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The construction industry has one of the largest impacts on sustainability: environmentally, socially and economically. Across Europe, there is a relative reluctance to implement innovative practices in the construction industry that are in tune with the principles of sustainability. Although many construction professionals are aware of the technical issues of sustainability they are unaware of t ...
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Sensory impaired (vision or hearing impaired) and mild cognitive impaired people (Aspergers and autistic spectrum, head injuries, etc) often face considerable problems in accessing suitable educational and vocational opportunities. As a result, talking tactile technology (T3) was developed to help such people access the visual and diagrammatic elements commonly used in "many walks of life". T3 h ...
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The project addresses the special needs of teachers, trainers, lecturers and other staffworking in education. Especially for this group of professionals, it is extremely importantto have access to LLL, to learn to teach and to keep themselves up to date with modernlearning methods.The aim of the project is to design and offer to the target group a product – an onlinecourse on EU topics which is ea ...
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Two experiences conducted in the Municipality of Milan are at the base of the project:“Laboratorio Interculturale” and “Apriti Sesamo”, both aiming at the valorisation oflanguage and culture of origin and involving about 500 Arab-speaking children and 100parents. During the monitoring of these projects, it appeared necessary to go deeper,through a research action, into issues concerning the relati ...
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The project intends to cope with the adult distance learning lacks of anonline assistance/teaching, of a mechanism able to maintain learners’motivation, training practical usefulness and attractiveness by designing anew e-learning methodology for professionals of home care healthservices. This training model represents the main project result and itincludes an e-learning system able to interface i ...
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The project E-learning for All – F@DO’s Methodology objectives are:• To transfer and adapt an innovative elearning methodology for disadvantage people, based on local partnerships and on more attractive and useful empowering learning process to groups in risk helping in the equal access to qualifications and soft skills for employment.• To create a common guideline for further applications in eac ...
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According to the 4th Report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) in 2007, as compiled by 600 climatologists drawnfrom 40 countries around the world, using 14 super computer modelsover a 3 years period, there is greater certainty than ever, that the currentglobal warming is not a natural phenomenon. The report stated that thereis a 90% chance that global warming is caused by hu ...
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Studying the Grundtvig Compendium for 2006-2007, we have discovered there are fewprojects addressing the problem of family learning. What we propose is the creation ofcertain educational models of parental non-competence in ICT compared to youngperson’s competence, created and implemented with the help of the target group.These models will be developed following the study of good practices existin ...
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The project deals with the traumatic effects of sight loss. It aims at providing guidance,advice and training for parents, partners and relatives to enable them to support theperson who has experienced this feared and life changing impairment.The materials will cover both practical and psychological issues.
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In the complex contemporary European society, social cohesion needs to be built considering a new integrated and complex dimension of social tissue, where diversity (among cultures, age, gender) is considered an opportunity. Intergenerational learning (IL) brings to the fore the question of “differences” that enrich: in fact, IL can be a twofold purpose process, that improves dialogue among genera ...
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The furniture industry is one of the largest manufacturing industries of Europe. The sector needs to have an innovative point in design approach to compete with continuously growing Asian market. The VET programmes have to be improved in parallel with the sector. Currently, VET providers have education programs which are absolutely not covering the sectorial innovation needs and focus on technica ...
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Context: Young people at risk with deficits in school and/or social problems as well as young migrants need targeted support for a successful start into their working life. In order to make Europe ready for facing the challenges, it needs a skilled and mobile European labour force, working in a Europe where mobility barriers have been broken down. As regards youth at risk, these barriers lie parti ...
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DEVOTED wants to foster, improve, deepen and broaden the competencies (knowledge, attitudes, skills) of professionals involved in teaching, training and guidance of disadvantaged target groups by collecting, selecting, standardizing, finalizing, disseminating and exploiting pedagogical and didactic good practices to keep the educational system as attractive as possible and prevent students from dr ...
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The project aims to develop new tools for detecting and meeting the needs of adults and young adults with dyslexia whose symptoms frequently go undetected. This goal will be achieved by developing a new screening instrument to identify adult dyslexics and by developing a motivational interview to counsel and advise identified adult dyslexics with regard to their VET opportunities. The project will ...
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The WOMBACK project addresses the issue of vocational training for women that having partially or totally left the labour market, normally for familial reasons, attempt to return only to find their skills obsolete. The project will propose an adaptation of VET methods, approaches and tools to specifically meet the needs of this target group. Activities will include a comparative analysis of the si ...
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The CheMiTech project aims to develop and pilot a system for the evaluation, recognition and validation of skills, specifically those relating to technological changes within the chemical sector. The primary target group for the project are employees, particularly those with minimal or no formal qualifications, able to benefit from the recognition of work-based learning. Activities will include es ...
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The Lifelong Learning for Craftsmen project aims to develop the management skills of craft workers and workshop owners with a particular focus upon their training needs specific to the use and implementation of new technologies. Following an initial definition of the most relevant crafts professions across the partner countries and a decision upon the professions to be included in the current proj ...
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The project aims to develop new tools for detecting and meeting the needs of adults and young adults with dyslexia whose symptoms frequently go undetected. This goal will be achieved by developing a new screening instrument to identify adult dyslexics and by developing a motivational interview to counsel and advise identified adult dyslexics with regard to their VET opportunities. The project will ...
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The Knowledge Volunteers

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

The Knowledge Volunteers project addresses a major challenge facing Europe’s goal of becoming an Innovation Union, namely, the e-inclusion and active/healthy ageing of a growing population of over 60s. The project aims to (a) promote digital competence among older people through inter-generational and peer-to-peer learning relations with young people and between older people; (b) encourage the act ...
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The CITIES project aims at developing a series of language learning courses based on didactic & information materials, which will enable the learning and development of technical language skills amongst employees originating from Balkan countries, particularly those working in Italy and Germany. The project expects to encourage active participation in the socio-economic, political and cultural lif ...
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The project aims at elaborating alternative models for parents with an educationaldisadvantage.The overall objective of the project is to offer the opportunity to educationallydisadvantaged parents to become responsible parents by improving their abilities,knowledge and skills related to the family environment.Specific objectives:- improving the family climate through better communication between ...
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Project SILVER aims to create a sustainable digital literacy life-long learning programmeto provide:1. elderly citizens with the competences and resources necessary to benefit fromICT2. school students and teachers with didactic experiences fostering the learningof skills critical for the 21st century (communication skills, social responsibility, intergenerationalunderstanding, etc.);3. local gove ...
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Inclusive education puts a strain on ordinary teachers, because they must be able to deal effectively with their SEN students and with classes that include them. Unfortunately in many EU countries too often ordinary teachers are not properly trained for this. Students with Medium-Light Cognitive Impairment (MLCI) represent a large share of students with SEN. The project wants to improve this sit ...
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