"TALKING project originates from the intent to respond to the theme dealt with by the EPALE National Seminar ""Migrants: new educational needs of trainers"" (Catania 2015), namely the need for professional updating for those working in the training centres for immigrant adults and requiring communicative and relational competences and skills to deal effectively the difficulties arising from interaction with groups with relevant cultural and personal differences.The overall aim of the project is to produce an impact on adult education system by improving the quality of Teaching/Learning processes for training courses for immigrants through keeling over the transcultural gaps and relational difficulties and its specific objective is to update the skills of teachers and trainers engaged in training with immigrants.Seven are the partner organizations/institutions of the project:- IFREP 93 (Institute for Training and Research for Educators and Psychotherapists 1993), training and research in health field- Italy- CPIA 3 Roma (Adult Education Provincial Centre 3 Roma)-Italy- CONSORZIO RO. MA., vocational training-Italy- EELI (European education and Learning Institute), adult education-Greece- MBM TDC (Training and Development Center), Career Development center-the UK- IMPEFE (Municipal Institute for Economic, Formative and occupational promotion), local government-Spain- RIC NM (Centre for Educational Development Novo Mesto), adult education-SloveniaThe main activities undertaken in the project are:O1-Construction of the TRAINING PATH for teachers/trainers of education centres for adult migrants in key AT, as good practice in the field of education, through the following activities:. TA methodology sharing;. systematisation of existing good practice in the field of education of immigrant adults;. local comparison with stakeholders through focus groups. Implementation of training content;. alignment of good practices with TA methodology. systematization of the TRAINING PATH contentC1 - a seven days Joint staff training event for tachers / trainers at Rethymno (Greece) . Pilots of training applied in adult education centres. definition of guidelines on teaching/learning processes for trainers. analysis and reporting of case studies. direct consultation among partners in 5 transnational meetings and 5 online meetings. . wide dissemination activities of the project results through leaflets, brochures, articles, presentations, newsletters and 5 multiplier events, at the end of the project, in the partner countries for the dissemination of the project results among the stakeholders. O2-Realization and implementation of the web TALKING COMMUNITY PLATFORM for the dissemination of methodology, project results (O1 Path) and educational resources (OER) supported by the analysis of the teachers/trainers needs, design, implementation and testing of the platform and at last dissemination of the Talking Website and Platform.The main results obtained through the TALKING Project are the updating of the competences of teachers/trainers, an innovative methodology for the management of the educational relationship with immigrant adults and improvement of the quality of teaching/learning processes. The impact achieved through the project is that the teachers/trainers involved in the project have implemented effective educational interventions within the educational relationship with the migrant, the immigrants involved in the project benefited from educational pathways built on their expressed needs, the adult education institutions involved were able to incorporate the methodology implemented by the project into their teachers/trainers' refresher programmes and the training institutes involved have improved the quality and the supply of the training courses provided.The long-term benefits expected from the project are: - adoption of the new methodology by professionals working in favor of immigrants, teachers, NGOs, public bodies involved in the project - use of the ""Training Path for Teachers"" by the Cpias for the updating of the teachers/trainers - inclusion of the project results in the training offer of the professional centres - inclusion of the Training Path modules in training programmes for IFREP 93 educators- availability and use of the project products through free access to the web training resources of the web Talking Community platform Talking partnership has undertaken to maintain the online platform fully operational for 5 years after the completion of the project, thus posing the basis for a possible follow - up project."

Globalization and mobility, economic diversity and the emergence of vulnerable social groups, migrants, asylum seekers and the Roma, require effective responses to many challenges.High unemployment rates, social exclusion, religious and national inequalities and differences, further marginalization of particular social strata remain major social and economic problems in almost all countries irrespective of their current development and status.The main objective of the Project was to contribute to the enhancing of synergies between education and the labour market by designing innovativeprogrammes in the field of adult education with the aim of strengthening partner organizations. The objective has been achieved through the development of an innovative curriculum for the new occupation,accompanying pedagogical materials and training of 2 persons in each partner organization (except Osijek).The objective was also achieved by research and analysis as the third intellectual outcome, the purpose of which was to obtain relevant data on the position of the secondary target group in the eyes of employers in partner countries and on issues underlying their employment.The Project involved 6 partner organizations and the Open University Koprivnica as the coordinator.INFOR ELEA, Italy, a consortium of 250 legal entities engaged in the development and acquisition of entrepreneurial skills for employers, the unemployed and employees. Slovo 21, the Czech Republic, a non-profit and non-governmental organization with a wealth of experience in implementing education and cultural programmes for migrants and the Roma. The Vilnius Židinio Gymnasium for adults, Lithuania, has extensive experience in adult education and in applying new technologies in education. Spoleczna akademia Nauk, Poland, a private university with valuable experience in creating programmes for disadvantaged adults (migrants). MBM Training and Development Center, UK, an international non-profit organization that provides educational programmes for individual jobs and develops innovative UK programmes that affect community development. The Faculty of Educational Sciences from Osijek is engaged in the development of lifelong learning programmes and in encouraging the mobility of teaching staff.The main activities were related to 3 intellectual outcomes:1.Designing a curriculum for the profession: Expert for the coordination of education and employment - each of the partners has been the carrier of a specific module according to their profile of activities, while other partners have been actively involved in providing constructive advice and supplementing the subject matter, accordingly.2.Designing pedagogical materials that accompany each curriculum module. Each partner who worked on the module was responsible for the accompanying pedagogical materials, and all other partners actively participated in providing suggestions and supplementing the subject matter. At the same time, each partner contributed with extensive scientific and professional literature for supporting the contents of each module.3.Designing the third intellectual outcome-research and analysis. The main purpose of the research was to obtain data from surveyed legal entities and respondents on employment issues of target group members in general and in surveyed legal entities in partner countries. The analysis of the results showed, according to the specificities of partner countries, a relatively wide range of data that allows further use. The results from 287 completed questionnaires provide valuable data that can have impact on policies, as well as strategic and action planning in the field of education and labour market issues in the widest sense.Within the framework of educational activities, a presentation of each module was held for 2 persons from each partner organization who passed an online knowledge exam and received the certificate “Short term expert for the coordination of education and employment”.The Project's long-term benefit is in the strengthened staffing capacity of partner organizations through their education and taking exams based on the programme in order to be able to continue to work easier and access a secondary target group for the purpose of linking it to business entities in the capacity of employer. They will be able to detect the needs of the labour market more easily and in cooperation with the secondary target group and employer find a solution through the development of new curricula tailored to the specific needs of the employer.The Project's impact is visible in new contacts at local, regional, national and international level. Brochures were published O1, O2, O3 in all the languages of partner countries and the intellectual outcomes were uploaded on the Project's website and on the dissemination platform. The outcomes are the basis for further expansion of the consortium with the aim of upgrading the existing outcomes and creating new projects.

In 2014, a new law on the provision of childcare services in the so called children's group came into effect in the Czech Republic which enabled to run facilities providing childcare services for children in the age from 1 year. A preschool for children so small (also nursery school, pre-primary school) used to be a popular concept in the Czech Republic before the Velvet Revolution. The nurseries used to be run as healthcare facilities and children were taken care of by healthcare personnel – nurses.Currently, the so called children’s groups are designated for children from the age of 1 and are complementary to kindergartens which accept children from the age of 3. There is demand for the services of children’s groups from parents who are willing to return to the labour market soon after the child's birth. The demand has also risen after the new law on state social support came into effect, which enables parents to get the parental benefits in shorter time as it is standard in more developed EU states (Nordic countries, Germany, Austria etc.). The problem we are facing now is that there is lack of qualified nurses who have competencies and experience needed for taking care of children so young. In the ProChil project we have formed a partnership with partners who already have experience in this field, and we exchanged know-how in the area of ECEC professional education and we created a new set of materials for an educational programme for nurses-to-be. The project involved 7 partners from 6 countries - preschool facilities, NGOs, entreprises and a university. Each of the partners brought special expertise to the project and together they created the following ouptuts: 1) comparative study of early child education and care in the partner countries 2) curriculum of a course for future nurses 3) worksheets for the course for future nurses based on the Montessori approach 4) one pilot module for web based learning The educational programme we created during the project contains the following 6 chapters chosen carefully by the partners: 1)The Pedagogical Work of an ECEC professional (by MBM Training and Development Centre, UK)2)The Developmental Stages of a Child and its Socialization (by Paizontas/Playing, GR)3)Pedagogical Approaches based on Montessori System of Education (by Montessori mateřská škola a klub Kladno, CZ)4)Specific Educational Situations and Approach to Children with Special Needs (by Brudhammar Forskola, S)5)Guiding Children towards Hygiene Habits (by Montessori mateřská škola a klub Kladno, CZ)6)Application of the Healthy Lifestyle Principles according to the Age of the Child (by Asisttel, ES)Apart from these six chapters the curriculum is completed by 3 annexes:Annex 1: Born to socialize methodology (by Karel de Grote University College, Belgium)Annex 2: Worksheets for testing the acquired knowledgeAnnex 3: Learning Activities for face to face learningThe outputs were disseminated towards ECEC professionals, future ECEC professionals and also towards policy makers in the partner countries in order to improve the child care systems with regards to best practices in the other European countries. The educational programme was pilot tested during the project and in the Czech Republic the programme will be prepared for accreditation by the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2020.The pilot module is a base for future reference and for future development of web-based educational programmes for nurses.

ContextThe last decade, two unexpected things happened in Europe: a financial crisis and a significant rising of unemployment (especially in youth). In this context social entrepreneurship was risen as a sustainable solution for economy and an answer to the new needs that widely appeared. The SE+ED project, on one hand, draws on the social entrepreneurship tradition and at the same time offers a new perspective bringing together five different countries (Austria, Portugal, Poland, UK, Greece) with different cultures, needs and experiences of economic recession. On the other hand, fosters the exchange of educational practices, sharing ideas and know-how, active involvement of youth and raise awareness about social entrepreneurship.ObjectivesThe main objective is to promote entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young people focusing in innovation, creativity, active citizenship and use of digital media.More specific:- reinforcing cooperation of different institutes (Universitites, NGOs, SMEs)- training young people in application of innovative methodological tools of digital entrepreneurship - creating and applying original ideas by young participants in local social enterpises- disseminating the project’s results in an international conference with wide participation of young people and social enterprises across Europe- empowering the sense of community and sharing among European citizensPartnersFive partners from five different countries are participating in SE+ED project.1. Univeristy of Macedonia (Greece): a public higher education institution (tertiary level) located in Thessaloniki. UoM is focusing in lifelong learning and responsible entrepreneurship and empowering youth in entrepreneurship and innovation as well as support counseling schemes.2. MBM Training and Development Centre (UK): an international agent working on lifelong learning. The MBM TD Centre for Social Entrepreneurship acts as a network hub and fosters innovative social transformation through education, research, and collaboration.3. Gain & sustain: europe (Austria): a youth organisation that aims to support social, economic and ecological sustainability in Europe and developing countries worldwide.4. ECOS – Cooperativa de Educação Cooperação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) is promoting non-formal education with expertise on participatory-based project development involving young people and decision makers on local or regional level.5. University of Rzeszów (Poland): a public higher education institution (tertiary level) that develops research projects and participates in various educational programmes important for South-Eastern Poland development.Main activities- Transnational Meeting: held in Klagenfurt, Austria (28/01/17), hosted by gain & sustain, 11 representatives participated. Main aims: discussion and clarification of the research project, planning the training and the conference.- Learning Activity: a 5 day Training Course held in Thessaloniki, Greece (20-24/03/17), hosted by University of Macedonia. 25 young participants, 5 partner countries. Lectures, workshops, methodological applications on Social Entrepreneurship, digital tools, research tools.- Multiplier Event: an International Conference held in Portimão, Portugal (11/09/17), hosted by ECOS in cooperation with DYPALL Network. Main aim: the Intellectual Outputs presentation and the final evaluation.Results- Web-Portal/Forum: website for documenting SE+ED activities, uploading educational and informative material, promoting interaction among all stakeholders. Keeping the material up-to-date is a long-term goal.- Webinars on Social Entrepreneurship: a series of online courses (educational videos) on SE. The content is based on the lectures and workshops of the training course. The supplementary material (EU documents, presentations or references) that accompanies the educational videos aims to help the young social entrepreneurs around Europe to benefit from the webinars even more.- e-Book: a digital book in two parts. The first part is based on the preliminary research of young participants in each partner-country about the SE context and legislation, practices of non-formal and formal education, resources and tools to support SE. The second part consists of various case studies conducted by the young participants at local social enterprises and showcases the young participants’ innovative action-plans implemented to improve the business model of the studied enterprise. The e-Book will be used as teaching material in academic modules by the participating Universities.

Necessity to understand languages and culture has risen in accordance with possibility to change work place and to move from country to country. The political situation in the world has become more unstable and therefore amount of people arriving to EU countries has risen dramatically. To improve the person's development and employability in the labour market and integrate in the society, it is necessary for applicants for job and asylum to understand culture of the target country. Without knowing a language and interaction with local people it is impossible.To assure opportunities for those people our objectives in this project were to create a new student book with less l grammar structures, with vocabulary tailored to their needs but in the same time it should be a high quality. The material is with more visuals and symbols, similar in Estonian, Finnish, German Latvian and Spanish languages and with a mix of methods for teachers.All the material can be found on the project webpage www.mafle.eu. It can be uploaded and printed for teachers and students use.Meanwhile we have reached other goals of this project: increased qualification of managing and teaching staff, cultural experience and exchange, research about applicants for job and asylum in participating countries, improved IT skills for teachers.We are proud that by September this year, all partner organisations can offer their students new language learning materials the staff with improved qualification. We hope that results of our project will help make language learning for adult people coming from different cultural and social backgrounds more attractive and easier to understand and it allows to continue the project with adding other EU languages to the created matrix and create additional online exercises for already existing units.PROJECT PARTNERSLATVIJA - VALODU MAPE SIASIA VALODU MAPE is a language school with 15 years experience in language teaching for youth and adults including unemployed people, migrants and foreigners who have business in Latvia.ESTONIA- Pärnumaa Vocational Education CentrePärnumaa Vocational Education Centre School provides professional competence, knowledge and skills on the basis of a basic and on the basis of a secondary school education.CROATIA– Dante The Adult Education Institution Dante offers a variety of regional and international adult education workshops, courses, and programmes for foreign language learning, teacher training, transferable skills training, entrepreneurship and management training, as well as language and vocational courses for migrants.SPAIN - CENTRO SUPERIOR HOSTELERIA MEDITARRANEOEThe main activities undertaken in the centre are training and acquisition of skilled students in cooking matters. The centre offers a wide range of educational programs concerning intermediate and higher vocational training in gastronomy such as catering and pastry,FINLAND- LEARNING FOR INTEGRATION RYThe mission of Learning for Integration ry is to promote the learning of languages and cultural sensitivity of migrant, immigrant and refugee children and youth in Finland and other Nordic countries in order to facilitate their integration into the new culture and the development of a multicultural society. In addition, its purpose is to support Swedish learning in Finland.AUSTRIA – Institut für Interdisziplinäre BildungThe IIB, Institute for interdisciplinary education, sees itself as a pool of ideas and concept developers in education and training, in order to increase opportunities in the education and labour market.PROJECT ACCTIVITIES13.02.2018. - the first transnational project meeting in Riga, Latvia.23. - 25.07.2018. - teacher training in Rijeka, Croatia.25. - 27.10.2018. - teacher training in Linz, Austria.16. - 17.04.2019. - second transnational project meeting in Valencia, Spain.28.08.2019. - third transnational project meeting in Valmiera, Latvia.29.08.2019. - Multiplier Event in Valmiera, Latvia01.04.2018-30.09.2019 - Work on intelectual ouput/learning materials