Project News and Events
Restart Project Newsletter 2
Click the link to read our second project newsletter, with updates about our meeting in Oslo and the work we did over the summer!
Project Meeting in Cyprus
22-23 September--The third Restart Project consortium meeting was hosted by INDEX Cyprus, who were responsible for overseeing the 'Adaptation of Materials' work package (WP3). The partners presented the adaptations they had made to the materials and delivery of Restart to make it more relevant to the context of their countries and circumstances. The partners also had a first opportunity to meet the external evaluator, who presented about her evaluation procedures and the pilot course evaluations.
Restart Project Newsletter 1
Click on the link to read our first project newsletter!
Research Report Published!
August 2011--The Restart partnership has compiled a research report investigating the situations of lone parents in all the partner countries. Click here to download the report: 'Toward a shared understanding of the status of lone parent families'.
Restart Features at UK Conference
June 2011, West Bromwich, England--Restart Project managing partner Possibilities NI was recently invited to participate in a conference about Lifelong Learning Programme projects, which was jointly organised by the UK National Agency, ECORYS, and the British Council. Anne Sweeney and Karen McCann, from Possibilities NI, presented an exhibit that featured the Restart Transfer of Innovation Project, making the Your Story Conference a great dissemination opportunity for Restart.
In addition to delegates from many other UK organizations involved in LLP projects, representatives from the European Commission and UNESCO were also in attendance at the event in West Bromwich, England. As Ecorys stated, the Your Story Conference highlighted projects that are working toward social inclusion for marginalized groups because ‘the Lifelong Learning Programme… [supports] projects that involve people in learning, increase their confidence and empower them to be active citizens. We want to share successes from across the programmes and look at how we can overcome barriers to inclusion’.
Possibilties NI appreciated the opportunity to present the Restart project while it is still ongoing, and to network with other organizations engaged in LLP projects.
International Partnership Meeting in Oslo
May 2011, Oslo--The second meeting of the Restart Transfer of Innovation partnership, hosted by NOVA, took place in Oslo, Norway on 19-20 May 2011. At that meeting, each partner presented country-specific research about lone parents and employment, and the partners heard several relevant presentations from professional researchers and discussed the compilation of the research report.
Project Launch Held in Belfast
6 December 2010, Belfast--Our first Restart Transfer of Innovation partnership meeting was held on 29-30 November 2010, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.This first meeting involved the presentation of the Restart programme and the start-up of the project by the co-ordinating partner, Possibilities NI. (Check out our Gallery for photos of the launch!)
Upcoming Events
The Norwegian, Cypriot, Polish, and Italian partners have adapted the training package and are now undertaking translations of all the adapted materials. The next project meeting will take place in Florence, Italy on 22-23 March, 2012.