Our hope is that students can live a training experience in companies in another European country, be able to improve their job skills, but also improve their awareness of European citizenship, and thus forge a better future for themselves and their families. As Erasmus+ program main lines, getting to know other countries, with a different language, interacting in a different social and working environment and improving their professional skills is a unique opportunity for our young people. Sharing space in workshops with workers with innovative machinery or advances in new technologies in companies is a training opportunity in excellence for our students. Moreover, as an outermost region, mobility in Europe is always conditioned by flights to the mainland. This limit also exists for teachers, although in this case it is the language barrier that reduces the possibilities of working in other European schools. We have more than fulfilled our objectives, the cooperation with another educational institution, forging an important partnership between IPSIA Fermo Corni and IES Villa de Mazo, and improving the employability of students.
STUDENTS WHO SHAPE THEIR FUTURE IN EUROPE is the first KA102 project promoted by IES Villa de Mazo. Our main line of action within the center's European plan is the realization of internships in European companies for our young people. The municipalities of Mazo and Fuencaliente are part of the southeast slope of the La Palma island, known for the eruption of the Tajogaite volcano on September 2022. It is a rural environment, until a few years ago a land of emigrants to Cuba and Venezuela, and nowadays it is home to the locals and the grandchildren of those men and womwn who left this land to build a better future. La Palma cannot offer young people well-qualified training in high-level companies. In the field of Microcomputing and Networking, only the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory has a relevant outlook for its employees. In the field of Automotive Vehicle Electromechanics, our students do their work placements in small, often family-run workshops with a small number of workers and machinery. The distance to the mainland and the low economic profile of the families also limit their possibilities for growth, and the great majority of them finish their training with a higher education on this island or in Tenerife.