EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2019 / ISSUE 4
NEWSLETTER / 04 / 2019 The first semester of 2019 found ECTE implementing 15 European Projects in the fields of Education, Youth, Well-Being and Sensory Impairments, Counselling and Guidance, Entrepreneurship, Social Inclusion and Renewable Energy Systems. We has also been involved in the development of 10 new projects, expecting many of them to be transformed into innovation challenges.
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NEW PROJECTS ECTE was selected to participate in 3 new KA2 Erasmus + Programs, with partners spanning from Poland to Portugal and from Spain to Ireland. Main fields these programs cover are Social Inclusion, Accessible Tourism, Drama in Education - to name but a few.
TRAINING SEMINARS Collaborating with the Department of Psychology of the Univeristy of Crete, ECTE delivered multiple Training Seminars on Affectivity in Education to Secondary Education teachers, in the context of DREAM Project. More than 50 teachers were trained.
EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS High school students participated in a number of experiential workshops organised by ECTE, in the context of YOU-ROPE (Youth Rites of Passage in Europe) Program. Students will participate in LTA in Florence, among other 40 students of the same age in April 2019.
NETWORKS Given the VET sector requires strong cooperation mechanisms among VET providers, ECTE created a dynamic regional network in Renewable Energy (RES) and Agricultural Sectors. in order to increase quality of VET provision, better employment prospects, reduce skills mismatches increase competitiveness of the economy.
NEW ERASMUS KA2 PROJECTS This project aims to ensure that the infrastructures are adapted and and also aims to support the need of creating more accessible environments and to train staff in this area, ensuring that the people in need receive the self-care they require. People with disabilities are also key actors in the design of these environments, as they are the main users.
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Comune di TUSA (IT) New Horizons (IT) ECTE – European Center in Training for Employment (EL) FUEJI (ES) ROGEPA (RO) Handy Club (CZ)
The intellectual objectives of RESTAT are to carry out research on the real needs of this group and of the services and tourism sector, establishing priorities and needs with the intention of creating adapted and more accessible infrastructures. Another objective is the creation of support tools for staff to improve accessibility in the tourism sector. The next objective is to carry out an online course to improve professional qualifications, from the beginner level to an intermediate level, and finally, the creation of a resource centre for professional guidance.
The motivation for pursuing this project arises from understanding the risks of children shyness in context of participating in social situations, especially the fact that shyness can do much harm makes it difficult to meet new people, make friends, express an opinion. Shyness relates to interpersonal inhibitions - the tendency to avoid social situations, and physical or mental escape (withdrawal) from situations of this type. PARTNERS • • • • •
Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi (PL) ECTE – European Center in Training for Employment (EL) SMASHING TIMES THEATRE COMPANY (IE) FyG Consultores (ES) National Drama (UK)
The target group of the project are teachers who works with the 6/7 year old shy, inactive socially, withdrawn, avoiding challenges children. The project is addressed especially to teachers/tutors who works with immigrant children, children from low socio-economical status or children with some special needs and with difficulties in communicating and learning.
NEW ERASMUS KA2 PROJECTS
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Comune di TUSA (IT) New Horizons (IT) ECTE – European Center in Training for Employment (EL) FUEJI (ES) ROGEPA (RO) Handy Club (CZ)
The project is born of the experience of the partners and of their conviction that the close link between VET, higher education and professional practice needs to be expanded at an advanced level and in a European context. With the increased globalisation and the instability of labour markets, as well as the shortage of youth employment opportunities, educational and professional bodies have to be able to provide the young generation high quality tools for their professional future. Our project aims to develop a multi-national transparency of skills, recognised by the participating countries and offered to students in VET and HE, to develop an extended content of skills and competences acquired in the field of business and ICT for HE and electrical automation and car mechanics for VET.
PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION SENSNET PROJECT 4th NEWSLETTER ECTE compliled the last and 4th Newsletter of the SENSNET PROJECT, following the ones from Spain, Italy and The Netherlands. MULTIPLIER EVENT IN MARSEILLES (OCTOBER 2018) ECTE presented the materials on Hearing Impairment to the European Network for Professionals working with People with Hearing Impairments (HIPEN) and the ENVITER representatives.
REACTIVATE PROJECT PLATFORM INITIATION! reACTIVATE platform is up and running. (http://reactivate.wsei.eu/) MATCHING WITH COMPANIES AND JOB SEEKERS ECTE has been active in seeking companies and job seekers to. As of the initiation of the platform and the open call for applications, we have cooperating with EURES in Thessaloniki, Kozani and Trikala and have already came to matching of job seekers with employers in Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands and Germany.
YOUROPE PROJECT TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN RETHYMNO, CRETE ECTE hosted the 2nd Transnational Meeting of the YOU-ROPE Project in October, 2018. Among other issues, partners discussed the definition of the operational program for the Testing Phase in Florence and the organizational and implementation methodology for the Internal Seminars. EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS High school students participated in a number of experiential workshops organised by ECTE, in the context of YOU-ROPE (Youth Rites of Passage in Europe) Program. Students will participate in LTA in Florence, among other 40 students of the same age in April 2019.
DREAM PROJECT TRAINING SEMINARS Collaborating with the Department of Psychology of the Univeristy of Crete, ECTE delivered multiple Training Seminars on Affectivity in Education to Secondary Education teachers, in the context of DREAM Project. More than 50 teachers were trained.
GARDENISER PROJECT TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN RETHYMNO, CRETE ECTE hosted the 2nd Transnational Meeting of the GARDENISER Project in July, 2018. Among other issues, partners discussed the Gardeniser Professional Training Course and the ECVET system the project will follow. MODULE DEVELOPMENT & ECVET PROCEDURE ECTE, responsible for the module development in line with ECVET procedure in the theoretical and practical aspect of the training of future Gardenisers, has been in close collaboration with all partners in completing the tasks. TRAINING SESSIONS From February - July 2019, the training sessions for future Gardenisers will take place in partner countries.
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