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AUSTRIA
AQUA
op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/8ba02362-e46f-11e7-9749-
01aa75ed71a1/language-en
AQUA is an active labour market programme of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS),
which refers to unemployed persons without adequate qualifications with an employability rate
below the country average.
The main objective of this project is to ensure that the participating organisations employ the
persons after they complete the programme.
The training may take up to one year. On average, two thirds of the time is spent on work-based
learning in the participating companies and one third is spent on schooling. This programme
provides lifelong learning and promotes social inclusion, as it aims to upskill unemployed persons.
The programme has achieved good results, and with a total of 3,000 participants and a dropout rate
of 35%, has a yearly outflow of 2,000 people that receive a qualification, 65% of whom are still
employed three months after completion.
CYPRUS
Lighthouse project
www.lighthouse-project.eu
CARDET aspires to be one of the leading research institutes in the Euro-Mediterranean region in
the areas of education, sustainable development, social justice, and technology empowered
solutions.
It participates in the Lighthouse project, which aims to establish an innovative model and tools for
supporting lifelong learning and career paths for migrants by tailored counselling and recognition
of prior learning to improve skills, employability and mobility.
GERMANY
Universitätsschule Dresden
universitaetsschule.org
The University School is a joint project of the state capital Dresden and the Dresden University of
Technology. It comprehends three schools under one roof: 1) a public primary and secondary school
run by the city, where innovative forms of teaching and learning are being tested under scientific
supervision; 2) a pedagogical research institution; 3) a training and further education institution for
future and current teachers.
The main components of the school’s concept are multilingual; inter-grade; interdisciplinary;
inclusive; all-day learning; self-determined; cooperative; and digitalised.
A special objective of the school is to facilitate the transition from school to work. For that, it
develops a comprehensive concept for career orientation and preparation and for that transition.
All students learn in an inclusive environment, meaning despite their origin, special needs, age, etc.
Learning at the University School means appointments instead of timetables; projects instead of
subjects; project teams instead of classes; and real working environments instead of classrooms
(garden, workshop, laboratory, kitchen, desk).
The school promotes: individual learning paths; development of special talents; personal
responsibility; self-realisation; the uniqueness of the individual; relationship instead of parenting.
More info at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9nE8rqRyVI

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