Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff are implemented by organisations holding an Erasmus accreditation. Each accredited project represents a step in the implementation of the organisation's long-term Erasmus Plan.

<< Background >>Education institutions are among the most influential elements of implementing concepts of sustainability and sustainable development and their decisions affect the economic, social and environmental dimensions of the communities and regions around them. Society expects them to educate the youth and contribute to the society. Still there is no clear understanding how to integrate sustainability into the systems, no guidelines to action, no checklist that would be equally helpful for all VET or could be applied across the board by all. Institutions are too different in terms of their legal form (private or public), location (rural or metropolitan) or size (small and specialised or large offering a full range of faculties).<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to make the research and overview on the good practices within European VET schools, prepare the guidelines on innovative teaching methods and staff and students' systemic engagement activities and platform for the experience sharing and contribute to the environment and climate change activities in European Union and beyond.The objectives of the project are:1. To motivate and empower people via new training and engagement opportunities in the field of Sustainability.2. To provide innovative solutions , teaching methods, research and practice to target groups, staff, teachers and learners of Vocational and Adults Education;2. To excel and expand the knowledge on the good practices to eductational institutions and key players in the sustainability issues and activities in Europe;The operational objectives of the project are:1. To produce a comparative study on the activities related to these sustainability issues, in each country/region;2. To create a collections of workshops presenting different approaches to the sustainability training and engagement activities of each country;3. To develop a trainer's guide including a collection of recommendations and best practises for the promotion of sustainability issues via training and engagement activities to empower youth;4. To create an online learning platform with on-line learning resources;5. To provide training opportunities for VET staff and learnersThe target groups of the project are:- Staff and students of VET and adult education, organisations active in the field of sustainability projects, organisations active in the field of youth education and training, representatives in the field of social affairs, local, regional and national public authorities and policy makers;- Final beneficiaries<< Implementation >>AimActivities and resultsTo reduce social-ecological impact of educational establishments and widen and deepen their impact on societal development.Experience exchange, online or mobility, surveys and interviews, based on sustainability indexesTo prepare students as leaders for tomorrow and increase engagement, working for greener and sustainable future. To reflect with students and personnel on how we can develop your activities to become more impactfulTo create guidelines, innovative teaching and engagement methods and toolsTo share insightful stories on social media to add to the overview of activities and challenges about successful projects, effective strategies, and learnings from failed attempts to inspire others to develop in the areas mentioned aboveTo ensure communication, webpage, posts and articles published, To create IT platformTo create network and organize online summitTo set up a Green Office<< Results >>-Quantitative results:- Education programme and guideline produced - 1;- On-line learning platform developed – 1;- number of transnational project meetings - 4 ;- number of staff training - 1;- number of educators participating in the trainings - at least 20;- number of local dissemination events - 7;- number of participants of the local dissemination events - 200 persons;- number of persons visiting the on-line learning platform, at least 300 persons by the end of the project;- enhanced cooperation between organisations in the adult education - at least 8 organisations.Qualitative results:1. For the VET educators:- expansion of knowledge and skills in the sustainability issues;- expansion of knowledge and skills in involving and empoweringtarget groups;- wider use of innovative methods and new approaches to the promotion og sustainability in action ;- increased competence in foreign languages;- greater understanding and responsiveness to social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity - improved competences, linked to their professional profiles;- increased opportunities for professional development;- increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of modernisation and internationalisation;- increased motivation and satisfaction in their daily work by using new, efficient methods and approaches.2. For target groups (students, staff, teachers and stakeholders involved):- increased accessibility of trainings and engagement activities in sustainability field;- enhanced opportunities to explore European best practice in sustainability in action;- motivation and empowerment via the extended research, experience exchange and guided instructions on teaching and engagement materials;- raise the quality of living of target groups.3. For the partner organisations:-strengthening of partnerships;-joint activities in sustainability in action, reporting, impact assessment, involvement of stakeholders;-intercultural cooperation;-Cooperation between NG), SME and Educational Institutions - synergy of knowledge, approaches, evaluation practices and involvement practices.

Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff are implemented by organisations holding an Erasmus accreditation. Each accredited project represents a step in the implementation of the organisation's long-term Erasmus Plan.

<< Background >>Four partner VET schools from Czech Republic, Slovenia, Lithuania and Latvia have joined their interest and motivation to work in “A Star is Born: empowering creative art talents through competitions and with online tools” project.The main idea for this project came out considering these aspects:-the need of collaborative initiative in exchanging good practice and educational tools for VET teachers who supports creative art students, prepares them for competitions, develop their talents and seeks to reach good results-the need of collaboration in Europe facing the significant challenges in youth employment-the importance of building students’ digital skills as ability to prepare and compete in local, national and international labour market-the need to create more opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to take part in hairdressing competitions-the need to improve image of VET qualification as attractive and appealing to young peopleExploiting the potential of different approaches on preparation of art students for competitions and developing digital skills can best be achieved through strategic partnership of European VET organisations who specialises in creative study programmes and have interest development of students’ talent and their professional skills. The project should be carried out transnationally because the intended results could not be achieved in isolation and reach planned results.Project corresponds strongly to identified priorities at internal strategies, regional, national and European policies. European Skills Agenda clearly shows how important is to develop students personal and professional skills in order to be adaptable in competitive labour market (transversal skills). A Star is Born project also will foster digital skills development of teachers and students.<< Objectives >>Our project will be one of the key solutions for 21st century challenges. Youth unemployment was already and during the coming up economic crisis will increase as a challenge in the whole Europe and beyond. Schools are playing a crucial role in preparation of young talents to be competitive in the local, national and international labour market. Teachers and students are in need to be equipped with digital tools and increase their ability to solve problems with relevance and novelty which is a creativity.A Star is Born project partners have diverse experience in preparing students for competitions. Lithuanian partner has quite good system in supporting students; Latvian – has extensive experience in taking part in competitions; Czech – mainly national competitions, but in Slovenia there are no national competitions for hairdressers. Therefore, there is a gap between partner countries in this area. All partners want to share experience and improve students talent development. One of the main focuses will be to empower creative art students with high levels of skills that are needed to achieve high results not only at the national level, but international one as well.Combination of key elements will be covered within our project: Talent development + Creativity + Digital skillsThe main project objectives:-to motivate students to be active in learning process and to equip them with skill sets to help them to be successful in their future jobs, to become responsible citizens and attractive for international labour market-to empower talented creative art students no matter their background-to increase students’ digital skills-to enhance knowledge and expertise of teachers-to enforce creative and critical thinking and to promote fair competition-to motivate students to take responsibility of their learning and self-evaluating-to support creation of international competitions for hairdressersProject greatly supports Erasmus+ programme objectives for VET schools in a way to help realise the full potential of teachers and students by the use of new ways of learning, technology and digital tools. Creation of competitions is part of skills development agendas in Europe as well.<< Implementation >>In order to achieve these objectives partners have planned: -1 teachers training which will bring teachers who are working with creative art students, on career guidance, support and motivation of students. It will be essential to exchange good practice in cooperative learning methods, to find creative ways of working with students and to support them in the preparation for competitions, to prepare them to work in multicultural teams, to exchange experience in talent development approaches.-4 students exchanges will include international competitions where multicultural teams of students will work online before each mobility (blended). Preparation of their professional digital portfolio will be part of their training during the mobility.-1 Guide for teachers - A Star is Born will be developed and showcase gathered best practice about students preparation for competitions, digital tools for students professional portfolio creation and practical experience in organising international competitions for creative art students.- Local events will be organised in each partner school.During this project we will use methods of cooperative learning (on/offline), multicultural teamwork, problem-based learning and other student-centered approaches, as creating collaborative learning groups, using debates, discussions, workshops and also previous project developed tools. The implemented activities will be a part of schools’ internationalisation strategy that will ensure continuation of work on “A Star is Born” project objectives. Shared experience and presented project outputs in the community and other organisations will ensure the awareness of importance of talent development, digital skills development, preparation for competitions, creativity and impact of trained teachers in quality of education.<< Results >>Project will focus to achieve these results: -12 trained teachers will improve personal and professional competence-4 blended mobilities will be organised for students from creative art study programmes (hairdressing, beauticians, etc.). All 4 partner organisations will have experience in organising these type of mobilities-64 students (16-25 years old) will increase their personal and professional skills -At least 12 students will take part from disadvantaged background-4 blended mobilities will be organise for students from creative art study programmes (hairdressing, beauticians, etc.)-4 VET schools will improve their quality of education for creative art students -1 Guide for teachers will be developed on methods of preparation of creative art student’s for competitions; digital tools to create students’ professional portfolio; sharing best practices from practical cases-At least 4 videos from the learners´ exchanges to inspire peers to make a step and become their own level stars in labour market-Students´ created materials (creative projects, professional digital portfolios, articles) -Teachers and VET schools increase their capacity and knowledge how to organize international competitions for creative art students (e.g. hairdressers) and support student’s skills development-Project outcomes will be disseminated via various on-/offline channels to inspire more teachers and schools to integrate sustainable systems to support talent developmentProject will develop sustainability plan with activities to ensure integration of gained knowledge into practice after project ends. Needless to say that after completion of the project, trained teachers will act as mentors to creative art students to foster their skills for international competitions. They will become “ambassadors” of cooperative online learning and experienced teachers to use digital tools to create one of the essential element for creative art students to become successful in competitive labour market – professional portfolio. Teachers will become advocates on these aspects to make the project sustainable. They will pass the knowledge within and outside the partnership throughout online and offline channels and networks. Students will become examples of raising stars for their peers. Future projects will be discussed and planned during the cooperation.

The value of the health and wellness market in Western Europe has increased substantially between 2013 and 2018”. At the beginning of the period observed the health and wellness market valued approximately 126 billion euro and increased to around 149 billion euro in 2018. The health and wellness market in Eastern Europe experienced a similar increase in market value, increasing from approximately 22 billion euros in 2013 to 30.5 billion in 2018. The health and wellness trend has continued to grow across Europe as more individuals realize the importance of leading a healthy and active lifestyle.The main challenge in the further development of the wellness tourism in response to the growing interest of tourists, as well as of the demand for wellness packages that include diversity of services is availability of qualified staff.All categories of partners who participate in this project (representative organizations, sectoral umbrella organization, qualification authorities, VET providers) are key actors in modernization and advancement of VET and new sector skills in their respective countries and implement main project activities on a regular basis.The project’s main objective is to be designed transnational curricula and respective training content in wellness and spa tourism sector. There will be developed 5 transnational modular curricula based on learning outcomes for learners at EQF 4 and companies’ employees occupying EQF 4 related qualifications.Equipping VET students and adults/employees from the sector being trainees with the missing skills, by using a strong modern personalized didactic tool (multilingual training mobile app), the WeSkill project will try to make wellness and spa tourism sector more appealing, sustainable, advanced and competitive in the EU area.