1. Prof. Orit Nuttman-Shwartz School of Social Work Sapir College Israel
Inter – trans nationalising Academic Training in Child and Youth Welfare
Prof. Orit Nuttman-Shwartz
School of Social Work
Sapir College
Israel
This project is funded by the European Commission

2. This project is funded by the European Commission
TACHYwhy?
Aim  Developing a transnational curriculum on child and youth welfare and Transnational Academic Careers:
Acknowledging national developments
Realizing the power relations between nation states
Opening up towards cross-border and transnational collaborations
This project is funded by the European Commission

3. This project is funded by the European Commission
TACHYwhere?
University of Hildesheim, Germany
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Free University of Bozen, Italy
Moscow State Regional University, Russia
Don State Technical University, Russia
Haruv Institute Jerusalem, Israel
Fondazione Emanuela Zancan, Italy
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Sapir College, Israel
This project is funded by the European Commission

4. TACHYw€ This project is funded by the European Commission
October 2012 – October  January 2016
1 million €
This project is funded by the European Commission

5. This project is funded by the European Commission
TACHYwhat?
Curriculum
Online & Face to face Courses
Student Training & Mobility
Staff Training & Mobility
Summer School
Homepage
E-Plattform
Publications
National and International Conferences
This project is funded by the European Commission

6. Child and Youth Welfare in Globalised Societies: Migration in Child and Youth Care – a Transnational Curriculum for Social Work
2. Developing cultural competences in working with children and youths from diverse communities
3. Sociological and psychological aspects of migration and cross-cultural transition among children and youths
Practice
8. Conducting research on migrant children and youths in care
1. Child and youth rights in multicultural and unjust societies
4. Institutional care: historical and contemporary cross-national comparative perspectives
5. Children on the move:
Care for migrant children and youths across borders
Policy
Research Practice
Ethics
6. Life situation of children and youths from the point of view of migration: Developing research strategies
7. (Trans)Migration and youth: Exploring research gaps
Research

7. This project is funded by the European Commission
Transnational collaborations
Focus on building a trustful relationship and academic knowledge exchange – not on implementation!
Four Levels:
Student
Staff
Social services
Organization
This project is funded by the European Commission

8. This project is funded by the European Commission
Project products
Publications
New courses and updating syllabi
New teaching materials
New international and professional collaborations
This project is funded by the European Commission

9. Impact on Students (Beneficiaries)
25 SW students participated in the TACHYwe project.
14 students participated in the summer school or in the student mobility in Italy and in Ireland.
30 students are studying the Immigration course this academic year as part of our project dissemination.
The students have broadened their professional and personal perceptions and have learnt more about the social effects of globalization and about social work in Europe. They have practiced and improved their English.
They were encouraged by the program to continue learning in advanced social work programs abroad.  
The students gained new knowledge about social work in Europe and about the differences between the theory based in Israel versus Europe which reflected in the micro, mezzo, and macro ways of understandings in the educational system, in the social services and in the ways of intervention within the profession (e.g. integrations versus segregation)
This project is funded by the European Commission

10. This project is funded by the European Commission
Impact on Staff (Beneficiaries)
4 faculty members were involved in the project.
Faculty members have deepened their connections with social workers in the field, on national and regional levels (e.g. the head of youth and children department in the ministry of social affairs participated as guest lecturer in the children and youth migration course; local social workers hosted international students during their mobility)
For SW faculty, the project provided access to more opportunities for future collaborations with the EU (e.g. EASSW international workshop) and with Israeli faculty members from BGU, HUJI and Haruv.
This project is funded by the European Commission

11. This project is funded by the European Commission
Impact on School and Institutional (Beneficiaries)
New syllabi
The project contributed to the SW school at Sapir to be known by other social work institutions in Israel and abroad.
The project can serve as a basis for an MSW program in child and youth welfare and facilitates the capabilities of the school as an innovative source for SW professionals and a basis for continuing education programs.
The project might help the school to be accessible for future international projects and for international students.
The social workers in the field felt proud to know about the project, and to be involved in this project by hosting international students and participating in class, in the study day and in the international conference.
Those syllabi include new materials about the child and youth welfare in Europe which is fairly new.
This project is funded by the European Commission

12. Achievements and effects on HE (Higher Education) and Sector Levels:
Deepening the collaboration and understating of social work certification processes between HEC and SW committee to promote initiate certification procedures and programs.
This project is funded by the European Commission

13. Challenges Faced and their Effects
The local Tempus office was very supportive.
The project itself was successful
The collaboration between the local partners was very attractive and promoted the benefits and the outcomes of the project.
Its effects on Sapir college and on the school of social work could have been more substantial if the college and the school were more involved in the dissemination of the project to a larger audience of students (e.g. currently the course has not been included in the MSW program).
The budget of the project was dedicated to practice activities such as educational programs and mobility. No funds were dedicated to research.
This project is funded by the European Commission

14. Limitations, Lesson Learned and Conclusions
Lack of flexibility in budget allocations prevented ongoing adjustment that was needed as results of insights gained as the project progressed.
The security situation at Sapir area discouraged several students and faculty to visit and be hosted by Sapir.
The virtual learning and the communication via skype which was planned in advance for our EB was found to be difficult -- thus we added face to face meetings.
Better coordination of the project with the management of the college and the school of social work.
Strengthen the scientific part of the project.
This project is funded by the European Commission

15. THANK YOU Best TACHYwishes
This project is funded by the European Commission