VOCA Extended - Increased accessibility to vocational training and increased attachment to the labour market for disabled people through the VOCA Europe 2 Mentor model
LdV VOCA 2009-1-TR1-LEO05-08629
2009 - 2011
Leonardo da Vinci programme
POINT Proje Ins. Taah. Muh. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti., Turkey
- Spanish Confederation of Education and Training Centres, Spain, Spain
- Baltic Education Technology Institute BETI, Lithuania
- Association H Foundation for Distance Learning for Disabled People, Romania
- COOP Institute of Education, Slovak Republic
- Gazi University
- Turkish & Belgian Amicable Cultural Association, Turkey
In VOCA and VOCA 2 projects focus was puto n the process of getting and keeping a job, and one of the project outcomes was the development and testing of a model for the training of Mentors who can assist both companies in employing a disabled individual and disabled people. In this project, VOCA Extended, mentors will be offered training in more languages and they will also be trained in guiding disabled people in how to work at home. Therefore the project will support participants of VOCA courses in futher training activities for developing mentor skills and profession, for mentoring in integration to the working environment and to a new job. VOCA will also support improvements in quality and innovation in vocational education and training systems targeting mentoring disabled persons.