FairGuidance Erasmus Project

Project Title

FairGuidance

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

Background and objectives:
The most important aim of the project was and still is the better integration of disadvantaged persons (low-skilled, migrants, ethnic minorities, long-term unemployed etc.) into education, training and the labour market through more client-oriented guidance and counselling offers that consider diversity issues. Therefore more qualified counsellors in the field of VET are needed who will be aware of various kinds of disparities and sensitised and prepared for equity, diversity and inclusion challenges. This is crucial in order to reach the disadvantaged persons in the first place and to respond as a counsellor adequately to their needs and particular circumstances. Thus, the project facilitates through its outcomes not only the access to guidance services but also the transition to further education, training and the world of work.
In Bulgaria and Romania there are huge economic and especially ethnic disparities which counsellors have to deal with. We tackled these facettes with a diversity and human rights oriented approach. Also in Germany we need innovative approaches to deal on the one hand adequately with the increasing number of migrants and refugees but also to close the gap between low-skilled and high-qualified persons. Counsellors need appropriate tools, methods and knowledge how they can reach and counsel them appropriately and individually.
To reach this aim all partners identified, developed (further), compiled and disseminated successful methods and approaches to improving the integration into society and the labour market and support of unemployed people and those who have only little or no access to further education. The main focus was on the analysis of methods and approaches and to establish new counselling and guidance offers by developing a modular training course for counsellors that we started to establish in the partner countries.
Central focus of the project was to support the target groups in their home countries and to foster the national economy by counselling and qualifying disadvantaged persons. This project increased the chances of disadvantaged persons to find (better) work, as this is directly correlated with the level of qualification.

Direct target groups of the project: counsellours and guidance practitioners, social and community workers, staff of churches and other aid organisations, advisors of the public employment services and the chambers of commerce, adult education providers, universities.

Activities and methodology:
– Compiling country reports that describe the VET system and the possibilities for further training and counselling/guidance in each partner country
– Presentations from all project partners about suitable best practice examples in their countries for reaching and counselling disadvantaged people
– Development of a training course handbook including a curriculum for both trainers (who want to train counsellors) and for counsellors as a reference guide to improve their knowledge and skills. Topics/chapters:
• General basics for counselling and guidance in order to support disadvantaged persons
• Career guidance according to the special needs of disadvantaged persons
• Diversity and human rights
• Business foundation coaching / Entrepreneurship
• Mobile guidance to reach disadvantaged persons
• Quality standards in guidance
• Guidance for volunteer work and internships

– The training course modules are carried out in the participating countries
– Website in all partner languages + English
– e-learning platform in all partner languages + English
– Dissemination events in each partner country to disseminate the project results

Results, impact and long-term benefits:
– Through the training course counsellors can provide more individualised guidance to disadvantaged clients. They gained deeper understanding on their special needs, are aware of the necessity in being mobile as a counsellor and as an institution and they increased the effectiveness of their guidance and counselling services as they incorporate new knowledge and methods and a deeper understanding of diversity and fairness in their professional processes.
– Organisations gained information on how to design their offerings and services to meet the needs of disadvantaged target groups and offer suitable support and how to modify their mission statements in regard of diversity.
– Disadvantaged persons profit from more professional client-centered counselling and guidance offers and better access to learning opportunities.

Project partners:
Germany: ttg team training GmbH (ttg) and Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport Baden-Württemberg
Romania: Asociatia Multifunctionala Filantropica Sfantul Spiridon (AMFSS), Asociatia Ecumenica a Bisericilor din Romania (AIDRom) and
AGENTIA JUDETEANA PENTRU OCUPAREA FORTEI DE MUNCA GALATI (AJOFM)
Bulgaria: SDRUZHENIE TERITORIALNA ORGANIZATSIA NA NAUCHNO-TEHNICHESKITE SPETSIALISTI (TOR) and
University of Ruse Angel Kanchev

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 280280,46 Eur

Project Coordinator

ttg team training GmbH & Country: DE

Project Partners

• AGENTIA JUDETEANA PENTRU OCUPAREA FORTEI DE MUNCA GALATI
• Asociatia Multifunctionala Filantropica Sfantul Spiridon, Galati
• MINISTERIUM FUR KULTUS, JUGEN UND SPORT BADEN-WURTTEMBERG
• SDRUZHENIE TERITORIALNA ORGANIZATSIA NA NAUCHNO-TEHNICHESKITE SPETSIALISTI
• UNIVERSITY OF RUSE ANGEL KANCHEV
• Asociatia Ecumenica a Bisericilor din Romania
• Diakonisches Werk der evangelischen Kirche in Württemberg e.V.