Duration: three year 2004 -2007

Partners:

• Orpington College. Orpington, Kent, UK.
• NGO Paideia Iasi. Iasi, Romania.
• Scottish Wider Access Programme. Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
• Istituto Comprensivo F. Neri. Casale Monferrato, Torino, Italy.
• Centro Territoriale di Educazione Permanente nº 2. Catania, Italy.
• POE EDUCO Ltd. Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic.
• IES. Giner de los Ríos. Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain.

 Coordinating organization:

• Orpington College. Orpington, Kent, UK. 2004-2006
• IES. Giner de los Ríos. Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain. 2006-2007

 Objectives:

• Aim: To develop good practices in motivating, engaging and empowering disadvantaged learners in identified target groups (unemployed, ethnic minorities, single and other disadvantaged parents, socially disadvantaged young adults)

Specific objectives:

• To cooperate with other agencies working with TG
• To define and collect conditions, difficulties and specific educational needs of TG
• To find specific and alternative strategies for engaging, motivating and empowering disadvantage learners in TG
• To encourage learners in TG to develop positive attitudes towards learning
• To develop appropriate materials to support learners in TG
• To provide pathways for further opportunities and progression for learners in TG

 Main activities:

• To cooperate with other agencies working with TG
• International meeting in Catania, Italy: Better partnership knowledge and work plan
• Report defining conditions, difficulties and specific educational needs of TG
• International meeting in Iasi, Rumania: Report’s evaluation

• To develop strategies for engaging, motivating and empowering disadvantage learners in TG. Report about them
• International meeting in Casale Monferrato, Italy: Strategies’ evaluation
• International meeting in Glasgow, Scotland: Project’s evaluation.  Exploring ways of developing Grundtvig 1 project.

• International meeting in Alcobendas, Spain: Preparation for dissemination events. Prepare the ground work for a Grundtvig 1 project
• International meeting in London, England: Final dissemination conference

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AGENDA

• Italy, Catania: 23 - 28  November 2004

• Romania, Iasi: 10 -16 May 2005

• Italy, Casale Monferrato: 28 March - 2 April 2006 

• Scotland, Glasgow: 27 June - 2 July 2006

• Spain, Alcobendas: 21 - 26  November 2006

• England, London:  26 June - 1 July 2007

PRODUCTS

• Report about TG  
• Report about best strategies
• Poster 

DISEMINATION: Web page