INT.COMP – Intercultural Competence Training for Trainers and Advisers

in the Field of Professional Orientation

A/06/B/F/PP-158.305

Duration: 01.09.06 – 31.08.08

Budget: 387.777€

Project Presentation

INT.COMP Partnership

• Bfi Wien – Berufsförderungsinstitut Wien

• FIM- NewLearning

• University of Jyväskylä – Institute for educational research

• EBV - Ente Bilaterale Veneto

• Cescot Veneto

• KTU – Kaunas University of Technology

• SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovacao

• University of Pitesti

• Careers Europe

Specific Aim

Development of an additional qualification in intercultural competence to enrich continuous training possibilities and strengthen consultancy services in the field of active labour market measures, in particular in professional orientation for unemployed immigrants.

Objectives

• Interculturally competent staff • Different approaches in the consultation process• View of combating discrimination in training

provisions and consultancy• Phase-out of stereotyped thinking• Improving integration of immigrants into the

labour market

Target Group

• Trainers and advisers in the field of active labour market measures, especially in professional orientation

Target Sectors

• Education and training institutes• Social services, information services, etc.

Beneficiaries

• Unemployed immigrants• Organisations, institutions and social services• Enterprises

Work Programme

 Sep Okt Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

P1 P6 P7 P4

1 Project coordination

2 Technical development of web portal and database

3 Development of a training programme

4 Development of training material

5 Implementation and evaluation of the pilot course

6 Monitoring and Evaluation

7 Valorisation plan

Work PackagesTime in Months

MEETINGS

INT.COMP - Products• Development of a training programme

• Development of a training manual and training material

• Handbook with a collection of life worlds of immigrants to show various faces of migration and integration

• Implementation of the pilot course

• Build up of a data base

• Establishment of a web portal

• Evaluation reports

 

Milestones – INT.COMP

Sep Okt Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul AugTraining Programme

Training material + manual

Pilot Course

Pilot Course

Pilot Course

Pilot Course

Handbook

Training Programme

• Structured on a modular basis

• Mixture of soft, hard skill training and direct action

• Blended learning units, face-to-face units and project work

• Held without exception by experts

Practice Work – The Principle Item – A new Approach

• Research work by interviewing immigrants

• Interviews on the basis of life world research

• Accompanied by a self-perception phase

• Contribution to the handbook on life worlds of immigrants

Handbook

• Consists of interviews on the basis of life world research

• Has an accumulative character during project and project‘s end

• Gives a collection on different faces of migration and integration

Training Material

Consists of:

- Material for face-to-face units- Material for blended learning units- Immigrant interview guideline

Training Manual

Consists of:

- Training material- Description training programme- Methods- Use of blended learning units and data base

Database

Consists of:

- Blended learning units (hard-skill training)

- Handbook on life worlds of immigrants

Available at the INT.COMP web portal.

INT.COMP - Pilot Course

Duration: app. 3 months

Start: October 2007

Countries: Austria, Finland, Italy and UK

Participants: 10 – 15 persons

Documentation/Expertise: at the end of the course

Monitoring and Evaluation

• By FIM New Learning – University Erlangen

• Experienced in evaluation of national and international education projects

• FIM will provide tools for internal as well as external monitoring and evaluation

Innovative Aspects of INT.COMP

• Composition of the training programme

• Life world research within an intercultural competence training

• Training by experts only

• Handbook with an accumulative character

INT.COMP Results - Summary

• Intercuturally competent staff• Strengthening of consultancy services• Improving the quality of further vocational training• Combat discrimination – through sensitisation• Strengthen dialogue between target group and

beneficiaries• Improving integration of immigrants into the

labour market• Spread diversity concept

Thank you for your attention !