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The results of the evaluation have been published in a report. IRIS e.V., in cooperation with the Institute of Education at the University of Tübingen, was entrusted with the evaluation of the mentoring project „Friends create success“ (Caritas Stuttgart). Within the project, mentorship was conceptually designed as a „support of equals“. Based on a similar status by small age difference between the peer and the mentee, an innovative monitoring structure for young secondary school students was implemented. Die Evaluation wurde im …

Project „Peer-Mentoring“ is completed Weiterlesen »

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„Youth – actor of social change. Findings from European youth research“ is the title of the UP2YOUTH policy seminar to be held 5-6 March 2009 in Brussels. This event is organised by the project ‚Youth – actor of social change‘ (UP2YOUTH) together with the European Commission’s DG Research and other EU-funded research projects.

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IRIS has been involved in the project ZIP-EQUAL from 2005 to 2008. The project has been dealing with the identification and development of intercultural potential among staff and HR managers in the field of public organisations and SMEs. Under the heading „Make use of intercultural potential“, IRIS has now published a comprehensive report. Download the PDF version of the report.

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IRIS is partner in a project commissioned by the Ministry for Economy and Social Affairs of the Free State of Saxony. Together with the University of Hildesheim and IRIS e.V. Dresden, IRIS is working on a study on the future changes in the system of vocational guidance in this region of Germany. IRIS‘ part of the study consists of three international country studies on vocational guidance systems in Austria, Denmark and the UK. Coordination body of the study is IRIS …

Development of vocational guidance in Saxony Weiterlesen »

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This year’s „Tübinger Sozialpädagogiktag“ – a yearly conference gathering scholars and practitioners at the Institute for Educational Science of the University of Tübingen – is entitled „Life course-related support in Europe – Learning from diversity and differences in practice“. It takes place on 23 and 24 November 2007. IRIS staff members Barbara Stauber, Andreas Walther and Axel Pohl will be among the contributors. Barbara Stauber’s contribution is „Life course, biography, transitions – what should services be based on?“. Andreas Waltherwill …

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IRIS Newsletter 1/2007 published Youth and Participation is the topic of the latest IRIS Newsletter. Participation of chidren and young people has become the number one topic in youth policies. But, what does it mean? Who is participating in what? Does participation make a difference with regard to social integration or is it just a cover-up of the exclusion of young people from decisions that concern them? The new IRIS newsletter is dealing with these questions before the background of …

IRIS Newsletter 1/2007 published Weiterlesen »