The main objectives achieved thanks to the project have been: - improvement of the technical, personal (key and soft skills), language and management skills for the participants - future guidance for students and graduates, thanks to internships in the company and the development of their curricula - improvement of digital and IT skills, both for the participants and for the staff involved in the management, who also had to adapt some tools to the pandemic, in order to manage mobility - development of managerial and organisational skills within the internationalization working group - improvement of the relationships, both with the international partnership and at local level, being able to offer companies better trained interns after the mobilities - improvement of the school training offer, thanks to the chance to implement a training system that also includes international mobility as a central part of students' training path - re-motivation of students at risk of dropping out of school - inclusion of participants with fewer opportunities or with socio-economic, cultural, ethnic disadvantages, etc.
The project perfectly fits into the school's international strategy, according to the VET Charter 20214/2020, which was later confirmed and reaccredited for the new Erasmus Plus VET 2021/2027. Thanks to the project, the Institute intended to confirm its strategic role within international professional training and the organization of mobility abroad, in the Livorno area and its province. In fact, the project was an important opportunity to offer the possibility of carrying out internships in international contexts to its students and recent graduates, to enhance their curricula and contribute to their growth through the development of technical, personal and linguistic skills. Furthermore, the project allowed for a painless handover, given the retirement of the head of the international sector, thanks to the procedures implemented in past years and during this project, which allowed the creation of a new management staff within the Institute for international project management.