1. Kick Off Meeting Largs, Scotland
EU-HCWM “Developing an EU Standardised Approach to Vocational Educational Training Awards in Healthcare Waste Management” Project No LLP UK-LEONARDO-LNW
PROJECT INTRODUCTION
Kick Off Meeting Largs, Scotland
5th & 6th Feb 2014
Funded by the EACEA
with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

2. PROJECT
Purpose - is to develop a framework for a healthcare waste management qualification & training package, which will provide a unified approach to the development of a Vocational Educational Training Programmes for Healthcare Waste Management across the EU Member States. Methodology & Outputs - will reflect best practices and best available technologies for the management and treatment of healthcare wastes.

3. PROJECT
Healthcare waste management is a dynamic field of the waste sector and technology applications have radically changed over the past decades as we become more aware of the risks posed by healthcare waste in terms of infection control and broader environmental impacts.

4. PROJECT MAIN TASKS The project has set the following objectives:
Conduct & report on an assessment of the healthcare waste management situation
Prepare a comparative analysis report of the above findings
Develop a National Occupational Standard for the post of healthcare waste manager in a healthcare facility.
Develop a Vocational Educational Training Programme in line with the requirements of the national occupational standard.
Develop an e-learning platform for the NOS
Develop an EU wide network for dissemination and support of the project outputs

5. WORK PACKAGES WP 1: Project Management WP 2: Quality Management
WP 3: Assessment strategy development and implementation
WP 4: Development of NOS for Healthcare Waste Manager
WP 5: Development of a Vocational Education Programme
WP 6: Evaluation
WP 7: Development of an e-learning platform
WP 8: Dissemination of Project Outputs
WP 9: Development of Project Outputs Exploitation Action Plan
WP 10: Implementation planning and network growth and development

6. PROJECT MAIN ACTIONS
In regard to the actions required to ensure that the aims and objectives are met the project has foreseen the following actions:
Partner organisations will establish a stakeholder network
Each partner will conduct an analysis of the healthcare waste management qualifications framework in their own country
Each partner will identify a number of key healthcare facilities within their country through which they can undertake several assessments (e.g. practices, skills and competencies) and will conduct an analysis of the roles of healthcare waste managers, if such a role exists, within those key healthcare facilities.
The training provision already available and undertaken by existing healthcare waste managers will be identified

7. PROJECT MAIN ACTIONS
Each partner will produce an assessment report from the identification of the waste management arrangements at the key healthcare facilities in terms of onsite practices and waste management service provision.
Partner 1 will prepare a comparative report from assessment reports.
Partner 1 will be responsible for the development a draft framework for the Occupational Standard (OS) for consideration by the other consortium partners.
Partner 1 will collate the feedback from the other partners in regard to the draft framework for the OS and will prepare a final draft of the OS for approval by the consortium partners.
The partners will produce a module of the vocational educational training programme for the OS for a Healthcare Waste Manager.

8. PROJECT MAIN ACTIONS
External Evaluation of the proposed NOS and training package will be conducted and EV reports generated for each of the participating partner countries.
Dissemination of project outputs through a variety of outlets, including media coverage and workshops
Development of an e-learning platform for the new qualification
An implementation plan will be developed
The network will be expanded during the final phase, to encourage a broader system of support across the EU member states

9. IT PLATFORM – KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE TOOL
EU-HCWM “Developing an EU Standardised Approach to Vocational Educational Training Awards in Healthcare Waste Management” Project No LLP UK-LEONARDO-LNW
IT PLATFORM –
KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE TOOL
Kick Off Meeting Largs, Scotland
5th & 6th Feb 2014
Funded by the EACEA
with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

10. IT PLATFORM THREE PART PRESENTATION:- Part 1 (Julie Peer):
Role and application
Knowledge portal
Information exchange
Network
Communication
Partner obligations
Part 2 (Tal Peer)
Service Product (Microsoft 365)
Part 3
Feedback/discussion

11. IT PLATFORM Website Access for public, network members & partners
ROLE AND APPLICATION
Website
Access for public, network members & partners
PUBLIC
NETWORK
PARTNERS
Website face
Project information
Project deliverables
Website face
Project information & publications
Evaluation process
Website face
Project management
Project documents

12. IT PLATFORM
KNOWLEDGE PORTAL
IT Platform will serve as a knowledge and information base, concerning the training needs and qualification profile professionals in the Healthcare Waste Management industry, including:
good practices,
innovative training procedures,
training material sources,
articles,
national and European legislations,

13. IT PLATFORM
KNOWLEDGE PORTAL
All partners will contribute to the portal – multiple languages
The knowledge base will highlight any information concerning knowledge, skills and competences development of healthcare waste managers
Other European and international competent bodies will be invited to add their work.
Approved Informative material in the English language will be uploaded to the network members space
LOGO

14. IT PLATFORM
INFORMATION EXCHANGE Project partners – all project information (documents, ppts, financial information) held on secure part of the website (partner-only access) Project management will be done mainly through the partners information exchange portal

15. IT PLATFORM COMMUNICATION E-mails Instant messaging Notifications
Reminders
Tasks and deliverable dates

16. IT PLATFORM NETWORK Healthcare industry professionals
Up to date information
Website articles
Project information
Informative s/Mailing list
Dissemination activities

17. PARTNER OBLIGATIONS MATERIALS – TRANSLATION UPLOADING MATERIALS
PUBLIC & MEMBERS AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS
NETWORK MEMBERS
DISSEMINATION OF WEBSITE UPDATES ETC. TO NETWORK MEMBERS
FEEDBACK

18. IT PLATFORM
MICROSOFT 365

19. IT PLATFORM
FEEDBACK/DISCUSSION

20. WORK PACKAGES AND DELIVERABLES
EU-HCWM “Developing an EU Standardised Approach to Vocational Educational Training Awards in Healthcare Waste Management” Project No LLP UK-LEONARDO-LNW
WORK PACKAGES AND DELIVERABLES
Kick Off Meeting Largs, Scotland
5th & 6th Feb 2014
Funded by the EACEA
with the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

21. WORK PACKAGE 1
Project Management – The project management function will be conducted by partner 1

22. WORK PACKAGE 2
Quality Management – The quality assurance of the proper project functioning with respect to objectives and expected results will be achieved by the development of a Quality Plan and the continuous monitoring actions during project lifetime. A quality report will be included in the context of the final project report. A set of measurable indicators will be defined and respective target values will be set in order to ensure timely and effectively delivery of project outputs.

23. WORK PACKAGE 3
Assessment strategy development and implementation – This package will include the development of tools to be used in the assessment and analysis of existing Healthcare Waste Management NOS’s, VET’s and skills sets of existing healthcare waste managers. Each partner will be responsible for the establishment of an in country network which it will use as a sounding board for the project outputs and of a dissemination mechanism for agreed final project outputs and the implementation action plan. The partners will also be responsible for the preparation of a country based assessment report.

24. WORK PACKAGE 4
Development of NOS for Healthcare Waste Manager – Partner 1 will compile a comparative analysis report, from the outputs of WP3. Using the comparative reports as guidance, a draft National Occupational Standard for the post of healthcare waste manager within a healthcare facility will be developed. The draft will be circulated to the partners for their comments and feedback. At the conclusion of this process a final draft will be circulated to the partners and they in turn will circulate to their stakeholder networks for comment.

25. WORK PACKAGE 5
Development of a Vocational Education Programme – Each partner will be allocated a module to complete in the context of the VET and in relation to the partners skills set and capabilities. At the conclusion of this process a final draft of the VET will be circulated to the partners and they in turn will circulate to their stakeholder networks for comment.

26. WORK PACKAGE 6
Evaluation – Each partner will be responsible for the internal and external evaluation of the developed NOS and the associated training package.

27. WORK PACKAGE 7
Development of an e-learning platform – Partner 1 will organise the development of an e-learning platform for the new Healthcare Waste Managers Qualification (based on the NOS) through their IT consultant.

28. WORK PACKAGE 8
Dissemination of Project Outputs - Launching the project website, forum, weblog and social networks at the early beginning of the project; organizing specific dissemination events (workshops, brochures, press articles, newsletters, EU presentations).

29. WORK PACKAGE 9
Development of Project Outputs Exploitation Action Plan – Preparation of project Communication and Dissemination Handbook

30. WORK PACKAGE 10
Implementation planning and network growth and development – Preparation and realisation of an implementation plan. This plan will include the proposed synergy between all EU member states, to improve standardisation between all member states in vocational training and education through the use of an agreed framework (NOS). The EU network will be expanded further in this stage.

31. FINAL RESULT
FRAMEWORK FOR A HEALTHCARE WASTE MANGEMENT QUALIFICATION FOR THE EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGER & ASSOCIATED TRAINING PACKAGE