Project partners meet at international kick-off meeting in Riga, Latvia

From 4th to 6th of November 2015, the association “Biedriba Eurofortis” hosted the project kick-off meeting, in Riga, Latvia. It was attended by 11 representatives from 6 country organizations. During this initial project meeting all the representatives had the opportunity not only to get acquainted with each other, but also to agree on the organisation and the implementation plan for the main project activities. The meeting was presided over by Jana Chynoradska, who is one of the representatives of the project’s co-ordinating organization “Association of language schools in Slovakia‖. In her opening speech Jana stressed the importance for foreign language teachers to be able to create a successful career and so becoming competitive in their field. During the meeting, each participant presented their organization’s field of responsibility for the different activities of the project.

The most important activity in the next three months is to carry out needs analysis regarding the current situation in each participating country in relation to language training for companies. During the research, three groups will be targeted – organisations (tourism and automotive sectors), language schools and foreign language (FL) teachers & trainers. The research results will serve as the basis for the next project activity – the development of a Career path for FL teachers and trainers. At the end of the first day after active work in the meeting room the project participants were introduced to the most beautiful places in the Old Town of Riga, revealing facts about Latvian traditions and historical twists. Overall, the meeting passed at a dynamic pace – all partner organizations actively engaged in discussions in order to achieve the best solution for the planned project activities. Partners managed to establish a solid basis for further successful cooperation. The next international project meeting will take place next year in Spring in Scarborough (UK) organized and hosted by one of the project partner organizations “Anglolang Academy of English.