By implementing the project, we wanted to improve the following areas of the organization's activities: 1. To increase the prestige of vocational training, the quality of the educational process, the competencies of school employees related to the application of professional skills in direct activities. In the context of this project: 1.1. promote the participation of teachers and students of the profession in the quality assurance of training; 1.2. to deepen the competencies of vocational teachers teaching the most popular professions by evaluating the newly acquired practical knowledge in the countries of Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal; 1.3. to encourage students to continuously improve their professional achievements - knowledge, abilities and competencies - to acquire new ones. 2. To expand and strengthen cooperation with international partners and to reduce student "attrition". In the context of this project: 2.1. establish and maintain relations with partners who apply internationalization and cooperation methods, from four European countries - Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal; 2.2. increase the attractiveness of learning by introducing learners to the labor market of other EU countries; 2.3. to help community members better understand the value of the achievements gained during mobility by preparing documents confirming the achievements recognized in other countries (ECVET, Europass); 2.4. to contribute to the faster integration of the school community at the European level, providing an opportunity to get to know other EU countries better.
The choice of topics and objectives of the project "International experience for professional development" was influenced by the changes in vocational training initiated in Lithuania and the areas of activity of the institution to be improved provided for in the strategic documents of VšĮ Kretinga School of Technology and Business. Thus, during the project, the following goals were set and achieved: 1. 18 students of the institution were provided with knowledge, abilities and competencies in the field of the chosen profession by performing practice at a real workplace. 2. 7 vocational teachers and 1 manager were given knowledge, abilities and competencies in the field of work-based training based on the experience and practice of the countries of Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal, applying the forms of dual training and apprenticeship training. Tasks implemented during the project: 1. 16 students - cook, car mechanic and automatic systems operation mechatronics majors - completed 4 weeks. duration of internships in companies in Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal. 2. 7 vocational teachers participated on the 5th. during work monitoring visits in business enterprises, educational institutions, organizations in Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal. 3. Manager 1 attended on the 5th. during work monitoring visits in German business enterprises, educational institutions, in organizations. 4. Prepared documents for each project participant: "Europass", ECVET, proving the acquisition of competencies, and organized 2 events for the presentation of practice, work observation visits to Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal: one for the students, the second for the visits of managers, vocational teachers, managers. 5. Prepared and presented reviews and recommendations of the dual education system, the form of apprenticeship training applied in Austria, Germany, Poland and Portugal, because international experience makes it possible to better evaluate the experiences of students and teachers, to improve the teaching process, to acquire competences, skills and knowledge in a different environment, due to which makes all acquired experiences more sustainable, and the educational institution itself and trained specialists more competitive. 6. Recommendations for the application of the prepared form of apprenticeship training, taking into account the practice of foreign countries, i.e. i.e. planned activities that must be carried out in order to successfully apply the apprenticeship at Public Enterprise GPMC. Thanks to the project, the social, linguistic and intercultural abilities of the project participants were also developed, the work motivation of students, vocational teachers and managers was increased, in order to achieve a high-quality education process, so that it is focused on the needs of the labor market and based on the necessary competences, and vocational training was strengthened, focusing on a closer the connection between employers and the vocational training institution by introducing new training methods and forms, the application of ECVET is improved, with the aim of recognizing and consolidating the achievements gained in a foreign country, contributing to the quality of vocational training and increasing its prestige in society. In summary, it can be stated that the following results were achieved after the implementation of the project: 1. Students improved and acquired new practical skills and abilities in the field of their chosen specialty. 2. Vocational teachers, and managers acquired practical knowledge in the field of application of work-based training. 3. The foreign language knowledge, social and intercultural competencies of the project participants were improved. 4. The project contributed to the implementation of the strategic goals and objectives of the organizations participating in the project. 5. The project contributed to increasing the quality of vocational training, training competitive specialists ready for the labor market, developing international cooperation, sharing good experiences, and improving the education and training system.