Best VET. Best practices in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Best VET. Best practices in Europe

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Pedagogy and didactics; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

In the current context (new ways of doing business, high youth unemployment, fourth industrial revolution, etc.), business and industry in European countries must adapt and seek new markets, needing greater integration and cooperation between them.

Faced with these new challenges, there is a greater need for well-trained young people with international skills, prepared for entrepreneurship and innovation, hence the need to emphasize foreign language skills, social skills, knowledge of other cultures and ways of job.

On the other hand, there is a need to improve professional training and social perception as an option of quality and employability.

Thus, the main objective of the BEST-VET project was to improve the international employability of VET students in the areas of Electricity, Information Technology, Administration and Hospitality, in the countries of the partners involved in the project, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain .

To achieve this goal, 4 weeks of training activities were carried out, with the participation of teachers and students from each of the specialties, which included:
-Programmed classroom activities applying active methodologies.
-Visits to companies of interest.
-Visits of cultural interest.
As a result the skills of students and teachers in the professional, linguistic and digital field, as well as soft skills such as leadership skills, interpersonal relationships and positive attitude have improved.

In particular, the students have been able to understand better the disciplines in which they work, have verified how they work in other companies and have discovered related professional profiles … Also, thanks to their participation in a multicultural environment, they have developed new communication strategies and adapted to different points of view.

Teachers have moved in new educational environments, they have learned from equals with experience, they have applied new methodologies in the classroom, they have seen the professional requirements demanded in different countries, the way in which companies work and relate to training institutions and the place that VET occupies in other educational or socio-labor systems.

The latter has also been achieved, through five monographs that aimed to share good practices improving VET services:
-Organization in the VET in the different countries
-Multiculturality
-Employment of the graduates of the centers involved
-Adult education and lifelong learning
-Implementation of a specific ECVET credit system in the Piedmont region.

Also, the involvement of companies, families and public institutions has been included, in order to increase synergies, cultural value and professionalism of the participants.

Results and impact:

Students have significantly improved their interest in their profession, learning foreign languages, traveling, integration regardless of nationality, religion, social status, age, disabilities, etc., for all this, they have acquired professional and personal skills for employment This experience has removed barriers and increased their interest in participating in KA1 mobilities.

The teachers have had a unique learning opportunity, the enthusiasm during the project has been confirmed and the interest in continuing to participate in similar projects was evident. Teamwork and peer learning, is highly motivating and very necessary to face future challenges, we must teach to work our students in this way, but how to do it without having had the experience. This project has provided us with the opportunity to show ourselves that we are capable of doing it and therefore of teaching it.

We have contributed to increasing the multiplier effects thanks to the relationships-synergies that have arisen, all participating partners are interested in continuing to participate in new Erasmus + projects and, in addition, we have made numerous contacts and collaborations with other institutions, throughout this project.

We have contributed to improve the perception of Vocational Training in companies, demonstrating that we are able to carry out quality and innovative experiences with our students, and in addition approach companies to our schools for future collaborations.

We have contributed to create Europe, all participants are now more predisposed to work on and continue carrying out projects in Europe, opening opportunities and eliminating barriers and fears.

As a conclusion, we consider that this type of experience, sharing classrooms and companies between European partners, is a unique training opportunity that we should establish as good practices in a systematic and massive way.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 117950 Eur

Project Coordinator

IES ANGEL CORELLA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• GO! Scholengroep Brussel
• AGENZIA DI FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE DELLE COLLINE ASTIGIANE SCARL
• COOPTECNICA – GUSTAVE EIFFEL COOPERATIVA DE ENSINO E FORMACAO TECNICO PROFISSIONAL CRL