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Size of institution:
The Centre for Language and Speech of the Antwerp UNiversity-UIA is a research
and teaching centre for 17 different languages. It is specialised in curriculum
development, syllabus design and the development of interactive learning materials.
We have experience with the development of LSP-course (e.g. medicine, nursery
and public servants).
Expertise in European Projects:
The Centre for Language and Speech has been and still is involved in a number
of national and international projects:
Soziale und Pädagogische Massnahmen e.V
"Soziale und
Pädagogische Maßnahmen e.V." [Social and Pedagogical Measures]
(SPM) in Bielefeld, Germany has been providing youth and adult education in
a non-school context for more than 20 years. The non-profit association offers
further education courses, seminars and leaves for further education in areas
such as work, politics, culture, and health. The educational programmes are
offered for both, individual participants, and groups. Programmes for groups
often require special concepts. We are often working with international groups
with multicultural participants, for who we are planning and realizing individual
seminars.
In the course of the last year, a new independent post developed from these
co-operations, which deals with establishing European relationships and working
with European networks. For this purpose, we were able to win a new staff member
who is experienced in international European co-operation projects (see chapter
1.5). SPM e.V. consist of 15 staff members (6 full-time and 9 part-time staff
members).
Each year, the organisation is offering 10,000 seminar lessons and 10,000 seminar
days on the basis of the current legislation on further education (Weiterbildungsgesetze)
in North Rhine Westphalia. The team has conference rooms in the city centre
of Bielefeld, and one conference centre in the Teutoburger Wald with 60 beds
and five conference rooms. SPM e.V. is a member of the Paritätischer Wohlfahtsverband
(Parity welfare association) in North Rhine Westphalia and of the 'Arbeitskreis
der Bildungsstätten und Akademien in Nordrhein-Westfalen' (work commission
for seminar houses).
Institut Regional du Travail Social de Lorraine (IRTS)
IRTS trains in the field of social work. These jobs require :
An adequate training
An interest in human and social problems
An ability to communication
A good general knowledge
What is IRTS ?
IRTS
is a training and research Center approved and subsidized by the State.It
trains professionals in the social sector. It
works together with professionals in the social sector and offers work-based
learnings including theoretical and practical instructions. IRTS is administrated
by ALFOREAS (Association Lorraine de Formation et de Recherche en Action Sociale).
The aim of this organization is to promote and develop in the various fields
of social programmes, social and economic integration, social and cultural development,
initial, superior and continuing education, research as well as every activities
that would be connected to it.
Head Office
:
Madame
Denise PIERRE
General Secretary
:
Monsieur
Michel VILLMEN
Budgetary
Control :
Jean Jacques JANOT
Accountancy
:
Madame
Evelyne MORBIN
Human Ressource Management :
Madame Marie-Thérèse HUMBERT
Madame Martine SAPIENZA
Madame Marie-Paule JACQUOT
Madame Joëlle ROYER
Capital and General Management :
Monsieur Daniel MATIJWIW
Monsieur Claude MARTON
Madame Jacqueline HOUILLON
University Administration :
Metz : Madame Christiane DEMESY
Nancy : Madame Delphine CONG
Who are we ? What do we offer to you ?
Professionals in social programmes, our activities include seven fields :
Home help (CAFAD), health help(AMP), organized activity (DE), maternal assistant, Social Assistant(AS), social adviser (CESF), children educator(EJE), educator(ES), technical educator (ETS), book instructor, workshop instructor(MA), educator assistant(ME), technician in social programmes(TISF).
Exam for Head office in a social institution, Superior Diploma in social work, senior executive in social work, training officer.
Inside universitary European nets
Specialised in social programmes with partnership Metz and Nancy
Training,organized activities, production
Partners
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Scientific (lectures, study periods, symposiums) and cultural (literature, cinema, concerts) organised activities are carried out by ALFOREAS which is connected under agreement with Forum IRTS.
To develop and
to achieve the continuing education offered to social workers in the context
of the professional activity, ALFOREAS had an agreement for cooperation with
Espace Formation Santé Social.
Counting 400 000 people, social workers belong to a kind of jobs which are often complementary, including a wide range of structures. They accompany 5 up to 10 million persons having less or more difficulties.
Social work performs in a very evolutive scope under the influence of social, economical and political transformations.
Approaches are various for each job corresponding to the needs of the users and to the tasks of services or institutions that employ them : social measures for persons or groups, a guidance to specialised centers, work in medical teams, set up of file for house grants or financial helps, solidarity net achievement, set up of projects.
The main employers are :
- regions with a measure of autonomy, towns, and Councils of a French department
- institutions and services for adults and disabled or maladjusted people
- the State, social centers, housing establishments, private or government-owned firms.
We can distinguish four types of jobs :
Social and technical intervention, maternal assistance, home aid, life auxiliaries.
ALFOREAS (Association Lorraine de Formation et de Recherche en Action Sociale) is aimed at :
- to promote and
develop in the various fields of social programmes
- social and economical integration and social and cultural development,
- initial training
- superior and continuing training
- research as well as every activity that would be connected to it
ALFOREAS is in charge of the administration of the school in Lorraine situated
in two places :
- Ban Saint martin, Metz
- Nancy
Tulossilta Oy - Tulossilta Ltd.
"Tulossilta
Ltd." is a small, family owned training and consulting company, specialised
in personnel training, which has close contacts with vocational training establishments.
An initial part of the company's activities is provision and development of
mentoring programs for different target groups (girls, female entrepreneurs,
female engineers, trainers and teachers).
Furthermore, Tulossilta Ltd. collaborates with regional
labour as well as national and regional educational authorities. The company
is also known for its training programs for entrepreneurs (start-up, follow-up,
business development phases). Tulossilta Ltd. participates in European projects
under ESF, ADAPT, Employment NOW, Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates.
Satakunta
Polytechnic is a multidisciplinary institution of higher professional education
consisting of 10 educational units operating in five towns around the region
of Satakunta and host over 6000 students. The polytechnic offers 20-degree programs
in several fields.
Pori and Harjavalta units train young people and adults (secondary or vocational
school graduates) for social fieldwork. The degree in social services is specializing
in Finnish social pedagogy and special services for disabled and psychosocial
support for families with problems of social exclusion.
The Social work department has active collaboration within Socrates Program
with several European partners, Nordplus with Scandinavian countries and the
Baltic area. Cooperation consists of student and staff exchange, curriculum
development and research plans.
Satakunta Polytechnic has 516 staff members (469 of them are fulltime). The
social services and health care unit in Pori educates over 800 students and
has 77 fulltime teachers. In social services we are developing innovative approaches
and emotional working skills with children and their families as well as disabled
persons.
Economic Software Systems International SRL
ESSI is a private
company, founded in 1997, its orientation being from the very beginning to offer
IT solutions.
The sustained professional activity of the company makes it the ideal partner
in developing and maintaining software products. At the same time, ESSI is a
system integrator, including: hardware, software and networks, counselling and
professional training for important customers.
Our society combines flexibility with the high qualification of his experienced
employees, providing quality at competitive costs.
The company has
developed numerous activities in the following fields:
· Computer technologies;
· Database design;
· Development of analysis systems for the profitableness of SMEs;
· Web - design;
· Multimedia applications;
· Provision of consultancy services;
· Development of EU projects.
ESSI's technic department can handle a large and various range of demands, thus
providing an excellent support for the marketing and sales department.
Economic Software Systems International SRL has the following specializations:
A. System integrator
a) computer network
b) hardware
c) software products and services
B. IT Understructure
a) LAN / WAN Systems
b) structural cabling and testing
c) checking processes
d) computer understructure
e) operation systems
f) relational data base
C. IT Solutions
a) developing software applications with data bases
b) accounting - financial
Products:
eXpert Accountant - for the financial/accounting activity of IMM
eXpert NGO - for the financial/accounting activity of the NGOs
eXpert Notary and Medical - for the financial/accounting activity of public
notaries and medical laboratories
Specific domains of interest for international colaboration:
Background :
Since 1997 Economic
Software Systems International has created an information system in the accountancy
field, for SMEs.
Since November 1998 our company has developed this information system for commercial
and accountancy companies in Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0, for PC network (Win
NT, Novell), based on Client/Server technology with SQL.
"Salvati
Copiii" was established in 1990 and is a non-governmental, independent
organization which is non-profit and apolitical. It promotes the rights of the
child in accordance with the United Nations Convention. It addresses itself
to all children in Romania, especially to disadvantaged children. Its activities
are based on the voluntary work of its members. It has 15 branches in the same
number of Romanian counties.
"Salvati
Copiii" has carried out its first activities of information and education.
It is the only Romanian NGO invited to take part in analysing the first Report
of Romania regarding the application within the country of UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child, as part of the United Nations specialist committee.
It was also invited to present the situation of street children in Romania at
the special meeting of the European Parliament.
Salvati Copiii is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance -
the first organization from Central and Eastern Europe to be admitted into this
body which has been granted the status of first class consultant to the Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
"Salvati Copiii" runs several programmes in favour of the children,
mainly from the most disadvantaged categories of children: Assistance for homeless
children, Health education programmes, Protection for HIV/AIDS infected children,
Reintegration of institutionalized children into families and abandonment prevention,
Modern facilities for children with motor and associated disabilities, Socialization
of children in child-care institutions, Integration and socialization of refugee
children in Romania, Protection of Roma children's rights, Counseling Centres
for abused or neglected children, Counseling Centre for drugs addict young people,
Information and Documentation Centre on the Rights of the Child.
"Salvati Copiii" initiated numerous researches and studies into the
compliance of the Romanian laws with the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child, the sexual exploitation of children, child labour, street children, abandonment
prevention, refugee children, Romanian children abandoned in other countries.
The University of Bucharest, established 140 years ago, offers a broad range of study programs at various levels: 22 short duration programs, over 60 long duration programs, 12 programs by open and distance learning, over 100 master and advanced studies, over 50 doctoral degree programs, professional conversion and upgrading programs. With the contribution of over 90 teachers, the Department of Social Work educates over 1.000 students in the fields of diagnosis of social issues, community and regional development, social policies, social communication, human capital development, child protection and equal opportunities. The subjects of child welfare and antipoverty policies, the situation of child at risk, social services for children, prevention of children abandonment, problems of disadvantaged children and children with disabilities are priorities of studies, research and technical assistance services provided by the Department.
Romanian Society for Life Long Learning
The
European training and education systems are subject to changes to come.They
will need being adapted to new co-ordinates.
Life long learning is not only one aspect of learning
and training anymore. It must become the
leading principle for an active life long participation of the European citizen.
The following ten years should be dedicated to implementing this vision. All
European citizens, irrespective of their origin must be granted equal opportunities
of adapting to the demands of the socio-economic changes, and also of an active
participation to creating the Europe of the future.
Life long learning concerns the future of all of us,
in a unique, individual way.
The Romanian Society for Lifelong Learning, founded
in 2001, identifies itself with this context.
Considering that the notions, competencies and skills acquired during childhood
and adolescence, within the family or at school, during professional or university
training are not sufficient for our actual society, our organization supports
the process of providing proper conditions so as more people may benefit of
learning opportunities throughout their entire adult life.
The major objectives of our organization consist of
guaranteeing universal and permanent access to the learning process, in view
of training and improving the skills and competencies necessary for a sustained
participation to social activities.
In order to achieve our goals, we shall pursue the following
targets:
1. to visibly increase the level of investment in human resources, in order to turn to good account most of the human potential;
2. to improve and develop the teaching/learning methods and contexts, in order to enhance quality of the learning process;
3. to significantly improve the degree of involvement within the learning process and also the evaluation criteria;
4. to make sure that every citizen gets easy and permanent access to quality information and advice concerning educational opportunities in the country and in Europe;
5. to adapt the offer of lifelong learning opportunities to the demands of the society.
The University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj, is the oldest and largest university in Transylvania (Romania). The history of the University of Cluj goes 400 years back. As it is stated in its charter, it is a multicultural institution, which promotes equal opportunities by providing education in Romanian, Hungarian, German and in widely spoken languages, also supporting the interactions between these cultures. The University considers that it is its mission to contribute to the local, regional and national development from social, cultural and political point of views. It has 17 faculties in Cluj and through its network of colleges it is present in another 18 towns and cities. In 1999 the University numbered 1264 staff members, with more than a third having doctoral degrees. In 2000-2001, the student body of Babes-Bolyai University numbers 36993 students, with 24461 attending long and short duration courses and 1973 are enrolled in graduate programs, and 3250 attending doctoral studies.
The social work department of Babes-Bolyai university has 375 students of its own and another approx 300 students with double specialization. The department has allowed participation in its training for several graduates of children's homes, as well as for Roma and handicapped students. In the last two years the department monitors 2 postgraduate courses (Management in social services - 2 semesters and a Master program in Child and family welfare - 4 semesters). The members of the department are also involved in other training courses for the staff of different social settings, as training Probation officers and the Eurodir project Training courses for directors of social institutions. The main interest of the department is to develop intervention models in all areas of social work: prevention and intervention in child abuse and neglect cases, helping drug and alcohol abusers, creating equal opportunities for Roma communities, helping children in institutions, reducing violence and delinquency.