Meeting in Athens – CONVET project

Meeting in Athens – CONVET project

The third transnational project meeting took place in Athens, Greece, on the 16th and 17th of April 2015. The meeting started with a presentation of the new company in the partnership, TTC which replaced Oake. After a formal presentation, the partners moved to discussion outcomes of Workpackage 3. There were some doubts regarding the level of extraction in relation to the learning outcomes, especially in the second level of qualifications. SeaTeach was called via Skype (they were unable to attend) and the discussion continued.

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Distribution of income among women entrepreneurs

Distribution of income among women entrepreneurs

During a survey, which was designed to provide a deeper analysis of issues addressed by the BADGE project (Business Advice and Guidance training for women Entrepreneurs. Project funded by the European Commission, as a part of Leonardo da Vinci – Transfer of Innovation programme), 150 respondents were asked about their income. The group included both women entrepreneurs (53 respondents) and women who do not plan starting their business (91 respondents). The average income of the women who do not plan becoming entrepreneurs was more than 2600zł lower than the average income of women entrepreneurs (Table 1).

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ECVET workshop in Warsaw

ECVET workshop in Warsaw

ecvet logoOn Monday the 13.4.2015 a workshop was held in Warsaw focusing on the use of ECVET in Life Long Learning. It was organized by the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (Polish National Agency) and ECVET experts. Presented topics included ECVET in Life Long Learning and the pros and cons of the EPALE platform.

The representative of CWEP had the opportunity to actively participate in this meeting. Possibly the most important were practical activities during which the workshop participants were divided into four groups. The participants were then given a task to develop standard learning outcomes in a variety of industries, including gastronomy, technical works and tourism.

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ET-NEETS project – in social media

ET-NEETS project – in social media

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As part of our outreach to people, groups and organisations ET-NEETS is very active on social media covering and discussing interesting; articles, topics and themes related to EU NEETs, and our Project progress. Themes such as “Non-Formal Learning: a solution?” , “Youth Guarantee Explained” and “NEET’s vs Youth Unemployment-Know the difference”, have all been covered along with many more.

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Unemployment in our region

Unemployment in our region

Unemployment in our region

According to latest official data unemployment rate In our region decreased on 3%. In the end of march current year 155 340 persons was registered in labor offices. In February number of registered was higher on 4966 persons.

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The number registered job offers increased as well. In march there was 6955 free workplaces.

For comparison in February number of job offers was only 5237.

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3rd issue of BADGE project newsletter

3rd issue of BADGE project newsletter

Together with Danmar Computers we present the third Polish issue of a newsletter for project BADGE – Business Advice and Guidance training for women Entrepreneurs. Inside you’ll find a preview of the second pilot Diversity in Business workshops, a teaser of the LMS platform – the main outcome of the project and an excerpt from a study of the usability of income among women entrepreneurs compared to women who are not and not planning to become one.

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If you’re looking for further information about the project contact us using badge-project.eu website and visit our pages on Facebook and Twitter

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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TAP – Newsleter #2

TAP – Newsleter #2

We present the second issue of the newsletter prepared within the TAP – Together Against Poverty project. In this issue you can find information about initial summarizing of research results in Poland, Estonia, Italy, Romania and The Netherlands.

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ET-NEETS: What’s going on in Lewisham Young Mayor Team?

ET-NEETS: What’s going on in Lewisham Young Mayor Team?

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Lewisham team began working with organizations and individuals in the UK, sending them information about the ET-NEETS project and initiating discussions on the theme of the project and the benefits it can bring. Most of our contacts are with organisations who work with young people in the field of democracy, supporting young people in decision making processes in different ways. As part of this work the issue of employment and access to opportunities is something that the young people talk about so many have projects around employability.

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CONVET E-tools –  First look

CONVET E-tools – First look

Convet E-tools is collection of tools and materials for pioneers. It was created to make process of finding key partner for companies easier and more organized.

Tool is divided into three ready to use parts:
1. Support for pioneers – includes:
a) Stakeholders Database – contains list of added organizations.
b) Pioneer Action Plan – independent tool which helps user to organize his actions regarding to all of stakeholders.
c) Activity reports – is strictly connected to Stakeholders Database tool. Activity report can be added only if at least one of stakeholder is added.
d) Reports – This section is summary of all inserted stakeholders and their activity reports.
2. VET Exchange – Vet Exchange tool is providing system of communication between all registered users. It’s working on standard internet forum rules.
3. ECVET Materials – ECVET Materials is nothing else like a e-book which contains ECVET Learning Materials.

 

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To see more details go to: http://con-vet.eu/

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2015 is a key year for the eradication of poverty

In February 2015, the European Commission has expressed itself on the actions that need to be taken in order to eradicate poverty in the world.

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“The year 2015 will be crucial for the international community. The eradication of poverty and the world introduction to the path of sustainable development is our main challenges. The realization of these objectives is also in our own interest. The EU will continue to cooperate constructively with its partners in the upcoming negotiations and is ready to fully live up to its role in the implementation of this agenda. “

Source:http://eurofundsnews.eu/polityka/rok-2015-ma-byc-kluczowy-w-celu-eliminacji-ubostwa-na-swiecie/

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