1. Welcome to Estonia, welcome to Tartu!

2. WHOLE Reconciliation work and family life through training of parents Estonian project Tartu 07th June 2006 Krista Noorkõiv

3. WHOLE Focus area: 4 counties in Eastern Estonia, bordering on Lake Peipsi

4. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 The aim of the project: –Expanding the opportunities and development of the personal skills of working parents through the training, avoiding their incur to the discriminated group because being a parent

5. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Innovative approach: We assume we are able to improve parents´ work motivation and contribution at work: –through improving family relations by our parent effectiveness training (communication skills, better understanding of children and other people) –through expanding the personal characteristics of parents (open communication, self-confidence, management of time and energy, creativity)

6. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Main activities (July 2005 – June 2006) Carried out 8 information events in all target areas Carried out the research of the target group Designed 2 training programmes for parents Designed the training programme for employers

7. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Research into the target group Objective: –To specify the problems related to work-life balance –To define the training needs of working parents Used the focus group method – group discussions with working parents, with social and educational workers Number of participants – 77 persons

8. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Main results of the research -Unemployment and poverty problems in peripheral areas -Lack of information for mothers returning from maternity leave -Big need to improve self-confidence of parents -Lack of training opportunities for parents -Big number of single mothers in most areas -Prejudices about the duties of men and women responsibilities in families and in whole society

9. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Main results of the research -Work-life balance -Different experience depending on employers -Mostly it is not easy to conciliate work and family life...but unemployment is much worse! -Many parents (especially fathers) are working abroad -No interest in a part time job, because of low salaries

10. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Training needs Subject Parents Officers -Gordon PE Training9796 -Stress9788 -Self-confidence9693 -Sharing duties, responsibilities8590 -Time management8183 -Entrepreneurship7073 -Role of mother, father6983 -Role of woman, man6671

11. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Trainings for parents (still June 2006) Carried out 2 modules in each 8 areas –Gordon parental effectiveness training –Personal growth trainings, time-energy management, role of mother and father, woman and man in the changed society incl. art trainings in variety depending on the choise of the group –Entrepreneurship trainings in 4 county centres

12. WHOLE 2005 - 2008 Trainings for employers Based on the training manual produced by the LdV pilot project CSR/SME Training themes: –socially responsible entrepreneurship, –workplace and HRM, –family friendly enterprise In Tartu - 10.03.2006, In Põlva – 25.05.2006

13. During our project in 2005 – 2008 we train 500 persons – on average 65 from each local municipality. 2005/2006 in our training modules participated 95 + 74 + 23 +15 parents and 15 employers WHOLE 2005 - 2008

14. Summer camps for parents 17-20th August 2006 at Kiidi holiday village in South Estonia - a cosy place for family vacations July 2007 You are welcome!

15. There are no losers by skilful combining of work and family life! Everybody wins: mother, father, children – whole family, companies, community, whole society! WHOLE 2005 - 2008

16. Contacts: Project manager – Ene Nobel, Tartu Folk High School, Pepleri 4, Tartu, tel. 7361 539, ene@rahvaylikool.ee Assistant project manager – Krista Noorkõiv, Geomedia, Rüütli 4, Tartu, tel. 7441 675, krista@geomedia.ee WHOLE 2005 - 2008