Supporting attractiveness of health and social care professions in regions (SHAKER)

Operational programme

The ERASMUS+ operational programme

Project number

2020-1-CZ01-KA202-078220

Project objectives

The project objective is the exchange of experience and sharing of best practices among partner regions in FR, PL, CZ, and NL, both on the regional level (where the involvement of officials and persons in charge of deciding on tools for promoting and increasing the attractiveness of the fields of education and the professions themselves is expected) and at the school level (where the involvement of persons from the school administration and persons involved in career guidance and career direction of pupils, future graduates is expected).

The issues addressed by the project will comprise a portfolio of aspects falling both into the educational and professional spheres, in particular the following:

• Recruiting and attracting potential students (vocational students) into nursing education;
• Transition of graduates from these fields of education into professional life;
• Retaining graduates in the (nursing) professions in which they were trained;
• Retaining and increasing the motivation of staff and possibly future graduates for these professions.

Project activities and outputs

The project consists of short-term exchanges and international meetings of persons (officials and representatives of schools, or other representatives of organisations subsidised by the Region that operate in the relevant areas), which will be aimed mainly at learning about the functioning of current regional systems, exchanging experiences in the implementation of tools for promoting nursing education and professions and increasing their attractiveness at the regional and school level, sharing best practice in the implementation of these tools, and finally finding inspiration between the partners. A total of 8 such meetings should take place during the project term, one in each partner region (i.e., one short-term exchange and one international meeting in each region).

Project partners

• The Grand Est Region, France
• The Wojewodztwo Lubielskie (the Lublin Voivodeship) and two secondary vocational schools in Poland
• The province of Gelderland and two secondary vocational schools in the Netherlands
• Střední zdravotnická škola a Vyšší odborná škola zdravotnická, Ostrava, příspěvková organizace (Ostrava Secondary School of Nursing and Higher Vocational School of Nursing) and Střední škola prof. Zdeňka Matějčka, Ostrava-Poruba, příspěvková organizace (prof. Zdeňek Matějček Secondary School in Ostrava-Poruba)

Project implementation term

October 2020 – March 2023

Contact persons

Mgr. Michaela Mangelová
Project Manager
Department of European Projects
tel. +420 595 622 726
e‑mail michaela.mangelova@msk.cz

Mgr. Zuzana Plačková
Expert Guarantor
Department of Education, Youth, and Sports
tel. +420 595 622 251
e‑mail zuzana.plackova@msk.cz

Total project expenditures

EUR 167,970
Of which EU subsidy: EUR 165,670

The project is co-financed from European Union funds through the ERASMUS+ programme

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Project Output

SHAKER Handbook (en) (formát pdf, velikost 2 MB)

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