The most important area for the members of the consortium, in which improvements should be achieved, was the constant expansion of competence on the part of the management and teaching staff, which is central to the learning success of the learners. A significant part of this expansion of competence should continue to be obtained through the stays abroad of the staff. The aim of this project was to continue to teach learners (key) skills and abilities that are important for their further personal and professional life. These are mainly: - Professional skills in the field of social and nursing professions. - Linguistic competence (also in the use of a bridging language such as English) - Intercultural skills (including through the experience of being a "foreigner") - Social skills through working in an international team - Resilience and personal development of the trainees through independent problem solving The implementation of the European Development Plan and the promotion of particularly disadvantaged schoolchildren was very important to us.
The GEB heads the consortium, which, among other things, also jointly planned and implemented this project. The aim was to continue to accompany the institutions on the path to Europeanization / internationalization and to integrate the Erasmus+ program even more into school life. In addition to the consortium partners, there are currently around 30 partnerships, mainly with private and public vocational schools, but also with general schools and other educational and further training institutions throughout Germany. The partners would like to use this project so that they don't have to go their way towards Europeanization alone, but rather to be part of a German network. Specifically, we wanted to make Europe more visible in the schools through the stays abroad of teachers and learners and to make the use of the program in both groups the exception to the norm. This should also result in an upgrading of professional training compared to academic training.