Improve the quality of, and access to, continuing vocational training Encourage co-operation at all levels between vocational training bodies and companies

Alliances building Establish a collaboration model between formal education system, industry, and regional authorities Provide goal oriented training for industry based on this collaboration

Establish a unit for administration/marketing in each country Establish communication with industry by analyzing training needs Tailor-make courses for industry by request within accepted frames for education Run approx. 5 courses in each country for industry Co-ordinate activities and make status report every 6 months Evaluate experiences and produce a common report Develop European model for co-operation

Reports and participation in courses Participation of social partners Publishing results Conference

Short term: technology transfer and development and testing of European Model. Locally there will be a regional and company development aspect as well. Long-term: the European Model may become a standard for dissemination of similar courses throughout the EU.

Manager and legal contact: Ole Imsland, RKK, Stavanger. Project leader: Bjørg Kaspersen, Stavanger National coordinators: Ingrida Mikisko, Fouli Papageorgiou, Purificacion Valer The proposed programs duration is 36 months and it is divided into 15 work packages:

Stavanger Greece Spain Stavanger Spain Latvia Greece

Status reports - every six months To make sure we are on the right track Interim report - half way through the project (July 2002) To take stock of progress at a halfway point and to pinpoint any specific problems that the Partnership has encountered so that action can be taken to allow the projects main aims to be achieved as far as possible Final report - December 2003 Provide an overall overview of the results of the project in terms of actitivites, developments, partnerships etc. - as well as of the finalcial resources used to obtain the results

Document all hours worked (refundable and non-refundable) - with reference to work package & achievement Refundable costs are: Salary (planning, administration, meetings, social taxes) - according to contract ICT - related to work packages Travelling - Apex fares, actual costs Production - according to agreement Other cost (telephone, copying, etc.) All needs to be documented and receipts must be attached