About Us
LEAD PARTNER
Centrum Kształcenia Ustawicznego w Białymstoku - Poland
The Centre for Continuing Education in Bialystok (CKU) - was established in 2005 as the first public school for adults in
Podlaskie voivodship (CKU has about 500 students, and employs about 60 teachers + 20 staff). The CKU provides the opportunity for gaining and completing general education as well as professional skills and qualifications.
Types of education in the CKU:
Elementary School for Adults,
Comprehensive High School for Adults,
Post-secondary School,
Vocational Courses.
Since 2012 CKU has been offering a wide range of free vocational courses for students over 18 e.g.: agriculture, landscape architecture, floristry, IT, accounting, and photography.
CKU participates in various educational and cultural activities and projects in cooperation with local and international partners organizes seminars and training.
The CKU is a workplace of professional counsellors. The work of counsellors is direct to elementary and high school students, and adults, who search for their place in the job market.
The professional counsellors are also responsible for cooperation with employers and diagnosis of requirements of CKU's students.
In CKU also exist the Bialystok Academy of Family (BAR). Last year CKU was awarded the first prize in a national competition of Presidential Couple "Good Climate for Families" in the category of "conscious parenting" for the appointment and activities of the Bialystok Academy of Family. The main task of the challenges facing the BAR is widely understood
education and promotion of the family. The activities are aimed at all social groups: youth, spouses, parents, and grandparents. The tasks are realized by organizing lectures, seminars, and workshops, where experts take the issues concerning the family, education, and strengthening family relationships. CSU's team consists of people that truly understand the
problems of the family.
More than 30% of CKU's students come from the centre of our rural region. Other students are from the area of the city of Bialystok. The main target group of our learners are people of all ages who, for various reasons could not complete their education at the right time. Many of them are indigent people who were scared by the financial barrier of private schools. It was the direct cause of the noncompletion of secondary education.
The majority of students in the 25-50 age group are working people, desirous to qualify or to finish school, sometimes to pass the secondary school final exam to get the pay rise at their working places. Many of them are individuals who want to change something in their lives. Most young people are unemployed because of their level of education, some of them come from Chechnya, Belarus, and Ukraine.
CKU works in a disadvantaged area situated in the northeast part of Poland, with low financial resources and where the unemployment rate is very high. The economic situation of a large part of families in our region, especially those living in rural areas, does not allow the full development of individual and intellectual audiences, because they have difficulty with
access to sources of information. CKU is trying to do everything possible that they have access to cutting-edge sources of information as well as provide them with opportunities to develop their capabilities and skills.
As an adult education center (we are called second chance school) we are facing increasingly the problem of lack of understanding and lack of knowledge about the European culture among adult people from disadvantaged groups, who are our students. They do not have cultural awareness - we can say they don't understand European processes. Their self-esteem is very poor. They try to avoid situations when they have to present something in public. Students do not have enough motivation and self-confidence to work on self-development. The project will help to develop innovative, effective methods and cultural workshops program, which will help teachers to motivate adult learners.
We will take responsibility together with all partners in the development of the project. CKU will act as a coordinator.
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CONTACT
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ul. Warm 32; 15-472 Białystok
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+48 85 651 58 55
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DIRECTOR
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Bożena Barbara Krasnodębska
+48 085 651 58 55
Dyrek@ckubialystok.pl
PARTNERS
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ENSA
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ENSA is a network of cities and European Regions that has the aim of promoting international cooperation in the social field.
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ENSA was established by the Veneto Region in 1999. Since then the network has developed and supported solid partnerships between a wide range of European Regions and has carried out seminars, conferences, study visit programs, and exchanges of operators.
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The cooperation between partners has brought about the opportunity to carry out several projects financed by the European Commission. ENSA represents an excellent opportunity for local and Regional Authorities to participate actively in European policymaking and programs.
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Collaborating with ENSA is a way to increase the dialogue with European institutions and to become part of an international platform to implement shared projects.
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Social Policy Officer
Elena Curtopassi
Tel.: +32 2 7437012
elena.curtopassi@regione.veneto.it
ALTERA VITA -Social Cooperative of Cyclades- Greece
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ALTERA VITA is a scientific research centre that implements education and awareness programs, working with volunteers in the areas of Environment and Culture and Social Intervention programs at the community level.
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ALTERA VITA provides training to specialists who offer services in mental health and other health professionals, educators, managers etc., as well as parents and couples. The training framework of ALTERA VITA is based on the principles and applications of the Systemic – Dialectic Epistemology.
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The main goal of training is the development of “the whole person” –Anthropos. The process of the training focuses throughout on the professional and personal development and the differentiation of the trainee.
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A​LTERA VITA. organizes domestic and transnational training sessions on a wide range of topics. To this end, it collaborates with a network of experienced trainers and experts in various fields. Experts with special knowledge, experience, and training in their subject offer the opportunity for trainees to follow a flexible program from wherever they are, with only limited access to the internet, to increasing social and professional changes in areas such as the social economy, Health Promotion, Organic Farming, Environment, and Sustainable Development, the Arts and Culture, Pedagogy, Psychology, new technologies.
CONTACT​
Miltos Sakellariou, Chairman of the Board
Family Therapist, Prevention Counsellor in Addictions, MSc
Social Cooperative of Cyclades
Kepos - Manna, 84100 Syros
CYCLADES-GREECE
tel:+306972204356
E-mail: alteravitacyclades@gmail.com
Learning: https://e-learning.alteravita.eu
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Double Helix Resources- UK
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Double Helix Resources (DHR) is a private company, limited by guarantee, set up in September 2015, by Brian De Lord, with the intention of providing educational and therapeutic consultancy, accredited training, and related resources for those working with troubled and vulnerable children and their families.
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A network of specialist practitioners and researchers supports the company. They are engaged to work on specific initiatives and projects, as the opportunities arise.
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We deliver accredited mentor training to classroom assistants at Brent River College and are intending to initiate a national training center for practitioners in therapeutic and residential settings, in partnership with the Mulberry Bush Organisation and the Caspari Foundation.
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Director
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Brian De Lord
Former Head-Teacher, youth worker, psychotherapist
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MÄ°RCÄ°LER MESLEKÄ° VE TEKNÄ°K ANADOLU LÄ°SESÄ° -Turkey
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Gönen Anatolian Hotel Management and Tourism Vocational High School is located in the Marmara Region and is one of the successful vocational schools in this Region. Gönen Otelcilik Turizm Meslek Lisesi (HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL) opened in the name of “Gönen Anatolian Hotel Management and Tourism Vocational High School” and in the structure of “Gönen Mirciler Commercial Vocational High School in 1997-1998 Education and Teaching year, grows up qualified worker who will work in the field of food and beverage and Accommodation and Traveling Services that public and private sector needs. It has a staff which consists of one Head Assistant Director, 3 Assistant Directors, and 35 teachers. Our school carries out the education and teaching activities in the building of Mirciler Commercial Vocational High School. (MÄ°RCÄ°LER MESLEKÄ° VE TEKNÄ°K ANADOLU LÄ°SESÄ°). It uses 12 classrooms, 3 computer laboratories, and 2 kitchens and service workshops. Our school has a 2122 m2 construction area and its garden is 3776 m2 There is a sports hall and sports activities area in the garden. The students learn English and German as foreign languages.
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Contact
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Ilker Eren, EU Coordinator, Teacher of English
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