EDUCATION AND THE LABOUR MARKET IN A EUROPEAN PROJECT FRAMEWORK

This project was born due to the cooperation in adult education among the Education Government of Galicia, the IES Campo de San Alberto, to this we must add the cooperation between the Education Government of Galicia and the Commission of Education and Culture in the Galician Parliament. We cannot forget the tight cooperation that IES Campo de San Alberto has been developing with some educational institutions from the Greek region of Magnesia for more than 6 years by means of several educational Grundtvig projects. This productive cooperation has led us to work on those significant aspects that both regions have in common and of course, on those meaningful differences that exist between them, with the objective of improving the cooperation among European citizens from the base.

Through the cooperation among educational authorities, schools and this project tries to increase the opportunities for future employment of students in risk of social exclusion and/or dropping out of school; it also aims to enrich the educational offer introducing significant improvements in the education for young people, offering them not only courses linked to the professional qualification competences, but also cooperative learning, implying the families and other members of the community in their children education.

This partnership tries to share experiences in the application of key competences included in the curricula what will result profitable for the students learning. This approach will motivate students to learn by means of activities adapted to their academic/professional needs/interests based on the improvement of the key competences (ICT, languages...) such as on-line courses for unemployed young people, video/ photography workshops, mobilities, organization of events, leisure time activities which may increase their opportunities for a future job. They will be implemented at the school period and also in summer courses in both regions. The expected final products are: Tourist Guide, web page, contests, interactive map, thematic seminars. The activities will be disseminated in the press/television, project and authorities involved web pages.