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.