Use Your Strength Mobility Project
Together with project partners from Lithuania, Sweden and Latvia.
The main coordinator is Latvian secondary education institution, a development center that provides secondary education for children with hearing and mental disabilities and organizes adult training.
- The goals of the project are to gain international experience, acquire knowledge and share best practices about adult education more effectively based on the lifelong learning competences through the cooperation of 4 partner organizations
- promote the effective development of the project's member organizations by raising their professional level, management competencies of institutions, teachers and support staff;to plan and develop the next stage of the project - the development of new, innovative, ICT-based and learnable educational programs for adults.
Project results
- Learning of different effective methods for adult education using ICT tools and edtech solutions
- Motivation for adults to engage in non-formal education programs
- Programs designed for different groups of adults, such as migrants, people with disabilities
- Use and adapt the good practices and experiences of partner organizations in their daily work.
- Motivation for adults to engage in non-formal education programs
- Acquired knowledge partner countries history, art and culture
Activities
Latvia
According to the planned activities of the project, November 18-22, 2019. mobility took place in Latvia. It is the first international trip for project partners. The participants visited the University of Applied Sciences in Vidzeme, the Valmiera Development Agency, the Latvian Employment Agency, and the BUTS training center.
There were also practical trainings about different X, Y and Z generations and their attitude to work and life values. Participants visited to employement offices and learnt about skills gap, jobs oppertinites and other challenges.
Participants had a visit to startup ecosystem development and facilities
Lithuania
Project mobility trip was conducted on 20th-24th January, 2020. It is 2nd mobility project trip. Participants visited and particiated "Zidinio" adult education gymnasium, psychologist and motivational training activities. Participants got opperttunities to learn different Zirmunai vocational training programs and activities.They also learnt innovative method in VIGORA simulation company. Participants had explored different art therapy techniques and workshop.Partcipants had also wonderful city trip to Trakai education and cultiral programs .Participants also got oppertunity to make Kibina litnuanian food
Sweden
According to the planned activities of the project, a visit to Sweden took place on May 23-27, 2022. it is the last project trip . Participants visited Folkuniversitetet to understand life long learning programs, adult education system in Sweden as well as different pedagogic method for refuges , adult education and intgration with Swedish job market and life. Particpants also attneded workshop on Naturum Culture program and INAB projects.Particpants visted SFI prohrams and had interaction with students and teachers.Participants met local NGO related with adult support and education especially for women.