Erasmus+

Project goal

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The overall objective of the project is to gain knowledge about the tools to develop cooperation between education and employers through familiarization with the method of competence laboratory in the Italian educational institution - an example of a proven method of dual education. The final report will provide information on the method and recommendations for its use in Małopolska. Study visit of Poles in Italy will allow to build a group of ambassadors of this solution.

We have identified 3 main objectives of the project:

• Improving the competences of vocational education school directors in the scope of adapting the education programme to the real needs of the market and Polish entrepreneurs on the example of Italian VET competence laboratory.
• Raising competences of HR directors of industrial companies in the scope of cooperation and dialogue with education and giving its development direction.
• Raising the competence of CEOs of industrial companies in the scope of cooperation and dialogue with education and giving it a development direction.

By implementing project activities we want to give direction, help to understand dependencies, give knowledge and skills to project participants in the field of cooperation between educational institutions and business. All this in order for them to be able to independently establish cooperation between company and school, which will increase the chances of young people for employment and will contribute to the growth of employee capital in Małopolska industrial enterprises. Experience and knowledge gained during the project will allow participants to ensure quality and better adaptation of vocational education and training to the actual needs of the labour market - which is directly related to the main priority of the project.

During the project, participants will fill in the questionnaire twice to verify the level of knowledge - before and after participating in the study visits in Italy. The aim is to increase the knowledge index by min. 80%.

Our mission is to develop the VET sector, improve the quality of education, diversify the educational offer, increase the competence of the sector's representatives and open the door to cooperation with Malopolska's industrial companies - which will allow the directors of these companies to increase their employee capital.

Our Partner

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Heuresis is leading this project and we are implementing it in collaboration with our Italian partner - Novareckon.

Novareckon is an innovative SME company and a spin-off from an Italian public university. Novareckon acquires and helps create knowledge at universities and research centres and disseminates it to stakeholders such as public institutions, companies, non-profit organisations and citizens. Skills that can be activated by Novareckon relate in particular to knowledge management, development of ICT tools and platforms, open innovation, impact and cost-effectiveness analysis, job-oriented courses and training, use and business plans, dissemination at EU level.

Since 2011, Novareckon has established an extensive international network of partner organisations that includes a wide range of institutions and companies from across the European Union, EEA and beyond. The Novareckon network is cross-sectoral and includes entities from both the public and private sectors.