Presentation of the Czech DP FACILITATION OF LIFELONG EDUCATION IN RURAL CONDITIONS

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Presentation of the Czech DPFACILITATION OF
LIFELONG EDUCATION IN RURAL CONDITIONS
Final conference of the DP GWLAD 23.11.2007 in
Bangor
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• Czech Republic / North-East
• Region of Liberec
• District of Semily

Euroregion NISA
BACKGROUND

• Mountain tourist area
• (Decline of agriculture and textile
  industry)
• Incompetence for new kinds of job
• (ICT, foreign languages)
• Lack of transport services
• Lower economic level
• Rural population
• Few learning work opportunities
• in the countryside

Our EQUAL Project Lifelong Learning Modular
System in Euroregion NISA to remove the
information illiteracy and facilitate the
employment of people who are disadvantaged in
the labour market.
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PROJECT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• Facilitate access to learning for people in
  countryside
• Ensure quality information and counselling
• Bring learning opportunities as close to learners
  as possible, to their own
  communities
• Adjust the ways in which training is provided
• Provide training based on the needs and demands
  of individuals, to gain and renew the necessary
  skills
• Establish an efficient partnership to test an
  innovative lifelong learning model for rural
  areas
• Set up a network of relevant subjects which are
  able to provide training opportunities for rural
  communities

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Partnership ApproachThe best way to achieve goals
Bringing together all relevant subjects, public,
NGO and private. Cooperation based on sharing
responsibilities and common decision making.
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Project Learning Cycle
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Modular Learning System in Rural Conditions

• Main principles
• Free access for all
• Ideal timing
• Close to home
• Supporting services

• Necessary inputs
• Quality human resources
• Mobile ICT classrooms

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Project Courses and Target Groups
Semester Cycle of Learning Average Number of
Courses 53 Average Number of Trainees
540 Average Graduation Rate 83
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Personal testimonies
I am glad to attend this kind of course because I
have no money and time to attend commercial
courses in the city during my maternity leave.
I appreciate that it is possible to learn by my
work, in convenient time and close to home.
I liked my course. I have used all my new
knowledge in my work. I hope to continue in this
way.
This course was very useful. When I began with it
I only knew how to push the ON/OFF button. Now I
work with internet without any problems and it is
very important to me.
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In the words of Mayors themselves
Organising these courses has given an importance
to the achievement of knowledge and skills that
local habitants have not had before. () And all
of this is of great importance to us. Thanks to
the time we spend together in learning the past
tense in German, or the countable and
non-countable nouns in English, or taking it in
turns to use the computer mouse, new friendships
emerges which can become the basis for
co-operation in the village. Mayoress of Paseky
nad Jizerou village
"I have to say that ESF EQUAL has brought
excitement into our village, where during four
evenings and a whole Saturday, our inhabitants
are on their feet, being busy and taking part in
education. Mayor of Belá village
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PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Our project recognized as a good practice
• by the European Commission
• Case study written by Helen Tubb (GHK)
  http//ec.europa.eu/employment_social/equal/practi
  cal-examples/adapt-06-cz-facilit_en.cfm
• Presentation of the project at OPEN DAYS 2007/
  European Week of Regions and Cities / Brusel
  9.10.2007
• Victory in the nationwide competition Dobrá rada
  nad zlato 2007
• / Good Advice above Rubies 2007
• (more on www.topregion.cz)

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PLANS AND VISIONS FOR FUTURE

• Mainstreaming of good practices in providing
  learning opportunities in rural areas
• Looking for the possibilities to continue in 2007
  2013 in cooperation with new relevant
  interested subjects (not only from Czech
  Republic, but also from Europe, in particular
  from new member states)
• New projects for rural development, interventions
  of smaller extension, for new localities and with
  new partners as well
• Impact on lifelong learning policy-making

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KEY MESSAGES

• Involve target groups in the creation as well as
  implementation of the project
• Cooperate from initial phases
• Adjust project in relation to the feedback
• Carefully select partners for cooperation
• Cooperate with subjects with which you have had
  previous positive experience
• Actively involve all members of partnership on
  the principle of divided competences and sharing
  responsibilities
• Create partnership with different types of
  subjects, regardless of their legal status or
  political affiliation
• Dont be afraid to set yourselves to achieve high
  goals dont let probable obstacles and risks
  discourage you!

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• Thank you for your attention.

Contacts on project managers Mr. Tomá Hájek,
hajek_at_mostkevzdelani.eu, mobile [phone]
626 coordinator of the DPA (national level) Ms.
Katerina Baladová, baladova_at_mostkevzdelani.eu,
mobile [phone] coordinator of the TCA
(transnational level) Mr. Michal Krí,
kriz_at_mostkevzdelani.eu, mobile [phone]
092 coordinator of the Action 3 (dissemination
and mainstreaming) MOST KE VZDELÁNÍ BRIDGE TO
EDUCATION, o.s. Bítouchovská 1, 513 01 Semily,
Czech Republic Phone / fax [phone]
698 Website www.mostkevzdelani.eu www.krakonos.c
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