ROAMING had the aim to meet the needs of the reality and job market of the city of Piombino, bringing participants near the world of work and job market.The project involved 40 students, coming from several courses of the school: services of wine and food and tourist reception; healthcare assistant; economy for tourism; economy for administration, finance and marketing; IT services for business.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 12 months long, and the target group were managed in different flows: FLOW 1 BELFAST (09/11/2017 - 10/14/2017)3 students from services of wine and food and tourist reception sector3 students from IT services for business sector4 students from economy of tourism sectorFLOW 2 BORDEAUX (09/08/2017 - 10/11/2017)5 students from service of wine and food and tourist reception sectorFLOW 3 DERRY (09/11/2017 - 10/14/2017)2 students from services of wine and food and tourist receprion sector2 students from IT service for business sector4 students from economic for business sectorFLOW 4 MALTA (09/10/2017 - 10/14/2017)4 students from services of wine and food and tourist reception sector4 students from IT service for business sector4 students from economic for business sectorFLOW 5 VALENCIA (09/11/2017 - 10/14/2017)5 students from healthcare assistant courseBecause of few applications for Germany and some management problems by the international partner Globtrain (Berlin), the promoter provided to change it and add a partner in Malta (Paragon Europe), organising an additional flow that has been successful.

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

"In the last months of 2017 the economy of Treviso Province, where the Consortium members are located, recorded positive signs of economic recovery, achieving the highest growth rates among provinces of Veneto region. Despite positive performance of exports in the main manufacturing sectors, the youth unemployment rate above the regional average and the drop in new business conducted by young people testify a reality in which growth opportunities, however, do not involve young people. Attentive to the requests of the economic context in which they are integrated, some Institutes from Treviso territory shared the need to join in a Consortium to create a network of collaboration and exchange of good practices that will develop their European dimension and offer to students the opportunity to develop those skills (linguistic, technical, soft skills) necessary to increase their attractiveness towards the national and international labor market. In collaboration with trade associations and local public entities, Institutes from Treviso participating in the project (ITIS ""E. Barsanti"", IIS ""Vittorio Veneto"" Città della Vittoria, ITS ""Riccati-Luzzatti"", ISISS ""C. Rosselli"", ISISS ""F. Besta"", IS ""G. Galilei"") have created a mobility consortium, aiming at improving the level of collaboration and exchange of teaching methods among schools so that they can compete, for the quality of the educational offer, with the main national and European institutes; involving the world of work and local production companies in the training process to reduce the distance between the world of education and the world of work; enhancing the language skills of students from technical and vocational schools, in line with the export vocation of local companies, and ensuring the inclusiveness of the local school system through training experiences that can involve all students, even those who have fewer opportunities. These objectives will be pursued through the implementation of vocational internships in companies and professional studios in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Malta in the summer of 2019, involving 120 students (20 for each school) coming from the following fields of study: mechanics and energy, electronics and information technology, graphics and communication, administration and finance, international relations for marketing, industrial and craft production, commercial and social-health services. After a phase of linguistic-cultural and technical preparation, the young participants will spend 4 weeks of internships abroad in companies and institutions in line with their school path, where they will be supported by a company tutor who will assign them the tasks necessary to reach the learning objectives established in the Learning Agreement before their departure. Once the mobility is over, students will be involved by their teachers in the assessment of the acquired skills, which, through written tests and group sessions, will help them to re-elaborate the experience and to hypothesize its impact in the long term. The definition of a clear communication strategy and the identification of operational teams will ensure efficient cooperation within the Consortium, necessary for the coordination of the partners in the planned activities and for the achievement of the project objectives. Participants will acquire and enhance their skills both at a professional level and at a personal level, which will allow them to face the challenges arising from the world of work with greater confidence and preparation and to integrate more easily in multicultural socio-working contexts. In turn, schools will be part of a more European network, thanks to the establishment of professional relationships with foreign organizations and companies, and will adapt the educational paths to the needs of the labor market, reducing the distance between the school world and the world of work, thanks also to the cooperation with trade associations and local municipalities. These organizations will offer young people greater visibility and connections with local and national companies, promoting the intersection of labor demand with job offer and reducing, in the long term, the youth unemployment rate within the province of Treviso."

Consejería of Education, Culture and Sports of the Autonomous Community of Castilla la Mancha, in collaboration with 26 VET schools, have carried out the second edition of an Erasmus + project, promoted by this entity, called VET GOING ON.The need to improve the employability of young people from basic and middle levels of vocational training in Castilla la Mancha, the lack of knowledge of a second European language, the importance of breaking down cultural barriers, the importance of promoting their personal and professional development, of creating greater awareness of European citizenship and a greater internationalization of the educational centers, have been the main reasons to continue on with this initiative.A total of 40 ErasmusPro mobilities have been organized, being 7 of basic vet students, 31 of middle vet students and 2 of middle vet recent graduates, who were studying in any of the 26 educational centers that made up the Consortium. These mobilities have had a duration of 90 days in France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and Portugal where they have developed training internships in companies of their professional sector (Assistance to people in need of care, Electromechanics of motor vehicles, Administrative management, Microcomputer systems and networks, Auxiliary nursing care, Commercial activities , Hairdressing and aesthetics, Office computing, Health emergencies, Administrative services, Pharmacy and parapharmacy, Electricity and electronics, Restoration services, Welding and boilermaking, Kitchen and restoration). The internships carried out by the students have been validated as those of the FCT of the training cycle.Mobilities have taken place in two flows with departures in March and April 2019. The distribution by country has been: - Ireland: 6 - United Kingdom: 6 - France: 5 - Italy: 13 - Portugal: 10All participants have received linguistic preparation through the OLS online course. They have also received, before departure, informative meetings, a socio-cultural preparation and a labor sesión, organized by the project coordinator in collaboration with their partners in the Consortium.In general, the VET GOING ON programme has managed to obtain the expected results:- The trainees have learned new ways of working and training, as well as the ability to relate to other cultures, they have known how a EU company works, they have broadened their job search horizons, enhancing this way their employability, they have improved their professional and social skills, and have increased their language skills- the schools belonging to the Consortium have promoted training experiences in order to prepare young people in an international context, have encouraged the degree of autonomy and responsibility of their students, have improved their internationalization policy through the collaboration with other countries and have promoted intercultural education as the basis for a quality European training.-the project, in addition, has promoted the mushroom effect of mobility experiences, going from 10 ErasmusPro mobilities carried out in the project of 2017 call to 40 mobilities in this project.- With this project, the economic development of the Community has also been encouraged, through better preparation of its young people.

The Internacionalización de jóvenes gallegos- INTERGAL project- was presented as an ERASMUS + mobility project for 70 Vocational Training students who have recently graduated during the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in Medium and Basic level of Vocational Training or Certificates of Professional training (levels I, II, and III) in the professional families of Administration and Management, Agriculture, Commerce and Marketing, Personal Image, Information Technology and Communications, Health, Social Services and the Community, Textile, Clothing and Leather and Vehicle Transportation and Maintenance.The main activity consisted of doing work practices for 60 days in companies of one of these five European countries: France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal or Czech Republic. The main goal was to support the employment of young people who have recently graduated in the aforementioned training and linked to the need for qualified professionals for the internationalization of products and services in the most significant productive sectors or with more development potential at the moment in Galicia.It was intended that at the end of the stay the participants would have the experience demanded by the labor market of the community, with the professional and personal resources required for a job and that were able to function in the international market.The project was presented by the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia through the Dirección Xeral de Xuventude, Participación e Voluntariado as the coordinating entity of the consortium formed by the Dirección Xeral de Orientación e Promoción Laboral whose centers give studies of certificates of professionalism; the centers of the Dirección Xeral de Ordenación e Produción Forestal that provides agricultural studies; the Institutes of Secondary Education (IES) A Pinguela, Monte Castelo, Lamas de Abade, As Mariñas, Curtis, the Integrated Center of Professional Training (CIFP) Paseo das Pontes and the Association of Technical Teachers of Secondary Education of Automotive of Galicia; These centers offer basic and medium-level vocational training for the professional studies that are the object of the project.In total, 31 people, 18 women and 13 men, have carried out internships in companies abroad with the INTERGAL project; two participants, a young man and a young woman, took part in the Vocational Training in Work Centers (FCT) to obtain their Vocational Training Degree in the Agriculture, 1 participant in basic Vocational Training in Administration, 9 recently graduated participants in the medium level of Vocational Training (five of Health, two of Agriculture, one of Administration and one Personal Image) and 19 of certificates of professionalism (nine of Administration, two of Tourism, one of Textile, one of Commerce, five of Computing and one of Services to Community).The mobilities carried out have a high training value for each participant at a professional and personal level.At a professional level they have known, above all in their own professional sector, the functioning of companies, they have been able to know the labor market abroad and have perfected and acquired new procedures and / or knowledge, which translates into improvement of the curriculum and opportunities as well as security and flexibility when looking for a job.On a personal level, they have lived in a new and unknown working, sociocultural and personal environment which implies an improvement in their level of self-confidence, autonomy and ability to make decisions as well as being able to interrelate in a language other than their mother language, breaking down the fear to the linguistic barriers.The knowledge, strategies and professional, personal and linguistic skills acquired represent a great advantage in the labor market for each participant, not only to be hired but to improve the type of work they look for; At the same time it is an advantage for entrepreneurs who can count on professionals with work experience and knowledge to improve and expand their companies or internationalize their products and services and it is also beneficial for the community because unemployment can be reduced with more and better contracts which will mean more justice and social cohesion.