em kit presentation at kick off meeting in october 2010
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Yevgeniya AverhedProject manager
Immigrant women with low educational / working experience
Grundtvig project1/10/2010 – 30/09/2012
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.This publication [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.
Agenda
Welcome Project background: - Situation on integration today - Liberal Adult Education in Sweden Project aims Project activities Expected results
Situation today
Social activities
Ice-breaking activities
Pre-vocational education
Vocational Education / Labour MarketTraining
Labourmarket
Reasons
Low self-esteem
Lack of social network
Language and cultural restrictions
Complexity of information
Lack of prior references / competences for admission and attendance to VET education
Lack of cooperation between stakeholders around the target group
Project aims
To develop To develop partnership partnership
network around network around the target groupthe target group
To assist To assist immigrant women immigrant women
to VET/ labour to VET/ labour marketmarket
EM – kit:EM – kit:-To informTo inform-To motivateTo motivate
Folkbildning /Liberal Adult Education / in Sweden
• Swedish folkbildning is the collective name for the activities conducted by the country’s folk high schools and study associations in the form of courses, study circles and cultural activities.
• Folkbildning is a part of the liberal non-formal educational system.
Liberal Adult Education concept
• Voluntary
• Participants influence the content
• Learning and social interaction go hand in
hand
• Contributes to strengthening of civic society
through close cooperation with volunteer
organisations, NGOs
Study circles
The study circle is the most important form of study in the study associations. In the study circle, a small group meets to learn together based on a plan of study and with a study circle leader.
There are study circles in hundreds of different subjects. Some have a more theoretical emphasis, such as language, history and studies in current social issues.
Others are more practically oriented, such as dance, woodworking, instrumental music and so forth.
Every year, the 10 study associations arrange:
• Approximately 285,000 study circles with a total of almost 2 millionParticipants
• Approximately 250,000 cultural programmes with more than 15 million participants
Every term, the 150 folk high schools have:• Approximately 26,500 participants in extended courses• Approximately 80,000 participants in short courses
Public grants to folk high schools and study associations in 2009:• From the state: approximately EUR 328,565,000• From county councils: approximately EUR 82,496,000• From municipalities: approximately EUR 42,517,000
Current figures on Folkbildning
2009
Project activities flow
1. Country reports2.Pilot Info.
Modules3.Facilitating
exercises4.Support
documents for mentors
5.Translation6. Training of
trainers and mentors
• Common implementation plan
• Recruitment of participants
• Test• Evaluation
• Roger • EAEA (?)
• Web-site• Organise 2
workshops• Participate
in 2 conferences
• Publish 3 articles
TestDesign of EM-kit
EvaluationFinalisation Dissemination
The product
Informational Modules
Supportdocumentationfor trainers /
mentors
Individual Action Plan
MotivationalModules
Network / Partnership around the target group
Public E
mplo
yment
Services (A
F)
Welfare O
ffice
VET pro
vider
NGO
s
Immigrantwomen
