CECOA

Aim

The general aim of the project is to achieve a pool of competence facilitators of workplace learning assisted and strengthened by a support system of resources and networks. Therefore the EUFACINET Project aims at building on the results of COMPSERV SME Project and other projects, to transfer and supplement the materials produced in COMPSERV SME to other national and setoral contexts.

The project aims at supporting the transfer of a new professional profile for facilitators of training addressing directly SMEs, by further developing and testing a package of methodology and instruments for facilitators of learning processes, more adequate to lifelong learning processes; at providing an electronic resource platform for European Facilitators of workplace learning within SMEs and at initiating a European Community of Practice of Facilitators.

Specific aims

To complement the state of the art represented by the results of the COMPSERV SME project with 2 new modules for facilitators: a module covering competence assessment and validation and another module covering evaluation of learning outcomes;
To expand the materials developed in COMPSERV SME by integrating relevant experiences and materials from other Leonardo da Vinci and Art.6 ESF projects;
To create a resource pool which will be the core of an electronic platform for facilitators comprising material, best practices and a pool of links to other relevant information;
To build up a Community of Practice of Facilitators in Europe with the users of the platform as the core group;
To expand the testing of the facilitation guidelines, as well as new material by a bigger set of facilitators to a work-learning in-company test;
To monitor and evaluate the activities of the project and to elaborate an evaluation report;
To promote the dissemination and valorisation of the project results in all countries involved in the partnership through tailor-made approaches especially towards the stakeholders, as well as towards other European end-users interested on the project.

Partnership

Promoter:
National Association of Small and Medium Business – NASMB (Bulgaria)
Website: http://www. nasmb-bg.org
Contact: Eleonora Negulova and Anna Lalkovska (nasmb.bg@gmail.com)

Partners:
Centro de Formação Profissional para o Comércio e Afins – Vocational Training Centre for the Trade (Portugal)
Website: http://www.cecoa.pt
Contact: Vanda Vieira (vanda.vieira @cecoa.pt)

Federation of Societies for Support of Knowledge (Bulgaria)
Website: http://www.fssk-bg.com
Contact: Yulia Pushkina (julypv@abv.bg)

AMU Nordjylland (Denmark)
Website: http://www.amunordjylland.dk
Contact: Helga Pinstrup (hp@amunordjylland.dk) and Cæsar Szwebs (cs@amunordjylland.dk)

City of Munich (Germany)
Website: http://www.muenchen.de
Contact: Anneliese Durst (anneliese.durst@muenchen.de)

GAB, Association for Research and Development in Vocational Training and Occupations –GAB Munich (Germany)
Website: http://www.gab-muenchen.de
Contact: Hans Bauer (hans.g.bauer@gab-muenchen.de)

ISOB GmbH (Germany)
Website: http://www.isob-regensburg.net
Contact: Gerhard Stark (stark@isob-regensburg.net) and Alexander Krauß (krauss@isob-regensburg.net)

Foundation Metal of Asturias (Spain)
Website: http://www.fundacionmetal.org
Contact: Marta Mendéz-Fuente (martamen@fundacionmetal.org)

Maltese Mentoring Society (Malta)
Website: http://www.maltesementoringsociety.com
Contact: Paul Dalli (pauldalli@euroweb.net.mt and info@maltesementoringsociety.com)

LEDA Partenariat Association (The Netherlands)
Website: http://www.leda-partenariat.org/home.aspx
Contact: Rosalba La Grotteria (rosalba.la.grotteria@codex.it)

Bratislava Self – Governing Region (Slovakia)
Website: http://www.bratislavskykraj.sk
Contact: Lucia Krncarova (lkrncarova@region-bsk.sk) and Zuzana Minarovicova(zminarovicova@region-bsk.sk)

Regional Development Agency Senec (Slovakia)
Website: http://www.bratislavskykraj.sk
Contact: Eva Lovasikova (elovasikova@region-bsk.sk)

Products/Results

Facilitation Guide with practical tools supporting the facilitation of learning in enterprises (2 new modules: “assessment and validation of competence” and “evaluation of learning outcomes”;

Electronic Resource Platform for Facilitators of LLL in Europe targeted to facilitators and all those who are interested in the project products and activities. All the materials produced will be available on the project web portal;
Database, which will include information on stakeholders and cooperating organizations;
European Community of Practice of LLL Facilitators - Interactive Online Community.

Duration
November 2007 – October 2009

Framework
Lifelong Learning Programme
Leonardo da Vinci Sub-Programme
Multilateral Projects - Transfer of Innovation

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication 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.

More Info
inova@cecoa.pt

EUFACINET - European Facilitators Network