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INSIGNARE’s schools send 50 students for their 2 and 3 months internships in several cities in Europe INSIGNARE’s Ourém Vocational School and Fátima Hospitality Vocational School have 50 students doing their internships in several European cities. The students come from all the courses offered by both schools, having been selected from the 2nd and 3rd

V2V project: 18 months of great cooperation among European and Western Balkan schools VET to VET (V2V) is an European-funded pilot project aiming to improve the innovation, modernization and internationalization of VET schools in the Western Balkans. It is coordinated by Apro Formazione and brings together ten VET schools, five within the European Union (Italy,

The second edition of SUN4VET, the international event promoting the European mobility and Vocational Education and Training was held in Fuerteventura From May 30 to June 3, the delegation of Asociación Mundus in the Canary Island, SunDreams Global, held the annual event in Fuerteventura that gathered for a few days more than 50 European partners

In-Di: A project to improve diversity management to promote inclusion in VET In-Di is an Erasmus+ KA2 project, coordinated by Vysocina Education (CZ), aimed to work, from different perspectives, on how to support students’ wellbeing in vocational schools to keep them engaged and motivated with learning. The project started in March 2022 and after a

3-H partners meet in the Netherlands, in Leeuwarden In June we welcomed our international partners in Leeuwarden for the 3-H project (Head-Heart-Hand). This ERASMUS+ project focuses on motivating students after coronation time. It was an inspiring programme in which JGM serious experiences organised an activating game in the form of an escape room. During this

High level training in Brussels for the effective use of funds from the new EU programme Thanks to the Erasmus+INDIRE programme, CSA was able to benefit from a High Level Training at the European Parliament (welcomed by the Hon. Mara Bizzotto) and the Veneto Region Building in Brussels in partnership with DG EACEA, DG EASME,

INTERVETWB students mobility from Italy completed in Sarajevo A group of high school students from various cities in northern Italy completed student internships in Sarajevo from May 23 to June 15, 2022, as part of the Accreditamento Alternativo Joint Hosting project. For the first time, the International University of Sarajevo’s IUS Lifelong learning center served

FPEmpresa and Group Esprinet to deliver the I VET Knowledge’s Transfer Awards FPEmpresa VET Schools Association and Group Esprinet have delivered the VET Knowledge’s Transfer Awards in an event that has taken place in IES Francisco Tomás y Valiente, associated center to FPEmpresa. A meeting celebrated the Wednesday, 29th June, where the high schools IES

FPEmpresa’s Regular General Assembly 2022 Choose a new Board of Directors The VET School Association FPEmpresa has celebrated the last Tuesday, 7th June, the General Assembly 2022. It has chosen a new board of directors with the presence in all the Spanish autonomous communities and cities. A meeting that has taken place in the events

Supporting the sustainable development of precision viticulture in Cyprus Supporting the sustainable development of precision viticulture in Cyprus and maximize the national oenological potential. One of the main problems of viticulture in Cyprus is a lack of know-how, which could lead to lower costs and increased production. The excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers –

TELEGROW: The first results of the project The TELEGROW project “Enhancing the Teleworking Digital Skills for the Middle-aged employees” is an Erasmus+ KA2 project. By designing appropriate training materials, the project will equip trainers and VET providers with the necessary knowledge and tools to (re)train and update the digital skills of 50+ employees (learners in

The IntervetWB Team visited secondary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina In the last week of May,  Lucilla Morelli from Uniser, Mirsada Mehremic  and Sibela Besirevic from IUS visited secondary technical schools in several cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The visit to the secondary mixed school in Gracanica, a town in  north-east of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Esprominho provides growth and development for their staff! The month of June was marked by international mobilities dedicated to Esprominho’s staff – Escola Profissional do Minho. Italy, Latvia and Estonia were the destinations of 9 employees of the school, that participated in international projects through the Erasmus+ Programme. Esprominho is a Portuguese Vocational School that

IntervetWB at OeAd workshop in Budva, Montenegro The OeAD-GmbH Agency for Education and Internationalization organised a workshop on planning a regional project aimed at the development of quality vocational education from May 12–13, 2022, in Budva, Montenegro. According to Riga’s suggestions, the initiative intends to raise the standard and applicability of vocational education in the

Erasmus+ opportunities in vocational education Electric and hybrid vehicles have become a very important part in vehicle history as well as an essential part of everyday life. This has also changed the content of vocational education, where programmes on electric and hybrid vehicles are playing an important role and are becoming very popular choices among

IntervetWB at EfVET Thematic Team seminar hosted by SEPR, Lyon At the beginning of May, the EfVET Thematic Team seminar was held in Lyon, which was attended by over 130 participants from the EU and the Western Balkans. This exceptional gathering was hosted by the SEPR International Department (Société d’Enseignement Professionnel du Rhône) and the

PRALINE goes to Dublin to address Language Learning for Migrant Learners FPEmpresa Vet Schools Association has participated in the fourth Peer Learning Activity (PLA) of the European project PRALINE (Promoting Adult Learning in Networks) that has taken place in Dublin the 10th and 11th of May. During the meetings, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)

Hosting the StayWell Project Meeting in Derry! Foyle International staff members were delighted to host the fifth StayWell Transnational Project Meeting at Foyle International in Derry on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th of April. All the partners were represented in person; from Greece, Slovenia, Lithuania, Turkey, Bulgaria, and the UK. About the StayWell Project The official

Friesland Colleges International cooperation is going strong Friesland College is happy to be working on several new international Erasmus+ cooperation projects during the upcoming years. Friesland College has been internationally active for many years, both in innovative projects with schools, companies, municipalities et cetera and international mobility for our students and staff. We have built

Carcraft: A Minecraft simulation game for car mechanics The Automotive Engineering programme at Intercollege participates in the innovative CarCraft project, which is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, with the aim of developing new learning approaches to Vocational Education and Training. The project was born out of the challenges posed by the

European e-Transport Network 4 VET: Joint the network for the latest developments in e-Transport VET education The developments in electrical transport (e-bikes, e-cars, e-busses, etc.) are immense and so is the technology behind it. Technology that needs to be maintained and repaired by the current and future technicians/our students. But how do we make sure

The Erasmus+ VIMOinVET project coordinated by Scuola Centrale Formazione Staff Mobility for the internationalization processes in Vocational Training Staff training mobility restarts with the VIMOinVET project, which aims to qualify VET practitioners on blended mobility and internationalization methodologies. After nearly two years, the international mobility of trainers restarts with the Erasmus+ program. The first training

How to incorporate internationalisation into the curriculum? How to incorporate internationalisation into the curriculum? By incorporating internationalisation into the curriculum, you safeguard the continuity and quality of international activities. However, how should you go about it? Nuffic, the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education shares key conditions for doing this. Key condition #1 | Let

A good start is half the project: The 3-H project kick off meeting The kick-off meeting of the 3H project was held on 24-25 March 2022 in Verona and was attended by 14 participants coming from Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Croatia, and Finland. The 3H project (Head, Heart, Hand) is based on the assumption that

Two partnerships where INSIGNARE was involved have almost finished their activities The partnership “Labour Market at School”, supported by the Erasmus+ program, between schools from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Turkey, held three meetings: from 7 to 11 February (virtual); from 21 to 25 March it was in Kahranmamas, Turkey; from 3 to 9 April

INSIGNARE’s EHF-Fátima Hospitality School’s students share their cooking skills in a virtual meeting and in a traditional one in Italy During the week of February 28 to March 4, 10 EHF Cook students were in virtual contact with their Italian and Macedonian colleagues, both in equal numbers, within the scope of the “Good Food is

“Mobiliteach – In-depth sectoral specialisation of VET teachers” project held a week training course in Bologna From March 7th to 10th, 3 INSIGNARE staff were in Bologna, Italy, for a training week within Mobiliteach project – In-depth sectoral specialisation of VET teachers, supported by the Erasmus+. During 4 days, together with colleagues from Albania, Germany,

MOBILITITIMELINE, D-TASTING, SUSTAINABILITY AND DIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT IN COOKING AND CATERING, DIGIPATH and RYMO We are very excited with the kick-off of our new cooperation projects. MCC is collaborating internationally in different fields, trying to achieve quality results that will benefit the education community: students, staff, and project managers. These new projects that we are managing

A Brazilian VET Schools delegation brings Spanish Vocational Education and Training closer On 28th of March, 2022, FPEmpresa VET Schools Association gathered in Madrid with a Brazilian VET Schools delegation formed by Instituto Federal de Alagoas (IFAL) and Instituto Federal de Pernambuco (IFPE) belonging to Conselho Nacional das Instituições da Rede Federal de Educação Profissional,

Esprominho participated in four Erasmus+ Projects Mobilities this month In this school year, Esprominho – Portuguese Vocational School – has already taken students to 10 different countries to participate in mobilities of the Erasmus+ Programme. Each month that goes by means new adventures and experiences that Esprominho provides, to their students and teachers, throughout Europe.

IntervetWB R2 Mobility: High school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina had an internship in Italy Thanks to the IntervetWB project, VET school students from different cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina stayed in Milan, Italy in the period January-February this year. During their one-month stay, they had the opportunity to do internships in various sectors and,

Digital Training for Cybersecurity Students in Industrial Fields The DICYSTECH – Digital Training for Cybersecurity Students in Industrial Fields project (2021-2023), unites five EU partners from Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain in the development of open access training modules and linked cybersecurity remote laboratories for cybersecurity education that serve a double purpose: to meet Industry

#Innovaprofes turns the VET into a great point of virtual meeting #Innovaprofes virtual meeting, organized by CaixaBank Dualiza and FPEmpresa VET Schools Association beside FPInnovación, turned the last 19th of February into a great point of virtual meeting for the Vocational Educational Training. In a virtual way, hundreds of participants could traverse a divide space

INSIGNARE’s students take part in virtual international meetings of Erasmus+ partnerships From February 7th to 11th, five students from EHF – Fátima Hospitality School’s actively participated in the second meeting of “Labour Market at School” project, supported by the Erasmus+ programme, which was held virtually, as a result of the effects of the pandemic in

VET dropout? Not today thanks to the 3-H project The data speaks for itself: around 24 million students worldwide were at risk of not returning to school in autumn 2021 as a result of the interruption caused by the pandemic. These were general studies not specific to VET schools, where the situation could be even

MateraHub stays up-to-date with the latest European educational processes, tools and methodologies The staff constantly lloks at the EU SDGs policies and the recently released GreenComp framework along with the EntreComp, LifeComp and DigComp frameworks. Moreover, MateraHub is an active partner of two engaging and innovative Erasmus+ projects, namely Sustrainy and EcoDesign4EU. Both projects explore

February: the 6th consecutive month of Esprominho participating in international projects Since September 2021 until February 2022 Esprominho participated in 19 mobilities of several international projects of which it is part, supported by the Erasmus+ Programme. February was the 6th consecutive month of mobilities such as student exchanges, job-shadowing and international internships. Esprominho is a Portuguese

Promotion of IntervetWB project  in “1st  High School” in Cazin Representatives from IUS Lifelong Learning Center (IUS Life) paid a visit to “1st  High School” in Cazin on February 15, 2022, to present the IntervetWB project. The event was held as part of the promotion of the International University of Sarajevo (IUS). About 35 high

Erasmus+ project “Modernisation of teaching methods based on EU experience” successfully implemented Thirty vocational teachers from Marijampolė, Jonava, and Tauragė VET schools (Lithuania) have improved their professional competencies, which have deepened their knowledge of vocational training in four EU countries, thus improving their performance by training and educating future professionals, helping them to gain employment

Teachers and students out of their comfort zone in Málaga In November 2021, 30 students and 14 teachers from 6 different European schools participated in the Málaga Business Bootcamp organised by JongLeren.es. The VET schools Landstede Groep and ROC Midden Nederland from The Netherland, OSAO from Finland, Køge Handelsskole from Denmark, C.I.O.F.S.-F.P. from Italy and

UPT2S PROJECT: Upgrading Trainers in Dual Vocational System Since 2019 EFA La Malvesia – associated centre of FPEmpresa VET Schools Association – leads the Erasmus+ KA2 for VET project called ” Upgrading Trainers in Dual Vocational System”. When it comes to youth unemployment and job insecurity, we can see that Europe is having some problems,

IntervetWB project Job Shadowing organised at SEPR in Lyon From 15 to 19 November 2021, within the IntervetWB project, a Job Shadowing was organised by colleagues from SEPR Vocational and Training Center in the beautiful French city of Lyon. Teachers from VET schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Samer Fazlic, and Enver Fejzic were participants in this

Learn2Create: Explore the results of Erasmus+ project on WBL for CCIs! November is the final month of developing ‘Learn2Create – promoting Work-based Learning in Europe’s Cultural and Creative Industries’ project. This international partnership aimed to design, test and validate a new work-based learning (WBL) programme in Europe’s Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs). Three inspirational results

The 35th edition of the Don Bosco National Award in Spain The Salesian School “Nuestra Señora del Pilar” in Zaragoza, associated centre of FPEmpresa VET Schools Association, organises the 35th edition of the Don Bosco National Award, which has as its main objective the promotion of creativity, research and innovation among young people. In addition,

IUS Life has joined the celebration of the International Day of Women Entrepreneurs On November 19, 2021, The Chamber of Economy of FBiH marked the International Day of Women Entrepreneurs and presented “B2B Platform for Online Business Meetings and Networking of Women Entrepreneurs and Businesswomen”. In cooperation with the Gender Center of FBiH, the Chamber

Live, Feel and Celebrate Erasmus+ at the Erasmus Days In Esprominho  the Erasmus+ in the Erasmus Days was celebrated on 14 October with a live stream on social media, through the combination of Erasmus and beauty training. With this joint the school honoured the culture of the 27 countries of the European Union, representing them through

The WaTT in STEaM project: exploring successful strategies to recruit more female teachers in STEM On October 28th and 29th the final meeting of the Erasmus+ KA2 WaTT in STEaM – Women as Teachers Trainers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics has been held in Bree (Flanders, Belgium), hosted by TISM – Dynamisch & Innovatief,

Network of Networks (NoN): A grass-root approach The Network of Networks (NoN) is a European informal alliance aimed at strategic cooperation, mutual learning and exchange of best practices. Through close cooperation at regional, national and European level, our aim is to improve the quality and efficiency of Vocational Education and Training (VET). Furthermore, we aspire

ERASMUS+ project Under construction: the final results Under Construction is an ERASMUS+ project focused on the key skills making top professionals in Construction and Habitat 4.0. A total of seven domains which include both traditional apprenticeship professions as well as further innovative developments and important trends. The digital learning offer is aimed at trainees and

An INTERVET WB participant presented the project at her school in Bosnia & Herzegovina A high school student, Amina Karic from Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was a participant in a mobility to Wrocław, Poland as part of the Intervet Western Balkans project. She recently gave a presentation of the Intervet WB project to her schoolmates and teachers at her

FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza bring together 500 teachers to analyse the future of VET The 7th VET Conference: VET, challenges for a world in transition, held on November 4 and 5 in the Spanish city of Toledo, has ended successfully. Its celebration has been received with a great reception by the more than 500 attendees.

REX VET project in Helsinki: when a utopia becomes reality If a year ago, when we were in the peak of the pandemic, we were told that within a short time the health emergency would be resolved to the point of allowing 25 people to stay in the same room safely, we would have hardly

Welcome to the GLOBAL 3D PRINTING project Newsletter Welcome to our first newsletter of the “One for all” project which includes a quick overview of the inception, objectives, as well as the participants of this project. Needless to say, that we are very excited about the “One for all” project, eagerly awaiting the first practical

FPEmpresa completes the SCoopConSS project in Florence The FPEmpresa VET Schools Association together with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Spain complete these days in Florence the first edition of the SCoopConSS contest (Social Cooperative Contest for Secondary Schools) with the participation of the Spanish delegation in the international final. This final has been part

Eurosuccess Consulting: Refitting Machine – Gain digital skills through Arduino and STEM Education Refitting Machine is an Erasmus+ project which begun in 2020, with the purpose to promote a high level of employment through the creation of competence, qualified, and adaptable workforce, through the acquisition of skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The

Esprominho returned on top with the international mobilities In September 2021 the school participated in 5 mobilities, from several projects supported by Erasmus+, in Spain, Denmark and Lithuania. Esprominho is a Portuguese Vocational School that, even in a time of pandemic, maintained its international mobility in active, some in person and others online. But the

Erasmus+ KA2 project “EIRENE” created methodology in working on the topic of bullying Few months ago, there was held the final transnational remote meeting of the project “EIRENE: using community learning paths to tackle bullying” (Project number: 2018-IT02-KA201-048161). Because of the COVID-19 situation, the meeting couldn’t be organised live, but all project partner organisations have

Landstede Groep: International KA2 project Excellent Education For the by Erasmus+ subsidised international project “Excellent Education”, 7 partners from 5 different countries work together to exchange experiences about excellent study programmes for VET students in Europe. The goal is to learn from each other and to bring success stories into our own organisations. Improving the image

News from INSIGNARE: project meeting, schools hosting, training week INSIGNARE’s Ourém Vocational School takes part in “Maker Education” project meeting in Turkey The participation of Ourém Vocational School team in the Erasmus project “Maker Education” in Denizli, Turkey, in the week of October 4th to 8th, was a real success. The Turkish School ERBAKIR FEN

REX VET – Face-to-face project meeting in Kuressaare, Estonia Imagine being a group of people with a common goal that for more than a year and a half has not been able to meet in order to work as a team. Think back to all the online meetings done, to all the connection problems, the

A more efficient practical education (training) in the field of catering and tourism In Slovenia, school restaurants and school hotels have been established for the needs of more efficient practical education (training) in the field of catering and tourism. The most recognizable among them are School hotel Astoria (VGS Bled), Restaurant Kult 316 (BIC Ljubljana)

The main result of WELDONE project: the Training of Trainers (or ToT) curriculum WELDONE – Boosting Innovation in Welding Training, is an Erasmus+ funded project (2019 – 2022) coordinated by #STRUKA, aiming for the capacitation of teachers and trainers from EWF Qualification System and educators from STEM fields to deliver technical training using innovative pedagogical

FPEmpresa and the Embassy of Spain in Brazil promote international cooperation between VET centres The FPEmpresa VET Schools Association and the Embassy of Spain in Brazil, more specifically its Education Office, give Spanish and Brazilian VET centres the opportunity to collaborate in different educational projects. This initiative is part of the objective set by FPEmpresa

SAAM – 1st mobility between European and African partners takes place in Cape Verde The SAAM project began the first official mobilities between European and African partners and took place last July between 11 and 25, with the participation of Cape Verde, Portugal and Spain. After weeks of remote work, the field meeting was finally

Project “STEP-UP”– for the improvement of tutors’ qualification and development of dual training forms Karalius Mindaugas Vocational Training Centre participates as a partner in the international Erasmus+ project “STEP-UP”. The project develops intellectual products for masters working in a dual learning environment. Dual training is a method of vocational training in which theoretical and practical

Completed projects and ended partnerships for Insignare Project “Just Be Humans! Say No To Any Forms of Discrimination And Violence” ended The final meeting of the partnership “Just Be Humans! – Say No To Any Forms of Discrimination And Violence”, supported by the Erasmus+ program, was held online. For 3 years, teachers and students from

IES Francisco Tomás y Valiente presents GARAGELAB project among the most recent ones The centre for vocational training, IES Francisco Tomás y Valiente, found in Pinar del Rey (Madrid) offers a star-of-the-art education. Innovative spaces, such as “the Garage Lab” a space envisioned as a workshop, which was unveiled by the Mayor, Mr. Jose Luis

Mentor Train is coming to an end: Sharing results of the project After three years of project work, Mentor Train is coming to an end. We would like to share with you the results of the project. Apprenticeships assure quality learning, decrease skills mismatch and increase employment. However, quality apprenticeships depend on mentorship competence and,

DeuSComp training for Creative and Cultural professionals DeuS, an Erasmus+ pilot project on Vocational Educational Training that has been focusing on how to unlock the potential of the Creative and Cultural Sector, is ready to share its innovative response to this challenge. The aim of this 2-year project launched in January 2020, is to co-create

New Erasmus+ KA2 project started with a meeting in France Europe is facing its greatest threat since World War II. The COVID-19 outbreak is triggering unprecedented social and economic consequences. It has brought into question established practices and highlighted the importance of developing digital skills and tools in order to find innovative solutions to meet

Insignare: projects, training events and students’ internships assessment “Digital Tools for Smart Schools” project concludes its work This exchange project between five European schools (Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Turkey), homed in on the learning of digital educational tools, supported by the Erasmus+ programme, was concluded in June. A last event took place, in which

The VERITAGE project and its teachers’ kit: between VET and cultural heritage What is the link between chocolate, an ice-hotel and a midsummer bonfire? The VERITAGE project and its teachers’ kit will tell you! VERITAGE mixes, in a somewhat imaginative way, two key features: VET and cultural heritage. The project was developed by a partnership

The internationalisation of the Italian CONFAP network What do the Italian national football team and the CONFAP network have in common? According to Don Massimiliano Sabbadini, CONFAP President, much more than you can imagine! It was Don Massimiliano himself who welcomed the participants to the workshop held on 28th June concerning the internationalisation of the

TOGETHER project: Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri towards the protection of cultural heritage and service learning What inspired us to develop TOGETHER? The terrible impact of the COVID-19 emergency has put an unprecedented pressure on the cultural and creative sector across Europe, unveiling the need for greater attention, resources and a process of modernisation that should first

FPEmpresa holds its 2021 Ordinary General Assembly FPEmpresa VET Schools Association held its 2021 General Assembly on the last 17th of June. The Assembly, which, due to the current situation, took place in a virtual environment for the second consecutive year, was attended by almost a hundred of representatives of associated centres. At the beginning

Digi-VET project brings digitalisation of VET institution to a new level Digi-VET is a European project with partners from Norway, Denmark, Germany and Portugal, which will work to develop concrete knowledge, description, criteria to better help VET Institutions to improve their own digital educational readiness. Coordinator is EfVET member Prios. Focus for project is the

The Escola Profissional de Aveiro: Towards a sustainable tourism practice AEVA – Escola Profissional de Aveiro offers the vocational course of Events Planning, EQF level IV. All students have a work Experience in enterprises, in each of the 3 years. Every year, the students must write a report about the technical and professional activities performed,

The EFA La Malvesía will represent Spain in the SCoopConSS final in Florence On the 28th of June, the final event of the national phase of the SCoopConSS project (Social Cooperative Contest for Secondary Schools) took place virtually, given the current circumstances. During the ceremony, the winning project and the two honourable mentions were announced.

Esprominho participated in online meetings of international projects LSFO and Butterfly Esprominho participated in the project online meetings: LSFO in the week of 10 to 14 May and Butterfly, on 28 May 2021. The COVID-19 era has changed the way students exchange ideas, cultures and traditions with other countries, but it has not changed the

IntervetWB first mobility after the pandemic: BH VET students in Wroclaw, Poland With the improvement of the overall epidemiological situation, preparations have begun for the actual mobility of students and teachers of secondary vocational schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina within the IntervetWB project. After last year’s selection of students, this spring began preparations for activities

FP Euskadi’s Erasmus+ Innovation Project Dissemination Day On 22 April 2021, 26 internationalisation managers and officers at Basque VET colleges presented their Erasmus+ projects under KA2 and KA3 at FP Euskadi’s Erasmus+ Innovation Project Dissemination Day. Around 100 online participants from several European and non-European countries followed the discussions, and several international partners contributed to

Insignare schools: work-based learning placements and international virtual mobility Since May 2nd, 131 senior students from INSIGNARE’s Schools, Ourém Vocational School (EPO) and Fátima Hospitality School (EHF), will be attending their 3 months internships: 20 will go to 4 European destinations: Seville, Valencia, Barcelona and Berlin. The remaining ones will go to different companies from

Importance of stem skills for successful career and Erasmus+ VET as bridge to practical experience  The concept of ‘STEM’ (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) has influenced many education and workforce strategies and policies with the intention of improving innovation, productivity and international competitiveness. Generally, the focus has been on how the school and university sectors

M&M Profuture and Insignare start working again after COVID-19 Last year brought difficult challenges into our lives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and we have missed “our students” during these 12 months. After this complicated period and following all the health rules and protocols, it is a pleasure for all the M&M Team

Erasmus 2021: Foyle International is open for business!      

Telegrow project coordinated by Florida Universitària has been launched The Telegrow project, coordinated by Florida Universitària, officially starts with the kick-off meeting The Telegrow project ‘Improving digital competences of teleworking for middle-aged employees‘, has officially started its activities with the first meeting of the project partners on April 20, organised by Florida Universitària as project

FPEmpresa and Dualiza launch a free training scheme for VET professionals FPEmpresa VET Schools Association and Dualiza (Bankia Foundation’s brand for Vocational Education and Training promotion) have launched an ambitious free training scheme for VET professionals. It is divided into three training initiatives and each one of these will fulfil a specific objective and will

International exchange “Light”: the VET DigiPals approach The organisation of mobilities abroad has now also been almost completely stopped for a year due to COVID-19. As a result, many VET students are missing the opportunity to gain experience abroad during their school career. Thanks to the VET DigiPals approach, this damage can be somewhat limited:

SoftComInVET: Bridging the gap of in-company trainers soft-skills competences in the VET sector  SoftComInVET (Bridging the gap of in-company trainers soft-skills competences in the VET sector) project intends to enhance the knowledge capacity of training mentors in EU SMEs companies, providing work placements for VET learners, and to improve their ability to cope with the challenges they

The challenge of virtual mobility in Scuola Centrale Formazione The 2020 saw the unforeseeable halt of learning mobility, one of the most powerful and impactful tools promoted by the Erasmus Plus programme to foster the personal and professional growth of learners. At the end of the “first wave” of the emergency an indication arrived from

Blended learning: A form of education that replaces traditional teaching Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the quarantine reoriented the entire education system in a short time. VET schools faced a huge challenge by looking for solutions on how quickly to adapt a change, to organise training productively. Blended learning, where virtual lessons are remotely combined

Eurosuccess Consulting: School and community-based sports for the social inclusion of vulnerable target groups  The kINesis Ε+ Sport project, ongoing since 2020, seeks to support the social inclusion of school children from vulnerable target groups through sports. More specifically, this project aims to cooperate between schools and community-based organisations, as well as in the involvement of intermediary organisations

Digital Tourism partnership launches the first of the Tourism Talks On the 29th April, the first of the Tourism Talks took place online in the framework of the Digital Tourism project. These events represent a series of short online webinars focusing on Tourism trends – the Tourism Talks – where experts present and discuss with

#SocialEU – A survey for a better communication  A new way of dissemination of European projects can give a renewed visibility to the message of European values. One of the main tools for dissemination, especially from the moment when communication necessarily moves to the digital environment, is social networks.  There is a growing awareness among

Insignare: between the Erasmus+ KA 1 VET Accreditation and activities in KA2 projects INSIGNARE receives new Erasmus+ KA 1 VET Accreditation 2021-2027 and prepares 50 students to go to their Erasmus+ WBL period throughout Europe  INSIGNARE, a non-profit organisation located in the centre of Portugal, owner of Ourém Vocational School and Fátima Hospitality School, has been awarded

Internationalization strategy: workshops and guidebook for European VET providers  Internationalisation of VET providers is now considered of great importance, since it allows to increase the reputation of the centre and gives students and staff the opportunity to get in touch with their peers from other countries to exchange ideas and practices with the result of

Educational innovation: the docu-reality to create an augmented laboratory  It was November 2020 when some of the twenty-five ENGIM training centers located in Italy were in the red zone, others in the yellow zone, due to Covid restrictions. In some centers, the lessons were online, in others the students could attend the workshops.  How to join forces to guarantee

The pilot project V2V – VET to VET Capacity buildings in Western Balkans took off!  The kick-off meeting of the pilot project V2V – VET to VET Capacity buildings in Western Balkans has ended a few days ago, marking the beginning of the preparation of capacity building activities.  The kick-off meeting was divided into five

MobMan TWBL: A Mobility Management Platform for Transnational Work-Based Learning  The idea for MobMan TWBL comes from research and the observation that the managing of TWBL can be a time-consuming process and thereby can discourage educational and training institutions from offering this type of experience to their students. MobMan aims to fil the resources gap between what institutions require to

SUSTAINVET: Survival Skills for Trainers of Apprentices in Initial VET M&M is partner in ‘SUSTAINVET’, a two-year project funded by Erasmus+ whose main objective is to provide company mentors with initial and continuous support to ensure the apprentice and the company mentor share a common understanding of the roles, responsibilities and rights within a work-based learning setting and to establish

ENACplus goes on: European mobility to take over the real world again  It’s been a long and difficult year and still we don’t see the end, but at the end of this tunnel we have chosen to see at least the light. That’s why we resumed, albeit with many doubts and uncertainties, but certainly with a lot of

The FASA project in one year: the updates from the partnership The FASA project is focused on enhancing the Work-based skills of Social Care Practitioners and professionals in the field of Intimate Partnership Violence victim support, through Capacity Building on the topic of Treatment of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence with Problematic Substance Use.  During COVID-19

Importance of lifelong learning and continuous professional development of educators – online training possibilities with Erasmus+ program during pandemic  Continuous professional development strengthens self-motivation and self-confidence. In simple words, Lifelong learning – formal or informal – is a prerequisite for success at personal and professional domains, alike. This is the reason why Erasmus+ is for

Start of a new project SIGE – Social Inclusion Through Gamification Craft College is a partner in the new Erasmus+ KA2 project SIGE – Social Inclusion Through Gamification, which started in October 2020. Partners are Erasmus Learning Academy (lead partner), Fundacja MODE (Poland), Primary school “Sveti Sava” (Serbia), CFIE de Ebro (Spain), Demetrius Association (Romania) and The Comparative Research

FPEmpresa joins the STEAM Alliance for women’s talent promoted by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training  FPEmpresa VET Schools Association is one of the more than 40 institutions that have joined the STEAM Alliance for women’s talent “Niñas en pie de ciencia” (Girls ready for science), promoted by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. The endorsement of this

Amoove21 – Agricultural Mo(o)ve with 21st century skills Amoove21 is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that brings together students and professionals from five Agricultural VET colleges from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and The Netherlands. Amoove21 focuses on three main fields of education: Livestock & dairy farming, Equine & horse management and Animal care. The aim is on creating

The REX VET project in one year: the updates from the partnership It is almost one year we are living these weird times. The virus affected our lives and, of course, our international projects. Nevertheless, it has been a positive year for the REX VET partnership. When it was approved in 2019, we had lot

Quality mobility in VET: from matching learning outcomes to sustainable partnerships The global pandemic has become a real challenge for educational institutions implementing international projects and Erasmus+ mobilities. States imposed quarantines suspended international students’ internships and the usual way of learning. This is a time for discussions on how to improve international mobilities in the

DESSA project: Try our self-assessment tool and evaluate your soft skills! DESSA (Development of Soft Skills through Apprenticeships) aims to develop an Apprenticeship Scheme for the acquisition of soft skills by students in upper secondary and higher vocational education and training with the help of a natural mentor.  From October 2019 onwards the partnership has

Nordplus Adult project “From Past to Future” helps to improve the quality of teaching Homemade rye bread, herring with dried boletus, fish by fisherman’s wife, rabbit stewed in apple juice… If you want to taste these and more attractive dishes please click this link. Here you will find the final products of the Nordplus Adult

Eurosuccess Consulting: ThinkTwice! Ecological sustainability in project management The Think Twice! project is here to support project managers across Europe, share knowledge, experience and good practice examples of working and managing projects in a more ecologically sustainable way. It is an ongoing project that started September 2020 and will last until August 2022. The first

The project “NEW TIMES” – NEW European citizens! Tools for the Inclusion of Migrants in European Society – takes off! The Erasmus+ KA2 Project “NEW European citizens! Tools for the Inclusion of Migrants in European Society”, aims to create a transnational network to promote the development and exchange of innovative practices aimed at supporting a

The corona virus is not stopping the Esprominho school! Recently, five former Esprominho students were chosen for an international internship as part of the Go Up with Erasmus+ project in Lugo – Spain, lasting 3 months (2020-12-05 until 2021-03-07). Esprominho is a Portuguese school that provides students a promising future, guaranteeing them access to new

Technical training session on next stage manufacturing and TPM Total productive maintenance (TPM) is an innovative Japanese concept that is important in the manufacturing industries in identifying the success and overall effectiveness of the machine manufacturing process for long term viability of business. This concept of plant maintenance was initiated in 1951 in Japan but

Insignare new projects’ update: meetings and trainings Project “INTENT 4.0 – Interdisciplinary Teaching and Training” – New meeting On the 28th of January 2021, Erasmus + “INTENT 4.0 – Interdisciplinary Teaching and Training” project partners, coming from Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Czech Republic, met virtually to discuss the work done so far and prepare

FPEmpresa participates along with other European institutions in the first peer learning activity of PRALINE project FPEmpresa VET Schools Association, along with more than twenty European institutions from the field of education, took part in the first peer learning activity of PRALINE project (Promoting Adult Learning in Networks), that dealt with adult education and training.

European Kick-off of the project VITALity for the Future A very successful kick-off meeting was enjoyed by participants attending the virtual launch of the Erasmus+ innovation project VITALity for the Future on 27 January 2021. With 72 attendees from more than 8 countries, participation surpassed expectation. Norbert Ruepert, the Project Coordinator, commented on how Vitality and Positive Health are now seen as

INSIGNARE wins Best Educational Project Award – Portugal Hospitality School of Fátima – an Insignare’s VET school, was awarded with a national prize in an edition of the Hospitality Education Awards. These awards aim to distinguish projects and institutions in tourism training in Portugal, which stand out in the Hotel and Tourism sector. The School

VITALity for the Future project promotes a more positive approach to the health challenges of today and of the future Europe is in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Apart from all the official bulletins there is a tsunami of reports, ideas and suggestions to beat this disease individually. Many of these commonly suggest medication

#iLearn – Mobility and Training for Apprentices: for a more effective cooperation between schools, companies, apprentices and tutors #iLearn – Mobility and Training for Apprentices is a European project, co-funded by Erasmus+ program, led by Apro Formazione and developed with Sedu (FI), Noorderport (NL), and Politeknika Txorierri (ES). The idea behind iLearn project is simple: to make communication and cooperation between schools, companies, apprentices and tutors more

“Good Food is Good Mood” project has its third meeting!  Good Food is Good Mood, an Erasmus+ KA 2 VET partnership, coordinated by Training CES, from North Macedonia, and including VET providers from Italy (EGINA) and Portugal (INSIGNARE), held its third meeting last November.   This project aims:  To improve the employability of Pastry students. To

Thirty-one projects have been selected for this year’s Dualiza call The 4th edition of Ayudas Dualiza call, organised by FPEmpresa VET Schools Association and the Bankia Foundation for Dual Training, already has its winning projects. A total of 31 projects dealing with innovation and designed in collaboration between VET centres and companies have been selected. These

Eight FPEmpresa centres participate in the international project SCoopConSS to promote social cooperatives FPEmpresa VET Schools Association boosts its internationalization process and officially takes part in the project SCoopConSS (Social Cooperative Contest for Secondary Schools), co-financed by the EU under the frame of the Horizon2020 funds. This project is aimed at providing teachers with a

DTAM: A new European project to facilitate the digital transformation in advanced manufacturing – Join our newsletter! Digital Transformation in Advanced Manufacturing: An Integral Training Curriculum for EU technicians to deploy and manage digital tools in Smart Manufacturing or DTAM in short, is a three-year Sector Skills Alliances in VET project, cofunded by the Erasmus+

Erasmus+ VET Mobility Charter for Liceul Tehnologic “Francisc Neuman” Arad-Romania Liceul Tehnologic “Francisc Neuman” Arad is a technical school founded in 1948 with 455 students in secondary school, preparing them for a globalised European labour market in the domains: textiles, services, aesthetics for high school, professional school and professional dual school; 273 students in gymnasium

TKnikalities: Sign up TKnikalities to get news, potential contacts and project ideas from Basque VET colleges to your inbox If you are looking for Basque VET centres interested in international projects, please check the Message Board at the bottom of the newsletter. There you will find collaboration interests and contact details. Last December we launched

Erasmus+ VET in the COVID-19 era – Long Live Erasmus+! 2020 was a really challenging year for everyone. The same goes for Erasmus+ programme and the activities related to it. However, Erasmus+ VET proved resilience, which stems from the quality and the value that offers to VET students, their schools and, in fact, the society

Master the Act project website is online  The brand-new Master the Act project’s website is online at this link: here you will find all the news related to the project, practical info to get in touch with the partnership and discover all the resources and materials created during the project.   About Master the Act  Master the

Refitting Machine – Exploiting modernization techniques and new technologies Eurosuccess Consulting participates in the European-funded project “Refitting Machine – Arduino expert for the recovery of obsolete machines”, which is financed by the Erasmus+ program. The project has started in December 2019 and will last until November 2021. About the project. In line with the most advanced

Digital Marketing Workshop: Implementation of online business for SME textile industry Within the project “Support Program for Women Affected by Covid 19 – Implementation of Online Business” implemented by the Chamber of Commerce FBH in cooperation with the Gender Center FBH, a two-day workshop focusing on the most important areas of digital marketing was held

The “Practoraat”: Internationalization for everyone  With a presentation titled “Internationalization for everyone”, the “Practoraat” Internationalisation officially started last Monday, November 16, 2020.  A practoraat is a practical research environment within Dutch mbo (secondary vocational education) with a leader called practor in which practice-oriented research contributes to the quality of education. There are several practoraten in The Netherlands (see www.practoraten.nl only in Dutch).  The “Practoraat”

The SHVET project: from Smart Homes to Smart Communities  Automation and smart technologies are bursting innovation in the building construction sector, as well as in every other social, cultural, and economic context. Houses, villages, cities are harnessing new smart technologies to improve the quality of life of their users and citizens.  The Erasmus+ KA3 project

FPEmpresa relaunches EmpleaFP, employment search tool for VET  FPEmpresa VET Schools Association, in collaboration with Bankia Foundation, updates and improves EmpleaFP, its employment search tool exclusive for VET. This renewal is justified by the strong commitment of the Association to keep working in favour of VET.  Flexibility and practical orientation have made VET one of the job prospects with

Eurosuccess Consulting: Brand building of EU enterprises through Mentoring  Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the cornerstone of Europe’s economy. They represent 99% of all businesses in the EU. They employ around 100 million people, account for more than half of Europe’s GDP and play a key role in adding value in every sector of the

Energy transition training materials for the current and future workforce  We proudly present to you the EduTrans international project. In October 2019, seven European intermediate vocational (MBO) schools from four different countries gathered in The Netherlands for the kick-off of this special innovation project. Their mission: to contribute to a well-trained “workforce of the future” which can

INTENT – Interdisciplinary Teaching and Training 4.0 had its 3rd meeting  INTENT, an Erasmus+ KA 2 partnership coordinated by Bezirksregierung Köln, Germany, and with I.I.S.S.”MARCO POLO” from Italy; “Vysocina Education” and “Okresni hospodarska komora Jihlava” from Czech Republic; “ACISO – Associação Empresarial Ourem-Fátima” and “INSIGNARE – Associação de Ensino e Formação” from Portugal; and “Heziketa Teknikoko Elkartea” from Spain, had its 3rd meeting on the 5th of November 2020.  The project

Leaving nobody behind in times of digitalisation needs the development of digital competence in VET  Teachers and lecturers need to measure our own competence in distinct areas such as professional engagement, learning and teaching, and education in the digital world.   VET-TEDD’s self-assessment tool allows us to do so and there are two further components, comprising

The Network for the Advancement of Vocational Education in Europe (NAVE2) on Inclusion The European Union has made it a priority to make the Erasmus Plus programme more inclusive.  The Network for the Advancement of Vocational Education in Europe (NAVE2) was set up in 2018 by four large European providers/associations in the field of VET.

The 3rd issue of the LIFE FOSTER project Newsletter is out! The LIFE FOSTER 3rd newsletter is out and can be found here. In this issue you’ll discover more about online training in Italy, France, and Spain, you’ll deepen the project of a sustainable catering Manifesto and you’ll learn the recipe for candied oranges!  Co-financed

About the 34th edition of the Don Bosco National Award The Salesian School “Nuestra Señora del Pilar” in Zaragoza organises the 34th edition of the Don Bosco National Award, which has as its main objective the promotion of creativity, research and innovation among young people. In addition, it places special emphasis on individual development and insertion into

Reshape your packaging materials with global standards In recent years, due to environmental changes such as the expansion of overseas production and increasing uncertainties, safe and healthy food packaging throughout the supply chain from food preparation, packaging, transportation, distribution, retailing, food packaging materials paper, plastic, ceramics, glass, metals, cardboards etc. must be compliance to the

CNC training organised by IUS Lifelong Learning Center in the pandemic time After the main lockdown ended, IUS Lifelong Learning Center organised a CNC course and attracted a group of enthusiasts who wanted to acquire new skills from the technical field. On October 22, 2020, this six-week practical training was completed and certificates of attendance

“RISE – Realising Integration through Social Enterprise” project has successfully reached its end “RISE – Realising Integration through Social Enterprise” project has come to its end with success. Coordinated by VHS Vienna, an Austrian Adult Training provider, reunited VET and Adult Training organisations from Belgium (EU Warehouse), Germany (Hamburger Volkshochschule), Greece (DAFNI KEK), Ireland (LCETB), Portugal

Dialogue opens doors for Nuffic’s international skills model International skills enable students to learn, live, and work in different intercultural and international contexts. Nuffic has developed an international skills model which brings these skills into focus. This model can be used in all sectors of education in the Netherlands, including vocational education and training, for example, and potentially also

Xavier Professional School: an introduction to our institution and international projects Xavier Professional School has been working since the late 50s to teach and integrate teenagers and adults into the labour market. The different families that form our school are Medium Formative Grades in Administrative Management, Commercial Activities, Auxiliary Nurse Care Technician, Pharmacy and Parapharmacy, and Superior

First results of the project P4CA: the publication of a report Partnership for Creative Apprenticeships (P4CA) aims to support the delivery of creative apprenticeships by building the skills of apprenticeship coaches and In-House Company trainers within the sector. It will promote the application of the European Framework for Apprenticeships to the Cultural and Creative Industries in

FPEmpresa holds its first-time online General Assembly FPEmpresa VET Schools Association held last Thursday 7th of October its 2020 General Assembly. The most highlighted characteristic of this year’s edition is, without a doubt, the fact that it was held in an online environment. Given the current circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association’s Board of Directors

Eurosuccess Consulting: Contributing towards Quality Education and Sustainable Economic Growth With a broad expertise in the project management sector, Eurosuccess Consulting has been participating in numerous European and National funded projects that embrace the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, contributing to their design, development, and training provision. Two of these projects – “GLAD – Guidance and Learning App

An introduction of the FPi [FP INNOVATION] project Digital Transformation is the industrial revolution of the 21st century. Again, innovation and technological advances are changing our life and our economic model forever. Tackling a transformation of this depth involves a major cultural change. Establish new values, handle other relationship models and acquire new skills and tools.

Discovering the value of tracking VET Alumni. Results of the TRACKTION project  Does it make sense to track our VET graduates? How? Why and how would it be useful for our VET centres to create an Alumni Program?  These questions have inspired the activity of the EU-funded project “Advancing Graduate Tracking and Alumni Relations in

TA3 – The transatlantic network for a sustainable world  The Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance, TA3 is a network that has worked in this area for the last 30 years between United States and European vocational training centres.  One of the greatest assets of the TA3 alliance is partners’ ability and willingness to share practices

CLI.C.K FOR SCHOOLS, the educational kit dedicated to climate change, is ready to use!  While people around the world are becoming more and more aware of climate change and its dramatic consequences, CLI.C.K FOR SCHOOLS project ends its activities being recognised as good practice.  The KA2 Erasmus+ project CLI.C.K FOR SCHOOLS, meaning “Climate Change Kit

MUPIC PROJECT Multidisciplinary Projects in an International Context Florida Centre de Formació is taken part of a very interesting Erasmus+ project in terms of interactions and synergies between educational system and the business sector, the project MUPIC. Students from the partner universities will work together on an assignment from an industrial company. Their task will be

LET’S BACK TO THE THINGS WE LOVE! Moving…during the pandemic period On the week of 17 to 21 August 2020, our member Esprominho participated on the last meeting and the last Student exchange of Pupils of the Erasmus+ project TAB – Traditions Across Borders in Szentendre, Hungary. (Nº 2017-1-HU01-KA219-036042_7). EsproMinho – Escola Profissional do Minho,

Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, highlights social commitment from FPEmpresa VET Centres during COVID-19 On the 22nd of July 2020, the Association of VET Centres FPEmpresa was honoured to be formally invited by the Spanish Government to the presentation of the new Plan to Modernise Vocational Training. José Luis Durán, Vice President of FPEmpresa, and

NE(W)AVE: Can the World Run on Renewable Energy? The 6th issue of the Newsletter of the project NE(W)AVE reNEWAble e-VET learning has been published. It is titled: NE(W)AVE: Can the World Run on Renewable Energy? – “The nation that leads in renewable energy will be the nation that leads the world.” About the project: In

S.E.T Protocol – Towards a new era for the ticketing industry Eurosuccess Consulting coordinates the project “EventApe S.E.T Protocol – an Autonomous Interoperable BlockChain system that aims to create transparent, secure and efficient smart ticketing contracts”, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research & Innovation

ERASMUS+ KA2 VET project “YOUnique4EU”: the Soft skills mapping toolkit for VET learners To date partners from Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Portugal completed the first output of the project “YOUnique4EU” (2019-1-DE02-KA202-006119), the Soft skills mapping toolkit for VET learners. Assuming that the importance of soft skills increases continuously, the project looks to reveal the individual

Sedu is developing its virtual reality learning environments – an opportunity to implement virtual exchanges in the future? Seinäjoki Joint Municipal Authority or Education Sedu (Finland) wants to put its vision into practice – a forerunner in know-how here and in the world, according to which Sedu wants to be a leader in digital competence.

The online Mobiliteach Summer School in the framework of the INTERVETWB project In the period from 06/10/2020 to 10/07/2020, within the INTERVETWB project, the online Mobiliteach Summer School was held and professors from secondary vocational schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in it. After this beneficial educational event, the professors shared their impressions, confirming

CulTour Is Capital – Travel bloggers experiencing transformative tourism in 5 European Capitals of Culture Margherita and Nick, aka The Crowded Planet is a couple of travel bloggers engaged by the European project CulTour Is Capital, together with the videomaker Emiliano Bechi, to test and document transformative tourism experiences through five past, present and candidate

The 2nd Newsletter of the LIFE FOSTER project is online! Co-financed by the EU Commission LIFE Programme and led by the Italian network for VET, ENAIP NET, the LIFE FOSTER project aims at reducing waste in the restaurant industry.  The project focuses on these main fields: ​GREEN SKILLS, FOOD WASTE PREVENTION, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, and COMMUNICATION.  The interconnection between environmental,

Expert in Building Automation – A New Joint Qualification The project consortium of the Erasmus+ KA3 project “Smart Development of HVET for Highly Skilled and Mobile Workforce” has developed the new joint qualification of the Expert in Building Automation. It is based on the broader range of market needs for the development of highly skilled,

Podium of the centers of FPEmpresa in Libera Makers Centro San Valero (Zaragoza, Spain), IES Cosme García (La Rioja, Spain), and IES Enrique Flórez (Burgos, Spain) have been the winners of LIBERA Makers, the call for ‘LIBERA, united against the rubbish’ of SEOBirdLIfe and Ecoembes that invited students to propose their solutions innovative to fight

Free Online Course for Quality Managers – Invitation to join the Piloting The European project IN-QUAL “Imprinting Quality to Entrepreneurship Education” (Erasmus+/KA2) aims to support entrepreneurship education (EE) providers in the improvement of their quality management systems, and to promote a culture of quality and the use of EQAVET standards and principles. The project reached

e-Trainers: an upskilling opportunity for VET professionals Apro Formazione is happy to announce that the KA2 Erasmus+ project e-Trainers has been added in the Teacher Academy of School Education Gateway, the European platform for school education. School Education Gateway acknowledges the importance of e-Trainers project, as it aims to increase the skills of VET professionals,

INLESSON – First Training Course in the field of professions in beauty sector. An e-learning approach! Esprominho is actively working as a partner in the project nº 2019-1-LT01-KA202-060758 INLESSON (Innovative teaching and learning practice in the field of professions in beauty sector, funded by the European Commission under Erasmus+ Programme. The main goal of this

IUS Lifelong Learning Center participation in the online EfVET Thematic Team Meeting Thanks to the INTERVET Western Balkans project, IUS Lifelong Learning Center participated in the online EfVET Thematic Team Meeting on “Internationalisation and Learning Mobility”, held on June 3-4, 2020. During this two-day event, we were able to see and hear interesting presentations, lectures,

The WBL S.P. project: From birth to adult age – a WBL successful Practice! From birth to adult age – a WBL successful Practice! is a partnership between a Polytechnic Institute, 3 VET colleges, 3 enterprises in the areas of Mechanical Manufacture, Mechatronics and Industrial Maintenance, and 3 public bodies from 3 different countries (Portugal,

Academia College Maribor received a Silver award for the BTEC School of the Year 2020 Maribor, June 30th 2020: Academia College of Short-Cycle Higher Education received a Silver award for its work from Great Britain. The award BTEC School of the Year 2020 was presented by the British Business and Technology Education Council (Pearson BTEC)

Apprenticeship and remote working: Studying for the recovery in school The internship experiences set up by the VET centers in Italy are working. Students working on new hospital facilities or trying to “fix” tablets and laptops: these are some of the stories collected by the ENGIM foundation in Italy. The students of the VET centers are

1st WinOnLine survey WinOnLine is an Erasmus+ project which focuses on women e-entrepreneurship. Women constitute 52% of the total European population, but only 34,4% of them are self-employed and only 30% of start-up entrepreneurs are women. The problem is much bigger for women over 40 years old. The purpose The purpose of WinOnLine project is

Free access to InCyS Industrial Cyber Security Training Course In the modern automated industrial landscape of digitally connected control systems new risks abound which industrial employers are becoming aware of. There is a real threat to companies’ production security, safety and capacity, as well as data privacy, when companies connect to operational technology networks. The

The CEL4ITM project partners explore a new way to learn about tourism management The CEL4ITM project partners are exploring a new way to learn about tourism management, and would love to hear your opinion! The aim is to reach out to a small (and select) group of students and professionals/experts to be the very first

‘Learning to disagree’ trainings and teachers’ guide by EuroClio Don’t miss the Learning to Disagree National Trainings! Set to take place between March and October 2020 in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, the National Trainings will provide a deep dive into teaching strategies designed to

Webinar “Business in the Time of Corona and What after?” organised by IUS Life Lifelong Learning Center IUS Life Lifelong Learning Center (IUS Life) organised a free of charge webinar with virtual presence of participants from Zagreb, Zadar, Banja Luka, Labin, and other cities in the region. The webinar “Business in the Time of Corona and What

How to facilitate VET teaching staff’s lifelong learning needs The profession of vocational education is in continuous transformation as we begin to understand what is required to equip teaching staff with skills fit for the 21st Century. The skill set and role of VET teachers is being outpaced by developments of working life across industry.

KPEDU adapts to different situation, and thoughts are in the future Despite the COVID-19 limitations, Kpedu rethought and reshaped its activities. This spring has been very different time for the VET provider, which is very active also in international actions. Of course, the COVID-19 has had a quite large impact on daily work, and the

From a rookie to an expert – the first 8 months of the KA2 project After the kick off meeting held in Bilbao in November and the realisation of the first Intellectual Output, the six partners continued their work on the international paths for VET staff. Moving from the results of the questionnaire that involved

Eurosuccess Consulting: Supporting Organic and Biodynamic Wine Production in the Modern Era For the past years, the EU wine market has experienced a strong growth in demand and production for organic viticulture. To be considered competitive, it is vital for wine producers and farmers that they acquire the necessary skills and competences that meet current

On Track project: gathering qualitative and quantitative data from VET graduates “On Track” is a project funded by the European Commission which aims to develop a tracking system for VET graduates of initial vocational education and training schools and institutes. The tracking system will gather qualitative and quantitative data from VET graduates, related to further

TKNIKA designs environmental-friendly transparent masks that allow deaf people the lip-reading María José Barriola, Director of the Biosciences and Sustainability Area of TKNIKA, and Arantxa Zamora, Researcher of the Biosciences and Sustainability Area of TKNIKA, have manufactured transparent protective masks to allow deaf persons to lip read, while maintaining the same levels of protection against

IN-EDU – INclusive communities through Media literacy & Critical Thinking EDUcation IN-EDU is a 24 months ERASMUS + KA3 project, started on January 2019 and run by 7 European partners based in IT, BG, FR, HR and SI. FORMA.Azione, EfVET member from Italy, is the Leading organisation. It focuses on developing good practice in media

Arts & Humanities project: Improve the entrepreneurial capacity of A&H Students The Arts & Humanities project aims to develop a tailored Arts and Humanities entrepreneurship model that improves the long-term entrepreneurial prospects for A&H students. The new AHEH portal is the leading knot holding together a wide network of universities and creative hubs from Europe

Internship made Lithuanian students and teachers more versatile Students and teachers of Marijampole VET centre (Lithuania) have developed their professional, intercultural, linguistic and other competences in 4 European countries. Erasmus+ project “International experience for your successful future” was meant for students of 4 specialties. Students worked in international teams, developed their English competences, deepened communication

FPEmpresa is collaborating with the Bankia Foundation to create an online resource website for VET The Association of VET Centers FPEmpresa is collaborating with the Bankia Foundation in the development of a web portal with digital educational resources for Vocational Training teachers. The portal called www.recursosfp.com aims to facilitate access to tools, and comes with

Esprominho’s “Let’s Salvage From Oblivion” project to appreciate European cultural heritage The project “Let’s Salvage From Oblivion” (2018-1-PL01-KA229-051216_1) is the result of a partnership between Poland, Bulgaria, and Portugal. It aims to awaken respect for cultural heritage and appreciate the value of European cultural heritage, develop citizenship and a sense of European identity based on

Free from Addiction, Safe from Abuse Enhancing the Work-based skills of Social Care Practitioners in the field of Intimate Partnership Violence victim support M&M is partner in a project funded by Erasmus+ under the name of “Free from Addiction, Safe from Abuse” (FASA). “FASA” project is a Strategic Partnership supporting innovation in the field of

NEAR IN EUROPE – “Networking: An Experience for Apprenticeship Reinforcement in Europe” M&M is partner in this project funded by Erasmus+ “NEAR IN EUROPE” (NEAR). The project “NEAR IN EUROPE” or “Networking: An Experience for Apprenticeship Reinforcement in Europe” is a K2 partnership project – Exchange of Practices of Education and Vocational Training. The project

Maker Space introduces youngsters to technical VET learning environment The Danish vocational school TEC – Technical Education Copenhagen has teamed up with the Copenhagen Municipality Children’s and Youth Administration, Børne-og Ungdomsforvaltningen, Fagligt Center/BUF X, in a collaborative effort to create a mutual workspace for students at TEC and pupils in their last years of elementary

SUSCOP project meeting in Landstede: cook training with alternative proteins The SUSCOP project (Sustainable cooking for the planet – learning to cook with alternative proteins) organised a very original event where students from all partners countries prepared dishes in international teams. The one-week event took place in Landstede Harderwijk, The Netherlands, from the 14th to

Esprominho’s GamifIEd project: a database of digital games for more interesting classes Esprominho has been an active partner in the framework of the Erasmus+ Project nº 2019-1-BE02-KA229-060216_2 Gamification in Interdisciplinary Education – GamifIEd, whose objectives are to create a vast database of digital games, didactic approaches, presentations that will make classes more interesting, attractive and

KA2 and KA3 project Dissemination Day on Twitter organised by Tknika On April 3rd 2020 Tknika organised an Erasmus+ KA2 and KA3 dissemination event online. It is the fifth consecutive year in which Tknika organises this kind of dissemination event with the Basque VET centres. This year the event was planned for the 3rd of

The Excellent Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 project coordinated by Tknika The Excellent Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 Project, EXAM 4.0 by its acronym, is one of the five pilot Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) approved for funding in 2019, under the pilot initiative launched by the European Commission in 2018. The project, coordinated by Tknika, will be running

#PROGETTIINQUARANTENA – Communicating European projects during COVID-19 Materahub has activated smart working to responsibly meet the needs arising from the health emergency caused by Covid-19. Locked up in our homes we have changed the way we work, to interact with partners and also to communicate our projects. For us, used to spend whole weeks around

INSIGNARE’s VET schools took part in several Schools Exchange Partnerships INSIGNARE is a Portuguese non-profit association that owns two VET secondary schools, which are partners in several School Exchanges Partnerships, supported by the Erasmus+ program. With these partnerships, Insignare aims to allow their students to become better European citizens, while developing their language skills and

Esprominho started a new challenging project called “The Power of Wisdom” In the framework of the Erasmus+ program, Esprominho between has accepted to be a partner in another challenging project which will enable all the schools involved to create opportunities for active learning and to think, in the widest sense, about new methods, strategies and

The network of Basque TVET centres’ solidarity response to COVID-19 COVID-19 is a global pandemic that has been spreading fast and changing the way we relate to work, family and friends. With the aim of mitigating the growth of the infection, most of the governments have imposed severe isolation measures to industries and citizens. In

The network of Basque TVET centres’ solidarity response to COVID-19 COVID-19 is a global pandemic that has been spreading fast and changing the way we relate to work, family and friends. With the aim of mitigating the growth of the infection, most of the governments have imposed severe isolation measures to industries and citizens. In

Reattiva in the framework of the ERASMUS+ KA2 VET project “YOUnique4EU” In the pandemic time of COVID-19, partner organisations of the ERASMUS+ KA2 for VET project “YOUnique4EU” (2019-1-DE02-KA202-006119) are continuing to successfully cooperate and carry out activities on a distance basis, by organising online conferences via Zoom. Since soft skills, such as empathy, creativity and

Stand by Me: Eurosuccess Consulting supporting and educating professionals within the care-leaving system Eurosuccess Consulting participates in the European project “Social-Ecological approaches for care-leavers inclusion through participatory policymaking” – Stand by Me, a JUSTICE project co-funded by the EU with the aim to shape enabling pathways for children ageing out of the alternative care. Among

SCF-INN project: distance learning comes close The issue of new technologies applied to training is extremely topical today. Due to the Covid-19 emergency, teaching activities in Italy have been suspended for several weeks now (in some regions since the end of February) and teaching can only be carried out by distance learning, in the methods

Project BEECOME: the conservation of bees, the protection of humanity In the last years, environmental issues have increasingly attracted our attention, especially among young people. One of the most important topics, even if sometimes underestimated, is the necessity of protecting bees. These hard-working insects are, in fact, essential to our survival because of the central

Insignare’s RISE project designs guidelines for setting up a social enterprise RISE – Realising Integration through Social Enterprise, a KA 2 Partnership supported by Erasmus +, has finished designing a set of guidelines of setting up a social enterprise. This document can be used throughout Europe by a person that wishes to create a company

The Final Round of the #GenerationFP event organised by our member FPempresa Málaga Last December, the #FinalRound of the #GenerationFP project took place in the Peace Palace of Fuengirola. The event was attended by more than 250 people, who could enjoy the 6 finalist projects that our 26 brave F P – PROS presented to

The Final Round of the #GenerationFP event organised by our member FPempresa Málaga. Last December, the #FinalRound of the #GenerationFP project took place in the Peace Palace of Fuengirola. The event was attended by more than 250 people, who could enjoy the 6 finalist projects that our 26 brave F P – PROS presented to

The P4CA kick-off meeting for our member Materahub. On 26 and 27 November 2019, P4CA (Partnership for Creative Apprenticeships) was officially launched in London. P4CA is a Strategic Partnership project funded by the European Community through the Erasmus+ KA2 programme. All the project partners from 6 European countries attended the kick-off meeting: RDA SP (Slovakia),

“Hospital  Gastronomy” awarded from the Ministry of Education in Portugal and the Foundation Ilídio Pinho “Hospital  Gastronomy” awarded from the Ministry of Education in Portugal and the Foundation Ilídio Pinho Hospitality Vocational School of Fátima, a VET school in Portugal and member of EfVET, received a prize award for the project “Hospital – Gastronomy”, which

“Hospital  Gastronomy” awarded from the Ministry of Education in Portugal and the Foundation Ilídio Pinho. “Hospital  Gastronomy” awarded from the Ministry of Education in Portugal and the Foundation Ilídio Pinho Hospitality Vocational School of Fátima, a VET school in Portugal and member of EfVET, received a prize award for the project “Hospital – Gastronomy”, which

IUS Lifelong Learning Center organised a CNC training in Sarajevo. On Tuesday, January 22nd, 2020 a group of enthusiastic learners completed CNC training organised by our member IUS Lifelong Learning Center from Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was another in a series of trainings that IUS Life organises every two months. The training was carried out

Ensuring Apprenticeship Effectiveness and Quality Governance with the R.APP project. Apprenticeship is a priority all over EU Member states: R.APP project (European Roadmap for Apprenticeship Effectiveness and Quality Governance) from our member Reattiva (Italy), together with other partners are from 5 EU Countries and, apart from DE where apprenticeship in Dual System is a strong

The Green Guest project awarded Good Practice by the national Erasmus+ agency of France. Green Guest, led by the GIP-FCIP de Normandie, and of which our member Kuressaare Ametikool from Estonia is a partner, is an Erasmus + project of the hotel industry which strives to connect, by a global approach, environmental, professional and training

DESSA project: Development of Soft Skills through Apprenticeships for VET students. The DESSA project by our member Kaunas construction and services training center aims to develop an apprenticeship scheme for the acquisition of soft skills by students in upper secondary and higher vocational education and training. The specific objectives of the project are: -To organise focus

SIMPLY INCLUDED kick-off meeting in Sweden: empowering migrants in their work paths. Our member organisation Hetel from Spain just started the SIMPLY INCLUDED project under Erasmus+ KA2 program which aims to reach out migrant students or graduates in VET to share their stories in the path to education and the labour work in order to

EfVET Member IUS Lifelong Learning Center hosted free of charge workshop on digital marketing at the International University of Sarajevo (IUS). The event gathered young people between the ages of 18 and 28 from different cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. IUS Lifelong Learning Center (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Summing up a very successful year that was full

EfVET Member, MateraHub participates in the Erasmus+ project FemTalks Forum under which the organised a face to face training for trainers in Matera (Italy). MateraHub (Italy) FemTalks Forum aims to combine different training methodologies into a single highly blended learning programme for the development of female migrants. Enabling women to acquire new skills, strengthen their self-confidence and self-efficacy

The teacher Juan Jose Gallego Martinez (IES Emilio Canalejo, Montilla, Spain) teaches Higher Technician in Viticulture. In this editorial explains his experience as a teacher in this sector. IES Emilio Canalejo (FP Empresa), Spain Each region, each sector, each company, has its peculiarities, to be able to participate in the idiosyncrasies of each one is

The High school Virgen de las Nieves (FP Empresa/Granada, Spain) is promoting an “equality plan” for the course 2019-2020. This plan promotes and develops “Learning Based on Interdepartmental Vocational Training Projects” with a focus on the “School, Peace Place Program.” This includes didactic activities and the promotion of civic values. Even more,  the programme is

Prague’s City Hall started an initiative to provide public schools that are directly funded by the City with guidance in internationalization, networking, project applications’ compilation and composition and also about funding options. On 16 January, EfVET Member EPPAs was invited to introduce the work of EfVET network for VET schools directors. EPPAS (Czech Republic) Organisers

EfVET Member State Vocational Education Institute -ŠIOV (Slovakia) is participating at the “WellTo – Present Stakeholders for Future Wellness Tourism Skills’ Development” Erasmus+ funded project. State Vocational Education Institute (Slovakia) The project aims at designing a joint Administrator of Wellness Centre Qualification (EQF level 4) focused on tourism and wellness tourism have a potential to

On January 16 at CFP Artigianelli (Fermo), the launch press conference of the KA1 Vet Mobility Charter project “SPORTELLO EUROPA 4”  held, at the start of the first mobility flow involving 10 students who will carry out an internship professional experience abroad, in Spain. The Prefect of Fermo, Dr Vincenza Filippi, visited the Training Center

The Erasmus+ KA3 project Smart Development of HVET for Highly Skilled and Mobile Workforce (597862-EPP-1-2018-1-HR-EPPKA3-VET-JQ) has officially started on the 1st of October 2018. The lead partner is EfVET Member Craft College – Institution for Adult Education (Zagreb, Croatia) and the project gathers different VET and HVET providers, research institutions, national agencies and representatives of

The European Commission selects the SAAM project (Supporting Alliance for African Mobility) for the Pilot Vocational Education and Training Mobility (VET) funding. The project is led by the Spanish VET training centre Centro San Viator (Bizkaia) and coordinated by the Spanish Organization for international mobility, Asociación Mundus, both members of EfVET. Additionally, the partnership includes

“Gig.” You’ve probably heard it mentioned in different contexts. Gigging was originally musicians’ slang for a performance. Nowadays, it has come to mean so much more. A gig economy nowadays represents an environment in which temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. Friesland College (Netherlands) In October 2019, organisations

On 29 November, the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET) and the European Vocational Education and Training Association (EVTA) co-organised the event VET ON THE MOON: Excellence, Inclusion and Internationalisation of VET” at the 29th edition of JOB&Orienta, Verona Exhibition Centre (Italy). The event aimed to discuss three key issues for the

On 29 November, the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET) and the European Vocational Education and Training Association (EVTA) co-organised the event VET ON THE MOON: Excellence, Inclusion and Internationalisation of VET” at the 29th edition of JOB&Orienta, Verona Exhibition Centre (Italy). The event aimed to discuss three key issues for the

From 20th to 22nd of November the partners of the REX VET project met in Bilbao to launch the project activities. “From a rookie to an expert – international paths for VET staff (REX VET)” is a strategic partnership project funded by the Erasmus+ programme with the final aim of motivating more VET teachers and

Entrepreneurship as a mindset and as part of the learners’ curricula is clearly recognized as one of the crucial issues for VET. ETF has promoted collaboration between Cometa Formazione, VET school operating in Como based on the School-Enterprise approach, and the Center for the Development of Youth Entrepreneurship (CDYE) of Faculty of Economics of Belarusian

From 20th to 21st November 2019 an important celebration for European mobility took place in Zaragoza. Asociacion Mundus event Bet4Vet hosted their European partners and local companies. It aimed to bring together companies from our city with European agents working in the field of VET Studies who every year bring students to Zaragoza in order

The PEAL project was born in Spring 2016. It came from an idea, that Tradium Business Department (EfVET Member) as a school needed to get up to speed concerning e-commerce. We realized, that the webshops around the country needed skilled employees, who understood all the differences between physical shops and webshops. Tradium (Denmark) The PEAL project

The Erasmus + funded project “RISE – Realising Integration through Social Enterprise” had its fourth transnational meeting in Ireland. The RISE intends to work on the integration of socio-economically disadvantaged adults and young people into the labour market. It is mainly concerned with the education and training processes leading to the set-up of a social

The INCOBOTICS project has been launched!. The INCOBOTICS: Ready for Industry 5.0 project (2019-2021) unites four EU partners from France, Italy, Greece and Spain in the development of innovative didactic materials in cobotics. The integration of cobots (collaborative robots) into the industrial and business sectors of the EU which will work side by side with

The outputs of the ROI project are ready to be used!  ROI project promotes open and innovative practices in a digital era which will enable the SMEs managers to raise their awareness about the costs and benefits of WBL and Apprenticeship thanks to the calculation of their ROI, Return on Investment and a Good Practice

The INTENT project is an Erasmus+ funded project coordinated by the Department of Vocational Education of the German region North-Westphalia where HETEL participates as a partner. HETEL (Spain) The project tries to build a comprehensive approach to vocational education, promoting interdisciplinary cooperation among VET programmes in line with organizational models 4.0, where supply chains follow

The goal of the Suscop project is to raise awareness about the impact of our eating habits on the environment and to train future cooks to work with alternative proteins. Therefore a teaching & training module is developed. Getting a better understanding of the reasons why eating habits should change and giving students tools to

WorkSafe project “An online manual that aims to improve work safety for learners and apprentices within metalwork and construction during work-based learning” Axxel (Finland) WorkSafe (2017-1-FI01-KA202-034710) is an Erasmus+ KA2 project co-funded by the European Commission through the Finnish National Agency for Education. The project brought together six partners representing 6 European countries. The partners

Two years ago, Esprominho was hosting the first Transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ project bEUnique – Different backgrounds – same opportunities in today’s Europe (2017-1-RO01-KA219-037240_7) coordinated by the Romanian institution Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, Sfantu Gheorghe, today this project is coming to the end. Esprominho (Portugal) This project has enabled more than 80 students and

On Track is a new Erasmus+ funded project which aims to develop a tracking system for graduates of VET.  The tracking tool will enable VET providers to monitor their students’ career and further education and gather data to improve their training programmes and services. EfVET Member Intercollege Nicosia participates in this partnership. Intercollege Nicosia (Cyprus)

Education to young entrepreneurship is an important issue all over Europe and also all around the world, there are many projects already started but few of them focus on helping and orienting young people business ideas towards the society needs. Hence EfVET Member Matera Hub is participating at the Ent.E.R.Com Erasmus +project. Matera Hub (Italy)

The first round of the Pacetraining SN course has been completed in Italy, Spain, Latvia, Germany and Finland. While waiting to meet all EfVET members in Ponta Delgada and to describe to you all the results of the Pacetraining model, here is a brief overview of the project impact on all participating trainers and students.

EfVET Member ESMOVIA is closing two Erasmus+ projects which are bringing educational resources: The European Gateway and Quality Qualification for VET. ESMOVIA (Spain) The European Gateway ESMOVIA is glad to announce that after 3 years of teamwork with 7 partners from 6 countries the website of The European Gateway project is fully functional and all

On 23 September, the Slovak State Vocational Education Institute (EfVET Member) opened the European Vocational Skills Week 2019 with the conference “The future of vocational education and training for the labour market.  Slovak State Vocational Education Institute (Slovakia) The Slovak State Vocational Education Institute opened the European Vocational Skills Week 2019 with the conference “The

The RUECVET: Piloting ECVET in the national education system of Russia and Uzbekistan, Erasmus + CBHE funded project comes to the end after three years. The main objective of RUECVET was to develop a network of national and transnational key Higher Education and Vocational Education institutions for facilitating and supporting the implementation of ECVET in Russia

“I just wish I’d had a job coach when I started my work experience.” ROC Midden Nederland (The Netherlands) I recently met with six of the 15 newly certificated Junior Job Coaches at Cambridge Regional College in the UK. Actually I only wanted to interview two of them but six of them were so keen

The Innovative project IMPACT has just finished its first year: a year of international experiences for the students of Alba Accademia Alberghiera and the Faculté des Métiers école hôtelière of Cannes. Forty students from Alba and Cannes were involved in the IMPACT project coordinated by APRO Formazione in 2018-2019, the didactic, culinary and cultural twinning

INSIGNARE’s VET Schools were present during the second week of June in two meetings that completed an equal number of projects: “Youngsters Nowadays. Where From, Where To” and “Developing Tolerance and Mutual Understanding in Europe “, both supported by the Erasmus + program. INSIGNARE (Portugal) The first took place in Assopia, Greece, with partners from

The entrepreneurship scene in Europe is subject to dynamic changes resulting from societal developments, advances in the field of ICT technologies, and how they have influenced our ways of communicating and doing business. For entrepreneurs, this means they must constantly expand their skills and knowledge portfolio. The EntreCom4ALL project comes to existence precisely with this

EfVET Member, HETEL FP/ Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri is currently leading a KA 2 project for innovation called Industrial Cyber Security 4.0 (InCyS 4.0). HETEL FP/ Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri (Spain) The introduction of information technologies (IT) and digital supply networks (DSNs) into automated systems means that data is now shared among a large number of applications,

MaterHub, EfVET Member, is involved on the Kaleidoscope Erasmus + project which aims to support female migrants entrepreneurs with Vocational Education training focused on improving their entrepreneurial soft skills. MaterHub (Italy) Migrants, especially migrant women, experience higher unemployment and under-employed rates in EU countries than their native citizens (OECD 2013). Within this scenario, bolstering business

In the framework of the English For Hospitality (EN4HOSTS) project, the sixth and last blended mobility in Suceava was attended by representatives of schools from Romania, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Greece and Portugal. EsproMinho – Escola Profissional do Minho (Portugal) The objectives of this mobility were the following: Stimulating the practice of learning English, organizing activities

The first round of the Pacetraining SN course has been completed in Italy, Spain, Latvia, Germany and Finland. AFP Colline Astigiane (Italy) While waiting to meet all EfVET members in Ponta Delgada and to describe to you all the results of the Pacetraining model, here is a brief overview of the project impact on all

A European Regional Development Fund is financing an initiative which aims to transform Riihimäki as the “Capital of Robotics”, in which EfVET Member Hyria Education Oy is taking part. Hyria Education Oy (Finland) The initiative counts with three working packages: robotics in the manufacturing industry robotics in well-being and services business incubator, robotics events, communications

Foyle International, an educational organisation in Northern Ireland which focusses on organising and managing Erasmus+ work experience internships in the UK, is delighted to announce that it has been granted a government-backed Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Award with the Business Development Centre based in the North West Regional College. The total project value

The project “Open IT Up: Boosting Adult Educator Competences to Upskill Pathways of Adult Learners” coordinated by EfVET Member, DomSpain (Reus, Spain) wins the EAEA Grundtvig Award 2019 – European category. DomSpain (Spain) The project received the award because it targets adult learners and educators and provides learning and working materials for both of them.

On the 4th July HETEL FP (EfVET Member) was awarded the “Orden Civil Alfonso X el Sabio” by the Spanish Minister of Education and Vocational Education and Training. HETEL FP (Spain) The recognition was given by Ms Isabel Celaá, Spanish Minister of Education and Vocational Education and Training, who  stressed that “the education is the

On the 14th of June 2019 ESMOVIA, EfVET member will organise the Quality Qualification for VET – QQVET Erasmus+ project conference in Valencia. ESMOVIA (Spain) The Quality Qualification for VET – QQVET is an Erasmus+ project that aims to promote Worked Based Learning among VET providers and stakeholders in order to provide students with a

INSIGNARE sends 50 VET students for two months internships in several cities in Europe, in an Erasmus + KA 1 “M2iE – My Mobility in Europe”. INSIGNARE (Portugal) During June and July, 48 students of INSIGNARE’s Ourém Vocational School and Fátima Hospitality School will stay on their own in several cities throughout Europe, during their

In cooperation with the EfVET Thematic Team on School-Enterprise, on May 16th, Cometa UNEVOC Centre hosted Thulani Xhali, CEO at Stenden Hotel. COMETA Formazione (Italy) Stenden Hotel is one of the best practices in Europe in terms of School-Enterprise approach: it is a company including not only a hotel but also a restaurant, cafeteria, catering

PREMIER Peer Review – More Impact, Excellent Results Luovi Vocational College (Finland) A year ago we announced the launch of an exciting new project on quality and internationalization. The Premier team, including EfVET Members: Luovi Vocational College (Finland) with ten partners from seven countries have worked hard and hands-on defining and piloting criteria and indicators

Work-based learning and apprenticeship: can be a win-win situation for learners and SMEs as ROI partnership is showing. HETEL / Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri (Spain) Many SMEs realize the need of investing in young talent and have started to recognize the benefits. However, attracting new talent has its challenges and realizing what support is out there to

EfVET Member Materahub starts a new Erasmus+ project “Learn2Create – promoting work-based learning in the creative and cultural sector” which aims to design, test and validate a new work-based learning (WBL) programme in Europe’s Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs). It recognises that the modern, creative work-place is a powerful learning environment, with the potential to

As every year, EfVET Member Asociacion Mundus has organised the VET Erasmus+ gather “CAN Europe” before the students leave for their Erasmus+ internships this summer in different European countries. Asociacion Mundus (Spain) More than 300 students and 20 VET staff members, as well as a team of trainers and logistics, made possible a very fruitful weekend

Entrepreneurship is a concept integrated into the curriculum of VET programmes in most of the European countries. HETEL (Spain) In the case of the Basque Country, entrepreneurship is one of the common subjects to any vocational programme, disregarding the profession. However, is usually focused from the perspective of business creation and management and it is

The Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Pitesti (Romania) implements in the period 2017 and  2019 three ERASMUS+ Projects on improving staff training, leadership skills among teachers of secondary schools and entrepreneurial culture in primary and secondary schools across Europe. University of Pitesti (Romania) “Train the provider” is focusing on improving staff

Esprominho took part in the third learning activity of the Erasmus+KA2 project “bEUnique – Different Backgrounds – Same Opportunities in today’s Europe” which took place in KALAMARIAS, Thessaloniki, Greece. Esprominho (Portugal) This project aims at debating and erasing discrimination in schools, particularly among young people belonging to minorities in each partner country (Bulgaria, Romania, Italy,

Last May 16thin Milan, the Italian Association of HVET (EQF5) providers (Rete ITS Italia) had its Annual Conference, chaired by Alessandro Mele, President and CEO of Cometa Network – EfVET Member-, and Melania Rizzoli, Lombardy Regional Secretary for VET and Labour. COMETA Formazione (Italy) Level 5, for the past 10 years, has been showing excellent results

On the 28th of May 2019, the Italian members of EfVET met to discuss cooperation, advocacy priorities and actions to be jointly promoted at national level at the premises of the EfVET member ENAIP Veneto (Padova, Italy). The meeting was chaired by Stefano Tirati, Vice President of EfVET and national representative of Italy and counted

The pillars of the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action are fully fulfilled by the aims and objectives of “BRANDING Mentoring – the Brand building of EU Enterprises through Mentoring” project that Eurosuccess Consulting participates. BRANDING MENTORING is an Erasmus+ project co-funded by the EU that started in November 2018 and will last until October 2020. Eurosuccess Consulting

22 students of Marijampole VET centre (Lithuania) students gained European experience in  Italy, Malta and Portugal thanks to Erasmus + program project “European Experience for a Successful Professional Future”. Marijampole (Lithuania) The future specialists of road construction and maintenance learned how Maltese roads are being handled, repaired, the future chefs specialized in seafood, builders (decorators)

A New Concept of Leadership Training that considers the diversity of culture and generations as an asset. “Diversity, or the state of being different, isn’t the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.” — Bill Crawford, Psychologist M&M

Portuguese INSIGNARE’s VET Schools took part in several Erasmus + KA 2 partnerships INSIGNARE (Portugal) Fátima Hospitality Vocational School (EHF), owned by INSIGNARE, a Portuguese private non-profit association, has recently hosted one international meeting and participated in another one. The first one occurred at the beginning of February, in Fátima, Portugal, with 30 participants coming

Ten students from the Dutch VET school Friesland College will show their work during the Craft Exhibition in the Craft Centre of the Valencian Community in Spain. In early April it is all about the European Days of Crafts. In this context, several activities will be organised, amongst which the Craft your Future student exposition

Over the last decades, there have been numerous major social changes (digitalisation, automation, robotisation, globalisation) that affect both people’s private lives and the needs of the labour market. However, not everyone is following such a rapid pace, thus becoming excluded from lifelong learning and new opportunities. At the same time, adult educators and relevant professionals