Encouraged by the new opportunities offered by the ERASMUS + the INFA has decided in 2014 to equip the 12 regional delegations of a new European strategy and international whose mobility project in Europe INVEST was the first stone.This ambitious program was increased mobility of learners over previous Leonardo projects and mobilization of personal trainers and direction to create a new dynamic, developing new methods, tools and educational guidelines.3 types of participants were targeted by the project INVEST in Europe at national level:The vocational trainees in the areas of t ourism and hospitality -Catering preparing for Title s s Professional level V and IV. 38 trainees have achieved the 3 periods of mandatory rotation in a European company for internship 4 to 6 weeks.37 graduates of INFA for less than 12 months, without distinction of degree level, were able to complete their mobility through additional training module for enhancing professional skills, language and cross. These post-training courses had a lasting e 2 to 4 months depending on professional projects of the candidates, availability and companies.6 members of INFA staff have conducted observation and discovery short assignments (2 to 4 days excluding travel) to discover other practices in their industry, to explore new teaching methods and / or integration of a European dimension in their education or training site.Originally positioned on the waiting list, this project started with 6 months delay which delayed the dissemination of information to the final beneficiaries and the implementation of the first mobility. The condition of the mobility of the INVEST program shows a realization of 92,50% of learners course with 75 departures on 80 and 100% of personal mobility (6/6).Furthermore, in addition to very good rate of return to work and satisfaction of beneficiaries of the mobility in Europe INVEST project had an important institutional impact within the INFA with the creation a post of coordinator of European projects at the national level, better identification of the mobility and generally ERASMUS + in s regional delegations, the inclusion of the European and international strategy in the new development plan for the Institute. 6 of regional delegations have invested in sending their students.

With this project, the applicant continued to implement his internationalization concept. Training in foreign languages and education systems in other countries was carried out in individual and group measures. A total of 16 teachers from different departments took part in the project. The results are extremely positive. In addition to the planned goals, educators have agreed to set up and supervise school partnerships in the future. At the suggestion of other teachers, the topic of inclusion will be more integrated in the internationalization concept in the future.

INVEST in Europe”– INFA Vocational Education, Skills and Training” – is a national mobility project promoted by INFA, Institut National de Formation et d’Application, involving 5 regional delegations. Mainly focused on vocational training courses concerning the tourism, hospitality-catering and animation sectors, the project enabled 23 VET learners and 24 recent graduates, as well as 11 staff members to participate in a professional placement in England, Irland, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Italy. INFA considers international mobility as an asset for professionalization and access to the labour market for the youth and participants in VET. Thus, INVEST in Europe advocates for those mobility periods abroad as an integral part of the vocational training as well as the lifelong learning process, which will lead to the acquisition of new professional and soft skills in another European country, it will enhance the professional competences already acquired and promote the global employability of the participants. Based on our expertise regarding the professionally-focused mobility projects, INVEST in Europe is implemented by INFA Europe, department in charge of the European projects for more than 12 years. It will notably contribute to an added value to the provided training in our Institutes.Furthermore, the project supports the professional mobility of the staff involved within the regional centres, with the objective of discovering innovative pedagogical approaches used in other European countries.

Made in Europe offered to 105 newly graduated young people from Emilia Romagna Region the opportunity to live a 3 months internship abroad (2 weeks for people with special needs) in companies of other European countries, in order to gain professional, linguistic and cultural skills to be used in the labour market. The project was promoted by the Social Cooperative Kara Bobowski in partnership with Irecoop and Confcooperative Emilia Romagna, 10 technical and professional institutes and ANMIC Parma.Made in Europe was born to meet the need to support young graduates in facing the labour market and the need to create skilled labour force in important fields of the regional economy: handicraft, agribusiness and agro-industry, mechanics, electronics, chemistry, logistic, hospitality and catering, tourism, social field, ICT, administration.The local and transnational partnership’s composition was strategic to the achievement of the project’s goals, networking among politics’authorities, representative institutions of the cooperative system, Chambers of Commerce, training centres, non-profit organizations, bodies specialized in transnational mobility. At local level, the project involved 14 partners in the consortium while, at European level, 12 foreign partners from 10 European countries were taking part to the project (France, Germany, UK, Spain, Malta, Hungary, Portugal, Finland, Lithuania, Poland). Recognizing its value and local impact, Made in Europe project got some co-financements from Emilia-Romagna Region and some bank institutions and it won a prize at regional level.The project’s aims were in line with the priorities and goals of Europe 2020 and Education and Training 2020 Strategies. The project aimed to:- offer a training opportunity to the participants, in order to improve their CV and turn them more qualified and competitive on the labour market- promote creativity, competitiveness, employment and entrepreneurship- facilitate the passage to the labour market, thanks to an experience becoming strategic in a period of economic crisis and high youth unemployment- promote the opportunity of gaining competences within fields, which are strategic for the Emilia Romagna productive and economical system - promote social inclusion and active citizenship also for young people with disability- thanks to the project partnership, to strengthen the cooperation among bodies at regional and European level representing education and vocational training systems, non-formal education and labour market, increasing their internationalisation level and the quality of their services- develop the consortium staff know-how in terms of project and quality management and networking, as also develop the European dimension of the involved partners;The activities carried out during the project were as follows:- information and promotion of the project- candidates’ selection- pre-departure preparation (a 2 days training session): one day dedicated to work orientation and advice about how to deal with the labour market and one day dedicated to the experience abroad with non-formal education activities, presentation of contents, administrative and logistic aspects. 62 participants used OLS for the linguistic preparation- 3 months of mobility abroad (or 2 weeks for disabled participants) focusing on a professional internship experience (30-40 hours/week) in line with participants’ studies (or professional goals). The experience abroad was also an opportunity to know the culture of the host country. 28 participants took a short language course of the destination country mother language. Mentoring and tutoring activities during the mobility period were carried out by Kara Bobowski and the host partners- back to Italy, a final meeting with activities about the experience’s evaluation, with a particular focus on the acquired skills and their valorisation on their cv and in a work interview, activity guidance on tools and methods for an active job search, witness of a young cooperative entrepreneur, delivering of Europasses and participating certificates- dissemination and valorisation activities.The activities planning, the implementing and monitoring strategies, the local and transnational partnership composition, the dissemination and valorisation plan guaranteed the project quality and the sustainability of its results. In particular, the projects succeeded in its aims to produce such an impact to increase the mobilities number in the region, replicate the project, create a positive domino effect that has lead to new partnerships for new projects.

In this project the Friedrich-List-Schule in Darmstadt as the sending organisation and our partner organizations in Spain, France, Ireland and Great Britain are involved. Our target group are above all students in their first year of studies and graduates of commercial assistance qualifications focusing on foreign language management and office management. These management courses are full-time schooling. Sometimes also graduates of dual system qualifications who don’t find any employment after their graduation take part in this project. For example social insurance clerks, IT clerks, office clerks, bank clerks, retail clerks, notary clerks and clerks in public administration. Besides the students and graduates of the mentioned professions the target group also consists of the teaching staff of Friedrich-List-Schule. The different skill enhancements should be realized in this project. A central target of our project is the better employability on the labour market. This employability however is not given with the majority of the participants before this project. Especially the graduates of full-time schooling courses i.e. graduates of the commercial assistance qualifications have great difficulties in finding a job because they lack work experience, important linguistic and social competences. The planned project is suited for the further education demands of the participants and thus enables them to find a job. Our main target, the good employability of participants on the first labour market is achieved by the acquisition of international competences, foreign language experiences, intercultural knowledge and experiences in the international world of work. Therefore the participants in general do a 26- week internship related with their job in a European destination country. They acquire linguistic, intercultural, personal and social skills as well as competences referring to their job without those they would hardly find an adequate job. The requirement of our target group is the further education concerning languages, personality and job specific to increase the employability on the local, national and international labour market. By means of this project the participants achieve a considerable additional value related to their job and personality and after their return it’s a lot easier for them to get a job on the first labour market. The Hessian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs officially authorized the sending organization to make it possible that also graduates from other Hessian vocational colleges which are not in a position to carry out such projects to take part in those projects. To promote the demand for further education above all the mobility of young graduates coming from the structure weak regions in East-North and Mid-Hesse is another vital target of the project since in these regions there are only few jobs available catering for the individual commercial qualifications the students have. The students will do a 6-week commercial work placement at the end of their first year of studies in a European target country. The participants will increase their motivation and will start their second year of studies highly enthusiastically. The benefit will be that they got the experience to be able to stay and live in a foreign country. Most of the time they are fond of their experiences and proud of themselves. Due to these positive experiences made they again apply for another work placement at the end of their studies. The aim of the project is also to cover the different individual demands of skill enhancement of our teachers. To prepare our school for new challenges and to increase the European dimension and international orientation of our school. With regard to our first target group the graduates of the above mentioned commercial professions , we are planning to send a total of 64 participants from all over Hesse in 2 flows that means in August 2018 and in August 2019, each time till February of the following year. With reference to the group of students in their first year of studies we are planning with a total of 48 participants, all students are from our school. There will be also 2 flows, at the beginning of June till mid-July, in 2018 and in 2019. Referring the teaching staff the Friedrich-List-Schule is planning a total of 27 sendings, above all during the Hessian summer holidays in 2018 and in 2019.