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Patways for UPskilling students in Europe

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-1-ES01-KA102-048381
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Learning Mobility of Individuals | VET learner and staff mobility Funder Contribution: 229,563 EUR

Patways for UPskilling students in Europe

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The project has responded to the need that VET schools have to provide their students with the chance to increase and improve the quality of vocational training, by taking internships in European companies, and getting in contact with the single European labour market. The success of the collaboration in the previous consortium integrated by 10 Public VET schools of the Valencian Region that was promoted by the IES Ramón Esteve, the high rate of insertion of the participant students to the labor market (90%), the great interest and the satisfaction of the students and the coordinators who participated in the previous project, as well as the close and fluid collaboration of the VET schools involved in the consortium, have fostered the present project that it has satisfied the demands of the VET schools, it has make possible the collaboration with enterprises at national and European level. The project has been integrated by 10 VET schools in Valencian Region has been adressed to 74 VET students and former students who are doing the 2nd year of the cycles of intermediate level in informatics and communications, agrarian and administration, phisical activivities in the rural area; or graduates in the last year: medium-level technicians from these specialties. 10 monthly flows (4 to Italy, 2 to Brussels, 1 to Latvia and 3 to UK) and 2 Erasmus Pro flows of three months (1 to Italy and 1 to UK). IES Ramón esteve has selected 8 students, IES Bernat Guinovart 5, CIPFP Xeste 23, CIPFP Mislata 3, IES Camp de Morverdre 3, IES Sant Vicent Ferrer 10, IES Serpis 3, IES Marcos Zaragoza 2, IES el quint and IES Serra Perenxisa 8, 8 of them Erasmus Pro.Of these 21 students have completed internships in Uk, 32 in Italy in different destinations, 4 in Latvia and 9 in Belgium. In addition, 2 pre-planning visits have been made - Erasmus Pro, one to Italy and one to the UKThe main OBJECTIVE of the project has been:To allow VET students to develop, through internships in European companies, the skills and abilities to complete, in a practical way, the skills acquired in VET to be incorporated efficiently into the European labor market, either on account own or for others. To do this, VET students have developed specific tecnical skills on the specialty that they have studied and transversal skills like social and intercultural that are necessary to face new challenges and become active citizens with values for the future. The main ACTIVITIES have been: - PREPARATION: selection of the participants, initial evaluation of their competences, pre-departure training of participants, logistics and agreements’ tasks definition, coordination, etc. - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOBILITY. Implementation the internship programs in the companies. - EVALUATION AND CERTIFICATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS. The competences have been acquired during the stay abroad. They have been certified using Europass and they have been evaluated according to the ECVET. - MONITORING. The development of the internships has been monitored by all the tools and processes, previously agreed by the project. - EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT. The project has been evaluated using quantitative and qualitative tools - DISSEMINATION. The dissemination activities have been carried out during all the project . A final conference for the dissemination of the project’s results has been organized, Students have participated in conferences and training courses organized by CEFIRE and regional Ministery of education and in debates of regional and local radio and TV and radio even in the teachers meeting and in the pedagogical meetings of the schools consortiumBesides the impact on the participants, the project has benefit all partners, fostering the European cooperation and relationships between companies and VET schools. The DISSEMINATION activities and the mobility itself have generated an IMPACT at local, regional and national level. The IMPACT of the project has been:- The project has improved the opportunities for VET students to be actively incorporate national or European labor market, either on their own account or as an employee, in a more effective way- The collaboration among the participating organizations have allowed promoting European cooperation and internationalization and it has make it possible to bring companies closer to VET schools and it has improved too the collaboration with other VET schools, public authorities, etc. It has given to the participating institutions a vision about most demanded professional profiles and the skills that students must learn The project has been directly linked to the 2020 strategy, the skills agenda and the European priorities to help the EU and its Member States generate a higher level of employment, productivity ,social cohesion and development.

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