IÐAN´s objective in this project was to continue to enhance and make mobility a real choice for apprenticeship students in the regulated trades. Continue to validate workplace training as part of the apprentice contract and recognise achieved learning. IÐAN wanted to continue to build its network of reliable partners and competent hosts. IÐANs participates in national and international cooperation in aimed towards, innovation and development in Vocational education and training, focusing on apprenticeships and further training in the regulated trades in Iceland, as described in our international strategy. Topics such as range from professional training, research and development, social responsibility, quality, sustainability, gender equability and so on. IÐAN applied for a total of 16 placement for chefs, bakers, watch making and carpentry. In this project we encouraged both our apprentices and professionals to look for signs of sustainability. We did hope to send a total of 16 apprentice in a two-year period. Emphasis were to be on automotive trades and constitution as well as culinary trades. In this project we hoped to be able to continue to build a working relation GTC in Gothenburg, a technical college that is owned by Volvo, the aim was to build up apprentice exchange, as well as staff study visit with the intent to explore 4.0 industry question. IÐAN wanted also to achieve a renewal in our mobility exchange with Berufskolleg für Gestaltung und Technik der StädteRegion in Aachen Aachen Germany and wanted to send some printing and media apprentice and staff addressing questions such as ways to sustain and develop the trade and finally we wanted to learn more about South West College in the northern Ireland outstanding in-house training on green buildings.
Why this project? As with other Erasmus+ projects this one is in line with our international strategy. It was aimed at both staff and apprentices to enhance their professional competences and for the apprentices this has been a part of their apprentice contract and recognised as such. This project also fulfils the strategic priority’s set out in IÐAN´s international strategy enhance network building and establish working relationship's with both intermediate partners and companies in Europe to better enhance mobility for all learners. This project is in line with our other KA1 projects to establish mobilities as a real choice to further enhance competences in Vocational education and training, this includes, apprenticeship training and staff mobility.