ERIC Number: ED481364
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 16
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ISBN: ISBN-92-894-2177-0
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Social and Occupational Integration of Disadvantaged People. Leonardo da Vinci Good Practices Series.
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture.
This document profiles nine European programs that exemplify good practice in social and occupational integration of disadvantaged people. The programs profiled are as follows: (1) Restaurant Venezia (a CD-ROM program to improve the reading and writing skills of young people in Luxembourg who have learning difficulties); (2) an integrated laboratory for teaching young people in Italy to read and write; (3) European Trainers against Exclusion (a project to facilitate the labor market integration of victims of occupational and social exclusion); (4) a program that champions the cause of people with disabilities in Greece, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and tries to find solutions to their employment problems; (5) a comparison of innovative models of vocational guidance for young disadvantaged people in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Finland; (6) KeyNet (a project to give a second chance to unemployed people in areas of high unemployment in Germany, Greece, Sweden, and the United Kingdom through development of key skills); (7) Entrance (a program to improve prisoners' social and occupational skills); (8) a program to improve the employability of prisoners in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; and (9) Sociodroga (a program providing continuous training to social workers and others responsible for education and training in the field of drug addiction). (MN)
Descriptors: CD ROMs, Comparative Education, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications, Employment Services, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Job Skills, Learning Disabilities, Partnerships in Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Content, Skill Development, Social Integration, Vocational Adjustment, Vocational Education
For full text: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/leonardo/new/leonardo2/broc_bp/bon_prat6_en.pdf.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture.
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