The project „Acquiring Transversal Competences through Virtual Voyages”

Milestones:

2026 - first months: Recruitment campaign for students & facilitators, e-games upgrade and development, platform updates & upgrades

2025: Start of the project

2024: Preparation of the project

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The project „The suitcase, the map and the voyage of a youth worker” (2015-2017)

 

The aim of the project was to create online tools which can facilitate the process of professional life planning, non formal and informal learning among young people and help youth workers in their activities;

 

Partners: Predict CSD Consulting, Millennium Center, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad and SC Schultz Development SRL – from Romania alongside 5 partners from 5 different European countries - Dacorum Council for Voluntary Service from the United Kingdom, Asociacion Cultural Integra from Spain, Organization for Promotion of European Issues from Cyprus, Fundacja Centrum Aktywności Tworczej from Poland and Euro-Net from Italy.

Project team:

Predict CSD Consulting - Romania

Lavinia-Adriana Gana – psychologist, content creator of: Career Box, Simulation  Box;

Camelia Avramescu - translator, creator of e-learning content, trainer;

Noemi Gyorgyi Zombori - trainer, IT technician, youth worker;

Florian Matei – graphic designer, illustrator

Claudiu Schwartz- psychologist, expert in gamification, training evaluation;

Michal Piatek - project manager assistant

Sandor Szilard - video designer;

Călin Bibe – video designer;

Schultz Development - Romania

Marius Donțu – editor, researcher, trainer;

Millenium Center – Romania

Cristina Anamaria Nistor – psychologist;

Adina Nicoleta Erica Schwartz - editor, researcher;

Roxana Tomoș - youth worker, 

Stuhuleţ Flaviu-Ovidiu – video designer;

JOB EXPERTS:

• TEACHER: PhD Dorin Herlo – professor, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad;
  
• PROGRAMMERS: Adriana Brăneț, Zsolt Csik - Computer Voice Systems Romania;
  
• SPORTSPEOPLE: Andrada Stan, Cristina Mateiaș, Sergiu Lazăr, Alex Stoian - students at “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports;
  
• ENGINEERS: eng. professor, PhD. Valentina Bălaș - “Aurel Vlaicu”  University of Arad,  eng. Marius Sima - Astra Rail Industries Arad;
  
• MANAGERS: Tămășan Petrușca - “Aurel Vlaicu” Lower Secondary School of Arad, Pătcaș Liviu - Letra Set;
  
• DRIVER: Loghin Gherman - Sylcon Trans;
  
• SALES REPRESENTATIVE: Ioana Manolache - Rainbow Romania;
  
• NURSE: Sorina Filip - Arad County Hospital, manager Dr. Mirandolina Prișcă;
  
• AUTOMOTIVE OPERATORS: Loredana Truică, Mihai Babușcov - HUF Romania, HR manager Simona Benea;
  
• DOCTOR: Iuliana Baicu - Dr. Baicu Iuliana, Individual Medical Practice.

“Aurel Vlaicu” University - Romania

Camelia Nadia Bran – educational sciences specialist, editor, researcher;

Tiberiu Sandu Dughi – psychologist;

Sonia Carmen Ignat – psychologist.

Dacorum Council for Voluntary Service – United Kingdom

Mark Mitchell – editor, researcher, trainer;

Musarat Inayat - editor, researcher

Integra Asociación Cultural – Spain

Elena Ferrero Conde – editor, researcher, trainer;

Guiomar Iglesias Manrique – editor, researcher, trainer;

CAT - Fundacja Centrum Aktywności Twórczej – Poland

Monika Pawlak  – editor, researcher, trainer;

Marlena Pujsza-Kunikowska– editor, researcher, trainer;

OPEI – Cyprus

Michalis Papatherapontos – editor, researcher, trainer;

Kostas Michaelides – editor, researcher, trainer;

EURO-NET

Antonino Imbesi - editor, researcher, trainer;

Victor Sorin Roman - initiator and project coordinator.

The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, on Key Action 2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices.

      

Milestones in „The suitcase, the map and the voyage of a youth worker” project:

2017 - September - December - All the sections of the web-site are in the sustainability period, open in EXPLORER mode;

 

2017 – July the final partners meeting in Timișoara, Romania 

 

2017 - 6-9^th of July – The multiplier event from Timișoara, ”The boxes of a youth worker – the European challenge” brings 57 participant from 21 Erasmus+ programme countries:  Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and UK

 

2017 – July – Gama versions of Youth Worker online course and Learning to learn online course are open

 

2017 - April - Alfa version - face to face youth worker certified training course was delivered

2017 - January - April -  learning to learn online course - Beta version

2017 - March

Beta versions made available for:

•  The online course LEARNING TO LEARN 
  
•  The Career Box module
  
•  The simulation box of jobs area
  

 

2016 - October

Alfa version of the course LEARNING TO LEARN launched.

2016 - September 

Transnational meeting in Paphos, Cyprus, to work on the project.

 

2016 - August

We are launching the Alfa version of two areas of the voyage and we invite you to join us!

The Career Box

The simulation box of jobs

 

2016 – May

Another partners meeting takes place, this time in Potenza, Italy, to test and plan the products of the initiative;

 

2015 - November

The journey continues with a meeting with all the partners in the project in Arad, Romania;

 

2015 – September

Let the voyage begin!

2014

Good news, the project proposal is approved on the Erasmus+ programme. The voyage can start!

2010 – 2013

The full voyage took a long time to prepare;