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A learning activity on new pathways of youth to labour market through lifestyle self-employment

Written by Super User on 21/10/2019. Posted in Archived News. No Comments on A learning activity on new pathways of youth to labour market through lifestyle self-employment

CARDET hosted the SELF-E learning activity that took place in Cyprus between 7th – 11th of October 2019 with the participation of 17 participants from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania and Poland. During the learning activity, representatives of the participating organizations had the opportunity to explore and be trained in the material developed by the consortium to help them support disadvantaged youth.

The training activity revolved around SELF-E’s three main intellectual outputs: a toolkit for youth workers, a set of practical exercises and an assessment tool for validation of competence. Featuring various presentations and hands-on group and individual exercises, it sought to help participants – youth workers, advisors and trainers- get acquainted with the tools and be in a position to expertly use them as part of their work.

The SELF-E program is now entering its implementation phase, through which it is expected to contribute in increasing the capacity of youth workers in providing self-employment training for youth with fewer opportunities helping them increase their level of competence by at least 40%.

2nd Partner Meeting of the EUROINVESTMENT project

Written by Super User on 18/10/2019. Posted in Archived News. 2 Comments on 2nd Partner Meeting of the EUROINVESTMENT project

Enhancing the financial competences of low skilled adults through the development of an interactive online game, a guide and a course is the scope of the EUROINVESTMENT project. With this in mind, the project’s consortium held its second transnational partner meeting on October 9 & 10, 2019, in Nicosia, Cyprus. The partners discussed and planned out the next phase of the project, which focusses on the completion of the online game.

It is important to mark that the main output of the project is the development of an innovative, fun, interactive and didactic online game. The consortium worked productively towards the identification of opportunities and challenges of using this type of online resources to educate low skilled adults.

During this first year, the consortium has developed a Strategic Plan for Financial Education of Low-Skilled Adults in Europe which presents the context of financial literacy in the European Union, games on financial literacy as well as gaps and needs in this area among low-skilled adults in the consortium countries, through data analysis of national and European competence frameworks, desk research, surveys with end-users and focus groups.

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Synergy Audit – SYAT

Written by Super User on 15/10/2019. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. No Comments on Synergy Audit – SYAT

In the struggle for a decrease of most negative environmental impact and thereby a possible slowing down of the speed of the global climate change, there are today directives and policies at European and global level which invites countries, organisations and individuals to reduce negative environmental impact. Public and Private Sectors on a global scale are today working toward a decrease of their organisations negative environmental impact, by i.e. becoming environmentally certified following environmental standards. The European Commission EMAS and the global ISO 14000 standards are examples of environmental standards which can be of sizeable help in keeping up a strategic and effective environmental quality management system aimed at reducing most negative environmental impact in organisations. However, the environmental management work is often hindered by i.e. economic and knowledge lack within organisations. Therefore, the part of the environmental management process involving environmental auditors will in the project be elaborated for an increased help for both auditing and the management work in an overall perspective. This project aims to fill the existing gap between the need and wish from organisations to work with environmental management and within it, environmental audits, while today lacking in i.e. economic and/or knowledge capacity needed. Therefore, to have an increased opportunity of preparation for a possible coming environmental certification and an increased capacity at decrease of most negative environmental impact. Further, by creating more on-the-job trainings opportunities specifically targeting this issue.

Objectives

The specific objectives are:

To improve the on-the-job training opportunities in environmental auditing through a train-the-trainers methodology.
To improve the competencies of civil servants and practitioners in environmental audit.
To foster an exchange of practises and cooperation among EU countries concerning environmental auditing.

Project results

Bridging the gap between VET and business: Modern talent management and analytics 4.0 for SMEs in Europe

Written by Super User on 15/10/2019. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. 1 Comment on Bridging the gap between VET and business: Modern talent management and analytics 4.0 for SMEs in Europe

Talent 4.0 is a European-funded project which aims to develop educational resources to support SMEs and their executives build up the capacity to attract, develop, motivate and retain employees to their businesses. The project will conduct a needs analysis to document and assess the needs of SMEs in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Cyprus and Ireland in that department and consequently develop tools to address them. In particular, it will produce and make available a specifically catered training programme covering all pillars of talent management along with a comprehensive toolkit for SMEs.

HYPER – How Young People are Engaged by Radicals

Written by Super User on 15/10/2019. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. No Comments on HYPER – How Young People are Engaged by Radicals

HYPER is a 2-year Erasmus+ KA2 Project that wishes to contribute in tackling the ongoing threat of violent extremism in Europe by developing an understanding and responses to the youth radicalization processes and approaches that feed it.The project will work towards the design and production of a full suite of educational resources that show the process of radicalization in action. These resources will focus on demonstrating how radicalisation can happen on the most popular digital and social media platforms where today’s young people hang out and where many are at their most vulnerable. To accompany these simulation resources the project consortium will develop a peer training programme for young people interested in being credible voices against radical extremist rhetoric and actions. To support these youth professionals HYPER will develop bespoke in-service and induction training programmes to enable them to extract the maximum benefit from the full range of proposed tools.

IEUME – Empowering Immigrants’ EU Social and Civic Participation through Innovative Media for Education

Written by Super User on 11/10/2019. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. No Comments on IEUME – Empowering Immigrants’ EU Social and Civic Participation through Innovative Media for Education

IEUME is a 2-year Erasmus+ KA2 Project that wishes to support, via innovative educational tools, the integration process of people with a migrant background (refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants). The project will design and develop an inclusive, interactive and user-friendly digital toolkit, available also as a mobile, which will also feature gamified modules covering European socio-cultural, political and economic issues. In essence, the IEUME project will assist individuals of migrant background to receive information and to better understand important aspects of EU-related issues as well the rights and opportunities the Union offers them. The educational resources to be developed and made available will cover the fields of EU Institutions, Access to Rights, Political Culture and Civic Participation, Employability and Cultural Heritage.

EVOLVE: Providing kEy skills and competences to low-skilled adult VOLunteers for the implementation of social welfare activities at locaL leVEl

Written by Super User on 10/10/2019. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. 1 Comment on EVOLVE: Providing kEy skills and competences to low-skilled adult VOLunteers for the implementation of social welfare activities at locaL leVEl

The need to implement EVOLVE project emerged from the current economic recession, which has forced local authorities and civil society to intensify community relief activities with a social welfare character; activities, which are supported/facilitated to a large extent by volunteers. However, voluntary work is rarely well organized in terms of effective volunteer recruitment and local authorities/organizations and civil society organizations offering social welfare activities are often lacking in trained and skilled volunteers.

EVOLVE aims to promote the cooperation between local authorities and NGOs/CSOs, to address the issue of non-organised management of adult volunteers for social welfare activities, as well as the issue of adult volunteers not being motivated to participate in volunteer activities due to their lack of proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments.

The above will be achieved through the implementation of the following activities:

Capacity Building course
Web platform for Capacity Building and Volunteer Guidance
Comprehensive Capacity Development Methodology of Adult Volunteering for Local Social Welfare

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The link to the eLearning Platform

AwArtMali: Awareness Raising and Info through Art on Irregular Migration risks in Mali

Written by Super User on 10/10/2019. Posted in Projects & Initiatives. 2 Comments on AwArtMali: Awareness Raising and Info through Art on Irregular Migration risks in Mali

AwArtMali is an 18 month project that aspires to contribute to the change of perceptions and behavior of Malian people looking to irregular migration towards the EU as the only solution to their socio-economic problems.

The action is intended to reach and involve Malian people in order to make them aware and inform them on the risks of irregular migration, on legal alternatives and on economic opportunities available in their country with a multi stakeholder approach consisting in awareness campaign and information activities.

For more information you can follow the AwArtMali project on facebook or visit the blog of the project.

AwArtMali 2nd Coordination meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus

Written by Super User on 10/10/2019. Posted in Archived News. 1 Comment on AwArtMali 2nd Coordination meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus

AwArtMali, an 18 month project that aspires to contribute to the change of perceptions and behavior of Malian people looking to irregular migration towards the EU as the only solution to their socio-economic problems, held its second coordination meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus between the 3rd to the 4th of October 2019. The meeting served as an opportunity for the partners to discuss and evaluate the work and progress of the project and coordinate its next steps forward.

During the meeting, the partners delved into finalizing the stakeholder’s mapping report for the involvement of required stakeholders in the future steps of the project. Moreover, they deliberated on and planned the actions to be carried out for the upcoming workshop activities in Mali and the Strategic Plan of the communication Campaign was unfolded and discussed. Finally the first versions of so awaited Tama356 APP and TAMA 365 Blog were presented and all partners were really impressed with both tools.

AwArtMali is intended to reach and involve Malian people in order to make them aware and inform them on the risks of irregular migration, on legal alternatives and on economic opportunities available in their country with a multi stakeholder approach consisting in awareness campaign and information activities.

CARDET represents the activities of the project in Cyprus.

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E-COURSE: A two-year path for the support of intercultural school environments

Written by Super User on 08/10/2019. Posted in Archived News. 1 Comment on E-COURSE: A two-year path for the support of intercultural school environments

The E-COURSE project during its two-year implementation (2017-2019) has supported teachers and school leaders so to be able to better manage multicultural school environments and to promote interculturalism among their students. Primary schools in Germany, Greece, Italy, France and Cyprus have been actively involved in the piloting of the support tools developed as part of the project. The developed tools aimed at fostering the capacities of schools in addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by multiculturalism and in fostering the development of inclusive school environments.For more information you can check the press release below.

Press Release

Η έργο E-COURSE κατά τη διετή διάρκεια υλοποίησής του (2017-2019) υποστήριξε τους εκπαιδευτικούς και το προσωπικό σχολικών μονάδων, ώστε να είναι σε θέση να διαχειριστούν καλύτερα τα πολυπολιτισμικά περιβάλλοντα των σχολείων και να προωθήσουν τη διαπολιτισμικότητα μεταξύ των μαθητών τους. Συγκεκριμένα, σχολικές μονάδες στη Γερμανία, την Ελλάδα, την Ιταλία, τη Γαλλία και την Κύπρο συμμετείχαν ενεργά στην πιλοτική εφαρμογή των εργαλείων υποστήριξης που αναπτύχθηκαν στο πλαίσιο του έργου. Τα εργαλεία που έχουν αναπτυχθεί στοχεύουν στο να καταστήσουν επαρκείς τις σχολικές μονάδες προκειμένου να αντιμετωπίσουν τις προκλήσεις και τις ευκαιρίες που θέτει η πολυπολιτισμικότητα και να ενθαρρύνουν την ανάπτυξη σχολικών περιβαλλόντων χωρίς αποκλεισμούς. Δείτε το ενημερωτικό δελτίο πιο κάτω για να μάθετε περισσότερα.

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