Flanders participates in Goal project for adult trainees
Goal Vlaanderen is the Flemish section of the European Goal project, a co-operation to get low-skilled adults into the right job training or education option
Pan-European project
Nearly 340,000 adults in Flanders are enrolled in adult education. “But lower-skilled adults often aren’t finding the right training for them,” explained education minister Hilde Crevits. “There are many options, and it’s difficult to make a selection.”
According to Crevits, career guidance is increasingly common, but there is a lack of training guidance, which is often also not sufficiently adjusted to the needs of low-skilled workers. The Goal project, she said, would co-ordinate training advice, providing better opportunities for workers on the labour market.
Flemish partner organisations in the Goal project are De Stap in Ghent and De Leerwinkel in Kortrijk. The latter is specialised in assisting low-skilled workers and foreign speakers to acquire training and employment in more rural areas of West Flanders, while De Stap works to help those who leave school without a diploma in an urban environment.
The Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Iceland, Lithuania and Slovenia are also collaborating in the Goal project, which is set to run for three years.
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