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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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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 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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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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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

2023 joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on Apprenticeships and the Digital Transition On 15 and 16 June, Cedefop and OECD have organised a symposium on Apprenticeships and Digital Transition in Thessaloniki, Greece.  The participants’ engagement and active participation highly contributed to the success of this event! The symposium managed to bring together policy-makers, social partners, practitioners and

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Sustainability in European construction education: a green wave

Sustainability in European construction education: a green wave KA2 project Constructing a green wave in VET (short: Green Wave) has been underway for a year now. A teacher survey and a student survey have been conducted to measure the extent to which sustainability is reflected in our curriculum. The most striking result from these surveys is that

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

PRALINE meets in Helsinki to learn about Finnish VET and its new education reform The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa has participated in the seventh PLA (Peer Learning Activity) of the European project PRALINE (Promoting Adult Learning in Networks) that has been held on 22nd and 23rd May in Helsinki (Finland). On this occasion,

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Are you neurotypical or neurodivergent?

Are you neurotypical or neurodivergent? Let’s discover together how to make workplaces more equal and inclusive, by promoting neurodiversity at work What is Neurodiversity? How it relates to workplace? What is the role of continuing VET and linked services in making SMEs and microenterprises “neurodiversity smart”, anticipating the needs coming from the labour market and

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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

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. Read More »

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

Eurosuccess Consulting Project: AWARE – Enhancing the level of cybersecurity awareness in VET related to digital transformation Eurosuccess Consulting is a partner of the EU-funded AWARE project which aims to develop didactic approaches, methodologies and curriculum content for raising cybersecurity awareness and competencies as a priority for the VET sector. This project is built upon

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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

More than half a thousand VET teachers promote the new collaboration between schools and companies at the 9th FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza Congress More than 550 teachers discussed the new collaboration between VET centres and companies that will take place after the implementation of the VET Law at the 9th FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza VET

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

How can we use 3D technologies to support social businesses? Make a positive impact by checking out the 3D2ACT programme materials The emergence of 3D printing technology has brought about a paradigm shift in the way we manufacture products. This innovative technology has the potential to transform various industries, from healthcare and manufacturing to aerospace

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Improving adult education with the help of Erasmus+ mobility

Improving adult education with the help of Erasmus+ mobility  Since 2017, Craft College has started working with migrants and later with asylum seekers. The beginnings of working with migrants showed us all the problems and challenges that employees and teachers had not encountered before – other cultures, other languages, very poor knowledge of English, different

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Internationalisation for all

Internationalisation for all Embedding international competences in VET curricula The importance of internationalisation @home education will increase in order to acquire international competences. The BUILD@HOME project is aimed to meet this need by developing an easy to use toolbox that enables teachers and students to create or follow education that closely matches the curriculum/learning objectives,

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

Digit+: Digitization in order to increase school performance and the formation of professional skills M&M is partner in this project funded by Erasmus+ Digit +, a two-year project. Our project brings together 10 partners, 4 NGO, 1 SME, 1 SE, 4 VET schools and 14 associated partners (VET schools) with the common interest to support

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

FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza organise the 9th Vocational Training Congress focused on the new role of companies in vocational training The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and CaixaBank Dualiza are organising the 9th VET Congress under the slogan ‘Working together. The new role of business in VET’. The Congress will be held on 4

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STUDENTS BOTH LEARN AND PRODUCE AT TEKNOKENT COLLEGES

STUDENTS BOTH LEARN AND PRODUCE AT TEKNOKENT COLLEGES (Teaching School, Producing Student) Teknokent College-Renewable Energy Department Students meet the course material needs of their schools and other schools from the Renewable Energy Department. The students have made the 3D design of the educational materials they will make in the computer workshop using the SOLIDWORKS program.

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Digital Individual Learning Accounts in V4

Digital Individual Learning Accounts in V4 Digital Individual Learning Accounts in the Visegrad Countries (D-ILA in V4) is an Erasmus+ project implemented in the V4 region by Governmental Information-Technology Development Agency (HU), the National Training Fund (CZ), SGH Warsaw School of Economics (PL) and the State Vocational Education Institute (SK). The project aims at developing

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

FPEmpresa and Esprinet Group launch the II Edition of the VET Knowledge Transfer Awards The Association of Vocational Training Centres FPEmpresa and the Esprinet Group are launching the 2nd edition of the Knowledge Transfer Awards in the field of VET with the aim of making female talent visible in those vocational training professional families where

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DIGISEL: Digitally Improving Social and Emotional Skills of School Teachers

DIGISEL: Digitally Improving Social and Emotional Skills of School Teachers M&M is partner in this project funded by Erasmus+ Digisel, a two-year project whose main objective is to support school teachers, both digitally, socially, and emotionally in response to the Covid-19 outbreak improving their competences within social and emotional development within digitalization via developing courses.

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Carcraft

Carcraft A Minecraft simulation game in Automotive Engineering Intercollege’s Automotive Engineering study programme is participating in the innovative CarCraft project, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, which aims to develop new approaches to Vocational Education and Training. Minecraft is a popular sandbox video game that allows players to create and explore virtual worlds made

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MCC boosts its sustainability actions with the coordination of ECO_Tag Project

MCC boosts its sustainability actions with the coordination of ECO_Tag Project The KA220 project, which will be active until 2025, will develop Green Tags for Culinary VET centres MCC, as part of its sustainability campaign, started working in the project ECO_Tag, funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The project, which MCC leads

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

A very fruitful meeting in Yecla for the My Sweet Smart Home consortium CEIPES is one of the organisations that collaborates on My Sweet Smart Home project (2021-1-DE02-KA220-VET-000033058). It is a co-funded Erasmus+ project, which has the overall goal of open a new world of opportunities and possibilities for people with disabilities and special needs

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CANDI Project – Capacity in Digital VET Teaching

CANDI Project – Capacity in Digital VET Teaching Promoting readiness for digital education in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania Last month, representatives of the IUS Lifelong Learning Centre, Mirsada Mehremic and Emir Sehic, participated in the first coordination meeting of the new CANDI project, which took place in Dresden, organized by the project leader AFBB (Aademie

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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

Microcredentials – A New Path for Capacity Building in VET  Craft College (Zagreb, Croatia), together with partners from Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Montenegro, started the Erasmus+ project Microcredentials – A New Path for Capacity Building in VET funded through the Call Building Capacities in VET. The general objective of the project is to

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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

Compendium of good practices for socio-emotional education in VET   The last period was very intense for the 3H partners but also very successful. The first output has been released and it’s a very interesting volume. After the project partners’ training meeting, done at the beginning of February, dedicated to the analysis of the “Compendium

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP – The story of humanity itself

Human Rights and Global Citizenship The story of humanity itself   The term right refers to things that it is permissible to do, be or have. Many people know something about some rights but not about others, and when people are not familiar with human rights, discrimination, intolerance, injustice and oppression emerge. Global Citizenship supports

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

Integrate2EU Developing Innovative Approaches for the Social Integration of Female Migrants   Integrate2EU (Developing Innovative Approaches for the Social Integration of Female Migrants) project aims to improve the social inclusion of immigrant women through the development and improvement of their competences (social, cultural, values, organizational, educational, etc.). Our project To increase the social integration of

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

The SMACITE initiative will define an educational curriculum to train smart city experts   The SMACITE project will define the educational curriculum to train and certify technicians and engineers specialised in smart cities. It will run until mid-2025 under the coordination of the University of Patras (Greece) with a budget of 1.34 million euros linked to the

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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

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SAAM – 1st mobility between European and African in Cape Verde

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STEP-UP: improve tutors' qualification & develop dual training forms

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

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IES Francisco Tomás y Valiente presents GARAGELAB project

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

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Mentor Train is coming to an end: Sharing results of the project

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

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DeuSComp training for Creative and Cultural professionals

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

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New Erasmus+ KA2 project started with a meeting in France

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

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Insignare projects, training events & students' internships assessment

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

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The VERITAGE project and its teachers’ kit: between VET and cultural heritage

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

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The internationalisation of the Italian CONFAP network

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

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TOGETHER project for the protection of cultural heritage & service learning

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

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Digi-VET project brings digitalisation of VET institution to a new level

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

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The EFA La Malvesía will represent Spain in the SCoopConSS final

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

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Esprominho participated in online meetings of LSFO and Butterfly projects

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

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IntervetWB first mobility after pandemic: BH VET students in Poland

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

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FP Euskadi’s Erasmus+ Innovation Project Dissemination Day

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

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WBL placements & international virtual mobility at Insignare

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

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Erasmus+ as bridge to practical experience & successful career

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

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Telegrow coordinated by Florida Universitària officially starts

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

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FPEmpresa & Dualiza launch training scheme for VET professionals

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

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International exchange “Light”: the VET DigiPals approach

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

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Bridging the gap of in-company trainers soft-skills in the VET sector

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

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The challenge of virtual mobility in Scuola Centrale Formazione

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

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Blended learning: A form of education that replaces traditional teaching

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

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School and community-based sports for social inclusion

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

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Digital Tourism partnership launches the first of the Tourism Talks

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

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#SocialEU – A survey for a better communication & network skills

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

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Erasmus+ KA 1 VET Accreditation and activities in KA2 projects

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

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Internationalization strategy: workshops for European VET providers 

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

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Educational innovation: the docu-reality to create an augmented laboratory 

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

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Pilot project V2V-VET to VET Capacity buildings in Western Balkans took off!

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

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MobMan TWBL: A Mobility Management Platform for Transnational WBL

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

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SUSTAINVET: Survival Skills for Trainers of Apprentices in Initial VET

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

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The FASA project in one year: the updates from the partnership

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

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Importance of lifelong learning and professional development of educators

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

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Start of a new project SIGE – Social Inclusion Through Gamification

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

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FPEmpresa joins STEAM Alliance promoted by the VET Ministry

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

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Amoove21 – Agricultural Mo(o)ve with 21st century skills

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

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Quality mobility in VET with strategic partnership project VISION

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

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DESSA project: Try our self-assessment tool and evaluate your soft skills!

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

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“From Past to Future” project helps to improve the quality of teaching

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

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Eurosuccess Consulting: ThinkTwice! Ecological sustainability in projects

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

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The project "NEW TIMES" for the Inclusion of Migrants takes off!

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

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The corona virus is not stopping the Esprominho school!

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

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Technical training session on stage manufacturing & TPM

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

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Insignare new projects' update: meetings and trainings

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

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FPEmpresa participates in the first peer learning activity of PRALINE project

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

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European Kick-off of the project VITALity for the Future

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

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INSIGNARE wins Best Educational Project Award – Portugal

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

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VITALity for the Future for a more positive approach to health challenges

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

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#iLearn Mobility and Training for Apprentices project

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

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“Good Food is Good Mood” project has its third meeting!

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

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Thirty-one projects have been selected for the 4th edition of Ayudas Dualiza call

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

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8 FPEmpresa centres participate in the project SCoopConSS to promote social cooperatives

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

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DTAM: A new EU project to facilitate the digital transformation in advanced manufacturing

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

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Erasmus+ VET Mobility Charter for Liceul Tehnologic “Francisc Neuman” Arad-Romania

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

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