About Portolano project

The competence (e)Portfolio for professionals in the fields of arts and culture

• looking for a first job?
• seeking to develop your career?
• considering a change of career?

Then PORTOLANO is for you!

Are you a training or consultancy organisation from the public, private or voluntary sector working with arts and culture professionals?

Then PORTOLANO is for you, too!

What PORTOLANO aims to do

 Whether you are a writer, dancer, painter, sculptor or other professional in the arts and culture sector, PORTOLANO is designed to help you to:

• Meet the challenge of having your knowledge, skills and potential identified and recognised
• Enhance your professional identity through use of the (e)portfolio approach.

 PORTOLANO is a Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation-project that brings together partners from 6 countries representing a broad spectrum of interests in the fields of arts and culture and of competency development.

Who is PORTOLANO for?

•  Professionals seeking to have their skills identified or recognised, either as part of a review of their professional status, or because they envisage a total career change.
• Coaches and professional counsellors interested in integrating the (e)Portfolio competence approach into their practice.
• Institutions and professional networks in the arts and culture sector for whom the approach developed during PORTOLANO could be an instrument to support employment, career and geographical mobility.

What is a competence (e)portfolio?

•  The competence portfolio approach is a constructive and creative way of highlighting achievements and abilities. In this way a holistic picture of professional competencies and generic skills can be produced that enables individuals to present themselves for employment, appraisal, assessment, promotion or career conversion.
• Today’s technology – the ‘e’ in e-portfolio - enables a rich and dynamic representation of individual competencies, particularly adapted to the worlds of arts and culture. Tools available allow the expression of a unique artistic identity.
• It further enables sharing and collaborating with friends, colleagues, managers, counsellors, potential employers and members of the artistic community to maximise the enhancement of professional identity and career development and planning.

The PORTOLANO ‘toolkit’

The following products and services will be available for use by interested professionals and their counsellors. 

• A methodology for conducting competence portfolio workshops with arts and culture sector professionals.
• A guide for developing a competence portfolio, for arts and culture sector professionals.
• A guide for changing a competence portfolio into an electronic portfolio, adapted to the realities of professional activity in the artistic and cultural sector.
• A training module for trainers.
• An online PORTOLANO Comunity encouraging international collaboration.

To know more

• For more information visit
  www.ePORTOLANO.eu
• Join the PORTOLANO community
  http://portolano.ning.com/
• Contact
  Itinéraires Formation
  27, rue des Bluets - Paris 75011, France
  Tel : +33 1 43 55 55 50
  europe@itineraires.fr.

Project Partners:

Itinéraires Formation

• uni-T - Verein für Kultur an der KF Uni Graz
• Institute for Art Development and Education - Art - Universities of Finland
• EIfEL
• Fondazione Accademia d'Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo Teatro alla Scala
• Kunstenaars & CO
• Centre National de la Danse
• Provincia di Milano - Servizio Orientamento Collocamento Spettacolo
• Fondation Ynternet.org

The project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.