The Once Again-st Abandon (2007-2009) project, co-funded by the Leonardo da Vinci Programme II phase, refers to the outcomes achieved by the previous pilot project “Again-st Abandon” (LdV Programme 2003-2005).
Starting from the analysis implemented during the first experience, that allowed on one side to re-organise the economic and socio-cultural factors characterising the Young dropouts and on the other to valorise the methodological practices and reintegration experiences applied and validated in different national contexts (ES, IT, LV, UK), using as a key to the reading the communication and relation methods and techniques, Once Again-st points at integrating the outcomes achieved widening the research contexts of reference (PL, RO, DE, GR) and, consequently, the range of good practices existing on the European territory, that need to be valorised.
Direct beneficiaries of the activities are counselling and guidance operators, the sector involved is the one of the services aimed at supporting the individuals within the process of personal and occupational development.
Indirect beneficiaries and potential users are the young that has left compulsory education or training pathways (aged between 14-24 y.o.) and the Education and Training Institutions.
In this frame Once Again-st works for the development of operators’ s competences, promoting and supporting the accessibility to operational documents and tools so as to foster their knowledge concerning:
- the analysis of the opportunities available on the territory and within their specific working areas;
- the communication and relation methodologies, techniques and practices applicable with the target group
Specific aims of the research and dissemination/valorisation activities plannedare:
- the creation of a wide European Network open to all individuals and organisations that can provide contributions based on experience, aimed at the organisation, dissemination and valorisation of practices and solutions usable and transferable. This network will exchange information through a Portal on School Abandon, available within the project website, that will represent a sort of Resource Centre where teachers, trainers, counselling operators, tutors and policy makers will have the opportunity of upload and download materials and documents;
- the realisation of Labours (Publishing and audio-video editing) involving a restricted group of operators, researchers and young dropout;
- the integration of the outputs realised during the first pilot experience (Again-st Abandon) thanks to the contributions provided by the new countries involved in the current intervention (PL, RO, DE, GR);
- the strengthening and widening of national and transnational cooperation networks, so as to identify and produce answers and tools that, with respect to the goal of fostering innovation within education and vocational training systems, will answer to the necessity of supporting the exchange and of valorising the local and national specificities.
Considering the specificity and complexity of the project, the final outputs expected are related to both research and valorisation actions.
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