"The aim of the ""Mobility for Successful Business"" project, which we have successfully accomplished, was to increase professional, linguistic and entrepreneurial competences, increase employment and make better use of domestic and European labor markets, improve school quality, reduce multicultural differences, increase flexibility and work motivation, comparing the ways, methods and results of education in each participating country, in our case Slovakia and Latvia, in their capitals, namely in Bratislava and Riga. The expected results of the project, which have been largely fulfilled, include:- better achievement of learning outcomes,- increasing communication skills in a foreign language- Better employability and prospective better job prospects- a sense of business- increased self-confidence and confidence- Broader multicultural awareness- better position and quality of schoolA successful project was attended by a group of 12 pupils from 2nd and 3rd hairdresser-make-up artist, 3.year. ŠO kozmetik, 1st year of post-secondary studies of cosmetics and 2 accompanying persons - masters of vocational training.By participating in the internship, the participants expanded their practical skills in the various fields as follows:Hairdresser-make-up artist - in techniques of daily, wedding, social and competitive hairstyles, hair dyeing techniques, decorative makeup and face painting, film and theater make-up.Cosmetic in cosmetic skin care techniques using cosmetic equipment and luxury cosmetics used in the country and school, wellness massages, decorative makeup and face painting, film and theater make-up. The beauty classrooms and the saloon in the school are equipped at high level Wellness - SPA.By realizing the project, our expectations of improving the professional, linguistic and entrepreneurial competences were fulfilled, through which we would like to achieve higher employability and applicability of our school graduates in the labor market and open the door to the world of work for fresh graduates. By implementing the project, participants were able to remove communication, social, ethnic, multicultural barriers.The project was realized in cooperation with the project partner PIKC RIGAS STILA UN MODES TEHNIKUMS, in Riga, Latvia. This school educates pupils in the fields of hairdresser, make-up artist, cosmetic, manicurist and pedicurist, which allowed us to compare each other's techniques, teaching methods and educational programs.The school has above-standard spatial, technical and material equipment that enabled the pupils to complete the internship at the highest professional and professional level. Similarly, the expertise and professionalism of teachers and school management was high.As part of their internship, pupils visited professional salons in Riga, giving them a comprehensive and versatile view of the working arrangements and organizational structures in Latvia. Through daily communication in English, which, in addition to Latvian, was the language of communication in the country, the participants improved their language skills. In addition to professional and linguistic skills, they have acquired autonomy and organizational skills.Our students established contacts with students from Italy and Spain, especially in their leisure time activities. Students from Italy studied the chef - waiter, which had its advantages. They were happy to help us in the kitchen to prepare dinner.This experience has been beneficial for our pupils and teachers in the professional, cultural and social fields. In the long term, it is important for the development and vision of the school, especially for pupils in the international labor market.When presenting the project, our school focuses and highlights EU funding for the project, making it an internship available for minority groups of pupils from disadvantaged social backgrounds.Our school is a co-organizer of an international competition in hair style and decorative work, whose organizers are famous Czech stylists and make-up artists. This year, the next round of this prestigious competition will be held, and thanks to the successful implementation of the Erasmus + project, we have won Latvia as another country interested in participating in this competition. We consider this a huge success, as this competition will gain a larger dimension."

Our project was written and executed by a consortium under the coordination of Sapanca District National Education Directorate in partnership with Sapanca Public Education Center and Sapanca Vocational and Technical Education Center. The project was planned with a student mobility and teacher mobility and finished succesfully. Both mobility were completed in Latvia. The project was hosted by Ogres Tehnikums and Riga State Technical School from Latvia.Our initial mobility;Between 19.03.2017 and 03.04.2017, Ogres Tehnikums was organized as a student activity in the field of Metal Technologies. 20 students, 1 companion teacher and 2 teachers from the Sapanca District National Education staff participated in our first activity. The total number of participants is 23. Throughout the mobility, our students have trained on Aluminum Facade Systems.Sapanca national education directorates who participated in the mobility have led the group as the main task, have carried out monitoring and observation activities and have worked to transfer samples of data collection for dissemination studies.Our second mobility;From 17.04.2017-02.05.2017, it was completed as a teacher mobility from Information Technologies in Riga State Technical School. A total of 9 teachers participated in our second activity. Actually, the number of participants determined in the project is 10 teachers, but it was done with 9 people because of the problem that 1 teacher was allowed to leave abroad and instead there were no other staff fulfilling the same criteria. Our teachers have implemented project activities planned on C Programming Language throughout mobility.Our project has the objectives determined in the writing phase; helping our students to improve their natural resources, providing internship opportunities in Europe, introducing different cultures to our students and providing European Union awareness, increasing the importance of their profession and increasing their professional development, gaining tolerance towards foreign societies, to improve the recognition in our region, to ensure that our institutions are in the international field, and to contribute to the 2020 training strategy of the national agency. Our participant teachers have learned a new programming language within the scope of our project and have had the opportunity to add the technological equipment they needed in the age.The knowledge skills and experience that our participants have achieved in the areas of Metal Technology and Information Technologies will provide added value for themselves and for the country's economy, both in their current education and in their future profession.Participants have developed new professional qualifications with knowledge and skills in European standards. He has also identified new technologies and experienced vocational training practices in different countries and institutions.Our participants have returned to our country by acquiring the qualifications of their foreign partners in their fields by learning the different and similar applications, innovations and technical equipment used in the related fields. After the preparatory trainings (pedagogy, language and cultural trainings) given before the mobilities, they have improved their language skills, professional skills and tolerance as well as the practical application and use of their achievements. Participants who are in need of communicating abroad have conceptualized the importance of language learning. Participants who had a chance to live and work in a different culture were able to achieve both linguistic and professional developments and to avoid prejudices stemming from cultural differences.During the project implementation period and afterwards, communication between our manager, our applicant owner, and our project partners, to develop cooperation models, to provide solidarity contribution. Each institution in the consortium has strengthened the project implementation capacity and in the coming years will be able to produce more efficient, high value added, multiplier effect large projects.

Our centre, Lumen 1993 is a Professional Training Centre specialising in Personal Image and in particular the complicated situations of the majority of our students and their families some of whom are extremely poor and disruptive. The special characteristics of our students compels teachers to continually research new methods of allowing us to develop different ways of learning. We are aware that although the curriculum at our centre is the study of English, we do not show sufficient sensitivity and we, therefore, need to internationalize and, to acquire this new competence, the centre needs to adapt a more European approach. To address these needs two mobility activities have been developed with six participants, two teachers and four students. Our experience as a receiving organization for two Latvian students during 2017-2018 academic year has confirmed the realization of European mobility projects’ usefulness. During the third quarter, the first activity will involve sending two teachers to the Luksia, Municipal Education and Training Centre in Finland for a one week “job shadowing” assignment. This centre has extensive experience in international projects and will greatly assist us in achieving different forms of learning. The language of this action, English, will not only help improve the linguistic competence of our teachers but boost motivation. The second activity is the practical training of four students in two vocational training centres specialising in Personal Image, two hairdressing students in Pärnumaa Kutsehariduskeskus centre in Estonia and two aesthetic students in Stila un modes tehnikums centre in Latvia. This will be for a period of one month in their FCT internship period (160 hours of a total of 380 hours). During their stay activities encouraging cultural awareness will be carried out and these will contribute to the development of social awareness and the acquisition of linguistic competence especially in the workplace. Likewise they will also begin to understand the differences in culture in other European countries. The common characteristics of our centre will allow all students and teachers to participate in these new experiences which are being carried out. The main activities implemented by the project partners are: • Preparation of mobility including selection, evaluation and prior training of participants, logistic and contractual aspects, also co-ordination • The execution of their visit – their work within the companies and at school. Mobility also includes cultural activities • Diffusion: All activities relating to this project will be announced through the social networks of the centre (facebook, Instagram) and website. Both groups, students and teachers will describe their experiences in talks, video conferences and the centre’s app DINANTIA. • The evaluation of participants: they will be evaluated on the skills acquire during this period and will be certified by FCT. The faculty will be evaluated according to the feasibility and application of their resources. All the qualitative and quantitative evaluation instruments are detailed in the project. Short and medium term effects include employability (one of the main objectives of this project which will be reinforced by cultural, linguistic and personal attitude). Among the long term impacts we highlight the promotion of entrepreneurship in young employment and hope to raise European awareness in vocational training students, increasing the network of contacts within the centre’s future projects. Finally, it is important to point out that the impact and objectives of our experience may be the driving force behind creating new projects in study centres close to our own. It will contribute to the achievement of the 2020 strategic priorities and help the EU and its member states to generate employment, productivity and social cohesion.

"Vilnius Vocational School of Railway and Business Services (further - VGTVPM) applying for the project ""Professional Railway Man"" wants to help students from railway sector to get theoretical and practical knowledge of railway system and job peculiarities in railway sector in Latvia, Portugalia and Spain. According to the fact, that VGTVPM is the only school in Lithuania that prepares railway transport specialists, for the students from VGTVPM it is necessary to find colleagues and to get experience abroad. This will help to the students to have lighter integration to Lithuanian and European labour market. They will be more self-confident, more independent, they will improve their English as well. What is more, students will have bigger motivation to study and they will make vocational training more popular in Lithuania.30 students from railway transport sector and 3 leading persons will take part in the project. Hosting partners are from Latvia, Portugalia and Spain. 10 students together with leading person will go to Latvia to have practice for 2 weeks, 10 students together with leading person will go to Spain to have practoie for 2 weeks, 10 students together with leading person will go to Portugalia to have practice for 2 weeks. This project is the only possibility to the students from railway transport sector to gain experience abroad, because up to now ir was very difficult to find hosting partners from railway transport sector who would agree to host students for the practice.The main aim of the project - to gain theoretical and practical knowledge about railway system and special tasks of work in railway sector in Latvia, Portugalia and Spain."

The project activities are planned to exchange good practices between partners, as well as, acquisition of new knowledge and development of professional skills of the participants. The goal is to learn a new system of organization and management of services in the field of personal services for hairdressers, cosmeticians, masseurs and make-up artists. Moreover, acquisition of new work techniques and skills through examples and workshops for developing trim and communication with clients according to the principle of the European work standards and norms in handicraft. This mobility project will also offer knowledge for the methods and mechanisms that a management should use in time of crisis and how to manage the firm in such moments. Entrepreneurial aspect of this project can boost creation of new working places for hairdressers, cosmeticians, make-up artists and masseurs. Moreover, through gained knowledge and skills, we aim to increase the quality of life and wellbeing of EU citizens.