vocational orientation andvocational guidance considering labour market demands

HU 36

University of Limerick ECASME – eCApture of SMEs training needs andspecification

IE 37

Lise-Meitner-Schule Vocational training in gene technology DE 38Language Consultancy Desk Language audits – Tools for Europe NL 39

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DHV CR Guide to the world of occupations CZ 40Higher Medical Institute, Pleven Improving of practical skills in molecular biology and

analytical biochemistry in medical trainingBG 41

Slovak University of Technology Online distance learning module in European agrarianlaw

SK 42

Higher Agricultural School, Plovdiv The sustainable use of land and water on the farm BG 43National Institute of Technical andVocational Education (NUOV)

Simulation of economic processes and decision makingas a training module - SIGAME

CZ 44

Leonardo National AgenciesThe Leonardo National Agencies from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Slovenia,Sweden, the UK also exhibited materials and documentation.

Other ExhibitorsBirmingham City Council

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PROJECT TITLE Environment and earth sciencesmultilingual multimedia dictionary

COUNTRY Romania

SUMMARY The project will produce a Dictionary covering the specific terminology used inthe fields of environmental and earth sciences (e.g. land, geography, ecology,water, and soil). It will include acronyms, terminology, abbreviations etc.,related to the implementation of EU Environmental policy. This product will bemultilingual and contain the definitions and the equivalence of each term in 11European languages. The final version will be available in printed form, CD-ROM and online. The project aims to address the current lack of such a producton the market, to ease the exchange of information and to contribute to theelaboration of new training methods.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Universitatea ‘Alexandru loan Cuza’ IaşiAdrian Grozavu (adriangrozavu@yahoo.com)

http://gemma.geo.uaic.ro/

RO/02/C/F/RF-842_251

Industrial Development & Education Centre (GR)Western Greece Development Centre (GR)Iniciativas Para la Formacion (ES)Laboratoire de Geographie Physique Appliquee (FR)University Consortium for Training and Innovation (IT)Analysis, Consulting and Interdesciplinary Research (AT)Byweb 2– formação e Informática, Unipesoal Lda (PT)Visiolink OY (FI)Initiative Economic Development (UK)ISOTECH LTD (CY)Debrecem University (HU)AGROINSTITUT (SK)

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PROJECT TITLE Integrated knowledge-based inter-discipline study programme

COUNTRY Lithuania

SUMMARY The project aims to develop an integrated, knowledge-based, interdisciplinarystudy programme (available on the web) offering a new means for universityand college students and engineers in the workplace to acquire knowledge atthe boundary of neighbouring domains: mechanical engineering; managementand computational sciences. The project focuses on preparing laboratories,exercises, simulation procedures and case studies integrating the latestmultimedia techniques and visualisation technology. The project consists ofthree main parts: an inter-disciplinary study programme within mechanicalengineering and management; an interdisciplinary study programme combiningmechanical engineering, computational sciences and management; and anintelligent knowledge-based system structure for inter-disciplinary studyprogramme. The project is devoted to three user groups – students, lecturersand engineers in companies.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Kaunas University of TechnologyProfessor Algirdas Bargelis (algirdas.bargelis@ktu.lt)

http://www.ktu.lt/cadcam

LT/02/B/F/PP-137_022

Munich University of Applied Science (DE)Tallin Technical University (EE)Helsinki University of Technology (FI)Silesian University of Technology (PL)Linkoping Institute of Technology (SE)Company Vilniaus Vingis (LT)Vilnius College (LT)Company Medmeta (LT)

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PROJECT TITLE Training programme and support materials for international eventsorganisers

COUNTRY United Kingdom

SUMMARY The project will identify the common skills, knowledge and understandingrequired by international event organisers in the Czech Republic, Germany,Portugal and the UK. The project will produce agreed learning objectives and atraining programme and accompanying materials. The support materials will beuser-friendly and contain graphics and video clips. The materials will be pilotedin each of the partner countries and adapted as necessary by trainers in theevents industry. The project will provide the basis for a pan-Europeanqualification for international event organisers and for the mutual recognition ofnational qualifications based on common learning outcomes. The projectoutcomes will include a website, in the language of each of the partners,containing further information on the project and on its progress.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

The Events Sector Industry Training Organisation Ltd (ESITO)Brian Glenndinning (glendinning@righttrack.co.uk)

http://www.europeaneventsproject.com

UK/01/B/F/PP-129_403

Kongresov Centrum Praha a.s. (CZ)Ausstellungs und Messe Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft EV (DE)Instituto do Emprego e Formacion Professional (PT)The National Training Organisation for Travel, Tourism Services and Events(UK)

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PROJECT TITLE Emprending 21: Website for the proficiency management and promotionof entrepreneurship attitutdes

COUNTRY Spain

SUMMARY The objective of this pilot project was to encourage and strengthen personalcompetences and skills through the development of an interactive electronictool designed specifically to foster entrepreneurial awareness. To achieve thisobjective, the partners developed a Transnational Analysis of the managementof competences to establish the Entrepreneurial Profile in Europe. Once theprofile was identified, a methodology for the development of the entrepreneurialattitude was created and is now available on the web. The project targetsunemployed people under 35 from every Member State of the EU and aims toimprove access to innovative materials. Outcomes of the project include thedevelopment of entrepreneurial profile attributes through the performance ofspecific individual and group dynamics; encouraging and monitoring attitudinalchange and entrepreneur motivation; search for and validation of the businessidea through an interactive method; development of a feasibility plan;monitoring business start-up and support for the exchange of experiencesamong young entrepreneurs from different countries.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Fundación LavoraCarlos Relancio (crelancio@teleline.es)

http://www.emprending21.com

E/00/B/F/PP-115_244

TECA Iniciativas, S.A. (ES)Fundacion Bosch i Gimpera (ES)MEDEF Franche-Comte (FR)Cuces, Université de Nancy (FR)Bochum University, Ruhruniversitat (DE)ChangeU (DE)

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PROJECT TITLE Peer mentor support project

COUNTRY United Kingdom

SUMMARY A project to pilot and evaluate the efficacy of using a Peer Mentor SupportSystem for young people from specific target groups (including young offendersor those who are at risk of offending, disaffected young people, people withdisabilities, people experiencing mental health problems, or those with learningdifficulties) that will provide them with a “round the clock” support and advocacyservice to assist them in (re)integrating into mainstream training andemployment. The project will produce a comparative study of the peer supportmethodology with different target groups in the partner countries of Spain,Portugal, Ireland and Wales, UK. It will also convert the Peer Educator Training(PET) pack, produced as a result of a previous Leonardo project into anelectronic resource, which will form the basis of the development of a PeerEducator Training Course accredited in each country as part of their respectiveProfessional Development Training Programmes. It will develop and adapt the“Introduction to Mentoring” training programme to meet the needs of thedifferent target groups and produce supporting resource materials accessed viathe Internet or CD. The project will create a website to act as the primarycommunication and dissemination tool for the project.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Gorseinon CollegeCaroline Townsend Jones (caroline@gorseinon.ac.uk)

http://www.gorseinon.ac.uk

UK/02/B/F/PP-129_ 574

North Western Health Board (IE)Faculdade De Motricidade Humana (PT)Balear de Desarrollo y Formación (ES)Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre (UK)

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PROJECT TITLE Securitas Mare: Development of education and training for sea and landbased personnel for crisis and emergency management in connectionwith sea casualties

COUNTRY Sweden

SUMMARY The “Securitas Mare” project is a co-operation between European universities,institutes and organisations, which aims to improve the quality of, and accessto, vocational training. The objective is to increase understanding andreadiness for Crisis Management from a multinational and multi-professionalperspective. Securitas Mare aims to introduce training in Crowd and CrisisManagement as a compulsory study unit of the European maritime educationalprogrammes as well as to provide elective study units for those already activein the profession.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Kalmar Maritime AcademyChrister Bergquist (christer.bergquist@hik.se)

http://www.sb.hik.se

S/01/B/F/PP/127_010

Bremen University of Applied Sciences (DE)Estonian Maritime Academy (EE)Tallinn Medical School (EE)University of Cadiz (ES)Sydvast Polytechnic (FI)Aland Polytechnic (FI)University of Piraeus (EL)Maritime Safety and Survival Training CenterMaritime Institute Willem Barentsz (NL)Vestfold University College (NO)Buskerud University College (NO)Swedish Maritime Administration (SE)Viking Line (FI)International Federation of Shipmasters’ Association (UK)

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PROJECT TITLE Work experience language and culture of mobility in Europe (WELCOME)

COUNTRY United Kingdom

SUMMARY The project supports students of childcare who, as part of their training,undertake work experience in nurseries in other European countries, inparticular, in Finland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The projectaims to produce a flexible multimedia learning and assessment package invocational language and culture, consisting of an interactive CD-ROM,Workbook, Audio Tape and Glossary/Phrasebook. The CD-ROM will be used toassess student progress, which will be recorded in the Council of EuropeEuropean Language Portfolio. The package will be in English, Dutch andFinnish, at both ‘Beginners’ and ‘Intermediate’ levels. The package will providea transferable template for use in other languages/vocational contexts. Thecollaboration of language and childcare specialists, teachers and nurseryemployers from three countries will lead to innovative research. This researchwill identify both the vocational language required for nursery placements(including in two of the lesser used and taught languages) and an introductionto the basic work cultural norms of nursery/child care settings in the partnercountries.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

North London Colleges European Network (NLCEN)Cherry Sewell (nlcenaa@barnet.ac.uk)

http://www.nlcen.org.uk

UK/02/B/F/LA-129_579

Barnet College (UK)ROC Midden-Brabant College DGO (NL)Turku Polytechnic (FI)

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PROJECT TITLE Developing a work experience module for students in the last year ofbasic and healthcare programmes

COUNTRY Denmark

SUMMARY A project to develop and describe a European transnational work experienceplacement module for young people in vocational training within basic socialand healthcare programmes. The partnership has created transparencybetween training programmes in the different partner countries and produced ahandbook containing a training module, a preparation module, an evaluationmethod and a certificate. Enclosed in the handbook is a CD with a videodesigned to catch the interest of students in obtaining work experience abroad,all the forms developed within the project and a survival language course in fivedifferent languages. The materials may be used in any European country and fitinto any kind of national vocational education programme.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Social-og SundhedsskolenInge-Lise Andersen (sosskolemi@fyns-amt.dk)

http://www.Leonardo-old.com

DK/01/B/F/PP/111_112

No 1 Home for Elderly (BG)Oberstufenzentrum Elbe-Elster (DE)Social-og Sundhedsskolen, Ribe Amt (DK)Social-og Sundhedsskolen, Middelfart (DK)Middlefart Kommune (DK)Social-og Sundhedsskolen, Sonderjyllands Amt (DK)Helse og Aeldre, Esbjerg Kommune (DK)Thapperska Gymnasiet (SE)Riks-City Dagcentral (DE)ROC Aventus (NL)Zorggroep Solis (NL)

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PROJECT TITLE TRIADD

COUNTRY Belgium

SUMMARY TRIADD is a pilot project targeting front-line support staff and services workingdirectly with people who have an intellectual disability and mental healthproblems (`Dual Diagnosis’). It aims to develop accessible training courses forstaff members who work with this, often badly served, population since very fewtraining courses exist in Europe and clients’ quality of life is dependent upon thequality of support they receive, either in community, residential or employmentsettings. Most staff members surveyed professed to having received no trainingto work with people with dual diagnosis and find themselves increasinglychallenged by clients with a whole range of problems in addition to theirintellectual disabilities – but without recourse to adequate support. This projecthas developed a web site with resources for staff and services, surveyed staffon their specific training needs and tested a number of different trainingapproaches designed to meet those needs within the general guidelines set bythe project. The results of the project will be available in English, French andItalian.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

La Fondation APEMHJackie West (apemh-euroformat@skynet.be)

http://www.triadd.lu

L/01/B/PP-122_003

British Institute of Learning Disability, BILD (GB)AFASER (F)Istituto Minguzzi (I)Tau-Groep (B)Centre for Disability Studies (IR)ARFIE (Association de Recherche et de Formation sur l’Insertion en Europe,EUR)EASPD (European Association of Service Providers, EUR)

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PROJECT TITLE Craft into technology – Technology into craft

COUNTRY United Kingdom

SUMMARY The aim of this 3 year project is to develop new training modules inInternational Glass Techniques and Technology, designed to meet the needs ofthe handcrafted glass industries across Europe and provide individuals (both ininitial training and experienced glass makers wishing to extend their skills base)with a broad range of skills to equip them to work anywhere in Europe.Techniques and skills including recently developed methods as well ashistorical techniques in danger of becoming lost to the industry will be recorded,in detail, on video from demonstrations by master craftsmen in each partnercountry, and archived with commentary in each community language on DVD.Paper-based training materials will also be developed from the commentaries.The multi-faceted partnership consists of 7 partners in 4 countries (France,Sweden, Slovenia & UK) includes glass schools and manufacturers, an SME, aNational Training Organisation and a Centre for Vocational Education &Training.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Dudley CollegeJune Johnson (June.Johnson@dudleycol.ac.uk)

http://www.dudleycol.ac.uk/divisions/bus_dev/europe/projects.htm

UK/00/B/F/PP-129_106

Glas-Skolan Lessebo Kommun (SE)Center Republike Slovenije za poklicno izobra evanje (SI)Steklarska Šola (SI)Glass Training Ltd (UK)Lycee Lucas de Nehou (FR)Au Gré du Verre (FR)

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PROJECT TITLE Improving employability of public health graduates

COUNTRY Poland

SUMMARY The project aimed to develop competence-based education which reflects theneeds of the labour market and the self-assessment of competencies by PublicHealth graduates, which was the basis for a quality improvement and qualityassurance process. Quality of the competence-based education was dealt withfrom the three most important perspectives: an employer (representingEuropean Public Health job market); a graduate of European Public Healthstudies; and a teacher/trainer (providing academic courses in the field of PublicHealth). The need to measure quality for the sake of quality improvement andaccountability was the purpose of the web-based self-assessmentquestionnaire which proved to be a powerful mechanism providing a frameworkfor course leaders to reflect on the competencies. The gap analysis, which thetool delivered, provided helpful information for the evaluation of public healthcourses to assist in improving the quality of course curricula. Moreover,specifying competencies required by the public health labour market resulted ina benchmarking approach to competence-based education.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Institute of Public Health Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeKatarzyna Czabanowska (mxczaban@cyf-kr.edu.pl)

http://www.izp.cm-uj.krakow.pl

PL/00/B/F/PP/140_155

Maastricht University Faculty of Health Sciences (DE)Sheffield University, School of Health and Related Research (UK)

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PROJECT TITLE Further development of post-secondary education programme in the topicof ecological farming with special attention to emphasisingtransnationality, harmonising conditions of partner EU and Associatedcountries

COUNTRY Hungary

SUMMARY The CAPRE programme emphasises the importance of the environment andenvironmentally friendly agricultural production. Currently, there is a need tohave more skilled and qualified young workers in the agricultural area,especially in the organic sector, because well-qualified people can adapt betterto the changing challenge and environment in agriculture. This pilot projectaims to develop a post-secondary education programme with special attentionto innovative multimedia in education methodology. At present, there is no post-secondary education programme in ecological farming. Although the primarytarget group is post secondary school students the educational tools can beapplicable to the unemployed, agricultural workers of all ages, and SMEs in thefield of agriculture. The final products will be a Course Book, CD-ROM, and awebsite.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Budapest University of Economy and Public AdministrationDr. László Radics (lradics@mail.kee.hu)

http//:anubis.mezgazd.hu

HU/02/B/F/PP-136_009

University of Gh Kassel Faculty of Ecological Agriculture (DE)Viseu Polytechnic Agrarian School (PT)SOLAGRO (FR)Biocert Association (IT)

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PROJECT TITLE Trade unions as an intermediary organisation to increase skillsacquisition

COUNTRY United Kingdom

SUMMARY The project will develop an innovative international partnership of leading tradeunion support organisations and educational institutions of national excellence,to create a curriculum for trade union officers. The wider objective is to create anew layer of community tutors who can advise fellow workers on a wide rangeof learning opportunities and solutions to personal learning problems. Theobjectives of the project are to investigate the different processes andapproaches adopted in all participating Member States towards trade unionmediated basic and key skills learning; evaluate such models in differentnational contexts/company/organisational frameworks; examine for replicabilitypurposes the concept of the ‘Learner Representative’ which has been piloted inGermany for acceptance in other Member States; evaluate/trial in a Europeancontext various open learning materials such as Basic Skills on-line forCommunity Tutors’ which has been developed for the TUC in Britain. Otherlearner friendly materials such as ‘The New Reading Disc’ and ‘Numbers youNeed’ will also be evaluated and used in different contexts.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Lancashire County Council (The Adult College Lancaster)Lucia Marquart (lucia.marquart@ed.lancscc.gov.uk)

http://www.theadultcollege.org

UK/01/B/F/PP-129_376

Demos European Consultancy (UK)Emergences (FR)IFES (ES)ANKA (GR)BFW (DE)Ministry of Labour (LT)

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PROJECT TITLE Diaplus: From training to employment – an open methodology for lifelongcareer management

COUNTRY Greece

SUMMARY The purpose of the project is to produce a European tool for lifelong careermanagement which will enable the individual to monitor their career, reviewqualifications, personal and occupational profiles, set new goals and plancontinuous personal development accordingly. The project also aims to developa European methodology for lifelong career management promoting a lifelongcareer management culture. The project will develop and produce a vocationalguidance tool and counsellor’s manual. Dissemination activities will aim, firstly,at the wider possible use of the tool produced by the partners and secondly, atthe availability of the tool to other potential users.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Institute of Training and Vocational Guidance (IEKEP)Kassandra Teliopoulou (info@iekep.gr)

http://www.iekep.gr

EL/03/Β/F/PP-148_207

Organization for Vocational Education and Training (GR)Federation of Hellenic Information Technology and CommunicationsEnterprises (GR)Frauen Computer Zentrum Berlin (DE)The Cypriot Association of Teachers of Counseling and Career Education (CY)Mitsingas Research and Training Institute (CY)National Institute for Careers Education and Counseling (UK)

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PROJECT TITLE Choices

COUNTRY Ireland

SUMMARY The partners in the CHOICES project found that a significant proportion ofdisadvantaged job seekers in need of employment support and training, havelittle awareness of their individual personal capabilities and aptitudes andthereby are restricted in terms of their potential job opportunities and careerdevelopment. Most employers and training/education providers use a range ofassessment techniques to determine a candidate’s suitability for employmentand advancement. The majority of these vocational assessments rely heavilyon a candidate’s educational attainment and previous employment history. Inthe case of disadvantaged job seekers, these assessments provide limitedinformation with regard to an individual’s potential. CHOICES proposes todesign and develop an Assessment Centre specifically adapted to thecharacteristics and circumstances of the client group, which will enabledisadvantaged job seekers to overcome barriers and thereby ensure greaterequality within the labour market.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Ballymun Job CentreMairin Kenny (kennym@bmunjob.ie)

http://www.bmunjob.ie

IRL/02/B/F/PP-119_118

Funcacion Tomillo (ES)Student Computer Arts Society(SCAS, BG)Sherwood Assessment Ltd (UK)Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre (IE)Fast Track to Information Technology (FIT, IE)County Dublin Vocational Educational Committee (IE)

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PROJECT TITLE Cross-cultural business communication

COUNTRY Slovenia

SUMMARY The Cross-Cultural Business Communication (CCBC) project aims atestablishing an ICT-based environment whereby an international network ofinstitutions/teachers/students provides a setting for students to carry outrealistic transactions and negotiations between virtual business enterprises. Italso provides a platform for practising business English communication skills,ICT skills and for enhancing students’ ICC skills. Based on an integrated skillsapproach and process learning methods, the CCBC teaching module, a cross-curricular teaching module, leads the students through assignments closelyresembling those in the real work place.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

University of Primorska, Faculty of HumanitiesNeva Cebron (neva.cebron@guest.arnes.si)

http://www.2cbc.net

SI/01/B/F/PP/143_002

BHAK Wien 13 (AT)Budapest University of Social Science (HU)UL- FPP (SI)UL- EF(SI)Zurcher Hochschule Winterthur (OT, Switzerland)The Bhopal School of Social Science (OT, India)Tallinn Technical University (EE)ITC Marchetti (IT)ASE (RO)Fachhochschule Koblenz, RheinAhr Campus (DE)Ceram Sophia Antipolis (FR)UO – EF (OT,Croatia)KUT (LT)

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PROJECT TITLE Vocational training curricula for conservation scientists

COUNTRY Italy

SUMMARY The project sought to address the lack of appropriate pathways dedicated toyoung graduates in scientific subjects in order to enable them to specialise inthe conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. The project achieved thisobjective by designing, developing, testing, evaluating and disseminating thetraining curriculum for a “Conservation Scientist”; this combines the theoreticalknow-how normally acquired during a university course with the technicalnotions and applications that until now have mainly been acquired on-the-job.The materials produced as part of the project may also be used as support inspecialist schools and training bodies seeking to integrate their existing supplyof training by designing and implementing courses geared to the professionalprofile covered by the project. The project envisaged the development oftraining pathways designed to increase the capacity for adaptation andretraining of specialists in the conservation and restoration of the culturalheritage by matching the needs of the labour market to the characteristics ofthe potential user targets.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration ofCultural Property (ICCROM)Rocco Mazzeo (rm@iccrom.org)

http://www.iccrom.org/

I/00/B/F/PP/120_065

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)University of Bologna (IT)Hungarian National Museum (HU)Instituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR, IT)Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (NL)Ofificio delle Pietre Dure (IT)School of O.E. Planning and Research (EL)Universidad de Oviedo (ES)

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PROJECT TITLE Customised language learning with authentic learning materials forforestry, mechanical engineering, and cultural landscapes

COUNTRY Germany

SUMMARY The Applied English Linguistics R&D Group (University of Tübingen) focuseson second-language research and development including learning and tutoringwith particular emphasis on technology-enhanced language learning. CurrentLeonardo da Vinci project activities: ILEGEFOS – Development and validationof German language learning materials for forestry; DEUMA – Developmentand validation of German language learning materials for mechanicalengineering; LOGOS GAIAS – Hypermedial language competence forintegrated development of the cultural landscape in Europe. These projectsfocus on the development of communication-oriented, work-related languagetraining materials for specialised language needs.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

Universität Tübingen, Applied English LinguisticsProfessor Kurt Kohn (kurt.kohn@uni-tuebingen.de)

http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/http://www.teloslanguagestudio.com

SK/01/B/P/LA-142_248; CZ/01/B/F/LA-134_057; UK/01/B/F/129_315;A/01/B/F/PP-124_100

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PROJECT TITLE European network to develop social and health care education to respondto varying needs of older people toward active old age

COUNTRY Denmark

SUMMARY This transnational network project focuses on the development of professionalqualifications and skills in the care of older people. The project highlights thepractice and education of elderly care in four countries with the aim offacilitating European level discussion of the professional qualifications neededin the care of older people. It also aims to create a forum for national andEuropean level discussion and analysis of the professional roles, values andskills in the future care of older people. The objectives of the project are toincrease the value of the care of the elderly among professionals and studentsof social and health care; highlight the national and European level challengesof education to improve the quality of care provision for older people; andfacilitate the transnational comparison of education, professional skills andknowledge in the care of older people and to facilitate students’ andprofessionals’ transnational mobility within the field.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Satakunta PolytechnicSalla Seppänen (sosskolemi@fyns-amt.dk)

http:// www.activeoldage.com

FIN/01/B/F/NT/126/629

Oulu Polytechnic, Oulainen School of Nursing (FI)Oulu University (FI)Harjavalta Institute of Social and Health Care (FI)Pappilanlampi Senior Citizen Centre (FI)Town of Oulainen (FI)Hungarian Nursing Association(HU)Autumn Sunshine Nursing Home (HU)Mondriaan Onderwijsgrowp College Zorg (NL)Coornhert Centrum (NL)Polish Nurses Association (PL)

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PROJECT TITLE Developing a model for vocational orientation and vocational guidanceconsidering labour market demands

COUNTRY Hungary

SUMMARY The project aims to develop a model for vocational orientation and guidance,and improve the vocational guidance quality and professional training inresponse to labour market demands.

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WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Békés County Labour CentreTamasne Lehoczki Aranka (tamasnela@lab.hu)

http://www.bekesmmk.hu

HU/02/EX/415

The Laois County Enterprise Board Limited (IE)Békéscsaba Local Government (HU)Representatives Body of Békés County Local Government Office (HU)Békés County Chamber of Trade and Industry (HU)Békés County Public Foundation for Enterprise Promotion (HU)Regional Labour Development & Training Centre of Békés County (HU)Human Development and Information Centre of Békés County (HU)Tessedik Sámuel College, Faculty of Economics (HU)

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PROJECT TITLE ECASME – eCApture of SMEs training needs and specification

COUNTRY Ireland

SUMMARY ECASME aims to discover and encapsulate examples of best practice inlearning needs analysis and specify the content for training in a user friendly,on-line format.

The ECASME project will survey existing SME's in various locations in Europeand their training needs analysis practices. Based on this research ECASMEaims to design an online training needs analysis tool which will provide SME'swith any training they need as a result of the analysis, in a central media. Theabove will be done in conjunction with a number of partners in organisationsthroughout Europe.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

University of LimerickTim Hall (timothy.hall@ul.ie)

http://www.ul.ie~emrc/http://ecasme.amt.ul.ie

IRL/02/B/F/LA/119_113

ICDC (SE)University of Suceava (RO)University of Aveiro (PT)CEDEF (LV)University of Craiova (RO)

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PROJECT TITLE Vocational training in gene technology

COUNTRY Germany

SUMMARY Globalisation and internationalisation bring about technological and economicchange. Consequently, new process-oriented professions are being developedin the fields of chemistry and biology. To acquire methodological and technical,as well as social and communicative competencies, is therefore of vitalimportance. The project develops an innovative qualification module for initialtraining in genetic engineering. In view of the increasing importance of lifesciences in industry and research, education and training in geneticengineering are essential in the future. The implementation of this module willbe done according to quality standards and GMP and GLP rules, and willconsist of both theoretical and practical (laboratory) components. The aim is toenrich initial vocational training through innovative content and by adding apan-European dimension. The project will initiate the development of atransnational network of partners promoting European mobility fortrainees/students and trainers/teachers in order to gain new technical skills andkey qualifications. The training module will also initiate a discussion about theethics, political and social implications of modern genetics.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Lise-Meitner-SchuleUlrich Mok (ulrich.mok@lise.be.schule.de)

http://www.lise.be.schule.de

DE /112_561

u-bus GmbH (DE)Bildungswerk Nordost Chemie e.V (DK)IG BCE Mark Brandenburg (DE)IDEC Kentro Viomixanikis Anaptyksis kai ekpedeus (GR)SEC Scientific & Educational Centre of Chemical Engineers (GR)Omospondia Biomhxanikon Ergatoypal/ Kon Somateion-Obes(GR)University of Wales, Bangor (UK)Karolinska Institutet/Avd. för Biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap ochbiomedicinska ämnen (SE)KERMI Testing & Quality Control Ltd.(HU)Rijn Ijssel College (NL)Plant Research International (NL)

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PROJECT TITLE Language audits – Tools for Europe

COUNTRY The Netherlands

SUMMARY The project aims to develop diagnostic tools for language audits, enablingenterprises, and public authorities and SMEs in particular, to identify theircommunication needs and plan the necessary language training courses fortheir employees. This involves training people to become language auditors forgovernment institutions and SMEs in order to test the tools developed. An ESPcourse (English for Special Purposes) will be developed. The specific purposebeing the language encountered in official contacts between Europeancountries, on the basis of actual language audits made among SMEs as well aslocal/regional government institutions. The language materials will be suitablefor intermediate and advanced levels. The training material will be informed bythe results of research in intercultural communication. Pilot courses will run inHungary, Bulgaria, Greece and Poland to test the material. It is expected thatthe teaching modules to be developed can serve as models for developingsimilar courses in other languages.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Language Consultancy DeskWillem Meijs (willem.meijs@totalise.co.uk)

http://www.lcd-birmingham.co.uk

NL/01/B/F/LA/123_140

Taalcentrum-VU Free University Amsterdam & Radnai Research, Huizen (NL)University of Plovdiv & Modulor (BG)IDEC, AEGON & Mykonos (GR)Six more partners from HU and PL

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PROJECT TITLE Guide to the world of occupations

COUNTRY Czech Republic

SUMMARY The aim of this 36 month Leonardo da Vinci project is to develop a newadvanced version of the mulltimedia computer database ‘Guide to the World ofOccupations’, provide its international source database in English, produce itsCzech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Cypriot, Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Romanian, andSpanish national internet applications, and then make them available tonational labour market services in the partner countries. The GWO programmeis designed for users who need assistance in their occupational choices and inseeking employment. It offers support in all phases of career guidance, fromself awareness, awareness of labour market opportunities, career decisionmaking, to implementing decisions and gaining appropriate employment.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

DHV CRSimon Budsky (simon.budsky@europrofis.cz)

http://www.occupationsguide.cz/G_W_O/

CZ/01/B/F/PP/134_034

5D Software (CZ)Information and Publishing (CIIDNSZ, BG)ΜΙΤΣΙΓΓΑΣ- Ινστιτούτο Ερευνών και Κατάρτισης (CY)FASE Formación y Asesores en Selección y Empleo S.L. (E)Idec Ere Kentro Biomhxamikis Anaptiksis Kai Ekpedeysis (EL)Associazione Orientamento in rete (I)Profesinio orientavimo istekli informacinis centras (LT)National Resource Centre for Vocational Guidance (RO)Narodny urad prace (SK)National Institute of Careers Education and Counselling (NICEC, UK)

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PROJECT TITLE Improving practical skills in molecular biology and analyticalbiochemistry in medical training

COUNTRY Bulgaria

SUMMARY The 24 month project aimed to create training materials on selected molecularbiology and analytical biochemistry methods, based on computer technologyand the introduction of new training approaches for improving the practical skillsand knowledge of target groups: medical students, recent graduates, youngdoctors and biologists, university trainers and technicians. The productsdeveloped under the title “Selected methods of DNA, Lipid and Proteinanalysis” contain the collected information on the essence of the mostimportant methods of analysis used in the field of molecular medicine, ontheoretical background and practical approach, that is very important for abetter qualification of the target groups in the field of molecular medicine,molecular biology and analytical biochemistry.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Higher Medical Institute, PlevenRegina Komsa-Penkova (rkomsa@el-soft.com)

www.free.bol.bg/leonardo_project_hmi_pl

BG/00/B/F/PP/132_100

Nutrisub asbl (BE)Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (DE)Medical University-Sofia, Faculty of Medicine, Preclinical University Center(BG)

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PROJECT TITLE Online distance learning module in European agrarian law

COUNTRY Slovakia

SUMMARY The project is aimed at distance learning in European agrarian legislation. Twoideas are therefore fundamental for this project: the quality of agrarian law inthe EU and the idea of distance training whose importance has beennecessitated by the ever increasing complexity of agricultural policy issueswhich have to be dealt with by professionals in the field. The uniqueness of thispilot project lies in its creation of a complex information infrastructure in thelanguages of our partner institutions, in solving the problem of the application ofbasic study materials as well as control questions and examination texts bynon-experts from the field of information technology, in making use of audio-visual forms of teaching selected topics as well as to provide space for thepossible application of this form of distance education. The target group in thisproject consists of managers in agriculture who need to have a background inlaw.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaMarian Vesely (marian.vesely@elf.stuba.sk);Anna Bandlerova (anna.bandlerova@fem.uniag.sk)

http://www.fei.stuba.sk/http://www.uniag.sk

SK/01/B/F/PP-142_243

School of Legal Studies, University of Wolverhampton (UK)Instituut voor Agrarisch Recht (NL)National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)Czech Agrarian Chamber (CZ)Osteuropazentrum,Universität Hohenheim (DK)Slovak University of Technology (SK)Slovak Chamber of Agriculture and Food (SK)Agency for Rural Development (SK)

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PROJECT TITLE The sustainable use of land and water on the farm

COUNTRY Bulgaria

SUMMARY The sustainable use of natural resources is a major challenge of the AgrarianPolicy of the European Union (CAP). The reforms are presented as a part ofthe European Union ‘Agenda 2000’ and they are the major force for promotingintegration between environmental preservation and agrarian policy. It can onlybe achieved by skilled and knowledgeable young people. By the use of theinnovative “case study” methodology, the young people’s competence andentrepreneurial skills will be improved. It will help facilitate their integration intothe labour market. The aim is to develop and implement an innovativeprogramme on European standards for training in SULWF and to giveopportunities for professional realisation.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

Higher Agricultural School, PlovdivProfessor Rada Angelova (vzuk_angelova@hotmail.com)

www.simgame.org

BG/02/B/F/PP-132_08

Hadlow College, Kent (UK)Borris Agricultural College (DK)Larenstein Agricultural College (NL)Bulgarian Cooperative Unioni (BG)National Water Association (BG)

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PROJECT TITLE Simulation of economic processes and decision making as a trainingmodule

COUNTRY Czech Republic

SUMMARY The aim of the project is to provide students with entrepreneurial and socialskills that will improve their chances in the European labour market. Theacquisition of new skills is accompanied by applying innovative teachingmethods that promote activities of students. The effective acquisition ofentrepreneurial and social skills is achieved through a method of simulation ofeconomic processes and decision-making. This method synthesises students’partial pieces of general and vocational knowledge, creates a complex view ofenterprise and business activities, develops capabilities of economic thinking,social communication, as well as the capacity to learn and adapt to new tasksand situations, supports motivation and activity.

CONTACT

WEBSITE

PROJECT NUMBER

PARTNERS

National Institute of Technical and Vocational Education (NUOV)

http://www.nuov.cz

CZ/02/B/F/PP-134_030

BIBB (DE)NUOV (CZ)SIOV (SK)

On behalf of the European Commission and the participating National Agencies, the UK National Agency thanks you for attending this conference to exchange expertise and raise awareness of the potential impact

of Leonardo da Vinci projects' results on the issue of quality in training in Europe.For further information, please contact one of the participating Thematic Group 3 Members listed below or consult:

http://www.leonardo.ecotec.co.uk/thematicgroup3

Czech RepublicMr Jaromir CoufalikThe Czech Leonardo NationalAgencyNational Training Fund Opletalova 2511000 Prague 1Czech RepublicTel: +420 2 24 500 521Fax: +420 2 24 500 502E-mail: coufalik@nvf.czWeb: www.nvf.cz/leonardo

DenmarkMs Iben Böhling With CiriusFiolstræde 441171 Copenhagen K. Tel: +45 3395 7000/7071Fax: +45 3395 7001E-mail: ibw@ciriusmail.dkWeb: www.ciriusonline.dk

FinlandMs Katriina LammiFinnish Leonardo NationalAgencyNational Board of EducationHakaniemenkatu 2HelsinkiFinland- 00530Tel: +358 9 7747 7234Fax: +358 9 7747 7213E-mail: katriina.lammi@oph.fiWeb: www.leonardodavinci.fi

GreeceMs Konstantina Baskozou Ms Vicky DimopoulouGreek Leonardo National AgencyVocational Training S.A.140, G.Lyra Str. & 125,Tatoiou Av.14564 N. Kifisia - AthensTel: + 30 2106245300/6253625Fax: + 30 210 6253623E-mail: v.dimopoulou@ep-katartisi.grWeb: www.ep-katartisi.gr/leonardo/

IrelandMs Avril BurgessLeonardo National AgencyLeargas - The ExchangeBureau189/193 Parnell StreetDublin 1IrelandTel: +353 1 8731411Fax: +353 1 8731316E-mail: aburgess@leargas.ieWeb: www.leonardo-ireland.com

ItalyMs Sveva BalduiniMr Claudio VitaliMs Francesca TraniISFOLAgenzia Nazionale Leonardoda VinciVia G.B. Morgagni 30/e00161 RomaTel: +39 06 44 5901 Fax: +39 06 44 590475E-mail: leoprojet@isfol.itWeb:www.programmaleonardo.net

Malta Mr Alessandro CristinaLeonardo da Vinci ProgrammeEUPU Room 215Ministry of EducationFlorianaMalta- CMR 02Tel: +356 21 233564Fax: +356 21 231589E-mail:alessandro.cristina@gov.mtWeb: www.leonardomalta.com

SloveniaMs Alenka FlanderLeonardo da Vinci NationalAgencyCentre of the Republic ofSlovenia for Mobility andEuropean Education andTraining ProgrammesCMEPIUS Ob zeleznici 161000 LjubljanaSloveniaTel: +386 1 58 64 236Fax: +386 1 58 64 231E-mail: alenka.flander@cpi.siWeb: www.cpi.si

SwedenMr Hans GrönlundInternational Programme Officefor Education and TrainingKungsbroplan 3ABox 22007104 22 StockholmSwedenTel: +46 8 453 7200/7267Fax: +46 8 453 7253E-mail: Hans.gronlund@programkontoret.seWeb: www.programkontoret.se

United KingdomMs Ute Chatterjee Joint International UnitDepartment for Work andPensions/Department forEducation and SkillsLevel 5D Caxton HouseTothill StreetLondon SW1H 9NATel: +44 207 340 4488Fax: +44 207 340 4492E-mail: ute.chatterjee@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

Mr Kursat Levent EgribozMs Karine JacquesECOTEC Research andConsulting LtdPriestley House12-26 Albert StreetBirmingham B4 7UDUnited KingdomTel: +44 121 616 3770Fax: +44 121 616 3779E-mail: kursat_levent_egriboz@ecotec.co.ukkarine_jacques@ecotec.co.ukleonardo@ecotec.co.uk Web: www.leonardo.org.uk

European Commission Ms Fernanda Oliveira ReisEuropean CommissionDirectorate-General forEducation and CultureVocational TrainingRue de la Loi 2001049 BrusselsBelgiumTel: +32 2 299 1237Fax: +32 2 295 7830E-mail: fernanda.oliveira-reis@cec.eu.intWeb: ww.europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/leonardo/new/leonardo2_en.html

TAO Brussels Mr Paul GuestSocrates, Leonardo & YouthTechnical Assistance Office(TAO)Rue de Treves 59-611040 BrusselsBelgiumTel: +32 2 233 0202Fax: +32 2 233 0150E-mail: p.guest@socleoyouth.beWeb: www.socleoyouth.be