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EU Project visuaLearning3rd partner meeting

Overview on local network

Monika Tröster

31.01. – 2.02.2007Bonn/Germany

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Volkshochschule Eschweiler (Community College)

• 11.000 hours per year

• 8.000 participants per year

• 160 teachers/trainers (free lancers)

 Own field of literacy

Reading and writing courses – different levels

Literacy programme in cooperation with the employment agency

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Volkshochschule Bonn (Community College)

• Well known organisation in Bonn 8.000 participants per year

• Head of organisation: very famous within the field of adult education in Germany  

• Target group for visuaLearning: literacy and language courses for migrants

• Part of a local network (e.g. schools, vocational training providers)

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berami – berufliche Integration e.V., FrankfurtBeruf – Bildung – Beratung in der Migration (Community College)_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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(berami – integration into the workplace: Occupation –

education – counseling within the field of migration) _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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• Founded in 1990

• Tailormade counsellings, trainings and courses

• Target groups: especially women with migration background  

• Strong cooperation with companies

• Part of the “Learning Region Frankfurt” (Network)

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Experiences with cooperation

• At the beginning difficulties to involve organisations due to lack of finances and time problems

• Development of ideas and strategies to motivate them within the project “visuaLearning”  

• Benefit from existing contacts, partnerships or cooperations

• Description of advantages: improving knowledge about the subject, learning about the learners, qualifying of teachers/trainers

• After joining the project: organisations, trainers and learners realize that they benefit from the project

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