4th Transnational Meeting
The 4th Transnational Partner Meeting, conducted from September 20 to September 21, 2023, in Bochum, Germany, was hosted by Gewerkstatt. The primary aim of this meeting was to conclude the project, examine the results achieved, provide feedback on lessons learned, and plan for the project's closure. The agenda was comprehensive, covering various aspects of the project: 1. Project Overview and Milestones Presentation: This included a brief summary of the project's inception, partners, goals, and the journey thus far. 2. Showcase of the Training Kit and its Local Testings: Discussions on the development, objectives, and key components of the Training Kit, along with its local testing phase. 3. Presentation of Mentoring for Success: This involved discussions with representatives from partnering countries about the mentoring sessions, sharing success stories, insights, and feedback, emphasizing the importance of personalized guidance in the integration process. 4. Role Model Videos: Exploring the concept behind these videos, screening selected ones, and a reflective session to gather audience impressions and takeaways. 5. Workshop on Bridging Cultural Gaps in Training and Integration: An interactive session on understanding cultural nuances and developing strategies for better training and integration. 6. Discussion on Empowering Migrant/Minority Women in Career Planning and Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the Labor Market: This discussion addressed the challenges and solutions in career planning for migrant/minority women. 7. Dissemination Activities and Promotion of Impact: Strategies for disseminating project results and promoting their impact. 8. Next Steps and Project Closure: Addressing future actions and formally concluding the project.
3rd Transnational Meeting
The 3rd Transnational Partner Meeting, held from April 27 to April 28, 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal, was an integral part of the MyPath Project, hosted by Mindshift Talent Advisory lda. This event marked a crucial juncture, with participants coming together to reflect on the project's progress, address potential risks, and strategize future actions. The meeting's main focus was to evaluate the ongoing project activities, ensuring they aligned with the goals set out. Key discussions included planning for the validation phase, where methodologies for pilot testing of project results were defined. A significant portion of the agenda was dedicated to designing exploitation strategies aimed at maximizing the project's impact. Furthermore, participants engaged in detailed planning of multiplier events. These events are crucial for disseminating project results and ensuring their successful execution. The meeting also served as a platform for discussing horizontal activities, which encompassed project management, reporting, sharing, promotion, and quality assurance measures. Participants included staff members from partner organizations, responsible for project management, research, and implementation. Their collaboration was pivotal in aligning on the various strategies and methodologies, setting a solid foundation for the project's next phases. The meeting concluded with a clear direction for future activities, ensuring that the project continues to progress effectively.
Multiplier Effect and Knowledge Transfer: A core aim of the LTTA was to empower participants as multipliers. This approach involved: Extending Impact: Participants are now equipped to share their newfound expertise within their institutions and wider networks. Cascading Knowledge: The transfer of knowledge to colleagues and other relevant entities aims to magnify the project's influence and reach
#MyPath Training Activities - Successful Implementation of LTTA for Training Kit for Trainers
09.01.2023-13.01.2023 We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the Learning, Teaching, and Training Activities (LTTA) for Project Result 1 - Training Kit for Trainers, held in January 2023 in Bochum, Germany. This event marked a significant milestone in our MyPath project, dedicated to empowering vocational education and training (VET) staff members in assisting migrant women's integration into the labor market. Highlights of the LTTA: The LTTA provided an interactive and engaging platform for VET staff from participating institutions to gain critical knowledge and skills. Selected for their expertise and roles in vocational training, the participants were ideal candidates to absorb, apply, and disseminate the knowledge acquired. Comprehensive information and resources were provided to participants in advance, ensuring they were well-prepared for the intensive training. The 5-day event featured interactive presentations, in-depth discussions, and practical exercises, fully immersing participants in the training kit's applications. Participants gained firsthand experience with the training methods and paradigms, enhancing their understanding and capabilities.
Mentoring Sessions
To facilitate the entry into labour market for qualified women with migration and/or ethnic minority background we are planning to offer them mentoring sessions which will begin already in January. The Mentors will consult and support the target group through a personal and distinct approach, combining hand-on examples and story-telling. These will enable communication among the migrant and ethnic minority women among themselves as well as with mentors and locals, exchange of ideas and experience, and/or perhaps partnerships, networking and employment opportunities.
Call for Invitation
Our MyPath project, developed by four partner organisations from Germany, Bulgaria, Portugal and ‘Austria, focuses on capacity building and empowerment of skilled migrant and ethnic minority women in the VET sector. It aims to diminish the skill shortage of qualified migrant and ethnic minority women in the VET sector without re-skillings and large investments, boost their employability chances and employment rate in their fields of expertise, and ensure their sustainable income and socio-cultural and economic integration into hosting countries. For our project result 2, we look for female mentors who want to support and provide guidance for women with migrant and ethnic minority background. Moreover, the mentors can also become role models for the newcomers. They will share their knowledge and experience through a personal approach, combining hand-on examples and storytelling. Are you a positive-thinking, solution-focused woman with a migrant or ethnic minority background who Would like to share her successful career path with others and has an interesting story to tell, Is empathic and inspiring and has good communication skills to “speak with people in their own language”, Wants to actively engage with others, contribute to an inclusive community and address issues of inequality within their areas,and Has a wide range of networks? If your answers to the above questions are “yes” and you are interested to contribute to our MyPath project as a mentor, please contact us HERE for application or further information
#MyPath Training Activities
We are happy to announce that our tailor made Training Kit for Trainers is now ready and waiting for testing. The Kit is topped with subject-relevant insights, latest innovative trends and interactive learning-teaching methods. From 09.01.2023-13.01.2023, the trainers from the participating institutions will participate in Learning/Teaching/Training to get acquainted but also the quality and relevance of the developed material and models. The event will empower and sensitize the participants regarding the support, strategies and insight that migrant women may need for the entry to the labour market.
2nd Transnational Meeting
From 07.09.2022-08.09.2022, the partners had their second transnational meeting in Vienna, Austria. During the 2-day event partners reviewed the so far achieved results, finalisation of the Training Kit for Trainers, as well as planned the next steps for launching Mentoring Sessions as well as Role Model Videos
Project Flyer available
The Project Flyer is now available - first in english.
Other languages will follow soon.
2022 March - Kick-off meeting
From 10.03.2022 – 11.03.2022 in Bochum, Germany was the Kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ co-funded project MyPath. Gewerkstatt had the pleasure to host the representatives from the other partnering institutions - Mindshift Talent Advisory lda (Portugal), Best Institut fur berufsbezogene Weiterbildung und Personaltraining Gmbh (Austria), and Balgarski fond za zhenite (Bulgaria). During two working days the partners discussed all relevant administrative tasks, action plan as well as the best modes to ensure high-qualits results.
