The purpose of the project was promoting equal opportunities and meet the training needs of students and VET professionals and administrative staff of the school. The development of the specific skills of students and VET trainers was pursued through internships and staff training activities abroad. Objectives -Improving and developing the professional skills of 86 students from the Tourism/Food/Economic profiles through internships for a better insertion on the labor market at national/European level. -Promoting equal opportunities and social inclusion by encouraging the participation of young people with limited opportunities in the project. -Improving the professional skills of 10 VET professionals in order to increase the quality of VET education and training. -The development of specific competences of a representative of the administrative staff in order to enable him/ her to identify, adapt and implement a viable plan of school development by increasing the efficacy of the School Campus and proposing internal self-financing strategies. Strategic development through strengthening international partnerships focused on the professional training of students and teachers in VET education.
The project was born as a consequence of the identification of two essential needs also identifiend by the school Managerial Plan, respectively the PAS (formulated for the period 2018-2021) were also addressed. We mention as essential points the professional development of students and VET professionals, respectively the strategic development of the institution Weaknesses identified: -Lack of quality in the training of economic agents -The large number of hours of theoretical training at the expense of practice in professional and technical education -Weaker results in developing the skills and competencies of students from disadvantaged backgrounds -Reduced use of new teaching/learning tools within the Technology Department (computer platforms, etc.) -Lack of utilization of complex structures of the highschool campus (specialised laboratories, hotel-type accommodation spaces) to their full capacity -Gaps in the institutional efficiency of the management of work committees (due to bureaucratic excess) The Economic College has proposed to increase by 20% in the next 5 years the number of teachers and students who will benefit from European internships and to develop projects that meet the needs of the school.