The huge importance of the intercultural awareness and competences is recognized by the EU, the European institutions and all the member-countries. However, there are still many VET trainers who are great experts in their particular field, but when it comes to knowledge or experience in working with students from various backgrounds, nationalities and cultures, they need to fill that gap by searching the right methods and tools on their own.
The project #CIT4VET aims to improve the situation by providing a database with instruments for improving the intercultural competences with VET trainers, institutions and learners.
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Name: CIT4VET – Open Online Catalogue of Intercultural Tools for Vocational Education and Training Intercultural competencies (IC) are essential to be effective in today's culturally diverse reality. The importance of IC has been recognised by the European Commission and is being acknowledged by more and more educational entities. Nonetheless, the extent to which intercultural competence development is included in education varies from country to country. Many countries still haven’t included intercultural education in key education pathways. The situation is even worse when it comes to the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector and VET trainers in particular. As a result, there are many VET trainers who are experts in their field, but when it comes to knowledge or experience in delivering their lessons to students from different backgrounds, they have to fill this gap by looking for the right tools on their own. Considering that vocational training can be an effective means of integration for people who have migrated to Europe following the migratory flows imposed by globalisation, helping the trainers in their further development also promotes social inclusion. |
To improve and increase the ability of VET Trainers to provide intercultural training to learners from other countries in Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands and Poland by the end of 2020. The project will achieve this through offering easy access to tools in the area of intercultural learning and providing training materials, including instructions on how to apply theory to intercultural training. In particular, the specific objective is to design and implement an innovative Open Online Catalogue of Intercultural Tools which will be an online application available as an Open Education Resource. |
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InfoNumber: N°:2018-1-DE02-KA202-005051Programme: Erasmus+, KA2, Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices, Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training Period: 01.10.2018 – 30.09.2020 Partners: assist GmbH – Germany The Institute of Technology Tralee - Ireland DANMAR COMPUTERS – Poland Centrum Kształcenia Edukator Sp. z o.o. - Poland Intercultural Business Improvement Ltd. – Netherlands RUNI Center – Bulgaria Diciannove - Italy Website: https://cit4vet.erasmus.site/ |
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During the first months of #CIT4VET project lifetime all partners performed desk and Internet based research in order to fulfil the first step towards the creation of the Database of intercultural tools. The partnership collected more than 100 resources (methodologies, OERs, evaluation methods; self-learning materials, etc) in the sphere of intercultural learning and improvement of intercultural competences in VET sector. The resources are grouped in a table/grid according to previously established criteria and sectors – description of the tool; sector of appliance; mode of learning and interaction, culture focus; target group; level of difficulty; available language versions, etc.
CIT4VET brought project partners to Turin to discuss, analyze and implement the work of preparing project outputs. During the meeting, partners established the work plan of the forthcoming months, which will focus on the development of the website, the progressive implementation of the database relating to resources and instruments of an intercultural tools available for professional training. The database will be accompanied by a series of four e-learning modules which includes some methodological tips to favour intercultural dialogue, together with exercises and self-assessment tests on the topic of intercultural competences addressed to trainers and educators.
Kick-off meeting
The meeting was held in Paderborn, Germany on 26 and 27 January 2019. After the presentation of the project, the partners agreed on intellectual outputs, discussed and approved the project management and assigned specific tasks for dissemination and evaluation.
Intercultural competencies in today’s reality are a major key competence, also due to the significant growth in migration and the movements of people across countries. Nonetheless intercultural competence development is not yet prevalent in key education pathways. This is particularly true when it comes to the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector and VET trainers in particular.
CIT4VET – Open Online Catalogue of Intercultural Tools for Vocational Education and Training, – addresses this need for intercultural competences in VET education. The project – sustained by a consortium of partners from Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands and Poland – helps to improve and enhance the ability of VET Trainers to provide intercultural training by offering: