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Research, Innovation and partnership

The BJC has a strong belief in the need to remain innovative and to try new ideas to address identified issues arising from the day-to-day experience of clients. Since the mid 90s the BJC has accessed and managed various European Union and private trusts funded programmes. These provide the BJC with the resources necessary to be innovative and to test new ideas and ways of working.

Over the years the BJC has made determined efforts to ensure the lessons and work of the EU projects improved the delivery of services and the way we work with clients.

our partner projects

Over the years the BJC has made applications to EU funds in order to access the financial resources to test new ideas and ways of working. The EU work is developed in partnership with organisations in other European countries, some of which are listed below:

Terremplo

FLOWS

Terrinov

CareerBot

DYSinEduProWork

DigiGuide

DigitalEmpowHer

GeGs

The BJC involvement with EU Projects

The involvement of staff in EU Projects is a valuable experience. There is a high degree of transfer of learning from the projects and many relationships have been developed and sustained through the work of these Partnerships. One of the main sources of EU funding is the Erasmus+ Programme, managed in Ireland by Léargas. It must be acknowledged that over the years the Léargas staff have provided constructive and indispensable support to enable the BJC to develop the expertise to manage EU programmes

The BJC works with partners across Europe on numerous projects engaging in research and developing innovative tools that help us to enhance the employability of our clients. We also work with many associated partners from both the local North Dublin area and across Ireland to implement these policies and share resources. For example, with our project Terremplo, funded by Interreg North-West Europe NWE we are working with 9 local partners, and 3 international partners to increase coordination between employment and education agencies in order to enhance the employment opportunities for clients. This is only one of the examples of the ongoing projects supported by the EU operating within the BJC at the moment.

One of the hardest tasks to achieve is the ‘mainstreaming’ of good practice developed in the EU programmes into our day-to-day work. In this regard the BJC has made determined efforts to ensure the lessons and work of the EU projects improve the delivery of services and the way we work with clients. For example, the psychometric based web tool developed in the FLOWS project are now used daily by the staff in the BJC and our partners in Austria, Romania and Turkey.