The aim of this transnational project is to use innovative methods based on Vocational Education and Training focused on developing educational and personal skills, improving students' results at school, making classes more interactive and appealing to students, acquiring more knowledge or improving the personal and vocational skills in order to become an active European citizen. This project is intended to open and innovate education, goes further into preparing students for proffessional life, helping them to be better prepared for the job, improve and develop their professional skills and use all the tools in order to make a career and adapt their skills to the European job market. One of the purposes of education for sustainability is to develop individuals with knowledge and skills to make decisions based on their environmental, social and economic context, through reflection and critical thinking, so that students are oriented toward action and change. Therefore, this paper emphasizes the need of collaboration between different actors on the teaching and learning process through Social Learning, as a theoretical perspective that considers socializing and learning as inseparable processes. DIRECT RECIPIENTS project are students, employees of partner organizations, colleagues organizations implementing projects for local communities and local leaders. The project will develope Guide to Best Practices - Practical publication contains examples for Sustainability of effective teaching and school practices model implemented in the partner countries and partner organizations. The purpose of the Guide is an inspiration to work for teachers using the methods for sustainable education. Education for sustainable development can provide critical thinking, greater awareness and skills, so it is possible to explore new visions and ideas and develop new methods and tools for implementation. Approximately 2000 participants are expected to participate in project activities and apart from participants, approximately 2,500 individuals are expected to benefit from the results. The project partner organizations will seek to use new tools created and competence of personnel to carry out actions aimed at a wide audience, and to popularize the idea of Vocational Education and Training, students' Skills Development using lifelong learning possibilities into local communities activation processes. GOAL of project is to increase the activity of the studentsf the local community, increasing the efficiency of activation programs directed to the socially excluded and improvement of life care for the environment and surroundings. In the project we will develop the soft skills of our students which are becoming increasingly vital to employers when differentiating between candidates with similar experience and education. In the competitive hiring environment, employers are asking and looking for certain soft skills to establish the most suitable people for the role. While technical and experience-specific skills still very much have a place in the mind of a hiring manager, soft skills give candidates an edge and show potential employers the social and cultural benefits they would also bring to their new role and company. Dissemination campaigns will be held about results at regional, national and international levels to support other schools having similar problems. The project was developed in partnership with the Polish 6 organizations, Germany, Iceland, Finland, Portugal and Sweden. Each of them brings to the project a unique experience enriching its scope and dimension.
The aim of the project "The Entrepreneurs of the future" was to use innovative methods based on Vocational Education and Training focused on developing educational and personal skills, improving students' results at school, making classes more interactive and appealing to students,acquiring more knowledge or improving the personal and vocational skills in order to become an active European citizen. The project aimed to prepare students to consciously undertake professional work or self-employment, improve and develop their professional skills, taking into account the needs of the European market, using tools available in the area of vocational education. The recipients of the project were both students as well as employees of schools / partner institutions, as well as associates of organizations implementing projects for local communities. As part of the project, a guide to the best practices implemented in countries and partner organizations was developed - a practical publication containing examples of how to teach and learn for a sustainable future. Partner organizations use new tools and competences created by the staff to carry out activities aimed at a wide audience in order to popularize the idea of education and vocational training, develop students' skills, using lifelong learning opportunities in the processes of activating local communities. The variety of schools and partner institutions is the value added of the project due to intercultural and intergenerational dialogue. The project was developed by Poland in cooperation with 5 organizations, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Iceland and Portugal. Each of them brought the project a unique experience enriching its scope and dimension. From the monitoring of activities and the final evaluation carried out, it can be stated that the objectives and assumptions of the project have been achieved. As a part of the implementation of project activities, the following were implemented: - thematic workshops in individual countries, including: workshops for students in the field of key competences - communication skills (business communication in English); workshops in the field of professional competence - technical skills in the field of mechanical engineering; photography and graphics; 3D design and printing; workshops on key competences - communication in a foreign language - German, workshops on key competences - communication in a foreign language - English, technical English; workshops on key competences - communication skills (business communication - entrepreneurship workshops); personal and social competence workshops; floral workshops; organization of meetings with vocational counselors, including: how to set up your own business. During the implementation of the project, three transnational project meetings were carried out in Germany, Poland and Sweden (online), and 4 learning/teaching/training activities in Sweden, Portugal, Finland and Iceland (online mobility). The project team also developed a guide to the best practices implemented in countries and partner organizations - a practical publication with examples of how to teach and learn for a sustainable future and online project's magazine. The implementation of project activities allowed the students to look differently at their future profession, gain skills that increased their chances of participation in the national and European labor market. Participation in the project has improved their social competences in the field of language communication, interpersonal communication, teamwork, responsibility for tasks performed. A stay abroad made students aware of the importance of language competences in interpersonal relations in the work environment as well as outside it, which influenced their motivation to continue learning foreign languages. Understanding the cultural conditions of the host countries has contributed to greater openness to people and the world.