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Designing the future in Europe

2020-1-PT01-KA102-0782812020VET learner and staff mobilityfinalized
Countries: PT · Grant: €156,460
Entrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationLabour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentNew innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Objectives

The objective was to obtain diverse and diverse professional, technical/practical, social, cultural and linguistic experiences, but also to achieve divergent satisfactory results that enable an enriching final sharing, for the parties involved in the process: school, students, trainers, partner entities and companies national and international reception facilities. The project was founded on partnerships formed with the company IMOT, which is the institution that presented the best partnerships with companies in the area of ​​student training, guaranteeing daily monitoring of their well-being and safety. He was also the partner who allowed us to have direct contact with the host companies from the beginning, facilitating meetings between students, ETPR teachers (internship supervisors) and tutors (from the companies). In all phases of the project, participants focused on the proposed objectives and applied their knowledge in their daily lives, enabling positive changes. In the preparation phase, participants emphasized cooperation with stakeholders. During the training, participants focused on target skills, knowledge and skills. After the monitoring, reflection and dissemination took place. Project management was oriented towards quality, with clear procedures, in order to achieve the expected project objectives: formation of an impartial selection group, establishment of selection criteria stipulated in contracts with participants, using tools for the good execution of the project. project, providing monitoring techniques and principles.

Background

The project "Designing the Future in Europe" was planned for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic years and emerged from ETPR's strategic action plan, which involves the need to improve the quality of education and professional training through internationalization and its primary objective is to provide participants with the opportunity to obtain quality training, with added value, at a European level, and with an impact on their professional future. However, with the pandemic caused by Covid 19, the project was postponed and was only implemented in 2022. Our project met the needs of our students and teachers, as it provided training in an international work context for 12th year students and an international professional internship for recent graduates (Erasmuspro) and raised their qualifications professionals, developed and improved skills, integrating those acquired through mobility, and to expand opportunities for European cooperation to modernize and internationalize the curriculum. The technical and practical training of the participants with the partner companies in this project imprinted an innovative, creative and entrepreneurial character on the participants' professional career, with a great impact on local and national companies; contributed to enhancing employability; increased motivation for the importance of professional training; It certainly contributed to reducing school dropouts and increased the pursuit of studies and employability levels, while at the same time raising awareness of European citizenship.

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