The Catering Mobility project was founded 14 years ago with the purpose of giving students the possibility to gather experience abroad after they have finished their studies. More precisely, these experiences have always been internships in the food and nutrition sector. Students from the 'kitchen and service' and the bakery and butcher programs are able to apply for these internships. The 'Chase-Network' started 22 years ago with England, France and Sweden. The Network has since expanded to include 16 partners, 13 different countries and our school has been an active member for 13 years.Every exchange runs for a period of 5 months. Students are guided and assisted by one of the partnerschools. Every country selects, sends and receives students (except Iceland, they only receive). During the first month of their stay, students get acquainted with their hosts and the country. A very thorugh language course is combined with cultural excursions, company visits and practical lessons in the hosting school.At all times during their stay, students are assisted and guided by one of the local coordinators or teachers. After the first month follows a 4 month internship in one of the companies, hotels or restaurants selected by the hosting school. During this period the students remain in close contact with their hosts and their own school. For many of them this is their first long stay abroad and the contact with a known partner works both motivating and reassuring. The very important personal contact between the schools is equally important as it allows for quick and easy communication (in case any problems arise).Beside the long term project we will start a short term project. The students themselves are the requesting party . Some of them would like to do their practical work-placement abroad during their last school-year. For this project we work together with our partner of Sweden and we have contact with 2 new partners (Germany and Denmark)The ERASMUS+ programm gives our students the opportunity to experience a working environment abroad, as well on a material, emotional, intellectual as ability level. Most of our students do not possess the financial means for these kind of programs.It is the perfect way to introduce them to an independent life as adult and a unique experience 'European Passport' will complement their diploma when they start looking for work.

We are delighted that we are now in the 30th Year of successful collaboration with the CHASE network (Consortium of Hospitality, Accommodation, Schools in Europe) Hospitality partners for long term mobilities within the catering sector. The network continues to consist of 18 partners across 15 countries continuing to develop our 5 month long term mobility in the hospitality sector. From our CHASE partner network, we have continued to develop short term mobilities on individuals for both staff and students in Italy, Sweden, Iceland, Netherlands and Finland. We have continued to strengthen our collaboration with our partners of 7 years MVV Germany and 5 years at Keskuspuisto Finland. As a result of Erasmus+ funded mobilities, we have also developed new opportunities in Spain, Austria and the Netherlands. A wide range of activities were undertaken in this project: 1: 5 professional chefs took part in our 5 month traineeship programme, 1 in Norway, 2 in France and 2 in Finland, all successfully completed. Regrettably 1 student was forced to withdraw from the programme due to personal circumstances prior to departure from the UK. 2: Out of the proposed 88 students completed 2 or 3 week learner mobilities for vocational students. 49 students successfully completed traineeships in work places and 36 students successfully completed training programmes in VET schools. 12 Sports Science in 3 flows (6, 4, 2) students completed a two week placement at Block HQ Mallorca, Spain. Our students designed training programmes, job shadowed Block HQ team, developed Sports Industry business knowledge, learnt about nutritional programmes with tourism and delivered sessions and personal one to one training sessions to English and Spanish speakers. We sent 12 Business students in two flows to Germany to complete work experience in the Finance, Marketing, HR departments at the Head offices in Mannheim. 6 Media completed a two week work experience programme with Ninukot, Iceland developing a website & film for the visitor economy for a tourist range offering tomato farming and horse-riding. One of the students produced an articles for the local newspaper later published. 8 of our construction students completed two weeks of practical experience on site for a contracting company painting, decorating & carpentry in Iceland. 6 student chefs completed a 3 week work placement in Gothenburg, Sweden. 6 students completed a two week work placement with STVG, working with social enterprises. Short Term student mobilities VET colleges - 6 Food Services students completed a two work vocational programme in Bardolino Italy. 6 Tourism students completed a two week vocational programme in Amsterdam Netherlands in conjunction with the airport training school. 6 IT/computing students participated in a project delivered by our partner organisation in Leiden Netherlands. 6 Skills Development students with disabilities and learning difficulties successfully completed a two week mobility at Keskuspuisto in Helsinki attending classes in performing arts, music, catering and outdoor learning. 6 Games in two flows (2 & 4) participated in a two week project to develop a game in conjunction with their Finnish counterparts at Helsinki Vocational College, one of our CHASE partners in Finland.6 additional Food Services students completed a two work vocational programme at our CHASE partner organisation in Bardolino Italy. 3: 26 staff accompanied part or all these short term learner mobilities, work-shadowing their European colleagues as part of their mobility, increasing their skills knowledge & awareness of training practices & developing greater understanding of European values. Where we intended to send an additional 4 members of staff, we were required to send fewer staff for longer periods due to student support needs/internal staff capacity with our organisation. 6 staff participated in a monitoring visits of of CHASE participants in Lillehammer Norway, Paris France and Helsinki Finland. 1 staff fully accompanied the full two weeks for the first flow to MVV Germany for our business students. It was originally planned for 2 staff to participate (1 week each) however 1 of our student participants had a hearing difficulty therefore the accompanying staff member was selected as support as an experienced one to one signer for the participant. 1 staff fully accompanied the full two weeks for our Business students in Austria our IT/Computing students in the Netherlands and our Skills Development students in Finland. 2 staff fully accompanied and successfully supported the students for the following visits, 1st staff member for 9 days for week 1 and 2nd staff member for 9 days for week 2; MVV Germany business flow 2, Iceland Media, Iceland Construction, Food Service Italy, Tourism Netherlands, Games Finland and Food Service Italy.

The project was coordinated by Helsinki Culinary School Perho while Helsinki Vocational College and Lapland Tourism College were members of the Finnish Consortium. The project was carried out with the International CHASE Network, which consists of 22 hospitality and catering colleges around Europe. Most of the colleges acted both as a sending and a receiving partner. The Network has been operating for 25 years and represents a wide range of different language and cultural areas. From the gastronomic point of view, the colleges represent traditional European regional gastronomy. One of the strategic choices of the Consortium colleges is internationalization, which is put into practice for example by providing the students with opportunities for on-the-job learning abroad as well as the staff training abroad. These actions support the colleges’ vision and strengthens and promotes sustainable development such as understanding and respecting multiculturalism and diversity. The participants of the project were teachers/on-the-job learning supervisors and primary and upper secondary based students, who study a vocational qualification in the fields of restaurant, bakery or tourism. The two-year project enabled 39 student mobilities of 4-5 months and 5 mobilities of 5 weeks. 7 teachers had a 12-day training and 1 teacher a 5-week training abroad.Work placements abroad enabled different kinds of learning environments and individual learning pathways for students. The staff training focused on strengthening the language skills, international expertise and IT skills. Teachers were trained to use electronic means like Skype, which enabled for example vocational skills demonstration assessment in real-time for students abroad. All the students accomplished from 1 to 3 Vocational Skills Demonstrations. The skills and learning outcomes acquired abroad were validated and recognized as part of the qualification. The project made use of Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass CV and Europass Mobility Document.Sharing ECVET knowledge was the common theme in the CHASE network. The project aimed to develop documents/material in English such as evaluation/assessment forms based on vocational program in hotel, restaurant and catering qualification and its unit of learning outcomes. The material produced in the project describes the validation of the learning outcomes and specifies the assessment targets in on-the-job learning such as the knowledge, the skills and the competence of the student.

"The hotel school of Guyancourt holds the Erasmus Plus charter since 2007 and has signed the 2014-2020 charter. It is within this framework that we offer our first-year students of BTS Hôtellerie Restauration and BTS Responsable Hébergement to carry out theirInternship mobility (mandatory internship of 16 weeks in a company) in a hotel-catering unit located in EU. For students of BTS in charge of accommodation, European mobility is compulsory. The objectives of these mobilitiesare articulated around 3 main axes:- To deepen the professional culture in hotel-catering confronting with others European methods, procedures and organizations of the sector- To develop the communication and language skills and to acquire a professional language, in technique of production and reception in foreign language essential in the hotel industry.- On a more personal level, to encourage students' openness, to become familiar with other cultures, to gain confidence and autonomy.The number of students choosing European mobility is about half of the BTS workforce (22 mobilities in 2017) from about 18 to 21 years old. The activities carried out during these mobilities are articulated around the 3 main skills taught in our school: restaurant service, culinary production and accommodation professions (reception and service of the floors).The assignment of students in host companies is carried out according to their professional and academic skills (levellinguistic and technical) and the internship offers of our European partners.The results achieved are very positive. Students ""grow up"" professionally and academically (technical skills andlinguistic) and on a personal level. Many students testify , once integrated into the professional life,of the importance of this experience in their career and in finding the first job. Some work themselves in Europe andenrich the list of our partner companies."

As a result of a pevious KA prpoject submission, we were able to set up new links with Romania, Estonia and Turkey - all offering innovative and exciting opportunities for students. These activites were undertaken in this project:• 10 Sports Development students participated in new sports skills & enhance their coaching abilities through handball, football, netball and badminton during a two week mobility to a specialist VET school in Moreni, Romania. The group were fully accompanied for the full duration by two staff however we had a staff changeover half way through the week due to work commitments.• 3 Marine Engineering students participated in Estonian boat building skills in traditional wood carving techniques & work practices during a two week mobility to a specialist VET school in Kuressaare, Estonia. The group were fully accompanied by one staff member for the full duration of the programme. • 9 Tourism students worked for two weeks within the Tourism sector, hotels & a hotel school in Antalya, Turkey to learn new approaches & opportunities within the heritage tourism industry. The group were fully accompanied for the full duration by two staff however we had a staff changeover half way through the week due to work commitments. 6 students successfully completed this programme and 3 students returned to the UK early.The following long-term mobility programme occured, continuing our very successful 25+ year CHASE (Consortium of Hospitality and Acoomodaiton Schools in Europe) partnership:• 16 Professional Catering & Hospitality students took part in our 5 month traineeships in hotels in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy & Sweden over two academic years. Due to the under recruitment (original target was 24) of the 5 month CHASE Hospitality programme, a contract change was submitted to develop further mobility opportunities with our existing partners and projects.The contract change provided additional opportunities for an additional 2 Business students to join our MVV Germany project therefore increasing the total participants to 14. Details are:• 14 (6 in 2016 and 8 in 2017) successfully completed our Engineering & Business programme with MVV through work experience in the workshops of MVV Energie, Germany enhancing their vocational & transversal skills. The travel was accompanied by one accompanying tutor for the first five days of the programme, and one accompanying tutor for the final five days of the programme. The contract change also provided an additional flow to participate in our Boat Building project in Estonia below. It was agreed to send an additional 3 students (to the ones already stated above) and one accompanying tutor to Kuressaare .• An additional 3 Engineering students successfully completed our Estonian boat building skills in traditional word techniques & work practices during a two week mobility to a specialist VET school in Kuressaare, Estonia. The group were fully accompanied by one staff member for the full duration of the programme.Due to the contract change, we were able to develop a new three week project with our long standing partner at Ester Mosesson, Gothenburg, Sweden. •6 Catering students successfully completed the 3 week programme and gained practical skills with Swedish and Scandinavian cuisine and developed their knowledge in patisserie and seafood. The travel was accompanied by one accompanying tutor for the first five days of the programme, and one accompanying tutor for the final five days of the programme. The following staff opportunities were all carried out successfully:• 12 tutors, trainers, partnerships team members & Heads of Vocational Departments visited students on their mobilities as part of their teacher/training assignments to build their key competences & enhance their curricula with EU practices & values. During the first year of 5 month Learner mobility for Professional Catering and Hospitality, one staff participant visited Ester Mosesson Culinary School in Gothenburg and was able to utilise the visit to job shadow the team, visit the training facilities, local employers, develop, prepare and agree on the programme for the 6 students which the additional project through the contract change. • 8 staff successfully took part staff training activities in the Netherlands & Spain visiting the host organisations, job shadowing and using their time to develop future opportunities for their students. The staff discussed learner project proposals, profiles, logistics and opportunities whilst through job shadowing and sector specific company visits, developed their understanding of practices, policies & employmentThe project enabled students and staff to undertake some fantastic opportunities. This has allowed students and staff to undertake work experience, job shadowing and training resulting in employment opportunities, personal development, new curiculumns and progression opportunities.