Over the past decades, confronted with the harsh reality of bullying, the world academic and psychology community have been both investigating the phenomenon from different perspectives and suggesting ways to prevent and create mechanisms to address the problem.

At the same time, it becomes increasingly evident that bullying is not only a school phenomenon, nor does it involve just students. Bullying also takes place beyond school, and involves children, parents, teachers and all competent actors alike, forming a clear social dimension for both the victim and the victimizer. The need for a collective and organized response to bullying on a European level gave birth to the idea of the project “EAN - European Antibullying Network”.

The main objective of EAN is the establishment of a European Anti-bullying Network that will contribute to the coordination of anti-bullying actions and developing a common strategy against the problem at European level.

Τhe partnership is comprised of 17 partners from 12 EU Member States. Once established, all Member States will be represented in the Network with the participation from all major players that form part of the everyday struggle to tackle the phenomenon.

DURATION

The project has a total duration of 18 months. EAN will be completed in May 2014, when the inaugural conference celebrating the establishment of the European Anti-bullying Network will be held in Greece.

OBJECTIVES

The project aims to achieve the following objectives:

1. The establishment of the European Anti-bullying Network;
2. The development of a common European strategy to tackle bullying;
3. The implementation of European awareness campaigns on the need of establishment of a European Anti-bullying Day;
4. The mapping and promotion of best practices for addressing the phenomenon with the aim of informing children, school communities and public authorities.

 
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ADRIATIC WELFARE MIX aims to create an efficient welfare system as well as to implement a model of social business, harmonizing the supply of professional jobs with the demand for social services.

Furthermore project partners intend to address their local needs for youth groups in risk, in order to support their transition from the secondary school level into the labor force; increase their access to employment opportunities; and increase their inclusion in civic affairs.

Added effort in key areas, such as delivery of basic employment services to the poorest, market development and education, must be forthcoming.

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AdriHealthMob deals with the Strategic Priority of sustainable transport services, focusing the specific sector of Health and Care, where mobility is increasing and showing an enormous potential within the cross-border environment. The project is aimed at developing sustainable transport services, models and schemes addressing a cross-border health and care system in the whole Adriatic area. Through the involvement of project beneficiaries and the realization of the work plan, AdriHealthMob will succeed in making transports services for health and care safer, more rationale,  connected, environment respectful, functional and smart.

AdriHealthMob is aimed at developing a cross border model of sustainable and efficient transport services for the health and care sector, in order to improve the mobility of passengers (residents/tourists/users/patients) and to improve the accessibility to health and care services thanks to a more efficient and effective transport system.

Official Site: www.adrihealthmob.eu

PARTNERS:

COOSS CONTACTS:

Francesca Scocchera

f.scocchera@cooss.marche.it

Ilir Qose

i.qose@cooss.marche.it

Lorenza Lupini

l.lupini@cooss.marche.it

Sascha Smerzini

s.smerzini@cooss.marche.it

Corporate volunteering is a strategy linked to the Corporate Social Responsibility. According to “Business in the Community” it can be defined as “voluntary activities and personal commitment made by employees in local social issues, unpaid, and for the benefit of local community and society as a whole”.

These activities include: mentoring and coaching, training and knowledge transfer schemes, workplace learning and training, community service, team projects building, promotion or help in social events/activities.

CVPLUS project seek to provides an opportunity to connect business and schools/training centres realities and to trim the gap between the reality of the workplace and the educational world by developing tools and methodological guides for the implementation of CV activities and programmes both for business and educational-training words.

There are several reasons to promote CV project in educational/VET centres:

- For the education centres, joint work with companies provides them with new perspective and knowledge through the business reality view. It also provides with an updated vision on the skills and competences that the labour market demands.

- For business, this collaboration contributes to improve participating employees’ competences (such as:  self-management, organization, communication skills, creativity, team work, etc.).

The overall objective of CV PLUS project is to contribute to improve and make sustainable the connection between the education and business world through Corporate Volunteering initiatives, linked to Corporate Social Responsibility strategies.

As specific objectives, CV PLUS project will contribute to some of the priorities and objectives of the Erasmus + programme, such as:

- To promote trans-sectorial cooperation by reinforcing the links between education and business worlds.

- To improve the cooperation between companies and educational sectors.

- To promote the application of joint innovative practices in education.

- To improve the capacities of the business staff management and also the organisations active in the fields of education through the implementation of CV practices.

CONTACTS

Lorenza Lupini

l.lupini@cooss.marche.it

Romina Boraso

r.boraso@cooss.marche.it

ABSTRACT:

MENS project aims to develop strong institutional procedures for the specific contribution of sports and physical exercise to the prevention, therapy and rehabilitation of the mental illnesses at European level. Due to four key reasons these procedures are currently in nil to low:

1. The stigma is still associated with current therapeutic procedures and intervention;

2. The lack of widespread documentation of the importance and effects of sports in mental illnesses;

3. The lack of health professionals’ expertise in integrating sports activities in the current treatments;

4. The absence of specific cross-sectoral policies to encourage the integration of sports activities in the rehabilitation processes of the mental patients.

OBJECTIVES:

• Develop a documented and evidence based approach of the use of sports and physical exercise in the treat of mental illness;
• Establish a European Mental Health Sports Network
• Raise awareness on the necessity of a new specific approach on the conjunction of Sport with Mental Health within an EU wide Awareness Campaign

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CONTACTS IN COOSS:

Francesca Cesaroni       f.cesaroni@cooss.marche.it

Mara Morici                  m.morici@cooss.marche.it

STEP4-SFC project is conceived as a continuation of a previous project concerning with soft skills - OPC-SFC project - that has the aim to make it even more targeted on the training of professional trainers.

STEP4-SFC wants to offer specific and systematic means to deepen and improve the skills of professional adult educators, providing them with tools and operational solutions useful for their teaching activities.

The digitalization of training tools previously developed by the project OPC-SFC is a detail of particular interest: the goal is to simplify and speed up the utilization and make the training modules more operational, to reach a greater audience and raise awareness about potential of soft skills.

OBJECTIVES

The overall objective of STEP4-SFC project is to provide tools for learning and improvement of soft skills to professional adult educators and to make the transfer and application in different sectors more effective and efficient.

STEP4-SFC specific objectives are:

• To raise awareness of trainers and students on the importance of behavioural and soft skills (video clips, interactive presentations, etc.)

• To create awareness about the advantages of soft skills, especially in professional situations (through personal interviews, awareness modules, etc.)

• To realize educational activities concerning the follow-up (creation of a "community" of best practice exchange for professional trainers and not)

• To promote the application of common innovative practices in education

• To promote the integration and employability in the job market

CONTACTS

Lorenza Lupini - l.lupini@cooss.marche.it

ABSTRACT:

In Turkey, people graduated from high school or college can be a prison officer . No specific education is required to be a prison officer. Therefore, the framework for certificate of competency that is compatible to the European Union, defining proficiency of prison officers and educational modules to obtain competency are needed. Improving the professional qualifications of prison officers is needed to increase the rate of reintegration of prisoners.

The experience of the project partners will enable developing a framework professional competence certificate and necessary educational module . The competency of prison officers will be defined in compliance with the European Quality Framework (EQF).

OBJECTIVES:

The main objective of the project is to facilitate the social rehabilitation of prisoners by establishing specific training programs aimed at prison guards.

ACTIVITIES:

The activities under the project are:

1. construction of a research aimed at defining the core competencies that prison officers should possess;
   
   
2. definition of a training course for prison staff able to bridge the gap between the current situation and the one proposed;
   
   
3. realization of a pilot project concerning the implementation of the training courses developed.

CONTACT:

Francesca Cesaroni

Tel. +39 071 50103212

Fax. +39 071 50103206

Mail. f.cesaroni@cooss.marche.it