About the TRIAS ProjectThe Erasmus+ project TRIAS - guidance in the workplace: involving employers, reaching low-qualified developed an innovative approach to guidance bycombining outreach guidance work with employers’ involvement. The project focuses on strengthening the competences of guidance practitioners tosuccessfully reach out to the workforce, especially to the low-qualified as one of the most important target groups in adult education. Therewith the projectcontributes to increasing the chance of low qualified persons to participate in training and education.Why? The rationaleSince continuing education and training are of unprecedented importance in knowledge societies, workplace guidance has to raise awareness for guidance andlifelong learning, as well as to provide low-threshold access to guidance services for the employed directly at the place where vocational and educationalchoices matter most – in the workplace.Introducing the TRIAS approach to guidance in the workplaceTo develop the TRIAS approach of workplace guidance, the project integrateed two already existing ways of promoting education and training in the workplace:- Qualification consulting targeting companies- Career guidance targeting employeesThe TRIAS approach to providing guidance in the workplace includes the company as a relevant actor in the guidance process. Thereby, TRIAS guidancepractitioners act in the relational triangle of guidance users, companies and the practitioners them-selves.The inclusion of companies poses a challenge for the more familiar and well-established user-practitioner relationships. Guidance practitioners not only haveto gain access to employers, but also know about business models and human resource development strategies in order to be able to take the employer’sperspective into account. The TRIAS project prepares guidance practitioners for these new challeng-ing tasks.Who?The TRIAS project focuses directly on the target group of guidance practitioners and adult educators. In order to be able to offer services in the field ofworkplace guid-ance, they require additional know-how and competences.What?The TRIAS project compiled a text book for self-study purposes and developed a training programme, both targeting guidance practitioners who want to offerguid-ance in the workplace.Overview on Outputs/Results:- Intellectual Output (IO) 1: A synthesis report on collected European experiences of guidance in the workplace based on 5 country reports- IO 2: Text book “Guidance in the workplace: involving employers, reaching low qualified” (a self- study tool for guidance practitioners) - translated into allpart-ner country languages- IO 3: Curriculum “Guidance in the workplace: involving employers, reaching low qualified” (Curriculum for a two days seminar for guidance practitioners)trans-lated into all partner country languages. The curriculum was tested in Pilot Semi-nars in all partner countries except DenmarkWhere?The project was carried out in the EU partner countries Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Slovenia. In each partner country, we organisedmultiplier events fostering the dialogue with policy makers and other stakeholders in the field of guidance, adult education and labour market policy.The project consortium consisted of 5 European partners with experience in qualifica-tion consulting for companies as well as educational career guidance inthe workplace:ÖSB Consulting – Austria (coordinator)Peter Plant - DenmarkBüro für berufliche Bildungsplanung – GermanyERUDICIO – Czech RepublikAndragoski Zavod Maribor – Slowenia