PRESS RELEASE 4
January 2016
News of the E.L.M.I. project
Enhancing Labour Market Integration of elderly family carers through skills improving
Last steps in the project
The ELMI project is now in the final phase and a lot of work is behind the partnership. Within these last months the Italian and Romanian partners have developed all the tools required for implementing the ECVET agreement as it was scheduled for this later stage of the project. They developed the report on the relevant qualifications in the care field in Italy and Romania for the application of the ECVET agreement, a document showing learning outcomes for the e-learning training course and related competencies as well as a document regarding the allocation of ECVET points. Besides this some important dissemination events were organized:
ECVET Round Table and Workshop in Bucharest
On the 28th January 2016 Asociatia Habilitas CRFP organized an ECVET Round Table in Bucharest, with 10 participants, where took part representatives of other NGOs that had European projects involving ECVET, representatives from the Minister of National Education and Research, representatives of other organizations interested in ECVET field. We shared experience regarding ECVET system implementation: Habilitas presented ELMI project with ECVET WP, the representative of the Romanian Furniture Producers Association presented their LdV ToI project where they were partners “IQ for ECVET – Innovative Qualifications for ECVET” – a project that compared and improved training standards for interior design qualifications in several European countries within the ECVET system, and the representative from Minister of National Education presented the advantages of ECVET system at European level, trends in ECVET implementation, and projects dealing with ECVET in which the Minister is currently involved.
Round Table – Bucharest – 28.01.2016
On the 29th January 2016 Asociatia Habilitas CRFP organized a Dissemination Workshop in Bucharest, with 30 participants. The target group was family carers of older persons. We presented the ELMI project, main results of the project – handbook for family carers, strategy for re-insertion on the labor market the family carers, and especially the online training course ELMI. The e-learning platform was presented, and also the advantages for family carers of following the training -better care skills, the official recognition of 80 hours of training from the National Authority of Qualifications and the possibility to enter a full course to get qualification.
Dissemination Workshop – Bucharest – 29.01.2016
ECVET Round Table in Prague
Our Czech partner EUDA also carried out an ECVET roundtable on the 2nd of February where our Czech partners invited experts on ECVET. Within this round table different ways how the ELMI online course could be accredited within this system and other important points were discussed.
Upcoming: ECVET Round Table in Italy
Our Italian partner ANZIANI E NON SOLO will realize a round table on the 8th of February 2016. Through a webinar different representatives of Italian partners from 5 EU-funded projects dealing with ECVET will be gathered to share experiences. These representatives will not only present their projects, but they will also tell about the context and the aim in which ECVET is used, the way in which the ECVET points are calculated, critical points and how to overcome them as well as the state of the art of the respective project.