Progress report: January 1st – March 31st 2011

1: Beneficiary engagement as a way of overcoming isolation 2: Beneficiary involvement as a learning process 3: Achieving physical mobility  Actions in the last 3 months  Deviations from original plans  Prospects and planning Activity 1: Mobility

1: Working on self esteem and aspiration 2: Working on presentation, dress code, self expression, hygiene, health, etc. 3: Dealing with adverse personal circumstances and other external factors  Actions in the last 3 months  Deviations from original plans  Prospects and planning Activity 2: Soft skills & personal circumstances

4: Creation of a 10 steps to employment booklet Reviewed during MC 4 (next on agenda) 5: Soft skills training program with cross border practitioner guide 6: Creating opportunities for beneficiaries to test out and evaluate soft skills learnt in a work environment  Actions in the last 3 months  Deviations from original plans  Prospects and planning Activity 2: Soft skills & personal circumstances

1: Work placements 2: Volunteering as a route way to employment 3: Skills training 4: Social enterprises and community service learning programmes 5: Skills audit 6: Evaluation of skills training methodologies, highlighting good practices Reviewed during MC 4 (next on agenda) Activity 3: Skills and qualifications – Skill progression into work

1: Launch and Final Events 2: Brochures and newsletters 3: Communication seminars 4: Local dissemination: internally and externally 5: EU-wide dissemination 6: Website enhancements Reviewed during MC 4 (next on agenda) Communication and dissemination

1: Recruiting and hiring a project manager 2: Monitoring / coaching of the project  Actions in the last 3 months  Deviations from original plans  Prospects and planning Management and coordination

Very positive cross border cooperation Warm and constructive collaboration between OCMW Kortrijk and Mentor vzw Evaluation of the progress

With the support of: