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Welcome
to Estonia,
welcome
to Tartu!
WHOLE
Reconciliation work and family lifethrough training of parents
Estonian project
Tartu 07th June 2006Krista Noorkõiv
WHOLE Focus area:
4 counties in Eastern Estonia,
bordering on Lake Peipsi
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
• The aim of the project: – Expanding the opportunities and
development of the personal skills of working parents through the training, avoiding their incur to the discriminated group because being a parent
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
• Innovative approach:We assume we are able to improve parents´ work motivation and contribution at work:– through improving family relations by our parent
effectiveness training (communication skills, better understanding of children and other people)
– through expanding the personal characteristics of parents (open communication, self-confidence, management of time and energy, creativity)
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
Main activities (July 2005 – June 2006)
• Carried out 8 information events in all target areas• Carried out the research of the target group• Designed 2 training programmes for parents• Designed the training programme for employers
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
Research into the target group • Objective:
– To specify the problems related to work-life balance – To define the training needs of working parents
• Used the focus group method – group discussions with working parents, with social and educational workers
• Number of participants – 77 persons
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
• Main results of the research- Unemployment and poverty problems in peripheral areas- Lack of information for mothers returning from maternity leave - Big need to improve self-confidence of parents- Lack of training opportunities for parents - Big number of single mothers in most areas - Prejudices about the duties of men and women responsibilities
in families and in whole society
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
• Main results of the research- Work-life balance
- Different experience depending on employers- Mostly it is not easy to conciliate work and family life
...but unemployment is much worse!- Many parents (especially fathers) are working abroad- No interest in a part time job, because of low salaries
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
• Training needsSubject Parents Officers
- Gordon PE Training 97 96- Stress 97 88- Self-confidence 96 93- Sharing duties, responsibilities 85 90- Time management 81 83- Entrepreneurship 70 73- Role of mother, father 69 83- Role of woman, man 66 71
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
Trainings for parents (still June 2006)• Carried out 2 modules in each 8 areas
– Gordon parental effectiveness training– Personal growth trainings, time-energy management, role of
mother and father, woman and man in the changed societyincl. art trainings in variety depending on the choise of the group
– Entrepreneurship trainings in 4 county centres
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
Trainings for employersBased on the training manual produced by the LdV pilot project CSR/SME Training themes:
– socially responsible entrepreneurship, – workplace and HRM, – family friendly enterprise
• In Tartu - 10.03.2006, • In Põlva – 25.05.2006
During our project in 2005 – 2008 we train 500 persons –
on average 65 from each local municipality.
2005/2006 in our training modules participated 95 + 74 + 23 +15 parents and
15 employers
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
Summer camps for parents
• 17-20th August 2006 at Kiidi holiday village in South Estonia - a cosy place for family vacations
• July 2007
You are welcome!
There are no losers by skilful combining of work and family life!
Everybody wins: mother, father, children – whole family,
companies, community,whole society!
WHOLE 2005 - 2008
Contacts:
Project manager – Ene Nobel, Tartu Folk High School,Pepleri 4, Tartu, tel. 7361 539, [email protected]
Assistant project manager – Krista Noorkõiv, Geomedia, Rüütli 4, Tartu, tel. 7441 675,
WHOLE 2005 - 2008