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NATIONAL PILOT TRAIN ING COURSES FOR E-WASTE REUSE AND RECYCLING SPEC IALIST

Contents: National Pilot Training

Courses

1

National Promotion

Workhop

5

The Fifth Partnership

Meeting

7

Mobility opportunities in

Europe for aspiring entrepreneurs

7

Next Steps 8

I TA LY The national first edition of the pi-

lot training course for “E-Waste Re-

use and Recycling Specialist” has

been delivering in Siena from Janu-

ary to March 2017. The training ac-

tivities took place at the “Robotic

and Electronic” department (http://

bit.ly/2tFzOit ) of the “Istituto Tec-

nico Industriale Statale Tito Sarroc-

chi” (http://www.sarrocchi.it/

index.html). Italian partner organi-

sations coordinated by ERIFO were

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Open Management School Activities

Labs Activities

able to select 20 learners wish-

ing to attend the 160hs of ac-

tivities across three months.

The cohort of 20 learners were

from different categories:

young – adults; learners at-

tended the last year of VET Hih

School or with a Diploma/

Degree; unemployed and

learners involved in dual edu-

cation system (Internship;

WBL). They did so by deliver-

ing a training plan of activities

learning outcome oriented

through different methods:

career guidance; classroom;

open management schools;

virtual mobility and labs shad-

UNI TED KINGDOM Challenging market conditions, recycling capacity, changing scope of regulations, funding for local authorities and, of course, the potential impact of Brexit have all put challenges on the WEEE and EwasteR pilot programme in the UK. To date UCLAN has recruited eight staff from Furniture Matters. The cohort is drawn from Lancaster and Morecombe depots and workshops in Blackpool, Lancashire. The training and assessments covering TUs 1, 2 and 3 has gone well and has been positively received by the learners. For the Open Management

“The general goal of the EwasteR

Project is to develop and

establish a new high-quality

interdisciplinary curriculum for the

E-Waste Reuse and Recycling Specialist in

Europe”

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owing fostering and im-

proving management and

vocational skills and abili-

ties for the cohort of learn-

ers. The pilot activities have

been delivered with the

support of a public and pri-

vate Alliance of actors com-

posed of experts, trainers

and employers of the sec-

tor, as well as innovative

teaching and training meth-

Labs Shadowing Activities at Pianigiani Rottami Siena

odologies implemented for the de-

signed occupational profile.

Developing Business Canvas

Part of Learners Group in Morecombe

School, learners prepared two complete Business Canvas Models and during the classroom activities, the rationale behind the business canvas model was developed to capture more of the social aspects facing third sector organisations. Besides, Uclan have been working to develop a new pilot edition with a new cohort of learners. Stay tuned!

“Uclan have been working to develop a

new pilot edition with a new cohort of

learners. Stay tuned! “

POLAND The National Pilot Training

Course (NPTC) in Poland started

in December 2016 and finished in

March 24, 2017. Starting with

career guidance, there were

executed all planned activities

like lectures, open management

school, labs shadowing, virtual

mobility sessions and

assessment. It was conducted by

4 trainers - employers and


enterprises representatives

mainly: CECED Poland - the

European Committee of

Manufacturers of Domestic

Equipment, Cluster of Waste

and Recycling Economy and its

member: P.P.H.U. POLBLUME

Zbigniew Miazga as well as

university professor. From 23

learners who started the pilot

course 21 learners have

completed it. Learners

represented WEEE sector, but

also other sectors employees

and entrepreneurs who were

looking for the new job or new

develoment directions

opportunities (two of them

were in the notice period). The

trainers used different

methods to assess the learners:

direct observation, open

discussion, interview, project

work (business model canvas

development and description),

testimonials feedback from

employers/supervisors and

work samples .

Working in the group during classroom

Presenting the Business Model Canvas developed

Practical part of labs shadowing – manual disassembly of the office

CYPRUS The Cyprus pilot training course started on February 9 and finished on March 31, 2017. It was a very interesting and challenging two months period for coordination especially for all the participants, the trainees as well as the trainers. The recycling sector in Cyprus is extremely small with only a few operating companies and with

limited employment opportunities in the whole sector. However, when we started examining the sector more closely we ended up with more organizations involved in WEEE, therefore our task was finally easier that what we were expecting at the beginning. For this we should thank WEEE

Electrocyclosis Cyprus Ltd, which was really helpful and extremely important for the successful completion of the Cyprus pilot program. WEEE Electrocyclosis Cyprus Ltd is the organisation that was created in accordance with the provisions of the European Regulation 668/2004 of the Solid and

“The trainers used

different methods to assess the learners“


Hazardous Waste Law. This law defines the responsibilities and obligations of the producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), which in Cyprus are mostly companies importing Electrical and Electronic Equipment. We have worked with a group of learners that stayed with us from the beginning to the end of the pilot activities. The majority of our trainees were people already possessing a university degree and somehow interested or already related to the recycle sector. Our activities have been developed in accordance with the training plan.

Classroom lessons took place at the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry premises. It was

the first part of the pilot program where legislation and procedures where clearly presented to the participants. We had trainers from governmental departments, private organisations, WEEE

Electrocyclosis Cyprus Ltd and others.

A group of trainees during Lab Shadowing activities

A group of trainees during Lab Shadowing activities

Open Management school took place at Intercollege. Trainees had the opportunity to be taught by two lecturers from the University of Nicosia. One of the lecturers was a waste and environment expert and the other one was a business management lecturer. By combining these two lecturers we managed to cover all training requirements at the highest level. Both lecturers were very important for the completion of the pilot program and had excellent knowledge of their task as well as the goals and objectives of the training.

Lab shadowing was the most interesting part of the pilot programme. It was the part where trainees had the opportunity to see what is been done actually in the market of waste of electrical and electronic equipment. Trainees had the chance to see how legislation and waste techniques and procedures are into place in organisations and to relate

classroom lessons with practical experience. Trainees visited recycling companies, reuse companies, and WEEE Electrocyclosis Cyprus Ltd. Our trainees had the opportunity to observe and be involved in day to day operations in all of the organisations that participated in this part of the project.

It is now clear that the most interesting part of the pilot project was the lab shadowing activities. It is also obvious that the combination of classroom training and lab shadowing activities is the best way to correctly educate people at this level. This way education can be more interesting, can motivate teamwork, it develops a better

“The combination of classroom

training and lab shadowing activities

is the best way to correctly educate

people at this level. This way education

can be more interesting, can

motivate teamwork, it develops a better

understanding “

I TA LY On 26th May 2017, the third

national promotional workshop

took place in Siena at “Istituto

Tecnico Industriale Statale Tito

Sarrocchi”. The event titled

“EwasteR Project - Promotional

Workshop - Presenting the

results of the EwasteR Pilot

Training Course for E-waste Re-

use and Recycling Specialist and

Promoting Mobility Experiences

for Aspiring Entrepreneurs on

Green Jobs and Circular

Economy” has been organized

and supported by

#EUGreenWeek. EU Green Week


NATIONAL PROMOTION WORKSHOPS

is the annual opportunity to

debate and discuss European

environmental policy.

Organised by the European

Commission's Directorate-

General for Environment, this

key event in the environment

policy calendar attracts

policymakers, leading

environmentalists,

stakeholders and other

interested parties from across

Europe and the globe.In this

way, the Italian workshop

aimed to promote not only the

project activities and key

results achieved but also to

promote the theme of 'Green

jobs for a greener future'. It

focused on how Project

activities are creating green

job/profile, employment

opportunities and contributing

to economic, sustainable and

socially responsible growth in

the EU. It also highlighted the

demand for new types of green

skills in the WEEE re-use and

recycling sector. The workshop

has been attended by 25

participants among pilot

learners, teachers, employers

SARROCCHI Manager presenting the green jobs opportunities

Participants at the Italian event

UNI TED KINGDOM The second UK promotional workshop was hosted at Veo-lia’s Recycling Discovery Cen-tre at Gillmoss, near Liverpool on Wednesday 28 June 2017. The agenda for the afternoon event included an introduction to the EwasteR Project and its overarching aims. The next item detailed the curriculum content for the pilot pro-gramme, followed by a ses-

sion to provide more infor-mation about the manage-ment and delivery of the pi-lot project and the partici-pants. The final formal input was from Merseyside Recy-cling and Waste Authority (MRWA) who shared some perspectives on opportuni-ties for a more resource effi-cient city region focusing on resource management and Sharon Simpson (WAMITAB)


“National dissemination

workshops promote the presentation of

EwasteR project topics and activities”

the circular economy. The closing item was a review of next steps and materials were shared electronically with key stakeholders. Finally, there an opportunity to join a guided tour of

the MRF at Gillmoss in full operation with a member of the education team on hand to ex-plain the processes and activities; and share some recycling statistics.

POLAND On 30.06.2017 the Polish partners of EwasteR project - Educational Research Institute (IBE), Insti-tute of Environmental Protec-tion (IEP-NRI) and Institute for Private Enterprise and Democra-cy (IPED) - organized the event “Green skills in Poland. Promo-tional and networking event”. During the event the projects aiming at the development of qualifications, development and implementation of training pro-grams and certification systems in the area of green jobs were presented, among them Ewast-eR project. Participants repre-sented HE institutions, research

institutes, training organizations and NGOs. The event gave the participants the opportunity to have the overview of activities implemented in Poland in the qualification and training devel-opment in the selected sectors of green economy - sustainable de-velopment, waste management, environmental testing, renewa-ble energy (photovoltaics). There is demand for green skills in many sectors and the need for their development and recogni-tion. At the end of the event Eras-mus for Young Entrepreneurs Program was also presented.

Anna Szczesniak (IPED) presenting the project the Event

CYPRUS The 3rd promotional event was held on Jun 27 at Cyprus Produc-tivity Centre premises in Nicosia between 9.00 am and 12.45 pm. The focus of the event was the promotion of youth entrepre-neurship in the area of E-Waste as well as in other areas. The agenda involved the following:

presentation of the Ε-Waster project’s activities and results by Andreas An-dreou, Director of Industry at CCCI,

presentation about the future of green jobs by a lecturer of the University of Nicosia,

presentations of funding opportunities. Specifically:

presentation of three Sub-sidy Schemes of the Minis-

try of Energy, Trade, In-dustry and Tourism by a business consultant: Scheme of young Enter-preneurshing, Scheme of women entrepreneurship and scheme for SME’s support

presentation of the pro-gram Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs by a CCCI officer

presentation of the Enter-prise Europe Network by a CCCI officer

A total of 30 people participated in the event a few of which were unemployed. The majority of the participants were young graduates in the fields of Sci-ence and Engineering. The par-ticipants showed great interest

in the subject and a fruitful discussion followed the presentations.

CPC’s Director Addressing the Event

“The focus of the event was the promotion of youth

entrepreneurship in the area of E-Waste as well as in

other areas“


THE FIFTH PARTNERSHI P MEETING IN FLORENCE (ITALY)

The 5th Transnational

meeting for EwasteR

Project Community took

place in Florence on 20th &

21st April 2017, organized

by Regione Toscana and it

was very successful!

Partners from all four-

partner countries

participated and

cooperated for the

development of the

strategy for transferring

the EwasteR Occupational

Profile into NQF/RQF,

giving project's results

effective impact and

sustainability. Of course,

the beautiful setting and

Florence played part in the

EwasteR Project is promoting and developing at national level mobility opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe in the WEEE re-use and recycling sector by the Erasmus for Young

Entrepreneurs programme and it is working to develop plans and strategies for local companies to foster their international network and implement mobility programme to host learners and workers in the WEEE sector. More info on the activities carried on in next Newsletter. Please visit also the web site of the EYE programme: http://www.erasmus-

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MOBILITY OPPORTUNITI ES IN EUROPE FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS

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NEXT MEETING:

DECEMBER 2017

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1-2014-1-IT-EPPKA2-SSA This project has been funded with support from

the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the

author, and the Commission cannot be held

responsible for any use which may be made of

the information contained therein.

NEXT STEPS

The EwasteR Consortium is

delighted to invite you to attend the

next International E-Seminar,

organized by WAMITAB, which took

place in London in December.

Participants will have the

opportunity to attend the event

on-line so if you are interested to

join us stay tuned on the project

social channels where, over the

next weeks, new info and

modalities for attending will be

published!!!!


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