IMPROVE INSPIRE IMPACT

Name of institution: Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw
Type of the organization:
  • University, research institution
Country:
  • Poland
Thematic scope of the project:
  • Access to employment and social inclusion
  • Workers and new skills
  • Education and training
  • Women and jobs
  • Fighting discrimination
  • Working in partnership
Problems to be solved (justification of the need of the transnational cooperation):

 


The main project objective is to strengthen the social economy sector in mazowieckie region, to increase interest in this field and possibilities of employment.

Objectives to be achieved:   • rising pro-employment activeness of unemployed and professionally passive (also long-lasting ones) citizens of mazowieckie region through trainings providing knowledge and skills necessary to initiate and conduct activity in the social economy sector, • rising knowledge and qualifications on social economy among representatives of social economy entities, • increasing knowledge and qualifications on promoting social economy sector, creating local partnerships for social economy and supporting existing ones among employed in Labour market institutions, social assistance institutions and social integration institutions, • promotion of social economy in mazowieckie region through complex information campaign and popularizing best practices in the social economy sector, running the Contact Point.
Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): • legal and accounting counselling, • trainings for Public Employment Services and social care services.
Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC:   • one situation analysis report, providing an overview of the emergence and evolution of the social economy sector in mazowieckie region with special focus on unemployed communities, civil society involvement in developing social economy models for unemployed communities, and recommendations for future actions,• one compendium of business ideas in the context of social economy (models), comprising business ideas pertaining to social economy that can be applied within unemployed communities in Mazowieckie region ,• forums, seminars, conferences, best practices.
Target group:
  • Unemployed
  • Administration (public entities including Public Employment services, education and training institutions)
  • Women
  • Young people (under 25 years old)
  • Older persons (over 50 years old)
  • Employed in public administration (public entities)
Stage of the implementation: Project Idea (projects in preparation phase without grant awarded)
Budget of the project in EUR: 500000
Budget of transnational activities in EUR: 200000
Duration of the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 2014 - 2015
Duration of transnational activities within the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 2014 - 2015
Contact person: Prof. nadzw. dr hab. Mirosław Grewiński
Located in: Fishing Pool