The AEPA had the following objectives: - Improving the level of social, professional and transversal skills of VET participants, in terms of their importance for creating more vital and more coherent bridges between VET and the labour market, as well as encouraging them to have a taste for innovation, a spirit of initiative and strengthening their sense of European citizenship; - Improving the excellence, innovation and internationalisation of AEPA, as a benchmark VET establishment in the municipality of Oeiras, through cooperation between our school and the other project partners; - Promoting and raising awareness of the creation of a European area for lifelong learning that not only complements policy reforms at national level, but also supports us in modernising our VET system, meeting local business needs; - Increasing the quality and attractiveness of AEPA VET and the employability of our trainees through work experience abroad; - Improving language teaching and learning through familiarisation with the language, culture and working environment of the host country.
The +Competências.UE project was set up to offer 21 young VET students the opportunity to have a period of full integration (between 12 and 16 weeks) in a business and economic context of SMEs in three different European countries - Bulgaria, Italy and Malta (traineeship mobility). AEPA's specific areas of study are Business Management, Commerce, Automotive Mechatronics and Computer Systems Management. The application for this project was conceived under AEPA's mission of the following commitments: - Promoting quality learning while respecting inclusion and diversity of choices; - Contributing to the formation of responsible, autonomous, supportive and active citizens, capable of responding to the various challenges posed. Analysing AEPA's needs and promoting the European dimension, the following areas of intervention are included: - Curricular articulation of the European dimension; - Collaborative work; - Implementing ICT/digital skills in teaching processes, developing competences and promoting their use as a communication tool; - Further development of non-native languages.