Skills Enhancement in Retail
Aims
The project “Skills Enhancement in Retail” aims to address the issues and challenges limiting the commerce sector employability by improving and standardizing vocational education and training in the sector, contributing to increase competiveness, quality, motivation and mobility of employees at European level.
Specific aims
• To raise awareness for employment opportunities in the retail sector
• To set standards for the vocational training in the retail sector
• To create a “fundamental retail training” sustainable, updatable, extendable, configurable and compatible with distance learning
• To initiate a structure in order to setup Examination and Certification Centers
• To reduce the financial and time-consuming burden of retraining
• To extend the accessibility of the vocational trainings to all
• To upgrade vocational training at European level, therefore, to support the social and commercial mobility and understanding among stakeholders
Partnership
Promoter:
GDP - Food Retailers Association (Turkey)
Website: www.gidaperakendecileri.org
Contact: info@gidaperakendecileri.org
Partners:
Centro de Formação Profissional para o Comércio e Afins (Portugal)
Website: www.cecoa.pt
Contact: Vanda Vieira
Bogazici University (Turkey)
Website: www.boun.edu.tr
Contact: Tamer Atabarut
KMD – Chain Stores Association (Turkey)
Website: www.kategorimagazaciligi.org
Contact: Ece Eyalciner
Mehmet Ali Büyükhanl? Ticaret Meslek Lisesi (Turkey)
Website: mebk12.meb.gov.tr
Contact: Dilek Geçgel
Watsons Turkey member of A.S Watson Group (Turkey)
Website: www.watsons.com.tr
Contact: Ekin Yasar Yavuz
Migros membre of Migros Cooperatives Society (Turkey)
Website: www.migros.com.tr
Contact: Ilknur Kizilirmak
Media-Saturn (Turkey)
Website: www.media-saturn.com
Contact: Mustafa Cenk Akgöl
Bimeks (Turkey)
Website: www.bimeks.com.tr
Contact: Nisa Ndizdar
METRO Cash & Carry (Turkey)
Website: www.metro-tr.com
Contact: Seyhan Esen
Sokmarket (Turkey)
Website: www.sokmarket.com.tr
Contact: Ìnci Ugurlu Arikan
Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße Köln (Germany)
Website: www.bkal.de
Contact: Daniel Berghoff
Mercuri, Kauppiaitten Kauppaoppilaitos (Finland)
Website: www.mercuria.fi
Contact: Minna Saari
Results/Outputs
• Needs Analysis in Retail
• SWOT Analysis of Current Vocational Trainings
• Vocational Training Modules in Retail
• Online Retail Training Platform for Retail
• Assessment and accreditation of the Vocational Training Modules in Retail
• Structure for the Examination Centers
• Impact Analysis
Duration
September 2014 – August 2016
Framework
Erasmus + Programme
Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action: Education and Vocational Training Strategic Partnerships
Co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union
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