The crisis caused by the Coronavirus created new challenges for the Georgian education system, including Adult Education Centers. It is worth mentioning that during this challenging period, the management of the centers systematically looked for new ways and means to avoid interrupting the educational processes. They were actively financially supported by DVV International Georgia with two new trainings of trainers for the administrative staff, and the trainers of the centers on the topics of Entrepreneurship and Business Planning, as well as Social Mentoring, were conducted online in June.
The aim of the first training was Entrepreneurship and Business Planning, held by Irma Kortua, RDFG advisor on employment issues and trainer for entrepreneurship and vocational orientation, a teacher in basics of entrepreneurship and business planning based on the Business Model Canvas. The uniqueness and universality of the Business Model Canvas are that it allows us to see the business as a whole and as a system creating and marketing value, enables us to analyse and evaluate all core processes of the company, their interrelationships, and dependencies, helps in identifying weak and problem areas of the company and in developing innovative or existing products.
The training consisted of 14 contact hours and seven lessons using the Zoom platform. Through the Facebook group created especially for this training, the audience had an active relationship with the trainer and each other. They did their homework together, and explored exciting examples and videos found by them or provided by the trainer. The video recordings of each training were placed on this page, which enabled the listeners to record the information they received, and those who could not attend the online course were included in the learning process.
In the end, students received a certificate of completion of the course.
The topic of the following online training "Social Mentoring," was entirely new for most training participants. They were particularly interested and enthusiastic about the training, which was led by the young but experienced instructor of Mentor Hub, Teona Dalakishvili. She was assisted by the psychologist Nana Vashakidze. The main goal of the training was to introduce systemic mentoring programs, which should lead to positive societal changes. From the first lessons, it became clear to the participants that this training would be essential for their relationships with the beneficiaries and other business or personal connections in general.
As in the previous training, the participants had the opportunity to continue interacting in the social network on a page created especially for this group, to familiarize themselves with additional literature, and to deepen the knowledge and experience gained in training through video recordings and presentations.
The participants received certificates at the end of the training, which included 10 hours and five distance learning hours.
The participants of both training courses unanimously stated that the effectiveness of the online training courses exceeded their expectations. In the future, they will share the knowledge and experience from these trainings with their colleagues and other interested persons.
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