Fostering Employment of Maternity Leavers Erasmus Project

Project Title

Fostering Employment of Maternity Leavers

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); Open and distance learning

Project Summary

The longer the parents, and in most countries, mothers stay at home with children, the more difficult it seems for them to return to work (European Commission, 2018). Over the years, they may lose working habits, overview of the opportunities available on the labour market and they lack new skills required. In addition, they may have trouble with the work-family life. Despite these challenges, most parental leavers find it important to return to work after maternity or parental leave.

The project “Fostering Employment of Maternity Leavers” (FEMALE) responds to statistics and research pointing to the fact that parenting in many respects complicates the situation of the parent, mostly mothers, in the labour market. The aim of the FEMALE project is to look for ways to facilitate the return to work after parental leave. The project brings innovative counselling and educational content for parents returning to work, created on the basis of the results of an international study and a survey of the needs of target groups in cooperation with partners – educational organizations from France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Norway and Slovakia. The product is an electronic platform designed for the target group of parents, career counsellors or other stakeholders in the labour market with practical advice when considering the return of parents to the labour market.

WHAT DOES FEMALE INCLUDE?
­- Implementation of a research study mapping different approaches and best practices in partner countries and in other countries to support the return of parents to the labor market after parental leave
­- Creation of a blended learning programme (curriculum, pedagogical materials and distance learning tools) to support the employability of parents
­- Development of an electronic platform intended for target groups (parents, career counsellors, employers) to navigate the return to the labour market.

PARTNERSHIP
The project consortium consists of 6 partners from 5 countries with expertise in adult education, career guidance and labour market research (France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Norway and Slovakia). The project coordinator is TREXIMA Bratislava.

BENEFITS
The platform https://moodle.parentalleavers.eu/ deals with various topics that need to be taken into account when moving from the period of childcare back to working life. The intention is for the platform to contribute to discovering and getting acquainted with the possibilities of facilitating the employment of parents. In addition to the use of the platform by individual parents, the content of the platform is freely available and usable for counsellors and HR professionals, as their support and mutual cooperation of both parties is also important. The free availability of the program in the digital environment in the form of an electronic platform contributes to the openness of educational content in the age of digital media. The flexible use of counseling and training materials, either individually or in cooperation with an employer or career counselor, opens up new possibilities for accessing skills related to better employability.

Project Website

http://www.parentalleavers.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 165544,75 Eur

Project Coordinator

TREXIMA Bratislava, spol. s r.o. & Country: SK

Project Partners

• Spolupracou pre lepsiu buducnost – Velky Meder
• Leno Consulting
• Endurance Partners in Hospitality
• HUMAN PROFESS KOZHASZNU NONPROFIT KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG
• HOGSKOLEN I INNLANDET