OKI
The National Institute of Public Education, OKI (Budapest, Hungary)
Type:
The aim of research and development done by the National Institute of Public Education is to continuously renew Hungarian public education, assist its adaptation to current professional and social requirements, support the decision-making process in educational matters and finally to accumulate and spread knowledge concerning public education and its social environment. Our objectives further involve finding new solutions in actual pedagogy as well as educational policymaking, developing and distributing modern programmes that may result in an increased efficiency of education and contribute to the improving quality of education. OKI is also expected to explore social expectations concerning the content of public education, develop content requirements, analyse their fulfilment and carry on research thereof, as well as promote international contacts of Hungarian public education. The Institute is engaged in research and development activities in public education and in related areas and its activities include pre-school, primary and secondary education as well as lifelong learning. The Institute’s responsibilities further involve the education of students with special needs, the education of the Roma minority, developing programmes providing equal chances and doing research and development that aim to modernise the content and methods of school education and adult education.
Size:
100 fte
Expertise:The Centre of School-improvement and Integration and is responsible for developing programmes that aid the content development of public education and is involved in developing means and methods necessary for their implementation, as well as supporting innovation on the school level. We document adult education, develop the relevant curricula and evaluation criteria, and draw the conclusions. The Centre is also involved in developing programmes that provide efficient education for disadvantage youth, creating educational models and efficient teaching programmes for Roma youth (including the necessary research). Researchers of the Centre are engaged in dialogues and cooperate with other organisations dealing with adult education and the education of socially excluded and Roma students. It has an important role in operating the Adult Education Academy, an organisation responsible for the accredited in-service training for teachers involved in adult education, and the education of socially excluded students and Roma students.
Specific tasks:Contribute to database of best practiceOrganise a transnational meeting
Personnel:
1,5 fte
ITD
Innovacion, Transferencia y Desarrolo S.L. (Limited society)
Type: ITD is a “Societat Limitada” or limited society.The ITD mission is to transfer and to develop new models and projects of social, cultural, educational and economic development.
Size: Permanent staff: 4 people. ITD is member of TRANSIT GRUP (www.transit.es), where there are approximately 200 employees.
Expertise: ITD has participated in a number of projects in the above mentioned fields being not only partner but giving support to TRANSIT GROUP in their responsibilities as a leader of the project as it is the case of FACE VALUE project (www.facevalue.ws), E-LEARNING FOR E-INCLUSION (www.el4ei.net) or DAPHNE MEINA (www.asceps.org/meina)
Specific tasks: Contribute to database of best practice.Organise a transnational meeting
Personnel: 1 Director, 1 Technical expert, 1 Administrative, about 1,5 fte
CKU
Centrum of Continuing Education (SOPOT, Poland)
Type:
Jednostka budzetowa (Budgetary Unit) – part of an adult education and vocational training institute; The Centre educates and trains 17+; kind of second chance, post-secondary school for the re-qualifications and updating qualifications. Within Centre: practice firm CKU Modex Ltd (simulation).
Size:
Staff: 115; 92 full-time equivalent, 1506 learners.
Expertise:
In 2002 the project on Second Chance School passed the selection in the local Town Hall and disadvantaged youths, drop outs from all schools, drug and alcohol abusers. Started ICT sessions and sports, which some of them led to joining the mainstream education. Our SCS has become very popular and more disadvantaged youths are attracted. To enrich and support work with disadvantaged youth we co-operate with local NGOs, local government and local welfare services. Internationally apart from Socrates we co-operate with municipality of Copenhagen.
Specific tasks in SOCCER:
Contribute to database of best practice + organising a transnational meeting
Personnel:
Involved: 2 people, 1,5 full time equivalent
BBJ -Italy
BBJ – Consult AG – Italian branch
Type:
Legal status: Società per azioni (Inc.)BBJ Consult Italia SpA has been working in Italy for over a decade as a consulting firm for social management, youth-related projects, vocational training and employment, equal opportunities, environmental protection and sustained development. Part of an extensive active network of national and European partners, the company works for public and private entities as well as education centres, universities, consulting organisations, co-operatives and non-profit associations, within the framework of EU project proposal development, project management, research and documentation.
Size:5 full time employees; 10 collaborators; 2 apprenticeship
Expertise:
· Action 2 PIC EQUAL Axe 1- Employability, Measure 1: Create the conditions for labour insertion of weaker subjects on the market. The project is named “PASSO: Partnership Settoriale per le Scuole della Seconda Opportunità” and concerns the insertion in the labour market of young people and adults that are disadvantaged due to lack of adequate qualifications. IT-S-MDL-239 European Commission - Employment and Social Affairs DG and Ministry of Labour and Social Policies· Technical Assistance to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department of Social Affairs: Evaluation and monitoring of activities carried out by volunteers within the Programme European Voluntary Service for Youth.· Technical assistance, evaluation and monitoring of the pilot project “Scuole Della Seconda Opportunità”, Catania.· IPAS (International Partnership Strategies) –training of 15 graduated people who should become “experts in EU project design and management”. European Social Fund / Objective 3. (2004)· MAPPAMONDO – training of 15 graduated people who should become “experts in EU project design and management as “International co-operation planners”. European Social Fund / Objective 3. (2004)· (2002-2004) Reform of Battambang Province Administration - The overall objective is to contribute to the socio-economic development of Cambodia through the design and implementation of a development-oriented provincial administration with democratic participation of the people; European Commission- External Relations DG - Asia Urbs Office 2002-2004· OASIS – Gender Mainstreaming/Open Activities network Strategies and Integrated Systems – 101386-CP-1-2002-1-IT-GRUNDTVIG-G4PP - This project concerns the setting up of a European network for Life Long Learning (also through E-learning). In particular, the project tackles the problem of gender mainstreaming and facilitating easy to training resources for women. European Commission - Socrates Programme Grundtvig 4 (2002-2004)· EDYCATE Empowering Disadvantaged Young adults for traditional Craft Activities and farm holidays through work-based E-learning – Strengthen disadvantaged young adults in traditional handicrafts and farm holidays-tourism through e-learning. European Commission - Education and Culture DG- Leonardo Programme· (2002 – 2004 - MODEL FOR AN INTEGRATED PROGRAME FOR SOCIAL AND WORKING INCLUSION OF YOUNG SCHOOL LEAVERS –the purpose of this project is to reduce the level of scholastic dispersion, developing integrated programs where missing, through the analysis of the dispersion in the urban zones and the analysis of existing programmes of the European Commission - Education and Culture DG - Leonardo Programme (2002-2005)
Specific tasks:
Contribute to database of best practice.
Personnel:
pedagogical staff: 1.5 fte
Meeting Alden Biesen
An old casstle, in a beautifull surrounding and with a clear European vision.
The final meeting and presentation: it was hectic, inspiring, stimulating and critical.
Meeting Marseille
In Marseille we were guests in the Second chance school (E2C). The atmosphere stimulated the worksgroups: things became much more clear.
Evidencing, measuring and recognising social and citizenship competence … it all looked so obvious in this place, while meeting trainers and trainees.
Meeting Sopot
Getting to know Sopot and Gdansk.
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Getting to know eachother even better.
More clusterwork and good practices.
Meeting Budapest
Getting to know Budapest
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Getting to know eachother better.
Learning by doing: active citizenship or just a game to start with ?
During the meetings we tried some of the good practices. Never say just balloon to a balloon …
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From now on, we also worked in small clustergroups: easy to prepare specific items.
Creative group
MeasuringTools group
E-portfolio group
Democracy in institutions group
Different groups, different homeworks, special skypemeetings … higher involvement for all!
Meeting Barcelona
Getting to know Barcelona.
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Getting to know eachother better: learning by doing.
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Towards an operational definition of citizenship, by experimenting good practices.
Art 27 vzw
Type:
Art 27 vzw is inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 27th article tells us that: “Everyone has the right to participate freely in the cultural life of a community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”
Art 27 vzw is specialised in “edutainment” as a method to learn for life. We create an atmosphere with a kind of ‘soul’, where everybody (different social groups) can feel at home at the same time. The most important activity of Art 27 vzw, is to set up “Work in progress exhibitions” in different places, in co-operation with different partners. The exhibition is a kind of an alibi to attract people. Therefore, it is important that we make a “good location-choice”; that’s the most important instrument in our edutainment-approach. Art 27 vzw works with the people in their own (or chosen) environment. It doesn’t matter what the exact content is (solidarity, community life, integration, democracy, politics, welfare, peace). We have a variability of methods to catch the attention of people, to make them curious and to get them ready for more. But that is an active step they have to take, if they are really interested. Then we set up a longer-term project with the people.
Art 27 vzw uses cultural work and art as an eye opener on the global world.
Art 27 vzw works with people in their own social environment with an individual approach on the route to a responsible attitude of the individual.
Size:
Art 27 engages educational workers and a pool of three specialists on edutainment and informal learning.Art 27 is an association in full development: will continue to work with freelancers (the pool) for specialised tasks. On the edutainment-level, Art 27 reaches approximately 500 interested people / year.On the informal education –level, Art 27 reaches 200 “learners” / year, also in ‘formal’ schools or institutions.
Expertise:
Art 27 is specialised in “edutainment” as a method to learn for life. We create an atmosphere with a kind of ‘soul’, where everybody (different social groups) can feel at home at the same time.Art 27 developed an expertise in: working with the third generation young Turkish (in a former coal mine area)as participating visitorsworking with the first generation Italian migrants (especially women) (in a former coal mine area) as participating visitorsworking with young artists, who need a second chance to show their potencyworking with (political, cultural, economical and war) refugees, especially artists, to give them a chance to participate in the society and rebuilt their self-reliance with their own skills and talentsArt 27 started as a local initiative in 2001. In the meantime it became a regional attraction pole. There are plans to form a strong co-operation with some other associations, so Art 27 can grow horizontal and vertical at the same time.
Specific tasks:
Contribute to database of best practice, support organising a transnational meeting.
Personnel:
There will be one educational worker involved directly: participating in the project. He will inform the others and discuss the issues of the project. Indirectly, there will be three persons involved. In the later state, we hope to use the insights of the project, so our “clients” will also benefit the outcomes of the greater project. – 1,5 fte
