1 Building work-life balance capacities for the improved participation of the marginalised groups

2 Pillars of the experiment aimed at conciliation of work with family life Promotion of work as a value in itself Conciliation of work and family life Rising the non-employed women’s role in their families Social activation of non-working women in local communities Preparing women interested in entering the labour market to take up professional activity Influence of the increased citizenship awareness and life- confidence of women on better productivity of their working men.

3 Promotion of work as a value in itself Material benefits Social benefits Benefits from gaining vocational qualifications Benefits from gaining personal qualifications Raising self-esteem Raising social status of the family

4 Conciliation of work and family life SWOT analysis –pluses and minuses of the daily reality caused by absence of men at home Opportunities and external threats caused by men being at their place of work Co-supporting of the working person by all the family members Bringing up to respect the working person (esp. among children)

5 Rising the non-employed women’s role in their families Participation in the integrating trainings Trainings in citizenship awareness (understanding of the on-going changes, women’s rights in democratic state) Trainings in cooperation (raising awareness of the importance of work in human life) Trainings in self-presentation, savoire -vivre Trainings in communication (incl. negotiations)

6 Social activation of non- working women in local communities Support groups Role of NGOs in local communities Voluntarism as a possibility for social activity and development of personal and vocational qualifications Developing autonomies’ activities

7 Preparing women interested in entering the labour market to take up professional activity Importance of qualifications on the labour market Making aware of the necessity of life long learning (updating or changing qualifications) Defining expectations of the employer and the employee Vocational training, e.g. cash register operator Training in vocational self-presentation

8 Influence of the increased citizenship awareness and life- confidence of women on better productivity of their working men Evaluation Presentation of the experiment’s outcome

9 Training module structure: 33 days of workshops 196 training hours over 1 year long course