With NOGAP, the project partners pursued the goal of effectively transferring proven personal development formats from the school context into inter-company vocational training (ÜBA). The focus was on adapting the existing and evidence-based RYL! training modules "stress and resilience management" and "unfolding potential" to the lived reality of apprentices. The aim was to proactively prevent dropouts and to promote key competencies such as self-efficacy, reflective thinking, and personal responsibility – as a foundation for successful completion of training and a mindset geared toward lifelong learning. In addition, IPC trainers specialized in ÜBA settings were to be empowered through a train-the-trainer format to deliver the content independently. In the long term, this was intended to make a structural contribution to improving permeability between school-based and vocational education – with the potential to be transferred to other educational contexts.
ROCK YOUR LIFE! (RYL!) and ipcenter.at (IPC) initiated the NOGAP project with the aim of making proven personal development formats from the school context – particularly on "stress and resilience management" and "unfolding potential" – accessible to apprentices in inter-company vocational training (überbetriebliche Berufsausbildung or ÜBA). The starting point was the observation that many young people in ÜBA face particular challenges, such as socio-economic disadvantage or a lack of support in their social environment. At the same time, there are high dropout rates and a shortage of skilled workers, which can be counteracted by systematically strengthening personal and social competencies. Until now, there has been a lack of established formats for personal development within vocational education. RYL! and IPC aimed to close this gap by piloting a sustainable transfer between school-based and vocational learning logics, thereby contributing to a long-term improvement in the quality and attractiveness of vocational training.