2nd project meeting (Naples, Italy)

The second project meeting was organized with the participation of all the project partners in Naples, Italy, between the 9th and the 14th of February 2011. The Italian project partner Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale Alessandro Volta hosted the meeting at its premises and was responsible for the organizing of all accompanying activities.

The following activities took place within the framework of the meeting:

The following activities took place within the framework of the meeting:

Study visit:
A study visit to the school’s museum, which displays 100 year old books and electronic measuring devices.



Classes assistance:
Italian students learnt how to dimension a lighting installation using computer-assisted programs.

Workshop 1:
Comparative study regarding the direct measurement methods.
The Portughese partner, who was responsible for the comparison of the data sent by all the rest project partners and the compilation of a study, presented the findings of this comparative study. The Romanian, Turkish, Greek, Italian and Portughese participants expressed their opinion concerning the papers presented.

Workshop 2:
A second workshop took place in order to discuss the elaboration of a mini-dictionary with technical words used in the electric and electronic fields. The partners discussed about the possible content of the mini-dictionary.

Cultural activities:
The meeting’s cultural program included a visit the historical city center o Naples, the National Archaeological Museum and the Botanical garden.

2nd project meeting

The second project meeting will take place from the 9th until the 13th February 2011 in Naples, Italy and will be hosted by the Italian project partner Instituto Tecnico Industriale Statale "Allessandro Volta".

Project Visibility in "Onesti Express"

On the 25th November 2010, an article dedicated to project "Vet-Elm" appeared in the local Onesti newspaper Onesti Express. The link to the article can be found below:

http://www.onestiexpres.ro/proiect-european-la-petru-poni.html

1st project meeting (Onesti, Romania)

The first project meeting took place in Onesti, Romania, from the 11^th until the 13^th November with the participation of the following project partners:

• Technical College “Petru Poni” (host organization and coordinator).

• Avelar Brotero Secondary School (Portugal).

• Izmir Electronicians' Chamber (Turkey).

• Center of Vocational Training “Aegeas” (Greece).

The following activities took place within the framework of the 1^st project meeting:

• Presentation of the project partners.

• Introduction to the project objectives and activities.

• Definition of each partner’s activities and the period for each project meeting.

• Workshop: Project implementation plan.

• Workshop: Project evaluation plan.

• Workshop: The project’s blog.

• Measuring electrical sizes through direct methods – Classes assistance.

• Debate on the classes’ assistance.

• Study visit to the Gutinas electrical transformer station.

• Workshop (Using an advanced e-learning platform in teaching electrical measurements).

• Workshop-Evaluation of the project meeting.

• Awarding of certificates to the participants.

The following project meeting will be organized in Naples, Italy, in February 2011.

The partners – Center of Vocational Training “Aegeas”

The Center of Vocational Training “Aegeas” (CVT Aegeas) was established in 1993 by a team of experts, in order to provide quality vocational training to various social groups, in an effort to combat unemployment in the Region of Thessaly and provide much needed skills to professionals from various fields.

The goals of the Center are the following:

• Provision of continuous vocational training.

• Application of new and innovative technologies in the field of vocational training.

• Linking occupation and vocational training.

• Fostering and developing close links among businesses, the local society and local authorities.

• Organizing professional seminars for business staff.

• Planning and implementing EU programs on themes such as employment, vocational training and equal opportunities

The Center works on a regular basis with the following target groups:

• Professionals in need of specialized skills.

• Long term unemployed individuals, regardless of educational level.

• Groups of individuals at the risk of being socially excluded, such as single parent families, long term unemployed women, refugees and immigrants, former prisoners, individuals from remote mountainous regions etc.

The main fields of activation and expertise of the Center, are the following:

• Technical occupations.

• Management of natural resources.

• Waste management.

• Sustainable local development.

• Regional development projects.

• Tourism and promotion of alternative types of tourism (eco-tourism, agro-tourism ect).

• Mass media and communication.

• Cultural heritage.

Partners - Izmir Electronicians' Chamber

Izmir Electronicians Chamber is a public entrepreneurs’ association established according to the the Law nr. 5362 “Tradesmen and Artisans Occupational Institutions Law”. The Chamber, IRETO, was established in 1958, in Izmir. Its first name was Radio Repairmen Chamber. The Chamber is still going on activities with more than 1500 members after 52 years.

The chamber acts with the sense and responsibility of its mission in its last 4 year period to struggle against the unfair competitive methods of hypermarkets. The President and Board Members have made contacts and interviews with İzmir Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Handicrafts, Turkish Tradesmen and Handicrafts Confederation, Turkish Electricians and Electronicians Federation and Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade for this aim, because hypermarkets take place of the handicrafts and have dissolved more than 85 professions in recent decades.

The Social Security and General Health Insurance Law, was published and according to this Law, retired tradesmen and handicrafts who are still working had to pay approximately 200 Turkish liras for social security premium which is equal to % 33 of their salaries. The President of the Chamber Ali Üstün is a public opinion leader in Aegean Region who produced print media and TV programs on this subject.

The Chamber has undertaken interviews with opposite parliamentarians to defeat this Law at Constitution Court with the President of İzmir Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Handicrafts, Mehmet Ali Susam. As a result of these activities, the Constitution Court recognized the claim of our Chambers and rejected this Law. All the tradesmen and handicrafts in İzmir and all over Turkey had an acquisition, so they wouldn’t pay 200 liras from their salaries.

Partners - State Technical Industrial Institute “Alessandro Volta”

The school “Alessandro Volta” was established in 1886 in Naples, Italy, as a municipal technical school under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In 1915 however, it became an industrial institute under the Ministry of Education. It offers 4 educational courses: mechanics, smelter, chemistry and electricians. It is divided in two sections: there is the two year course common to the different courses the students choose for the three year period.

The three year period has different specializations:

• Electronics and automation.

• Informatics.

• Abacus informatics: this one has innovative programs and new didactical methodologies.

The main objective of the school is to train skilled workers and to enhance the products of the industries in Naples.

During the years of its operation the school tried to develop new interventions for teachers throughout updated courses focused on the didactic for foreign students, didactic for problem solving, education focuses on the student and so on. The school also intends to realize projects to develop the competencies of its students, recognized in the wider European labour market.