Leonardo da Vinci

European Commission Directorate-General For Education And Culture

Description

Impact Compendium
Vocational training

Sujets

• Vocational education
• European integration
• Continuing education
• Egalitarianism
• Economic restructuring

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-EDUCATION-AND-CULTURE
• Nombre de lectures: 54
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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LEONARDO DA VINCI
IMPACT COMPENDIUM
1998 Edition
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EDUCATIO N
TRAININ G
YOUT H
LEONARDO DA VINCI
IMPACT COMPENDIUM
1998 Edition
EUROPEA N
COMMISSION Agréât deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet.
It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int)
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998
ISBN 92-828-5371-3
© European Communities, 1998
Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.
Printed in Belgium Foreword
Europe needs to innovate. It needs to deal with the technological changes which are affecting the
social and professional environment of Europeans and constantly forcing them to acquire new skills
and qualifcations in order to keep abreast of the nature and evolution of these changes. It also needs
to cope with the endemic problems of unemployment and exclusion. With regard to these issues, it is
necessary to develop ways and means of giving new opportunities to those who have become used to
long periods of inactivity or have experienced changes in their professional class or status.
Europe will only succeed in innovating if it bases its future on a double conviction. The first is
priority investment in education and training as a vital means of building a knowledge society which
meets our hopes and requirements for the 21st century. The second is the incalculable value of
transnational cooperation between countries in building this knowledge society, which both respects
their diversity and synergises the best education and training practices and experiences in each
country.
When I studied this Impact Compendium, which has been prepared within the framework of the
Leonardo da Vinci programme, I noted with delight that a Europe of innovation was working well.
Knowing this programme for the dynamism of both its actors, and its ability to respond to actual
training and employment challenges, I was expecting significant results. Through progressively
discovering the work achieved by the transnational partners and their ability to produce common
content, methodologies and training tools, I also noticed that this work has brought about some
remarkable transformations. Leonardo da Vinci projects are in a position to : revitalise a sector:
support a method of production; establish common curricula between different countries; produce
validation methods which largely go beyond boundaries and frontiers; develop high level skills in
future sectors; or create ways of professional integration which respond to employment demands in
Europe...
Much of this impact goes even further than the actors who are producing it. As they become visible
and, for the most part, accessible through new information society methods, the impact is becoming a
landmark around which we can progressively shape an open and dynamic European training space,
capable of helping us build a common Europe of Knowledge.
I very much hope that the Leonardo da Vinci programme continues the work already started and,
therefore, makes more and more explicit the path of innovation which is also the path for our common
future.
E. CRESSON Introduction
The goal of Leonardo da Vinci is to be a European labouratory of innovation in the field of vocational
training. Having come into effect on 1 January 1995, up until the end of 1997, the programme has financed
2272 projects and transnational partnerships in order to give them the opportunity and means to implement
this innovation.
Various publications have already been produced describing the identity, objectives, content and expected
results of projects and partnerships currently being completed.
This Impact Compendium is the first tentative attempt to describe the type of transnational cooperation
between different vocational training actors in Europe. At the same time, it shows the likely results, as set
out in the Council Decision : to improve systems and training actions in the Member States; to improve
vocational training actions aimed particularly at companies and their workers; to support the development
of linguistic skills; as well as the knowledge and dissemination of innovations achieved in all of these areas.
The concept of impact is proving difficult to define due to its multi-faceted character. However, it is being
achieved through the ability of a project or partnership to both respond to identified training and
qualification needs; and to produce actions, methodologies, tools and dynamics to enable appropriate
improvements to be made within the programme's framework of established objectives and priorities. The
impact is particularly envisaged within one of the five Leonardo da Vinci priorities.
' ^ Giving young people and adults the necessary skills for their integration into, and
ability to. maintain employment;
Developing cooperation between the worlds of training and enterprise and, more
specifically, in tenns of new forms of apprenticeship and alternance training;
^ Combating exclusion at work, implementing means of training and vocational
guidance, and giving those who require it a second chance at re-integration or gaining
a qualification;
^ Developing conditions and lifelong training pathways to allow workers, on a
continuous basis, to actively raise and validate their skills levels;
^ To better use information society methods to develop self-learning and the means to
access training both within and outside of the workplace.
This document looks at the reality of the impact of the programme by examining and explaining the results
of 47 projects financed in 1995 and 1996. It has been carried out on behalf of DG XXII by the Leonardo da
Vinci Technical Assistance Office, in close cooperation with promoters from different countries, as well as
with the National Coordination Units responsible for the operational implementation of the programme in
each country.
It is based on 10 generic themes, each one of which is the subject of one or more project.
1. New skills and qualifications
2. Language training
3. Apprenticeship training
4. University/enterprise cooperation
5. Vocational guidance and occupational integration
6. Equal opportunities
7. Local dynamics and regional employment
8. Adaptation to industrial change
9. Sectoral training dynamics
10. Open and distance learning
> The different projects have been grouped thematically, after being classified by country.
Each fiche is sub-divided into subject areas, focusing on the different types of impact generated by the
projects :
^ information on the project and partnership
^ description of project objectives and outcomes
^ qualitative description of the project impact l^^r
^ quantitative description of the project impact in terms of number of *)ί".\
beneficiaries and extent of dissemination 'k¿Í^
^ users'testimonies and the satisfaction indices ^^^
y^ summary of press articles on the project \yr
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^ an "Info box" containing information on Internet sites linked to the project.
product availability and distribution channels, and relevant data to better w ^
locate the project context and assess its value. ~'i¡S«F
Naturally, these first fiches can only give a partial picture of the programme's impact. They constitute
the first step towards establishing an open system, where, in time, the results and repercussions of all
projects will become visible.
Nevertheless, the Impact fiches illustrate the dynamic of innovation which today characterises the
Leonardo da Vinci programme, and support the dissemination and transfer of the project results.
At stake is the creation in Europe of a training culture able to put the skills of men and women at the
heart of transformations which are shaping the future.
> Index
New skills and qualifications
"Self-auditing" by SMEs p.l
There is no getting away from quality. It must be seen as an ally and not a constraint. It is just something every business
must go through to ensure its viability.
Developing the green stuff p.4
Rural areas are seeking to diversify, and the production of herbs offers an interesting alternative for the five European
partners involved in the project.
A Masters in Neuroradiology p.6
Neuroradiology is not taught to any particular standard in Europe. In some countries teaching is structured, whilst in others
neuroradiology does not even receive official recognition.
A pan-European professional profile for eco-auditors p.8
The industry and universities belonging to this partnership have joined forces to draw up professional profiles and training
programmes for eco-auditors. This new profession came into being when a directive was drafted concerning environmental
management in Europe. As a result, the partners are encouraging the establishment of common standards.
The molecule: focus of interest for universities and enterprises across Europe p. 10
Levels of technology vary enormo