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The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have declared 2008 as the “European Year of Intercultural Dialogue”. In this framework cultural mediators play a key role in the social integration process of immigrants.

TIPS project has realized an innovative training course based on T-learning methodology and by merging TV-learning, E-learning and M-learning. The training course has been addressed to people who were interested in working in the exciting new field of cultural mediation by providing practical skills and theoretical knowledge.

Description

Many European countries are faced with high levels of unemployment among youngsters. Universities around the European Union have tried to bridge the gap between the knowledge they deliver and the demands of the labor market. In this perspective, they have tried to express their diplomas in terms of skills and competences. This is one of the key points of the recent reform LMD (Licence, Master, Doctorate) to propose a common framework to European universities to enhance transparency and mutual recognition of the diplomas and as a result the validation of their students’ skills and competences. The main reproach made to youngsters is to lack of a professional experience.

The VAB project aims at proposing a pedagogical tool together with an e-training to allow University teachers to take into account in the evaluation of their students any competences acquired via non-formal/formal learning outside university. The VAB project will enable teachers to value the personal, social and professional experience acquired by their students beyond the University in order to enhance their professional integration. The expected impact of the VAB project is a better preparation of teachers/trainers working at the University to answer the labor market’s needs.

Description

CompAAL is an EU funded project aiming to develop qualification profiles for jobs in Ambient-Assisted Living (AAL). AAL specialist skills are needed in many professions, in which job requirements have changed because of fast-evolving technologies. New skills profiles have to be set-up for professionals from various backgrounds, for example architects building AAL compatible homes, staff of ambulatory home care and, most of all, IT specialists in order to enable them design AAL systems and interfaces, to manage interoperability, as well as to create, manage and moderate social networks.

CompAAL will identify the main needs and requirements in jobs in the field of AAL in the participating countries and the knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes), which are insufficiently trained in the framework of related qualification programmes. For this purpose, each project partner will carry out desk and fiel research analysing all available studies and extracting the learning outcomes, i.e. knowledge, skills and competences needed for AAL related jobs.

CompAAL will have a long-term impact on vocational training institutions providing further education in the fields of AAL-related ICT applications and geriatric care in the sense that they will be able to improve their training offers based on the developed training guidelines. These adaptations will reduce the mismatch between trained competences and competences needed in the labour market and will also increase the comparability of qualifications in the field of AAL via reference to the various levels of EQF. Employers in AAL-related jobs will be able to recruit appropriate staff from all over Europe, as qualification profiles will increase transparency and comparability of all AAL qualifications.