CERASMUS+ Ceramics E+KA2 project for networking, heritage and innovation Erasmus Project

Project Title

CERASMUS+
Ceramics E+KA2 project for networking, heritage and innovation

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: Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Creativity and culture; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

CONTEXT
CERASMUS is placed in the context of VET education and training efforts for the European ceramic industry sector, characterised by micro-enterprises and self-employed artisans. The project aimed to support upskilling and reskilling, experimenting work-based learning approach and technological innovation.

OBJECTIVES The main objectives of the project have been :
a) creating a European networking of ceramics stakeholders, starting from the Partner Countries;
b) combining ceramics tradition with innovative design and production techniques, experimenting also additive manufacturing;
c) revising and innovating vocational education in the ceramics sector through work based learning and systematising the results in set of curricula.

PARTICIPANTS
The project has involved 8 Partners from 6 EU Countries. TUCEP, The Coordinator (IT), AEuCC Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Ciudades de la Cerámica (Es), International Ceramics Studio – ICS (HU), V. Calò High School Institute (IT), Forssa Vocational Institute (FI), Masarykova Strední Skola Letovice (CZ), Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących i Zawodowych (ZSOIZ, Poland) and The Ceramics School Of Manises (ES)

Target groups have included:
– I-VET students;
– Ceramics professionals and craft businesses;
– VET trainers;
– VET providers willing to improve the quality of their educational offer; e) organizations in the field of culture, art and ceramics heritage;
– other parties interested in protect and develop the ceramic craft.

ACTIVITIES
The project has been articulated in different activities that can be collected in three main phases. As first step Partners have carried out at national level an on-field analysis to explore in a direct and updated approach the needs for competences and outlining the sector development also through networking, protection of immaterial heritage and innovation.

The second step has been the design and development of a virtual environment addressing the ceramics key actors and stakeholders. The area has been (and will be) useful to discuss the main issues emerged from the assessment stage and to open a permanent forum and assuring closer cooperation.
Finally, Partners have tested, through pilot courses delivered at national level, specific curricula for initial and continuous vocational training, focused on work-based learning approach and aimed at gaining transversal and professional competences for the improvement of the ceramic sector “value chain”.

The Cerasmus+ project has developed six specific curricula. For both I-VET and C-VET, the curricula have focused on the areas of innovation, urban environment and start-ups. In total 22 teaching units have been drafted, and for each of these three areas there are study plan explaining which units relate to I-VET learners and which relate to C-VET learners.
The Partners have delivered the pilot courses from summer and autumn of 2019, in which all three topic areas were tested, both for I-VET learners and for C_VET learners. The six training curricula have been divided up amongst the Partners and the testing phase has been implemented as follows:
– Escuela de Arte y Superior de Cerámica de Manises (EASCM, Spain): Urban environment for C-VET.
– Istituto Superiore Secondario (V Calo, Italy): Tradition and Innovation for I-VET.
– Forssan ammatti-instituutti (FAI, Finland): Urban environment for I-VET.
– MSSL Masarykova střední škola Letovice, příspěvková organizac (Czech Republic): Tradition and Innovation for C-VET.
– ZSOIZ (Poland): Business start-up for I-VET.
– ICS (Hungary): Tradition and Innovation for C-VET.
– TUCEP – involving Liceo Artistico “Magnini ” Deruta I – VET

RESULTS AND IMPACT
The main outputs of the project are:
a) an Assessment of training needs in ceramic sector;
b) a Training Curricula set for Initial and Continuing VET;
c) Guidelines for the ceramic sector development.
These products are at disposal to everyone interested in education and training in ceramic industry and are the basis for further initiatives and projects.
Moreover, the project has led to: a) the consolidation of a transnational Partnership for VET improvement in the ceramics sector; b) the experimenting of online activities and additive manufacturing approaches in ceramics education and training; c) raising awareness among young workers and students about new opportunities in the ceramic industry.

LONGER-TERM BENEFIT It is expected improved opportunities of employment and occupation in the ceramic sector, in the project Partner Countries, in particular for the participants in the pilot training activities. The project will contribute to the education and professional mobility with a wider positive impact in the professional area at European level and with a diffusion of the work-based learning experiences.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 299535 Eur

Project Coordinator

TIBER UMBRIA COMETT EDUCATION PROGRAMME & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Escuela de Arte y Superior de Cerámica de Manises
• Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Ciudades de la Cerámica AECT limitada
• Masarykova strední skola Letovice, prispevkova organizace
• Kecskeméti Kortárs Müvészeti Mühelyek Nonprofit Kft.
• Istituto Superiore Secondario ” V. Calò”
• Lounais-Hämeen ammatillisen koulutuksen ky
• Zespol Szkol Ogolnoksztalcacych i Zawodowych im. mjra Henryka Sucharskiego Centrum Ksztalcenia Ustawicznego w Boleslawcu