Guide+ Good Guidance Stories+ | Ballymun Job Centre

2014–2016: Guide+: Good Guidance Stories+, Erasmus+, Ka2, Coordinated By Gsub Mbh

Project Overview

This project, GOOD GUIDANCE STORIES+, represents a thematic continuation of the GUIDE project which ran from 2011 to 2013. The focus of this project is to develop case study training modules for guidance practitioners that are based on the case studies derived in both the GUIDE and GOOD GUIDANCE STORIES+ projects.

These training modules will be integrated into the training systems of the participating countries in order to prepare local guidance practitioners for the specific challenges associated with guiding low-skilled people. Guidance specifically geared at low-skilled people, here defined as youths or adults that lack basic educational attainment, have no or low vocational qualifications, and possibly are lacking in/have poor basic skills, can improve their participation in society and the labour market, for example through the attainment of better qualification.

The case study method allows the distillation of real-world experiences into training modules for the further practical training of guidance practitioners.

Project Objectives

The main objectives of this project are:

The development of case study training modules for guidance practitioners who work with low-skilled people. These will be based on six already existing case studies and teaching notes from the GUIDE project, as well as two further case studies in France and the UK, which will be developed in the course of the GOOD GUIDANCE STORIES+ project.
Regular and sustainable use of the developed case study training modules and the associated learning and teaching materials in the training systems for guidance practitioners of the participating countries (DE, IE, FR, IT, AT, UK).
Inter-European knowledge transfer regarding the effective and real-world guidance of low-skilled people.

TASKS TO BE COMPLETED

Tasks to be completed by the BJC in 2016

• Drafting the Guide+ curricula
• Testing the Guide+ curricula with guidance practitioners in Ireland
• Assisting in the development of the practical recommendation handbook
• Assisting in the development of the methodological guideline
• Ongoing dissemination of the project
• Proofreading documents relating to the project
• Participating in the evaluation of the project
• Attending the partner meeting in Brighton
• Hosting the final local multiplier event in Dublin
• Attending the final meeting in Berlin

PROJECT PARTNERS

The Project is Co-ordinated by Gsub Mbh. The gsub mbH is a private fund- and grant-management and consulting agency working on behalf of the German federal ministries and the government of the state of Berlin. The gsub administers publicly-funded projects, predominantly from the ESF and national sources, and supports processes, companies and institutions in creating and sustaining jobs

Other Partners:

Ballymun Job Centre, Ireland

CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION (ZSI)

The Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) is an independent scientific institution, asserting leadership in Europe to advance social innovation and foster an open and solidly united society.

CIOFS-FP

CIOFS-FP is a non-profit association. It operates in 15 Italian Regions through its Local Boards with 100 Operative Centres. It covers many of activities: vocational training, councelling, services to local enterprises and particular needs.

EUROCIRCLE

Founded in 1993 in Berlin, Eurocircle has been operating as a European NGO since 2006. We develop and carry out transnational projects, specializing in the international mobility of young people. These projects are designed to foster the emergence of a European citizenship based on the values of inter-cultural tolerance, equality, peace, ecology and solidarity.

JOHANN DANIEL LAWAETZ FOUNDATION

Core activities entail consulting and project management, building and neighborhood management, technical assistance for program implementation, evaluation, applied research and knowledge transfer, and cooperation within European exchange projects.

METROPOLISNET (MET)

MetropolisNet developed from a collaborative network of Territorial Employment Pacts. The concept of a free spirit transnational network was developed in Bremen in January 1998 and formalised in Copenhagen in March 1998.

RINOVA LIMITED

Rinova Ltd is a social enterprise that specialises in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of cultural, social and economic development programmes in the areas of:

Skills, Learning and VET
The Creative Industries and Cultural Learning
Employment and Employability
Enterprise, community development and social action