This is a mobilityproject for employees, students and apprentices, the project is co-ordinated by the Education and Training department in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway.The project is a consequense of a the focused work within international activities since 2007. The project concerns practical training placements of staff, students and apprentices within the Hotel and Restaurant Trades, Technical and Industrial Production, Building trades and Health Trades. The partners that will act as sending organisations training offices and upper secondary schools. The Norwegian partners that have international experience are sharing their contacts and experiences with the less experienced partners, thus sharing and building institutional competence. The receiving partners are situated in London, England; Murcia, Spain; La Rochelle, France; Copenhagen and Skagen, Denmark; Riga, Latvia and Prague, Czech Republic. The placements shall support the curricular and training needs within each trade area. The project shall support the need for for international working experience in the curriculum and training plans. The project is mutual; we will host students/apprentices from our partners. Main objectives-Provide an opportunity to gain cultural and working experiences in an international environment-Increase the interest for the trades concerned and make it more attractive as an educational option and thereby increase the recruitment to the lines of study and training involved-Provide an opportunity to communicate professionally in another language-Enable participants to achieve increased self-development through new cultural and professional challenges-Prepare the participants for their exams and craft certificate test and their future working life through gaining a more varied and relevant work experience-Give employees a chance to further develop their competencies within the trades concerned and in international activities-Contribute to an increase in the education completion rates within the county-Increase the international competence and understanding on institutional level for all parties involved-Increase knowlegde and competence regarding the education and training systems & qualifications in other European countries

"Participation of IES La Flota in the Erasmus+ program aims to foster interchange, cooperation and mobility between education and training systems within the European Union with reference to the teaching and learning needs of our students in vocational training.Being a school project it contributes to methodological improvement, gives cohesion to education program, contributes to the internationalization of our school, as well as it improves education through the exchange of best practices with other European schools, furthermore the development of foreign languages competences . This project also enables the participating students to learn first-hand about the functioning of other production systems, share ideas and discover best practices.This project’s target is to offer a traineeship period abroad to 8 students in intermediate vocational training of the following professional families: ""Administration and Management"", ""Hospitality and Tourism"" and ""Food Industry"", whose average age is around 20 years.The activities that comprise this project range from the selection of students, finding partners and establishing training agreements, to monitoring, evaluating and disseminating the project itself (during and after execution).The main objectives of this project are:- Improving the level of skills and key competencies of intermediate vocational training students.- Encouraging the learning of foreign languages.- Enhancing multilateral cooperation among higher education institutions in the field of the European Union.- Strengthen relations with main international hotel chains.- widen professional competence of students.- Support the development of content, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning, based on innovation and ICTs.- To promote improvements in the quality, innovation excellence and internationalization between education and training institutions.- Support modernization and strengthen the international dimension of education and training systems.- Helping the integration of students into the labor market across the European framework.- Facilitate access to mobility for those students who have less economic resources.In line with the key objective of the Erasmus + program, ""Improving knowledge and key skills"" this is expected to get favorable results in terms of integration into the labor market of the students, as well as increasing their competencies, changing their attitudes, and achieving substantial progress in their learning process.Some other expected impacts from Erasmus+ Project are fostering better organizational practices, creating international networks, experiences and knowledge transfer across platforms as eTwinning and finally, giving our school a European dimension in a sustainable way.Our participation in Erasmus+ project ultimate objective is to disseminate and integrate the program’s results among all the local, regional, and international education community thus serving as a catalyst for synergies and example to other vocational schools.We firmly believe that through this project, besides the linguistic improvement, students will improve their employability, better opportunities will be offered to students who have less economic resources and our school will get greater visibility and recognition in Europe."

This is a mobility project for employees, students and apprentices, the project is co-ordinated by the Education and Training department in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway.The project is a consequense of a the focused work within international activities since 2007. The project concerns practical training placements of staff, students and apprentices within the Hotel and Restaurant Trades, Technical and Industrial Production, Building trades and Health Trades. The partners that will act as sending organisations training offices and upper secondary schools. The Norwegian partners that have international experience are sharing their contacts and experiences with the less experienced partners, thus sharing and building institutional competence. The receiving partners are situated in London, England; Murcia, Spain; La Rochelle, France; Copenhagen and Skagen, Denmark; Riga, Latvia and Prague, Czech Republic. The placements shall support the curricular and training needs within each trade area. The project shall support the need for for international working experience in the curriculum and training plans. The project is mutual; we will host students/apprentices from our partners. Main objectives-Provide an opportunity to gain cultural and working experiences in an international environment-Increase the interest for the trades concerned and make it more attractive as an educational option and thereby increase the recruitment to the lines of study and training involved-Provide an opportunity to communicate professionally in another language-Enable participants to achieve increased self-development through new cultural and professional challenges-Prepare the participants for their exams and craft certificate test and their future working life through gaining a more varied and relevant work experience-Give employees a chance to further develop their competencies within the trades concerned and in international activities-Contribute to an increase in the education completion rates within the county-Increase the international competence and understanding on institutional level for all parties involved-Increase knowlegde and competence regarding the education and training systems & qualifications in other European countriesOur experience from prior project has been exellent. It is expected that the aims & objectives in this project will be achieved in a similar manner as in previous projects. In a longer perspective participation in this kind of projects give a increased and valuable competence amongst the participants and the companies they will be working for in the future.

This is a mobilityproject for employees, students and apprentices, the project is co-ordinated by the Education and Training department in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway.The project is a consequense of a the focused work within international activities over the last five years. The project concerns practical training placements of staff, students and apprentices within the Hotel and Restaurant Trades, Technical and Industrial Production, Building trades and Health Trades. The partners that will act as sending organisations training offices and upper secondary schools. The Norwegian partners that have international experience are sharing their contacts and experiences with the less experienced partners, thus sharing and building institutional competence. The receiving partners are situated in London, England; Murcia, Spain; La Rochelle, France; Copenhagen and Skagen, Denmark; Riga, Latvia and Prague, Czech Republic. The placements shall support the curricular and training needs within each trade area. The project shall support the need for for international working experience in the curriculum and training plans. The project is mutual; we will host students/apprentices from our partners. Main objectives-Provide an opportunity to gain cultural and working experiences in an international environment-Increase the interest for the trades concerned and make it more attractive as an educational option and thereby increase the recruitment to the lines of study and training involved-Provide an opportunity to communicate professionally in another language-Enable participants to achieve increased self-development through new cultural and professional challenges-Prepare the participants for their exams and craft certificate test and their future working life through gaining a more varied and relevant work experience-Give employees a chance to further develop their competencies within the trades concerned and in international activities-Contribute to an increase in the education completion rates within the county-Increase the international competence and understanding on institutional level for all parties involved-Increase knowlegde and competence regarding the education and training systems & qualifications in other European countries

This is a mobility project for employees, students and apprentices, the project is co-ordinated by the Education and Training department in Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. The project is a consequense of a the focused work within international activities since 2007. The project concerns practical training placements of staff, students and apprentices within the Hotel and Restaurant Trades, Technical and Industrial Production, Building trades and Health Trades. The partners that will act as sending organisations training offices and upper secondary schools. The Norwegian partners that have international experience are sharing their contacts and experiences with the less experienced partners, thus sharing and building institutional competence. The receiving partners are situated in London, England; Murcia, Spain; La Rochelle, France; Copenhagen and Skagen, Denmark; Riga, Latvia and Prague, Czech Republic. The placements shall support the curricular and training needs within each trade area. The project shall support the need for for international working experience in the curriculum and training plans. The project is mutual; we will host students/apprentices from our partners. Main objectives -Provide an opportunity to gain cultural and working experiences in an international environment -Increase the interest for the trades concerned and make it more attractive as an educational option and thereby increase the recruitment to the lines of study and training involved -Provide an opportunity to communicate professionally in another language -Enable participants to achieve increased self-development through new cultural and professional challenges -Prepare the participants for their exams and craft certificate test and their future working life through gaining a more varied and relevant work experience -Give employees a chance to further develop their competencies within the trades concerned and in international activities -Contribute to an increase in the education completion rates within the county -Increase the international competence and understanding on institutional level for all parties involved -Increase knowlegde and competence regarding the education and training systems & qualifications in other European countries Our experience from prior project has been exellent. It is expected that the aims & objectives in this project will be achieved in a similar manner as in previous projects. In a longer perspective participation in this kind of projects give a increased and valuable competence amongst the participants and the companies they will be working for in the future.