The aim was to improve the employability of young people in the region, as well as to create work networks: between the educational centers and the entity and between the members of the consortium and other European organizations. With this, the aim was to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and the dissemination of good practices, as well as to strengthen the European dimension of a region with a clear export vocation. In addition, it sought to promote social cohesion, which is one of the weaknesses of the territory due to the multiple economic, cultural, religious and social dualities that occur in it. For this, it was seen necessary to improve the level of aptitudes and competences of the youth, which facilitates their insertion in the labor market of all groups, essential to achieve intercultural integration, language learning and awareness of the need for understand the diversity that Europe stands for. In summary: 1) Improve the skills of educational centers in the development and management of projects; 2) Combat dropout and school failure among students and improve their employability; 3) Promote collaboration between educational centers, companies and European organizations.
Because the educational centers of the County of Huelva with the Intermediate Training Courses requested a joint project to offer their students work practices abroad that improve their employability. This territory has a labor market that is closely related to agriculture and most of the jobs are low-skilled, with precarious conditions and subject to strong seasonality. In this context, the Erasmus program stands out as an effective tool to help the region advance in accordance with criteria of equity, integration and sustainability, since its objectives are to promote the construction of a European space for lifelong learning, disseminating good practices, complementing national (or regional, in this case) policies, promoting internationalization in educational institutions and favoring the improvement of key skills that are relevant in the labor market, fully coincide with the needs of the County and it is an enormous opportunity to participate of all of it.