Innovative Metodologies and PRactices on VET Erasmus Project

Project Title

Innovative Metodologies and PRactices on VET

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: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

Flexible production systems in technologically advanced companies, that integrate the various phases and operational processes through digitization and commissioning in the network of interactive systems and tools: this is the vision of Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution.
New technologies, work environments, organizational structures, and the different forms of internal and external collaboration of Industry 4.0 bring great changes to workers’ skills. To realize this new industrial revolution it is necessary to innovate the VET systems, favouring learning activities related to the world of work, to its changes, and to the places of the enterprise. The VET Systems must be oriented to future business models and to what they require: motivated, adaptable workers, able to manage processes, make innovation, bring added value in thecompany.
In addition to solid and well-established and technical and generic skills, workers need transversal skills, such as the ability to solve problems, reflection, creativity, critical thinking, learning to learn, social and intercultural skills, adaptation, communication skills and abilities, ability to work in a team.
The partners supporting the “IMPROVE” project, aims to promote innovative practices and tools in VET, in order to encourage people to consider VET as “an important choice on their professional path”, as set by the European Commission in one of “Ten actions” of the new and comprehensive “Skills Agenda for Europe” (launched in June 2016). As Remarked in the Agenda, the UE Commission purpose is making Vocational Education and Training (VET) a “first choice” by enhancing opportunities for VET learners to undertake a work based learning experience and promoting greater visibility of good labour market outcomes of VET.
IMPROVE project aimd to satisfy the need of innovation in VET systems, thanks to alternative and successful methodologies/approaches to the learning environment, in order to create successful experience in job-oriented learning.
This contributed to reduce the lack of an effective system to transfer knowledge and provide learners of skills necessary for self-employment or employment.
The partners propose is to create innovative tools and guidelines, which can be introduced in their countries, used by the personnel who work in various ways in VET (teachers, schools, organizations, NGO, SME), widespread among the learners to support their employability and self-employment, shared by organizations in Europe, as the subject of further projects and initiatives to improve VET systems.
The partners supporting the project were identified considering first of all their heterogeneity, in fact they are companies, NGOs and foundations involved in Educational and vocational training and third-level training institutions: this included in the project an integration of experience, knowledge and best practices.

Each partner contributed to IMPROVE by bringing also the results of previous national and international projects, realized in VET, third level education and training, adult education and youth support.
As a result, partners created outputs available in five languages. The materials developed are valid and shared both at the national level and at the European level. They were used by stakeholders of the partners involved, amplified the scope of the project and contributed to a more incisive action of innovation of VET systems.
During the implementation of IMPROVE, partners organization run together different activities in the five countries involved in the project, such as:
• A brochure available in Fivelanguages
• 2 Newsletters available in Fivelanguages
• An eBook of good practices available in Five languages
• Six Transnational Project Meetings
• Seven Intellectual Outputs
• A Joint Staff trainingEvent
• Six Multiplier Events on each partner country to test the project results, disseminate and promote its outputs

The materials created were well recognised and tested by all the participants involved on the project allowing them to adapt the knowledge provided to their own contexts. All the results of IMPROVE were openly shared on the project website (https://www.improveproject.eu).

Project Website

http://www.improveproject.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 290489,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

Find An Internship Ltd & Country: UK

Project Partners

• KAINOTOMIA & SIA EE
• Youth Europe Service
• Informamentis Europa
• BULGARIAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
• MACDAC ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY BUREAU LTD – MECB
• PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS
• SIHTASUTUS NOORED TEADUSES JA ETTEVOTLUSES