Artur Janas is the Vice-Director for Labour Market Matters at the Provincial Labour Department (WUP) of Torun (sociologist). He was engaged in the creating and development of the system of the public services of employment in Poland in the beginning of the 90s. He has participated in several meaningful international programmes, such as for example: Rural Area Activity Stimulating Programme conducted in Kujawsko-Pomeranian province with the support of a loan from the World Bank, started in April, 2000, PHARE 2001 Operational Programme - Social and Economic Cohesion. Kujawsko-Pomeranian programme of advancing personnel quali? cations. Leonardo da Vinci Programme: The development of European information and vocational guidance based on a video-conference method alternative to the traditional forms of informing and guiding (VOGUE). He is involved in works the Sector Operational Programme – Human Resources Development (SOP RLZ). Ewa Banaszak Careers Adviser at Nicholas Copernicus University since 1994. She also leads workshops for students and co-ordinates training programmes. Ewa has participated in international projects within LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAME connected with organisation and development of the career services in Poland. She is a member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS). As she graduated from the Polish Faculty of Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun, literature and teaching are still her passion. Janusz Bokser, the head of the first in Poland Centre of Information and Planning of Vocational Career inTorun which is a specialised entity of the Provincial Labour Department where the vocational advisors collect and make available information on professions, labour market and options of achieving professional quali? cations, as well as help the customers to take some vocational decisions. He is co-funder of the Polish Association of Educational and Vocational Guides. Janusz holds a MA in Education; he has got a rich experience in international programmes. |