Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation

KWELE - Keys for Women Economic and Labour Empowerment

Ankara, February 27th, 2008

Presentation of the Kolping Training Institution

Wuerttemberg Registered Association

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The Kolping Training Institution

• With an average of 4,000 students per month, the Kolping Training Institution is an important provider in the field of vocational and further education in the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

• What has began as a secondary activity more than forty years ago, has developed into a modern and effective vocational training organization employing a total of almost two hundred members of staff.

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Objectives

• Helping people to develop their talents in order to take responsibility for themselves.

• Strengthening people who face difficult situations by offering them education.

• Enabling people to assume responsibility for the society.

Our employees in 12 Training Centres and six additional locations are working on the following objectives:

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Product lines

School Certifications

Vocational and Further Education

Scholastic Vocational Education

Career Startand Vocational Orientation

Courses for the elderly

European

Projects

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Our Training Centres

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Kolping and Europe

• The institution has been engaged in European projects for more than 15 years

• Responsible Department: EU point projects & more – support of the Kolping Training Centres in the conception, application and accounting of various EU projects.

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Kolping and Europe

Programme Life Long Learning

Leonardo da Vinci,Grundtvig

European Social Fund ESF Objective 2

In our Training Centres regional and international projects are realized, funded by various EU-Programmes such as:

KWELE - Kolpings tasks and role

We developed the ESF project “Fit for Europe” which will be transferred to our partners.

We operate as an active partner and undertake the roles stipulated in each of the work packages.

KWELE - Kolpings tasks and role• Ensuring the quality in transferring the models• Evaluation of transferred outputs • Leader of WP4 (Conducting a comparative survey

and developing a Model Guide)• Leader of second component of WP 6 (Preparing

the training programme for Pilot testing)• Transferring the examination / certification model• Valorisation

For further information:www.kolping-bildungswerk.de