"""E.A.S.Y. VET - Experiences Abroad for Staff and Young graduates in VET"", promoted by Essenia UETP, has foreseen the carrying out of: N°70 mobilities lasting 122 days (120 of traineeship and 2 of travel) addressed to recent graduates that have performed a traineeship in companies located in: United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland; No. 20 mobilities lasting 14 days (12 of training and 2 of travel) addressed to the staff of VET Institutes and organizations. They have carried out the jobshadowing in companies located in Spain. The professional sectors in which the traineeships and the training/job shadowing activities have been performed are: Tourism Fashion Industry; ICT, Communication&New media; Marketing, Commercial Services, Administration Electronics Mechanics/Mechatronics; Socio-sanitary field; Engineering, Environment&Territory. Therefore, beneficiaries of the mobilities have been, respectively, recent graduates that have obtained the school diploma in one of the aforementioned sectors, and staff members from Institutes, entities and VET organizations operating in those fields. The projects was born to meet the training needs- in terms of practical experience- of recent graduates, and to favour the entry (and the permanence, in the case of the staff) in a globalized labor market that requires the mastery and the updating of knowledge, competences and abilities both sectorial and personal as well as transversal (intercultural, linguistic, IT, entrepreneurial).The needs of the VET world and of the job market have been noticed by Essenia UETP starting from the debates occurred during the informative and training meeting that the company periodically realizes at National level. The analysis made highlighted the need of implementing actions of transnational mobility for strengthening and updating competences, both of recent graduates and staff, in the sectors identified in the project. The sectors chosen are: extremely relevant for the Italian economy (tourism, fashion, commerce), constantly increasing (ICT, electronics/electrotechnics, marketing), and in which the request of specific competences has grown (social field, environment and territory). Objectives of the project were: improve the technical and professional skills of new graduates by offering them the opportunity to experiment ""on the field"" what they learned during their school path, by carrying out a traineeship abroad; update the skills of the staff of VET institutions, giving them the opportunity to carry out job shadowing activities within Institutes and companies; reinforce, in both graduates and staff, the EU identity and improve intercultural, linguistic and digital skills, allowing the development of a set of personal and transversal skills indispensable in the current labour market. At the end of the project, there was a positive impact on all participants, in terms of: strengthening of sectorial skills and soft skills, enhancement of the competitiveness of the professional profile and increased opportunities of job inclusion. The carrying out of the project is part of the internationalization strategy of Essenia UETP, that foresees the implementation and the development of activities aimed at improving the quality and increasing the quantity of transnational mobility projects.Besides the transversal phases of monitoring and dissemination, the project has seen the implementation of the following management activities, carried out according to procedures and methodologies already experimented over the years, and that have guaranteed high quality standards: Information and sensitization; Selection of participants; Linguistic and pedagogical preparation; Logistic and practical organization of mobilities; Evaluation of the Learning Outcomes and of the project; Dissemination of project results. The quality procedures adopted are constantly improved and updated, also thanks to the use of new technologies and to the professional retraining of Essenia UETP’s human resources, that occurs also through the participation in training activities held in the framework of Erasmus+ KA2 projects. Over the years, Essenia UETP has further broadened its already wide network of European partners, identifying entities and companies able to offer mobility experiences meeting high quality standards and preferring, among them, the ones of proved experience. All over the National territory relationships with VET Institutes, public and private entities, companies have been consolidated to assure congruence and coherence between the activities proposed and the needs of the users. At local level, Essenia UETP has enhanced the cooperation with the bodies in charge of implementing the approaches and of adopting European methodologies and tools for the certification and validation of the competences (ECVET), in order to make the formal and informal competences acquired during the mobility more spendable on the labour market"

"In the city of Cadiz, factors such as youth unemployment, early school leaving, lack of opportunities, lack of language skills in the foreign language and ignorance of other cultures beyond surrounding immediate environment has been maintained for years. This is the scenario that shapes our students faces and affects the way, in which young people face their future with very limited expectations focused on the local community, disfavoring personal growth and professional development. Therefore, there is a clearly need to develop mechanisms that foster the acquisition of professional skills for young people, which will help them to be integrated in the labour market in the future. Erasmus+ will allow them opening new horizons at cultural, social and professional level improving its European projection. We highlight the role of this project as a booster of understanding and visibility of Vocational Training. The experience that has been carried out through KA102 ""CADIZ young Europeans"" 2015, 2016 and 2017 projects, supposes for our Consortium a curricular complement needed by local VET schools to acquire an international dimension. The results achieved through the students, endorse the trend towards internationalization, improvement of skills, as well as the increase of their employability career options. The Consortium, which develops the project, is coordinated by IFEF – Cadiz City Council. It is comprised by nine Local Educational VET schools from the local community that work as sending organizations: IES Drago, Colegio San Ignacio Salesianos, IES San Severiano, IES Columela, IES Alberti, IES Cornelio Balbo, I.P. Fernando Quiñones, Centro Mª Inmaculada and IES Fernando Aguilar Quignon. Currently, these local VET schools develop a total of 95 mobilities, having been established since 2015, as a group that work effectively in a collaborative way, in the achievement of the objectives through an equitable distribution of tasks and consolidation of various operating bodies, such as Mobility Committees in each center and a Steering Committee which all members are included. In this call, an inclusive project is presented and it will allow the mobility and training of students, teachers and professional experts in the area of Middle-Level Vocational Training; prioritizing the inclusion of students with fewer opportunities and long-term mobilities (Erasmus Pro), including the optimization of quality, use, enjoyment and advantage of student mobility, support and advanced planned visits as a guarantee of success. This project will be developed during 24 months between October 2nd, 2018 and September 30th, 2020. A total of 55 young people, 39 students and 14 recent graduates will be involved. These awarded participants will undertake Erasmus Pro (3- 5 months) and short-term mobility (20 days - 2 months) in the following countries: Italy, Czech Republic, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Holland, Belgium, France and Malta. In addition, 17 Staff Job Shadowing Mobility will be incorporated. This will be carried out in accredited centers in The Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium. One Expert Mobility will provide training in our Centers for Vocational Training. The impact expected on students will be positive on their learning capability and performance. In the medium-long term, it is expected to generate an incentive dynamic of entrepreneurship and mobility, consolidating better academic results and reducing the school dropout rate, as well as, a feeling of belonging to the EU that will help them to work in international environments. The participation of students, who are in unfavorable situation in the project, will contribute to their effective inclusion in the educational system, reducing the risk of academic failure and encouraging their access to higher education. Centers and schools for Vocational Training will have a positive impact on upgrading and internationalization of the school environment, having an improvement in the quality of life-long teaching skills with the effort to adapt to new educational needs, contributing to the development of creating an European culture with the consequent social impact that foreign mobility implies, the improvement of the curricular project and the creation of networks. As well, an impact on host partners is expected. This will be as a result of the improvement of procedures and methodologies applied within the company or educational center experienced at first hand other ways of working and doing things. At local level, this project will consolidate the commitment established between schools and the local administration to work together to improve the quality of education and training, encouraging educational promotion and internationalization and the development of a more accessible and inclusive educational model."

The project allows interested pupils of the fashion school in Graz, regardless of their language skills, to spend individually organizedinternship abroad during the (extended) school holidays and immediately after graduation. As it aims to interlink intensivey language and culture, fahion and the European idea, Europe and the foreign languages are enbedded into the professional training at school.The work placements are recognised as the comoulsory internships required in this school type and will be documented in the Europass. The internschip providers are first rate European apparel companies and European fashion designers.At the same time the pupils expand their personal horizon considerably as they learn to appreciate the opportunities offered by the EU, to find their way through EU administratin to get in touch with potential employers, and to train their organizatinal skills. Learning a language and acquiring professional skills go beyond the school environment. In return, the school benefits from the companies' feedback which allows the adjustment of the school education.Since 2004 the financial sponsorchip of the internships by the EU-Programme Erasmus+ has been enabling pupils to experience fahion on a European level during the (extended) school holidays. The European idea and another language and its culture are incorporated into the professional training as the receiving cmpaniers are quality representatives of the European apparel industry and include young fashion desingners, stylists, organizers of fashion shows or costume makers - the full range of the rashion industry.For the duration of a year the pupils are accompanied before, durring and after the internschip. The internship themselves last generally from six weeks to three month , with some of them even longer, and take place in countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Enland, Spain, Norway and Sweden. The interns are alone or in pairs in the companies. The project is in 8th year.The preparation is supported by a series of lectures and discussions under the title The World is your Catwalk where the international fahion world is explained to the pupils from the point of view of designers, apparel experts, company representatives an huma resource executives, all with experience in occupational mobility.The project was already evaluated externally and was awarded a prize as innivative language project (SPIN), is recognised as project for individualisation and promotion of gifted students, and was nominated twice by the national agency for the LLL-Award whichit received in 2013.The insights gained through our internal evaluation serve as basis for the revision of our teaching objectives with regard to the requirements of the European textile industry as well as the further development the project ifself.Objectives of the project:. placing fashion into a European dimenion. awareness-raising for the opportunities within the EU. familiarization with the EU administration. familiarization with the requirements of the increased occupational mobility on the European labour meket. expansion of general language skills and immersion into fashion language. linking language learning with Europe. increased inter-cultual competence. broadening of personal horizon leading to an increased creativity. mastery of an international application.enhanced career opportunities. training of organisational skills. personal development. Getting known to the conditions on the employee market in the european neighbourhood

‘S.T.A.R.- Supporting Traineeships Activities abroad’ is a biennial (2018-2020) transnational mobility project that has involved: n. 74 recent graduates (within 12 months from graduation) involved in mobility lasted 120 days (+ 2 travel); n. 2 recent graduates (within 12 months from graduation) involved in short-term mobility lasting 25 days (+2 of travel) and 87 days (+2 of travel) each; n.31 staff members of VET Institutes and organizations, of which: n.30 involved in mobility lasting 12 days (+2 of travel) and n.1 involved in mobility lasting 10 days (+2 of travel). Recent graduates have performed internship experiences in companies located in Spain, United Kingdom and Ireland. Staff of VET Institutes and organizations performed a period of job-shadowing in schools or other relevant organizations active in the VET sector in Spain. S.T.A.R.’s objectives have been: bridging education and the world of work for the professional sectors identified for the traineeships and the job shadowing activities; support people in Europe to gain the skills and experience they need to succeed in today's increasingly internationalized knowledge-based economy; encourage and facilitate a wider participation in the political and social life of the EU. Essenia UETP, project’s Applicant, carried out a demand and needs analysis with the aim to identify the main areas of intervention according to the necessity of develop key-competences, hard and soft skills relevant for employers and for the job market as a whole. The professional sectors identified, both for recent graduates and staff, has been the following: tourism and catering; commercial, marketing, administration and accounting; electronics and electrotechnics, mechanics and mechatronics; social, health and chemical; construction, environment and territory; fashion and textile production; ICT, communication, new media; transport and logistics; agricultural sector; optical sector. These sectors are: growing and/or emerging sectors (i.e. ICT, electronics and electrotechnics, mechanics and mechatronics, marketing); sectors characterizing the Italian national economy (i.e. tourism, fashion, commercial); sectors that require updated skills to meet the technological evolution which is changing both the behavior and the expectations of employers and employees (i.e. social, construction, environment and territory). Recent graduates have performed a traineeship in companies located in: Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland and the staff of VET Institutes and organizations have performed their job-shadowing in schools and organizations located in Spain. Thanks to the demand and needs analysis carried out by Essenia UETP, the transnational mobility experiences have concretely encouraged the strengthening of the key-competences as well as hard and soft skills; encouraged a better dialogue between the needs expressed by the labor market with employees (and future employees) better aware about skills and competences needed and required; promoted the employability of recent graduates; gave opportunity for personal and professional growth; strengthened the sense of belonging to the European Union. Moreover: the positive impact reached with S.T.A.R. project also depends on a regular and rigorous management that covered all project phases: proposal, implementation, dissemination. They have been: information and awareness; selection; linguistic, pedagogical, intercultural and professional preparations; logistics and organization; dissemination of results; evaluation of impact and learning outcomes. The activities carried out have promoted not only the achievement of the highest quality standards and therefore the reach of a positive impact on all participants directed involved but, also, a positive impact for the partnership as a whole, thanks to: further collaboration and relations between Essenia UETP and various European partners; consolidation and enhancement of good practices defined in previous partnerships of Erasmus+ KA2 projects (Essenia UETP was coordinator or partner of such projects); adoption of methodologies for certification, validation and recognition of skills (ECVET methodology).

"“Young Styrians GO Europe!” was the European internship project for all young Styrians in Vocational Education and Training (VET). We offered them the opportunity to get financial support from the European Union to make their internship in one of the Erasmus+ eligible countries.Practical experiences, such as internships, can significantly increase the students’ motivation to learn by showing them how relevant the knowledge and competences acquired abroad are for their professional future. The project ""Styrian Schools GO Europe!"" combined the international / European aspect with the motivation-enhancing aspect of practical experiences.""Young Styrians GO Europe!"" supported students and teachers of interested Styrian Upper-level secondary technical and vocational schools as well as Styrian enterprises, their trainers and their apprentices to find work placements abroad.""Young Styrians GO Europe!"" aimed at motivating as many Styrian youngsters as possible to accept the challenge of an internship abroad and make their obligatory or their voluntary internship at a company or institution abroad.""Young Styrians GO Europe!"" supported the students of the participating Styrian upper-level secondary VET schools and the apprentices of the participating Styrian enterprises to receive the EU funding, provided by the EU-programme Erasmus+; and to prepare, to realise and follow up the internships in the best possible way!""Young Styrians GO Europe!"" was convinced that internships represent a unique chance for Styrian students and apprentices to gain practical work experiences which the Styrian participants could hardly gain in Austria.Here are some strong arguments, from the project partners’ point of view in favour of making an internship abroad:- Experiencing the opportunities, the European Union offers to its citizens- Acquisition of new practical and theoretical knowledge and competences.- Increasing the chances in the labour market: At home and abroad.- Acquisition of intercultural knowledge and intercultural skills.- Improvement of foreign language skills.- Strengthened sense of initiative and an enhanced entrepreneurial spirit.- Strengthening of social and personal skills.- Creation of personal networks (friends and employer) abroad. And many more.Who is "" Young Styrians GO Europe!""? Here is a list of the project partners of "" Young Styrians GO Europe!"" which have access to a strong network of relevant organisations and enterprises:- The Styrian Association for Education and Economics (STVG) as project coordinator.- The Education Authority of Styria with the Service Unit for the European Union- The regional Government of Styria with the Department for European Affairs and External Relations.- LOGO youth management.- A pool of Styrian enterprises e.g. Siemens AG Österreich.And here are the 14 upper-level secondary technical and vocational schools from Styria which participate as project partners of “Styrian Schools GO Europe!”:- Bad Gleichenberg Tourism Schools,- Upper Level Technical Institute Leoben,- Commercial Academy Grazbachgasse – Graz, - Commercial Academy Feldbach,- Upper Level Institute for Commercial Professions Krieglach, - Commercial Academy Fürstenfeld,- Commercial Academy Eisenerz,- Commercial Academy and College for training of nursery school teachers Bruck an der Mur,- Commercial Academy Judenburg,- Commercial Academy Weiz,- Upper Level Institute for Commercial Professions Fohnsdorf, - Upper Level Institute for Commercial Professions Leoben, - Upper Level Institute for Commercial Professions Mureck - Upper Level Institute of Fashion Graz.Together, the project partners, the project schools or enterprises have prepared the supporting teachers, trainers and their students and apprentices for their internships. There have been preparation workshops and there have been checklists and to-do lists for the young Styrian participants, teachers and trainers, parents and for the companies and the organisations where the students have been making their internships. The students have received assistance before, during and after their internships. The project partners have taking care of the companies and institutions abroad offering the internships. “Young Styrians GO Europe!” has offered all young Styrians in Vocational Education and Training. Styrian the opportunity to experience the “Adventure – Internship abroad” and to make the most of their education and training.140 young Styrians seized the opportunity to make their internship abroad by taking part in YSGE between 1 June 2016 and 31 May 2018: 110 students und 30 apprentices. Our participants made their internship in these fourteen countries:1.Cyprus2.Denmark3.France4.Germany5.Great Britain6.Greece7.Ireland8.Italy9.Malta10.Norway11.Poland12.Portugal13.Sweden14.Slovenia15.SpainAnd „Young Styrians GO Europe!” is to be continued as “Young Styrians GO Europe! 2.0” from 2018 to 20"