CONFYE (Confección y Empleo) is a Strategic Partnership gathering industry associations, VET centres, Education Regulators and Certifying Bodies in Spain, Portugal and Czech Republic. The project focuses on the Fashion and Clothing production sector. The partners have cooperarted previously in another educational initiative related to Dual VET systems on the basis of which they have detected needs to bring closer the VET centres and the companies of the sector to promote quality employment and competetiveness in this economic sector. CONFYE project proposes two main results, a MOOC on professional orientation and entrepreneurship, and the production of 6 practical projects created by groups of VET students in the different countries as a way to show their competences and skills to companies of the sector, and to strengthen their possibilities to find a job or create their own business. These projects are part of the curricular instructions in the upper cycles of VET, therefore CONFYE intends to be a complementary resource. The MOOC intends to provide useful training resources for teachers and students and to facilitate the development of the students' projects. These students' projects will be connected to the topic of Fashion, and will contribute through it to promote cultural heritage. The project intends to involve directly some 100 stakeholders to obtain the planned results and to promote these results during project implementatin directly to some 600 representatives from the three target groups: teachers and students from VET schools providing estudies in the textile and fashion sector, companies cooperating with VET schools and interested to recruit students in this sector and policy-makers and institutions in charge of designing and implementing VET systems. To reach the targeted stakeholders the partnership counts with a broad representation of the Fashion and Clothing production sector and VET centres providing studies in this field and a number of relevant associated partners. The partnership has foreseen the implementation of promotional events for the results in the three participating countries.
CONFYE (Confección y Empleo) is a Strategic Partnership gathering industry associations, VET centres, Education Regulators and Certifying Bodies in Spain, Portugal and Czech Republic. The project focuses on the Fashion and Clothing production sector. The partners have cooperated previously in another educational initiative related to Dual VET systems on the basis of which they have detected needs to bring closer the VET centres and the companies of the sector to promote quality employment and competetiveness in this economic sector. CONFYE project has implemented the main output that was funded, a MOOC on professional orientation and entrepreneurship. It has contributed to develop the competences of groups of VET students in the different countries, and to strengthen their possibilities to find a job or create their own business. CONFYE product is a complementary resource to the creation of the end-of-cycle projects that are part of the curricular instructions in the upper cycles of VET. This MOOC has been tested and used in connection to the topic of Fashion and Textile. This output is a Open Educational Resource (OER) compliant with the EdX standards and hosted in a plataform that enables and promotes the access from anyone who is interested in exploring and following the course. The project has reached the goal to involve directly more of 100 stakeholders to obtain the planned results. More that 140 stakeholders (companies of fashion and textile, VET teachers and students, education institution representatives and other professionals related with these sectors) have been involved only in the multiplier events, largely exceeding the expected impact, despite the restrictions of the COVID pandemic. In addition, the phases of development and testing of the product have involved directly more than 10 teachers and 60 students in the three participating countries. Finally the promotion and dissemination activities have exceeded the target to reach directly more than 600 representatives from the three target groups: fashion companies, teachers and students from VET schools, and policy-makers and institutions in charge of designing and implementing VET systems, through info sessions, participation in international fairs and projects, newsletters and technological means (webpage and social networks). To reach the targeted stakeholders the partnership has counted with the support of a broad representation of the Textile, Fashion and Clothing production sector and of VET centres providing studies in this field. Relevant associated partners have actively contributed and supported this initiative.