National Training Fund

Managing migration with a special focus on Ukraine as a tool for reducing the workforce deficit and increasing the competitiveness of Czech industry

Completed project

The main objective of the project is to uncover the potential of the Ukrainian labor force to reduce the expected shortage of labor force in selected sectors of mechanical engineering. In addition, the key professions and skills that should be covered by foreign labor force together with proposed forms and content of educational programs and accompanying support measures to accelerate the adaptation and integration of foreign labor in the relevant segment of the Czech labor market will be identified. An aim is to create a methodology for measuring the success and efficiency of migration and the integration of workers and to propose indicators for continuous monitoring of the impacts of individual technical professions' deficits on the performance of enterprises in the mechenical egineering. Besides, labour force demands of the manufacturing sector in relation to Industry 4.0 are assessed.

SKILLS-CLOSE: The relationships between skills, schooling and labor market outcomes: A longitudinal study

Completed project

Comprehensive research project funded by Czech Science Foundation aimed on formation of skills and their relationship to labor market outcomes, as well as to evidence on skill creation and its impact in the Czech Republic. In this project, National Training Fund will primarily focus on the skills of the adult population and their role in the labor market. Is is responsible for the part “Effects of skills on earnings and other labor market outcomes of adults”.

REPLAY-VET

Completed project

Strengthening Key Competencies of Low-Skilled People in VET to Cover Future Replacement Positions (REPLAY-VET)

REPLAY-VET is an ERASMUS+ strategic partnership which aims to provide the disadvantaged and low- skilled people with targeted opportunities to acquire the VET skills to cover the job vacancies in Europe resulting from replacement demand.

Project “Professional voluntary work with children and families at risk in the Czech Republic”

Completed project

In 2014 civic association HoSt Home-Start Czech Republic (further mentioned as „HoSt“) in the

partnership with the Centre for the Quality and Standards in Social Services, one section of the

National Training Fund has got project focused on professionalization of voluntary work with

endangered children and families. The project succeeded among huge competition and is fully

financed by THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS from Denmark.

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The project ”Street Work for Children and Youth”

Completed project

Support of Social Work with At-Risk Children and Youth at the Area of Prevention of Pathological Phenomena Focussed on Clients' Work-Skills Training (Social Entrepreneurship) and Mobile Social Work in Excluded and Remote Areas.

At the turn of the years 2012 and 2013 the Centre for the Quality and Standards in Social Services, one section of the National Training Fund in the partnership with the Czech Streetwork Association has got a large project focused on children and youth at-risk. The project was awarded and is generously financed by THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS from Denmark. We are very happy to say that our organizations have succeeded among more than 200 projects.

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SIMOVET - Smart information models to adequately adapt vocational training to the labour market needs

Completed project

The aim of the project is to collect quantitative and qualitative information on the skills needs of selected sectors, process them into a suitable form and use them properly in the educational system and in the counselling.

VET-EDS: Effective Forecasting as a mechanism for aligning VET and Economic Development Strategies

Completed project

The project focuses on mapping examples of good practice in order to make adapt educational system to the labour market needs in selected countries (Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, Sweden, Spain, and UK). The project also includes the development and use of information about the future development of skill needs.

Project "Playing with Stories" – a new method to involve the child in decision-making processes

Completed project

CEKAS at the National Education Fund, jointly with a professional partner, HoSt – Home-Start Czech Republic, has been awarded a grant for its project from the small grant scheme of the Programme CZ04 – Children and youth at risk, which is part of EEA Funds 2009 – 2014.

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REAL TIME LMI

Completed project

Real time LMI is project organized by Cedefop in cooperation with Interuniversity Research Centre on Public Services (CRISP), University Milano Bicocca. National Training Fund (NTF) is in this project as a member of the Consortium.

INKA

Completed project

The aim of project INKA was a mapping innovation environment in the Czech Republic from 2014 until at least by 2020. The result of mapping the innovation environment in the context of the gradual development of the recommendations takes into account the nature of subsidies and other support measures in the research, development and innovation. They have also been investigated the innovative potential and absorption capacity of the R & D organizations in the coming years. The role of NTF in the project was a subcontractor.

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