Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Berk Ş. (Yürütücü)
Erasmus Projesi, 2011 - 2013
Around 6 million young people in the European Union (EU) leave school with only lower secondary education or less (Source: EC 2011,Proposal 19 final).At individual level the consequences of early school leaving affect people throughout their lives, and reduce their chance to participate in the social, cultural and economic dimensions of society. There is a high risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. Youth unemployment is running currently at 20.00 per cent (Eurostat, oct.2010) and early school leaving contributes directly to it. Employability depends strongly on the level of qualification achieved.
The aim of the project is to set up a Competence Centre which will be a place for support of the personal development of young people with the main focus on their vocational and social skills. Thereby the Centre attaches great importance on competences gained in the informal way,e.g. in family, in spare time activities or in the daily job-life. The Competence Centre gives also place to meet people, to provide learners an opportunity to share, reflect and exchange about life experiences. Through the activities within the Centre, the aim is furthermore to strengthen the self-help capacity of disadvantaged youths (young people without school leaving certificate, unplaced applicants, drop-outs) between 15 and 25 years of age recognizing own potential, which is crucial requirement for a second-chance education or for entering the labor market. The consortium consists of eight European countries from Spain, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Turkey, Italy and Greece. The geographically division between Central/East/East-South partner countries allows to make multi-layered comparisons with the focus on different socio-cultural aspects and analyses the social interaction of the target groups. This view has profound implications for teaching, schooling, and education (Tharp and Gallimore 1988).
The project partners have already experiences in working with social disadvantaged people in their country, so the synergy of previous activities can be used in this project by passing the knowledge between eight countries, in order to create targeted measures by taking into account the national, regional and local specificities of the phenomenon (drop-outs, early school leavers) and reflect its effectiveness in an European context. The multilateral cooperation and the comparison of country specific outcomes gained within the project "Perspectives" gives this topic a high valuable European character. The following tangible and intangible products will be created within the project: Competence Center, country specific concept for the Competence Centre, methodology of the guidance, training manual for the trainer of the Centre. Key skills, social and methodological competencies are strengthened and responsibility for their own education and life is awakened.