DEMETRAEDEMETRAE GenDer GuidancE to enhance and support woMEn GenDer GuidancE to enhance and support woMEn

choices in the AgriculTuRAl fiEld: pathways and tools for choices in the AgriculTuRAl fiEld: pathways and tools for Education and Vocational systemsEducation and Vocational systems

Leonardo da Vinci Project – Transfer of InnovationAGREEMENT n° LLP-LdV-TOI-11-IT-742

CUP code :G32F11000660006

Project DurationProject Duration

From 1st October 2011 From 1st October 2011

to 30th September 2013to 30th September 2013

Partners of the DEMETRAE projectPartners of the DEMETRAE projectApplicant/Lead Partner: Applicant/Lead Partner:

IIS “A. Serpieri” Bologna IIS “A. Serpieri” Bologna (Institution of Secondary Education)(Institution of Secondary Education) ITALYITALYManagement-Co-ordinator PartnerManagement-Co-ordinator Partner

CONFAO –CONFAO – Consorzio Nazionale per la Formazione, l'Aggiornamento e l'Orientamento – RomaRoma

(National Consortium for Education, Vocational training, Up-grading and Vocational Guidance)

CORA Roma - Centri Retravailler AssociatiCORA Roma - Centri Retravailler Associati

Collegio Periti Agrari e Periti Agrari Laureati di BolognaCollegio Periti Agrari e Periti Agrari Laureati di Bologna

FECOAM - Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias de MurciaFECOAM - Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias de Murcia Spain Spain EABWSMEsMB - EABWSMEsMB - Employers’ Association of the Business Women of Employers’ Association of the Business Women of

Small and Medium Enterprises of the Municipality of BucharestSmall and Medium Enterprises of the Municipality of Bucharest Romania Romania DDRP - Dobele District Rural PartnershipDDRP - Dobele District Rural Partnership LatviaLatviaSEED - Small Enterprise Economic Development FoundationSEED - Small Enterprise Economic Development Foundation HungaryHungary

DEMETRAE stems from the DEMETRAE stems from the Project “A.G.R.O.N.O.M.A. - Analisi Generale Risorse Project “A.G.R.O.N.O.M.A. - Analisi Generale Risorse

Orientamento Nazionale Obiettivo Management Agricolo”Orientamento Nazionale Obiettivo Management Agricolo” (General Analysis of the National Vocational Guidance Resources of the (General Analysis of the National Vocational Guidance Resources of the

Agricultural Management Objecitive)Agricultural Management Objecitive)funded by National Law 10 April 1991 n. 124 – “Positive Actions for the Fulfilment of Men-funded by National Law 10 April 1991 n. 124 – “Positive Actions for the Fulfilment of Men-

Women Equality in the Labour Market”. Women Equality in the Labour Market”. AGRONOMA has started in 2006 promoted by CONFEDERDIA - AGRONOMA has started in 2006 promoted by CONFEDERDIA - CONFEDERAZIONE ITALIANA DEI

DIRIGENTI, QUADRI E IMPIEGATI DELL’AGRICOLTURA (ITALIAN CONFEDERATION OF MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR)

CD-ROM containing vocational guidance operational tools with

a gender sensitive approach and vademecum/hanbook for both teachers and boys/girls

Good Practice :

The project…what are we The project…what are we going to achieve?going to achieve?

The DEMETRAE project aims to achieve primarily a GEOGRAPHIC transfer of innovation.Specifically, it intends to transfer the GOOD PRACTICE In Italy on the whole national territory (this will be possible thanks to the network of schools

associated in the consortium CONFAO) At transnational level, in the partner countries: Spain, Romania, Latvia and Hungary

TRANSFER OF CONTENTSTRANSFER OF CONTENTS: a) broadening and reviewing training tools in order to make the materials more appropriate to the

needs of male/female teachers / guidance counselors involved in education and vocational training systems, and, following a “cascade effect”, more appropriate to the needs of boys/girls final beneficiaries of the training

b) developing the contents related to the construction of the network, meant as a place for meeting and exchanging experiences and joint projects in the local area/territory and as a place for dialoguing between the involved systems: school, vocational training and labour market;

METHODOLOGICAL TRANSFER METHODOLOGICAL TRANSFER : introducing tools and methodologies to support a network collaborative learning and for the creation of virtual places where to find information necessary to the "first" vocational guidance of people

LANGUAGE TRANSFER LANGUAGE TRANSFER : thanks to the production of project results and products in the different partnership languages

TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER : by providing a website, within which virtual collaborative learning places will be realized by implementing guided, coordinated and collective communication devices for a better exchange between users who benefited of the training experiences

Project ObjectivesProject Objectives

Overcoming barriers, for girls, in agricultural Vocational Education and

Training, and, in general, in studies and training related to the agricultural sector

Overcoming the horizontal segregation of women in the agricultural labour market

Overcoming women’s underrepresentation in decision-making bodies and in top-

responsibility positions in the agricultural sector

TargetsTargets

DIRECT TARGETSDIRECT TARGETS::VET teachers, trainers and vocational guidance VET teachers, trainers and vocational guidance

operatorsoperators

INDIRECT TARGETSINDIRECT TARGETS::

students and individuals who are entering or re-students and individuals who are entering or re-entering the labour market (former school-entering the labour market (former school-graduates with qualifying examination for the graduates with qualifying examination for the access to the profession)access to the profession)

Work PackagesWork Packages

Context analysis and Target group Context analysis and Target group needs analysis needs analysis

Analysis of the selected Best PracticeAnalysis of the selected Best Practice Product adaptation and Product adaptation and

implementationimplementation Transfer of InnovationTransfer of Innovation Integration into VET SystemsIntegration into VET Systems Valorisation and DisseminationValorisation and Dissemination

Final Products/OutcomesFinal Products/Outcomes CD-ROM containing support documents and

operational tools in order to implement gender-sensitive vocational guidance practices in the agro-environmental field (re-adapted best practice)

Teams of trained teachers/vocational guidance operators, who work in VET systems in the agricultural field, using a gender-sensitive approach. Group of male and female students who have experienced the experimentation

Virtual exchange places for teachers and male/female students

Advisory help-desk for teachers/vocational guidance operators

Best Practice integrated into the education and training programs of the schools, as well as of the partnership organizations/institutions and of the schools which are part of the partners networks