The consortium between the City Council and the Vocational Training Schools of Granada aims to create synergies at a local and international level which improve the vocational education received by young people and facilitate their access to the labour market. This project derives from the global need to become part of the process of internationalisation and modernisation of education. The sending organisations include IES Cartuja, CE Ave Maria San Cristobal, IES Politécnico Hermenegildo Lanz, IES Francisco Ayala, IES Aynadamar, IES Zaidin Vergeles, CDP Atlántida and IES Virgen de las Nieves. This VET schools have experience in the management of European projects. With this new initiative, we intend to join efforts to contribute to the improvement of educational quality and to increase job opportunities. To achieve this, we propose activities for students, who will do internships in companies, and activities for teaching staff, who will carry out a job-shadowing activity in VET schools. Regarding the students, the project includes 58 mobilities: 54 students of Initial Vocational Training (FPGM) will do their internship in companies for 87 days, hosting countries include the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom and France; 4 students of Basic Vocational Training (FPB) will do their internships in Italy for 3 weeks. For Initial Vocational Training students, the project includes 13 accompanying teachers during the first week of stay. For Basic Vocational Training students, there are 2 accompanying teachers during the 3 weeks to reinforce the monitoring. The internships will be recognised by the official module of Company Placements (FCT), which is common to all students. However, this experience will entail an added value for the participants at a personal and professional level. In addition to acquiring knowledge and skills in their field of speciality, they can benefit from a linguistic and cultural immersion, expanding their linguistic and personal skills. This will foster their autonomy and they will acquire a more versatile profile, which will facilitate their access to the labour market. It will also encourage motivation to continue with their education. As for the teaching staff, the project includes 9 mobilities for a week in Finland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Teachers can learn about other educational systems and observe the work carried out by other professionals. Thus, they can enrich their professional and methodological knowledge. They can learn about different resources, ICT, training programmes, etc. All this will have a very positive impact on the quality of the education provided, adapted to the needs of today's society. For the proper management of the project, communication channels will be established between all the parties involved throughout the entire project. There will be a continuous contact between the City Council, school mobility coordinators, teaching tutors, participants, host and intermediary organisations and company tutors. The City Council will be part of the Association of European Cities XARXA FP. This supposes an improvement in the quality of vocational education in Granada, promoting the mobility of students and teachers. In addition, we have the cooperation of different companies, including intermediary and host organisations with great experience in European projects, which will allow us to achieve the expected results. Regarding the selection process, it will be carried out in a fair and transparent manner, publishing the established selection criteria. Then, we will organise practical issues (travel, accommodation, insurance, etc.) and quality issues (training programmes, agreements between different parties, etc.). Pedagogical, linguistic and cultural preparation will also be provided before the mobility. Monitoring will take place during mobility period. Participants will have a teaching tutor and a company tutor, and communications will be established among all the parties to ensure compliance with the training programme and the adaptation and satisfaction of participants. At the end of the mobilities, participants will obtain a certificate and the Europass Mobility document. Each member will hold a meeting with the participants for the final evaluation of the project. All results will be shared between the coordinator and the members of the consortium to maximise the results. The results will be disseminated through different means: meetings, press and local TV, web pages, European platform, social networks ... In conclusion, we intend to promote the internationalisation of education through innovative training programmes for students and lifelong training of teachers. In addition, we establish a European cooperation network for future projects, creating a greater sense of European citizenship and promoting Unity in Diversity.

"The high school ""Francisco Ayala"" offers the degree of vocational education and training (VET) in microcomputer systems and networks. A curricular component of the degree is a traineeship module which has to be done in companies.The aim of this project is that five students develop their traineeship in other EU countries and that two teachers could improve their capacities in the professional and educational activities they teach and also enable them to become involved in the development and improvement of these mobility activities and Erasmus+ projects. This objective is the focus of the project, though it does not detract but instead guarantees, other parallel goals around improving multicultural competencies, learning foreign languages and increase significantly the employability and job opportunities for our students in other EU countries.Retrieved on potential students, we have an estimation of participation of five students, once taken into account that some interested ones might fail. If unexpectedly these posts were not occuped, we have defined the duration of the project in 24 months, so that if necessary, some mobilities could be managed in the next academic year, either students or exceptionally recent graduates. The student activities will be aimed to integrate and complement the curriculum of our degree. For this, a training agreement related to the competencies of students should be prepared to be developed in the company. Before the departure, students receive training and they make arrangements to develop their traineeships and reach goals related to multiculturalism, language learning and employability. During their stay they follow a language course in the host country. Teacher’s activities allow them to learn and participate in the medium in which the employment and education of its students is developed, but this also allows increasing the quantity and quality of these kinds of mobilities or other Erasmus+ projects.The months from September to January serve primarily to train and select students on everything relevant to ensure its success in the host company: motivation, fitness, foreign language, culture clashes and activities of companies. In the months of January and February, practical and logistical issues like traveling, accommodation, insurance and local information, should be treated, without forgetting other outstanding formal aspects of the project such its training program, documentation and monitoring. Duration of student mobility is three months from March 15 to June 20. The methodology for teacher training periods (five days) is similar and parallel, and although no less complex, it is more feasible due to responsibility, because involvement and rigor are expected in participants.As a result we will improve the personal and professional maturity of participants through intercultural environment and companies in other EU countries, skills acquisition in a second and / or third foreign language, the possibility of employment in other EU countries, the removal of frontiers to the individual, and especially their freedom, not only to be employed but also to choose the place in Europe where they can do it. Apart from the impact on participants and our school, this project is a collaboration with the mobility programs that are managed with the participation of different actors ranging from the authorities of the EC to local companies providing related services. In a medium term we intend to consolidate traineeship in other EU countries by the students from our centre. In the long term we expect to extend the mobility and employment companies so that it could be enjoyed by others through the possible future creation of a consortium with several of the five centres of Granada or others from Andalusia, offering VET courses in microcomputer systems and networks."

The I.E.S Francisco Ayala is a public high school of Granada, Spain, in which E.S.O, Baccalaureate and Vocational Training of the professional family of Computing and Communications is taught. In order to teach the aforementioned levels among our 780 students, the school counts with 61 teachers.Our high school has managed and manages Erasmus + projects in the three levels of education: KA 2, KA 101, KA 102 and KA 103.Among the training vocational cycles taught, we have the diploma or certificate of Technician in Microcomputer Systems and Networks, which is the subject of this project. The students that attend this medium level come mainly from Basic Vocational Training or Compulsory Secondary Education.One of the objectives of this project has been that some students who finish these studies can complement the curriculum of their studies by completing them with the Internship module (FCT) in other countries of the European Union. In this way, they can carry out internships in companies, improving both their employability and their linguistic skills, their personal growth and the knowledge of other socio-cultural realities. In order for this to be carried out, activities have been developed aiming at integrating and completing their studies by a learning program with the collaborating partner so that the student acquires the necessary professional skills. In addition, activities aimed at learning foreign languages, employability, occupational risk prevention and multiculturalism have also been put into practice.Another objective is that teachers can carry out specific training activities or teaching in the professional sector of this training cycle in other EU countries, thus improving the linguistic and professional skills of both teachers and students who will observe and acquire new methodological approaches. Finally, it has been our last goal the creation, in the long term, of a consortium with other schools in Granada can be created that develop similar vocational training courses, which will improve job opportunities for the students of these vocational cycles.Different sectors of our Educational Center have participated in the project, such as the school council, the board of directors, the coordinator of European programs, teachers of the ICT department, students, the counselling department, the training and innovation department and the English department.The mobilities carried out have been specifically 3:• A business expert invited to our school. The expert carries out his activity as head of department of administration of computer systems and software development of one of our collaborating companies. In this company some students of the higher education training cycles have done their practices in previous courses. This company develops, installs and maintains computer applications, so our students of medium-level Microcomputer Systems and Networks have been able to benefit from some of the tasks appropriate to their profile in matters of system administration, maintenance, installation and software update. .• A teacher of the vocational courses, who teaches both in the medium-level and higher-level training cycles, so that his training has benefited the students of both levels.• A second-year student who has completed his / her academic activity in the school and has completed the Work Center Training module or internship in another country.Among the results obtained are the following:•an improvement in the personal and professional maturity of the participants, •the acquisition of skills in a foreign language,•the possibility of employment in other countries of the European Union,•the removal of borders to the individual and opportunity of choosing the place where you can have access to employment.The dissemination of this student's experience has served as a motivation for this year to have more students interested in doing the internships in another country. This entails a greater interest in approving the rest of the modules of the training cycle and in order to visibly improve their level of English before participating in the projects.On the other hand, the involvement and interest of the rest of the teachers of the vocational training cycles in new Erasmus + projects has increased visibly.The interest of the parents of the students of this cycle has also increased due to the European dimension of our school and its participation in this type of activities.Through this project, our high school has kept its aim to guarantee the sustainability of the European Union's internship over time and that this will have an impact on the training and qualification of our students and teachers.