Strengthening VET trainer’s competences and skills Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strengthening VET trainer’s competences and skills

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social entrepreneurship / social innovation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

This project aimed to affirm the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in Europe, specifically through VET trainers’ curricula innovation. Its inspiring vision is a comprehensive training and professional development of VET trainers, which integrates innovative competences and skills models in their professional framework. Currently, SSE is mostly inexistent in VET curricula in most European countries (see Mapping of opportunities and constraints for affirming SSE in IVET Curricula (O1.), SSE-IVE: affirming SEE through IVET curricula innovation). At the same time SSE is a promising but still largely unexplored subject of action, transformative attitudes, research and policy, and its potential is largely unknown, to most people, professionals such as VET trainers and therefore to the future generation of citizens, students and/ or trainees. The project aimed to build capacity of VET teachers and trainers to introduce and approach SSE in study programmes. This second edition off SSEE.VET enhanced the contribution to a more complete and inclusive training and professional development of new generations, integrating alternative socio-economic models with innovative competences and skills that SSE promotes.
Given this context, the specific objectives of the project were set and accomplised:
– To map of VET trainers competences in SSE and existing training programs, focusing on the need to develop a competence profile for SSE in different disciplines of VET studies;
– To design a training course for trainers, including a training programme (objectives, learning outcomes, contents, methods, duration, etc.), list of pedagogical resources, list of study cases/good practices/inspiring examples and a e-learning platform, starting from the mapping (O1.)
– To advocate for the inclusion of training in SSE for VET trainers, through national and european Action Plans to advocate for the inclusion of training course in SSE for VET trainers;
– To raise awareness and to disseminate the project through multimedia tools reaching not only trainers and trainees but networks and general public at national and European levels.

Following these objectives, the project developed in a sequential logic structure based on a three steps approach:
Step 1 | Strategic assessment
– The first step focused on data collection and stakeholders’ identification at national and European level. It was linked with the first project specific objective, which was to assess and analyse the national and European scenarios concerning VET trainers’ SSE competences and existing training programs in the same field. This step provided a solid foundation for steps 2 and 3, in terms of increased knowledge based on comparative data and harmonization of concepts and terminology, crucial to effectively work at European level.
– Related outputs: O1. Mapping of trainers’ competences and existing SSE training programs
– Related events: National workshops to disseminate O1. (E1. – E6.)

STEP 2 | Trainers’ curricula innovation
– The second step builded on the first one and was focused on a collaborative process to develop one training course which is relevant and meaningful both at national and European level. It was linked with the second project specific objective, which is to design a training in action course for strengthening skills of VET trainers.
– Related outputs: O2. training in action course
– Related training activities: C1-C17
– Related events: National workshops to disseminate O2. (E7. – E18.)

STEP 3 | Advocacy
– The third step was focused on amplifying the dissemination and exploitation of the mapping and the training course developed in previous steps – looking for the sustainability of project outcomes also beyond the lifetime of this project. It iwas linked with the third and most comprehensive objective of the project, which is to advocate for the inclusion of training in SSE for VET trainers.
– Related outputs: Action Plan O3 and O4. Multimedia tools
– Related events: International Final Seminar (E19)

In this sense, the project completed four IO and an extra IO with a compilation of the SSEVET2 project for all interested stakeholders. Additionally, we implemented 19 multiplier events (18 national events and 1 European event) with a total of 184 participants; and 12 training activities (10 national training activities and 2 European training activities) with 103 participants. The participants are from different target-groups, such as local, national and European VET providers, local, national and European SSE organisations, local and national VET trainers and policy and decision-makers at national and European levels.

Aligning with the values and principles of the Social and Solidarity Economy, the project methodology was democratic and participatory.

Project Website

https://apdes.pt/en/portfolio/ssevet2-strenghthening-vet-trainers-competences-and-skills/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 247172,09 Eur

Project Coordinator

AGENCIA PIAGET PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO & Country: PT

Project Partners

• Mouvement d’Economie Solidaire
• DOCK SYNERGATIKOS XOROS KOINONIKIS KAI ALLILEGGYAS OIKONOMIAS
• Solidarius Italia s.a.s
• RIPESS EUROPE
• Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V.
• ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE RESOURSE PENTRU INITIATIVE ETICE SI SOLIDARE