By implementing the project we wanted to achieve the following: • The modernization of the school unit and its connection with the labor market and the business and productive sector with the aim of creating links, strengthening the exchange of knowledge and practices between school and workplace, cultivating a more entrepreneurial mindset in students, integrating the workplace learning. • The training of participants in new technologies and CNC machine tool control systems, • The students' acquisition of skills and abilities in the handling and programming of CNC machine tools, • Familiarity with various types and characteristics of machine tools. • The promotion of the recognition of learning knowledge and skills with the means used by the European Union (europass). • Information on market needs and adaptation of training programs. • Encouraging the participation of the unit's professors and students in Seminars and Conferences with the aim of promoting research. • Utilizing the diversity of its educational staff and students. • Increasing the attractiveness and "good reputation" of the School Unit in the educational field.
The application for the mobility program was submitted following a decision by the teachers' association of the 1st EPAL Ptolemaida. The organization's main need, at the level of European mobility, was to develop mobility activities aimed primarily at its students, activities that improve the knowledge, skills and abilities of its students in the subjects of their specialties. The unit's participation in mobility programs and the appropriate preparation of its students so that they can cope with the changing conditions of modern society and economy, the upgrading of students' mental, communication and language skills. Skills deemed necessary for personal development, students' active participation in society and their future employment. In addition, the acquaintance of students with the culture, culture and history of the countries of Europe, with the aim of recognizing and understanding the various cultures based on mutual knowledge, in order to reduce stereotypical attitudes and perceptions, to bring about change and adoption of new attitudes, to encourage students to participate in other programs, to gain the awareness of the European citizen.