GAP MONTH had the aim to meet the needs of the reality and job market of the city of Livorno, bringing participants near the world of work and job market.The project involved 20 students, coming from different courses of the schools Buontalenti - Cappellini - Orlando: LOGISTIC AND MARITIME TRANSPORTS, NAUTICAL MECHANIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND SYRVEYORS, DENTAL TECHNICIANS.Beneficiaries had the chance to increase and develop different kinds of skills, such as:- language skills- personal and key skills like flexibility, self confidence, punctuality, capacity of problem solving, teamworking, capacity to work under pressure and to follow deadlines, authonomy, capacity to adapt to new environment, leadership- technical and professional skills, related to the sector and courses of study, through the internship in private companiesThe promoter had the chance to:- improve its learning offers- improve skills of the staff working at the project (teachers, administration and direction)- improve the partnership, at local and International level- promote the school, its courses and programmesProject was 18 months long and 20 students took part in a short term mobility (about 5 weeks) managed in 2 different flows: - FLOW 1 (June/July 2017) in Belfast, 10 students and 1 accompanying person - FLOW 2 (September/October 2017) in Valencia, 10 students and 1 accompanying personDestinations abroad have been adapted as much as possible to the participants’ needs, working hard with the project partners to satisfy participants’ expectations and to reach the aims of the project, that has been reached as stated by the participants' reports and the satisfaction showed during the dissemination and follow up activities.

The W.I.P project is in continuity with the mobility experience taking place from 2016 and in line with the provisions of the internationalization plan of the Polo. Specifically confirmed the following strategic objectives: -Improve the quality of training through international training programs which will allow all students to complete their successful path of education, preventing dropouts, and enhancing the potential of each one carefully to young foreigners and even to people with fewer opportunities or with disabilities. - Improve accessibility to employment by equipping their students with adequate skills to undertake and capable of innovation and proactive in working both locally and in an international contexts. - Improving the certification of skills and especially transversal skills or soft skills, as an essential asset for the entry into the job market world or to continue their university studies. The three objectives will be achieved through implementation of this project and the enhancement of international experience in the training programs of Polo. Improve and enhance the use of new technologies, setting up online forms for students. This will be achieved thanks to the possibility for participants to participate in the language learning of OLS platform to improve language skills in pre-departure. - Improve the quality of training and upgrading of staff in order to improve services and the quality standards expected, thanks to their participation in the international mobility - Enhance and increase vocational guidance output for students, through greater synergies with external resources and also with the local services (employment centre). This will be achieved thanks to the activities of preparation before departure, evaluation and certification of credits at the returning. The project, expected in line with what was planned in the VET PAPER, aims to give the opportunity to 20 students of classes IV and 10 graduates of the Institute promoting, to make an experience of international internship of 35 days (+ 2 days of travel) for students and 60 days (+ 2 days of travel) for graduates in Spain, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Malta. In addition, will also be involved 3 staff people, for an 8-day mobility path (+2 days of travel) in Spain, Northern Ireland and Portugal Possible areas of performance and LO for individual professionals: -teacher/ staff: broaden the knowledge of systems for recognition and validation of skills acquired in non-formal contexts. —Specialisation environment and territory/surveyors: collaborate in the management of the site and choosing environmentally friendly materials -Specialisation logistics-captains: management of platform for goods and passenger flows, departing and arriving -Specialisation mechanical, electronic and electrical engineering: use equipment tools for the control of propulsion systems on board, maintenance -Specialisation dental technician: use materials and alloys, have good manual, be able to use IT for the graphical representation of the prosthesis The chain of actions that the Promoter will prepare for a quality management are: - Signing of MOU with the host organizations for individual professionals (Captains and Engineers, Mechanical, Electronic and electrical, Surveyors, dental technician) - Information and selection of candidates through the European CV analysis, cover letter and interview individual - Definition of LA in collaboration with international partners - Pre-departure preparation, use of OLS platform Experience abroad for students according to the following streams: June 2018: 9 partecipants in Northern Ireland (5 students, 3 school leavers, 1 staff); 8 in Portugal (5 students, 2 graduates, 1 staff) October 2018: 7 partecipants in Spain (5 students, 2 graduates, 1 staff); 8 partecipants in Malta (5 students and 3 graduates) - Evaluation of the results and recognition and certification of competencies and credits ECVET, in synergy with local employment services - Elaboration of the Europass mobility certificates and review of the Europass CV Dissemination of project aims since the beginning and, at the end, about results Project evaluation and impact. In summary, the primary goal is to improve the professional skills, language skills, and core skills of individuals. Secondary objective is to improve the practices and the educational offer of the proposer structure, making the international mobility as a key element in all the curricula of the Polo students and staff. The Polo has decided to identify one accompanist per flow / country for a total of four companions who stay abroad 10 days (+ 2 travel) and will support the students in joining the company in collaboration with international partners and will check the quality of the living and training courses. The graduates will make their path in autonomy, under the supervision of the tutor of the international partners.

The project plays an important role in the acquisition of technical and professional skills. It allows the participants to acquire hard and soft skills as well as personal and linguistic skills that provide the young trainees with a professional and initiative knowledge that they can practise on both a local and international level. Within the mobility activities, the project plans to involve 25 students and 25 graduates from different sections of the school: CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS and BIOTECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT and LOGISTICS: AERONAUTICS - Construction of aircrafts ELECTRONICS and ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IT and TELECOMMUNICATIONS MECHANICS, MECHATRONICS and ENERGY Objectives of the participants will concern on the acquisition and/or the improvement of: - Language skills and transversal ability (common to all professions) - Specific technical and professional competencies for each referenced profession - EU key competencies (common to all professions) Objectives of the promoter and partners will refer to: - Improving the quality of the traineeships offered and to reduce number of early school leavers - Innovating the skills of their own staff - Developing collaboration between corporations and companies overseas - Connecting their local network to an international environment to enable innovation and development of the area. - Improvement of knowledge for all the partnerships, to communicate in an effective manner and work as a network. - Promoting the knowledge of the ECVET system The project will last for two years (from September 2016 – to September 2018) The duration of the international mobility will consist of 30 days for the students and 60 days for the young graduates, the destinations will be : Belfast (UK), Prague (CZ), Limassol (Cyprus) and Mosta (Malta) The school promoter will manage relationships with local stakeholders and European partners, will disseminate the project information, select the participants, organize the preparation and will take care about the aspects concerning the management of the mobilities. moreover the school will supervise and monitor the performance of the training abroad, it will evaluate, certify the skills of the participants and disseminate the results, as well as manage intermediate and final report of the project. the following international partners: Plato, Intern Europe, Paragon Europe, Vuste Envis, will act as mobility support abroad for logistics and training. They have already provided information on selected hosting companies and their methods of tutoring. Communication will take place through various channels to facilitate the circulation of information. Expected results for the participants: Enrichment and personal growth, verification and application of the skills acquired within the training, increasing the possibility of a job placement after the course of study. Procurement of an informal international network. Building a professional portfolio. The trainees will acquire new skills and knowledge, motivation and knowledge of different manufacturing processes in their destination countries and also obtain an informal international network Expected results for the promoter and the partners: Improving the ability to enable internal innovation processes, strengthening transnational cooperation and the ability to build networks, both on a national and international level. Also to be able to develop additional projects, develop validation processes, apply the certification and recognition of mobility experiences, and to help in the reduction of early school leavers. In the long term, the project will contribute to developed awareness of the value of international mobility and to promote better openness and trust between families, citizens, other school institutions, and local businesses, providing a greater involvement in future international activities organised by the institute promoters.