Vocational Training of the Inner-Self Erasmus Project

Project Title

Vocational Training of the Inner-Self

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: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

Project Summary

Professional activities in modern societies are subject to the claim of continuous optimisation. Learned knowledge quickly becomes obsolete and needs to be updated, technical systems follow rapid innovation cycles and needs and expectations of customers and users. Failure to follow and to cope with fast paced optimisation requirements can lead to strong negative consequences for the individuals as well as for the organisations. Therefore, it is highly important for professionals to own strategies and tools to better cope with stress at the workplace.

The VOCIS project aims at increasing competences and skills for self-regulation of professionals and professionals to be and to implement coaching for self-regulation in order for them to achieve a better coping with increasing professional constraints and a higher efficiency at work. The VOCIS consortium is formed by 5 partners: 3 NGOs from the social sector, a university and an SME.

At the end of the VOCIS project, a set of high quality instruments for the Vocational Education and Training of self-regulation skills is ready for VET teachers and trainers (in both continuous and initial vocational education and training), coaches, students and professionals. This set of instruments includes a diagnostic toolkit, frameworks and methods for individual coaching and peer coaching, training frameworks, methods and materials for initial and continuous vocational training of the inner self. They are available in the project’s consortium national languages (English, French, German, Italian and Croatian). Furthermore, the project’s own website vocis.org presents all materials and all elements of good practice derived from the project are compiled in a publication in English. A user friendly online questionnaire is the starting point for all individuals interested in improving their competences in self-regulation. The link to recommended exercises depending on the profile of the participant is the second feature that the consortium added to the initial project and allows not only to broaden the target groups, but to give the individual the opportunity to start a development process even without a coach or trainer. These additional features help to increase the impact of VOCIS and have been tested as central to the project and with a demand for a version in the local language. Therefore, the online version of the diagnostic toolkit has been translated and added as a multilingual tool. The website holds as well platforms for all partners to further develop the site in their language and adopted to their target groups. The development of a virtual classroom including this online questionnaire for the diagnostic toolkit and links form the results to exercises is a strong added value not initially part of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 156668,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fondation Caritas Luxembourg & Country: LU

Project Partners

• SVEUCILISTE U ZADRU
• BALLYMUN JOB CENTRE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED
• ANTARES Società per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi Organizzativi a rl
• Caritasverband für das Dekanat Borken e. V.