Coordinate VET mobility flows for 60 trainees (5 weeks) and accompanying teachers, offering them on-the-job training experiences; Coordinate 1 VET mobility flow for 10 staff (teaching and non-teaching staff) for 1 week, offering them on-the-job training experiences; Increase the professional skills of students and accompanying teachers by 20%, through observation and practice of different methods and approaches and understand their applicability in the Portuguese context, enhancing their employability and the quality of work in the national and European markets; in 40%, interpersonal skills (emotional intelligence, communication, adaptability); language skills (30% English; and local languages) and sensitivity to interculturality and the values of European citizenship; and, in 20%, the levels of educational success: resilience, "knowing how to be" and know-how. To provide the school with knowledge of the skills necessary for professional life, encouraging the creation of a matching of skills, promoting the recognition and validation of learning acquired in the EU and creating a network of international contacts.
With a sphere of action in a very populous municipality with severe social problems (unemployment), EPI is aware of the need for young people and the educational community to contact with new international experiences. In line with the objectives of the Erasmus+ Programme, the Europe 2020 Strategy and the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020), the objective of this project consisted to contribute to the reduction of national, regional and European asymmetries of youth unemployment, improving the performance of basic and transversal skills relevant to students and staff, giving them a working experience in a European country, and promoting a lifelong learning perspective.