ADICE, Roubaix, France

Presentation

ADICE, Association for the Development of Citizen & European Initiatives, is a non-profit association created in February 1999 in Roubaix, on a social & economic fragile territory. In this context ADICE’s aim is mainly to fight against discrimination & to favour the social promotion of young adults, mainly disadvantaged (unemployed, unqualified or low qualified, immigrated persons, women) by supporting their participation in European & French mobility in order to develop their social, professional & intercultural skills.

ADICE has participated in or organised more than 2000 projects of international mobility incorporating over thirty countries (European Union, PECO, developing countries, Canada, the United USA...) in the last 20 years. Mobility is seen as a non-formal educational alternative way to develop professional, personal & social skills to promote participants' carriers with different profiles and expectations. Our mobility projects, characterised by varied destinations, duration & sectors, are adapted to the needs, objectives & profile of every participant or beneficiary. It can be missions of short-term or long-term voluntary service or professional internships for job seekers. So, within the framework of our activities we work in the field of nonformal education to provide new opportunities for people facing social & professional difficulties. These projects have been completed in the framework of community programs such as Leonardo DaVinci, Youth in Action or Erasmus+, EU Aid Volunteers & other French and European programmes.

For this reason, we carry out the following tasks as an organisation supporting the JBSE project:

+ Organisation of the network of local & European partners

+ Relationship between the partners & the public

+ Project monitoring (ensuring compliance with the charter of quality , project objectives & activities)

+ Dissemination of results & the European added value of the action

And the following tasks as sending organisation :

+ Outreach & Public Information

+ Definition of mobility projects in the participants' personal & professional carriers

+ Educational & administrative Preparation of participants

+ Monitoring & evaluation of the mobility experience

+ Valuation of the mobility experience.

Experience

Thanks to more than 20 years’ experience, ADICE has developed tools, practices & methods to enhance the quality of participants' support in international mobility projects from preparation ,to monitoring, to their return after their projects. This will be of considerable value to the JBSE project.

ADICE’s team is composed of 9 employees and 5 volunteers. Within ADICE, project managers are specialising in mobility project construction & monitoring: 2 persons are responsible for supporting the short & long-term volunteering projects & 1 person is working on VET Education projects & Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs. A mobility department coordinator supervises all the projects managers to ensure the good realization of all these mobility projects.

Founder & developer of ADICE association, Djamel BENIA worked for over 20 years in the field of European & international volunteering. Between 2003 & 2012, Djamel BENIA implemented a support system of volunteering for young people & created a framework of volunteering in Morocco within the Euro-Mediterranean program.

Deputy director of ADICE association, Terje KOLAMETS works in the field of international mobility & non-formal education almost 20 years. She is an expert in the management of programmes (construction, financial, administrative, monitoring & capitalization of projects): Youth in Action, Leonardo, Socrates (Grundvig), Europe for Citizens, European Social Fund, Interreg, Erasmus+ Strategic partnerships, EU Aid Volunteers.

Charlotte FOTSE & Amélie CATHIER are project managers at ADICE. Charlotte graduated in International Solidarity, Humanitarian action and crisis (Political science) & in social work; Amélie graduated in International Cooperation & Intercultural Relations. They both submit & develop new projects such as Interreg & strategic partnerships. They also have experience in developing learning resources & in working with young people. They will manage work on the JBSE project.

CFP G. Zanardelli, Brescia, Italy

Presentation

The Vocational educational and training Centre after G. Zanardelli is one of the biggest vocational education and training (VET) provider in Brescia Province in Lombardy region, North Italy.

The institute offers comprehensive school-based vocational education and training courses for tertiary level students, upper secondary, further vocational and specialist vocational qualifications, also VET upskilling and summer school education in 9 headquarters situated in the entire territory of Brescia Province. Specific labour market preparation courses prepare our students for different occupational field.

The Centre is driven by the goal to design, develop and implement training proposals and work placement tools with the aim to:

- allow students to fulfil their compulsory studies, achieving professional skills for rapid job placement through a path experience increasingly connected to the entrepreneurial fabric and internationally structured traineeships.

- allow companies to update their staff maintaining high levels of competitiveness;

- allow the unemployed to take advantage of services and training paths that are strongly aimed at reintegrating them into the world of work with the necessary skills;

- allow adults in the social context of the Province of Brescia to acquire additional skills for their professional development;

- allow the reintegration of disadvantaged students in education and professional training, through the design of special programs;

- allow the acquisition of professional and transversal skills to students with disabilities, through the creation of courses and spaces of inclusion and individual paths. Disability is a value for the CFPZ that has always committed itself, through its inclusive policies, to favour the employment and social inclusion of users with disabilities.

Moreover, the recovery of NEETs is a priority for the CFPZ, for its public vocation and for its social impact. More than 30% of the total number of our students are NEETs included in vocational training courses. One of the main goals of CFPZ is to create career opportunities for the most disadvantaged young people. The centre offers the following Vocational Educational Training courses for tertiary and upper quaternary levels:

-Agriculture, farming and gardening

-Business and office administration

-Hotel & Restaurant Management

-Culinary (including Baking and Pastry Arts, Bar and Restaurant operations management)

-Trade and industry (including construction, mechanics and repairs (cars and karts), electrical, technician and precision production);

-Metal and machinery – welder, machinist

-Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness (including Spa & Wellness Operations management, Hairdressing and cosmetology).

-Media and visual expression

-Textile

-Informatics and media

Each of these courses provide work-based learning on national and international level throughout various networks of companies.

Today the centre has 3000 VET learners, almost 100 partner companies, 360 permanent teachers and staff members, 200 Freelance teachers and almost 300 students in Recovery programmes designed for NEETs.

Background

CFP G. Zanardelli has more than 560 employees, who constantly renovate and adjust educational training courses according to the needs of companies. We want our staff to develop their teaching methods and content and therefore the job-shadowing process is of great interest to us. The JBSE will have a really positive impact on improving the quality and relevance of all that we do in our school.

Our centre provides a team of professional project managers, who would work next to the teachers and students involved in this particular project. Thus, the project will be coordinated by SONA AREVSHATYAN, as the contact person from our Centre. Sona has been coordinating Erasmus+ projects since the beginning of the programme in 2014 for an Italian Foundation. Sona will manage our involvement in the JBSE project and will bring her enthusiasm and knowledge of educational pedagogy so as to add value to the project consortium.

Being one of the representatives of a local Eurodesk Agency she has gained experience in project design and budgeting, reporting and dissemination planning for KA1, KA2 projects. She has been part of trainers pool in ‘Europe Goes Local’ KA3 Structured Dialogue project, ‘Transferring Innovative Practices addressing ELET’ KA2 project and ‘INFORMAL’ KA2 project within Erasmus+.

Together with Sona there will be working the Deans of different headquarters of CFPZ such as Raffaella Galloni, Franca Mazzoli and Elena Muscojona. These Deans have accumulated different experiences both in mobility project abroad and in hosting projects for our Centre.

Besides our educational programme supervisors – Silvia Bettenzana and WBL tutor Rosa Langella will join the project team assigning and identifying different mentors or tutors for the activities.

Our financial administrator ANDREA CAPELLETTI will be in charge of the financial aspects of the project, providing high level services in account management and project budget reporting.

The entire team will be supervised by the General Director of CFPZ MARCO PARDO, an expert in Regional grants and funding projects directed from European Social Fund and European Foundation.

SBSZ, Eisenach, Germany

Presentation

We are a vocational college with an economic focus hosting about 1600 students taught by about 100 teachers at 3 branches. At SBSZ Eisenach, directly located in the centre of Germany with perfect (public) transport connections to all over Germany, you can take you’re A-levels, secondary degree as well as do a vocational preparation year but also complete a vocational training in different types of economy, engineering and social affairs.

We are really enthusiastic to develop international opportunities for our pupils - work-placements, language learning opportunities, distance learning courses. We want our staff to develop their teaching methods and content and therefore the job-shadowing process is of great interest to use. The JBSE will have a really positive impact on improving the quality and relevance of all that we do in our school. The JBSE project meets this need and due to the experience of the project co-ordinator, se hope that this be a springboard to developing our own mobility projects and strategic partnerships in the future.

We are very keen to develop job shadowing opportunities for our staff in order to adapt our educational practices & content to the new societal & educational requirements. We look forward to benefiting from the experience of our tandem partner EPNG to develop exciting job shadowing programmes for our staff.

Experience

We are experienced in being a reliable partner participating in Erasmus+ mobility projects and are full of enthusiasm about being a part of this new project.

Furthermore, we would like to provide you with our expertise in teaching as well as with our contacts with regional training companies and our network of teachers and companies all over Germany.

The contact person MR LARS SCHMIDTMANN is not only responsible for the symposium of foreign languages within our school but also expert adviser for English teachers at grammar schools in Thuringia. He is a very communicative and eloquent interlocutor with constructive ideas in any context. Lars will coordinate our involvement in the JBSE project and will add his experience, enthusiasm and know-how of educational pedagogy so as to bring added-value to the project partnership.

Ms JULIA RUDLOFF will be fully involved with developing the project results.

We have a highly developed network of partner companies and business who will take part in the research and also host trainees from other partner countries.

The Headmaster GUNNAR PFEIL used to be in charge of international mobility projects for the Thuringen Regional Government and he has an exceptional network of contacts with regional politicians and with companies.

Associated Partners 

In order to increase the reach of the project in terms of countries, type of partners, & impact of the JBSE project, there will be 24 ASSOCIATED PARTNERS FROM 13 COUNTRIES, who have each completed a Letter of Interest (Annex 3).

2 associated partners from Germany, BILDUNGSEVREIN BAUTECHNIK (BERLIN) & ZIB (SOLINGEN), have agreed to take part in the experimentation phase of the project, sending & receiving staff for Job Shadowing. Berlink is a registered training organisation, based in Berlin. They work specifically with VET institutions & so the JBSE materials will be of value to them.

IRFA-APISUP (AMIENS) is linked with the regional Chamber of Commerce in the Picardy region & will bring an employer’s point of view regarding the key competences required in potential employees. Along with the ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY (ARQUES), they have also said that they are willing to take part in the experimentation phase.

UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE, SÉVILLE has its own Erasmus+ Charter & all students at both Bachelor & Master levels are encouraged to undertake a study period of work-based learning abroad. The University is particularly interested in JBSE as it could help objectively with their staff development. The University will also disseminate the results amongst its network of partner universities all over the world.

ASSOCIACAO COMERCIAL DE BRAGA is the Chamber of Commerce for Braga & the surrounding region. They work with companies & also with both adult learners & employees. They are keen to use the JBSE results in their future Job Shadowing activities.

The BRESCIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE from the Lombardy region in Italy will help with sharing & promotion. They are interested in the development of innovative initiatives that can develop staff competences & will look to adapt the JBSE results to facilitate Job Shadowing opportunities for employees from their network of businesses..

The SJOLLINS GYMNASIUM FROM GOTEBORG has ambitions to take part in Job Shadowing programmes. They have expressed interest in taking part in the experimentation phase & will communicate the results of the project to their network.

ACUDEMY LEARNING specialises in bespoke training courses for VET trainees - both individuals & businesses. It is a certified training institute based in London & Dublin & is an accredited Training Provider with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI & Pearsons). In line with a recent Irish government initiative, they have been focussing on re-training groups of VET staff & so the JBSE project is of great interest .

These partners include universities who run lifelong learning VET courses, associations, VET education training centres, business associations, mobility service providers, a cultural body & chambers of commerce. This will help to increase the breadth & impact of the project. They will be invited to meetings, focus groups, evaluation workshops & conferences in their neighbouring countries & have agreed to cover costs from their own funds.

The breadth of partners will add to the TRANS-SECTORAL IMPACT OF THE PROJECT. The JBSE results will be adaptable for use for Job Shadowing in the School, Higher Education , Adult & Youth sectors.

The associated partners will provide a precious detached view of the tangible results & have also agreed to play an active role in the sharing & promotion of information about the project & its results, thereby making a significant contribution to guaranteeing the widespread impact of the project.