Project: Lifelong learning for adults to become sustainable
Fondazione Mentore
The Mentor Foundation is an organization founded in October 2007, after a period of "incubation" in a
project that lasted about 2 years and intended to define an organizational network, that would allow the
organization to chart its own path of development.
Recognized as a legal entity by the Lazio Region on 16/06/2008, the Mentor Foundation relies on the
collaboration of experts with years of experience in the field of education, planning, management of the
European Social Funds and European Funds for Regional Development.
The Mentor Foundation implements measures of orientation in the world of school and work, promotes
the development of Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Special Utilities (all parties identified by
regional legislation and community as "disadvantaged")
The areas of activity are education, training and local development. The areas of focus are social inclusion,
training, improvement of employability, social issues and urban and rural development.
The institution is located in an area that registers an abundant presence of immigrants and children of
immigrants, its programs meet their social and cultural needs, it also organizes Italian courses and it has an
agreement with the University for Foreigners of Perugia in which adults can attend the CELI (Certificate of
Italian language) .
The Mentor Foundation is a recognized training institution that is characterized by:
• All training methodologies for individualized teaching and strategies to prevent violence in schools,
underprivileged students recover and combat early school leaving;
• The promotion of key skills (Digital, Learning to learn, Social and civic competences, sense of initiative and
entrepreneurship and cultural awareness and expression)
• All teacher training for teaching aimed to adults (EDA);
• Educational and vocational guidance;
• Meeting the demand and supply of labor (work placement and outplacement);
• Information and training on security in the workplace
• Support and development of youth and women entrepreneurship.
Our (possible) role in the project will be:
• to collaborate for the preparation of the training material that will be used in the e-learning platform end
to translate it in Italian language,
to bring our contribution at the questionnaires for evaluation,
• to participate into all the mobilities end also t orgnaise a mobility in Rome,
• to disseminate the project and its products a regional level ma also a national/international level.
TRANSFER Slovensko, spol. s r.o.
TRANSFER Slovensko, Ltd. (SK) is a training and consulting private company since 1995, offering adult
education for adults with practical experience in the application of emotional literacy to the training for
adults. It has got expertise in: 1. training ethnic groups, mixed groups of disadvantaged adults, teachers and
trainers of people with a different cultural background using emotional intelligence, 2. soft skills training
for managers in big international and Slovak companies in Slovakia, 3. special training for personal working
in emergency systems (N.112), 4. consultancy for the job orientation and research on the labor market, , 5.
European education project since 1998 as Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Gruntdvig.
TRANSFER Slovensko is focusing on following activities:
- soft skills training activities for managers in international and domestic companies
- education and training activities in special areas as emergency and rescue systems (112),
project management (Prince2)
- education for unemployed especially women, young people and small and medium size entereprices
- preparing educational programs for teachers, blind people, immigrants – especially multicultural
education and for roma people
- supports disadvantaged people using special methodologies developed in EU-projects and
tailored to the educational needs of target groups - to this we had more that 20 international education
projects
- domestic European projects - from European Social Found focusing on managers, teachers, woman and
other groups.- we realized 5 national ESF projects with companies and with Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs
and Family of the Slovak Republic
- training for social employment departments of all Labor offices in Slovakia.
Our role in this project will be:
• to train teachers and students of the schools we collaborate with, and organize with them the research
activities in the schools
• to participate in the international meetings;
• to contribute to the achievement of all materials provided by the partnership
• to disseminate the project to as many as possible educational institutions in my country;
• to translate the material in our language;
• to promote the project to the educational and scientific authorities;
METER Silesia
METER Silesia is a training organisation since 1998 with the aim to bring vocational training to adults
emphasiting equal opportunities.
METER Silesia offers special trainings and educational programmes for disadvantaged groups of people to
prevent their exclusion from the labour market and society and to atract and motivate them to learn.
Special methods have been developed and tailored to the educational needs of women, seniors and ethnic
minorities, 3 most important target groups.
METER Silesia won the award Quality Seal 2011 for the project EuBia (Grundtvig-partnership) from the
Czech NAEP aimed on senior and intergenerational education.
METER Silesia provides also train to trainers workshops and seminars.
In its second pillar METER Silesia is oriented to the sustainable development. It has got experts in technical
disciplines (energy management, risk analyses and emergency plans for enterprises, environmental
protection and consumer education).
Research in field of further education and pre-projects consultation for companies, institutions or persons
are parts of the third pillar other activities of METER Sleazy.
The involvement of METER Silesia may bring interesting and innovative good practice training methods not
only from own experience but also from experience of other local and European partners.
Networking with EU-partners is very desirable.
Our role in this project will be:
• to train teachers and students of the schools we collaborate with, and organize with them the research
activities in the schools
• to participate in the international meetings;
• to contribute to the achievement of all materials provided by the partnership
• to disseminate the project to as many as possible educational institutions in my country;
• to translate the material in our language;
• to promote the project to the educational and scientific authorities;
the project
The project "Lifelong learning for adults to become sustainable" was designed to meet the training needs of
adults/teachers from participating countries in education for proper long-term development starting from
identification of training needs in this area. In initial training in universities environmental problems and
sustainable development remains one poorly addressed, integrating environmental sustainability and care
for the welfare remains marginal in the university curricula, except for the few specialized courses.
Sustainable development should be seen as a new ethic training for educational staff, such as to ensure the
definition and understanding of this concept, action should be doubled to operationally theoretical content
and teaching effectiveness of teachers conducted by students in education for sustainable development.
Training needs assessment in education for long-term development was achieved by organizing meetings
with tstudents parents, teachers, local trainers in the field by consulting the schools’directors,NGOs active
in education, local public authorities, analysis of which showed a clear need to integrate the concept and
examples of good practice on sustainable development in teaching.This project is innovative in that it
involves basic education. Besides, within this partnership, we will focus on the analysis of the measures of
formal and non formal educational practices, on conventional and unconventional methods of teaching and
on good practices, as well as in innovative and creative methods carried out in the partners’countries.We
will integrate educational, cultural and many other activities and we will promote language learning, use of
ICT. To achieve these aim, we will add the experience, the knowledge and best practices of all partners.
The Objectives of the partnership:
1.To create a European network of training and adult education on sustainable development and
environmental protection, focusing on groups at risk of social exclusion
2.To facilitate the exchange of experience and best practices on sustainable development training
3.To acquire the new skills for trainers and trainees on environmental protection
4.To improve the knowledge about environmental protection of adults
5.To improve the quality of teachers’ training and assist schools to adopt effective learning environment
fulfilling the needs of modern society.
In order to achieve the proposed objectives we will use the following methodology: we will prepare in
English and translate in the partner’s languages a booklet which will include a short presentation of the E.U.
and the national legislation of the participating countries concerning the rules for the protection of the
environment; we will develop a practical guide that provides information and answers to the school
managers, teachers, adults, in practical problems, concrete, on environmental protection and sustainable
development, and in attracting new resources through direct involvement of the local community, this
objective can be achieved by participating at project meetings in the partner countries; we will develop a
web-site for the project; we will elaborate the book “Good practices”, which will include examples and
ideas about simple but scientifically correct research works on the environment; we will elaborate a course
training for adults in sustainable development and environmental protection starting from needs analysis
which we achieved by applying questionnaires for 100 adults, in each country; we will achieve the training
program for 50 adults from each partner selected on the basis of objective criteria. The Management team
which will implement the project consists of: The Project Manager PM (member of the leader, responsible
to ensure the progress according to the proposal), The Coordinators, one for each partner, will have the
responsibility to coordinate their supporting staff in order to accomplish their obligations, to communicate
with each other and with the project manager. The management will start from the beginning until the
expiry of the project, and any major change will be discussed during the meetings with all the partners.
The project is designed from the beginning as a project which could be implemented in every European
country. For the same reason the dissemination strategy has been designed in such a way as to reach all
the E.U countries. So the same or similar problems will be examined in different countries and the final
proposed solutions will be a combination of ideas not only from one but from multiple groups. Trainers
within partner institutions will be able to share their expertise in specific fields with trainers from other
participating countries through the mobilities thus broadening their horizon in a European Context.
The partner Institution will benefit from each other's experience, exchange knowledge and using these
valuable
partnerships will be able to convey to their staff and trainees to have access on the good training and
educational practices.
With this project, we expect a large cooperation and involvement of the educational communities in its
activities. This will
lead its participating members (teachers, trainers, students, etc.) to have a better knowledge of Europe and
European
culture. All participating organizations will maximize the European Added Value of this partnership by:
- Producing material (posters, leaflets, brochure, guide, newsletters, etc.) describing the partnership, the
aims of the project, activities, results and explaining the project. In each product it will appear the logo of
the European Community and the logo of the LLP program.
- Giving information for this European program using stands;
- Creating a multilingual WEB site and to give access to everyone in order to find out information about the
project;
- Incorporation of occasional information sessions for students, teachers, parents and local authorities,
emphasizing the
European nature of the project;
- Giving publicity of the project to the local communities thanks to European funding of it.
All the Partners will inform their National Education authorities about this Project and will propose a way of
how this could be integrated in the formal school curricula, keep them updated with the progress of the
Project with newsletters issued every six months and organize events to present the research of the
teachers and trainers to interested other educators (teachers, trainers, public servants in educational
authorities, etc.), adults in other fields. The newsletters will be distributed to as many public and private
schools and educational organizations as possible.
partnerships will be able to convey to their staff and trainees to have access on the good training and
educational practices.
With this project, we expect a large cooperation and involvement of the educational communities in its
activities. This will
lead its participating members (teachers, trainers, students, etc.) to have a better knowledge of Europe and
European
culture. All participating organizations will maximize the European Added Value of this partnership by:
- Producing material (posters, leaflets, brochure, guide, newsletters, etc.) describing the partnership, the
aims of the project, activities, results and explaining the project. In each product it will appear the logo of
the European Community and the logo of the LLP program.
- Giving information for this European program using stands;
- Creating a multilingual WEB site and to give access to everyone in order to find out information about the
project;
- Incorporation of occasional information sessions for students, teachers, parents and local authorities,
emphasizing the
European nature of the project;
- Giving publicity of the project to the local communities thanks to European funding of it.
All the Partners will inform their National Education authorities about this Project and will propose a way of
how this could be integrated in the formal school curricula, keep them updated with the progress of the
Project with newsletters issued every six months and organize events to present the research of the
teachers and trainers to interested other educators (teachers, trainers, public servants in educational
authorities, etc.), adults in other fields. The newsletters will be distributed to as many public and private
schools and educational organizations as possible.
The target groups in this project is:
1)Teachers and trainers involved in the educational process, and their students;
2) Parents of the students and other adults.
For the selection of the participating teachers, each partner will announce to their educational staff the
project and its aims and will invite teachers to fill the relevant application form and the questionnaire for
teachers (which will be prepared by P4). Among the applicants, each participating organization will select a
minimum of eight teachers to elaborate all the materials, procedures oand to develop the training program
with the adults. The above mentioned target groups will benefit directly and indirectly from the project.
Impacts on teachers:Teachers and trainers will acquire experience to develop and manage projects. Also,
they will participate in mobilities through this European projects and they will contact with teachers from
other countries and share good practice in SD;The teachers and through them the students will benefit
directly because they will receive innovative training on a very interesting subject and they will acquire
knowledge in the SD, which allow them to teach their students to approach the environmental issues from
a realistic, very interesting and useful way;They will upgrade their teaching abilities and will achieve a
scientific way of thinking;They will have opportunities to use foreign languages, get acquaintance with
other ways of life in partners' countries; They will have an effective use of ICT tools.
Impact on trainees: develop their communication abilities by using other culture’s languages; the activities
will increase their
abilities to make decisions, to solve problems, and to learn to introduce themselves; they will also get used
to teamwork;
with other cultures and to share things with them, and they will accomplish cooperative, creative and
participative work, the parents and other adults will participate actively in the measures for the protection
of their local environment.
they will use ICT tools that will help them to make the project. The project will help trainees to improve
their professional future.
Impact on Educational Institutions: The institutions will benefit from the gains that the participant trainees
and teachers will add in terms of greater motivation, better communication and success. Also, they will
benefit from the application of new methods strategies in the field of DD, and determine the development
of new European projects.
(GRU-OpObj-1)
This project is based on the materialization of experience and good practices exchanges, on cooperation
between institutions or organizations providing adult education and other partners (local authority) aiming
to identify the solutions to protect the environment and to ensure the sustainable development. Through
the large number of mobilities to be carried of each partner, will contribute to achieving this objective.
(GRU-OpObj-2)
This project is based on realizing exchanges of experience and good practices, on cooperation between
institutions and organizations of professional training and social partners, in order to identify the solutions
which should lead to a diminishing of the number of unemployed among young graduates from vocational
and technical education especially because the statistics show that in the majority of the participating
countries the rates of youth unemployment is rising.
(GRU-OpObj-4)
The purpose of this project is to elaborate a package of methodologies based on the experience and good
practices exchanges:
•the booklet with national legislation and the UE legislation;
•the practical guide that provides information and answers to the school managers, teachers, adults, in
practical problems from SD;
•the web-site for the project;
•the book “Good practices”, which will include examples and ideas about the environment protection;
•the course training for adults in sustainable development and environmental protection;
demonstrate that this project contributes to develop the innovative practices in adult education and
their transfer.
(GRU-OpObj-5)
In the elaboration of the materials specific to the activities of the project (booklet, newsletter, the project’s
site, training course, reflet) and in communication (mails, MSN, Yahoo groups), all the partners and other
social partners will use tools from I CT-based content.
In achieving the training course will take into account to the pedagogical needs of adult education teaching,
by providing examples of good practice, conducting experiments, etc.
In each partner institution, a core-group of staff and teachers, that will be responsible of the project and at
the beginning of it, will brainstorm about specific actions and they will plan the activities due to the scope
of the project. Staff will be involved in planning each visit schedule and objectives (working together with
the coordinator) and implementation of activities of the project.
Each staff member of the team will make arrangements regarding organization of the project meeting
(place for workshops, schedule for assistance and attendance of the training courses, accommodation,
cultural aspects) and, if it is the case, for internationals conferences (place, invited public, dissemination,
media contact)
Each partner will do specific tasks; some of these will be done in cooperation (f. e. providing electronic
information to those in charge with maintenance of the website or those with printing guide and
booklet).During the meetings the requirements of methodologies will be planned in details: through the
study, evaluation of need, share innovative and creative practices developed by the partners involved in
the project, looking for authors, and studies about sustainable development, to prepare the training
materials. The trainees who will be actively involved in the project will make proposals for the program.
They will work in teams, participate in planning the work, search for the elements, processes and create a
final product. Also, they will communicate with partners via Internet. Their works will be frequently
evaluated.
Teachers will get information about innovative practices of teaching in other partners institutions, not only
during meetings but with continuous video conferences via Internet, and by overspreading their experience
in all partners' countries.
The evaluation of every step of the project will be done at local level and within the partnership in each
partner institution by teachers and trainees in frequent meetings and by the use of questionnaires as well.
The exchange of information and of necessary feedback will be done through internet, e-mail and during
meetings.
The whole plan of the project is based on well-organized preparation and on actively participation of
teachers and trainees.
The results of the project will be evaluated at the end of the 1st year through intermediate evaluation and
by the final evaluation at the end of the project by the form of questionnaires from all participant members
(teachers/trainees).
ROMANIA-ASOCIATIA PENTRU DEZVOLTARE DURABILA IN EDUCATIE (ADDE), will request at the National
Council for Adult Vocational Training to accredit the training program for adults in environmental
protection and sustainable development achieved in partnership. On the other hand, ADDE will continue
the adults training program using training course developed under the project, with the adults interested in
this area of training;
ITALY-Fondazione Mentore, will organize training courses in subjects scale of the project, environmental
protection and sustainable development necessary for immigrant adults who are in large numbers in the
region of Rome. also will turn for recognition of the course by the legal authority of Italy;
SPAIN-Fundacion Ronse, will organize new adult training programs in environmental protection and
sustainable development, considering that in this area there is a large urban population with need of
education in this field;
GREECE-DIAN TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, with special expertise in adult training programs
in this area will continue to support the project partners to complete the training with new content, thus
ensuring the sustainability of the project;
SLOVAKIA-TRANSFER Slovensko, spol. s r.o., will expand its area of competence and expertise in adult
education training program, with this training programme, developed in the project, by getting its
accreditation;
CZECH REPUBLIC-METER Silesia, spol. s r.o., will continue the development of this training course and will
require the accreditation to the Czech legal forums.
Implementazione
The Coordinator of the Project will ensure that the dissemination strategy is developing as it is scheduled
and that each partner implements on time its own plan. he Key Partner for the dissemination strategy is P4DIAN from Greece. Each partner’s coordinator is responsible for the implementation, on time, the strategy
of dissemination, in his organization and in his country, using the following ways: promote the project
through partners’ websites; search for organizations for promotion through their websites; promotion
through local/regional and national MEDIA;promotion through social networks; media events, conferences,
seminars;
direct contacts with the local educational and public authorities; promotion through Newsletters to any
involved individual or organization.
Exploitation of results:
- each partner will inform the educational authorities about the project, how useful could be to include
research activities in the formal or informal school curricula and how to integrate the project in the formal
school curricula, in the training programme for adults;
-each partner will continue promoting the project through Partners’ websites;
-Keep the project’s website alive two years after its end and keep it active after that period through
sponsors;
-each partner will use of Partnership products: posters, leaflets, brochure, guide, newsletters, training
materials also after the end of the project,
- All the analysis and study made in this project about the sustainable development and the good-practices,
will be available free of charge to community’ members to be used by them,
- Administration of the partners will have a chance to find new ways for activities.
- The information will be visible on the internet site and in the information stand.
In the community:
- Information will be visible in media, on the internet, outdoor activities and seminars with professionals
from other
training institutions, especial edition; involvement of public authority.
Wider communities:
- Articles in professional magazines for adult education;
- Network interaction activities as a forum (blogs, groups, sites, etc.);
All the above actions could provide the partnership with the necessary support, which will create strong
impact beyond the core partners and their immediate organizations and will keep the project alive after its
end.