<< Background >>Consortium has identified following problems:P1/3. Consequently, young people leaving the schools or high studies too soon appear as school dropouts and this mechanism works even more when the economic system is unable to absorb the young labor force.However, early school leaving, even if it involves an individual responsibility,is related to dysfunctions in the school and the education system, which is unable to carry the young people sufficient levels of training, with the goal of opening access roads to employment:school failure appears as a consequence of the failure of the education system itself and requires a reflection on its organization and direction.P2. Low quality and efficacy of career guidance causes a low level of interest in choosing a type of schooling or studies by young people. While planning their education, young people take into consideration the information from media, Internet, and their peers. In effect, 20% of students are not satisfied with the chosen secondary school (CBOS 2011). According to researches conducted among lower secondary school students (KOWEZIU 2012) about 30% of them took into consideration: convenient setting of the school (good transport connections); opinions of their peers, families or teachers. And only 20% of school students based their decisions upon current situation on the labor market.P4.Lack of a complex tool for careers diagnosis. On a current market there is no system that would enable making a complex diagnosis in an easy and quick way without the necessity of using a set of different psychological tests. The aim is to create a diagnostic tool that would consist of 8 multidimensional layers, combined in a one, consistent system. Thanks to using career tree, which makes the questioning more individualized, the examination administered with the use of the system will be quick, and will ensure reliability and accuracy of the results, at the same time. The main target group of the project are secondary and vocational school students (with their parents) as well as post high educations youngsters having problems with decision about the professional career. The students/youngsters and adults will follow different paths of their examination consisting of questions tailored to their age and life situation. The decision about “branch” of the career tree to be followed will be made on the basis of the answers given to introductory questions. It means that the choice of further questions as well as their form will follow from the introductory examination.PARTNERS NEEDS-Offering high level career guidance to youth-Possessing modern tool for career guidance-Increasing the level and quality of offered courses and education materials-Cooperating with partners possessing great expertise in career guidance and developing on-line<< Objectives >>The main aim of the project is to raise the quality of the process aimed to define capacities, aptitudes and professional interests of secondary/VET/high/post-high (youngsters till 26years) students and adults, and conducting career guidance and career planning through creation of a modern (standardized on a representative group) modular system for analysis,diagnosis and education guidance of career that would support the work of career counselors.The main reason for this project to be implemented is to integrate in the educational sector the option for students to learn about different jobs and fields and to assess their skills and abilities in order to make an informed decision about their future career.The goal of the project is to make available in Norway, Poland, Greece and Italy a free, online tool that can be accessed by any student/young that has an Internetconnection and that can help to underline their strengths. This kind of assessment is rarely present in the partner countries educational system, so the usefulness of such a tool would probably have impact both in higher educational institutions and in the labour market. If students have an informed opinion starting from high school about their strengths, weaknesses and what standards have to be met for specific jobs, their decision about university should be easier to be made and after finishing their studies, it would be easier for them to get a job in the field they studied for. The main result of the project will be online tool - for high school and post-high schools students/youngsters until 26 years old (especially those having problems with decision aboutthe professional career) as well as vocational advisors, psychologists, HR staff which will help to diagnose the profile of candidate.The tool will consist of at least 8 modules which will be updated, adapted to new partner's countries and translated into national languages.Online tool - combined with project website will be main source of all project outcomes, as it will help with:- project dissemination,- exploitation of the project's results- building the cooperation with schoolsThe main aim of the project is to raise the quality of the process aimed to define capacities, aptitudes and professional interests of secondary/VET/high/post-high (youngsters till 26 years) students and adults, and conducting career guidance and career planning through creation of a a modern (standardized on a representative group) modular system for analysis, diagnosis and education guidance of career that would support the work of career counselors.The system will consist of min 8 modules:1)professional interests2)structure and values3)personal capacities,4)temperamental aptitudes,5)cognitive6)interpersonal7)business and enterprise skills,8)possessed qualifications<< Implementation >>Consorcium will implement activites listed below:IO1.Model of predispositions and leading competencies for professionsIO2.Modular system for diagnosis, analysis and education guidance of career - elements/layers of online toolIO3.Graphical and technical design of the toolIO4.Methodical guidebook for career counselorIO5.Practical manual for teachers and vocational advisors - usability of the tool4 Transnational project meetings C1.TRAIN THE TRAINER: Training for vocational advisors - usability of the toolE1.The multiplier event pursues two main OBJECTIVES:a. Present all outputs and encourage stakeholders to use them.b. Foster discussion and communication among VET and businesses and discuss new trends and approaches.With these aims, the event is addressed at the following stakeholders:a) VET teachers in public education system, vocational advisors, coachers,b) stakeholders: public authorities responsible for education systemc) possible indirect target group -teacher in general education, adult education or academic teachers, HR staffIndicative agenda:a) Welcomeb) Challenges of skills mismatches in Europec) Presentation of project outcomes and resultsd) Presentation of short term impact based on implementation of the tool in high schoolsAt least 2 months before the event will take place task leader + dissemination leader + Leader of the project define final agenda of the event as well as roles' division and presentationsfor the event. There will be official invitation prepared, published on partners' websites, project official website social medias as well as sent to all possible stakeholders and partners ofthe consortium members.<< Results >>• Number of the evaluation questionnaires completed by evaluators and target groups and the appreciation rate of the end-users who took part in the pilot testing,• Number of schools/VET centers/Training institutions participating the pilot testing,• Number of schools/VET centers/Training institutions participating in validation,• Number of people taking part in pilot testing of the system• Number of people taking part in validation,• Number of institutions directly or indirectly involved in the project by the end of the project periodQualitative• Increase involvement of schools/VET centers/Training institutions in offering high level career guidance services, in the process of improvement of methods of career guidance.• Increase the readiness of schools/VET Centers/Training institutions having in their offer career guidance, to include new technologies, systems into process of career guidance.The long term indicators: Quantitative• number of institutions who declare the exploitation of the system on the daily basis,• number of psychologists, career counselors who declare the exploitation of the system on the daily basis,• number of training organizations/schools/universities/labor offices/ companies who declare that the system would help them to enrich their guidance,• number of local/regional/national organizations involved during or after the project completion as the result of their interest in the project and its results,• number of people/organizations/schools/universities/training institutions/VET Centers involved in the dissemination events organized during or after the project completion.Qualitative• Increase of satisfaction of people using the system, concerning career guidance and education support given with the help of the tool;• Increase of knowledge of people using the system (psychologists, career counselors) concerning difficulties that young people are facing while entering the labor market;• Increase the readiness of universities/secondary schools/labour offices/career guidance companies/training institutions/VET Centers, to include new technologies into process ofcareer guidance;• Increase of the awareness of necessity to improve career guidance services among institutions that have in their offer such activities.Actions which will be taken to measure the indicatorsDuring each activities undertaken during the implementation of the project, partners will gather all information, which can be used to measure quantitative indicators e.g: number ofpeople/institutions taking part in testing process, number of institutions that will be informed about project activities and show their interest in project, number of different sorts of reportsprepared during the project etc. During the testing of the system, all institutions/people taking part in it, will also fill some questionnaires with qualitative questions about their opinionabout the system (its usefulness in the future, and didactic potential), about their readiness to use it/ including it in their training offer etc. This will allow to measure qualitativeindicators.Some representatives of target groups will be questioned on their level of skill, knowledge, experiences, expectations both at the beginning and towards the end of the project. Allindicators will be measured on regular basis, so that to make sure that all planned results are achieved in proper way.