Every Learning Counts!

Project coordinator: BFI, Austria Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod

Partners:

Callidus – Institution for adult education
Čepo doo for production, assembly, trade, import - export, Slavonski Brod

Associates:

Croatian Employment Service, Regional Service Slavonski Brod
Croatian Chamber of Commerce – Slavonski Brod County Chamber

Total value of the project: EUR 190,117.92 (EU co-financed in the amount: EUR 148,520.12)

Duration: October 2013 – February 2014

Goal of a project:

Increasing competitiveness on the labor market of unemployed persons, i.e. productivity in the current workplace of employees in Brod-Posavina County through the development and implementation of two adult education programs (Heat Treatment Operator and Project Manager) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod.

Main project activities and results:

Organization of training for teaching staff called "Train the trainers"

The training included the following modules:

Andragogic basics and training preparation
Rhetoric – communication and presentation skills
Media didactics
Training management and control.
As a work methodology, the LENA model was applied, which is based on the principles of teamwork and training, as well as individual consultations in the preparation of the final practical work.

Organization of a workshop on the methodology of creating programs for adult education under the guidance of andragogic experts.

Since the workshop served as preparation for the development of new programs, it covered the following topics:

Knowledge of relevant regulations for program development
Compulsory components of the adult education program
Strategies and goals in adult education

The results:

Improving capacity in the adult education sector
Establishing and promoting partnerships and closer cooperation with employers and other stakeholders in the local labor market
Increasing the level of employability and competitiveness of adult education program participants

Target group of the project:

Representatives of unemployed and employed persons
Representatives of the administration and teaching staff of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod
Representatives of employees in partner institutions
Representatives of employers
Representatives of non-governmental organizations

Callidus – Adult Education Institution had the role of coordinator of activities at the level of the entire project and the organization of activities related to adult education.