In 2014 the first project was presented in the scope of the XPTO + Consortium and the success that demosntrated its implementation was born the desire to give it continuity, presenting a new project in 2015. The entities that participated as sending entities in this new project were: Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André, a Escola Profissional de Fafe, a Escola Profissional de Rio Maior e a Academia Total-IEDP. EUROYOUTH acted as a mediator between schools, providing the human resources and expertise needed to coordinate an ERASMUS + project.The project was defined around 4 objectives:- FAVOR EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED AND QUALIFIED CAREERS OF NEWLY-DIPLOMATED PERSONS IN THE SEARCH OF THE FIRST EMPLOYMENT- GUARANTEE THE QUALITY AND UPDATE OF THE TRAINING OFFER AND VOCATIONAL ORIENTATION- PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONALIZATION- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF PORTUGAL AND EUROPEThe participants of this project were 60 graduates of the sending schools: Grouping of Schools of Santo André, IEDP - Total Academy, Professional School of Fafe and Professional School of Rio Maior, of the following training courses, level 4:Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André - Management Informatics, Graphic Design; Receiving; Child Support- Academia Total-IEDP - Tourism; Electro-technology; Child Support- Escola Profissional de Fafe - Multimedia; Electronics, Automation and Computers;- Escola Profissional de Rio Maior - Renewable Energies; Health Assistant; Environmental and rural tourism; Electronics, Automation & Computers & Transportation & LogisticsThe students were between the ages of 18 and 24 and were mostly males (33), compared to 27 females. The students came from the municipalities or from the bordering municipalities of the sending schools, being, in the majority, students with a medium-low socioeconomic strata.Through this project, students performed their first professional internship with a duration of 68 days, with the students of the group 1 countries having access to the OLS courses and the participants who went to the countries of group 2, allowed the accomplishment of a Language course at the destination.The host countries were: the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Malta, Germany, Austria, Greece, Slovenia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.The impacts achieved were:The impacts achieved with this project were as follows:Participants- Strengthening of language, personal and professional skills- Knowledge / approach to the European labour market-Opportunity to know new cultures and acquire a greater cultural awareness- Higher entrepreneurial skills and competences- Approaching Europe by strengthening the sense of European citizenship, participation and identity and the interest in what happens in the different countries of Europe and the worldEducational and school communities- Greater proximity to the international market- Increased motivation and dynamism of work teams that acquired competences in the scope of the capacity of teamwork, ICT domain, structuring and planning of work- Coordination between institutions or organizations offering learning opportunities- Greater appreciation of the benefits inherent to professional, personal and linguistic experiences in an international context;- Knowledge of the opportunities and advantages of mobility in Europe;- Improvement in the quality of activities to be carried out and projects to combat school drop-out- New and different ideas to complement the training of graduates with European-level programs of excellenceConsortium partners- Reinforcement of skills at international level through networking and constant cooperation- Reinforcement of knowledge at the level of international projects, for example with the introduction of the ECVET recognition system in the XPTO + IV project, approved in 2017- Increased networking between vocational training schoolsInternational partners:- Increasing the network and networking at international level- Higher working capacity- Updating of working methods and techniques

"""Overcome"" is going to implement the strategic plan for internationalization dell'IIS Sarrocchi in the version of January 2015 (see page 76 of PTOF), considering transnational placements as a key tool to ""contribute to the promotion of a genuine European labor market"" (03.10.2014 of the Council Recommendation on a quality Framework for traineeships) in which: - The skills of the outgoing students respond to 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 strategy of internationalization: mobility for a period of 37 days internship for 80 students of classes IV of the mechanical and mechatronic sector, computer, electrical, electronic and electrotechnical, chemical companies in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Malta. Possible areas of performance and LO have been identified by the partners mentioned in the relevant sections C. This action will respond to the strategy of improving the quality of training and prepare students adequately for entering into the job market or university; enhance the certification of skills in the informal sector (see training); improve the personal growth of the individual paths. international mobility for a period of nine days for 7 teachers and expert in guidance and mentoring in international training centers in the UK and Malta. This action will respond to the strategy of enabling a new way of ""doing school"" through the continuous training of teachers and technical staff of the school; raise the quality of mobility experiences of the students and their certification of skills. Both macro-actions will contribute to achieving the objective of consolidating the local network, regional and international level between the worlds of education and employment. Since the implementation of the internationalization plan in 2015 the Sarrocchi Institute established the relationships with training centers and international companies, (eg Foyle, Cap Ulysse) and created new contacts with companies able to identify the quality of training paths in accordance with the professional figures in output by the Institute. The Institute has consolidated relationships with local companies, available to participate in the candidate selection process and moments of the final evaluation of the project and its impact. Finally Sarrocchi identified the alternating training of teachers in tutoring and counseling for 2018-2019, supplementary to the mobility actions. The project management actions correspond to established practices as: - Signing of the MOU for single professionals; - Information and selection of candidates and staff through the procedures included in the request for Vet Charter. For staff the selection criteria are as follows: experiences related to international mobility 50%, 20% language skills, 30% motivation and ability to impact at the return. Definition of LA in collaboration with international partners - Mobilities for students and staff as following flows: 25-06/ 2018: 25 students in UK, 10 students in France 01-10/ 2018: 4 staff in UK and 3 staff in Malta 24-06/ 2019: 15 students in UK and 15 students in Malta 02-09/2019: 15 students in Spain Evaluation of the results, recognition and certification of skills and ECVET points. Development of Europass certificates and review of CV for students and staff. - Dissemination, project evaluation and impact by developing a survey to gather feedback from students and the participating staff mobility to be used to reprogram and center more accurately other mobility initiatives There is no change of purpose than envisaged in the strategy of internationalization. Primary goal is to improve the professional skills, language and key to all the participants. Secondary objective is to improve the practices and the educational offer of the school. It confirms both the learning objectives for individuals and for the Institute strategies and its international partners. The numbers of participants in mobility have been expanded: 80 students and 7 staff. It was predicted 5 leaders (1 for flow) for 10 days to facilitate the insertion of the students in the company and especially to facilitate their first contact with the international environment and intercultural aspects, according with new styles and customs."