"The European automation and automotive industry has been able to produce the safest, the most silent, the most efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles and products in the world. Its production accounts for a fifth of the world market and employs more than 12.1 million people. It is obvious that this sector is one of the most important field of investment, with 41.5 billion yearly expense for research and development. Nevertheless, the industry needs to modernize constantly, in order to be always competitive.With this purpose, ICT may play a significant role in maintaining the position of automotive industry in the world market. As a matter of fact, both are characterized by the need of increasing the competences of internal resources - from top Manager to qualified employee - and investing, in a process of continuous update and training of its staff, as regards non only the operational activities, but the development of wide competences as well.In this contest, the project “TECH in VET - Technology in Vocational and Educational Training” aimed at promoting mobility experiences abroad for 100 recent graduates in the field of automotive and ICT industry, which had the opportunity of carrying out a 122 - day internship abroad, more precisely in Belgium, United Kingdom and Ireland. In order to facilitate their entrance in the labour market, the participants had the opportunity to participate in professional experiences in hosting companies abroad, characterized by: - the use of innovative learning methods and tools based on the “learning by doing”; - the cooperation and connection between the School and the labour market, in order to have a real and concrete exchange.""TECH in VET"" has achieved the specific objectives set, producing a positive impact on the participants, measurable both in qualitative and quantitative terms:- 30% of the participants received a job offer/continued professional training in the host company abroad;- 35% found work opportunity in Italy on return, in companies operating in the sector of reference;- 25% opted for the continuation of the higher education (University, advanced training courses) in order to complete the personal job profile;- 10% is made up of those who intended to carry out other professional experiences to enrich the technical and practical skills before finding a job (some participants have, for example, taken part in other Erasmus + mobility projects);- moreover, 85% of the participants declared that they have improved their technical and professional skills through mobility, considering, moreover, increasing the chances of finding work both in Italy and in an international context;- the mobility experience served to clarify future expectations and professional goals for approximately 90% of participants;- 80% of participants said to have improved transversal skills (critical thinking, flexibility, spirit of initiative, problem solving, team working), in addition to communication and expression skills in the foreign language.The achievement of these percentages, together with a medium-high level of satisfaction expressed by the totality of the participants, is indicative of a generally positive impact of ""TECH in VET"". As for participating organizations (Educational Institutions, the Municipality of Bologna, Unindustria Bologna, Formamentis Srl, Confimi and the companies involved), the partnership has obtained an improvement in the ability to cooperate at a European level by strengthening the collaboration with some institutions and establishing new contacts with foreign actors; the acquisition of new working methods to improve the training offer in the field of vocational training and the adoption of an innovative working modus operandi, in line with the European proposals and the international context; the development and implementation of the internationalization strategies of the single entities; the improvement of training evaluation and verification methods together with the collection of inputs for the integration of learning and teaching approaches adapted to the professional needs of the local companies."

"4PT has promoted an analysis of food-and-wine and craft SMEs of the territories of the 7 Sending Partners as a traditional resource in sustainable development and employment growth. 4PT has asked Education and Production to draw to produce integrated training opportunities, flexible and multifunctional Learning modules , with LOs recognized in professional KSC and Soft skills, evaluated in ECVET Credits, certified by Europass Mobility and validated by USR Piedmont Region, to facilitate the transfer of the experience and invest in ongoing training of qualified professionals, pre-requisite for social identity and effective job placement of beneficiaries. 4PT has also intended to be a cooperative educational project of long duration, where the knowledge of direct and indirect sources of funding of the EU and the contexts of the partner countries has been intended to promote the establishment of networked microenterprises, where Production, Processing, Packaging, Promotion might integrate in supporting food-and-wine and high quality craft and well-prepared tourism. The multidisciplinary nature of the professional and technical profiles of the beneficiaries has been the added value of the project: who of the 93 students is interested in the establishment of productive or reception SMEs will be supported in his-her post-graduation by the School network and local stakeholders, and by possible agreements with the national and international network. The Mechanical, Electronic / Computer, Food-and-Wine, Biological Courses were meant to deal with the Production, Processing, Packaging areas while the Tourism, Administration, Business Management, were meant to deal with Promotion. The planned activities included the dissemination of the project idea with subsequent drafting of the MoU, where the ECVET partnership has established a trust relationship based on the Quality Charter for Mobility, with roles and responsibilities of partners and the Learning Modules. The network has agreed on the LA to the promoter’s Hosting partner and Beneficiary signatures. After the selection the preparation of beneficiaries and accompanying teacher has followed, together with travel and accommodation arrangements, the drawing up of the calendar of activities in the host country, internship placement and carrying out of Learning Modules, with ongoing evaluation and final LOs achieved on the basis of KSC and Soft Skills expectations , filling in of the Diary of Stage and, when back home, organization of meetings with SMEs and public bodies for the execution of the Learning Module no.5, the evaluation of the results achieved, the allocation of ECVET credits and validation by USR Piedmont Region. National dissemination activities have followed, with local initiatives of the Sending Partners in Class Council, Teachers Council, in sector workshops, from Piedmont to Sicily, and transnational, with partner countries, with the use of blogs, web sites, social media , media on line, Piedmont USR e-twinning and local and national media, with “ Italian flavors”, Accademia5T’s magazine. The promoter has organized the public meeting “I become European”, the conference “ Novi goes into Europe"" I-Tech"" where the acquired certifications have been delivered, the Learning Modules treated, the analysis of the beneficiaries on the srtucture of the companies in the partner countries taken into consideration and the opportunities for informal education in Europe examined. The objectives of the dissemination have concerned also areas not included in the project but likely to be involved in future plannings. The dissemination of the results is expected to last beyond the funding period, for a lasting impact on the various target groups, the realization of post mobility internships of the beneficiaries at the companies of respective territories and the possibility of realization of networked micro-enterprises in the post-diploma. The impact assessment of the project has examined the beneficiaries, the network of Hospitality Partners, the territories involved. The impact on students has been tested with KSC and Soft Skills certified by certificates of participation in seminars, L2 courses, Europass Mobility and ECVET Credits. In the long-term fallout 4PT has intended to prepare an Multifactorial and Flexible Expert in Microenterprises, with knowledge of socio-economic contexts, production processes, market demand and employment opportunities in partner Countries and able to rely on OER and e-learning in the programming of their educational and professional future. The Sending Partner shave tightened partnerships with the productive sectors of the territories and the staff has acquired project capacity building and management, with the inclusion in the POF of other transnational experiences, ECVET updating, adaptation of curricula to the School- Production alternating experiences in flexible training initiatives, certifiable and transferable. T"

"The Novara area, hinge between the North-Mediterranean and East-Western EU, suffers from years of economic decline, a situation that severely affects young people: ISTAT 2016 data confirm a youth unemployment rate (15-24 years) of 42.8% (mean value Italy 37.9%, EU 22%), of which 18% NEET. The increase in adult unemployment has led to a significant increase in the nr of families in difficulty (of which 6% in a state of poverty) and the need, in relation to professional training, to promptly and flexibly prepare young people with respect to the requirement of “openness” and internationalization demanded by a profoundly changed market and also by a society that has to simultaneously cope with the social and working inclusion of a large number of resident migrant families: 37,400 foreign citizens (10% of the population), of which 4,185 young people. In order to contribute to the recovery of its territory, the CSCI has long developed a strategy of internationalization among whose objectives the following are of particular importance: a) The professionalization of High School students of the consortium institutions, by encouraging them to complement and strengthen the skills acquired in school/ training, by working closely with non-Italian European companies b) The strengthening of a European prospective in the education and vocational training of the Novara area, by encouraging teachers / school staff to undertake job shadowing mobility experiences in other non-Italian European facilities, in order to acquire methodological, didactic, substantive and organizational best practices that would strengthen local training initiatives. SWEET2017, by introducing important changes compared to the previous edition, has enhanced even further the experience: 1) Students – with whom “tailored” mobility experiences have been defined, and also documented by storytelling. By the ""flipped classroom"" method, tutors have guided the students to share the experience transforming the subjective insights in shared objective experience and have guided them to create a personalized career plan, adapting their professional goals to real abilities and aspirations. 2) Teachers / school staff – that after the conclusion of the experience have been encouraged to share feedback: - With colleagues, in the closing event on 26/09 and during a workshop in the 2018/2019 school year, coinciding with the presentation of the sweet2018 activities - With students, through a lesson in a foreign language using teaching methods, technology and experiences gained through the mobility experience In the 2017/2018 school year, ""SWEET2017"" has promoted: - 90 * 5 weeks mobility placements, aimed at students of the fourth year (priority has been given to students from poor families) + 12.5% compared to 2016 in combination with - 15 * 2 weeks mobilities for teachers/ school staff (priority has been given to CLIL teachers) + 50% compared to 2016 of the 13 Technical/Vocational Institutes and vocational lyceums in Novara area which are CSCI members. The mobility, which took place through an agreement with nr. 7 entities located in ES, FR, HU, DE, IE, MT, has been validated on the basis of ECVET criteria and has been organized, in the logic of EQAVET quality, as per plan presented to obtain the Mobility Card The activities, divided into months and detailed in the plan, are: 1-2: Start Up - Finding a tutor and mentor in Italy and abroad; Coordination Committee constitution; agreement definition with the partnership 3-5: Selection of candidates - Information activities on the project; selection (written and oral) and validation activities (ranking system by defining the beneficiaries of the grants and possible reserves); Match between selected candidates and destinations. 6-8: Preparation of participants (orientation, soft skills and language strengthening); Accommodation and companies/identified schools confirmation; transfers organization; MOU and LA signing 9: Departure of candidates and internships start (work placements, tutoring and mentoring) 10-12: Placement end (compilation and reporting back), meetings with the participants (follow-up), validation of acquired skills. 1-12: Organization, coordination and management - Monitoring and Evaluation of the project activities - Dissemination Project start date 11.01.2017; Duration: 12 months. N. 8 escorts have accompanied (one for each group) students with minors, VISA or need to change the means of transport during the journey. The activity last 7 days (5 on-site and 2 travelling) during which accommodation of the participants and their integration in the context was verified.Thanks to the assistance received on the first part of the journey and to the skills acquired through mobility the students were able to travel alone on their return journey. In case of maltese students' group,CSCI organized an “accompaniment” service during the return journey."

The project Sportello Europa 2 aims to pursue the objectives listed in the Internationalization strategy of Scuola Centrale Formazione through the realization, in 2017 – 2019, of 300 transnational mobilities (250 for VET learners and 50 for VET staff), continuing what has been already started with the previous Sportello Europa. On the basis on different indicators, it is confirmed that in Italy there is a very difficult condition for what concerns the youth unemployment rate (aged between 15-24) at 36,4% (Istat data october 2016), this date is above the european average, despite it is the lowest since 2012; the italian labour market, on the basis on Istat data, seems infact more favourable for the over 50 (+0,9%). The NEET (aged between 15 – 29) are 2,5 millions (26,9%), is constantly growing from 19,5% in 2007, and even more alarming is that the 32% of them is going through this situation for over a year (OCSE data 20015). Consequently, the project aims to favour and promote: - Transition processes for young people into the labour market; - Reintegration processes of young people into education paths; - Continous staff training to favour “changing” processes; - Intercultural approaches. The 250 VET learners involved in the project are: - included in IVET training paths (2,3 e 4 annuality); - qualified young people, since no more than one year, in the following sectors: heating and plumbing, mechanic, electric, restaurant (cookery, bar), food processing (bakery), wellness (hairstyle and beauty), graphics and multimedia, administrative, tailoring and fashion. VET learners mobilities will have a length of 2,3 and 4 weeks in Spain, Ireland, UK, German, Austria and France. The length of the mobiliy and the choise of the destination country will be closely linked to the tipology of Learning Outcomes identified in each youngster's mobility programme. The realization of the mobilities will refer to “the guide to transnational mobility services” (http://www.scformazione.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/guida-servizi-GORES-sett2016-IT-5.pdf) pubblished by SCF to facilitate and to promote awareness among the operators of the sending and the hosting organizations in terms of: - selection of the destination country on the base on the companies/sectors excellences to guarantee padagogical quality; - choise of the mobility lenght in line with the training project of the beneficiaries (training as: strengthening of the acquired competences, intercultural experience; training embedded with the formal path; work experience in addition to the learning path); - selection of the learning outcomes to be acquired during the mobility through valorization formulas (reuse of the knowledges and of the skills acquired abroad, transfer peer to peer) or utilization of “recognition” procedures through collecting, evaluation and validation tools foreseen by GORES. In particular it will be used in an experimental way the web platform that SCF, presented to the DoYourMob event 2016. The 50 VET Staff mobilities are addressed to different professional figures (Trainers, coordinators, tutor, educator) involved in training activities (both professionalised and cultural), tutoring, training on the job, orientation, supporting on the job, etc. The main proposed topic is the didactic innovation, observed from different perspectives and in particular: - work-based learning, digital teaching or in general learning through technologies; - internationalization of competences. For these mobilities we distinguish between to 2 competence areas, in accordance with both Young People and Adult “Target” - in the first one: IVET learners, including young people at despersion risk, with a physical and mental disadvantage, immigrants and unaccompanied migrant children; - in the second one: people over 18 (vulnerable persons in generale, e.g. unemployed, immigrants, people with disabilities), with a particular attention to NEET The VET staff mobilities will last 3-5 days (included travel days)in Spain, France, UK, Finland, Austria and Ireland. The project foresees, also, 10 training paths of 12 days in Uk and in Ireland for the English language training. For the VET staff mobility, SCF wants to invest on methodologies: * WBL in accordance with: - the coordination of its own network concerning the Dual System experimentation, in collaboration with CONFAP and FORMA (www.lanostraviaduale.it); - The promotion of the didactic enterprise in terms of pedagogical innovation. *Media Education in accordance with the investement started in 2013 with the Project INN.

The project “Coriandoli” realized the internationalization activities foreseen by the 2016 operative plan of Ce.S.F.Or.The implementation of mobility actions involved the Italian central-south geographical area, and allowed to realize training in working context experiences (internships) for youngsters included in VET training, newly graduated, and the applicant staff.The project addressed the needs for a better training in a working and international context, and addressed at the high youth unemployement rate of the geographical area involved; it also addressed the needs for a professional enhancement and update of the staff, which, through the mobility action, could enhance their intercultural competences, specifically in the EU mobility field.The project activities supported also the Europe 2020 Strategy and the objectives of the ET2020 Strategic Framework, to foster mobility and employability of young European citizens. “Coriandoli” realized mobility for 50 youngsters in the hotel, tourism and catering field, promoting the possibility of professional training for learners and newly graduated. And for 5 staff professionals. The project contributed to enhance the applicant competences in the field of training and EU project management. The project reached the following objectives:- foster personal growth and professional competences of the learners involved in the mobility actions;- widen the European network of organizations/bodies involved;- strengthen the cooperation among organizations active in the EU mobility and SMEs;- improve language and intercultural competences of learners and staff involved in the mobility actions;- strengthen the use of shared tools and procedures for the recognition of knowledge, skills and competences acquired through the mobility.The project “Coriandoli” lasted 2 years, from October 1st, 2016 to September 30th, 2018, and developed the following activities:- 48 mobility of young learners, duration 21 days, to accomplish internship experiences in SMEs in hotel, tourism and catering field;- 2 mobility of newly graduated, duration 78 days, to accomplish internship experiences in SMEs in the hotel, tourism and catering field;- 5 staff mobility, duration 7 days, for the professional update of the applicant staff, realizing activities to improve the language and the intercultural competences.The professional profiles of the learners involved in the mobility actions, in the hotel tourism and catering field, have been: cook assistant, restaurant/bar service, tourism reception operator. Participants have been selected following the publication of a public call by the applicant, according to the criteria consistent with project objectives, and in accordance with the selection procedures set in the project application stage.Mobility have been realized in 4 EU Countries, UK, Spain, Ireland and Portugal; Ce.S.F.Or. implemented ECVET procedures for the recognition of competences acquired in mobility and shared with project partners the learning outcomes to achieve through the mobility activities and the evaluation criteria. The applicant shared the minimum standard of the necessary services for the participants mobility. The applicant coordinated all the activities, ex ante and ex post, supporting participants throughout the entire mobility experience.The project “Coriandoli” achieved a good level of “customer satisfaction” for the learners, that implemented their personal and professional objectives, through the internship activities. The certification acquired will allow participants to enrich their own CV and enhance the job opportunity in their professional field, at local, national and international level.The project also allowed the applicant to widen its own network, update the competences of its staff and of the EU project management. The sharing procedures with other European partners strengthen the cooperation environment and the possibility of new European projects.