About the project
CO-CIVIC
Practical learning is an essential part of school-based vocational training. It not only promotes the necessary specialist knowledge through learning in a real environment but also soft skills such as teamwork and communication.
A major challenge here is its integration of companies. The economic crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic and increasing work from home has only exacerbated this problem.
However, these practical experiences have great value for the trainees and offer them opportunities for the transition from school to working life.
Our approach
Co-CIVIC improves collaboration between vocational training institutions and civil society organizations by providing their teachers and staff with the knowledge, skills and tools to help shape a project-based learning approach that equips students with the skills to design and develop social projects.
The aim is to enable teachers to select suitable NGOs, approach them and establish cooperations, while trainees can experience that, in addition to professional orientation, their skills also have a social benefit if they are committed accordingly.
With Co-CIVIC we want to support social engagement across broader sections of the population and at the same time increase social appreciation of vocational training.
