Discovering chances – chance for the future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Discovering chances – chance for the future

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 youth

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; Research and innovation; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

The aim of the project was to exchange experiences , methods and techniques of diagnosis and professional potential predisposition of young people (16-28 years ) among those involved in professional activation: counselors , psychologists , coaches, youth workers disfavoured and small towns. The project envisages to provide participants with knowledge and skills in the use of new methods and tools for professional diagnosis and the translation and adaptation of new tools.
The target group of the project group of experts (15 trainers counselors and psychologists) who participated in seminars and take the adaptation of tools and methods. In addition, the project there was involved representatives of NGO workers and labor market institutions in a number of minutes. Counselors , psychologists, specialists in the labor market, as well as specialists in mobilizing people who dropped out of the labor market (eg applying the active inclusion of social workers). These individuals was responsible for further cascading transfer of knowledge and testing tools.
Assumed, there was involved in the project over 410 youngsters (122 from Austria, 116 from Poland, 55 from Greece, 48 Spain, 69 from Turkey) among 16-28 years old, which, thanks to the tools used to them and worked out on the basis of diagnosis plans have been increased their career opportunities and adaptability in the labor market.
The project provided for the organization: 2 business meetings , seminars and conferences 2 summary. Each last 2-3 days. Between visits we carried out intensive work on the review of existing tools , acquisition of strategic partners, translation tools and expert consultation and testing their effectiveness in practice. The project have increased the knowledge and skills of the participants and the development of promotional publications.
This international exchange of experience allowed participants to implement known solutions in its previous advisory, particularly in the context of the individual work of the student.
Products of the project in the form of 15 adapted tests and methods of diagnosis professional aptitude for young people would help users to work, reduce the burden of making difficult decisions and effectively planed a career to young people. Products were disseminated through the publication of the effects of the project on the website (http://dccf.csr.biz.pl/pl/download/), distribution of CD ( shipping to eg. labor market institutions or educational institutions, youth organisations).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 103658 Eur

Project Coordinator

Centrum Spolecznego Rozwoju & Country: PL

Project Partners

• FUNDACION INTRAS
• ISTANBUL KULTUR VE SPOR DERNEGI
• BEST INSTITUT FUR BERUFSBEZOGENE WEITERBILDUNG UND PERSONALTRAINING GMBH
• IASIS