1. Scope of the project Brussels – 09/09/14Bartosz Kosiński

2. Where are we? Local government body (NTS5) Local government body (NTS4) Primary schoolsSecondary schools Labour offices Local government body (NTS2 = NUTS 2) Higher education VET National bodies

3. Where are we? Labour office Business General Education institutions VET Non Formal training centres

4. Where do we want to be? Labour office Business General Education institutions VET Non Formal training centres

5. How we wanted to do it Local government body Public schools (GE) VET Private schools / training institutions Animator Operator (NGO) Local Council for competence development Labour office NGO Business Educational path Public institutions

6. How we wanted to do it Educational Path Ex-ante evaluation Ex-post evaluation Meeting with job counsellors from labour offices Study visits School workshops Visiting job fairs 5 months Evaluation path Meeting with local businessmen

7. How did it work?

8. Greatest achievements First Miechów Education and Job Fair You Can Work! competition Education materials Active participation of the Education institutions

9. Difficulties High skills / competences expected from Animator – person facilitating partnership Maintaining faith in the cooperation Small and Medium Enterprises’ Lack of time to participate

10. Engaging school pupils Workshops in the school Innovative methods Using different aproaches, such as: workshops with pupils, job fairs, study visits, workshops for parents Study visits and outdoor events Active – non formal methods Mostly based on Dr. Mark Savickas Structured meeting an study visits

11. Profile of school pupil Lack of knowledge about local labour market opportunities and possible educational paths Some career decisions are based on gender expectations Limited ability to identify own competences Strong motivations and self confidence Strong parent influence

12. Cooperation with businesses Rather short- term PR based cooperation on local level is limited Strongly based on personal relations

13. Key factors for effective cooperation Having a common goal Using Innovative methods Ensuring low operating cost Good animator / animation

14. Scope of the project Brussels – 09/09/14Bartosz Kosiński