The XPTO+ VI project had as main objectives: - Alignment with European VET reference organizations through the adoption of best pedagogical practices and methodologies and staff training; - Raising the quality and impact of VT on the labor market and on young people through greater employability and post-graduate occupation, recognition of VT by the labor market and society and by combating absenteeism and school failure; - Contribution to a knowledge-based, socially cohesive, cosmopolitan, and intercultural society by guaranteeing mobility for all in an inclusive way, bringing Europe closer and affirming values such as interculturality and tolerance. This project was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was not possible, as of March 2020, to continue it. However, thanks to organizational teamwork with the schools and the extension of the project until August 2022, we were able to implement the defined activities, thus achieving the proposed objectives.
The XPTO+ consortium results from the partnership established in 2014 between EUROYOUTH, the promoter, and the schools, sending entities – Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André (AESA), Escola Profissional de Fafe (EPFafe), Escola Profissional de Rio Maior (EPRM) and Academia Total – IEDP. The XPTO+ project brings these organizations together through an active role in the international mobility of young students, recent graduates, and staff and that, working together, allows them to enhance their intervention and skills, maximizing the profitability of human and material resources invested in this type. of project. All elements of the Consortium believe in professional, social and personal education and training as fundamental instruments for prosperity and social cohesion, and the objectives are centered on promoting employability and European citizenship through the creation of training opportunities for audiences looking for 1st job at European level; guarantee the quality and updating of the consortium's training offer and vocational guidance; promotion of organizational development and internationalization; contribute to the social, cultural and economic development of Portugal and Europe.