Completed Projects

Programme for Life-Long Learning/Grundtvig, 2008 - 2010

EduCoRe (Educational Counselling during Rehabilitation) is built on the experiences gained in the successful European project e-Hospital (www.ehospital-project.net) which examined the potential for hospitals as a place of informal learning and information and communication technologies for the further education of patients.  Seven e-learning courses for different patient groups were developed and tested in hospitals in six different countries. During these courses patient groups with specific needs were identified: 

Patients whose ability to work was endangered after an accident or through physical damage after an illness. Long-term treatment in medical rehabilitation centres serve to remedy or at least minimize their physical handicaps. But a comprehensive rehabilitation also contains a social and an occupational aspect and often requires a fundamental professional re-orientation and further education. With EducoRe die Berater^® coordinates a project that offers rehab patients an enduring educational and professional counselling system, which, supported by e-learning and e-counselling elements, is tailored to the specific needs and conditions in rehabilitation centres.   In a publication the responsible protagonists will also receive good practice based on the experiences, recommendations and examples. A special incentive for the implementation of this latest project is the award of the Austrian State Prize for Adult Education 2008 by the Austrian Ministry for Education, Art and Culture in the category innovation for the preceding project e-Hospital. 
Project-Website: www.rehab-counselling.eu [ top ]

Programme for Life-Long Learning/Comenius, 2008 - 2010

Although many EU member states have successfully extended their educational institutions to include information and communication technology (ICT) there is still a great gap in the integration of this technology into school curricula. Especially teachers of older age groups have difficulties in using this technology to create an up-to-date, attractive and effective tuition for their pupils who mostly have a high affinity to and are well versed in IT. IC Teacher wants to point out the advantages of a meaningful integration of ICT elements into tuition of the primary and secondary school levels and strengthen the basic IT competence of teachers as well as the didactic competences to integrate these into pedagogic practice.   To this purpose a curriculum with appropriate training material and tests for teachers and trainee teachers has been developed, tested and implemented internationally based on the results of a thorough needs analysis in the partner countries. ICTeacher is coordinated by die Berater^®.
Project-Website: www.icteacher.eu [ top ]

Programme for Life-Long Learning/Leonardo da Vinci, 2008 - 2010

On average in Europe 11 from 10,000 children live in orphanages, amongst them very small children (0-3 years of age).   Early and adequate care of these children is necessary to give them the best possible start into a healthy and fulfilled life. The requirements and types of care in the EU countries varies widely, there is no requirement for specific qualifications for personnel responsible for the care of small children.  FAIRSTART tackles this need by initiating a European exchange of experts on this topic and developing and testing concepts to train the essential competencies for the best possible care of small children in orphanages and children’s homes.  With this FAIRSTART has made the first step towards developing a European qualification framework. In addition the requirements are examined for the realization of a process of life-long learning already at the age of small children and corresponding measures suggested.
Project-Website: http://www.fairstart.net/  [ top ]

Programme for Life-Long Learning/Grundtvig, 2008 - 2010

Along with school and other public institutions the family plays a key role in education. Learning processes that take place in the family have a fundamental influence on children and it has been proven that the active participation of parents in their education increases the level of education they achieve.  Inter-generation learning within the family also increases the chances of life-long learning of adults and to keep up with continuously changing environmental conditions. BASIC-LIFE wants to make a contribution to the role of the family in the learning society with the development of a model for generation spanning and interactive attainment of basic competencies in Web 2.0 By acquiring modern information and communication technologies parents will be better equipped to understand the learning process of their children and capable of giving self confident, up-to-date and attractive help in learning.

die Berater^® bring their expertise as project evaluators into this project. 
Project-Website: www.srep.ro/basic-life/  [ top ]

Programme for Life-Long Learning/Grundtvig, Accompanying measures 2008 - 2009

Even if the European education programmes are in their third period it can not be assumed that adult educators already have a solid basis for successful project management which is sufficient for the complex requirements of controlling multilateral projects within the Life-Long Learning Programme. In the Survival Kit project a group of experts under the guidance of die Berater^® publishes a manual for the management of European education projects. This publication, requested by the European Commission, is basically represents a new edition of the manual, "A Survival Kit for European Project Management, Advice for Coordinators of Centralised Socrates Projects." published by the authors 9 years ago and which is widely recognized as a standard work within European education circles.  with substantial up-dates and enlargements.  
Project-Website: www.european-project-management.eu [ top ]

Programme for lifelong learning/Grundtvig, 2007 - 2009

Networking as a key competence for resolving structural problems. As part of the EU's funding programme for lifelong learning, the networks of further education institutions play a major role. COMNet, with die Berater^® as the coordinators, are developing and piloting a strategy and training materials in the form of eLearning and a Web-based platform. These can be used for training courses on networking and managing European networks. COMNet's target group includes interested educationalists, adult educators, trainers, programme managers, managers at educational institutions, academics and assessors.
Project website: www.networks-in-education.eu [ top ]

Programme for lifelong learning/Leonardo da Vinci, 2007 - 2009

Employing young people is particularly challenging for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Many applicants have failed to finish school, have no vocational training and are often socio-economically disadvantaged. The YES project, coordinated by die Berater^®, is developing, testing and implementing a wide-ranging support system for HR managers, those responsible for recruitment and development in SMEs, and training managers and trainers in SMEs who work with young people. Their ability to interact with young people should be enhanced by blended learning, coaching services and a learning platform for reciprocally supporting SMEs. The project's findings will be presented at an international conference. The project is being run at our Salzburg offices, drawing substantially on the projects to help young people find employment that have been done there.
Project Website: www.youth-employment-support.eu [ top ]

Programme for lifelong learning/Grundtvig, 2007 - 2009

There are currently no training options for parents wishing to help their children with career development. The objective of "Parents as family vocational adviser for children" is to train parents in their role as career advisers for their children using eLearning training materials and, at the same time, to provide support via a Web-based platform. The parents involved can use this to share experiences, and careers advisory agencies can use it to obtain information. As well as helping to design the training materials, die Berater^® contribute their skills as assessors to the project consortium. 
Project website: www.parents-project.eu [ top ]

Programme for lifelong learning/Leonardo da Vinci, 2007 - 2009

The COMMPACT project set itself the objective of increasing the range of Polish and Czech language courses for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. As these languages are not spoken by many people, the quantity of learning material is correspondingly limited. In COMMPACT, existing training material will be enhanced and supplemented by English. A Web-based language community for German, Czech, Polish and English will also be set up to serve as a communication platform and culture portal alongside the blended learning courses. The project is aimed at trainees, as it is assumed that the expansion of the European Union will increase demand greatly over the coming years. As well as helping to design the training materials, die Berater^® contribute their skills as assessors to the project consortium. 
Project website: www.language4.biz [ top ]

Socrates, 2006 - 2008

An aim of the European Commission is to improve cooperation between educational institutions in Europe. Experience from previous EU projects shows that specific, intercultural skills are required for cross-border project work. Communication, primarily based on virtual tools, is a particular challenge. The objective of InterTool is to provide European project managers and teams in the adult education sector with specific, basic, intercultural skills, with particular reference to the virtual dimension. A publication, an interactive online tool for acquiring intercultural competencies, and a corresponding international training course are being developed.
Project website: www.intercultural.ro/intertool [ top ]

Socrates, 2006 - 2008

Young people's enthusiasm for new technologies should be used to increase the motivation to learn of potential school dropouts. DYACIT is aiming to use didactic and educational methods to help create more flexible and innovative learning environments.
Project website: www.srep.ro/dyacit [ top ]

Grundtvig, 2005 - 2008

This EU project builds on our long experience with training courses for young people with cancer to acquire the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL). Under the leadership of die Berater®, eHospital is developing and trialing, in five countries, eLearning courses for patients who have to spend lengthy periods in hospital. This unique, Europe-wide project is intended to aid patients' mental and physical recovery and make it easier for them to return to, or find, work. The findings will go towards a manual for trainers who wish to offer eLearning courses in the unusual area of hospitals.
Project website: www.ehospital-project.net [ top ]

Socrates, 2006 - 2008

In today's fast-moving employment market, "entrepreneurship" as an interpersonal skill is becoming increasingly important. Creative, entrepreneurial staff are a valuable resource for companies. The self-employment option is important to many trainees. In this project, a course for adult educators is being developed, tested and implemented which will help to transmit entrepreneurial values, behaviours and personal skills as interdisciplinary subjects.
Project website: www.pecae.net [ top ]

Socrates, 2006 - 2008

Many major events, particularly football events, are overshadowed by violence, racism and xenophobia. PAFTAH - "Police And Fans Together Against Hooliganism" - is developing and testing a modular course model for fans and stewards, police and security forces to acquire personal conflict management and prevention skills. A code of behaviour for stewards, police and security forces, and an ethical code for journalists, will also be drawn up. Given the EURO 2008 tournament, the subject of the project is particularly relevant in Austria. [ top ]

Leonardo da Vinci 2004 - 2007

Knowledge transfer as a key success factor. Many of the experts, subject specialists and managers involved in in-house knowledge transfer and development have a great depth of knowledge but little or no training background. ADEC is a Leonardo da Vinci project that is developing and testing a training programme tailored to the needs of in-house knowledge transferers. The aim is to provide instruction in the latest teaching, training and coaching methods in a compact way. [ top ]

Grundtvig, 2005 - 2006

The METODA learning partnership involves institutions from Austria, Denmark, Scotland, France, Spain and Italy who work with disadvantaged youth unemployment, social disadvantages, illiteracy, school dropouts, drug risks, etc.). The aim is to share different educational strategies and methods so that each institution can improve its own practices. As part of the learning partnership, joint trans-national seminars are held for trainers and young people. The project is being run from our Salzburg office. [ top ]

Socrates/Accompanying Measures, 2005 - 2006

Educationalists increasingly regard effective networking skills as a key competence. Networks for sharing experiences and disseminating best practice are playing an increasing part in the EU's funding programmes, too. The Euroweaving project, coordinated by die Berater^®, led to the publication of "The Art of Networking", which helps network actors to professionally plan and implement European networks.

You can download PDFs of the publication in English, German and French here:

The Art of Networking. European Networks in Education (ISBN 978-3-9502335-0-6)
Die Kunst des Netzwerkens. Europäische Netzwerke im Bildungsbereich (ISBN 978-3-9502335-1-3)
L'Art du Networking. Réseaux européens pour l'éducation (ISBN 978-3-9502335-2-0)

Project website: www.euroweaving.com [ top ]

Grundtvig, 2005 - 2007

The EU are aiming to improve the quality and availability of education and career counselling to give everyone in Europe access to lifelong learning options. In this project, with a view to improving the skills of European careers and educational counsellors, training materials are being developed, bundled into a further education course, tested and then made available internationally.
Project website: http://acced.euproject.org [ top ]

Leonardo da Vinci, 2005 - 2007

With a view to achieving smooth communication within security units and in cases of medical urgency, HaLE is developing language courses for medical and security professions. The intended outcome of these eLearning-based courses is to have basic skills that can be learned quickly, which are tailored to the specific communication needs in this area, and which can be used in an emergency.
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Dissemination project for Socrates, 2006 - 2007

To make the results and educational products from Socrates projects more accessible to adult educators, 2 information and promotion events are being organised in the 6 partner countries. [ top ]