Piloting ECVET in the national education system of Russia and Uzbekistan
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 […]
A job junior coach for real
“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 […]
Student Work in Real Life? Yes!
The SWIRL (Student Work in Real Life) 5th transnational meeting took place in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) on 3rd and 4th of September 2019. The SWIRL Erasmus+ project focuses on promoting cooperation between companies and vocational schools and enabling students to enter the life of work. The partnership is working right now in the development of […]
DC4WORK: Digital Competences Promoter
On 9 September, the final meeting of the Erasmus+ project DC4WORK took place a the EfVET premises in Brussels. The European Union more than ever is looking into the digital skills that the workforce needs to match with the companies needs. Hence, the Future of Europe is more digital than ever. The DC4Work project had […]
EfVET welcomes Maria João Proença as new EfVET staff member
EfVET welcomes Maria João Proença as new Head of Office and Programme Manager at the EfVET Brussels Office. Maria João Proença, with close to 20 years of international experience designing, developing and executing projects across Europe and Africa, had the opportunity to combine technical and managerial skills and competencies in areas such as gender equality, […]
A year of of international experiences just finished for VET students
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 close two partnerships
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 […]
A free online platform to assess and develop your entrepreneurial skills
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 […]
Cyber Security 4.0 for operational Technicians
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, […]
Supporting female migrants entrepreneurs
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 […]