The main goal of the project was to enable the participants to develop management skills and create their career vision and transfer the acquired knowledge and skills to their participants. We wanted to improve and develop new models to support adults in our region in career counseling. We were particularly interested in what types of counseling models are used by institutions from other EU countries, what tools they use and why, and what methods counselors use to help people find purpose and meaning in their careers. By participating in courses, we wanted our employees to: - develop their management competencies - develop key competencies in the field of counseling and guidance, as well as conduct workshops on these topics - introduce innovative work methods as well as services into the institution's regular work by launching the DCC-Dante career center - strengthen their competencies in working with adults with a focus on their strengths and key competences - build and strengthen cooperation with EU partners in future international activities, especially professional guidance/counseling - by developing a new 5-day course on the topic of career counseling through the offer of Ka1 courses.
Modern business and education strive for new trends in learning, teaching methodology, and education management. With the rapid growth of the EU labor market in recent decades, employed and unemployed people are increasingly being asked to continuously develop their own competencies in order to respond to the needs of employers and remain competitive in the labor market. Dante is guided by the principle of quality and responding to the needs of individuals. It is important that the Institution's activities are carried out by professional and high-quality personnel. Educational and professional guidance has not been systematically organized and implemented in Croatian institutions for AE. This resulted in one of the Institution's key development goals for the coming period – development in the career counseling center for adults. In order to fully achieve this goal, it was necessary to position Dante Institution's offer on the market. It is important to keep in mind that education, like society, changes and develops over time. That is why the institution needs to recognize social changes in a timely manner and adjust its service and way of doing business to them as well as to the needs of its users.