UAB “GLOBALIOS IDĖJOS” IPAE kickoff meeting, Bonn(DE), 2013

A BOUT COMPANY Private enterprise Based in Vilnius Established in employees 300 trainers-experts ACTIVITIES Training centre PRO Event organizing Project management Mobilities of VET students

T RAINING CENTRE PRO

T RAINING SERVICES M OST POPULAR TOPICS :  Bookkeeping  Personnel management  Document management  Sales  Languages T AILOR - MADE TRAINING FOR SPECIALISTS :  Public servants  Medical workers  Employees in business services  School and university teachers

60% OF OUR LEARNERS COME FROM SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS : Unemployed people, who lost their job and want to change / improve their qualification; Students, who lack practical skills after acquiring higher education diploma; Mothers, raising small children (up to 3 years); Retired people; People with disabilities; People from remote rural areas.

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P ROJECT MANAGEMENT Leonardo da Vinci Networks project:  ELVETE: Employer-Led Vocational Education and Training in Europe Leonardo da Vinci Partnership project:  SOS: Strengthening the Orientation from School to Job Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of innovation project:  MentorT: Mentor training for learning support assistants and apprentices Nordplus Adult education project:  Effective language learning for people aged Anna Lindh foundation:  The rights perspective

P ROJECT MANAGEMENT Grundtvig Learning Partnership projects:  Improving Participation in Adult Education  ITAAT: Information Technology Applied to Adult Training  Open (H)Art  eSenior: ICT and multimedia techniques for senior citizens Grundtvig Multilateral project:  CAMP2.0: Challenging Attractiveness of lifelong learning: web 2.0 tools for strengthening Marketing and Public relations competencies of adult education providers

L EONARDO DA V INCI M OBILITIES Accountancy and finance Administrative and secretarial work Childcare IT (web design, programming, graphic design) Skin and hair care Photography Mechanics, welding Etc.

M OTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT Situation Only 6 adults from 100 are participating in adult learning; On average one adult education provider receives 170 adult learners a year. Aims Improving and increasing participation of Lithuanian adults in adult learning; Exchanging information with other Lithuanian institutions on developing efficient adult learning systems; Removing barriers for disadvantaged groups (people from rural areas, disabled, youth, unemployed, etc.). Outcomes Tools and good practices for Lithuanian adult education providers; Increased participation in adult learning in Lithuania.

V ALUE / CONTRIBUTION  The closeness to labor market needs  The closeness to academic world  National scale of adult education activities  Constantly increasing scope of international cooperation  Experience in project management

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