Presentation – COCADE « Developing Career Counselling services in integrated spaces », October 2017

PRESENTATION OF COCADE PROJECT “Developing career counselling services in integrated spaces”

Dates: September 2017- February 2019

Project reference: 2017-1-FR01-KA202-037403

Budget: 185 195 €

Partners: Association Cités des métiers International Network (FR) Leader, Association Cité des métiers de la Réunion

(FR), Business Foundation for Education (BGL), Cooperativa Orso di Torino (IT), Espaço T (PT), GIP Cité des métiers de Haute-Normandie (FR), Municipality of Porto (PT), Universcience - Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (FR), Professionshøjskolen UCC University College Capital –Campus Carlsberg (DK)

Associate partners: Canton de Genève (CH), Chambre de Commerce et de l’Industrie de Seine-et-Marne (FR)

The concept of « Cité des métiers1 » has been set up, long before the 2004 Resolution of the

European Union calling member States for « efficient cooperation and coordination between VET

providers ». Since the creation of the first Cité des métiers in 1993 at the Cité des Sciences et de

l’Industrie in Porte de la Villette, more than thirty multi-partnership platforms (operating or in

project) dedicated to guidance and information on professions and professional life have been set up

through the label “Cité des métiers”.

Beyond the principles of free of charge and anonymity, these integrated and resources spaces

towards public are in particular characterized by:

- A multi-stakeholder approach that allows experience sharing and the development of new

innovative solutions;

- the decompartmentalised approach of counselling,

- a territorial grid built on strong relationships with public and private partners.

The CDM work as a local single door for reception, information and career counselling. In France, for

example, they are recognised as local stakeholder of animation of the Regional Public Service of

Orientation (SPRO).

Changes in the profession of career counselling

Counsellors working in Cités des métiers have been invited to offer for the last years an individual

service in order to support more efficiency people with special needs, in particular young people and

people up to 45 years old. The growing importance of digital environment in the society and in the

labour market will require changes in the profession of counselling in career development.

Counsellors will have to adapt indeed their learning methods and tools.

As an extension of the project for « mutual improvement of the performance of integrated spaces »

(AMPLI) launched in 2009, the Network decided to engage since 2014 a skilling-up process of

professionals working in CDM, in particular in the profession of career counselling. The project

1 Charte des Cités des métiers : http://www.cite-sciences.fr/index.php?id=1699

CONTEXT

Presentation – COCADE « Developing Career Counselling services in integrated spaces », October 2017

COCADE is a new step for the improvement of skills and capacities of counsellors and

practitioners of career counselling working in integrated spaces, and how to build partnership in

these spaces.

Global objective

The objective of this project is to develop at national and European level the offer and the quality of

career counselling services in integrated spaces.

Specific objectives

- Make up-skilling of the profession of career counselling in integrated spaces and support

practitioners and counsellors in their learning process in Cités des métiers and other similar

places

- Strengthen the coordination of decompartmentalised partnerships while implementing the

offer of reception, information and career counselling

WORKPACKAGE 1: GLOBAL MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

Leader Cités des métiers International Network

Period September 2017 - February 2019

Delivrables Reports (interm et final)

WORKPACKAGE 2: METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TRAININGS

Leader University College Capital

Period September 2017 – June 2018

Delivrables Initial training pedagogical materials Counsellor tools kit

WORKPACKAGE 3: TRAINING MANAGEMENT

Leader Cité des métiers de Normandie

Period October 2017 – January 2019

Delivrables Evaluation of trainings

WORKPACKAGE 4: CAPITALISATION OF PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT

Leader Universcience - Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie

Period February 2018 – October 2018

Delivrables Vademecum of good practices for partnership management in career counselling services

WORKPACKAGE 5: RECOGNITION OF SKILLS OF PROFESSION OF CAREER COUNSELLING

Leader Business Foundation for Education

Period Mach 2018 – February 2019

Delivrables Repository of skills and skill assessment grid

WORKPACKAGE 6: COMMUNICATION AND VALORISATION

Leader Association Réseau International des Cités des métiers

Period September 2017 - February 2019

Delivrables Communication tools

OBJECTIVES

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITIES

Presentation – COCADE « Developing Career Counselling services in integrated spaces », October 2017

The project is managed by the Cités des métiers International Network.

A Project Committee (CoPro) composed of professionals in career counselling and partnership

management will be set up. It will be responsible for the smooth implementation of the project and

will ensure the achievement of management objectives previously indicated are met.

Project partners will also able to contact external experts, including associate partners, as needed to

strengthen the exchange of practices and improve expected results.

ORGANISATION

PRESENTATION OF TRAINING AND LEARNING ACTIONS

Presentation – COCADE « Developing Career Counselling services in integrated spaces », October 2017

The methodological approach is based on bottom-up, participatory and networking processes.

The principles are:

- participation of each partners (decision process, choice of methods, etc.),

- interaction and plurality of viewpoints,

- non-formal, informal and less formal education,

- equity,

- promotion of innovation concerning animation techniques,

- transferability of skills.

The project is focused on the acquisition and high level of key competencies for learners. The

dimension of social inclusion is part of the pedagogical content and the selection principles of

participants to training and mutual learning activities.

Particular attention will be paid to approaches adopted with specific audiences. To this end, the

Network will be able to rely on the partners of the project and the associated partners who have an

expertise in particular concerning people with disabilities, young NEETS, people came out of prison,

migrants, illiterate people, etc.

Use of new innovative approaches and methods by advisers and practitioners working in

integrated spaces

Formalisation of tools for the informal recognition of skills of the career counselling

profession

Strengthening the quality of counselling services in integrated spaces

Improvement of the animation of the counselling centers in Cités des métiers and similar

spaces

Increase the practice of the decompartmentalised approach of counselling

The project evaluation process will be carried out at three levels:

1) assessment of the acquired aptitudes and quality of the actions of training

2) Knowledge transfer

3) The impact of training

European Commission website: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details-

page/?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/664ffbb8-32aa-4197-9c76-abce228fd9f1

Cités des métiers International Network website: http://www.reseaucitesdesmetiers.com/25-projet_eu.php

Plateforme EPALE https://ec.europa.eu/epale/en

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT

METHODOLOGY

RESULTS AND EXPECTED IMPACTS

Professionshojskolen UCCUniversity College capital is a public educational institution set up in 2008.

Training for teacher education, social education and postgraduate and supplementary diploma degrees with related fields i.e.career guidance.

Expertise : training of career practitioners working with different target groups.

ucc.dk/international

Cité des métiers de La RéunionAssociation created in 2014

Holder of the label Cité des métiers de La Réunion.

www.citedesmetiers.re

Business Foundation for EducationNon-Governemental Organisation created in 2005

Focused on lifelong learning, guidance counselling, employment, social policy and vocational education.

Recognised as national leader in the field of lifelong learning and career guidance.

www.fbo.bg/en

Cooperativa ORSO - Città dei mestieri di TorinoSocial Cooperative set up in 1987 focused on youth, work, training and integration of migrants

Holder of the label Città dei mestieri di Torino since 2015

www.cittadeimestieritorino.org

Cité des métiers de NormandiePublic Interest Group (GIP) created in 2006

Holder of the label Cité des métiers de Normandie

www.citedesmetiersnormandie.fr

Municipalité de Porto - Cidade das profissoesPublic local authority

Municipal Division of Employability.Promotion holder of the label Cidade das profissoes since 2006.

cdp.portodigital.pt

Espaço tAssociation created in 1994

Focused on people with bio-psycho-social difficulties in order to support them in the creation of a sustainable socioprofessional integration project

www.espacot.pt

Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie - Cité des métiers de Paris

Public institution owner of the label « Cité des métiers ».

Founder of the 1st Cité des métiers in 1993.

www.citedesmetiers.org

Cités des métiers International NetworkAssociation created in 2001 to gather integrated spaces labelled in Cités des métiers.It also enhances the exchange of good practices and the development of new solutions in career counselling.

www.reseaucitesdesmetiers.com