The project „European Mobility in the Hotel Industry” addresses the students of the Technological High School of Tourism Calimanesti and starts from the main problems faced by our educational institution regarding the training / in terms of training of the future graduates of the main school profile-Tourism and Hotel Industry- namely the difficulties of performing practical training in the country and the need to practice and to deepen the knowledge of the foreign languages in this field/area of specialization / training. Also , from the questionnaires applied to the students of this profile , most of them believe that their training is largely theoretical / there are too many modules of study. These modules could be replaced by hours of practice . In this respect our project has the following objectives :1) Supporting the Romanian participants to acquire work experience in a European working environment corresponding to their field of training / specialization- Tourism, Hotel Industry- in order to facilitate the professional integration in the labour market ;2) The development of professional and personal skills (communication skills , cooperation skills in the labor relations , cultural skills) in order to increase the competitiveness of the vocational and technical school graduates in the labor market ;3) The creation of those models and strategies necessary for the collaboration of the institutional level witch aims at increasing the capacity of Romanian vocational technical educational institution to provide the relevant qualifications for the labour market;There are 24 participants. They are students in the 11th grade. They are involved in the initial vocational training in the Technological High School of Tourism Calimanesti, their professional qualification is Technician in Hotels –the Services profile. The participants prepare themselves for working in the tourism industry, in the hotels or for setting up their own business .The tourism and the hotels industry, economic areas with a strong growth potential , need professionals, qualified people who are able to provide expertise and quality in the promotion and tourism services. This project will respond to the need of the future vocational technical high school graduate ( the professional qualification being Technician in hotels ) to receive specialized training as close as possible to the real background and directly integrated in the labour market. The project partnership consists of :The Technological High School of Tourism Calimanesti , the host organizations, Hotel Navras, Corona, Alixares,-and the intermediate organization MEP Euro project-all of them being in Granada, Spain. The main activities carried out for the project implementation are :1.The elaboration and the conception of the project application contacting the host organizations and defining the partnerships by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with clearly roles of each organization.II. The preparation and the Probation agreement 1) The designation of the Project Management team2) Local and regional information campaign about the project and its opportunities;3) Preparing the agreement contract with the National agency and signing the contract4) Participants’ selection 5) Detailing Training agreement with the host organization 6) The organization of the participants’ training 7) Preparing travel arrangements III. Developing ProbationIV. After probation The validation and the recognition of the learning outcomes by the beneficiary organization through the probation , evaluated and validated according to the quality assurance procedures and according to Romanian legislation , order 4931\august 2008.-Designing the individual probation report of each participant-The preparation of the final reportThe dissemination of the project results and of the necessary measures in order to ensure the project sustainability. The working methodology will be based on: clearly establishing the roles within the partnerships through “The Memorandum of Understanding”, with the project management plan, describing the needed activities and the processes in order to fulfill the objectives and in order to achieve the expected results , preparing the financial and the technical documentation. Expected results: the improvement of the knowledge skills and of specialized skills of the participants at a rate of up to 80%.-developing the capacity and the adaptive qualities of the participants to new situations and the new social and cultural background , developing the spirit of working in a competitive environment at the European standards , knowledge of other European realities , economic, social and cultural models , linguistic skills –the final products of valorization and multiplication : the CD of the project , leaflets ( 200 copies), a poster, a website, auxiliary teaching.

"The project number 2015-1-RO01-KA102-014860 entitled 'Hotel Services at European standards"" addressed a number of 18 tenth grade students from the Technological High School ""Gheorghe MironCostin"" Constanta, in Tourism and Catering domain, with the “Tourism Technician” qualification.The project started from the main issues our institution of education faces in terms of professional training for future graduates in the main profile of the school: Tourism - Hotels, namely, the difficulties of achieving some practical training in the country and the need to practice and deepen the knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, so important in this specialization.Through the project, the 18 participating students and the two accompanying teachers,in a single stream – June 20th, 2016 - July 8th, 2016 – went through a period of training of 90 hours, corresponding to the practical training in the tenth gradecurriculum, 1st module: “Hotel Services” – merged practical training.The transnational partnership was a renewal of a previous partnership, a mobility for learning, from the 2015 exercise and was represented by the following host organizations: Corona de Granada,Hotel,Alixares Hotel,NavasHotel, and the organization that brokered the placement and organized the accommodation, the meals and the cultural program: MEP Europroject Granada SL.O1. Supporting Romanian participants to gain work experience in a European environment connected with their field of study - tourism and hotel industry - in order to facilitate professional integration in the labour marketO2. Professional and personal development of the following skills: communication, cooperation in labour relations, cultural competencies to enhance competitiveness of the vocational technical high school graduates in relation to the labour market;O3. Creating models and strategies for institutional collaboration, which helps the Romanian vocational technical education institution to increase its capacity to provide relevant qualifications and shape the labour market.Project activities:1. Preparing the mobility: project team training, contracting, selecting the participants, preparing participants, preparing the Training Agreement, theEuropass certificates, the entire technical and financial documentation.2.Progress of the mobility -June 20th, 2016 - July 8th, 2016. Learning was performed individually and in groups under the direct supervision of the Spanish tutors, Monday to Friday between 2 P.M. and 8 P.M. The practical activities undertaken were: receiving guests on the hotel premises; tasks on the lobby level (meet clients, luggage storage, cleaning), the connection between the lobby and other departments, participation in activities of informing tourists about additional hotel services, running errands for hotel guests, providing the hotel guests with advertising materials, preparing rooms to receive new clients, participating in preparing breakfast and touristic packages and learning how to fill in basic touristic documents.The worksheets filled in by the participants aimed to correlate the theoretical facts with practice. The knowledge, the skills and the abilities acquired were confirmed by the Europass Certificate, the Participation Certificates and the Linguistic Certificates. The cultural programme consisted of visits and trips organised during the participants’ free time. 3.Post-mobility. Since all the competencies contained in the units of competency (UC) were developed during the mobility and were confirmed by the results of the initial, progress and final assessments, made by internshiptutors, school,after returning from mobility, validated, recognised and transferred the results of the learning by providing grades and ECVETcredit points. Also, in this stage, there were dissemination and valorisation activities of the results.The project results have materialised both in major benefits for the participants and for the beneficiary institution as follows:-The participants acquired skills, abilities and expertise in a modern workplace, equipped to European standards directly connected to the labour market requirements in the hotel industry domain. -The beneficiary institution managed to provide the future tourism technician a solid initial training, from a professional perspective, to develop his team work abilities, communication in a foreign language, cultural skills development, adaptive, so necessary in a flexible and competitive labour market."

77 students of Zespół Szkół Chemicznych (Group of Technical Schools) of Ignacy Łukasiewicz in Bydgoszcz, who after their graduation will obtain or have already obtained the title of a qualified tourist technician, an environmental science and protection technician, a chemist analyst, a photo technician and digital graphics process technician. The participants implemented two-week internships in educational centers and companies in a diverse area (including their fields of study at school) in Spain, Italy and Germany.The trainees were second, third and fourth grade students (18 qualified tourist technicians, 1 environmental science and protection technician, 18 photo technicians, 18 digital graphic process technicians , 22 chemist analysts). The candidates declared their interest in acquiring and developing new professional competences as well as being open to transnational cooperation. This approach was demonstrated during the project implementation.At the stage of preparing the project application, the project objectives and the fields of education that will be represented by the students participating in the project were agreed with the transnational partners, taking into account the possible areas of Partners’ activity.During the development of the internship program for individual fields of study, the programs developed in consultation with the employers from the local labour market were taken into account (considering also the core curriculum of education). The participants were prepared for the internship in terms of relevant pedagogical issues, culture and language, as well as health and safety rules.The internship implementation in highly specialized training units and companies, based on a well-thought-out program agreed with partners, was an opportunity for young people to verify their already acquired knowledge and professional skills, and to acquire and improve key skills necessary to enter and function on the Polish and European labour market. The experience gained during the foreign internships was a chance to verify the way of thinking and to adopt the right, entrepreneurial attitude at the beginning of the students’ professional career.The main project objective was to support the transnational mobility of students studying in a technical school, to support their professional development and to use their knowledge and skills in practice, in a new professional environment, and to improve the quality of vocational education.During the project implementation, the elements of the European Credit System for Vocational Education were used by standardizing the documentation of individual achievements of students, both resulting from mobility placements and those carried out in the country. Thanks to the foreign internships, the participants learned about the procedures and standards applicable on the European labour market, improved their language skills, especially for vocational purposes, and increased their motivation to learn foreign languages. It has facilitated preparing them for getting a job, has strengthened the European dimension in vocational education and has encouraged students to acquire additional qualifications. The internships made the students sensitive to intercultural differences and aroused cognitive curiosity. The participants improved their adaptation skills in a new linguistically and culturally environment, developed the ability to work in a group, and improved the skills of creating their own professional development path.The sustainable project results are language skills, especially concerning vocational vocabulary, which, combined with mobility, will facilitate job search after leaving school in the local, national, but also European labour market. The school transnational cooperation enabled to try out innovative practices, supported students in gaining new skills and experience, contributed to the growth of professional competences and improvement of the quality of vocational education. The expansion of intercultural competences, improved language competences, and personal development contributed to the comprehensive preparation of young employees open to new challenges for the local labour market. The mobility implementation contributed not only to expanding the knowledge and skills of a specific group of young people, but also to the modernization of European education, training and youth systems. These activities are included in the Development Strategy for the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Development Strategy for Bydgoszcz, the Education Development Strategy for the City of Bydgoszcz for 2013-2020 and the School Development Concept for 2017-2020. The promotional activities and disseminating the results contributed to raising the prestige of the school in the local educational environment and on the local labour market. They also served as a mean to promote vocational education as a valuable and attractive development path for young people.

"The project entitled ""European opportunities for training and integrating on the job market from the hotel industry"" - 2016-1-RO01-KA102-023245, whose beneficiary was ""Nicolae Dumitrescu"" Technological High School, Cumpana had a period of implementation of 24 months. The target group was made up of 29 students: 15 in the 10th grade, 3rd level of qualification (the lower cycle of high school), technological branch, field of basic training: Tourism and food, field of general training: Tourism, school year 2016-2017 and respectively 14 students in the 10th grade, school year 2017-2018.The specific objectives of the project were: 1. Supporting Romanian participants to acquire work experience in a European working environment connected with their field of study-Tourism, hotel industry-in order to facilitate the professional integration into the labor market.2. Development of professional and personal competences: communication, cooperation in a work environment, cultural competencies in order to increase the competitiveness of the technological high school graduate in relation to the labor market.3. Creating collaborative models and strategies at institutional level to contribute to increasing the capacity of the Romanian technical vocational education institutions to provide and form relevant qualifications for the labor market.The objectives proposed in the project have been achieved, primarily through the main activities of the project – The learning mobility. Thus, two mobility were organized within the project: the first took place between 3July and 21 July 2017, in Granada, Spain. 15 participants and 2 accompanying teachers took part in this mobility. The receiving organizations were Hotel Alixares, Hotel Navas and Corona Hotel. MEP Europroject SL, was the organization responsible for accommodation, food and cultural program.The second mobility, took place between 18 June and 6 July 2018 in Paphos, Cyprus. 14 participants and 2 accompanying teachers took part in this mobility. The receiving organization was St. George Hotel, with the help of the mediating ‘’Organization for Promotion of European Issues’’.The learning activities carried out by the participants in the placement are part of the practical activities provided by the 10th grade school curriculum (Annex No. 2 to OMECTS No. 4463 / 12.07.2010 for the group of participants in the first flow and the curriculum school approved by OMEN no.3915 / 18.05.2017, for the second flow, the basic training field ‘’Tourism and nutrition’’. The activities were the following in chronological order:1)In the period of mobility preparation: establishing the project management team, local and regional information on the project, preparing the contract with the National Agency and signing it, selecting the participants, preparing the Learning Agreement, organizing the preparation of the participants, issuing the Europass certificates, preparation travel arrangements and logistics aspects;II) Carrying out mobility- 2 fluxes of 3 weeks each. Learning was done individually and in groups, under the direct supervision of tutors.Spanish and Cypriot internships from Monday to Friday between 9 o'clock a.m. and 1 o’clock p.m. Practical activities aimed at: providing basic services, informing tourists about the hotel's additional services, welcoming clients, making commissions for hotel guests, providing services, cleaning rooms and hallways and organizing catering activities in the hotel units (preparing the first meal in the package). All these were done respecting the standards of professional conduct in the relationship with the clients. The tutors have made practical demonstrations and each participant has executed practical work. On the basis of intermediate and final assessments, the learning outcomes were certified by Europass Mobility.III) After the traineeship: Validation and recognition by the beneficiary organization of the learning outcomes, in accordance with the procedures for quality assurance and Romanian legislation. Dissemination activities were organized after the mobility.The results obtained by the participants were closely related to the ones anticipated: from a professional point of view, the participants gained knowledge, skills and skills in the provision of basic services of the hotel unit. This experience has developed their flexibility and tolerance, teamwork skills, adaptive attitudes and increased self-confidence. These acquisitions reflected in increasing school performance and 100% promotion to 11th grade, therefore reducing drop-out by 5%. On medium and long term, the project has contributed to ""ensuring quality standards in organizing and conducting managerial, educational and training processes in our school"" (PDE objective).Due to uncontrollable events, the contract was modified only once, with the group being reduced from 30 to 29 students."

"The European Mobility Project entitled ""Together for a European Professional Future"" was implemented within a consortium, the main applicant being the ""ValeriuBraniste"" Technical College in Lugoj, alongside the ""Emil Racovita"" Theoretical High School in Baia Mare and the Economic College of the Highland Banat in Resita. The project aimed tofirstly develop professional competences through practical training courses for pupils from 10th to 12th grades from the Tourism and Gastronomy field to partner organizations in London (Nicoll Studios Ltd), Wrexham - UK (Coleg Cambria) and Granada - Spain (Hotel Corona de Granada, Hotel Alixares and Hotel Navas). Alongside the development of students' professional skills, the project also pursued the development of cultural competences, English communication skills and proactive attitudes towards practical activities and implicitly towards theoretical learning activities.The target group consisted of 138 students, 87 pupils from the ""Valeriu Braniste"" Technical College from Lugoj, 27 students from the ""Emil Racovita"" Theoretical High School from Baia Mare and 24 students from the Economic College of the Highland Banat from Resita, the participants being high school and vocational schoolstudents residing in rural or urban areas. 69 students were identified as belonging to the group of people with low opportunities and benefited from exceptional expenses and 95 pupils are from rural areas.Along with the participants' selection activities, preparatory activities, 12-day practical training sessions were held at Cambria College in Wrexham (UK) on Cabin Crew and Catering activities, in London (UK) and Granada (Spain) on Hospitality and Tourism activities at local partners.The project aimed to increase the quality of practical training internships within the consortium, to increase the European dimension at institutional level, to obtain the participants' qualification for completing their studies (Level 4 EQF or Level 3 EQF for Professional School only) and to develop collective institutional actions with stakeholders at local, regional and international level. The overall objective of the project was: Developing the competences of the participants as competent users of technologies in the field of Tourism and Gastronomy (Gastronomy, Tourism / Hospitality, Cabin Crew).Project objectives:O1 - Organizingqualitative 12-day European mobility internships for 138 students from the Tourism and Gastronomy field in the UK and Spain; O2 - Increasing the quality of practical internships for 54 students from the Tourism field on the ""Practical Aspects of the Hospitality Industry"" by carrying outa 12-day training course;O3 - Increasing the quality of practical internships for 69 students from the Public Gastronomy / Cook field on the ""British International Cuisine"" by carrying outa 12-day training course;O4 - Increasing the quality of practical internships for 15 students from the Tourism field on the ""Cabin Crew Activities"" by carrying out a 12-day training course;O5 - Increasing the participants’motivation to learn and improve their proactive spirit by improving their post-project academic results;O6 - Developing participants’ colloquial and professional Englishcommunication skillsfrom A1 / A2 to B1 level;O7 - Developing cultural knowledge through the cultural preparation programs related to the project, highlighted in the project documents;O8 - Multiplying project outcomes by reorganizing / streamlining / transparency of practice-based training at institution level through at least one dissemination activity on the flow;O9 -A compilation of all the activities carried out within the project, in order to multiply the results;O10 - Completion of the studies by at least 95% of the participants by obtaining the Qualification Certificate with the corresponding EQF level.In the long run, the project aimed at increasing the attractiveness of vocational and technical education at local level, better collaboration between teachers, pupils and parents, developing local training courses with local companies, motivating students by adopting proactive attitudes and improving the material resources of the schools involved by obtaining new European funding through cross-border projects.The results obtained:- Knowledge, competences and new attitudes focused on Gastronomy, Tourism / Cabin Crew- A total of 138 completed mobilities- 15 Tourism / Cabin Crew mobilities - 69 Gastronomy mobilities - 54 Tourism mobilities- 10 language, cultural and pedagogical training sessions- A compendium of activities of the project"