Roland Garros High School is located in Reunion Island which is unique in that it is part of both the Indian Ocean and the European Union. However, geographical distance and insularity are strong obstacles to the students ambition and to international openness. Our project is part of sustaining and developing our first experiences of European openness for the teachers and the students.Our school must continue to make it clear that international openness is not only a project or a temporary goal, but a regular source of enrichment from organisational, professional and educational points of views, as well as a constitutive element of our school's policy. We want to develop and promote innovative practices in language learning building on the skills acquired during staff mobilities. The teachers selected and trained according to their subject will be the driving forces of this innovation. This team will have to develop co-working, colaborative strategies and teaching in a foreign language, but also teaching in non linguistic subjects with the help of innovative activities in the three schooling routes (general, technological, and vocational). To do so, our staff must get an efficient training, thanks to mobilities in language schools (one in in Spain and two in Ireland), in training centers for teachers (two in Italy and three in Finland) but also two job shadowing in Germany. The teachers will have to observe and analyse european professional practises concerning innovative projects and how the other countries deal with school dropout. Some of the teachers will sit for a language certification that would enable them to teach their discipline in a foreign language. Our internationalization strategies must be enriched from exchanges with European partners. Through mobility, we want to improve our ability to carry out projects to consolidate our openness and outreach to the world.

"Name of the project: Internationalization of Escola del Treball - III Start of the project: 01/10 /2018 Duration of the project: 24 months Mobility: 1 teacher, 19 students + 1 accompanying person Partner countries of the project: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom. IET-III is the third edition of the Erasmus+ project of Escola del Treball de Barcelona (EdT), framed in the Center's Internationalization Strategy, aim to strengthen our structure, the human resources and the procedures of the international mobility program that endow the EdT of an international dimension from which the whole educational community (students and teachers) could benefit. With this project we have intended that our school, one of the most important in vocational training in the whole country, improves the quality of their educational programs, introducing activities that benefit in their educational work, making it more attractive, innovative and in context with the European labor market. As a reference center in vocational eduation and training (for its variety of specialties, its size and its potential), we have bet on keeping participating in the projects developed in the European common area of education, recognizing the merits acquired by students in training schools through the participation in internships in foreign companies. We believe that this project is clearly committed to strengthe the employability of our students. The project, managed by an international coordination team of Escola del Treball, has had the support of different national and international partners that have helped in the realization of short internship mobilities for students and mobilities for teachers (job shadowing).The pandemic situation has led us to reduce the number of mobilities we considered in the initial project. Finally, 19 student mobilities have been carried out - one of which had to be terminated earlier than planned due to force majeure - and regarding of the four planned teachers mobilities, only one has been able to materialize; likewise, regardingof the two planned accompaniments, only one could be performed. Despite these changes, we consider it has been a success to have been able to carry out the whole project despite the pandemic situation. Regarding the teaching staff of Escola del Treball, IET-III has achieved: -To give them the opportunity to gain experience with new methodologies of foreign companies. -To establish new cooperation strategies with international organizations, companies and training centers. -To encourage the exchange of good practices in educational management and pedagogical methodologies with organizations in the local (Mundus) and international environment. -To educate the teaching staff about the importance of intercultural dialogue, and the learning of foreign languages, to develop an awareness of European identity. -To prepare in a coordinated way actions with the participation of young learners. -To create synergies between students and teachers from different departments. - To bring ""Europe"" to the educational community. Regarding the students, the project has allowed them: -To live the European business context, in order to acquire professional experience putting into practice the knowledge acquired during their professional training. -To develop transversal competences (8 key competences identified by the European Commission) that allow them to acquire basic skills at a personal level. -To encourage critical thinking, breaking stereotypes through activities that foster intercultural dialogue in the educational community. -To help them improve their job opportunitties at the end of their studies. -To reinforce their self-esteem and confidence, empowering them through experiences in international environments outside of their comfort zone. -To develop themselves as European citizens, opening up their minds to other cultures, languages and traditions of the common space. -To bring Erasmus + European mobility programs as well as non-formal and informal education to the students. In total, 19 students from the different professional families of Escola del Treball de Barcelona (+1 companion) and 1 teacher have participated in the project with mobilities that have been executed between 2019 and 2021 in 8 countries (Finland, Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia and United Kingdom ). Regarding of students, they have carried out VET-SHORT mobilities, doing 1-month internships in companies. Regarding of the teacher, he has carried a job shadowing mobility for 5 days, in order to improve their preparation by visiting educational centers foreign companies and institutions."

"Our vocational college ""Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung"" in Köln, Germany applies for funding by the programme Erasmus+ to be able to carry out the project ""German Apprentices' Training in Europe XI"" (""GATE XI"") for 30 trainees for the eleventh time. GATE XI shall financially enable our very good vocational school students - mangement assistants in office communications, management assistants in dialogue marketing, management assistants in sports and fitness - to do a four-week internship in companies and institutions in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England or Rovaniemi, Finland. They are supposed to do tasks appropriate to their training in English only. The students' accommodation are host families and the local hall of residence.Together with our partners in Hatfield and Rovaniemi our vocational college aims at achieving the following objectives:- Students shall improve their language competence in English as well as their intercultural competence and shall acquire a positive attitude towards mobility and flexibility, which consequently shall provide them with better chances of finding a good post after their traineeship - not just in Germany but also in another European country;- students' independence, their personal development shall be promoted;- the quality of our vocational education shall be improved. The project will be carried out by our school's EU coordinator acting together with the co-ordinator in Hatfield as well as tutors in the companies and institutions at which our students will do their internships. As intended results the above-mentioned aims can be mentioned - added by the following further intended results:- a strengthening of the European idea among our students- a strengthening of our partnerships with Hatfield and Rovaniemi so that similar projects can be carried out in the future - an improved image of ""the German as such"" among the students' colleagues, host families etc."

"A) Our vocational college ""Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung"" in Köln, Germany applies for funding by the programme Erasmus+ to be able to carry out the project ""German Apprentices' Training in Europe XIII"" (""GATE XIII"") for 35 trainees for the twelfth time. GATE XIII shall financially enable our very good vocational school students - mangement assistants in office communications, management assistants in dialogue marketing, management assistants in sports and fitness - to do a four-week internship in companies and institutions in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England or Rovaniemi, Finland. They are supposed to do tasks appropriate to their training in English only. The students' accommodation are host families and the local hall of residence. Together with our partners in Hatfield and Rovaniemi our vocational college aims at achieving the following objectives: - Students shall improve their language competence in English as well as their intercultural competence and shall acquire a positive attitude towards mobility and flexibility, which consequently shall provide them with better chances of finding a good post after their traineeship - not just in Germany but also in another European country; - students' independence, their personal development shall be promoted; - the quality of our vocational education shall be improved. The project will be carried out by our school's EU coordinator acting together with the co-ordinators in Hatfield and Rovaniemi as well as tutors in the companies and institutions at which our students will do their internships. As intended results the above-mentioned aims can be mentioned - added by the following further intended results: - a strengthening of the European idea among our students - a strengthening of our partnerships with Hatfield and Rovaniemi so that similar projects can be carried out in the future - an improved image of ""the German as such"" among the students' colleagues, host families etc. B) Goal of the project: The foreign language teachers should get the opportunity to immerse in the respective language and culture in order to learn about current developments in an authentic environment. They should get the chance to keep up with changes since their stay abroad during their university time which was in some cases more than a decade ago. Furthermore they should profit from new ideas to teach authentic and true-to-life lessons at their vocational school. Number and profile of the participants: The 12 participants are all fully-fledged foreign language teachers at a state vocational college for business and administration. They teach part-time and full-time courses at levels B1 to C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (B2 mainly). Description of the activities: The participants will attend advanced training courses at language schools and also immerse into the everyday life and culture of the host country. How the project will be executed: The participants will look for advanced training courses which correspond with their individual professional needs in order to strengthen their linguistic, intercultural and methodological skills in the context of a life-long learning process. Short description of the expected results and potential long-term benefits: The main goal is to update language and intercultural skills in an authentic environment. Additionally we intend to network and make international contacts – be it with the language schools, the locals or other participants - which will lead to further cooperation in the spirit of European unity (e.g. for student work placements or exchanges)."

El Departament d'Educació, DE (Catalan Ministry of Education), taking into account its track record of promoting international activities in the area of ​​Vocational Training (VET) in the last 19 years and following its internationalization plan initiated with the Program of training mobility and European and international cooperation in vocational education, continues to promote the internationalization strategies not only of ED but also of educational centers.In this sense, the present Erasmus + consortium project (VET) European Initial Vocational Placements 2018 (EUROINVOC 2018) is part of a broader joint strategy, which also includes other key Erasmus + actions (KA103, KA3 and KA2).Objectives pursued and achieved:It contributes to the achievement of general objectives of the Erasmus + KA1 action:1. Promote and improve the internationalization strategies of the centers.2. Contribute to the improvement and innovation of the training offer in VET.3. Create a more modern, dynamic and professional collaborative environment for VET centers.As well as specific objectives of the DE:1. Favor the exchange of good practices between centers.2. Increase the number of VET centers in mobility projects and improve the quality of their management.3. Increase the number of stable alliances between the DE, its VET centers and their respective partners.4. Improve the professional skills of both students and teaching staff participating in projects.5. Improve the knowledge of the Erasmus + program by the educational community of the centers.6. Improve the competences of the teaching staff in relation to the implementation of Dual Vocational Training in Catalonia, based on the experience of more consolidated European models.7. Contribute to the implementation in the VET of CLIL methodological approaches.Description of the activities:In this consortium project the participants are from 59 VET centers throughout Catalonia, carrying out 65 mobility flows to a total of 10 EU countries (Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands , Portugal and the United Kingdom). The duration of the flows varies from 15 to 92 days (average of 33 days of stay) and the participants belong to different VET vocational fields.The distribution is:a) VET-SHORT activity of 174 CFGM students, lasting between 21 to 92 days. The recommended minimum duration is 25 days to make the experience truly meaningful. Internships in companies are an integral part of the workplace training module (FCT) with recognition in the participant's academic record.b) VET-SHORT activity of 15 students of basic vocational training (FPB). The duration is 15 days, with 5 companions. The practices have a teaching nature with recognition in the academic record of the participant.c) VET-LONG activity of 6 CFGM students, with an average duration of 90 days. Internships in companies are an integral part of the FCT module with recognition in the participant's academic record.d) VET-STA activity of 7 CFGM teachers for a Job Shadowing experience on the dual system in Germany for 5 days.e) VET-STA activity of 14 CFGM teachers for a Job Shadowing experience on CLIL methodology in Finland for 5 days.The VET specialties represented in the mobilities have been: Administration and management, Commerce and marketing, Computing and communications, Electricity and electronics, Energy and water, Installation and maintenance, Mechanical manufacturing, Food industries, Personal Image, Building and civil works, Agrarian, Health, Sociocultural and community services, Hospitality and tourism, Physical and sports activities and Transport and vehicle maintenance.The management of this project uses online DE platforms:1. ODISSEA moodle platform for managing EUROINVOC project stays: dissemination of information and documentation.2. qBID platform for the homologation of the host companies and the monitoring, evaluation and validation of the students' practices. Results and impact:- Improvement of the professional and transversal competences of the students. Obtaining the title.- Diffusion and sustainability of the Erasmus + program in the centers.- Improves mutual trust between VET centers and their partners; improves the quality of the rooms and their management.- Improvement of the competences of the VET teaching staff on the dual modality of VET.- Improvement of the competences of VET teachers on the application of CLIL / CLIL.- Inclusion of the FPB in internationalization.Long-term benefits:- Improvement of the service charter of VET centers.- Increase the number of active centers in international projects.- Strengthen the regional strategy of the DE to promote mobility.