The activities planned in this project were aimed to achieve the following objectives: - Strengthen the economic and social network of the city of Cuenca through the improvement of its educational offer - To acquire a quality training and an effective and specialized professional internship - To combat the lack of connection between the world of work and education - To develop entrepreneurial skills - Raise awareness of the opportunities offered by the labour market whose demand requires fully trained professionals - To make society aware of the importance of international actions that contribute to the economic and cultural development of the locality - Acquire a series of skills and aptitudes, not only professional but also personal, both in terms of the language skills acquired and the degree of autonomy and responsibility that such an experience provides - To promote participation of teachers of the schools in European programs - To adapt the pedagogical and study plans to European plans through the teachers’ exchanges.
The City Council of Cuenca has applied for this project with the aim of relieving the needs identified in the institutions that make up the national consortium (obsolete working methodologies, few or no language skills not only in students but also in professionals who see their low level of languages as a difficulty when cooperating with other international organizations, fear of the students to face the working world, low academic results, educational system poorly adapted to the reality of the market, unmotivated teachers and students, difficulty in finding a job), through the Erasmus+ programme, and thus to activate the economic and social network of Cuenca and, consequently, to cooperate for the modernization and internationalization of its own entities. In this way, the city council intends to benefit as many of the city's centres as possible and, therefore, their students and staff. With this project, the City Council not only manages to provide improvements in the quality of training for young people, but at the same time, the staff of the consortium members manages to acquire and/or improve competencies that they lacked before getting involved in this project.