Objective Management personnel and employees in SMEs are expected to an ever-increasing extent to have not only general but also sector-related foreign-language proficiency, which has to be acquired through continuing training. However, only very few SMEs assess their training requirements on an ongoing basis and those that do so encounter difficulty in selecting training programmes suited to their needs. The aim of this project is, therefore, to create, on the basis of tools already developed (under LINGUA), a new set of tools with which structures operating in specific sectors (employers' federations, trade unions) can assist SMEs in determining their training needs in the area of foreign languages and obtaining appropriate information on the CVT programmes available.This set of instruments is to be tested in various sectors in the partner countries, thus establishing their foreign-language needs as examples. Based on this data, two multimedia CVT modules will be developed for selected foreign-language requirements and then tested. These modules will be non-company specific and, instead, relate to a sector as a whole. They will also be modules for which there are no equivalent programmes on the training market providing the level of quality required.ImpactThe project will assist SMEs in selecting training programmes suited to their needs. The continuing training programme will therefore provide companies with greater transparency and facilitate comparisons at European level.Contract number : D/96/1/02014/PI/III.1.a/FPCDomaine : Continuing vocational trainingContents : Language skills Training in SMEs Products : Informations/ ressources database Semi-autonomous/ flexible training Book, manual, guide Public : Workers in companies Representatives of sectoral organisations Training experts Programme(s) ET-LEONARDO DA VINCI 1 - Action programme for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy Leonardo da Vinci, 1995-1999 Topic(s) III.1.a - Support for the development of language skills Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator BILDUNGSWERK DER SÄCHSISCHEN WIRTSCHAFT E.V. - BSW EU contribution No data Address FLÜGELWEG 6 01157 Dresden Germany See on map Total cost No data