On the 12th of June, the Romanian partners within the SEPAL Project (Supporting Employment Platform through Apprenticeship Learning, referenced with the number 2017-1-058) organized a dissemination event, which took place online on the Zoom platform. The event, titled ”Learning on the Job Opportunities” aimed at the promotion of the apprenticeship stages and the learning on the job opportunities. Other goals consisted in the presentation of the legislative framework and the benefits for the apprenticeship employers.
Within the SEPAL event, several specialists in the fields of dual education, apprenticeship, certification and employment from different institutions at County and National level had an intervention regarding the Perspectives on dual education in Romania, The Law of Apprenticeship, Assessment of skills acquired in a non-formal and/ or informal way.
Therefore, Bucovina Institute had guests from County Agency for Employment, National Authority for Initial Vocational Training in Dual System and National Authority for Qualifications.Among these specialists we can mention: the Executive Director of County Agency for Employment, Mirela Adomnicăi that brought into discussion the situation of the employment in Suceava County, the Superior Inspector within County Agency for Employment (Gabriela Porochniuc), who discussed about the law of apprenticeship and apprenticeship stages, the Vice-president at National Authority for Initial Vocational Training in Dual Training, Costache Gabriel who approached the subject of dual education, an excellent alternative concerning the professional training for the young peopleandthe Head of Office within the National Accreditation Centre from National Authority for Qualifications, Raluca Râmboacă who brought into discussion the assessment of skills and the certification in her presentation highlighting the process through which they help people to obtain a qualification, a document certifying one’s skills.
In addition, one NEET registered in the SEPAL Project, employed at Suceava County Hospital as a medical assistant, shared her thoughts about her learning on the job experience, mentioning the support she got during her apprenticeship stage and the qualities that a NEET who wants to apply for a job in the field mentioned above should have. She was and still is a very motivated and positive person, eager to learn and to continuously develop her knowledge and abilities.
More than this, Bucovina Institute had four mentors invited (a pipe blower, an administrator of a transport company, an auto mechanic and a traditional artisan) who manifested the need of having apprentices at their workplace, being eager to train young people to earn the necessary skills through practice and experiential learning and with whom we established a relationship of collaboration. All mentors affirmed that they need apprentices motivated to learn and they are willing to train them.
The dissemination event was successfully organized with the support of our local LSCs from the County for Employment Agency (AJOFM Suceava). Our LSC provided us the necessary support even before we started recruiting and working directly with the NEETs, being our collaborators and our local partners involved in other events, activities or projects that we have been carrying on in the last couple of years.
The Webinar had 224 individuals registered on Zoom and 176 of them participated directly within the webinar. from various areas of the country and from Republic of Moldova. The majority of them were teachers, social workers, psychologists and school counsellors. More than this, the Webinar was broadcast live on Facebook and shared on our Projects Facebook Pages and on our Organization Pages.
For more information regarding our Project, our activities and our events, you can access our Project Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/projectSEPAL/
The full video of the Webinar ”Learning on the Job Opportunities” can be found on our YouTube Account and you can access it by clicking the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTgYUYbIY8&t=4s.
