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WHOLE

Reconciliation work and family lifethrough training of parents

Estonian project

Tartu 07th June 2006Krista Noorkõiv

WHOLE Focus area:

4 counties in Eastern Estonia,

bordering on Lake Peipsi

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• The aim of the project: – Expanding the opportunities and

development of the personal skills of working parents through the training, avoiding their incur to the discriminated group because being a parent

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• Innovative approach:We assume we are able to improve parents´ work motivation and contribution at work:– through improving family relations by our parent

effectiveness training (communication skills, better understanding of children and other people)

– through expanding the personal characteristics of parents (open communication, self-confidence, management of time and energy, creativity)

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Main activities (July 2005 – June 2006)

• Carried out 8 information events in all target areas• Carried out the research of the target group• Designed 2 training programmes for parents• Designed the training programme for employers

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Research into the target group • Objective:

– To specify the problems related to work-life balance – To define the training needs of working parents

• Used the focus group method – group discussions with working parents, with social and educational workers

• Number of participants – 77 persons

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• Main results of the research- Unemployment and poverty problems in peripheral areas- Lack of information for mothers returning from maternity leave - Big need to improve self-confidence of parents- Lack of training opportunities for parents - Big number of single mothers in most areas - Prejudices about the duties of men and women responsibilities

in families and in whole society

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• Main results of the research- Work-life balance

- Different experience depending on employers- Mostly it is not easy to conciliate work and family life

...but unemployment is much worse!- Many parents (especially fathers) are working abroad- No interest in a part time job, because of low salaries

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• Training needsSubject Parents Officers

- Gordon PE Training 97 96- Stress 97 88- Self-confidence 96 93- Sharing duties, responsibilities 85 90- Time management 81 83- Entrepreneurship 70 73- Role of mother, father 69 83- Role of woman, man 66 71

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Trainings for parents (still June 2006)• Carried out 2 modules in each 8 areas

– Gordon parental effectiveness training– Personal growth trainings, time-energy management, role of

mother and father, woman and man in the changed societyincl. art trainings in variety depending on the choise of the group

– Entrepreneurship trainings in 4 county centres

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Trainings for employersBased on the training manual produced by the LdV pilot project CSR/SME Training themes:

– socially responsible entrepreneurship, – workplace and HRM, – family friendly enterprise

• In Tartu - 10.03.2006, • In Põlva – 25.05.2006

During our project in 2005 – 2008 we train 500 persons –

on average 65 from each local municipality.

2005/2006 in our training modules participated 95 + 74 + 23 +15 parents and

15 employers

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WHOLE 2005 - 2008

Summer camps for parents

• 17-20th August 2006 at Kiidi holiday village in South Estonia - a cosy place for family vacations

• July 2007

You are welcome!

There are no losers by skilful combining of work and family life!

Everybody wins: mother, father, children – whole family,

companies, community,whole society!

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Contacts:

Project manager – Ene Nobel, Tartu Folk High School,Pepleri 4, Tartu, tel. 7361 539, ene@rahvaylikool.ee

Assistant project manager – Krista Noorkõiv, Geomedia, Rüütli 4, Tartu, tel. 7441 675,

krista@geomedia.ee

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