After the success of EMPLEATE CON EUROPA (2014-1-ES01-KA102-001801), the Consortium consisting by Oviedo City Council (as beneficiary and sending organization through 3 of its workshop schools), Secondary School Pando, Secondary School Doctor Fleming and School- Foundation Masaveu, decides to repeat the experience by the implementation of EUROEMPLEATE II.This Consortium believes in the need to continue these programs Erasmus + practices to really affect the achievement of the objectives set:a.To complete the training of 20 new graduates (intermediate training and professional certificates) through practical training in European companies relevant to their sectors by increasing their level of skill and knowledge. b. To provide participants with the opportunity to have their first work experience in a quality company in their professional sector. c. To improve the language skills of the participants, providing them with the preparation necessary to enable them to get the most out of the stays abroad. d. To promote the acquisition and improvement of skills and generic skills, with the idea of facilitating their entry into the workforce. e. To encourage entrepreneurship and openness to new ideas or ways of working. f. To assist in the identification of the needs of local small and medium-sized businesses (PYMES) and combine demand with the training and qualifications of young people from the region.EUROEMPLEATE II gave the possibility to recent graduates from the vocational training centers, members of the Consortium, or from any of the 3 Workshop School of Oviedo City Council, to implement their theoretical knowledge in transnational companies of their own sector. To reach this objective, 30-hours courses for the language immersion of Portuguese, English and Italian were organized in Oviedo, before the beginning of the internships and 90 days of practical training in Portugal, Czech Republic and Italy. The following goals were reached by the achievement of these activities mentioned above, with the great value for the participants:- To increase technical and professional skills specific- To improve social and communication skills- To acquire of greater intercultural skills- To increase autonomy, trust, flexibility, adaptability and reaction- To increase motivation towards entrepreneurship- To improve language skillsLong term, it’s planned that these benefits impact on the youth of Oviedo, getting a highly specialized and competitive population and in consequence, attending the labor market demand.

Diputación de Pontevedra asked the project Erasmus+ Practicum Depo 2016 and created a consortium to help boost economy of the province, formed by 29 VET schools of the province of Pontevedra.The Budget granted was 551.599€, of which 468.405€ were declared.We find unmotivated young people, with difficulty in accessing the labour market, with little or no knowledge of a second language, with little knowledge and experience in ICT and whose concerns move around issues such as education, housing, employment and health. In the opposite side, we find companies in the province demanding increasingly prepared young people, as a result of innovation in different sectors at the international level.101 young VET graduates from these schools, aged above 18, were offered the possibility of doing training for 6 months in a European company. 99 of those 101 mobilities were done. With regard to teachers and staff mobilities all of the 5 mobilities granted were done.International internships are not part of the FCT (training in work placement in Spain) but they mean an added value to the training in work placements previously done in companies in the province. Participants have done a linguistic training activity through the online tool OLS.The specific objectives of PRACTICUM DEPO 2016 have been: -Accelerate the participants’ transition from education to the labour market. -Facilitating the acquisition of professional experience at international levels. -Increase knowledge and innovative entrepreneurship in the participants. -Encourage the practice and improvement of a second language and obtain technical vocabulary of the participant’s professional sector. -Foster synergies between education and labour. -Develop skills and knowledge to improve their competencies and skills for any job, project or situation. -Implement the concept of European citizenship and awareness of the importance of international mobility to create generations who are free and respectful of other cultures and societies. Similarly, youth and teachers have consolidated new expertise in key skills in their speciality; they have achieved greater autonomy and a range of transferable skills that will benefit them in their work and personal future. Finally, it is important to add that PRACTICUM DEPO 2016 has generated more qualified staff, with integrity and, therefore, confident in their possibilities, promoting employment and contributing to the promotion and sustainability of the Erasmsus + programme.Finally, the 99 mobilities were distributed as follows:•1st mobility: 20 VET graduates to: Italy, United Kingdom, Portugal and Malta•2nd mobility: 4 VET graduates to: Italy, Portugal•3rd mobility: 3 VET graduates to: Ireland, Italy, Portugal•4th mobility: 42 VET graduates. As novelties we achieved: 1 mobility in Iceland (aquaculture), 3 in Finland (boiling and welding) y 1 in Netherlands (floristry and gardening). Besides, VET graduates in subaquatic and hyperbaric operations were sent for the first time (Malta and Italy). This mobility ended in March-April 2018, but 10 VET graduates enlarged their mobility until 31st May 2018.•5th mobility: 2 VET graduates to Italy•6th mobility: 21 VET graduates. In this mobility 1 VET graduate in Video Disc-Jockey was sent for the first time (Ireland) and 1 VET graduate in carpentry (Ireland).•7th mobility: 4 VET graduates to Italy, Portugal and Malta•8th mobility: 2 VET graduates to Italy and Portugal•9th mobility: 1 VET graduate to Ireland.

The Consortium promoter of this proposal, coordinated by the Provincial Development Board of the Council of Cuenca, and shaped by 16 VET organisations, both public and private bodies, presented the project “FRAY LUIS DE LEÓN II” thanks to the extensive experience in mobility projects.“FRAY LUIS DE LEÓN II” intended to continue with the training and work activities that have brought many benefits to the youth of the province through projects developed mobility (especially linked to its predecessor, “FRAY LUIS DE LEÓN”), thanks to which these young people have gained valuable work experience, combined with the cultural and linguistic experience. All of this will increase the chances of finding a job and raise their levels of employability, which is the main objective of this project. The group objective of “FRAY LUIS DE LEÓN II” consists of a total of 25 young between 18 and 35 years old, in possession of a VET certificate, obtained in any of the institutions that make up the Consortium.The professional areas which the project were addressed were:- Agrarian - Administration and management. - Trade and marketing. - Electricity and electronics. - Hospitality and tourism. - Information technology and communications. - Installation and maintenance. - Personal image. - Sound and vision. - Wood, furniture and cork. - Health. - Sociocultural and community services. - Transport and vehicle maintenance.Needs and problems of young students and/or graduates from Cuenca in these sectors are broadly:- A high rate of youth unemployment. - Little or no work experience. - Limited knowledge and use of a second language. - Low level of self-employment in the province of Cuenca. - A high concentration of the population in rural areas. - Very limited labour supply in the province due to lack of a solid business network. - Academic offer very limited. - Loss of human capital for young graduates who have to emigrate to work in jobs related to their training. - Lack of knowledge and use of ICT.- Little awareness of European citizenship and the workforce to compete in a global market.Based on the socio-economic context, to identified needs, professional sectors and the overall project objective, the following specific objectives were established:- Achieve a specialization of the participants based on their training and through a quality work experience abroad directly linked to their academic profiles. - Foster the transition of participants to labour market.- Improving their language skills. - Answer the labour demand of the sectors served. - Promote entrepreneurs' initiative and self-employment, especially linked to the New Sources of Employment.- Create synergies between public and private actors in the province for the promotion of youth employment and education. - Promoting equal opportunities for young people in rural and urban areas and between men and women. - Knowledge and use of ICT. - Offer labour guidance to participants before and after their stay abroad.- Convert to the participants in ambassadors of the province of Cuenca in their destination cities.The relevance of the project was enhanced by the fact that it operates on a rural, depressed territory with scarce resources, providing greater opportunities for participants to complete their qualifications and find employment.“FRAY LUIS DE LEÓN II” provided to its 19 selected participants a public and transparent organization with stays for completing professional training in European companies for 3 months in Padova (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal), Belfast (Northern Ireland) and Prague (Czech Republic). In each of these cities, the Consortium had the support of a set of intermediaries and host companies that consolidated the quality of the project partners.At a cultural and social level, internships offered young people of Cuenca the opportunity to live an enriching experience that took place in a cultural context characterized by diversity, with new forms of work and resolving conflicts, which contributed to have a broader vision and social skills increasingly valued by companies.In short, “FRAY LUIS DE LEÓN II” was the result of the commitment of the Consortium and its partners in continuing the promotion of training and employment for local young people. Therefore, implementing this project was designed to meet the stated objectives and achieve positive results, both locally and for project participants who may complete their training routes, gain work experience and improve the learning of a second language.

"Context:The shellfishing activity is very important for social, cultural and economic reasons, with a strong impact in the coastal zones. However, this activity is usually done in important and sensitive biological and environmental zones, most of them being protected areas. Shellfishing activity may have envoronmental impact in these ecosystems. Achieving a balance between the environment, society and economy, it is considered essential to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations. Therefore, there is a need to implement environmental management plans for this activity. Objectives:The ECOFILM project has developed training materials to qualify professionals to develop their activities with a sustainable methodology. The main goal of the project has been to develop an audiovisual training tool to promote the sustainable shellfishing harvesting on foot through the provision, advice and training of the sector in the transverse skills.This training program has been produced for workers of the shellfishing harvesting on foot, professional Associations of the shellfishing harvesting on foot, Cooperatives Public and Private training centers, NGOs and authorities and public organisms in environmental matters.Partners:The consortium is composed by entities with different roles:-Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) – Portugal-FUNDACIÓN PARA LA PESCA Y MARISQUEO (FUNDAMAR) – Spain-Cooperative M.A.R.E. SOC. COOP – Italy-The University Recep Tayyip Erdogan Universitesi – Turkey-SGS Tecnos (Spain)The project has produced as a result 3 main deliverables:The report ""PROCEDURE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH SHELLFISHING HARVESTING ON FOOT ACTIVITIES AND PREVENTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS”, available in 5 languages in the Website of the projectThe Training program EcoFilm: AUDIOVIDUAL AND EUROPEAN TRAINING TOOL FOR THE ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE SHELLFISHING HARVESTING ON FOOT, done in a a set of 5 videos translated to 5 languages and available on the project websiteAnd the EcoFilm training program in pdf format, available in 5 languages in the project website. Finally, the EcoFilm program will provide the following long-term benefitss:• The standardization of training for this sector at European level has been increased.• A better knowledge of the national regulations regarding shellfshing• Improvement of workers mobility among different countries• Improvement of access to better learning systems (e-learning), and innovative training materials• Promotion of linguistic diversity in the sector, they can access the same content in 5 languages"

PROJECT CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND. The GreenS&Co project was created to strengthen and improve green skills within Southern Tuscany (provinces of Siena, Arezzo, Grosseto) in order to provide businesses with innovative and updated professional figures, who have acquired effective knowledge and skills that, combined with a proper development policy, may result in raising the quality of life standards of the entire area. The socio-economic approach to the Green is, indeed, shared by very different sectors: from agriculture (organic products, short food supply chain, etc.), to industry (waste cycle, innovative technologies, etc.), to the tertiary sector (green products, green and tourism marketing, education, etc.).In order to adequately meet the needs of different types of business, the GreenS&Co project provides opportunities for YOUNG STUDENTS and HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES / QUALIFIED to experience learning and working mobility abroad, thus allowing them to develop technical and professional expertise in different fields relating to green economy, such as: Alternative Energy, Energy Efficiency, Waste cycle efficiency; Organic products and short food supply chain; Ecological Products; Green Technology; all technologies and processes related to the creation or enhancement of products / services of the territory that could lead to the development of a green economy (tourism marketing, promotion of natural and cultural resources, environmental education, etc.). OBJECTIVES. The project’s main objective is to carry out mobility actions for young people in the field of Green economy. The planned activities are aimed at improving the participants’ life and soft-skills that will help them to be included in the labour market and hard skills related to their curriculum, which could be also useable ACROSS the GREEN ECONOMY sector.Finally, the project will make use of skills and credits recognition methods and tools through Learning units, which can be capitalised and turned into education and / or training credits, in order to recognize and validate the LO through linear and clear procedures in compliance with the ECVET.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS80 STUDENTS. 16/19 years old students attending Arezzo, Siena and Grosseto State High Schools.20 HIG SCHOOL GRADUATES / QUALIFIED. Young people who have obtained a vocational qualification or diploma consistent with the theme of Green Economy, by not more than 12 months. ACTIVITIES. The activities of the project shall be as follows:- Project management (divided into four main documents, enclosing the four key aspects of the sound management of the project: Control and Coordination Plan, Learning and Assessment Plan, Communication Management Plan, Dissemination and Valorisation Plan).- Trainees preparation (language, technical, educational and cultural training)- Internships identification and activation (following the selection of participants, the candidate-company MATCHING will be held in collaboration with the foreign parties, which will evaluate the participants profiles according businesses availability).- Ongoing monitoring and ex post.- Final assessment (outcomes, project, good practices).- Dissemination and exploitation beyond the boundaries of the participating territories.METHODOLOGY. The activated methodologies are, essentially, practical and they are all aimed at achieving effective, efficient and repeatable models.RESULTS AND IMPACT. At a general level, the project will have impact mainly on school and training worlds (VET) thanks to: learning outcomes of participants in mobility; acquired skills (life, soft and hard skills); recognition of credits. The dissemination strategy will support the overall objectives and the specific activities of the project: in particular, the publication of the project OUTPUT (materials), but also OUTCOMES (results) and OUTREACH (impact).LONG-TERM BENEFITS. In the long term, we expect: greater attention to Green jobs and to activities related to environmental and energy benefits within the reference areas of the project; extension of the partnership abroad, both in terms of territories and Green jobs skills; ability to implement exchange and cooperation projects thanks to the use of other funds (eg. H2020, Private Finance for Energy Efficiency, other); as the Consortium, the opportunity of exerting influence over mobility management as well as over the adoption of EQAVET framework and ECVET credit recognition system.