ACTION L'IN'C Leather Integrated Cooperation

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ACTION L.IN.CLeather Integrated Cooperation

• Innovative measures financed under Article 6of
  the European Social Fund Regulation
• BUDGET HEADING 04.021000.00.11
• "Innovative Approaches to the Management of
  Change"Call for Proposals VP / 2003 / 21

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Partners

• EOMMEX S.A Project Promoter
• AIICA -Spain
• CTIC -Portugal
• CTC -Portugal
• APIC -Portugal
• ENEA -Italy
• Gemini /Grupo Paladrani -Italy
• ELKEDE -Greece
• TEI -Greece
• Athens Network of Collaborating Experts NGO
  Greece
• Zenon A.E -Greece
• I know how -Greece
• European Profiles S.A. Greece

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Objectives

• Designing and Implementing an innovative age
  management strategy in Leather production SMEs
  from four Mediterranean countries
• Raising awareness of employers on the issues of
  active ageing
• Work placements through innovative methods of
  training, flexible work practices
• Upgrading skills of the target group and
  encourage active learning

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• The creation of the Pan-Mediterranean Network
  with the active participation of the most
  representative partners from each country in the
  sector
• The tailor made training programmes and life-long
  learning methodologies
• Thematic seminars on age employability awareness
  for employers
• The short term transnational exchanges of
  employees between SMEs and job shadowing
  activities

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Aiming at

• Promoting of an integrated age management
  strategy that will retain older workers in
  employment
• Co-operating of organisations within the social
  dialogue framework and promoting changes in
  attitudes
• Sensitisation of trade unions and other public
  bodies, to participate actively in employment
  issues

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Project Activities

• Desk and field research on the employability of
  older workers
• Design and promotion of integrated age management
  strategy to support the retention and
  redeployment of older workers
• Transnational exchange and co-operation
  (including dissemination)
• Project management
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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Outputs

• Specific Age management strategy
• Training programmes
• Pilot methods-job shadowing
• Studies, researches and methodological guides
• Policy recommendations
• Awareness raising for employers

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PROJECT PHASES

• A. Research on the employability of older workers
  in textile and leather production
• Actions
• A.1. Field research in each country
• A.2. Comparative analysis of the 4 field
  researches
• Deliverables
• The 4 field researches (one for each country)
• The Comparative Analysis

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B. Design and implementation of the innovative
age management strategy.

• Actions
• B.1. Design of the age management strategy
• B.2. Pilot implementation of the strategy
• Deliverables
• The age management strategy
• Pilot implementation in 4 countries

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C. Tailor-made training
Actions C.1. Design of tailor-made training
programmes C.2. Design of life-long learning
programmes C.3. Delivery of tailor-made training
programmes Deliverables The tailor made training
programmes The life-long learning programmes The
realisation of 48 training sessions The training
material The training evaluation reports
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D. Public awareness campaignActionsD.1.
Thematic seminars on age employability awareness
for employersD.2. Sensitisation of public
authoritiesD.3. Media campaignD.4. Creation of
a special phone line in each countryDeliverables
4 thematic seminars (one in each country)8
seminars for the staff of public
authoritiesPress announcements An information
line in each country
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E. Transnational co-operation ActionsE.1.
Exchange of good practice workshops E.2. Design
and implementation of the IT platformE.3. Short
term exchanges of employees E.4. Job
shadowingE.5 European ConferencesDeliverables4
workshops A good practice Guide in 5 languages
IT platform called MED-iterannean NET4
exchanges of 10 days duration each, one in each
country4 visits of the partners organisations
personnel3 EU Conferences
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F. Project management
Actions F.1. Project organisation F.2. Project
Communications and Reporting F.3. Financial
management and Control System (FMCS)
Deliverables The Operational Plan and the
Steering Committee formation Quality Assurance
Documents and Consortium Agreements 4 Steering
Committee meetings 6 Project Team meetings 2
status reports 1 progress report-1 final
report The FMCS and guidelines
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G. On going monitoring and evaluation

• Actions
• G.1. Design of the monitoring and evaluation
  strategy
• G.2. Data collection and elaboration
• G.3. Development of conclusions and report to the
  stakeholders of findings and recommendations
• Deliverables
• An integrated monitoring and evaluation system
• Collection of data and information
• The report of findings and recommendations

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H. Dissemination and mainstreaming

• Actions
• H.1. Design of the dissemination plan
• H.2. Promotional material
• H.3. Organisation of Conference
  
• H.4. www dissémination
• H.5. Media campaign
• H.6. Quarterly Newsletter
• H.7. Workshops and seminars
• H.8. Production of training material and CD ROM
• Deliverables
• Dissemination plan
• Promotional material
• Web portal
• Newsletter
• Training material and CD ROM

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Transnational exchange
Sharing and exchange of new ideas and
innovative approaches to promote further
innovation and produce more effective outcomes,
and to ensure the best possible dissemination of
the projects results
Objectives
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Transnational exchange
Tasks

• Workshops
• Short term exchanges of employees (job-shadowing)
• Organisation of conferences
• Website development