"The MEC project in European Mobility (MEC_MOB) was promoted by a consortium of Calabrian and Sicilian schools: Ipsia Marconi Cosenza project leader, IPSIA Acri, IIS De Filippis Prestia in Vibo Valentia (VV), the Iti Milano of Polistena (RC), the ITI Fermi of Syracuse (SR), the IPSIA Fermi Eredia of Catania (CT). The project was born from the need to encourage the development of professional skills and knowledge of students attending classes III and IV of the following school curricula: ""Mechanics maintenance and technical assistance"", Electronics and Electrotechnics, ""Chemistry, Materials, and Technologies"", Dental technicians and opticians putting in place training courses in companies located in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden and UK and linking the world of school with the job market. The project involved 148 students, 42 of whom are at a disadvantage. In the present case, the disadvantage concerned the ECONOMIC OBSTACLES: people with a low standard of living or low income, and with CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (UASC) in possession of an electronic residence permit issued by the local police headquarters, and with a travel document. , attending the professional institutes mentioned above. The OBJECTIVES of the project were: bring the training offer closer to the needs of young people, equipping them with professional skills and encouraging them to carry out mobility abroad carry out articulated activities (preparation, traineeships, follow up) that can broaden students' horizons, putting them in contact with foreign social and work situations support the recognition of internship experiences acquired abroad aimed at developing on-the-job skills for participants, validate LOs with certification of skills through linear and transparent procedures in line with ECVET indications through the use of methods and tools for recognizing skills and credits through Learning Units that can be capitalized and translated into school and / or training credits. offer integration and inclusion opportunities to msna and students at an economic disadvantage encourage greater awareness of one's study path stimulate their awareness of being EU citizens stimulate the improvement of the conditions for job creation thanks also to the sharing of best practices between school, training and businesses increase the European dimension of both national and foreign schools and partners, accompany the partners involved, and their network of contacts, in an internationalization process in conjunction with the definition of a development strategy aimed at opening up to Europe, collaboration with new entities and the promotion of synergies aimed at the creation of future initiatives ACTIVITIES. The activities of the project were the following: Project management with Coordination and Control Plan, Learning and Evaluation Plan, Communication Management Plan, Dissemination and Enhancement Plan. Trainee preparation (linguistic, technical, pedagogical and cultural preparation) Identification and activation of traineeships (after the selection of the participants, the MATCHING candidate-company was held in collaboration with foreign subjects who assessed the profiles based on the availability of the companies). Ongoing and ex post monitoring. Final evaluation (results, project, good practices). Dissemination and enhancement beyond the borders of the territories involved. METHODOLOGY. The methodologies activated were essentially practical and aimed at carrying out effective, efficient and repeatable activities. RESULTS AND IMPACT. At a general level, the project had an impact mainly in the world of school and professional training (VET) in the territories of belonging to the Consortium's vet schools thanks to:- training results of participants in mobility;- acquired skills (life, soft and hard-skills);- recognition of training credits, greater possibility of social integration of UASCs and students with economic obstacles.- certification of skills acquired with the 148 Europass mobility documents The dissemination strategy supported the project objectives and specific activities and the results achievedExperience has led to a strengthening of the internationalization of entities,a strengthening of the European dimension of the samethe extension of the foreign partnership, both in terms of territories and skills;the realization of a new project within the Erasmus + program with the Call 2019."

"""E.A.S.Y. VET - Experiences Abroad for Staff and Young graduates in VET"", promoted by Essenia UETP, has foreseen the carrying out of: N°70 mobilities lasting 122 days (120 of traineeship and 2 of travel) addressed to recent graduates that have performed a traineeship in companies located in: United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland; No. 20 mobilities lasting 14 days (12 of training and 2 of travel) addressed to the staff of VET Institutes and organizations. They have carried out the jobshadowing in companies located in Spain. The professional sectors in which the traineeships and the training/job shadowing activities have been performed are: Tourism Fashion Industry; ICT, Communication&New media; Marketing, Commercial Services, Administration Electronics Mechanics/Mechatronics; Socio-sanitary field; Engineering, Environment&Territory. Therefore, beneficiaries of the mobilities have been, respectively, recent graduates that have obtained the school diploma in one of the aforementioned sectors, and staff members from Institutes, entities and VET organizations operating in those fields. The projects was born to meet the training needs- in terms of practical experience- of recent graduates, and to favour the entry (and the permanence, in the case of the staff) in a globalized labor market that requires the mastery and the updating of knowledge, competences and abilities both sectorial and personal as well as transversal (intercultural, linguistic, IT, entrepreneurial).The needs of the VET world and of the job market have been noticed by Essenia UETP starting from the debates occurred during the informative and training meeting that the company periodically realizes at National level. The analysis made highlighted the need of implementing actions of transnational mobility for strengthening and updating competences, both of recent graduates and staff, in the sectors identified in the project. The sectors chosen are: extremely relevant for the Italian economy (tourism, fashion, commerce), constantly increasing (ICT, electronics/electrotechnics, marketing), and in which the request of specific competences has grown (social field, environment and territory). Objectives of the project were: improve the technical and professional skills of new graduates by offering them the opportunity to experiment ""on the field"" what they learned during their school path, by carrying out a traineeship abroad; update the skills of the staff of VET institutions, giving them the opportunity to carry out job shadowing activities within Institutes and companies; reinforce, in both graduates and staff, the EU identity and improve intercultural, linguistic and digital skills, allowing the development of a set of personal and transversal skills indispensable in the current labour market. At the end of the project, there was a positive impact on all participants, in terms of: strengthening of sectorial skills and soft skills, enhancement of the competitiveness of the professional profile and increased opportunities of job inclusion. The carrying out of the project is part of the internationalization strategy of Essenia UETP, that foresees the implementation and the development of activities aimed at improving the quality and increasing the quantity of transnational mobility projects.Besides the transversal phases of monitoring and dissemination, the project has seen the implementation of the following management activities, carried out according to procedures and methodologies already experimented over the years, and that have guaranteed high quality standards: Information and sensitization; Selection of participants; Linguistic and pedagogical preparation; Logistic and practical organization of mobilities; Evaluation of the Learning Outcomes and of the project; Dissemination of project results. The quality procedures adopted are constantly improved and updated, also thanks to the use of new technologies and to the professional retraining of Essenia UETP’s human resources, that occurs also through the participation in training activities held in the framework of Erasmus+ KA2 projects. Over the years, Essenia UETP has further broadened its already wide network of European partners, identifying entities and companies able to offer mobility experiences meeting high quality standards and preferring, among them, the ones of proved experience. All over the National territory relationships with VET Institutes, public and private entities, companies have been consolidated to assure congruence and coherence between the activities proposed and the needs of the users. At local level, Essenia UETP has enhanced the cooperation with the bodies in charge of implementing the approaches and of adopting European methodologies and tools for the certification and validation of the competences (ECVET), in order to make the formal and informal competences acquired during the mobility more spendable on the labour market"

The second edition of MOVINVET project targeted two main groups: the training centre staff (short-term job-shadowing activity in training centres and other bodies) and Young graduates who have obtained an accredited training certificate during the year preceding the departure (three-month internships). The hosting countries were Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom.The job shadowing activities for the staff took place in Germany and mainly addressed themes such as the integration of migrants, foreigners from EU countries, and other groups facing social exclusion in the field of vocational training.The project has accomplished with the 100% of the grants allocated. Fifty-three participants benefited from this experience. The mobility took place in summer 2016 and 2017, with regard to the recent graduates (43 participants), while the staff mobility in November 2016 (10 participants). Several activities areas have been encompassed by the MOVINVET project: Administration and Finance, ICTs, Trade, Industry, Health and Social Services.MOVINVET benefited 8 professional training centers located in the Seville province that are part of the consortium, as well as the Teacher Training Center of Seville, a public entity responsible for continuous teacher training activities in the province. This is already a good result of the 2014 edition dissemination, as the consortium has been extended from 5 to 8 vocational training centers even if it is at early stage of development.The project was divided in several stages, namely:• Call and selection,• Preparation;• 13-week internship;• Evaluation;• Dissemination.The project's main goal was to improve the participant's employability skills through the development of a broad training itinerary that would have upgraded the trainee's professional, language and personal skills. Furthermore, the project addressed the quality improvement of training supply, bridging the gap between participants and the corporate world, the European entity knowledge and the establishment of international working networks.The consortium created strengthened sustainability. Result-dissemination tasks have been essential to attract other local and international partners for the project. In this respect, the inclusion of three new teacher training centres in this project, compared to the 2014 edition, proved the impact dissemination had on its early stages.On the other hand, the inclusion of a reference centre in teacher’s permanent training (CEP) has guaranteed its impact in all centres, through a continuous activity of communication and transfer of acquired knowledge.

"The aim of MOB4DIGICOMP project was to answer to the evolution of the economic and production fabric of two manufacturing ""districts"" - handicraft present in Tuscany and Umbria which over the years have consolidated their position of excellence of Made in Italy gold (Aretino) and ceramic (Media Valle del Tevere).The manufacturing /craft sector underwent a sharp change in the competitive scenario due to the well-known phenomena of globalization either for the technological innovation that has affected all the production processes and particularly the manufacture production. The answer that the project intended to provide was to RAISE THE LEVEL OF DIFFERENTIATION AND INNOVATION within the sector through the training and specialization of the YOUTH in the field of process and product innovation.A special attention was done on the training and specialization of young people on four dimensions, namely:1) Design and creativity, also through the use and learning of 3D modeling techniques, reverse engineering and additive manufacturing (3D printing)2) Quality control, new materials and applied chemistry3) Business automation linked to the new ""intelligent factory"" scenarios 4) Integration of the value chain: e-commerce, marketing automation, multimedia and social media management such as innovative product marketing techniquesThe areas outlined above are among the priorities of the National Industry 4.0 Plan (2017-2020), and that, among its key guidelines, the raising of skills and the dissemination of the I4.0 culture also through the interventions "" Digital School ""and"" School—Work Alternation "".MOB4DIGICOMP contributed to the increase of employability of the young people through mobility actions: mobility of third and fourth-year students and newly graduated students. The schools involved were technical and professional institutes and Artistic High Schools with the study specialization coherent with above mentioned sectors. The project also permitted to recognize and validate the LOs through linear and transparent procedures in line with ECVET indications through the use of methods and tools for recognizing of skills and credits through Learning Units that can be capitalized and translated into school and / or training credits.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF THE PARTICIPANTS118 STUDENTS of classes III and IV (of the year 2018- 2019) from the Project Partner Institutions and that carried out training experiences (35, 28 and 21 days) in Germany, UK, Portugal, Spain, France and Ireland. 23 NEWLY GRADUATED/ QUALIFIED in the 2018-2019 from the Project Partner Institutions and that have carried out the the training experiences ErasmusPro (92 days) in companies in Germany, UK, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. There were also realized 4 preparation visits in Spain, Ireland, Uk and Netherland.REALISED ACTIVITIES:Project management (Coordination and Control Plan, Learning and Evaluation Plan, Communication Management Plan, Dissemination and Valorisation Plan).Selection and preparation of participants (linguistic, technical, pedagogical and cultural preparation)Identification and activation of internships (MATCHING candidate-company in collaboration with foreign subjects for the evaluation of the profiles based on the availability of the companies).Monitoring in itinere and ex post.Final evaluation (outcomes, project, good practice).Dissemination RESULTS AND IMPACTThe project had a positive impact on the participating students and on schools that made part of Consortium. Particularly the project produced and generalized an increase of students’ soft skills with a positive impact also on academic achievement during the school year 2019-20 (for students of classes III ° and IV °) and an increase in employability for newly graduated participants.Furthermore, there was a positive impact in terms of internationalization of the schools directly involved, mainly thanks to the participation of several teachers as accompanying persons, which allowed the development of relationships and an increase of the knowledge of various VET systems and working world on the European level.The impact at world of school and of the professional training (VET) was recognized mainly in: training results of the participants in the mobility; acquired skills (life, soft and hard-skills); recognition of training credits."

JUMP TO EUROPE is a project designed for enhancing IES HELIOPOLIS's international scope , that has some experience on the matter as a consequence of the specific participation in other projects the aims of the project are:- To develop an international dimension of the Centre- To improve the offer- To offer the possibility for some students of doing international internships that will be validated as FCT and with validation through EUROPASS system tools - To fund these experiences- To improve our students' employability- To promote languages learning- To Develop cross competences, both personal and professional- To update and improve trainers' competences- To acquire competences on the management of European projects The project has included:- 9 week international internships for 16 students from the last year of vocational training studies. Participants have been in Germany, Lithuania, United Kingdom and Italy. the experience has been validated by EUROPASS system tool and FCT (in Spain)- 1 week job shadowing in Italy (3 participants) and Germany (3 participants), with the objective of learning about new methodologies, ideas and experiences regarding the internships of local students in local companies. Professional sectors involved: Gastronomy, Tourism, Catering sector, Office management, and Electronics. JUMP TO EUROPE has carried out mobilities in May and June 2017, but activities have started two months before when participants had been selected. There had been an extensive pedagogic and intercultural preparation of the participants. Some innovative tools and initiatives has been used to minimise the risk associated to this experiences for young people with low language skills. All the project long, a TIC platform has been used for communication and documentation management, that has allowed every participant to have and verify any information. The phases of the project have been:- Call and selection - Preparation- Mobilities- Evaluation and awarding- Dissemination (in every phase).