The main goal of the project, in accordance with our "European Development Plan", was to raise vocational qualifications of 64 pupils from 8 units of Podlaska VLC in Białystok, who are students of 1st stage vocational schools in Podlasie by acquiring new and additional skills, competences and new workshop experience abroad confirmed by the Europass-Mobility certificate, the host organization and VLC certificates after the implementation of 2-week placement in Germany on workshops, in Frankfurt/Oder in total - 6 groups / 48 people. (i.e. in the gastronomic, construction and carpentry direction) and in Schkeuditz -2 groups / 16 people in the mechanical direction. The personal development of the participants was equally important such as broadening their worldwide horizons and learning the work culture in Germany, These increase social competences and mobility of young people / young employees on the domestic and European labor market. An important goal of the placement was also to learn the German professional language by young people, which will allow them to develop the skills of interpersonal contacts with a foreign-language client in their later work and facilitate functioning on the foreign labor market.
The project is a response to the needs of Voluntary Labour Corps (i.e. pupils and staff) and to the existing demand reported by employers for better qualified employees in the gastronomy, construction, carpentry and mechanics sectors in Podlasie and country. The project was developed in consultation with employers who are employ our pupils as part of their practical training in the profession of a cook, bricklayer, carpenter and mechanic. The need for juvenile employees to develop additional skills that are not included in the vocational training program of the 1st stage vocational school and in the program implemented in the workplace due to the specific company’s business profile.In our institution - the Podlaska Voivodship Unit of Voluntary Labour Corps , it is noticeable that thanks to the implementation of projects co-financed by the European Union - planned in the "European Development Plan" and implemented from the Erasmus + program - we can improve the quality and attractiveness of training services provided to OHP participants and adapt our the offer of practical vocational training of young people to European standards and develop the quality of work of the VLC staff / group and managerial staff, etc. /.