Social competence training and other supporting measures in newly developed training courses Erasmus Project

Project Title

Social competence training and other supporting measures in newly developed training courses

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

“Social competence training and other supporting measures in newly developed training courses”
Fighting rising levels of unemployment has become one of the most urgent tasks for European governments. Too many young people leave school prematurely and run a high risk of being unemployed. The same risk threatens high number of adult workers with low skills. One quarter of the working age population in Europe, almost 80 million people have only low or basic skills, and a great percent of them area hardly educable or trainable because of different disabilities.With decline opportunities for low skilled, unskilled, school dropouts and NEET young adults without work experiences are at higher risk of social exclusion and poverty. The fighting rising levels of unemployment was the main objective addressed in SoCoT project. The above mentioned target group is unable to react to the newest effect of the labour market. It does not only require new skills, professions, but also inner personality shaping, willingness, self-assurance, flexibility and labour market skills. Many unemployed had not the chance to learn these skills. The mentioned problems are similar in the partner countries. The project aims to tackle the problems, avoid an escalation of social and economical problems growing out of this situation.
Target groups:
1. Unskilled or low-skilled disadvantaged young people and adults between 16-36, who have troubles in finishing/ taking part of trainings in the regular school system as well as of the employment centre, being mentally and/or psychologically unable to follow the usual courses. These persons are excluded from the labour market and belong therefore to a disadvantaged group in social life. Members of the target group are not mentally handicapped, but the social-economic background did not allow them to develop skills, moreover the family and social surrounding often suppresses existing skills and motivation.
2.Trainers, tutors, teachers of the above mentioned group of young adults.
3. Youth protection officers, corporate training instructor, mentors, staff of labour organizations, staff of pedagogical services, staff of social institutes and professional services of child care officers.
Project partners:
Training Center of Szombathely Kft. (Hungary)
Berufsförderungsinstitut (BFI) Wien (Austria)
Ce.S.F.Or. Centro Studi Formazione Orientamento (Italy)
NGi (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)
LEED Nonprofit Kft. (Hungary)
Partners are training centres, or organisations involved in labour market development and employment pacts.All the partners have a profound knowledge in the development of training material and curricula. Young adults and NEETs are in the centre of interest of their provided services. All of the partners have a strong cooperation with labour market institutions and are experts in labour market issues.
The project runs from 01.09.2014 till 31.08.2016 (24 months).
Activities of the project:
1. Project management – general management tasks to ensure continuous flow of activities, financial and time control.
2. Partner meetings: The project partners met 4 times, once in each participating country. All partners took part in each meetings.
3. Intellectual outputs:
– Needs analysis
– Course curriculum for the unemployed: “Labour market reintegration of socially-economicaly disadvantaged unemployed young adults” – 120 hours
– Course material for trainers of the course for the unemployed: “Attitude shaping of trainers of disaadvantaged unemployed young adults” –30 hours.
4. Multiplier events:
Partners implemented 9 events: 4 workshops for trainers and labour market experts to disseminate the outputs.The last closing event conjoined with an international press conference.3 pilot courses delivered to test the curricula.
5.Dissemination activities
For other organizations who involved in the project showed great interest about the intellectual outputs in every country. Relevant target groups were all the organsations, who are in connection with the NEET young adults and their environment, family members, social institutes, pedagogical services. The contact with these organizations was active during the project.In Hungary from 12 pilot course participants 5 of them got job just after the course ended. The module system of the training curriculum gives the future users the opportunity to use the outputs in a very flexible way to meet the specific requirements and frame conditions of the given projects.BFI Wien will use all the experiences from the pilot course in further project concepts, in specific in trainings that provide professional orientation.Every partner offered the developed curriculums for use and for any further development opportunities. The training materials are available on the partner’s website and free downloadable.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 190899,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

Savaria Szakképzés-fejlesztési és Felnöttképzö Központ Kiemelkedöen Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Ce.S.F.Or. Centro Studi Formazione Orientamento
• NGi (UK) Limited
• LEED Helyi Gazdaság- és Foglalkoztatásfejlesztési Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.
• Berufsförderungsinstitut Wien