PROYECTO EUROPA IV has been the 4th edition of the mobility Erasmus+ programme promoted by the City Hall of Soria, in consortium with seven local VET schools ((Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño de Soria, CIFP La Merced, CIFP Pico Frentes, IES Virgen del Espino, IES Castilla, IES Politécnico e IES Antonio Machado). With this Project, the City Hall has aimed to exponentially improve the employability of the students from these schools, contributing directly to the development of a professional experience in the specific academic field of the participant, as well as to the acquisition of a series of transversal cultural, social, and linguistic competences that will help the participants to integrate in the labor market and in a more just and sustainable society.The consortium offered to 20 young people, between 17 and 35 years old, who were undertaking the last cycle of middle grade vocational training and had passed the first year modules in one of the schools mentioned above, the possibility of making a 90 days long-training ErasmusPro in a company in an EU country (Italy United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria or Portugal). The internships has been part or not of the FCT (according to the center), distributing 15 scholarships for FCT and 5 scholarships for practices without FCT. In addition, the participants performed an online language course through the tool of Erasmus+ program OLS, from the linguistic point of view, and a series of activities organized with the aim of preparing young people before mobility so that they could get the most out of their training stays.•publicity campaign for the project•reception of applications•candidates selection process•preparatory meetings•linguistic and occupational preparation•evaluative meeting•evaluation and dissemination of resultsIn this sense, the project has satisfied the needs detected both in the Consortium Institutions and in the students, achieving the following:•The students have enriched their vocational training•They have known other models of teaching and learning•They have strengthened the learning of a foreign language•They have discovered their capacity for adaptation and coexistence•They have developed interpersonal skills, motivation towards achievement, initiative and entrepreneurial spiritAt the same time, the staff of the Consortium institutions have improved their linguistic skills thanks to the joint work with international organizations, have increased their interest in the internationalization of learning, have analyzed with criteria the clarity of other institutions and organizations and their own, have allowed an exchange of knowledge and technology transfer, have created alliances with international organizations opening the way to future collaborations in educational projects and have strengthened relations between the educational and business world at a regional, national and international level.The professional families of the 20 participants have been: Hairdressing and aesthetics, Electromechanical maintenance, Interactive graphic product assistant, Joinery and furniture Making, Commercial activities, Health emergencies, Nursing Assistant, Preparation of Foodstuffs, Electrical and automatic installations, Cooking and gastronomy and Pharmacy and Parapharmacy. The stays have been organized in three flows:•March - June, 2019•September/October 2019 - December 2019/January 2020•March – June, 200 (mobility interrupted due to COVID19)The consortium has also had the support of international organizations that have helped in the monitoring and management of the mobilities in each of the countries involved in the project. The communication and contact has been constant with the project coordinator via e-mail, telephone calls or skype:•Accademia Europea di Firenze (Florence - Italy)•ETS (Birmingham - United Kingdom)•Partnership International (Cork - Ireland)•Amadeus (Vienna - Austria)•Euroyouth (Lisbon – Portugal)For the evaluation of the stays, the questionnaires, the evaluations of the participants by international organizations, as well as the internal evaluation of the participating organizations have been taken into account.The impact, both on the participants and on the Consortium’s organizations, has been positive in terms of improving linguistic and professional knowledge, better professionalism, improvement of social skills and cultural knowledge as well as the enrichment which it provides to work with European organizations, learning new methods that may be applied in the future.All this brings long-term benefits: higher quality of the educational system, development of entrepreneurial culture, innovation in different sectors, development of new technologies, increase of European awareness, so on.

"The project “Mobility for STaff and STudents – MO.ST.” is promoted by the Secondary Institute for Education and Vocational Training “Garfagnana”. Located in the town of Castelnuovo Garfagnana in the north-west of Tuscany, it represents an important “educational hub” for young people living in the area which also comprises isolated mountain centres. The Institute gathers four educational and training institutes: Istituto Professionale Industria e Artigianato/IPIA “Simoni”, l’Istituto Tecnico Economico e Tecnologico/ITET “Campedelli”, l’Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico/ITT “Vecchiacchi”, il Liceo Scientifico “Galilei”. In the current 2017-18 school year, 860 students are enrolled. The main project objective consists in improving the Institute’s training provision, adding a complementary component of on-the-job practice and personal development for all addressed learners (students and recent graduates, as well as teachers), giving them the opportunity to improve their training achievements and to better define their employability profile. In particular, for the involved staff (teachers) the mobility experience will contribute to their in-service records adding insight into the professional practice implemented in selected training centres abroad. They will particularly focus on the design and implementation of ""alternance training"" schemes (Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro”), implying curricula design as well as networking with local economic players, third sector and public agencies. Thanks to the MO.ST. project, 40 students attending the IV year will be engaged in an international internship programme with flows directed to the UK, Poland, France and Ireland. For 30 days, they will have direct/in-company professional experience, consistently with the alternance training which must be carried out by all students in secondary education and training. 3 newly-graduates will be involved in long-term mobilities, according to the ErasmusPro scheme. They will spend a three-month placement period at companies located in the UK, deepening their knowledge and competences in line with their qualifications and professional interests. 6 teachers will be engaged in a seven-day-long job-shadowing and an observation period at the premises of VET providers in the UK, Poland and Ireland. It is expected that the Institute, and the community in which it operates, will greatly benefit from the project’s outcomes, with respect to the development of curricula/training provision, project management and organisational advancement, networking at local and international level. The involved learners (students, graduates and teachers) will have an unforgettable experience: not only will it improve their skills and professional/technical competences, but it will also shape their attitudes and ability to live and work in an open and international environment."

The City Hall of Cuenca carried out the fourth edition of the Erasmus + program CUENCA PLUS IV, in order to continue on providing the citizens of Cuenca with the necessary impulse to strengthen and develop the economic fabric and business competitiveness of the municipality, through quality training among the urban youth to enable them to gain future employment. There have been several reasons that led the City Council of Cuenca to continue on promoting this initiative which is encouraging the development of the city through training their young people. On the one hand, a positive development has been seen in the profile of young people of the city who may now aspire to a wider range of possibilities in the labour market or to establish the basis for future personal and professional projects. And on the other hand, it is the key to combating the deficiency of the basis in the education system, school dropout and lack of expertise of young people. Therefore, the City Hall of Cuenca has counted on again with the collaboration of the schools that participated in the last edition: Pedro Mercedes School, San José School, Alfonso VIII School and the inclusion on a new institution, Santa María de la Expectación school. The City Council has also had the CEPYME Cuenca CEOE, as a local partner. This project was aimed at 15 young Vocational Education Trainees who were following their final year, in any of the schools of the Consortium, so that they could carry out their internships in Europe for a period of three months, taking part of their curricular studies in many cases. Finally, 12 young people started their mobilities in United Kingdom, Italy or France, distributed in two departure flows (March-June 2018 and March-June 2019). The professional families held in this project belonged to the VET courses of the schools of the Consortium: administrative management (5), Cookery and Gastronomy (4), electromechanical maintenance (1), Beauty therapy (1), Microcomputer systems and Networks (1). The participants received a linguistic preparation through the online course that the Erasmus + Program put at their disposal, through the OLS language platform. In addition, before the mobilities, the participants received a socio-labor and cultural training organized by the Consortium team and on the return of their mobilities, they received labour orientation session, organized by the City Council in collaboration with the CEOE CEPYME Cuenca. The degree of satisfaction of the participants has been quite positive: they have developed their activity in an international context, they have improved their linguistic skills, they have known how a European company works inside, they have improved their social skills, they have developed values such as solidarity , tolerance and respect among young people and have learned to take care of themselves by facing situations they had not experienced before and that has helped them to feel more autonomous and responsible.The completion of the training period has provided participants with a series of professional skills that complement their VET studies. In addition, they have achieved the accreditation of their competences by means of a certificate signed by the host company and the europass mobility document, crucial documents for the improvement of their cv. They have acquired a series of personal and social skills that allow them greater autonomy and, consequently, the search for independence. On a linguistic level, communication skills have been very beneficial for the participant.For the participating organizations in Spain and hosting counties, this project has meant the continuation of a collaborative relationship that can lead them to develop future initiatives in other mobility projects or any other type. It also means participation in a project with an international dimension that makes them visible internationally.

"In 2016 the fourth industrial revolution was one of the hot topics that provoked a debate about what skills to form to meet the needs of new 4.0 companies and industries. The 4.0 will bring, according to some analysts, and in line with the national plan ""industry 4.0"", automated and interconnected production generating the need for new curricula and new career paths. In line with the need to equip the local and regional labour market of professionalism, fulfilling the needs of smart factory 4.0, a Consortium, formed by Polo Fermi-Giorgi, ISI Garfagnana, IIS Galilei-claw, ITI Ferrari, has been set to develop and implement international 4.0 WBL experiences. Specifically, the Consortium, with the TECNO RETE 4.0 project, aims to promote personal, civic, cultural and professional growth of its students and offer training courses aimed at the acquisition of specific skills in the area of 4.0. The project aims at sending abroad 160 students (IV year of study) with specializations in the following areas: COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRONICS and ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICS AND MECHATRONICS. Among 160 students, 5 students will be selected from the ones with BES and/or disabilities. In continuity with the alternance of “school classes and work experiences”, the aim of the project is to enrich the preparation of participants to address the demands of the local labour market and acquire independence and maturity in their personal choices. Participants ' needs are at a glance: -to acquire/improve their technical and professional skills within international 4.0 Smart Factories -improve their language skills and communicative skills -improve their intercultural, socio-relational, civic skills -make themselves more competitive and be ready to enter the local labour market at the end of the studies The Consortium has the following objectives: -improve their training offer-strengthen the skills of its students by offering innovative and quality paths -strengthen the capacity of staff in terms of management, mentoring and monitoring training paths -improve their skills in managing international mobility experiences -improve cooperation with companies at local and international level -better use of ECVET and EUROPASS devices and systems As for the international project partners, the project aims to improve the quality multi-actorial networks that implement international work experiences; foster their growth as well as improving their ability to manage international placements and monitoring procedures. From the project, the expected results are: -for participants: more technical and professional skills in the field of specialization in order to easily enter the labour market; more linguistic and transversal skills; acquisition of certification (evidence of validations) to be used in the local and international labour market; -for the Consortium: better and increased educational tools and methods as well as the better training programs focusing on alternating lessons to work experiences; shareable and transfereable instruments aimed at the validation and recognition of learning outcomes; staff able to manage European paths and also able to improve school curricula. -international partnership: ability to use tools for monitoring, evaluation, certification of trainees' skills; better and wider international network of partnership. The project aims to impact on local and regional education systems, improving educational offers, improve the collaboration with companies and trade associations; it is expected an impact on national and European policies going to facilitate the review of the professional figures 4.0 in different directories; the improvement of certification and recognition of skills at national and international level; an increased number of international mobility projects for both students and staff of schools and companies in order to promote ""the circulation of knowledge"" and active exchanges in addition to the construction of networks and synergies. Project activities will be implemented from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019, for a total of 24 months. Expected mobility flows are 10 with16 participants each. Mobilities will be organised in the summer of 2018 and summer of 2019 according to two main work-flows. Each mobility flow will last 28 days + 2 for travelling in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia. For each mobility flow is foreseen a teacher who will accompany and supervise the project and the students. It is foreseen an accompanying person for every student with BES and/or disabilities to facilitate their stay."

"“Tecnici in campo” implements the strategic plan for the internationalization of ISIS Sarrocchi (in the January 2015 version and confirmed in the PTOF), considering transnational internships as a key tool for ""contributing to the promotion of a genuine European labor market ""(Recommendation of the Council of 10/03/2014 on a Quality Framework for Traineeships) in which: - Students' outgoing skills meet the real needs of local and international companies; - The skills of their staff are constantly updated and permeated by a European and intercultural dimension. Through the project, the Institute will develop the following two macro-activities for the realization of its internationalization strategy: A) International internships lasting 35 days for 85 students of the IV classes of the mechanical and mechatronic, IT, electronic and electrotechnical sectors, chemical in companies in the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Ireland. The possible areas of performance and LOs were identified by the partners and cited in the relevant sections C of the Carta VET. The action will respond to the strategy of improving the quality of the educational offer and adequately preparing students for entry into the world of work or university; enhance the certification of skills in the non-formal sector (see internship), improve the personal growth paths of individuals. B) International internships lasting 120 days for 5 Institute graduates in the chemical, information technology and telecommunications sectors. This action will respond to the school's need to respond to a local labor market looking for European profiles. C) 9-day internship for 10 teachers and staff in the guidance and mentoring sector in international training centers in the UK and Poland. This action will respond to the strategy of allowing a different way of ""doing school"" through the continuous training of teachers and ATAs; raise the quality level of students' mobility experiences and their certification of skills. The above mentioned macro-actions will contribute to the goal of consolidating the local, regional and international network between the world of education and the job market. It should also be noted that the Institute, in implementation of the internationalization plan formalized in 2015, has consolidated relations with training centers and international companies and, through the mobility paths of teachers, has created new contacts with companies able to identify quality internship in accordance with the professional figures leaving the Institute. The Institute has consolidated the relationship with local companies, available to participate in the selection processes of candidates and in the final evaluation of the project and its impact. The project management actions correspond to consolidated practices: - Information and selection of candidates and staff through the procedures included in Carta Vet. For the staff the following selection criteria have been declined: experiences related to international mobility 50%, language skills 20%, motivation and impact capacity to return 30%. - Definition of LA in collaboration with international partners - Experiences abroad for students and staff according to the following flows: June 2019: learners (22 United Kingdom, 7 Spain, 8 Ireland, 5 Poland); graduates (2 Ireland) October 2019: staff (4 in UK, 3 Poland, 3 Ireland) June 2020: learners (21 United Kingdom, 8 Spain, 8 Ireland, 5 Poland); graduates (3 UK) - Evaluation of outcomes, recognition and certification of competences and ECVET points. Preparation of Europass certificates and CV review for students and staff. - Dissemination, project evaluation and impact, developing a survey aimed at collecting feedback from students and staff participating in the mobility to be used to reprogram and center the offer more accurately. With respect to the provisions of the internationalization strategy, there are no changes in scope. The primary objective is to improve the professional, linguistic and key skills of all the participants. The secondary objective is to improve the practices and the training offered by the Institute. Both individual and strategic learning objectives for the Institute and for international partners are confirmed. The numbers of the mobility participants have been expanded: 85 students and 10 staff. This year the Institute has scheduled preparatory visits (1 in February and 1 in December 2019) with the aim of getting to know new partners, sharing learning objectives for its learners and establishing intentions. Accompany teachers are expected to support and guarantee the achievement of the above mentioned objectives."