"PROJECT’s BACKGROUND MOVE4TRADE is a trans-regional project developed in Emilia Romagna, Piedmont and Tuscany, three Italian regions characterized by a similar economic and social system. In times of financial and economic crisis, the project aims to develop internationalization strategies for SMEs, in order to promote their survival, the growth of the local communities and the increasing of the employment rates.Despite Italian products are well known in the world, italian SMEs are the less internationalized in Europe for many reasons, among whose the lack of investments and personnel to this scope.MOVE4TRADE project aims to meet these specific needs and to offer to students and newly graduated/qualified the opportunity to acquire professional and technical skills and competences in order to support internationalization processes and to increase their employment opportunities. These students have been attending ""Administration, finance and marketing: international relations for marketing"" courses in the above mentioned regions.GOALSThe involved participants will have the possibility to develop a training and professional experience in an international learning framework, that will give them the opportunity to equip with a mix of interdisciplinary and interconnected competences.Furthermore, the project foresees the experimentation of the German dual system (training activity to be developed both in class and inside the company), planning a professional competencies learning process based on the combination of theory (school) and practice (apprenticeship).The project foresees, finally, the use of methods and instruments for credit and competencies recognition, through the use of “learning units” to be capitalized, referred and transferred into school and/or training credits, by assessing, recognizing and validating the LO through linear and transparent procedures in line with the ECVET guidelines.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS 100 STUDENTS. BACKGROUND. 17-18/19 year-old students, attending the IV class of technical and vocational secondary schools in Arezzo, Verbania, and Reggio Emilia.30 NEWLY GRADUATED/QUALIFIED. They have received, since no more than 12 months, a vocational qualification or a degree consistent with topics related to the internationalization of SMEs.ACTIVITY. The activities of the project are the following:- Project management (structured in 4 main documents, containing the 4 fundamental aspects for the correct management of the project: Coordination and Control Plan, Learning and Evaluation Plan, Management of the Communication Plan, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan)- Preparation of the participants (linguistic, technical, pedagogic and cultural training)- Individualization and activation of work placements (as a result of the selection of the participants, the MATCHING phase candidate-company will be realized through the cooperation of EU partners that will assess the profiles of candidates paying attention to the effective availability of hosting companies- Monitoring during and after the mobility experience- Final evaluation (results, project, good practices)- Diffusion and exploitationMETHODOLOGY. The activated methodologies are, essentially practical and are finalized to achieve effective, efficient and repeatable activities.RESULTS AND IMPACT. At general level, the project will mainly have impact in the world of VET thanks to: training results of the participants to the mobility; acquired competences (soft-skills, professional, personal, cultural and ethics competences); credit recognition. The dissemination strategy will support the global objectives and the specific activities of project, mainly with reference to the publication of the Outputs of the project ( papers, etc), but also to the OUTCOMES (results) and to the OUTREACH (impact).LONG TERM BENEFITS. In the long term, the expected benefits are: a great involvement of Italian (institutional and not) partners, the improvement and the widening of the foreign partnership, in terms of territories and competencies; the opportunity to finalize exchange and cooperation projects within different other European Programmes (e.g. Progress, EaSI, others); the opportunity to become (as a Consortium) an important partner in the management of mobility and in the adoption of EQAVET and ECVET systems."

"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."

"The company A.Me. Aura Mediterranea wrote the project ""Wellness Project"" to promote the formation and strengthening corporate culture, in the wellness industry, as a tool for development of Calabria.The goal of the project was to enable young students to compete with other European, in order to increase their cultural background, to learn aesthetic different methods (applied in the countries of the partnership network), to be used in their professional careers .The winners of the project were 30 students beauticians, attending school training A.Me. Aura Mediterranea; all students attended the second or third year, and all of them had least 18 years old.The project partners, chosen in the design phase, hosted the girls for 30 days, putting them in different work contexts:- On the island of Malta, with the support of the Malta European Mobility (MEMo), 14 girls have found use in many beauty and wellness centers, which have received them at different times, teaching them the special Maltese aesthetics;- In Spain, the Foundation OMAT of Madrid has simultaneously placed 10 students at a training school for beauticians and hairdressers, in which there was also a beauty salon / spa.- In the United Kingdom, with the support of the London Academy Placement, 6 students were able to work in beauty centers in London, learning different techniques from those learned in Italy.After returning from mobility, each girls could relate their experiences to colleagues of course, boasting a cultural heritage enriched by unique experiences in life.From the professional point of view, some of them have received job offers, mostly in the city of London, where the aesthetics Italian is considered the best in Europe."

The Galician territory needs young Europeans who move in a single market and contribute to the creation of a more open and integrated European labor market, as well as a balanced professional training and in direct contact with the labor and business world of Europe.The School of Hospitality Álvaro Cunqueiro, belonging to the Provincial Association of Hospitality Entrepreneurs of A Coruña, Hospitals of Europe I (2011-12), as well as, for the instruments of validation and recognition of competences ECVET produced in the project Transfer and Innovation Learning results-oriented mobility placements to gain transparency and recognition of qualifications in the field of Tourism and Catering - LEOqualTC (2013-2015) of which the School was a partner.The profiles to which the project was directed were:- KITCHEN- BASIC KITCHEN OPERATIONS.- BASIC OPERATIONS OF RESTAURANT AND BAR- CAFETERIA SERVICES- RECEPTION, EVENTS, COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING- BASIC FLOOR OPERATIONS IN ACCOMMODATIONS (floor manager).The main training objectives were to achieve:- Provide participants with greater competitiveness in the labor market, or stimulate their interest in order to undertake a course of higher education in the sectors of reference. It aims to improve the technical skills of the participants and make them more competitive and able to work in a globalized market;- Increase the knowledge of the foreign languages ​​of our students, essential for a market as international as tourism.- Improve employability through qualifications on the basis that a trained worker feels more secure and motivated to find a job.For the evaluation of these objectives and the labor orientation on the return of the participants were counted on the employment offices that the School Álvaro Cunqueiro.From the School we have tried to bring European training / work mobility closer to young students and / or people in occupational training, promoting the creation of European citizenship and a competitive and innovative economic fabric, as well as helping to combat unemployment in the sector .The main objective of the project is that the young Galician innkeepers experience and know the world of work in an international environment, both for training purposes and oriented to the future professional.The countries of destination included in the project were Malta, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Portugal. The total mobilities foreseen were 18 with a duration of 2 months each.Finally, 13 mobilities have been made to 4 participants countries:1- Portugal (1 participant),2 - Malta (4 participants),3- United Kingdom (4 participants),4- Italy (4 participants)The intermediary and host partners are in their back composed of entities that have collaborated in mobility projects [LDV-PLM, Erasmus + KA1] as well as collaborators in the project of Innovation Transfer -TOI that the School of Hostería the period 2013 -15 as a key partner.The present mobility project was carried out from 01/09/2015 to 08/31/2017 with a total duration of 24 months.NOTE: We would also like to point out that one of the participants from Malta (Brais Quintana Bolón) returned early from their stay in Malta because a local catering company asked the School's management to carry out the professional internship with them once he started the mobility in Malta. It served as a probationary period as they were interested in hiring him at the end of training/probatory period. The boy asked for the returning since the company was not ready to wait until the end of the mobility.This is why this participant only made a mobility from 27/06/2017 to 07/15/2017 as it appears in the mobility tool.

"The changes that have taken place in Europe in recent decades, such as the increase of life expectancy, the improvement of social conditions, the aging of the population and the expansion of forms of hardship and fragility, have led the educational and training system (VET) to rethink the training of the health, social and health care professionsin order to: - provide young people with the skills required by the labor market; - increase the employment opportunities of recent / qualified graduates; -promote new and innovative services to protect the health and well-being of new citizens. The T4SOCIAL project was born with the intention of responding adequately to these needs, proposing to enhance and improve the skills of the ""Technician of social and health services"" to be able to provide all companies involved in assistance, education, support. and health care, with qualified staff able to offer effective and innovative professional knowledge and skills.The need to obtain a recognized qualification for graduates is deeply felt by the school institutions, in particular by the ISIS ""Morante - Ginori Conti"", leader of the Tuscan network of younger Professional Institutes specializing in health and social care, so much that in 2016, promoted a Memorandum of Understanding between the Region and the USR in which experimentation with integrated training courses for the acquisition of the qualification of OSS - Social Healthcare Worker is envisaged to guarantee full recognition of the skills acquired by students in the health and socio-health within school educational curricula favoring the transition from school / training to work.T4SOCIAL has followed this experiment by widening its breath to the European learning contexts. The VET Learners therefore carried out de facto working experiences recognized in the context of the OSS pathways provided by partner schools in collaboration with the Region and related local ASLs.ACTIVITIESWe have trained professionals capable of identifying and responding to the emerging needs of the labor market in the social and social-welfare sector:-90 STUDENTS - Young people aged 16/19 attending classes IV of Higher Institutes members of the national consortium - who carried out an internship period of 35 days in the company.-32 DIPLOMATES / QUALIFIED - Young people who had obtained, for no more than 12 months, an FP qualification or a diploma in the social, health or social care field - who carried out a three-month E-PRO training period.We have favored the development of the transversal, linguistic and intercultural skills of young people in different areas related to whitejobs, such as:• Educational services for young people: skills regarding the care of children and adolescents, educational, scholastic and extracurricular support activities.• Socio-educational services for disabled and elderly people: care and listening skills.• Reception services and diversity management: mediation skills, support for the reception and management of integration paths also for migrants.The participants were prepared for the Erasmus Plus VET experience with information and psycho-pedagogical and linguistic preparation activities through the OLS platform. The second assessment showed an improvement in the levels of knowledge and use of the local language, especially for participants with input levels equal to or higher than the CEFR B1.The project in the final stages had to face the Covid emergency19: 11 newly graduated girls were in Ireland and Spain when the lockdown took place. They tested the life skills enhanced with the project and demonstrated courage and maturity, managing the emergency in a conscious and responsible way.RESULTS / IMPACTThe final reports of the recipients show a rating for VET Learners of 92.62% and for Epro 93.75%. We highlight that 100% of the participants declare a perfect alignment of the internship / internship experience with their curricular and career path.The success in achieving the learning objectives by students and new graduates was 100%.The project fully achieved the objectives, applying the ECVET recommendation seriously and successfully, thus optimizing the transparency of the students' learning outcomes within an experimental qualification path.Today the Memorandum of Understanding is stable and the Tuscan Professional Institutes for Healthcare and Social Assistance have understood the richness and added value of the international training of their students in such a strategic sector for the well-being of citizens.The excellent results led to the candidacy of a second edition of the project and to try to elaborate a more codified and wide-ranging strategy for the internationalization of the Tuscan network."