[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”” background_color=”#f7f7f7″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”14865″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Project No.<\/strong> 2013-1-RO1-GRU06-29565 1<\/p>\n Project duration:<\/strong> 2013\u20132015<\/p>\n Project co-funder:<\/strong> European Comission, Lifelong Learning Programme<\/p>\n Project coordinator: <\/strong>Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium (Romania)<\/p>\n Project partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n Modern Didactics Centre (Lithuania) Project trainings in Bratislava<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The project partners feel there is a need for a European forum dedicated to mentors who support the integration and successful learning of school-age children. Early support for children aiming to succeed in school is crucial, and mentoring can help prevent school dropout or failure. This is precisely why organized training and development for mentors is needed.<\/p>\n The project partnership includes 8 organizations, 7 of which provide adult education services. We will work together to develop a mentoring program based on collaborative learning and drawing on each organization\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n The partnership\u2019s goal is to engage adults from socially vulnerable groups (the elderly, the unemployed, immigrants, refugees, representatives of ethnic minorities, etc.) into mentoring activities that benefit their communities by mentoring school-age children, thereby providing these adults with a sense of usefulness and satisfaction and strengthening their self-esteem as community members.<\/p>\n Based on the results of an analysis of current practices in the field of mentor training and counseling in each partner country, we will promote the transfer and development of innovative practices across all partner organizations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The motivations of individual partners for participating in this collaborative learning initiative vary. Munterwegs Association is very much looking forward to exchanging best practices in the field of mentoring methods and learning from the partners\u2019 experience and skills. Furthermore, participation in this learning partnership and its mobility programs will be a valuable experience for many of its volunteers.<\/p>\n The The National Association of the German Child Protection Agency of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern aims to learn how best to prepare and use human resources to support disadvantaged children. Mentors can compensate for a lack of family support, especially in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods where many children and young people lack adequate parental guidance. The model of involving volunteers in communities is appealing because it provides support to children while empowering adult community members to act for the benefit of their community.<\/p>\n The European Studies and Initiatives Center (Italy) continuously seeks to discover and implement new methods aimed at empowering socially disadvantaged groups and fostering social cohesion at the local and European levels.<\/p>\n The ModernDidatics Center (Lithuania) aims to learn from this partnership project so that it can support day center staff by implementing a training program designed for them. Day centers provide services to children and adolescents belonging to socially vulnerable groups; they need assistance with learning and personal guidance in dealing with various situations and problems in daily life.<\/p>\n By joining this project, the Grimstad Municipality Professional Development Office (Norway) hopes to enrich its experience in effectively addressing issues of immigrant integration into society and supporting them through a non-formal education model based on the development of close human relationships.<\/p>\n The Orava Association for Democratic Education (Slovakia) aims to familiarize itself with various mentoring programs and models so that it can transfer and adapt the knowledge gained when working with socially disadvantaged groups (e.g., Roma, early school leavers, the unemployed) and thus contribute to improving non-formal learning services for socially disadvantaged groups.<\/p>\n The Forum for Freedom in Education (Croatia) is motivated to participate in the partnership by the need to learn how to develop a training program for unemployed young teachers, with the aim of helping them acquire new skills required in the labor market. The Forum pays particular attention to young people who are not integrated into society and do not participate fully in it due to a lack of social skills.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Prepare the human and pedagogical resources for the partners to be able to establish effective mentoring programmes in support of their respective communities’ adults and young children with a view to empowering them for meaningful, responsible contribution to the community’s welfare.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]Project partners shared their experience in developing mentoring programmes and examples of best practices, and created mentor training programmes suited to the different needs of mentees within their institutions and countries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The mentoring programmes included adults who were able to devote time to this activity: seniors, the unemployed, students, and others who were willing and committed to participating. These individuals felt they were contributing to the well-being of society by actively meeting the needs of their communities, which is a particularly meaningful personal experience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Project activities: [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”963″ img_size=”large” alignment=”right” style=”vc_box_shadow” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication serves as a guide for developing a mentoring program or a training\/education program for mentors. The publication examines the key aspects of developing a mentoring program: program objectives, human resources, identifying mentors\u2019 training needs, mentor training, selecting mentees, matching mentors and mentees, and proper implementation of the mentoring program (coordination, dissemination, evaluation). Based on the project\u2019s experience, the authors of the guidelines present questions that program developers should consider.<\/p>\n The publication provides guidelines for developing a mentor training program: the program\u2019s purpose, structure, duration, the role of the mentor trainer, training methods and strategies, instructional materials for trainers, and monitoring and evaluation of the training. It includes examples of how various aspects of the mentor training program were implemented in the project partners\u2019 organizations, as well as descriptions of the mentor training programs developed and tested by the project partners\u2019 organizations.<\/p>\n Download <\/b>EN<\/a>, RO<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”14895″ img_size=”large” alignment=”right” style=”vc_box_shadow” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The publication presents 19 examples of best practices from Lithuania, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Croatia, and Romania. Each partner described mentor training programs that are successfully operating in their country, specifying the program\u2019s objectives, the nature of the sessions, their duration, the methods used, the instructional materials employed, and the profiles of the mentors and their mentees.<\/p>\n Download\u00a0<\/b>EN<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”963″ img_size=”large” alignment=”right” style=”vc_box_shadow” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The main objective of the monitoring and evaluation system is to collect data that will be used to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the project\u2019s objectives and mentoring programs.<\/p>\n The project partners have agreed on a common system that would cover the activities of all target groups: mentors, mentor trainers, mentor coordinators, and mentees. The monitoring and evaluation system includes the following indicators: what needs to be monitored and evaluated, which aspects of the activities need to be monitored and evaluated, how to collect data and information (methods, tools), when to collect them, and who performs the monitoring and evaluation. Methods and tools for evaluating the project and program are briefly presented.<\/p>\n The publication presents national monitoring and evaluation systems developed by partner organizations in accordance with common guidelines, as well as evaluation questionnaires and self-assessment tools designed for target groups.<\/p>\n Based on the monitoring and evaluation data, the project partner organizations prepared national reports on the piloting of mentoring programs.<\/p>\n Download\u00a0<\/b>EN<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”14893″ img_size=”large” alignment=”right” style=”vc_box_shadow” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This publication provides an overview of the project\u2019s experience in implementing mentor training and counseling programs in eight countries: Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Romania, Croatia, and Lithuania. The reports analyze how volunteer mentors help socially vulnerable children and youth develop life skills, improve academic performance, and promote reading. The document presents specific results from pilot programs, mentor selection criteria, and training methodologies, emphasizing the importance of ongoing professional support. It also identifies emerging challenges, such as difficulties in recruiting volunteers or the specific nature of working with children with behavioral problems, and provides recommendations for improving the programs in the future.<\/p>\n Download\u00a0<\/b>EN<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]Newsleter 1<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAssociation Munterwegs (Switzerland)
\nThe National Association of the German Child Protection Agency of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
\nEuropean Studies and Initiatives Center (Italy)
\nGrimstad Municipality Professional Development Office (Norway)
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\nThe Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium (Romania) aims to learn about successful mentoring programs for a variety of target groups, develop human and pedagogical resources that would help create effective mentoring programs, and provide individuals with the opportunity to participate more actively and responsibly in the life of their communities and contribute to their well-being.<\/p>\nPROJECT AIM<\/h6>\n
PROJECT OBJECTIVES<\/h6>\n
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PROJECT TARGET GROUPS<\/h6>\n
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PROJECT ACTIVITIES<\/h6>\n
\n1. Collection and analysis of information on existing mentoring programs for children and young people in at-risk groups.
\n2. Development of a general structure and guidelines for mentoring programs.
\n3. Development of specific mentoring programs in each partner country.
\n4. Testing, monitoring, and evaluation of mentoring programs with the support of other partners and stakeholders in a virtual environment.
\n5. Dissemination and further use of project results; project meetings.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nPROJECT INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS<\/h6>\n
Guidelines for Mentors and Mentoring Programmes Coordinators (2015)<\/h6>\n
Set of Best Mentoring Practices (2014)<\/h6>\n
Monitoring and Evaluation System (2014)<\/h6>\n
National Reports of Mentors Programme Piloting (2015)<\/h6>\n
PROJECT RESULTS<\/h6>\n
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\nMentor support\/training programs tailored to the needs of various categories of mentors were developed, along with a guide for mentors and mentor program coordinators.<\/li>\nPROJECT DISSEMINATION<\/h6>\n