The project pursued the following objectives: OBJ.1: To improve professional skills required in the cultural and creative sector of students of classes III and IV of the Classical High School and Human Sciences, giving them the opportunity to have on-the-job training experiences in foreign companies, chosen for their innovative business models and the ability to carry out effective internships; OBJ.2: To improve the inclusive and facilitating dimension of the Institute's educational offer, supporting the professional training of students with fewer opportunities whose disadvantage factors may be an obstacle to their post-diploma employment; OBJ.3: To promote skills in designing VET programs with a transnational dimension among teachers, so as to improve the school's ability to create a VET offer open to the international dimension of learning; OB.4: To build new "collaboration bridges" with regional and European cultural and creative businesses, giving continuity and strengthening the internationalization process undertaken by the school with previous Erasmus+ projects, therefore creating new opportunities for cooperation at a European level.
The “Pitagora” Higher Education Institute implemented the “P.IT.AGO.RA. - improve international pedagogical and cultural skills” project, started on 01/11/2022 and concluded on 31/10/2023. This was designed to offer its students enrolled in classes III and IV some new opportunities for professionalization and acquisition of innovative skills related to the Cultural and Creative Enterprise sector, also including those with disadvantages such as potential obstacles to their training and post-diploma employment. At the same time, the project aimed to respond to the lack encountered by Lucanian companies, of human resources with entrepreneurial, management, linguistic, promotional, digital and technical skills suited to their development needs, contributing to the adequate training of future professionals. Furthermore, evaluating the strategic importance of employing a teaching body with reliable skills at the school for the planning of on-the-job training courses aimed at strengthening the practical skills of students, the school wanted through "P.IT.AGO.RA." also strengthen and update the training offer aimed at its teaching staff.