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The IV Transnational Conference: - meeting place: Clermont Ferrand (FR)- meeting agenda- the Comba Model

The partners

Forthcoming events

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Clermont-Ferrand is the natural gateway to the vast Massif Central territory and has a strategic position in the centre of France at the crossroads of Europe. The capital of the Auvergne region has exceptional surroundings, between the Puys Mountain Range and its volcanoes, majestically overlooked by the famous Puy de Dôme, and the former battlefield of Gergovia where Vercingétorix defeated Cæsar. At Vulcania, Europe's only Park on Volcanism, your heart will beat to the rhythm of the Universe.To the North are the fertile cereals plains of the Limagne; to the East, the sun rises over the wooded mountains of the Livradois-Forez, highlighting their remarkable beauty.

In the beginning, there were two towns: Clermont and Montferrand. King Louis XIII sealed their fate in 1630 through an Edict of Union. Clermont-Ferrand was born… This forgotten duality has brought about the diversity found in both historical centres. Clermont was founded in Antiquity, and was a long-lived Episcopal city. Montferrand was founded in the Middle Ages by the Count of Auvergne.During the Middle Ages, Pope Urban II chose Clermont to announce the first crusade in 1905. Two masterpieces date back to this period: the Romanesque Notre-Dame-du-Port Basilica, on the Unesco

World Heritage list, and the Gothic cathedral built of Volvic stone, housing a unique collection of stained-glass windows. In the 12th century, the counts of Auvergne founded Montferrand, a league away from the Episcopal city.Independent until the 17th century, Montferrand had its destiny permanently linked to that of Clermont by a royal edict dated 1630. Over the past five centuries the place has changed from a tightly-knit township huddled around the Count’s Castle to that of a city with a regular layout of streets, protected by fortified walls which have been extended many, many times. A trading city governed by a very liberal City Charter, then a legal centre, Montferrand has an exceptional heritage (Romanesque and half-timbered houses, gothic and Renaissance private mansions, Languedoc-style gothic church etc) which has earned it a major place among the sites worth visiting in Clermont-Ferrand and the Auvergne.

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Historical notes

Clermont was incorporated into the Crown estate by Catherine de Medici; then, under Louis XIII, an Edict of Union linked the two towns: Clermont-Ferrand was born. While all of the 16th century Auvergne was under the power of the King, Clermont alone remained as an estate belonging to the Bishop. Catherine de Medici seized the city and incorporated it as a Crown possession in 1551.Royal authority decided to unite both cities. It took no less than two Royal Edicts, in 1630 and in 1731, to finally achieve this administrative union. Following the departure of the Sovereign Court, Montferrand went into a slumber for several centuries, which explains the wealth found today in its preserved sector. It wasn’t until the 20th century that both towns established a true union into one city. Several private mansions in Clermont and Montferrand date from the Renaissance, as well as the exceptional Amboise Fountain. In 1623, in the shadow of the gothic Cathedral’s still Romanesque façade, brilliant thinker Blaise Pascal was born. The 17th century witnessed the arrival of a number of conventual establishments. One can admire nowadays the façade of Church Saint-Pierre-des-Minimes on Place de Jaude, and the former Jesuit College, now the Blaise-Pascal Centre. The ceremonial room in the Hotel de Grandseigne provides a rare instance of a comprehensive décor from the 1660s. The 18th century was a period of beautification for Clermont, through works commissioned by the Intendants of the Auvergne. Monsieur de Chazerat’s private mansion is a remarkable testimony to the Age of Enlightenment.

Tourism

The growth of the Michelin manufacturing plant modified the city in a substantial way. Besides its industrial sites, Michelin built residential complexes in the 20s and 30s to host workers coming in from the countryside. The population soared, going from 50,000 in 1900 to 100,000 thirty years later, and to close to 150,000 in 1962.Entire neighbourhoods were founded, inside which they built churches. Art Nouveau and Art Deco found their expression in buildings, storefronts or ironworks produced by the Bernardin workshops. The Sabourin Hospital-Sanatorium, a Modern Movement masterpiece, was built in 1933.

The dawning 21st century is highlighted by the urban redesigning of Place de Jaude and the “Fleur de Lave” tram’s route, not forgetting a special word for the Advanced School of Arts (École supérieure d’Art) and its high architectural quality. Nowadays, Clermont Ferrand is a young and dynamic city. The old houses and cathedral built from volcanic rock are part of the “ville noire” (black town), with the Puys mountains forming an awe-inspiring backdrop. Its former rival, Montferrand, has renovated many of its 80 mansions, each with courtyards that are well worth exploring. With its superb cathedral, bold musée d'art Roger-Quilliot, and intense cultural life, the capital of the Auvergne is a city that is definitely on the move!

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Meeting agenda

11th July 2012

9.00 – 11.00WPIII- APPLICATIONRESULTS OF TESTING ACTIVITIES– Partner presentations

11.15 – 12.00WPIII- APPLICATIONFINAL TOOLKIT - Conform presentation of final version of toolkit

12.00 – 13.00WPIV- TRANSFERTHEMATIC SEMINARS- Partner presentations

13.00 – 14.30Lunch

14.30 – 15.30WPIV- TRANSFERTHEMATIC SEMINARS- Round table on the compendium that summarises methodological aspects and contents of activities undertaken during thematic seminars and also workshops held in partner countries

15.30-17.00 WPV-MONITORING Completion of questionnaires

12th July 2012

09.00 – 10.00WPI-PROJECT START UP AND MANAGEMENT Final Report

10.00 -11.00WPI-PROJECT START UP AND MANAGEMENT Amendment –budgetary aspects

11.15 – 13.00WPVI-AWARENESS RAISING AND DISSEMINATIONProducts: final-brochures, CD ROMS, compendia, etcOrganisation of final meeting – 26th-27th September 2012

13.00 - 14.00WPVI- AWARENESS RAISING AND DISSEMINATIONWeb site, events area, seminars, workshops, etc.

14.00End of activities

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During the IV Transnational Conference held in Clermont Ferrand (FR) on the 11th and 12th July 2012 the partnership looked at seminar results and then proceeded to put the finishing touches to the model.

The Model favours a “competence” based people development and management system as regards the “ability” of a person and/or group of people to “mobilise” and “integrate” their experience, knowledge, ability and organisational behaviour to solve problems and produce results for which the individual or the collectivity “assign value”, by identifying and developing what people: know, know how to do and how they do it.

The COMBA model has a Toolkit, both in hard copy and online, and methodological references that support the career guidance and training sectors to analyse, design and deliver career guidance/training programmes that stimulate people to become entrepreneurs. The KIT is divided into the following 5 sections:

SECTION 1 - Guidance on Entrepreneurship.

This section supports career guidance staff to diagnose if people possess entrepreneurial attitudes, qualities and demonstrate entrepreneurial behaviour using operational assessment tools;

SECTION 2 – Training design on business start up.

This section of the Toolkit supports trainers to design training programmes on business start up, bearing in mind the methodological guidelines elaborated on the basis of competence maps, defined and formalised in the Competence Dictionary and in the Business Planning process;

During the IV Transnational Conference held in Clermont Ferrand (FR) on the 11th and 12th July 2012 the partnership looked at seminar results and then proceeded to put the finishing touches to the model.

The Model favours a “competence” based people development and management system as regards the “ability” of a person and/or group of people to “mobilise” and “integrate” their experience, knowledge, ability and organisational behaviour to solve problems and produce results for which the individual or the collectivity “assign value”, by identifying and developing what people: know, know how to do and how they do it.

The COMBA model has a Toolkit, both in hard copy and online, and methodological references that support the career guidance and training sectors to analyse, design and deliver career guidance/training programmes that stimulate people to become entrepreneurs. The KIT is divided into the following 5 sections:

SECTION 1 - Guidance on Entrepreneurship.

This section supports career guidance staff to diagnose if people possess entrepreneurial attitudes, qualities and demonstrate entrepreneurial behaviour using operational assessment tools;

SECTION 2 – Training design on business start up.

This section of the Toolkit supports trainers to design training programmes on business start up, bearing in mind the methodological guidelines elaborated on the basis of competence maps, defined and formalised in the Competence Dictionary and in the Business Planning process;

The Comba Model

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SECTION 3 - Tool to analyse and evaluate a Business Plan

This section allows trainers to verify and evalute the skills acquired at the end of training courses taken by using excel tools provided by the COMBA model to Draw up and Evaluate a Buisness Plan and an economic-financial plan;

SECTION 4 - Evaluation of entrepreneurial skills acquired

This section allows trainers/career guidance staff to diagnose, using the model's methodological references and tools, if people correctly apply entrepreneruial competences regarding:

Leadership

Problem solving

Decision making

Team Management

Project management

SECTION 5 - Self directed, web competence-based learning environment.

This section aims to favour the integration of European career guidance and training systems to develop entrepreneurial skills.

SECTION 3 - Tool to analyse and evaluate a Business Plan

This section allows trainers to verify and evalute the skills acquired at the end of training courses taken by using excel tools provided by the COMBA model to Draw up and Evaluate a Buisness Plan and an economic-financial plan;

SECTION 4 - Evaluation of entrepreneurial skills acquired

This section allows trainers/career guidance staff to diagnose, using the model's methodological references and tools, if people correctly apply entrepreneruial competences regarding:

Leadership

Problem solving

Decision making

Team Management

Project management

SECTION 5 - Self directed, web competence-based learning environment.

This section aims to favour the integration of European career guidance and training systems to develop entrepreneurial skills.

The Comba Model

The IV Transnational Conference

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