Guide for creation of transferable learning modules/courses/units, integration of learning outcomes from abroad or distance learning experiences into main path, VET schools internationalization

 

 

(Project code 2021 -1-RO01-KA220-VET-000032924)

 

 

 

Índice

Introductory Note. 6

Mission. 8

Principles and values that guide educational action: 9

Demography. 10

EQAVET Goals and Indicators at EPRALIMA.. 11

Strategic Objectives of Intervention for the triennium 2019/2022. 15

Quality Monitoring and Evaluation of the Internationalization Strategy. 20

Networks and Protocols. 22

Established Protocols. 23

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE. 24

 

 

 

 

From the Vocational School of the Interior of Alto Lima to the constitution of the Vocational School of Alto Lima

 

Historical Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The place we belong to represents an essential attitude in life. Therefore, it is our responsibility to be the protagonists of a periphery region, since our will is a reflex of several anonymous desires, in which this role is accepted at a pluridimensional level. From dream to dream, project to project we are trying to win the battle of modernization.”

The municipalities of Arcos de Valdevez, Melgaço and Paredes de Coura, extended by a wide area in the interior of the Alto Minho region, are characterized by a variety of beauty. Its unique landscape unfolds through fresh and green fields with streams and extensive mountain’s, a delimiting element of the horizon. In this bucolic aspect – rural and integrated in the National Park of Peneda- Gerês – the population is driven by ancient traditions, suffering the difficulties of the periphery and interior regions, which provoked a high rate of emigration in the 60’s and 70’s.

 

In this region, deeply marked by its interior, with difficult accesses and weak resources, the population gradually moved to other districts and foreign countries, which resulted in a systematic exodus, leaving this territory even more deserted.

The lack of appropriate national policies, particularly those regarding the educational system and course options, didn’t provide youths with suitable choices, or those required for the development of these municipalities: Arcos de Valdevez, Ponte da Barca, Melgaço and Paredes de Coura.

On the other hand, the integration of Portugal in the European Community contributed towards the development of this isolated area, through incentives created under the global support programme. Thus, due to the existence of structural funds, all the socio- economic aspects evolved slowly, through new horizons, exposing the huge lack of qualified labour.

Therefore, after the identification of needs, list of structural problems and perspective of developmental strategies, a generic programme was constituted which tends to diminish the boundaries of modernization.

Defined as priority goals, are those which target new generations, focusing the implementation of viable local structure that develops a process of demographic placement.

 

The paradigmatic model of Vocational Schools supported in articulation with the State/Civil society, followed directional objectives for local development consolidating modern models of training, enhancers of the technicians required for local development.

The passage from the hoe to the computer and then to the competitive market, forces a revolution of mentalities, as well as, the acquisition of new behaviours and skills. The economic development of the region passes through a new analysis of the system regarding concepts and models, which assumes the coverage of the following training areas:

Administration, Services and Commerce; Agro-Food and Aquatic Production; Environment and Natural Resources; Civil Construction; Electricity and Electronics; Hospitality and Tourism; Information, Communication and Documentation; Metalworking. Cultural Heritage and Artistic Production. These training areas enhance local needs in reference to the strategic investment of human resources for the development of an isolated area.

 

We consider ourselves recipients of a programme that encourages our country’s interior regions, in a moment where residents battle for development, a fight against desertion, in favour of a natural balance.

There will be no relation between man/environment, community/region if we are not capable of ensuring a strategic strategy needed for the placement of our youth population. In life, everything should be done with love, humour and passion.

Epralima arose as a public interest cooperative with limited responsibility, composed of the following institutions: Municipalities of Arcos de Valdevez and Ponte da Barca, Arcuense Heritage Study Group, Frei Agostinho da Cruz e Diogo Bernardes Cultural Centre, Commercial and Industrial Association of Arcos de Valdevez and Ponte da Barca, and the Mutual Agricultural Credit Bank of do Alto Minho.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


As a local development agent, Epralima standardized the conquest of the following goals:

-       Placement of the juvenile and adult population pertaining to the school’s intervening area;

-       Decrease the ratio of school dropouts and unsuccessfulness;

-       Appreciation  of  endogenous  potential;

-       Revitalization of the social structure taking into account equal opportunities;

-       Optimization of endogenous  resources.

Thus, Epralima has been guiding its development according to the following strategies:

-       Prepare youths and adults towards the exercise of a qualified profession;

-       Develop mechanisms in which Epralima and the local economic, professional and cultural institutions and associations can create better relationships;

-       Provide trainees with professional experience and contact with the labour market, preparing them for an adequate socio-economic insertion;

-       Promote in conjunction with other local agents and institutions, the accomplishment of a training project for qualified human resources that responds to the developmental needs integrated in the country, particularly at the regional and local levels;

-       Provide students with a general, scientific and technological training, solid enough to prepare them for the workforce and to later continue their studies, particularly through the following training modalities;

Vocational courses:

o   Specialized Technological or Artistic Courses;

o   Vocational courses aimed at students, which have completed the second cycle of primary education and demonstrate skills and preferences in the artistic field, which leads to the conclusion of primary education, as well as a skills certification – level II;

o   Primary or secondary night courses which include a skills certification – level II or III;

o   Training courses at night for working individuals who intend to raise their level of professional qualifications or are determined to refresh their knowledge  through  training  and retraining;

o   Programmes to support youth integration in the labour market who graduated from elementary school or high school (regular or vocational);

o   Other professional training initiatives, as long as they contain an adequate educational dimension, namely through the socio-cultural training component, and which results from the adaptation of vocational courses’ curricular plans to the characteristics, needs and potentialities of the socio-economic environment;

o   Courses of a vocational nature that allow the conclusion of primary education and grant a diploma, as well as, a skills certification – level II.

 

Introductory Note

 

Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030, social investment must remain a key priority in education, training and lifelong learning, working conditions, health care and long-term care, social inclusion and minority rights, gender equality, rural development. (Source: Reflection Paper for a Sustainable Europe by 2030, European Commission)

With an eye on the future, and aware of the need to adapt to the new paradigms of the teaching and learning process, EPRALIMA has adapted its project to the needs of young people of the twenty-first century and to what is recommended for the current school at European level.

The development of Community Projects and participation in Erasmus programmes fulfils the treatment of the European Dimension of Education and the development of a European Citizenship, contributing to the knowledge and involvement of students in the project of European construction, encouraging their participation and promoting identification with European values. The aim is to promote a better knowledge of Europe and the European Union, in particular its institutions, its cultural and natural heritage and the challenges facing contemporary Europe.

The preservation of European citizenship  values requires an integrative approach that values the promotion of language learning and linguistic diversity, the incorporation of the binomial culture and education as a transversal dimension, the promotion of active European citizenship, respect for democracy and human rights, as well as the fight against all forms of exclusion. To this end, the use of funding  and development of European projects  has proved to be fundamental to increase the development of personal and social skills that provide the aptitude for intercultural dialogue.

This finding has been verified in the conclusions of the successive evaluations of the mobility projects that Epralima has implemented consecutively since 1999. In this regard, it should be noted that the evaluation of those who have benefited from a European experience clearly endorses the importance of this type of initiative for the development of intercultural competences, for the active spirit in favour of European citizenship, tolerance for other peoples and cultures and the development of language skills, even going beyond the valorization of the development of competences related to the technical and professional components that for  inherently are intertwined with this type of initiative. It is interesting to note that in the opinion of most young people, the initial resistance and fears to carry out a transnational experience is deconstructed when they carry out a learning experience abroad, particularly when they are confronted with different cultures and when they establish a closer relationship with other peoples. It can even be said that Europe, which until then was a distant and abstract reality, is now, in the perception of young people, an integral part of their life and vision of the present and the future, supported by values of tolerance, openness to dialogue, inclusion, respect for human rights and diversity, inclusion.

On the other hand, students acquire a multipurpose vision and posture on the development prospects of their professional area, which may open up the range even more in choosing their future job. These are the main catalysts that drive the transition to working life, as well as their future performance as professionals.

Increasingly, Epralima has acquired higher quality in the intervention developed, the result of permanent experimentation, transfer and dissemination of innovations, having generated a multiplier effect and an excellent instrument for increasing the "Europeanization" of the school. Some evidence is listed below:

Epralima has created international cooperation ties with various entities, adding up to more than 200 partnerships created within the framework of Erasmus projects;

Since 1999, Epralima has placed young people/adults in international internships within the framework of the previous mobility actions of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme;

There has been a gradual growth in the reception of VET learners and staff from several countries: Lithuania, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Romania, Macedonia, France, which have resulted in higher value-added internships with companies in the region.

           All those who have benefited from European mobility for learning purposes, have obtained the certification of their competences, namely through the Training Passport and subsequently the Europass – Mobility;

           Through participation in mobility projects, young people were confronted for the first time with European tools for recording their competences, all of whom developed the Europass CV in English and underwent the self-assessment process for the preparation of the language passport.

          Expanded employment opportunities for those who benefited from these initiatives, as evidenced by the satisfactory employability rates obtained by the school's students.

           The visibility of Epralima has increased among the surrounding community, having generated, year after year, an escalation in the number of community initiatives developed;

           The procedures for planning, managing and evaluating and recognising learning outcomes have improved substantially, as a result of the experience and capacity installed at the level of international cooperation practices, and in the innovation in the work processes of the participating institutions, achieved through the development of networks and partnerships.

 

Mission

 

The institution defines as its mission

- To train intermediate technicians, in which the "knowing", "knowing how to do", "knowing how to be", "knowing how to be" and "knowing how to live together" are privileged, in order to form supportive, active, informed, and creative, innovative citizens, prepared for a European citizenship and for the new challenges of the knowledge society and the industrial revolution, and that can settle, also, at local level and contribute as an added value in their respective areas of intervention.

It is also the mission of the institution to qualify young people and adults, with rigor, demand, innovation and professionalism, prepared for a labour market increasingly competitive, rigorous, global and constantly changing, assuming themselves as full citizens, critical and intervening in a democratic society, modern and developed.

The institution also assumes as its mission to contribute to the continuous training of active and strengthen the links between school education and vocational training.

 

 

Principles and Values

 

The values that guide us are framed within a humanistic-based profile, taking into account a society centered on the person and on human dignity as fundamental values.

The principles and values that guide our educational action are embodied in the Profile of Students Leaving Compulsory Schooling and in the Profile of Students Leaving Compulsory Schooling.

 

 

 

Principles and values that guide educational action:

 

Responsibility and integrity;

Participation, cooperation and teamwork;

Autonomy and personal development;

Personal relationships and citizenship;

Curiosity, reflection and innovation;

Critical and creative thinking;

Inclusion and Sustainability;

Citizenship and Participation;

Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking;

Interpersonal Relationship;

Personal Development and Autonomy.

 

Characterization of the geographical area of coverage

 

The prospective diagnosis of the socio-economic and cultural reality of the geographical area of coverage resulted from a set of analyses prepared on the themes of economic, social and cultural development and allowed to identify the main strengths and weaknesses, as well as bottlenecks and potential that may influence its future development. Basic information from various sources was used, such as Thematic Operational Programs, Regional Operational Programs, Sectoral Strategic Plans, Statistical Data, Regional Development Plans, Social Network Diagnoses, statistical data, and Municipal Strategic Plans.

 

 

Demography

The population is an essential element of characterization of a society, so it is necessary to understand the movements in order to make possible the economic, social and cultural planning of a given territory. In this context, it was sought, within this thematic area, to present and analyze a set of statistical data, characterizing the demographic situation of the municipalities, namely, resident population by sex and age group, population density; aging index; dependency index; effective growth rate; gross birth and death rate and natural growth rate.

 

 

 

EQAVET Goals and Indicators at EPRALIMA

Table 1 specifies the main EQAVET indicators monitored by EPRALIMA and the targets it has set.

Table 1: Main EQAVET indicators monitored in EPRALIMA and targets to be achieved.

EQAVET INDICATORS

GOALS

VET course completion rate (EQAVET indicator No. 4)

a) Percentage of learners completing initial VET courses (i.e. obtaining a qualification) compared to the total number of learners entering these courses.

 

VET course completion rate

 

≥ 75%

 

Placement rate after VET course completion (EQAVET indicator No. 5)

 

a) Proportion of learners who complete a VET course and who are on the labour market, in training (including higher education) or other destinations, within 12-36 months of completing the course.

Job placement rate

≥ 50%

Continuing education rate

≥ 10%

 

Use of acquired skills in the workplace (EQAVET indicator No. 6)

a) percentage of learners completing a VET course who are working in professions directly related to the course/training area they have completed.

Rate of graduates in related and unrelated professions

≥ 50%

Rate of graduates in professions related to the training area of the course

≥ 25%

Rate of graduates in professions not related to the area of training of the course

≤ 25%

 

 

Use of acquired skills in the workplace (EQAVET indicator No. 6)

b) Percentage of employers who are satisfied with learners who have completed a VET course.

Rate of graduates evaluated by employers

 

≥ 30%

Average satisfaction of employers

≥ 3.00 on a scale of 5 values

Satisfaction of employers of graduates working in the training area of the course

≥ 3.00 values on a scale of 5 values

Satisfaction of employers of graduates working outside the training area of the course

≥ 3.00 values on a scale of 5 values

 

 

 

 

Components of a Learning Outcomes Unit

A unit of learning outcomes should consist of the following components:

·         Title of the Qualification to which the Unit relates

·         EQF level

·         Unit title

The Unit title should be as short as possible and should reflect the relevance of the Learning Outcomes to the Labour Market. The title should reflect the learning outcomes contained in the unit overall and not focus on just one part of them.

 

Ø   Key Tasks

The key tasks are the main technical tasks that the student has to perform in order to obtain/achieve a given set of outputs/outcomes.

Each key task is expressed in a simple, short and objective statement that must begin with the active verb indicating the key task that the student has to perform, conjugated in the infinitive.

 

Ø  Knowledge

Knowledge is the theoretical and/or factual body of facts, principles, theories and practices that are related to an area of work or study.

Knowledge is described in terms of what the learner knows and understands.

 

 

Ø  Competences

A Competency is considered the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities in situations of academic life or for personal and professional development.

Competences are described in terms of what the student does, applying knowledge, skills and proven abilities: attitudes, personal, social and methodological skills.

 

Ø  Performance Criteria

Performance Criteria are the quality requirements associated with performance and the quality criteria that ensure that the individual acts competently (quality required for achievements).

Performance criteria are specifically linked to each key task and its associated set of knowledge, skills and competencies.

Performance criteria are measurable, observable and provide important qualitative information about expected performance.

 

Ø  Outputs / Results

Outputs are the observable results, the products obtained or the evidence.

Outputs are directly associated with the key tasks and performance criteria and are the observable outcome of the performance.

Outputs are described in a clear, objective and summarised way, expressing the evidence or professional outcomes that are core to a particular qualification.

 

Ø  Code (if applicable)

The Unit title should contain the national code that is used in the national qualifications system (if applicable).

In cases where the reformulation work on the qualification has involved reformulating the existing unit description to a focus on learning process outcomes, rather than the existing description focusing on inputs to the learning process, but without any change to the learning process outcomes that would be achieved for a learner(s) with a successful assessment, the existing code in the national system is retained. In cases where the reformulation of the qualification has additionally involved, for example, the dismemberment of modules into several units of learning outcomes, the code should be assigned as follows: assignment of the national code in which those learning outcomes were contained, plus an asterisk and a whole number (1, 2, 3,...), assigned in ascending order of the number of units of learning outcomes into which the original module was dismembered.

 

Ø  Number of Hours

 

Although the number of hours of the Learning Outcomes Unit is not considered relevant for the matching process, the number of hours is an indicator that helps to balance the size of Learning Outcomes Units across countries, and is a key indicator for the allocation of ECVET points.

 

 

Ø  ECVET credit points

In order to have a comprehensive view of the overall weight of learning outcomes in a qualification and the relative weight of Units in relation to the qualification, each Unit should contain an indication of the number of ECVET Points allocated to the Learning Outcomes Unit. The allocation of ECVET points to Units of Learning Outcomes is crucial for the processes of validation and recognition of Units when Learning Outcomes are acquired abroad. 

 

 

Strategic Objectives of Intervention for the triennium 2019/2022

The pursuit of Epralima's European development strategy is embodied in a Technical Centre dedicated to the development of projects, which brings together a set of qualified human resources and through which allows privileged access to a wide range of critical resources, either at the level of scientific and technological knowledge, either at the level of transfer and application of this knowledge by organizations (public and private) installed in the territory, either in the relationship and proximity to the market and the community of Alto Lima. In this context, Epralima seeks to contribute to the development of the regional economic base and the valorization of local resources, promoting a set of projects and activities on a European scale.

In the triennium 2019 - 2022, the actions that will allow the objectives of Epralima's internationalization strategy are elected as priorities and are listed in the matrix below.

 

Objective

 

Permanently develop partnership work on an international geographical platform, increasing and diversifying the network of partners for the exchange and sharing of good practices, cooperation for the creation of innovation in VET, and mobility for learning and training purposes of students and staff

Actions

 

·         Offer European mobility programs to carry out international VET placements of a professional/curricular nature;

·         Carry out job shadowing programs for VET staff focusing on issues related to inclusion, pedagogical differentiation strategies, ecological sustainability and digital competences for education;

·         Hosting VET learners from other countries for training and work placement periods in the region;

·         To welcome educational staff from other countries for training and job shadowing periods;

·         To broaden the geographical scope of mobilities to carry out mobility programs for formal learning purposes to other countries, such as the USA and Canada;

·         To diversify the partner network and increase the number of European partners, actively seeking new partners of high competence;

·         Extend learning mobility to other audiences (e.g. target audience for adult training);

·         To create an active digital network to work permanently with European partners on issues related to European Education, without recourse to funding, beyond the running projects;

·         To enlarge the pool of entities (national and international) protocoled with Epralima, as a support tool for decision making, at the level of establishing partnerships and initiatives and undertake;

·         Encourage the internationalization of human resources in the school, through the placement of technicians from other countries in the school staff, through incentives for internships, job shadowing, intensive courses, among others.

 

Objective

 

Adopt pedagogical, curricular and extracurricular strategies to combat early school leaving and improve the academic success of students

Actions

 

·         To carry out short periods of continuous training (workshops, European mobility of staff, job shadowing);

·         Encourage students at risk of exclusion, early school leavers, school failure, in need of additional learning measures, disability, etc., to participate in European mobility, properly accompanied and with all the conditions to ensure educational and social support;

·         Ensure that students with fewer opportunities, minorities, in disadvantaged situations, and those described in the previous point, have priority in participating in European mobility;

·         To carry out European study visits to contact with good practices and observe and live new realities;

·         Participate in projects of transfer and development of innovation, focusing on the fight against dropout, student motivation, educational strategies for school success, inclusion, additional and differentiated pedagogical strategies, European citizenship, ecological sustainability and digital literacy);

·         Participate in projects of pedagogical interest, which stimulate the active participation of students and the development of skills and values of European citizenship, social and ecological sustainability, social and cultural tolerance, respect for cultural differences, develop transversal, linguistic and digital skills, in the context of the new digital age.

 

 

Objective

Enhance knowledge and technical skills of the training area and improve the professional profile

Actions

 

·         Realizar estágios curriculares no estrangeiro, de forma a possibilitar o contacto com novas práticas e técnicas profissionais da área profissional;

·         Realizar job shadowing a nível nacional e internacional;

·         Repensar a organização dos períodos de estágio, de forma a que o contacto com as empesas seja mais sistemático, progressivo e mais efetivo e diversificado;

·         Utilizar as novas tecnologias da era digital para possibilitar visitas virtuais e observação virtual para complementar as aprendizagens práticas, sempre que não é possível a observação e a aplicação direta in loco.

 

 

Objective

Develop new networking methodologies, namely in the context of the new digital era, and others, for increasingly efficient management of European and national projects

Actions

 

·         Digitalization of pedagogical management processes and digital follow-up and monitoring, making efficient use of the resources of the new digital era.

·         Digital use of selection instruments, ex-ante evaluation and assessment of learning outcomes achieved, to avoid waste of material such as paper and other resources;

·         Making digital the process of validation and recognition of learning outcomes achieved abroad;

·         Implementing joint initiatives for knowledge production and/or transfer, particularly in the fields of ECVET implementation.

 

Objective

 

To increase the school's action at national and community levels, leading and participating in projects in the areas of education and training, entrepreneurship, social innovation, adding resources and articulating the intervention of different actors.

Actions

 

·         Implement initiatives for the promotion of Entrepreneurship at school;

·         Maintain the Eurodesk office and gather conditions to make an application to a Eurodesk;

·         Promote the training of assets;

·         Participation in specialized knowledge networks on a European scale;

·         Creation of the Epralima European Club;

·         Establishment of commitments with partnerships at an international scale for the development, transfer and experimentation of knowledge, solutions and products common to the interests and vocation of the entities;

·         Increase the issues related to multiculturalism in the curricular projects of the courses;

·         To continue to use the Europass CV model as a reference model for curriculum development, in the English discipline;

·         To promote interculturality and inclusion at the local and regional community level, creating digital meetings with ethnic minorities, migrants, children of emigrants, on local and European issues, through digital platforms;

·         Reinforce the role of the English language, as the main language of communication through tutoring classes, aimed at vocational education students.

 

Quality Monitoring and Evaluation of the Internationalization Strategy

The monitoring of the implementation and achievement of the strategic objectives are guided according to the quality assurance and improvement cycle, supported by quality criteria and indicators.

The quality cycle follows four interrelated phases:

Phase 1: Planning

Establishment of clear, appropriate, and measurable goals and objectives, in terms of policies, procedures, tasks, and human resources.

Phase 2: Implementation

Establishing procedures to ensure the achievement of goals and objectives (e.g., partnership development, stakeholder involvement, resource allocation, and organizational or operational procedures).

Phase 3: Evaluation

Designing mechanisms for evaluating accomplishments and results, collecting and processing data in order to make informed assessments.

Phase 4: Review

Development of procedures for achieving targeted results and/or new objectives; after processing feedback, key stakeholders conduct discussion and analysis in order to design procedures for change

 

 

Figure 1: The four phases of the quality cycle.


Fonte: Adaptado de 
https://www.eqavet.eu/Aligning-with-EQAVET/Aligning-a-QA-approach/Bruges-communique-(1)

 

EPRALIMA's Internationalization Strategy is understood as an open and dynamic document - it requires a permanent evaluation / review of both processes and results, in order to ensure its permanent functionality and adequacy to the reality of needs.

In this sense, among other moments, the annual report on the implementation of interventions and the dynamization of a reflection session triggered by the self-evaluation will be promoted among relevant internal and external stakeholders and can be a privileged instrument in this process, allowing the school to mobilize all its resources and develop its potential in order to fulfill the mission it sets itself and assess the indicators of the Plan's adequacy to the school reality. This evaluation-review cycle will be annual and at the end of the 2019-2023 triennium the impact results will be measured.

 

 

Networks and Protocols

 

The participation in networks and the signing of protocols constitutes a clear reflection of Epralima’s strategic actions, in pursuit of the objectives that rule their Educational Project, which are based on increasing the articulation between the School and the involved institutional and business environment.

The school has been integrating in network meetings regarding the courses they administer, through the participation of course coordinators, according to the different areas of training:

- Administration, services and commerce – Technical Course in Commerce Services/Sales and Secretarial Technical Course;

- Environment and Human Resources – Safety and Hygiene at Work and the En vironment Technician Course; 

- Civil Construction –Civil Constructor / Constructor Management Technician;

- Design and Drawing Technician - Project Designer;

- Electricity and Electronics – Electronic and Electrical  Installations  Technician;

- Computer Science – Computer Science Technician/ Management and Computer Technician and Management and Computer Technician/Equipment  Maintenance;

- Hospitality and Tourism – Cookery Technician;

- Personal and Social Development – Socio- cultural Animator/ Geriatrics Assistance.

Therefore, in order to implement initiatives in the school which are directly related with the entry of the graduates in the labour market, several partnerships and protocols with strategic entities were applied in order to ensure a higher rate of employability.



Established Protocols

 

- National Association of Entrepreneurial Youths

- Environmental Promotion Institute

- Portuguese Association of Libraries, Archives and Documentation

- Polytechnical Institute of Viana do Castelo

- Town  Council  of  Ponte  da  Barca

- Melgaço Cooperative Winery

- Commercial and Industrial Association of Arcos de Valdevez and Ponte da Barca

- “The Grill” Restaurant

- ANHEL_Arte Ceramics Ltd.

- Electro Domestic Storage of João Cerqueira Pereira

- ADERE _Soajo

- “Videira” Restaurant

- “Espigueiro” Restaurant

- IBICO Portugal, Importation/Exportation, Ltd

- José Rodrigues Cerqueira

- ANESPO (National Association of Vocational Schools)

- EFVET

- Vila Fonche’s Cultural Juvenile Association

- Construbarca Ltd.

- Americo Esteves & Sons Ltd.

- Alto Minho’s Tourism Region

- Fernando Pessoa Foundation

- CNS North_ National Services Company, SA

- House of the People of Soajo

- Industrial Association of Minho

- Technicians Association of Tourism

- Regional Tourism Committee of Alto Minho

- Mira Coura Ceramics Company Ltd.

- Barros & Amorim, Ltd.

- Adriminho (Association of Integrated Rural Development of Vale do Minho)

- Candido Rodrigues & Brother

- Tecla_ Professional Training

- CEDEFOP

- MEDICISFORMA

- COOPETAPE_Cooperative of Education, CRL

- ADSE

- EB 2.3 School of Arcos de Valdevez

- CEVAL_ Business Council of Alto Lima

 

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE

 

Cooperation in international projects as a vector for integration into the European Education Area, supporting inclusion, a more digital school, and entrepreneurship skills.

The following table about projects funded by the LLP programme and/or its former programmes or funded by other similar programmes in the last fourteen years.

 


Starting Year

Programme/ Initiative

Type of Activity

Identification Number

Applicant/ Beneficiary Name

Title of the

Project/ Network

2009

Leonardo da Vinci

IVT (Initial Vocational Training)

2009-1-PT1-LEO01-01646

EPRALIMA

Europracticum

2009

Leonardo da Vinci

VetPRO (Vet Professionals)

2009-1-PT1- LEO03-01555

EPRALIMA

Learning with the Difference

2010

Leonardo da Vinci

IVT (Initial Vocational Training)

2010-1-PT1-LEO01-04701

EPRALIMA

Highway to Europe

2010

Leonardo da Vinci

VetPRO (Vet Professionals)

2010-1-PT1-LEO03-04626

EPRALIMA

Challenge Differences to Make the Difference”

2010

Grundtvig

Learning Partnerships

2010-1-GB2-GRU06-035337

Bumps Babes and Beyond C.I.C.

“Engaging the Learner”

2011

Comenius

Comenius

2011-1-NO1-COM06-032547

Nesodden Videregaende Skole

Digital Story Telling

2012

Comenius

Multilateral School Partnerships

2012-1-IT2-COM06-37869 7

Istituzione Scolastica Superiore "Polo Valboite" Liceo Scientifico - Liceo Artistico

Blue Ribbon – European waterways as cultural infrastructures

 

2012

Leonardo da Vinci

Partnerships

2012-1-DE2-LEO04-11725

August Horch Akademie GmbH

iVOC – international supporting network for vocational and academic guidance staff

2012

Leonardo da Vinci

IVT (Initial Vocational Training)

2012-1-PT1-LEO01-11303

EPRALIMA

Europike_Turning Vocational Training into Opportunities for Youths

2012

Leonardo da Vinci

Transfer Of Innovation

2012-1-IT-LEO05-02783

Associazione Centro Studi Città di Foligno

EUKCEM_European Knowledge Centre for Mobility

2013

Leonardo da Vinci

PLM (People in the Labour Market)

2012-1-PT1-LEO02-11456

EPRALIMA

"EU Career_ Becoming Active in the Professional Entrepreneurial World"

2013

Leonardo da Vinci

Multilateral Project Development of Innovation

538710-LLP-1-2013-1-CY-LEONARDO-LMP

RTD Talos

TECRINO-Teaching creativity in engineering

2013

Grundtvig

Learning Partnerships 

2013-1-LT1-GRU06-09094 5

LIETUVOS SUAUGUSIUJU SVIETIMO ASOCIACIJA

Learn to learn for adults Returners

2013

Grundtvig

Workshops

2013-1-PT1-GRU13-16629

EPRALIMA

Literacy, Adult Education and Citizenship

2014

Erasmus+

KA1

Learning Mobilities

2014-1-PT01-KA102-000212

EPRALIMA

EUprenship_European Mobility Internships

 

 

 

 

Year

Programme or Initiative

Type of Activity

Identification Number

Applicant/ Beneficiary Name

Project Title/ Network

2014

Erasmus +

KA1 - Learning Mobilities

2014-1-PT01-KA102-000212

EPRALIMA

EUprenship_European Mobility Internships

2014

Erasmus +

KA1 - Learning Mobilities

2014-1-SE-KA102-000320

Tranellska Gymnasiet

Building Bridges

2014

Erasmus +

KA1 - Learning Mobilities

2014-1-PL01-KA102-000496

Zespol Szkol Ekonomiczno-Uslugowych

Unlimited Vocational Experience

2014

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for school education

2014-1-TR01-KA201-013348

Vahide Aktug Ortaokulu

Clear Cyber Bullying(CCB)

2014

Erasmus +

KA1 -Mobility of Youth Workers

2014-3-BG01-KA105-013149

“CHAMPIONS FACTORY” SPORTS CLUB

Youth Entrepreneurship through Sport

2014

Erasmus +

KA2 - Capacity Building for Youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

558993-EPP-1-2014-2-IT-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO DI CHIETI-PESCARA

“From Humanities to YOUTH opportunities behind EUropean borders – YOUTHEU"

2015

Erasmus

KA1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals Mobility of learners and staff

2014-1-PT01-KA102-000212

EPRALIMA

EURnation_Broadening Horizons through Mobility

2015

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2015-1-PT1-KA202-013119

EPRALIMA

EURspace: European IVT Recognition Gateway

2015

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2015-1-TR01-KA202-022390

Nahit Mentese Meleski ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

DWYF_Don't Waste Your Future

2015

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

2015-1-TR01-KA219-021988_3

Girne Ortaokulu

FLwICT_Multidisciplinary Flipped Learning with ICT

2015

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

2015-1-TR01-KA219-021496_5

Faith anadolu liseli

Connect,Share and Get Enlighted

2015

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2015-1-RO01-KA202-014985

Asociatia Vasiliada

Te.D2 - Therapy dog handler: development of a certified training course for dog handler in the AAI according to the Ecvet procedures

2015

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2015-1-IT01-KA202-004655

Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria n. 5 Friuli Occidentale

Ctrl+Alt+EnterPriseSelf-employment for social inclusion of vulnerable people”

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

2016-1-TR01-KA219-034485_2

Bozuyuk Fen Lisesi

TEACHERS OUT, LEARNERS IN

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2016-1-TR01-KA202-034434

Zonguldak Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

Investigating, developing and providing awareness about innovative lesson syllabus implemented in cyber security technologies in information technologies,

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

2016-1-TR01-KA201-034827

Develi IMKB Fen Lisesi

Stand up Against Bullying

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2016-1-TR01-KA202-033963

Golbasi Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

"Teaching and learning microcontrollers via PicBasicPro(PBP) language in VET"

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2016-1-SE01-KA202-022143

Sverigefinska folkhögskolan

New Technologies for Handicraft

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2016-1-TR01-KA219-034548_4

Ozel Soke Ege Anadolu Lisesi

"Stay@School"

2016

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2016-1-ES01-KA202-025475

FRAY IGNACIO BARRACHINA

Vallgreen_Reforestation of arid zones in the south of Europe as a profession of the future,

2017

Erasmus +

KA1 - Educação e Formação Profissional com VET Charter

2017-1-PT01-KA116-035500

EPRALIMA

EURsphere_Maneuver your Future

2017

Erasmus +

KA205 - Strategic Partnerships for youth

2017-1-IT03-KA205-010978

ICSE&Co. (International Center for Southern Europe)

YoW_Youth of the World: transformative power of global education

2017

Erasmus +

Ação Chave 2: Parcerias Estratégicas apenas para escolas

2017-1-TR01-KA219-045616_2

Aksaray Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi

“The Footprints of Climate Change from Anatolia to Europe”

2017

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for school education

2017-1-BG01-КА201-036220

Regional Department of Education - Sofia city / Know and Can Association

M&M_Math and Motivation

2017

Erasmus +

KA204 - Strategic Partnerships for adult education

2017-I-PT01-KA204-035967

EPRALIMA

Adultos Europeus: Capacitação e Internacionalização

2017

Erasmus +

KA204 - Strategic Partnerships for adult education

2017-1-IT02-KA204-036713

Associazione Travelogue Marsciano

E.E.F.Ect._European Education Fostering Ecotourism

2017

Erasmus +

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2017-1-DE02-KA202-004128

Comparative Research Network e.V.

LENT – Languages for European Niche Tourism

2017

Erasmus +

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for VET - Exchanges of Practices

2017-1-IT01-KA202-006081

GODESK S.R.L.

"Surviving the Storm: Identifying & Linking Internal Capabilities with Business Continuity”

2017

Erasmus +

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for innovation

2017-1-IT01-KA202-006231

Assomusica Associazione fra produttori e organizzatori di spettacoli musicali

cCLEP! - Certified Competences for Live Events Professionals

2017

Erasmus +

KA - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices - Sector Skills Alliances

591945-EPP-1-2017-1-DE-EPPKA2-SSA

Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin GmbH

BIOSS_Digital Skills on Computational Biology for Health Professionals

2018

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2018-1-ES01-KA202-050222

Camara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de ZARAGOZA

DEEP IN WBL

"Deepening WBL Impact & womeN empowerment"

2018

Erasmus+

KA204 - Strategic Partnerships for adult education

2018-1-HR01- KA204-047507

Muzeji i galerije Konavala

ProEUverb

"Proverb Presentation and Reflections, Similarities and Differences across EU countries"

2018

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2018-1-EL01-KA229-047897

1st Epaggelmatiko Lykeio Dramas

OMG

"Open Minded Generation"

2018

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2018-1-LT-KA202-047072

VILNIAUS TURIZMO IR PREKYBOS VERSLOMOKYKLA

"VESVET - Level 5  for validation of Entrepreneurship Skills through Interactive Learning Sets in VET"

2018

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2018-1-IT02-KA229-048562_5

I.I.S. A. Ferrari

Peacemaker

2018

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2018-1-IT02-KA229-048218

Liceo Classico Statale F. Capece MAGLIE

riscoperta e condivisione delle proprie radici culturali

2018

Erasmus+

KA1 - Educação e Formação Profissional com VET Charter

2018-1-PT01-KA116-046985

Epralima

EUREQUAL_Mainstreaming Equality through Mobility

2019

Erasmus+

KA1 –Educação e Formação Profissional com VET Charter

2019-1-PT01-KA116-060406

Epralima

EURIN_Pathway towards Inclusive Education

2019

Erasmus+

Juventude em Ação - Corpo Europeu de Solidariedade

Projetos Solidários

2019-1-PT02-ESC31-006225

Epralima

EPRALIMA em Ação

2019

Erasmus+

KA204 - Strategic Partnerships for adult education

2019-1-PT01-KA204-061247

Epralima

Qualifying Differences

2019

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2019-1-IT01-KA202-007785

Dinâmica SCRL

BREED_Promoting empowerment of VET system through sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives in quality pig breeding

2019

Erasmus+

KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for school education

2019-1-PT01-KA201-065002

Zespół Szkół Ponadpodstawowych

Game based learning for development of problem solving skills

2019

Erasmus+

KA204-Strategic Partnerships for adult education

2019-1-IT01-KA204-063171

Consorzio Ro.Ma

Re.M.I.D.A. -  Renewed Models for the Inclusion of Disadvantaged Adult

2019

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2019-1-SL01-KA202-060391

Faculty of Organisation Studies

WELLy: Introducing the job profile of a Manager for Work Well-Being to prevent and combat work-related stress

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-IT02-KA204-062660

Associazione Travelogue

PRO-COMP-Promoting Development, Assessment and Recognition of Adults

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-RO01-KA229-063028

Scoala Professional Daneti

Diagnose Nature, Preserve Nature

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-TR01-KA229-077131

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Mesleki Ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

European Values with Manga

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-RO01-KA229-063836

Liceul Tehnologic Bratianu

NACULSIN_Natural and Cultural Heritage - Tools for Social Inclusion

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-PL01-KA229-065647

Zespół Szkół Ponadpodstawowych

Passport to the Future

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-PL01-KA229-065534

I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Juliusza

I am Proud to be European

2019

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2019-1-FR01-KA229-062314

Lycee professionnel Toulouse

Inclure sans Exclure

2019

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2019-1-TR01-KA202-074033

Akdeniz University

BIG INTERNPRIZE InternPrize: Business Ideas Generation

2019

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2019-1-IT01-KA202-007793

ASP GIOVANNI OTTAVIO BUFALINI - CENTRO DI ISTRUZIONE E FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE

Montessori in the VET

2020

Erasmus+

KA205 - Strategic Partnerships for youth

2020-1-IT03-KA205-018135

Travelogue Associazione di promozione sociale

HERITAGE FOR YOUth - European heritage for youth involvement and entrepreneurship

2020

Erasmus+

KA201 - Parceria Estratégica para o Ensino Escolar

2020-1-RO01-KA201-079859

COLEGIUL NATIONAL "SIMION BARNUTIU"

BIRDS - BIRDS OVER EUROPEAN SKIES

2020

Erasmus+

KA201 - Strategic Partnerships for school education

2020-1-PL01-KA201-081578

Zespol Szkol w Dobrzejewicach

Science for Earth

2020

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2020-1-EL01-KA202-079091

Greek Association of IT Telecom Applications & New Technologies Companies

SmartVETSmart Tools and Methodologies for VET Educators

2020

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2020-1-PT01-KA202-078845

EPREALIMA

Virtual Work-Based Learning to simulate real experience in VET digital training

2020

Erasmus+

KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

2020-1-TR01-KA229-093043

Çamlıdere Çok Programlı Anadolu Lisesi

We can't stand losing one more student – One’s Much

2020

Erasmus+

KA201 - Strategic Partnerships for school education

2020-1-EL01-KA201-078940

Esperino Gymnasio - L.T. Karditsas

ENGAGE_Enhancing teachiNG And learninG English in a digitalized world

2020

Erasmus+

KA201 - Strategic Partnerships for school education

2020-1-FR01-KA201-080027

Cercle Augustin d'Hippone

SPAF - School Programme Against Fake News

2020

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2020-1-LT01-KA202-078028

Lietuvos Imitaciniu Bendroviu Asociacija LIBA

OWN -On-the-job Practical Blended Training: From Being a Learner to Being an Owner

2020

Erasmus+

KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

2020-1-RO01-KA202-080479

Liceul Don Orione

Increase VET quality and attractiveness through 3D printing and robotics for a better insertion to labor market

2020

Erasmus+

KA226 - Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

2020-1-EL01-KA226-SCH-082731

Logopsycom

DigitALL “Inclusive distance Learning”

2020

Erasmus+

KA226 - Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

2020-1-LT01-KA226-VET-094697

Profesionio Mokymo Centras "Zirmunai", Lituânia

e-VET_Enabling Vet teachers to be Creators of Digital Education

2020

Erasmus+

KA227 - Partnerships for Creativity

2020-1-EL01-KA227-SCH-094775

Music School of Trikala (Mousiko Scholio Trikalon)

My biggest dream - better world

2020

Erasmus+

KA227 - Partnerships for Creativity

2020-1-ES01-KA227-ADU-095887

ASOCIACIÓN INICIATIVA INTERNACIONAL JOVEN

Carry ON-LINE

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training

2021-1-SE01-KA220-VET-000028142

MOBILIZING EXPERTISE AB

CSR2VET

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training

2021-1-RO01-KA220-VET-000032924

ASOCIATIA PENTRU STIINTA , CULTURA , ECOLOGIE, TINERET și INTEGRARE SOCIALA

DIGIT+ - Digitalization for in groups integrative training - international network for support, connection ,innovation and know-how share in digital vocational education

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-ADU - Cooperation partnerships in adult education

2021-1-PL01-KA220-ADU-000030093

Fundacja im. Zofii Zamenhof

SocEnter "Development of social entrepreneurship - new opportunities and ways of development”

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training

2021-1-SI01-KA220-VET-000033038

UNIVERZA V MARIBORU

"B-ECO"

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training

2021-1IT01-KA220-VET-000028047

SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA

REGULAITE "undeRstanding the Ethics and reGUlation of Artificial Intelligence. A compeTEncies' strategy for managers, professionals and trainers."

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education

2021-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000027908

ASOCIACION INICIATIVA INTERNACIONAL JOVEN

"Schools Developing Health and Emotions"

2021

Erasmus+

KA210-SCH - Small-scale partnerships in school education

2021-1-TR01-KA210-SCH-000031242

Neriman Erol Yilmaz Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi

CGECWT "Creating a Global ESL Classroom via Web 2.0 Tools"

2021

Erasmus+

KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training

2021-1-DK01-KA220-VET-000034677

European Training Center Copenhagen

IoT@VET "Gamification-Based Teaching Materials for IoT Education in VET Schools"

2022

Erasmus+

KA121-VET - Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff in vocational education and training

2022-1-PT01-KA121-VET-000060810

EPRALIMA

Mobility Project 22/23

2022

Erasmus+

KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education

2022-1-IT02-KA220-SCH-000086855

Comune di Narni

SHE CHOOSES STEM for the future project

2022

Erasmus+

KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education

2022-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000089765

ASOCIACION INICIATIVA INTERNACIONAL JOVEN

SCHOOLS FOR GENDER EQUITITY