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Join the Social Hackathon Umbria 2025 – 3/6 July in Spello (Italy)

#SHU2025 (www.socialhackathonumbria.info) envisages a four-day Hackathon, Workshops, Exhibitions and Laboratories, from 3 to 6 July 2025 in the splendid setting of the “flowery” village of Spello, a perfect synthesis of good living typical of the Umbria Region. More than 300 participants from all over the world will share their views on three thematic areas related […]

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Empowering Educators: Join the 2025 Staff Training Programme in Fuerteventura

Mundus Group is proud to announce its 2025 Staff Training Programme in the beautiful island of Fuerteventura, Spain. Aimed at empowering teachers from across Europe, this initiative offers dynamic, experience-based courses designed to inspire, support and develop modern education professionals. Participants will not only benefit from expert-led training, but also experience the rich culture and

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Slovenian HVET: Building Skills for Tomorrow’s Challenges

European education landscape is evolving, shaped by rapid technological change, societal shifts, and the green and digital transitions. These changes challenge the resilience and adaptability of Higher Vocational Education and Training (HVET) all the time. Answer lies in deeper cooperation, active networking, and integration into European initiatives. Slovenia is embracing this ongoing transformation by expanding

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CyberFort Project – 1st Transnational meeting in Istanbul!

Collaborating for a Safer Digital Tomorrow 🌐 We’re excited to share that the first transnational meeting of the CyberFort project took place in the vibrant city of Istanbul on April 9-10, 2025, hosted by our esteemed partner, the Governorship of Istanbul (GOI). 🤝  This meeting marked a powerful beginning for our mission: strengthening cybersecurity awareness

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Benvenuti a Sarajevo!

Learners from Rome in Sarajevo We’re thrilled to welcome a group of VET students from Forma Camera, school from Rome, (Italy) to Sarajevo! Over the next month, these bright students specializing in tourism, administration, marketing, and international relations will be gaining valuable hands-on experience through internships in local companies.This exciting mobility is hosted by the

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Job Shadowing at IUS

Italian Teachers on a Journey of Learning, Connection, and Cultural Exchange   As part of the Erasmus+ Exchange Program, the IUS Lifelong Learning Center – IUS Life successfully hosted a Job Shadowing Program from April 7–10, 2025, at the International University of Sarajevo (IUS). The program welcomed a group of dedicated VET school teachers and

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Breaking Barriers: Empowering Language Learning Through Inclusive Digital Tools

Foreign language education is a powerful gateway to global citizenship, cultural understanding, and lifelong opportunity. Yet for children with learning difficulties, this gateway can often appear closed or difficult to navigate. The FOCUS project (Foreign Language Opportunities for Children with Unique Skills), co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme, was developed to unlock this potential by providing

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Record Attendance at the 11th VET Congress by FPEmpresa in Cartagena

The Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional, FPEmpresa, and CaixaBank Dualiza, in collaboration with the Región de Murcia and the City Council of Cartagena and with the participation of the Fundación Orange, brought together more than 1,300 teachers and education professionals at the 11th VET Congress “Sharing Experiences: The Implementation of the New VET Law.”

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Enhancing EU Awareness in Vocational Education: New Resources from EU Class Alliance project

Jean Monnet project partners Centro San Viator (Spain), AKMI (Greece), Luovi Vocational College (Finland), Kuressaare Ametikool (Estonia), University of Trento (Italy), Firda (Norway) and Eurocultura (Italy) and ENAC Ente Nazionale Canossiano (Italy) as coordinator, are currently implementing the project’s initial phases. The project has recently released its first significant outputs, marking an important milestone in

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TourXpeRience: VET Innovation for a Sustainable Future in Tourism

Tourism, innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship are the pillars of TourXperience (nr. 101193962), a project co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ programme in the framework of the Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs). Officially launched on 1 February 2025 and coordinated by CEIPES ETS, the project involves 21 partners from 9 countries and aims to

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Empowering Tourism SMEs – PHOENIX 4.0

PHOENIX 4.0 delivers tangible benefits to tourism stakeholders by training and supporting at least 120 SMEs across Europe, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and supporting 45 collaborative projects addressing challenges like circular tourism services, the green transition, data-driven tourism, digital innovation, and accessibility. It will also create the Tourism SMEs Resilience Navigator, which will provide sustainability and

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SMACITE Project Empowers Smart Communities through 11 National and European Workshops

Patras, April 9th, 2025 – The European project SMACITE (Boosting the technical and non-technical skills and competences of Smart Cities technicians and engineers), co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, has successfully completed a series of 11 workshops across Europe to promote smart skills development and the adoption of emerging technologies in smart

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VET-POWER Capacity Building project with african partners

From January 2025, a new Capacity Building project called VET-POWER kick started its activities. This project builds upon four years of successful cooperation within the unprecedented SAAM (Supporting Alliance for African Mobility) Pilot mobility scheme project. It aims to further strengthen the achievements of SAAM, involving diverse spectrum of stakeholders active in the field of

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VET in Europe – Key Findings from the Survey of VET2Sustain project

What is the state of vocational education and training in Europe? That’s what VET2Sustain project partners asked in a survey of 160 education professionals in 18 European countries conducted between May and August 2024. VET2Sustain project conducted a comprehensive research and analysis regarding the status of VET in Europe. The research tells about the challenges,

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Registration open for the 4th edition of the Premios Transferencia de Conocimiento de la FP by FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group

After three editions, over 1,000 participants, 135 projects, and €36,000 awarded, the Premios Transferencia de Conocimiento de la FP are back for their fourth edition, organized by the Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa and Grupo Esprinet. The submission period opens from February 12, 2025, until February 27 of the same year. The aim

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CaixaBank Dualiza, Empieza por Educar, and FPEmpresa launch ‘La Básica’, a platform for Vocational Education and Training (VET) teachers

CaixaBank Dualiza, Empieza por Educar, and the Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa have launched ‘La Básica’, a web platform dedicated to promoting collaboration among teachers of Basic Vocational Education and Training (VET). This platform was created with the purpose of establishing a reference network for Basic VET educators in Spain, providing them with

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Implementing CAF at the State Vocational Education Institute

Driving Quality in VET The State Vocational Education Institute (ŠIOV) in Slovakia is taking a major step towards quality improvement by implementing the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) as an internal quality assurance system. This initiative is part of the national project Introduction of Quality Management in VET and Adult Education, funded by ESF+, through which

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Three Years of Transforming hybrid education approaches in Vocational Education and Training

Project Overview: The hVET Project   Over the past three years, the heart of the hVET project lied in a collaborative and innovative educational approach designed to transform vocational education and training (VET) through a hybrid teaching model. This model, which blends physical and virtual learning, aims to prepare VET institutions for post-pandemic education by

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First results from VR4VET pilot activities

VR4VET is an Erasmus+ KA2 project, coordinated by Gradia College (FI), aimed to develop competences in customer service of VET students in 5 branches: hospitality, consultancy, hairdressing and beauty and retail. For this purpose, we have developed a virtual reality environment where students can face different situations very common on these sectors, receiving feedback on

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SMACITE: Training for Smart Cities Transformation

  Enhancing skills for smart city tech   In an increasingly digitised and sustainable world, Smart Cities require highly skilled professionals. From the SMACITE consortium, we have developed this European project with the aimof closing the skills gap in this sector by providing innovative training to students, technical and engineering staff through a combination of digital

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The Food Includes Project: Using Food to Foster Inclusion in Adult Education

The Food Includes Erasmus+ project uses food to promote inclusion in adult education. Led by Johannes Gutenberg University (2023–2026), it tackles cultural, psychological, gender, and socioeconomic barriers through food-based learning. Engaging migrants, people with disabilities, and diverse communities, it equips educators with innovative methods. Events like the San Sebastián Food Festival and demonstrate the role

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Defining microcrednetials in Western Balkans

In recent years, shorter learning experiences and more flexible, learner-cantered approaches to training have been gaining increasing attention, despite their already existing presence. While the term “microcredentials” may sound new, the concept is rooted in long-standing practices. Microcredentials encompass smaller units of learning compared to traditional qualifications, enabling participants to complete their training within a

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Supporting neurodiverse workplaces: the NEW Community of Practice

    A collaborative effort to foster professional environments where everyone can thrive   Raising awareness on neurodiversity in the workplace and on how promoting it boosts productivity and the establishment of a landscape in which each talent is free to develop, is a challenge that needs the expertise of different figures. In fact, a

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A New Perspective to Skies – European Aviation Schools Network Gathering

The First Ever European Aviation Schools Networking Event Sets the Stage for Collaboration In a groundbreaking initiative, our institutions proudly carried out the first-ever European Aviation Schools Networking Event in Antalya, Türkiye, where 11 prestigious institutions from 7 different countries came together under one roof. This monumental event paved the way for future collaborations, In

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State Vocational Education Institute Joins the Pact for Skills

In January 2025, the State Vocational Education Institute became a part of the Pact for Skills, which aims to mobilize joint efforts to support the upskilling and reskilling of people of working age. This initiative brings together key partners from various sectors – from educational institutions and employer organizations to governmental and non-governmental organizations. The

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Empowering Schools for Inclusive Internationalisation

  Uniser Teacher Week (UTW) is back for its 2025 edition, bringing together over 100 educators and professionals from across Europe and beyond, for a transformative 3-day training course. From May 7-9, participants will gather in Bologna, Italy, to deepen their understanding of inclusion and internationalisation, build Erasmus+ projects, and forge meaningful partnerships. “The motto

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Caixabank Dualiza and FPEmpresa Dualiza-Orienta Call registrations are open for educational centers projets that want to raise awareness about Vocational Education

CaixaBank Dualiza and the Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa have opened the registration period for the Active Guidance Call, which has been renamed the Dualiza-Orienta Call. This initiative aims to support active guidance projects from educational centers towards Vocational Education and Training (VET). The call is directed at strengthening support for guidance actions

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FPEmpresa hosts the ENNEPlus project at IES Clara del Rey for the Eco-Digithon 2025

The Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa, held follow-up sessions for the ENNEPlus project – Enhancing VET National Networks Through Ecoinnovation on January 15 and 16 which this year, 2025, will mark the first edition of the Eco-Digithon in Extremadura. The event took place at IES Clara del Rey (Madrid), a partner center of

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GenAISA Project: Shaping the Future of Generative AI Skills

A Generative AI Skills Academy Generative AI is changing the way we work and interact with technology, opening up new opportunities across industries. The GenAISA project, running from 2024 to 2027, is here to help people prepare for these changes. By creating specialized programs for both Higher Education (HE) and Vocational Education and Training (VET),

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EU Class Alliance was officially launched with the kick-off meeting on 10th and 11th December 2024 in Verona

This new Jean Monnet project involves an international consortium of six partners from different European educational backgrounds. It includes Centro San Viator (Spain), AKMI (Greece), Luovi Vocational College (Finland), Kuressaare Ametikool (Estonia), University of Trento (Italy), Firda (Norway) and Eurocultura (Italy) and ENAC Ente Nazionale Canossiano (Italy) as coordinator. The collaboration aims to create a

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VRCARE: Virtual Reality for Real-World Care

Modernising Professional Development Through Virtual Innovation Modernising Healthcare through Vocational Education Implemented from September 2024 to July 2027, VRCARE is designed to modernise vocational education and healthcare practices in Europe, specifically aiming towards: Digital Transformation: VRCARE is creating 72 real-life scripts and 12 VR scenarios in collaboration with teachers and caregivers. Labour Market Alignment: The

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GastroErasmus Culinary Competition: A Platform for Europe’s Culinary Excellence

The GastroErasmus Culinary Competition, inaugurated in 2024 in Manavgat, Turkey, is a distinguished platform for showcasing Europe’s culinary talents. With the participation of 17 schools and 120 competitors, the event highlighted not only the creative and technical skills of young chefs but also the importance of cultural exchange and sustainability in vocational education. As preparations

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FPEmpresa Participates in the 9th Annual EAfA Seminar in Albania

The Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa has participated in the 9th Annual Seminar of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) and the European Training Foundation (ETF), in collaboration with the Albanian Ministry of Economy, Culture, and Innovation. —  The event took place on October 17-18 in Tirana, Albania, and was attended by FPEmpresa

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ReDTT – Dementia Tool

Recent studies in dementia care training have highlighted significant gaps in practical, real-world applications, particularly in vocational education settings (Johnson & Smith, 2023). The European Union’s Erasmus+ KA210-VET program addresses this challenge through the RealWorld Dementia Training Tool (ReDTT) project, with a €60,000 grant. This initiative follows Williams et al.’s (2023) recommendations for standardized training

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FPEmpresa Hosts the Second Meeting of the SiT Project in Madrid

The Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa has hosted members of the SiT Project (Sustainability in TCLF) in Madrid on November 13 and 14 of 2024, for the second project meeting. The IES Leonardo Da Vinci, an FPEmpresa-affiliated center, has served as the venue for this European meeting, where attendees observed the work of

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CRES General Meeting in Rome: Celebrating Five Years of Progress and Innovation

  As CRES approaches its fifth anniversary, 30 members gathered in the historic city of Rome, Italy, for the CRES Board and General Meeting. This event marked a milestone in the organization’s journey of fostering collaboration, driving innovation, and shaping a more inclusive future. Over the course of the meeting, participants celebrated past achievements, welcomed

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Overstep Project Bridges Europe and Africa Through Competence-Based Education

Abidjan, Ivory Coast – October 21 – 25, 2024   The Pilot Project OVERSTEP concluded with a memorable event at Hotel Capitole, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, celebrating its achievements and partnerships. Attendees included key stakeholders like Yavo Alain, METFPA representative, Koffi N’Guessan, and Anne-Catherine Claude from the EU Delegation. The ceremony highlighted success stories, panel discussions,

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Enhancing the Peer Review methodology through a Digital and Sustainable approach

November 2024 is proving to be an intense and fruitful month for the Peer Review (PR) methodology, full of opportunities to get involved and learn more about its potential and innovation that it brings to the VET sector. This is happening thanks to the Erasmus+ project Digital Peer Review for green and digital VET, a

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Training and Innovation: Boosting Soft Skills in VET with the STEAM Approach

In a constantly evolving job market, soft skills are more important than ever. Abilities such as critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving not only play a key role in shaping career paths but are also crucial for addressing future challenges. The STEAM Boosting Soft Skills (STEAM Bo.SS) project, funded under the Erasmus+ KA2 programme (2023-1-IT01-KA220-VET-00016399) and

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Applied Research in Vocational Education and Training

Bridging Knowledge and Practice   Applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET) links education, innovation, and industry to address real-world challenges and meet regional economic needs. VET institutions improve employability through updated curriculums, internships, and industry feedback. They also contribute to innovation ecosystems via partnerships and projects, often acting as testbeds for practical solutions.

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IUS Life Activities

Dc-VET WB and Autumn Magic Workshop   🍂The DC-VET WB project is in full swing and continues with interesting activities within WP3 – Fostering social inclusion. 📅12/11/2024 at premises JU SCC Hadzici, section “Learning for Life” organized socializing activities through art and students’ competition.      The students of this school invited the students of

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Promoting Sustainable and Inclusive VET in Europe: Survey Insights from the VET2Sustain Project

Vocational Education and Training is at a pivotal moment in Europe, with a clear need to redefine its public image, strengthen industry partnerships and enhance its visibility. VET is often misunderstood or viewed as a secondary choice compared to traditional academic routes.  — As part of the VET2Sustain project, an online survey gathered insights from

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Public campaign on ‘’Support to Recognition of Professional Qualifications (RPQ)’’ in Kosovo

Recognition of Professional Qualifications in Kosovo   The public campaign promotes and emphasises the European Union’s support to the Government of Kosovo to align the national legislative and regulatory framework on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQ) and institutional set up with the EU Acquis. This campaign will raise public awareness on RPQ and its

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IUS Life activities

CANDI Project’s Final Phase: Last Transnational Meeting in Tirana and Upcoming Multiplier Event by IUS Life   The CANDI project has now entered its final phase, marked by the project team’s last transnational meeting, held in the vibrant city of Tirana and organized by Albanian Skills. During this gathering, the team analyzed the project’s current

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IUS Life project news – DC VET WB

👩‍🏫 WP3 – Fostering Social Inclusion In VET Systems 👨‍⚖️ Workshop “Children’s Rights”    👨‍⚖️The first “Children’s Rights” workshop, which aims to promote inclusion in education through extracurricular activities, was held at the High School of Catering and Tourism -Sarajevo on Friday, October 25, 2024. The “Learning for Life” section of the school organized the

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Mobility in Sarajevo

Associazione Bottega del Terzo Settore   A life-changing Erasmus + experience for a group of students from Associazione Bottega del Terzo Settore went by too quickly. October, colored with autumn colors, was too short for everything they had planned; discovering the unknown culture and tradition of Sarajevo, making new friends, tasting and making traditional Bosnian

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Festival of Skills 2024: Empowering the Future of Education

Bratislava, Slovakia – As a continuation of the European Year of Skills 2023, the Festival of Skills 2024, organized by the State Institute of Vocational Education (ŠIOV) in collaboration with the ministry of education and other key partners, took place from September 23rd to 27th across multiple cities in Slovakia. This week-long event provided a

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The Engineering Academy

Is a cooperative initiative of the Estonian state, educational institutions, companies, and professional associations. Its goal is to raise the quality of education in engineering, ensure the future of engineers, and increase the popularity of the field. To link education and the labour market more closely and to direct young people’s study choices, the Estonian

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Care about IT: Revolutionizing the healthcare landscape by combining care and IT skills through hackathons

Hackathons are competitions in which teams composed of students with different backgrounds and skills cooperate to formulate a solution to a common task. The methodology undermining hackathons is the design thinking: starting from a needs analysis of the final beneficiaries, teams will collaborate to come up with ideas, and eventually elaborating a final project to

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability: Highlights from the VET SDGs Staff Week in Kuressaare

All the SDGs are wicked problems; we will never fully solve them,” said the first speaker, Mihkel Kangur, a scientist and head of teaching and development at Rakvere State Gymnasium. The “wicked problems” related to the SDGs, such as sustainable transport, employment, and living standards, do not have a clear cause or solution. We have

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GreenCCIrcle – The Role of the Sustainability Facilitator In Creative and Cultural Industries

How the GreenCCircle Project is shaping the Professional Profiles for the Green Transition of Creative and Cultural Industries   The GreenCCircle project, a collaboration between prominent European partners such as Materahub, CIKE, CreativeFED, Fondazione Ca’ Foscari, Fundacja ARTeria, Baltic Film & Creative Tech Cluster, Julie’s Bicycle, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk), Estonian Academy

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New Erasmus + Project: FUTURE-STEM-HUB

Empowering Secondary School STEM Education with AI & ML Training and Resources for Students and Educators Secondary school STEM education currently lacks coverage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) both in curricular and extracurricular activities, largely due to the perception of their complexity, which persists even after students graduate. However, to positively influence

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From the classroom to the nature of Tenerife: the benefits of outdoor learning within KA1 staff mobility courses

While traditional Erasmus+ staff training weeks often take place in conference rooms, the innovative adult educational method of outdoor learning is becoming increasingly popular as an attractive and effective alternative. But why exactly do we facilitate our Erasmus+ staff mobility courses outdoors? There are numerous reasons that support both personal growth and transnational learning success.

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DC-VET WB Project

WP3 – Fostering Social Inclusion In VET Systems – DC-VET WB   🍂September always means the beginning of a new school year and a lot of preparations and activities so that students and teachers have a fresh new start. In SSC Hadzici, September also marked the beginning of pilot activities of the DC-VET WB project,

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Tour4Youth – Improving Young People’s employment opportunities in the CB Tourism, Hospitality, and restaurant sectors

The Tour4Youth project is about improving employment opportunities for young people living in the Central Baltic rural areas to encourage them to get bound to these areas and establish their lives in their community.   The project builds a bridge for this generation to enter the labor market and earn a decent living. The project

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Projects at Pärnumaa Kutsehariduskeskus

Climate change and environmental degradation constitute an existential threat to Europe and the rest of the world. Therefore, international efforts are being made at the political level to address this challenge and mitigate its consequences with actions such as environmental labels for sustainable schools. However, these labels do not address the specific nature of VET

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The Erasmus+ cooperation project ENTRE_VET (2023-1-EE01-KA220-VET-000151299)

Is a dynamic initiative to strengthen entrepreneurship in vocational education across six European countries. Inspired by the European Commission’s priorities and the Osnabrück Declaration, the project seeks to transform vocational education (VET) centres into thriving entrepreneurial and digital innovation hubs. Within the project, a digital learning platform with entrepreneurship modules will be created. Vocational students

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Kilimanjaro VET

Kilimanjaro VET –project, Erasmus + Capacity Building

Kilimanjaro VET The Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25) and SDG 4 targets are aiming for developing vocational education in Africa. (SDG 4.3 and 4.4, CESA 16-25 SO8). The development strategies of Finland and Estonia are in line with same goals. “The Capacity Building in the Kilimanjaro area for VET” is a project that

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Limassol

Greek Students Embark on a Three-Month Professional Journey in Limassol

Seven students from Greece have embarked on a transformative three-month experience in Limassol, Cyprus, where they are diving into the fields of beauty and aesthetics, IT, and applied arts, by working with leading private companies in each sector. This opportunity not only provides them with hands-on experience but also fosters cross-cultural teamwork and knowledge sharing.

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TourINN

TOURINN-Act Project: Fostering Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Europe

Empowering SMEs in the tourism sector with Innovative Digital Solutions   TOURINN-Act project shapes a pivotal role in terms of transforming the European Tourism sector by enhancing digital and innovative capacities of SMEs. This initiative which is Co-funded by the COSME programme of the European Union, seeks to modernize tourism experiences, improve sustainability, as well

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SAAM

Start the new school year by exploring SAAM’s innovative tools for Africa-Europe Vocational Training mobility

After four years of work, SAAM’s results on Vocational Education and Training mobilities between Africa and Europe are now accessible to everyone   Between 2019 and 2024, the SAAM project, funded by the European Commission, established a groundbreaking vocational education mobility scheme between Africa and Europe. Now officially concluded, the project has launched its results

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microcredentials in west balkans

A step closer to defining microcredentials in West Balkans

Microcredentials promise to connect skills with demand in a rapidly changing labour market. They can strengthen vocational education and training (VET) relevant to the labour market, supporting national, regional and sectoral upskilling and retraining strategies, and offering learners and employers targeted training for better employment prospects, career advancement, productivity and keeping pace with technological progress.

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board of directors

The Board of Directors of FP Empresa Prepares New Challenges in León for the Upcoming 2024/25 Academic Year

The Board of Directors of FPEmpresa held a meeting on the 15th and 16th of July at the CIFP Tecnológico Industrial in León, a partner centre of FPEmpresa. During these sessions, the members of the Board addressed a wide range of crucial topics related to the role of the Association in the field of Vocational

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Green issues

Vetsdg raising student awareness on Green Issues: Project Piloting Phase

In June, a training course for students focusing on the concept of Futures Literacy (FL) was created at Alfa-college as part of the piloting activities of the European Vet Schools Doing Green project. This initiative aims to promote a deeper understanding among students of how and why we use the future to prepare ourselves, thereby

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INSIGNARE's students

INSIGNARE’s students finish their 2 and 3 months international internships

Ourém Vocational School’s and Fátima Hospitality School’s students spent that period in several European cities, supported by Erasmus+ programme.   42 students from Fátima Hospitality School and Ourém Vocational School did their 2 (June and July) and 3 (May to July) months international internships in several European cities, supported by the Erasmus+ programme. During this

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We Lead

We Lead Project – Women Leadership in Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality

WE LEAD represents an important first innovation opportunity to develop expertise in responding to the needs of a specific new target group: women leaders in the tourism, hospitality & leisure sectors. It seeks to break new ground in this sector by forming a clear picture of the strengths, weaknesses & levers of change to improve

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GIRA Jóvenes

FPEmpresa celebrates the final of the XII edition of GIRA Jóvenes with the participation of 38 associated centres

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa attended the final gala of the 12th edition of GIRA Jóvenes this Tuesday, 25th of June, held at the Coca-Cola offices in Madrid, in order to announce the winners of the rural and urban categories. This project, which aims to promote entrepreneurship and support youth employability, has counted

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FP Empresa and Esprinet Group

FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group reward innovation in the III VET Knowledge Transfer Awards

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and the Esprinet Group presented the 3rd VET Knowledge Transfer Awards on 27th of June at the Esprinet Group headquarters in Madrid. An event in which the IES Alonso Quijano de Quintanar de la Orden (Toledo), the IES Clara del Rey (Madrid) and Campus Cámara FP (Valencia) have

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HIRE Project

HIRE project – Enhancing Candidates Opportunities for Successful Interviews

The best support for VET trainers and students for a job interview   There is an evident gap in the proper interview training and preparation to equip learners to enter the labour market forces. VET learners admit that interviews can be very nerve-wracking, trying to make a great first impression and being able to tick

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EcoHoney

EcoHoney – Boost Sustainable Beekeeping and Organic Honey Production in the EU

Enhance Your Skills and Market Presence with Project EcoHoney   EcoHoney is an Erasmus+ project that aims to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of beekeeping and organic honey production in the European Union. The main aim of the project is to support beekeepers by providing comprehensive training in the field of organic honey production and

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RE-CREW

RE-CREW Project: Empowering SMEs with Comprehensive Recruitment Solutions

The RE-CREW project partnership is proud to announce a series of resources designed to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in recruitment challenges and more. Six (6) partners [WAE, p-consulting.gr, EXEO Lab, ISSBS, GEInnova, PRIOS] joined their forces to create innovative tools supporting the European SMEs to perform recruiting, get ready to market and express

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Physiotherapy

Opep_DV GUIDE FOR Physiotherapists PROFESSIONALS – Physiotherapy and other health care settings

How to recognize and support victims of abuse in physiotherapy and other health care settings Our Guide: Based on the literature review and the survey’s findings, the partnership has developed this stand-alone comprehensive Guide to address these key gaps in current training of physiotherapists in relation to DV. The Guide will equip them with the

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ACT

Meet the ACT Project!

Proj. no: 2021-1-DK01-KA220-SCH-000032815 The Erasmus+ KA2 ACT project a collaborative effort of 5 partners from Denmark, Greece, Romania, and Italy, is dedicated to developing the needed tools and methods so as children and teachers from different countries and educational and cultural environments to work together co-creatively on global topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals

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DigisecureSMS

DigisecureSMS – Digital competences as a chance for a more secure tomorrow – KA2 Project

M&M is partner in this project funded by Erasmus+ DigisecureSMS, a eighteen-year project whose main objective is support the development of digital competencies in the micro and small enterprise sector improving their digital competences via developing courses. The Foundation for Education, Health and Development, together with M&M Profuture Trainning, is undertaking an innovative project to

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VET Schools Doing Green: From One Staff Week to Another!

In a world that is trying focus on sustainability, vocational education and training (VET) schools are playing a crucial role. The VETsdg project exemplifies this commitment to green education. In February, participants from the VETsdg project gathered in Bilbao at Centro San Viator for the first staff week, where teachers from each partner institution engaged

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FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza bring together more than a thousand people in Seville to talk about guidance at the 10th VET Conference

More than a thousand vocational training teachers and professionals filled the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Seville during the two days of the Vocational Training Congress organised by the association of FPEmpresa centres and CaixaBank Dualiza, with the collaboration of the Junta de Andalucía and the Fundación Orange. The event, which celebrated its tenth

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EXCELLENCE IN VET AND EUROPEAN COLLABORATION

Implementing vocational excellence approaches features prominently in the overall EU policy agenda for skills and for Vocational Education and Training (VET). CoVEs operate in a given local context, creating skills ecosystems for innovation, regional development, and social inclusion, while working with CoVEs in other countries through international collaborative networks. Politeknika Txorierri is committed to foster

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Sustainable City Trip

As part of the TEF project, the Online Triplicity Contest – Sustainable City Trip was held on 15-16/05/2024. Students from Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece had the task of presenting the cities of their peers, as tourist destinations that can be attractive for a sustainable city trip. In their presentations, the students focused on

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EcoOlives: Production and marketing of Organic Olives and Organic Oil

EcoOlives is an Erasmus+ project that aims to enhance the competitiveness of the EU olive farmers and olive oil producers through the development of their potential production and promotion of organic olives and organic olive oil. Its main objectives are to enhance the development opportunities and boost the growth potential of olive farmers and olive

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MOB4ALL

As organisations involved in the Erasmus Plus programme, we have been funded by the EU to encourage young people to participate in the Erasmus+ experience, particularly trainees from the LGBTQIA+ community, without facing discrimination. MPI Ireland is coordinator of the project in collaboration with AIP Language Insitute (Valencia, Spain) and Innlandet fylkeskommune (Norway). The project

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The DIGIAGRI Project: Didactic-Digital tools for the practical contents training

E-learning in the DIGIAGRI Project: free e-tools for tomato, pepper and wine cultivation.   The DIGIAGRI project represents a significant step towards modernising education in response to the demands of digitalisation, with a focus on sustainability and inclusivity, and with a specific focus on agricultural e-materials. Expected outcomes include improved digital and pedagogical skills for

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TOURINN-ACT

TOURINN-Act: Tourism Innovation Actions and cross-sectoral cooperation in SMEs

3rd TPM in Murcia, April 15-16th   TourINN-act is a COSME project that aims to boost the uptake of digitalisation and innovation by tourism SMEs through specific transnational cooperation and capacity building actions and through financial support more than 60 tourism SMEs from different countries in the form of vouchers. The project’s mission is to

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VET Schools doing green

VET Schools Doing Green: Voices of Sustainability Teachers Interviews

VET Schools Doing Green that brings together vocational schools from various European countries to foster awareness and action on sustainability and environmental values is going swimmingly!   In February, representatives from each partner converged in Bilbao for a Staff Week dedicated to learning and training. Among the attendees were Alfa College from Groningen (Netherlands), ENAC

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Spa and Wellness Tourism

Wellness and Spa Tourism Sectoral Skills’ Development

Authors: Anna Laizāne and Laura Ait Ožmida, WeSkill project partner from Latvia – Riga Style and Fashion Technical School Wellness and Spa Tourism. The necessity of highly qualified, skilful, knowledgeable workforce in the market becomes more topical each day, especially in SPA, wellness sector. The era of the digital economy dictates its own rules, and

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AMADEU DINIS IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF ANESPO-PORTUGAL

ANESPO – the Portuguese National Association of Vocational Schools – has now Amadeu Dinis, principal of the Vocational School CIOR, as its President, following the elections held last March, for the four-year term 2024/27. The public inauguration ceremony of ANESPO’s governing bodies took place on April 12th, in Lisbon, before leaders of its members, representatives

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Socio-Emotional Empowerment in VET across Europe: Insights from the 3H Project

We are approaching the last stages of the 3H Project Head, Heart, Hand project, which since 2022 has seen ENAC involved with ENDO-FAP, Rome, Centro San Viator, Sopuerta, Ammattiopisto Luovi, Helsinki, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Milan, UFIL Puerta Bonita, Madrid, STEP Institut, Ljubljana and Friesland College, Leeuwarden, with the main objective of preventing school

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FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza organise the 10th VET Congress to address the challenge of orientation towards VET

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza are organising the 10th VET Congress under the title “Know. Decide. Act. The challenge of Vocational Training Guidance”. The event will take place on 25th and 26th of April at the Fibes | Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla. In addition, the congress has

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Act before it happens: Preventing and fighting Early Leaving from Education and Training with Artificial Intelligence – stAI

The newly launched EU Project seeks to improve policies, reduce early leaving, and enhance the transition from education to the next generation in Europe. According to CEDEFOP (2013), early leaving from education and training (ELET) poses a significant economic burden, constituting 1.25% of the European GDP, while 10.6% of 18-24-year-olds in Europe were early leavers

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The CaixaBank Dualiza and FPEmpresa Active Guidance Call for Proposals breaks records

The CaixaBank Dualiza and the Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa have selected the most outstanding projects from educational centres for their originality, content or impact in terms of encouraging students to take up vocational training. Specifically, 28 ideas were selected from a total of 145 submitted throughout Spain. This figure represents a new record

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The future collaboration with Turkish members

An essential online meeting was organized, involving the participation of 16 vocational high schools from Turkey, with the presence of the Secretary-General and Executive Director of EfVET. The agenda of this significant gathering focused on reviewing the current activities of EfVET, establishing a Turkish delegation, and discussing potential future collaborations. This meeting, centered on strengthening

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Visit Skills The Finals in the Netherlands 20-22 March 2024

The organizing partners: The Dutch Alliance, Nuffic and WorldSkills Netherlands would like to invite  you to visit the national Skills Competitions, Skills The Finals, in the Netherlands and participate in a dedicated international course programme that includes a visit to Dutch Vocational Education and Training (VET) colleges. This programme is organized for delegates of VET

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Project Developing Capacity for VET Systems in Western Balkans – DC-VET WB

During the past week, the IUS Lifelong Learning Center hosted the 2nd Transnational Meeting of the DC-VET WB project. In the course of the meeting, the previous one-year work on the project was summarized and plans were made for the next period. DC-VET WB consists of five work packages during TNM we analyzed as follows:

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FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group announce the 3rd Edition of the VET Knowledge Transfer Awards

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group announce the III edition of the VET Knowledge Transfer Awards, which aims to highlight female talent in those vocational training professional families where the female presence is testimonial. This call is aimed at any public, subsidised or private educational centre that is associated with FPEmpresa.

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FPEmpresa travels to Leipzig to launch the SiT project focused on sustainability and innovation in the textile industry

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa maintains its commitment to internationalisation. FPEmpresa has attended the first face-to-face meeting of the European project SiT – Sustainability in TCLF on 21-22th of February of 2024 at the premises of IHK Leipzig (Germany). This initiative, coordinated by ITKAM – Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany, is part

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Project ROMOTICS: contributing to the digitalization of logistics processes in industry

AMR for engineers & technicians ROMOTICS (Autonomous Mobile Robots in Industry 5.0) is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that contributes to the digitalization process, by focusing on the automation of internal logistics as this is a recurrent issue for both large and small companies. Why use employee resources to move materials around when you can automate

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Circular Building

Buildings and the building sector are worldwide responsible for about 40% of the CO2 emissions (according to UN reports). Given the current climate- and energy crisis it has become more and more urgent to reduce the emissions in this sector. On the other hand, the demand for houses is expected to grow in the coming

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SMACITE Erasmus+ project: Unlock the skills and competences of Smart Cities technicians and engineers with the Pilot Training

February sees the start of the first online course for smart city technicians and engineers. The pilot course of the vocational training programme developed by the European partnership, based on a multidisciplinary curriculum combining digital skills with soft, entrepreneurial and green skills, will be launched in the upcoming weeks. Aimed at vocational school and university

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Securing the Future: The AWARE Project’s Role in Cybersecurity Education for VET

Bridging the Digital Skills Gap in Vocational Training In an era where digital threats are constantly evolving, the AWARE project emerges as a crucial initiative in the realm of Vocational Education and Training (VET). This European endeavour aims to fortify cybersecurity awareness and skills among VET educators and learners. With cyber threats becoming more sophisticated,

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Tourism Education of the Future: “Successful Showcase of Educational Initiatives at IUS Life” Event

Tourism Education of the Future Project presentation On Thursday, January 18, 2024, IUS Life – Lifelong Learning Center organized a remarkable event at Hotel Europe, one of the oldest hotel in Sarajevo. On this occasion, the spotlight was on our innovative project TEF (Tourism Education Future). The event was skillfully led by key representatives from

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RIVET project

Pioneering Responsible Internationalization in VET In the ever-evolving landscape of vocational education and training (VET), the need for responsible internationalization strategies has become increasingly apparent. As professionals dedicated to shaping the future of VET, we are excited to share insights from the “RIVET – Responsibility in the Internationalization of VET” project, an initiative run by

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A La Malvesía promotes the circular bioeconomy through the European project Circular Bricks

EFA La Malvesía (Valencia), a centre associated to the Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa, participates in the Circular Bricks project with the aim of contributing to the training and education of new generations about the circular bioeconomy. This project, co-financed by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme, will run until february of 2024

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FPEmpresa shares PRALINE results with its associates

The Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional FPEmpresa has held an online session to disseminate the results of the PRALINE project with its affiliated centers. Following the closing session in Rotterdam (Netherlands) in December 2023, FPEmpresa’s International Project Technician, Guillermo Gonzálbez, has led the meeting and has shared project materials with attendees on Tuesday, January

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Educators in Action: Uniser Teacher Week 2024

International Skills in the Digital Era – Educators in Action Uniser Teacher Week “Educators in Action” is a cooperative teacher training course about internationalisation and Erasmus+ project design: a 3-day capacity building where over 100 teachers from Europe and beyond learn and get inspired by their colleagues and other practitioners, while designing their next Erasmus+

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Eurosuccess Consulting: TourINN-act project

Digitally upskilling tourism organisations -TourINN-act   TourINN-act, is a co-funded project by the COSME programme of the European Union. Its consortium is comprised by 6 organisations from 5 EU countries including Romania, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, and Greece. Eurosuccess Consulting who is the Cypriot representative of EfVET is a project partner in this consortium. The TourINN-act

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Sharing the Idea of Microcredentials with West-Balkans

Peer-learning activities with VET experts and employers – microcredentials   Craft College (Zagreb, Croatia) together with partners from Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Montenegro is implementing the Erasmus+ project Microcredentials – A New Path for Capacity Building in VET funded through the Call Building Capacities in VET. The goal of the project is to

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Meeting between representatives of Caixabank Dualiza, FPEmpresa and FENIE, talking about the installations sector in VET

FPEmpresa, CaixaBank Dualiza and FENIE develop a conference to promote VET in the installations sector

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and FENIE organised on Tuesday, 7 November, together with CaixaBank Dualiza, the conference “Present and future of Vocational Training in the installations sector” held at the headquarters of ASPRINELPA, the provincial association of employers of electrical and telecommunications installations in Palencia. This meeting, which stems from the collaboration

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IUS Life Organized “Mobility across Europe” Event

As part of the IntervetWB project, IUS Lifelong Learning Center organized a multiplier event on October 12, 2023, titled “Mobility across Europe”. The hosts of the event were IUS Life representatives:  Mirsada Mehremić,  Sibela Beširević, and Emir Šehić with the great support of the IUS International Relations Office (IRO), IUS University Communications Office (UCO), and

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The SAAM Project presents four years of success in Bilbao as it approaches its conclusion

The SAAM pilot project, which is concluding its 4 years of work, celebrated the SAAM Leaders meeting in Bilbao with partners from more than 30 countries, culminating in a conference to present the lessons learned   Bilbao, November 2023 – SAAM, the pilot project funded by the European Commission to test Vocational Training mobility between

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The end of an era: REGIO.DIGI.HUB project

Regional Development Digital Education HUB   The main idea of this project is to enable and empower regional developers and/or future individuals of the area into becoming experts in the areas of 1) smart specialisation strategies, 2) green and digital transformation and 3) innovation entrepreneurship. In other words, to develop the capacity for innovation, finding

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IUS Life Organizes Mobility Across Europe Vol.3

On Thursday, November 9, 2023, IUS Life organized the event Mobility Across Europe Vol. 3. We said goodbye to wonderful students from the school Versari Marcelli, Italy, who prepared their presentations and shared their experiences after a one-month internship in Sarajevo. In their presentation, they presented their first meeting with Sarajevo in a very emotional

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Carlos de Olagüe delivering the workshop on green transition during EfVET Conference

FPEmpresa promotes green transition at EfVET 2023 Annual Congress in Greece

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa attended the EfVET 2023 Annual Conference in Rhodes (Greece) from 25th to 28th October to work together with other European entities on the ecological transition. Representing FPEmpresa was Carlos de Olagüe, the Association’s Madrid and International Coordinator, together with Tomás Alonso, Vice-President of FPEmpresa. Under the slogan ‘The

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From Turin to San Sebastián: The Experience of Four HORECA Students

ENGIM AND CEBANC Cooperation with Erasmus + Programme In June 2023, ENGIM and CEBANC organised the mobility of a group of HORECA and bar students for an internship experience at a famous starred restaurant located in San Sebastian in the Basque Country. The experience was funded by the Erasmus+ programme, KA1. The restaurant Amelia by

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The project ” How to excel in sustainability and diversity within vocational education” presents its results

The project consortium has worked for the last two years in the study, analysis and improvement of the sustainability and diversity practices available in their VET centres. Mediterraneo Culinary Center (Spain), together with the VET schools MIRAS VET (Belgium) and ENAIP (Italy), and the organisation Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen (Belgium), has been working for the last

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FPEmpresa reaches 600 associated centres to continue working for quality vocational training

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa brings together since this week more than 600 associated centres. The associated centres are distributed throughout all the autonomous communities, which makes the Association the largest meeting point for working together in the field of Vocational Training. Since the birth of the Association, its evolution has focused on

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PRALINE meets in Zagreb to highlight the value of Croatian VET as an improvement in unemployment

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa has participated in the eighth PLA (Peer Learning Activity) of the European project PRALINE (Promoting Adult Learning in Networks) which was held on 2 and 3 October 2023 in Zagreb (Croatia). On this occasion, the organisation Hrvatsko Andragosko Drustvo was in charge of holding the meeting at the

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Opep_DV – Online Professional Education for Physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals on Domestic Violence

M&M is partner in OPEP-DV project. It focuses on professional education and training of physiotherapy professionals working with women so that they can identify and provide assistance to victims of domestic violence (DV). The project’s goal is to develop a standalone training course and an online education module on domestic violence for current and future

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The GRETA initiative, a bridge on greening between the EU and neighbouring countries

Interview to Ms. Susanne M. Nielsen (ETF): The GRETA initiative, a bridge on greening between the EU and neighbouring countries. First of all: thank you very much Susanne for accepting this interview and sharing your work. Can you tell our readers about GRETA rationale and main activities? The green initiative – GRETA – Greening Responses to

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Easy Job Bridge – the one stop shop for Erasmus mobilities turns 10!

Easy Job Bridge is an intermediary organisation located in sunny Malta, an island at the southern tip of Europe. This company has been providing students from all over Europe with high quality mobility and internship services since 2013. What started as a few requests for mobilities from a handful of students, grew into over a

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“petBull” – Green and Sustainable Ideas for Pets and the Owners

As Ankara Technokent College from Turkey, we are at the stage of developing a green and sustainable project with our students regarding pets. The rationale for the project: Pets do not only increase positive emotions such as happiness in people’s lives, but also increase their anxiety. As a result of the positive bonds established with

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Taking the first steps towards agrifood careers

Multilingual learning resource website launched by EIT Food’s FoodEducators programme for teachers and educators. The easy-to-use, freely accessible teaching resources complement national school curricula by allowing secondary school students to grow their understanding of in-demand skills in the agrifood sector whilst also being upskilled. The European agrifood sector is facing challenges regarding growth, fragmentation, low

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Urban Green Revolution: Center of Vocational Excellence -Denmark’s Journey Towards Sustainable Urban Transformation

The city of the future should be greener, offering a higher quality of life for a growing population. Additionally, it should be designed in a way that is resilient to extreme weather and attractive to the animals and plants that often struggle to find space in many areas. Green transformation is a top priority on

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Erasmus + Joint Hosting Students of the Giordano Bruno IIS school, Perugia, Italy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the last week of July, we said goodbye to a wonderful group of students from the Giordano Bruno IIS secondary school from Perugia, Italy, who stayed in Sarajevo as part of the Erasmus + Joint Hosting project. The Erasmus + Joint Hosting project is another in a series of partner projects implemented by Uniser

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Boosting Women Entrepreneurship Education In Tourism and Hospitality in Sub-Saharan Africa

INCOMA’s new project WITH, part of CBVet, started in January. It seeks to promote the #employability of young African women in the tourism and hospitality sector. The project not only provides training to women but also collaborates with private and public vocational training centres and establishes networks with local companies in Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, and

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Granting Access to Employment & Entrepreneurship in Agriculture for women

GAEA is a forward-looking project implemented by INCOMA in collaboration with 12 partners partners in 11 EU countries that seeks to create a pan-European digital ecosystem for women starting their own businesses (entrepreneurship) or pursuing a career (intrapreneurship) in agriculture. GAEA aims to Inspire   –   Mentor  – Nurture – Empower – Train  

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Workplace – based learning: challenge for work-based supervisor

Best practice from Tallinn Health Care College One new trend/ form is a workplace-based training or apprenticeship training. Workplace – based learning (WBL) is an educational strategy that provides students with real-life work experiences where they can apply academic and technical skills and develop their employability. Its value has often been assessed on the viewpoint

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Cameroon Renew-ed Erasmus+ project: strengthen the capacities of vocational training institutes about renewable energies

Cameroonian VET-partners take part in a training project on Renewable Energies supported by Noorderpoort and Apro Formazione The Cameroon Renew-ed EU capacity building project is underway! After the February kick-off, which was partly online, all partners met in-person for the first time last June in Bafoussam, Cameroon to fine-tune the programmes on renewable energy and

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Mediterraneo International starts the project ALLinErasmus

ALLinErasmus will work to increase the participation of VET students in Erasmus+ mobilities On June 2023 Mediterraneo International, together with their partners AKMI and KTTT, kicked off the project ALLinErasmus. ALLinErasmus aims to increase the participation of VET students at risk of social exclusion in Erasmus+ mobilities. The project will target VET educators in charge

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Tailored for Success: Expanding Horizons with Learning Together’s VET Mobility Program

In today’s professional landscape, practical tools have become essential for students upon completing their studies. Learning Together is committed to implementing effective strategies that guarantee all interns have access to opportunities that enhance their employability. Through relevant vocational training and skills development, we strive to prepare future generations for a productive and fulfilling life. Additionally,

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INSIGNARE’s students are doing their 2 and 3 months internships in several European Cities

The students from EPO – Ourém Vocational School and EHF – Fátima Hospitality School left at the beginning of May and June to carry out their international internships, supported by the Erasmus+, to several European cities. From EPO, students of Management, IT and Car Mechanics left for Bilbao; also in Car Mechanics, IT and Metalworking/CNC

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Building Bridges through Education: Erasmus+ Training in Portugal with Learning Together

Learning Together (LT), a well-established training provider in Portugal, brings over 20 years of experience to the table. Our extensive course offerings encompass a wide range of areas, including Science & Technology, Culture & Integration, Skills & Communication, and much more. We take pride in our highly specialized trainers who possess exceptional credentials and expertise,

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Academy for Transitional Skills in the Built Environment “BuildSkills Academy”

In the period between 26th and 28th June, 2023, the kick-off meeting of the project “Academy for Transitional Skills in the Built Environment” (BuildSkills Academy), financed under the Erasmus+ Programme, Centres of Vocational Excellence call, co-financed by the European Union took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The project officially started on the 1st of June, 2023

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FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group present the II VET Knowledge Transfer Awards

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group have delivered this June of 29th the II Awards for Knowledge Transfer in VET at the headquarters of Esprinet Group in Madrid. An event in which IES Javier García Téllez, IES Federica Montseny and IES Lázaro Cárdenas have collected their respective awards of the II

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Guidelines for the development of socio-emotional skills in VET

On Friday, May 12th, 2023, the Consensus Conference “Out of Our Minds – Socio-Emotional Education in VET” was held at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Brescia, Italy. The event, organised by the consortium of the 3H project – was attended by trainers, educators, teachers, principals, managers and other stakeholders active in the

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FPEmpresa announces the new members of the Permanent Board at the Ordinary General Assembly 2023

The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa organised the Ordinary General Assembly 2023 this Thursday, 15 June, at the Ilunion facilities in Madrid. The meeting was held in a hybrid format, so that members were able to attend in person and follow it via streaming. The Association’s Permanent Secretary thanked those present and the 90

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Nurturing Ethical Entrepreneurs: Empowering Youth through the Value & Future Trainers’ Guide

Value & Future is an innovative, three-year project (2021-2023) funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, which encourages VET students to envision their own entrepreneurial future and familiarize themselves with the ethical challenges facing entrepreneurs in today’s world. The project is being implemented by 6 partners from Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Spain and

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2023 joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on Apprenticeships and the Digital Transition

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Sustainability in European construction education: a green wave

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PRALINE meets in Helsinki to learn about Finnish VET and its new education reform

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Are you neurotypical or neurodivergent?

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TEKNOKENT COLLEGES IN TURKEY PROVIDED ‘DIGCOMP’ TRAINING FOR 10.000 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT 40 VET SCHOOLS TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF STUDENTS AT EUROPEAN DIGITAL WEEK.

TEKNOKENT COLLEGES IN TURKEY PROVIDED ‘DIGCOMP’ TRAINING FOR 10.000 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT 40 VET SCHOOLS TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF STUDENTS AT EUROPEAN DIGITAL WEEK. Known as DigComp, the Digital Competence Framework provides a common language for identifying and describing key areas of digital competence. It is an EU-wide tool for improving the digital

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TEF (Tourism Education of the Future) Erasmus+ project meeting in Kalamata

TEF (Tourism Education of the Future) Erasmus+ project meeting in Kalamata  Orizon VET Center in Kalamata hosted the transnational project meeting in Kalamata, coordinated by Apro Formazione After the online masterclasses in April, the working group of the Erasmus+ project TEF (Tourism Education of the Future) met in Greece to organise the next project activities,

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Wind Energy

Wind Energy Pärnumaa Kutsehariduskeskus, the leading vocational education centre in Pärnu, Estonia, is open to collaborations in various fields, including wind energy. We have a great reputation for providing excellent learning environments to our 1100 students and employing 130 staff members. We offer over 30 different programs in accounting, healthcare, culinary arts, construction, IT, and

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Eurosuccess Consulting Project: AWARE – Enhancing the level of cybersecurity awareness in VET related to digital transformation

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More than half a thousand VET teachers promote the new collaboration between schools and companies at the 9th FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza Congress

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How can we use 3D technologies to support social businesses?

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Improving adult education with the help of Erasmus+ mobility

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Internationalisation for all

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Digit+: Digitization in order to increase school performance and the formation of professional skills

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FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza organise the 9th Vocational Training Congress focused on the new role of companies in vocational training

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STUDENTS BOTH LEARN AND PRODUCE AT TEKNOKENT COLLEGES

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Digital Individual Learning Accounts in V4

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FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group launch the II Edition of the VET Knowledge Transfer Awards

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DIGISEL: Digitally Improving Social and Emotional Skills of School Teachers

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Carcraft

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MCC boosts its sustainability actions with the coordination of ECO_Tag Project

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A very fruitful meeting in Yecla for the My Sweet Smart Home consortium

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CANDI Project – Capacity in Digital VET Teaching

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VET2VET Capacity Building Erasmus+ Project in the Western Balkans

VET2VET Capacity Building Erasmus+ Project in the Western Balkans Apro Formazione, Noorderpoort and Sedu promote a cycle of webinars and workshops dedicated to the topic of internationalisation in the context of vocational training With the first conference in Pristina, the partners’ group of V2V Capacity Building Erasmus+ Project started a series of training events, open

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Microcredentials – A New Path for Capacity Building in VET

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TOURISM GLOCAL CONFERENCE

TOURISM GLOCAL CONFERENCE

Apro Formazione coordinated the international annual meeting on tourism education From 6th to 8th March 2023, Apro Formazione organized the Tourism GLocal conference, in Alba. The annual event of the EfVET Tourism Thematic Team (TTT), involved 27 international organizations, coming from 14 different countries, with the presence of 12 managers, 8 teachers, 5 students and 35 international coordinators. Established in 2021 and coordinated by Apro

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A group of teachers from HMC college in Italy for the ALLVIEW mobility training session

A group of teachers from HMC college in Italy for the ALLVIEW mobility training session At the beginning of March, teachers of the HMC college of Amsterdam were in Italy for a mobility. Hosted by CEIPES, ASLAM and FederLegno Arredo, partners of the Allview project, the teachers mobility was held at ASLAM/ARTWOOD ACADEMY in Lentate

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Uniser Teacher Week 2023:  Empowering Education Institutions to Shape a Sustainable Internationalisation Strategy 

Uniser Teacher Week 2023:  Empowering Education Institutions to Shape a Sustainable Internationalisation Strategy   Uniser Teacher Week is a three-day training course about Internationalisation in education that will involve participants from all over Europe. It will explore ways to make it sustainable for an education institution through workshops, interactive activities, field visits and much more. “Internationalisation

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Chronicles of VET Internationalisation in Western Balkans

Chronicles of VET Internationalisation in Western Balkans After success of the INTERVET WB project, a new capacity building project has just started! Three years ago INTERVET WB, the first pilot project for the internationalisation of VET systems in Western Balkans, was launched. Since then, many VET students and staff have experienced international learning mobility and

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PRALINE works on the influence of the SDGs in the French VET system

PRALINE works on the influence of the SDGs in the French VET system The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa has participated in the sixth PLA (Peer Learning Activity) of the European project PRALINE (Promoting Adult Learning in Networks), held on 30 and 31 January in La Rochelle (France). The meeting was organised by the

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VET to VET – Capacity building in Albania

VET to VET – Capacity building in Albania   #V2VAL    EfVET attended the online Kick-off meeting or the new Vet to Vet Capacity building in ALBANIA!  This project is led by Apro Formazione and gathers two Albanian VET centres, KAMZA and HOTELERI, Albanian Skills – National Association for Skills Competitions, EfVET, SEPR and Build Green Group NGO.  V2V-AL project will develop customised

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Compendium of good practices for socio-emotional education in VET

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP – The story of humanity itself

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Integrate2EU – Developing Innovative Approaches for the Social Integration of Female Migrants

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The SMACITE initiative will define an educational curriculum to train smart city experts

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What the hack?! Project – Creating more opportunities for young people in safe cyber space

What the hack?! Project  Creating more opportunities for young people in safe cyber space  Closely related to the need to make cybersecurity a top priority in Europe, a growing challenge is the shortage of cyber security professionals. Increasing cybersecurity talent is an atypical area of activity. It comprises a strong autodidactic and rebellious (hackers) community

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IndesIA & FPEmpresa join forces to promote training in digitisation, data and artificial intelligence

Over the next three years, companies will need 90,000 professionals with expertise in data and Artificial Intelligence in order to be more efficient and able to compete internationally. In addition, new technologies and, therefore, the skills that employees need to have will evolve at such a rapid pace that they will have to continuously update

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The 6th call for Ayudas Dualiza from CaixaBank Dualiza and FPEmpresa selects the 30 most innovative VET projects in the country

The 6th call for Ayudas Dualiza from CaixaBank Dualiza and FPEmpresa selects the 30 most innovative VET projects in the country The 6th edition of the call for Ayudas Dualiza from CaixaBank Dualiza and the Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa has selected the 30 most innovative collaboration projects in the country promoted by 47

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Reimagine your Professional Self through Culture

FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR The FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR project aims to empower women, especially those in disadvantaged groups, who aspire to become or are already established, entrepreneurs. Specifically, the project will create a variety of tools and outputs in order to enhance women’s knowledge regarding the cultural and creative industries and businesses. The main goal of the project

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Internationalisation at home: “You don’t need to do it all by yourself”

The internationalisation at home approach ‘makes it possible for students to gain international competences.’ But how do you facilitate this, structurally? Anouk Vermeulen, project leader at Nuffic, explains how it’s done: “The main thing is that the whole set-up is coherent: it’s not about separate international activities but about connecting these with things like learning

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Public Entrepreneurship as a Response to Complex Challenges

The “Public:START” Erasmus+ project CSA is proud to present the members of the EfVET network with its latest project in the field of VET. Launched in 2021, public:START is a cooperation partnership financed by the Erasmus+ programme under Key Action 2, bringing together researchers and VET professionals from Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Italy, in

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Public Entrepreneurship as a Response to Complex Challenges

The school year of 22/23 started in a big way at Escola de Formação Profissional do Minho – Esprominho – in what concerns international projects, for the trainees of the Youth Courses, the Adult Education and also for the Staff! From September to November Esprominho still had no rest when it comes to international mobilities. After all

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CarCraft

Minecraft World Beta Testing Review. On the 26th of September 2022, as part of the CarCraft project, an LTTA was organised in Cyprus by the partner INTERCOLLEGE. In this activity, we showcased the CarCraft game to the partners, some of the VET teachers and students of INTERCOLLEGE. During the play-testing of the game, we took

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Well be: Overcoming the negative effects of Covid-19 among high school students

Supporting secondary education students in overcoming the negative effects of social exclusion after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic Supporting secondary education students in building resilience and overcoming the negative effects of social exclusion after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, this is the objective of the Erasmus+ project “Well be” (Project No. 2020-1-UK01-KA201-079148). The

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GIGGIN’ POLICY Partners collaborate and meet in Barcelona

GIGGIN? The term ‘Giggin’ is also known as ‘Freelancer. In this form of working, self-employed people do not sign a permanent employment contract, their work is carried out from assignment to assignment, from gig to gig. A form of entrepreneurship suited to the rapidly changing labour market and one that appeals to many young people.

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E(U) Leaders-The Leaders of tomorrow

What is it? The E(U) Leaders aims to foster the competitiveness and productivity of businesses and organizations through the development of strategic e-leadership skills, necessary for entrepreneur leaders and employers, as well as VET trainers, educators and mentors, to manage their teams effectively and efficiently within virtual working environments. Who it concerns? Two main target

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VET Mobility across Europe

The IUS Life Lifelong Learning Center hosted a workshop titled “VET Mobility across Europe” for high school students on Friday, October 21st,2022. The workshop was organized within the IntervetWB and Joint Hosting projects and was attended by high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy. At the very beginning, Stanislava Matic, Senior Associate for

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IUS Life Organized Job Shadowing Training

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PRALINE holds its fifth PLA in Estonia to discuss improvements in education in the digital age

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FPEmpresa associated centres meet with Canadian institutions of CBIE

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Our course catalogue on teachers’ digital skills is online

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Politeknika Txorierri’s commitment to Generation Z involvement in community development and sustainability

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Erasmus+ 3H (Head, heart and hand) -project LTTA in Oulu Finland

Special needs teacher, project manager 3H -project Luovi Vocational College Finland The 3H -project tries to help the high number of young people in VET pathways who are unmotivated or don’t feel well at school, a problem significantly accentuated by these last two years of the pandemic. The members of the 3H -project gathered 4th-6th

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KEYS! From Migrant Education to VET – Developing Key Competences

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The SAAM project takes the next step: First mobilities of VET students between Africa and Europe achieved!

The SAAM project takes the next step: First mobilities of VET students between Africa and Europe achieved! The first two mobilities of VET students between Africa and Europe of the SAAM project have already taken place… And many more are about to happen! After the visits of the European VET professionals and teachers to the

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The ID Pro project publishes a guide to make mobilities more inclusive

The ID Pro partnership met in summer to present the final results and ensure the future and the sustainability of the project The ID Pro partnership, coordinated by Mundus (Spain) and formed by the organisations LEAP Sports (Scotland), CESIE (Italy) and Marta Centre (Latvia), met in July for a final meeting in Zaragoza (Spain). They

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INSIGNARE’s students return from their international internships

INSIGNARE’s students return from their international internships 50 students did their internship in several European cities Returned on July 30th the 49 students from Ourém Vocational School (EPO) and Fátima Hospitality School (EHF), who did their European internships, supported by Erasmus+, in Barcelona, Bilbao, Seville and Vitória; Lyon; Berlin; Faenza and Florence. During 2 and

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Esprominho’s First International Projects in Adult Education

Esprominho’s First International Projects in Adult Education The Vocational Training School of Minho – Esprominho – premiered its international mobility in the area of Adult Education, with the project Happy Learning Moments, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme. The mobility took place from 13 to 19 July, in Marín – Spain, involving 5 students and 2

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Fostering the excellence of VET teaching and project collaboration through study visits

Fostering the excellence of VET teaching and project collaboration through study visits The case of VSGT Maribor and FAS Höfn In July, five teachers from VCHT Maribor went to Erasmus educational visit to our partner institution Framhaldsskólinn í Austur-Skaftafellssýsúl (FAS) in Iceland. During our study visit, a particular focus was given to two specific areas

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SoftComInVET results are ready!

Proficiency Train-the-Trainer Programme for trainers of company mentors and The Ultimate Company Mentor Survival Toolkit After working two years the partners of SoftComInVET (Bridging the gap of in-company trainers soft-skills competences in the VET sector) has arrived the moment of sharing our final results. Our project intends to enhance the knowledge capacity of training mentors

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MCM – My Career Matters!

MCM – empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) to become more involved in shaping their learning, training and labour market integration What do we want to do? The project ”My Career Matters” (MCM) is implemented, between the 1st of October, 2020 and the 30th of September 30, 2022, by a transnational consortium led by HAO,

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INSIGNARE sends 50 students for European internships

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V2V project: 18 months of great cooperation among European and Western Balkan schools

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In-Di: A project to improve diversity management to promote inclusion in VET

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3-H partners meet in the Netherlands, in Leeuwarden

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

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IUS Lifelong Learning Center participation in the EfVET TT Meeting

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,

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The WBL S.P. project: From birth to adult age – a WBL successful Practice!

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,

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Academia College Maribor received a Silver award 2020 for BTEC School

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)

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Apprenticeship and remote working: Studying for the recovery in school

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

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Free access to InCyS Industrial Cyber Security Training Course

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

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'Learning to disagree' trainings and teachers’ guide by EuroClio

‘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

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Webinar "Business in the Time of Corona and What after?"

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

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How to facilitate VET teaching staff’s lifelong learning needs

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.

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KPEDU adapts to different situation, and thoughts are in the future

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

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Eurosuccess Consulting: Supporting Organic and Biodynamic Wine Production

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

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On Track project: gathering qualitative and quantitative data from VET graduates

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

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TKNIKA designs environmental-friendly transparent masks for deaf people

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

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IN-EDU – INclusive communities through Media literacy & Critical Thinking EDUcation

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

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Arts & Humanities project: Improve the entrepreneurial capacity of A&H Students

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

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Internship made Lithuanian students and teachers more versatile

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

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FPEmpresa & the Bankia Foundation collaboration for a VET resource website

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

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“Let's Salvage From Oblivion” project to appreciate European cultural heritage

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

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“Networking: An Experience for Apprenticeship Reinforcement in Europe”

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

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Maker Space introduces youngsters to technical VET learning environment

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

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SUSCOP project meeting in Landstede: cook training with alternative proteins

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

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Esprominho’s GamifIEd project: a database of digital games for more interesting classes

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

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The Excellent Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 project coordinated by Tknika

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

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#PROGETTIINQUARANTENA – Communicating European projects during COVID-19

#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

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INSIGNARE’s VET schools took part in several Schools Exchange Partnerships

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

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Esprominho started a new challenging project called “The Power of Wisdom”

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

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The network of Basque TVET centres’ solidarity response to COVID-19

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

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The network of Basque TVET centres' solidarity response to COVID-19

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

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Reattiva in the framework of the ERASMUS+ KA2 VET project “YOUnique4EU”

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

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Stand by Me: Eurosuccess Consulting supporting and educating professionals within the care-leaving system

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

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Project BEECOME: the conservation of bees, the protection of humanity

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

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Insignare’s RISE project designs guidelines for setting up a social enterprise

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

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The Final Round of the #GenerationFP event organised by our member FPempresa Málaga

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

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The P4CA kick-off meeting for our member Materahub

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),

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“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. “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

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IUS Lifelong Learning Center organised a CNC training in Sarajevo

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

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Ensuring Apprenticeship Effectiveness and Quality Governance with the R.APP project

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

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The Green Guest project awarded Good Practice by the national Erasmus+ agency of France

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

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DESSA project: Development of Soft Skills through Apprenticeships for VET students

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

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SIMPLY INCLUDED kick-off meeting in Sweden: empowering migrants in their work paths

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

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IUS Lifelong Learning Center organised a free marketing workshop

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

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FemTalks Forum: Enabling women to acquire new skills

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

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Teaching experience: Higher Technician in Viticulture

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

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EfVET Member EPPAS promote EfVET in Czech Republic

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

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WellTo – Present Stakeholders for Future Wellness Tourism Skills’ Development

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

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The “SPORTELLO EUROPA 4” project has started! The first learners mobility flow of 2020

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

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Project SHVET – Towards a new joint qualification

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

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SAAM working TOGETHER to improve VET mobilities partnerships EU-Africa

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

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European organisations join forces to preparing individuals and communities for the opportunities and threats of the gig economy

“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

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VET on the Moon at Job&Orienta Italian job fair

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

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VET on the Moon at Job&Orienta Italian job fair

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

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A bridge between Cometa and Belarus based on Entrepreneurship

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

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BET4VET Mobility 2019

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

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E-commerce for VET students

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

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Kick-off meeting of the INTENT project in Cologne (Germany)

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

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Improving work safety

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

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beUnique

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

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Opening of the European Vocational Skills Week in Bratislava

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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English For Hospitality project

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

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Riihimäki “Capital of Robotics”

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

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Innovate UK – Foyle International and North West Regional College

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

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