Objectives & activities - Dualno obrazovanje

The overall aim of this project is to strengthen the capacities of project partners to provide support for SMEs already engaged or planning to engage in apprenticeships.

The objective of the project is to improve competences of partners’ institutions employees, develop new services and operational capabilities of CCE to help SMEs get involved in work-based learning in the companies at the level of secondary vocational education.

The project will create administrative requirements, procedures and education program for the acquisition of the necessary qualifications and certificates for mentors and trainers. Through promotional activities the project will work to raise awareness on the benefits and importance of such a model of learning among SMEs, but also among the general public. Indirectly, the project activities will affect the public authorities, vocational schools, students and their parents.

Activities:

research of the status of different types of work-based learning in companies - published Report;
development of cooperation and exchange of information among partners and study visit to Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and creation of model for development of competences of Apprenticeship Advisors;
implementation of the "training of trainers": education and training of Advisors to work with enterprises and schools;
developing a set of criteria for SMEs interested in implementation of WBL;
developing a guidebook for development of competences of mentors in SMEs;
developing a training programme for mentors; Part I and II
implementation of training for mentors (implementation of pilot project);
developing of a central database for the mentoring system in enterprises;
development of an efficient system of apprenticeship;
promotion of project activities.

The project had a positive impact on those directly involved in the implementation of the activities and target groups. Project enabled setting up of permanent support system for SMEs, by conducting research to understand SME needs and problems they are facing, by training Apprenticeship Advisors to work with employers and schools to provide administrative assistance and counselling services to SMEs who already provide apprenticeships or wish to, and by transfer of knowledge and know-how from Austrian partners.

The project had a number of intangible results:

Exchange of knowledge, ideas and good practices within partnership
Experience and skills gained by partners – individual competences for guiding SMEs in VET
Enhanced organizational competence – new service
Establishment of networks/ partnerships with key VET stakeholders
Developed system of education for in-company mentors and assessment/certification process (informal learning)

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