This newsletter provides information about the GI-VET project which aims to develop a methodology to guide students in selecting vocational or educational training opportunities. The kick-off meeting was held in Adana, Turkey where partners visited a technical high school and met with education officials. The second mobility took place in Badajoz, Spain where partners visited various vocational education centers and met with the VET General Director to learn about the education system in the region of Extremadura. The partners discussed comparing vocational education systems and guidance tools across countries.

1. NEWSLETTER
NUMBER ONE
FEBRUARY 2013
ABOUT THE PROJECT
This project will be an opportunity to guide students to identify
their capabilities and skills and will help the organizations
establish a guidance methodology.
Most of the students who are on the edge of selecting their
ways for their future education are unsure and indecisive
about which occupation to choose and which school offers the
best options. Sometimes, the Vocational Guidance they
receive is inadequate; therefore, they don't know which career
opportunities they have in front of them. Any wrong decision
that they could take could affect their Life Long Learning
Process negatively. To avoid such situations, this project aims
to develop a methodology to guide students through a wide
range of opportunities for their further Vocational and/or
Educational Training.
1. WHAT IS VET GUIDANCE?
2. PROJECT PARTNERS
3. PROJECT MOBILITIES
4. PROJECT RESULTS AND DISSEMINATION
ACTIVITIES

2. 1-WHAT 2-NEWS
IS VET ABOUT VET
GUIDANCE? GUIDANCE
EUROPEAN CAREER GUIDANCE CONFERENCE 2013
CAREER-EU 2013,
According to CEDEFOP (European Centre for the
Development of Vocational Training) in the publication 15 - 19 May 2013, Poznan, Poland
“Terminology of European education and training policy",
guidance and counselling / information, advice and guidance
(IAC) is defined as a range of activities designed to help The European Association of Career Guidance (EACG) in
individuals take educational, vocational or personal decisions cooperation with the European
and carry them out before and after they enter the labour Association of ERASMUS
market. Coordinators (EAEC), the Adam
Mickiewicz University in Poznan and
the INENTER Network, organizes
Furthermore, guidance and counselling may include: the 4th CAREER-EU Conference
from 15-19 May 2013, in Poznan,
1. – counselling (personal or career development, Poland. The CAREER-EU is
educational guidance), organized under the 9th annual
2. – assessment (psychological or competence-/ ERASMUS Congress and Exhibition - ERACON2013. The
performance related), INENTER Conference will also run in parallel.
3. – information on learning and labour market opportunities
and career management, Career Guidance Counsellors and other experts are invited to
4. – consultation with peers, relatives or educators, make presentations and submit papers. Workshops and
5. – vocational preparation (pinpointing skills/competences Sessions within the conference are also invited to discuss
and experience for job seeking), specific topics and to draw up concrete suggestions, which
6. – referrals (to learning and career specialists). can contribute to the improvement of Career Guidance
Counselling.
Guidance and counselling can be provided at schools, training
centres, job centres, the workplace, the community or in other For more information: www.career-eu.info
settings.

3. emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged groups,
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i.e. immigrants, unemployed people.
PARTNERS Avanos Kiz Teknik Ve Meslek Lisesi, TURKEY
Is a technical and vocational high school in the middle of
PROJECT COORDINATOR Anatolia in Avanos/Turkey. In our school we
have child development branch, catering,
ICT, handicrafts and clothing manufacturing
Seyhan Ilçe Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü, TURKEY branch. We also have a nursery school
where our students study. Avanos district is
The Directorate of Education is developing rapidly in tourism sector and
responsible for the central administration there is job vacancy in the private sector in
of all aspects of education and related the area. We are in cooperation with Turkish
services in Seyhan district. The employment organization because of this reason and we
Directorate’s main areas of responsibility organise courses regularly to meet this need. As a result of
are in pre-school, primary, post-primary, these courses we have an employment rate of 50%.
vocational education, adult education and
special education. Its primary statutory duty is to promote the
education of the people of Seyhan district and to ensure the Liceul Tehnologic Transporturi Auto, ROMANIA
effective implementation of education policy.
Grupul Scolar de Transporturi Auto as an institution that
provides education and trains students of
all levels; pre-primary, primary,
PROJECT PARTNERS secondary, high school, evening class.
1602 students are coordinated by more
then 100 teachers. In our school there is
Comune di Sant’Angelo in Vado, ITALY
a Technological department and there
are 25 teachers who teach technical
The Municipality of Sant’Angelo in Vado has
subjects and they are in cooperation with
a training department, certified in the Marche
two counsellors and psychologists. Each
Region, Italy. The training department offers
year our teachers visit every secondary schools from the
training to internal employees on
south county and discuss with the students, present them the
communication aspects and team work and
qualifications in order to motivate them to attend our school
has experience in vocational training and
and train them.
continuous education for adults with

4. Profesionalas Izglitibas Kompetences Centrs “Liepajas
Liceul Teoretic Tudor Arghezi, ROMANIA Valsts Tehnikums”, LATVIA
“Tudor Arghezi” high school is situated
in the city of Craiova, in the south- Competence centre of
western part of Romania. The school vocational education "Liepaja
is situated in the north part of Craiova, State technical school" is one
we have a total of 1297 students and of the biggest vocational
84 teachers. The age of our students schools in Latvia with 1700
ranges between 7 and 19 years old. trainees and 130 teachers. The
Our school provides primary, school is located in Latvia at
secondary and high school classes, 220 km from the capital of Latvia, Riga. The city Liepaja is
but 11% of them are students enrolled at the Maximum situated at the Baltic Beach and Port of Liepaja is the third
Security Penitentiary present a high risk of social exclusion; biggest Port in Latvia.
they are aged and have learning difficulties school there are
specializations: literature, social sciences, mathematics and KADIS, SLOVENIA
computer science and natural sciences. Every year about 60
students give exam for professional certificate in computer Kadis is an organization
science. operating in the field of human
resources and also has wide
Professional High School of Electronics and Electrical experience in recruitment, legal
Engineering "Marie Curie" BULGARIA consulting and "know-how" in
HR management and training.
Professional High School of Electronics
and Electrical Engineering “Marie Curie” We have been working on employability and career guidance
(BULGARIA) is a vocational school in programmes since 1995. We are the main provider of
Sliven, which has about 120.000 employability skills trainings in central Slovenia and
inhabitants. The town is situated at 100 experienced in working with groups, providing various
km from The Black Sea and 300 km workshops and lectures for different target groups (employees,
from the capital, Sofia. The school was employers, unemployed and other job seekers, students,
founded in 1962 and is one of the parents) and trainings for other career counsellors. We also
authoritative in the country. It has 500 offer career guidance services for individuals and SME
students, aged from 14 to 19, 93% are male. They are trained companies. Within several projects, we have developed
in various professions: Computer technologies, competence models for different career profiles, assessment
Microprocessor equipment, System programming, of existing competences and tailor-made competence-based
Automobile electronics, and Electrical equipment. trainings.

5. FUNDECYT - PCTEX SPAIN activities: Labour market research; training; publishing; and
FUNDECYT-PCTEx aims to Seminars;
create the space and services
needed to facilitate the The Foundation puts strong emphasis on problems of young
exchange of knowledge, people and their engagement on labour market.
science and technology leading
to socio-economic development
of Extremadura.
The aims of the new Foundation are the result of the addition
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of the objectives of both Foundations merged and, in this
sense, its draft statutes states:
"The Foundation aims to contribute to the social and
economic exploitation of the science and technology, to
support and promote of scientific and technological
development and its management, to make better use of the
MOBILITIES
research and innovation, and encourage the participation of
civil society mobilizing its resources.
KICK OFF MEETING: FIRST MOBILITY
ADANA (TURKEY)
Fundacja Rozwoju Inicjatyw Edukayjnych I Społecznych, The Kick off Meeting of GI-VET project took place in
POLAND Adana (Turkey) on October, from the 16th to the 20th.
Foundation for Educative and During these days, partners, took the opportunity to visit
Social Initiatives Development project partner Avanos Girls’ technical and vocational high
is a foundation from Poland school, located in Avanos (Turkey) and they could check in
which activate in the field of situ the training opportunities offered by the center: cooking,
Education. Our services and nursery and clothing manufacturing.
activities are directed to
educational institutions, teachers and all target groups on the Partners also visited director of National education and the
labour market. district governor of Seyhan and the counselling department of
Seyhan district.
We are implementing good practices in gender issues and During the meetings partners introduced their
promote equal opportunities of women and men in all areas of organizations/schools, regions or towns and the vocational
life. Foundation is achieving its goals through the following education system in the respective country.

6. Visiting the class of “Clothing manufacturing” at Avanos girl’s technical
highschool
Meeting in Adana the District Governor of Seyhan District.
Partners also discussed about project results and outcomes
as the comparison of the vocational education systems (in the
first year), as well as the project blog (with contributions from
each partner), the Moodle platform, the e-booklet (a more
detailed variant of the newsletters), 300 tests for students and
30 career plans. Furthermore, different dissemination activities
will be carried out by the partners, as newsletter and leaflets.
During Kick-off meeting in Adana.

7. SECOND MOBILITY: BADAJOZ (SPAIN)
The Second GI-VET project mobility and consortium
meeting took place in Badajoz (Spain) on November, from
the 26th to the 29th.
During this mobility partners visited different VET centers, as
“I.E.S. San José” (Secondary and vocational Education
school), “I.E.S. Santa Eulalia” (Secondary school) and
“Escuela Virgen Guadalupe” (Secondary and Vocational
Education school). Furthermore, partners were received by
VET General Director of the Regional Government of
Extremadura where they could know about the education
system and VET guidance implemented in the region.
Meeting the VET General Director of the Regional Government of
Extremadura in Merida.
Visiting secondary school “Santa Eulalia” in Merida.
During the working meeting, partners showed the situation of
VET Guidance in each country, and discussed about the
comparison of the different systems as well as the different Visiting the class of “Automotive” at secondary school “Virgen Guadalupe” in
instruments used by counsellors to help students. Badajoz

8. more information:
leonardovocationalguide.blogspot.com