The design team had identified the following objectives: • Improve the professional skills of staff working in the field of adult education; • Improve staff's language skills; • Promote staff mobility abroad and encourage internationalization processes within the institutes involved; • Improve knowledge of European school systems in the context of EdA; • Promote cooperation between institutions that provide 1st level courses (CPIA) and secondary education institutions that provide 2nd level courses; • Acquire innovative methodologies for teaching adults; • Acquire good practices and strategies for the inclusion of adults and young adults in disadvantaged situations; • Promote the sharing of common European values; • Improve the use of ICT in teaching activities; • Encourage the creation of collaborations with European institutes dealing with EdA.
The project was implemented by four educational institutions: two higher institutes (IIS “G. Caselli”, IIS “P. Artusi”) and two CPIA (CPIA 1 Siena and CPIA 1 Prato). The common objective was to create a vertical regional network between first level institutes and second level institutes to carry out an international mobility project at a European level, to promote the training of staff involved in EdA, for professional growth and the development of new skills.