We established the main objective of the project as improving professional knowledge and entrepreneurial skills and competences among graduates taking up employment in rural areas and supporting them in entering the labour market. We adopted the following specific objectives: - acquisition by students, including 60% with fewer opportunities of new professional skills that go beyond or are innovative in relation to school curricula and competitive in the labour market -78 persons. - apprenticeship in precision agriculture and agricultural mechanisation-18 persons - preparation for work in thematic gastronomy - 20 persons - traineeship in landscape architecture - 20 persons -traineeship in mechanization with using drons and elements of zookeeping-20 persons - preparation to start own business - 78 persons - development of skills in specialist vocational language - 78 persons - learning about the culture of other countries and overcoming stereotypes - 78 persons - developing teamwork skills - 78 persons - facilitating access to transnational activities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds and with fewer opportunities compared to their peers (min. 47 people) - inclusion of the consortium in the European education system.
We applied for the project because as an organisation operating in a European network we can support international activities, develop our own statutory activities, facilitate and strengthen the cooperation of schools with the economic environment, create conditions for networking between schools and the internationalisation of the teaching process. The Europea Polska Association addresses its activities to schools, educational institutions and employers. As a member of the European Schools Network, we have adopted in our statutory activity the development and support of international cooperation in the field of education for the green economy sector, which responded to the diagnosed needs of member schools. The most important needs addressed by this project were to improve the professional and cultural competences of agricultural school students by involving school communities in mobility projects abroad. Groups with difficult access to mobility for social, geographical, health and other reasons were identified in schools. The project included pupils from the above groups with lower educational opportunities, lower grades and hence weaker self-esteem. This group included pupils from poorer families at risk of social exclusion.