8/08/2012


Juraj Kunak, PERSPEKTIVwechsel, Wuppertal - Germany


PERSPEKTIVwechsel is a NGO in Germany dedicated to education and training of employees and executives working in the social field. The main focus is social work (for children, youth and families, social psychiatry, handicapped, migrants) & education (elementary / kindergarten, primary education and vocational education). Therefore, PERSPEKTIVwechsel provides trainings, counselling / coaching, group facilitation and project development.

PERSPEKTIVwechsel’s main interest is to create effective situations for personal development, professional human resource development and organizational development in the social field and the field of vocational education and training.

I was personally responsible for a whole range of activities regarding projects ISABEL and EUROPA 2111 co-funded and performed under auspices of European Commission within the Lifelong learning programme.  Main tasks were to provide the company with the whole back-up support of abovementioned projects, i.e. dealing with the administration of the projects, preparing experimentation and evaluation reports, translating document into English and German language, participating in international conferences and representing Perspektivwechsel, communicating with participants of the projects and partners throughout Europe and other assignment necessary for proper performance of the projects.

                The internship met all my expectations. Friendly work environment, lovely city, achieving new skills, gaining new experience and improving own personality. Skill and experience obtained will be decisive strength for future work performance.  

Conference in Brussels in order to manage future development of the Project Europa 2111 and to present project itself:




A short overview about abovementioned project:

Project Europa 2111
9 members coming from different European countries focus on the development of new Educational tools and new forms of Training, combining the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the need to explore in its complexity the developing concept of European Identity. The project seeks to develop a pedagogical approach for Key/Transversal Competences acquisition, which is based on the use of media production and specifically on the production of Audio-visual Documentaries. By creating the methodological basis for this technical product, the project translates a specific technical process, into a learning tool. The main idea is the perception of European Identity – Imagining Europe in 2111. Thus the participants of the projects learn how to create movies with the main theme “how Europe will look like in 100 years”.

More information at: http://www.europa2111.net/euhome

Project ISABEL
Project is funded by the European Commission as well in order to to promote citizens to be more active in their communities: to stimulate them to participate in joint activities and to take part in learning, both formal courses and just learning with others less formally.
Participants acquire all kinds of skills and knowledge to tell stories in different ways, using different media and distributing them in all sorts of platforms. They learn how to use cameras, how to shoot and edit videos, adjust sound, how to create blogs and audio records in order to support individuals and communities in developing their own voice.