European Atelier of Crafts Erasmus Project

Project Title

European Atelier of Crafts

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

Project Summary

Some years ago, ECIPA in collaboration with local stakeholders started working on the conceptual guidelines, methodological and practical development of an Atelier of Crafts Model, an educational model aimed to promote employability, professional and social development of those learners (above all youth less qualified) who need to be integrated into the labour market.
Then, ECIPA decided to transfer such Model to other VET institutions, contributing to the internationalisation of VET programmes. In fact, Cr.E.Ate is crucial in co-designing and testing an innovative VET programme that can appeal to young learners, facilitating their Labour market transitions, reducing the European gap between demand and supply of labour, increasing the level of employability.

The main objectives of the Cr.E.Ate project were the following:
– create a transnational partnership of VET providers and open dialogue, exchange of ideas for the internationalisation of the sector
– search, build and share flexible, sustainable, innovative, open to new technologies methodologies
– create and promote an experimental catalogue of the sectoral training offer
– encourage the transnational mobility of VET learners and staff, contributing to the internationalisation of the VET sector.

In this project aimed to the construction and development of a European Network Atelier Crafts two specific target groups have been reached through the implementation of the LTTAs:
1) Trainers and VET Operators, identified with an internal selection (C1 and C2)
2) Young Learners selected by ag, identified with an internal selection (C2).

Below a summary of the Activities completed, in line with what defined in the Project Proposal:
I. Organization and setup of the KoM
II. Publication of the Call for C1 on the project website
III: Recruitment of C1 Participants
IV. Short-term-joint staff training events in Spain (C1)
V. Elaboration of Guidelines “Ateliers of Jobs” (LABEL)- to be tested during the C2 pilot
VI. II TPM in Poland
VII. Publication of the Call for C2 on the project website
VIII. Selection of C2 Participants (and collection of Europass CVs)
IX. Short-term-joint staff training events in Italy (C2)
X. Testing of the Model of Atelier of Jobs (workshops + work placements abroad)
XI. Review and Translation of the “European catalogue of the Crafts Atelier”
XII: Final TPM (Italy)
XIII: Final reports

The main results achieved is the “European catalogue of the Crafts Atelier” aimed to introduce the Cr.E.Ate Model co-designed by project partner. To share the results of the project to the stakeholders across Europe, this document is available in English and all national language of the partnership.
Our Model, drafted during C1 and tested during C2 focuses on the theoretical assumption that the learning process should be based on three main elements (skills):
1. theoretical (head): connected with the studied subject area;
2. practical (hands): related to the abilities necessary for future work;
3. transversal (heart): soft skills as communication, motivation, commitment, self-management, etc.
The “European catalogue of the Crafts Atelier” also contains the Cr.E.Ate Training Units Catalogue, divided into the 3 main sectors: Beauty/Wellness; Design/Art Crafts; Graphic and web design.
The Profiles and the Learning Outcomes of the 13 Training courses provided in the Catalogue are the ones achieved by C2 participants during their transnational mobility.
During C2, ECIPA organized Workshops and work placements within SMEs.
Cr.E.Ate assessing model combines two dimensions: Quantitative and qualitative assessment.
The feedback collected from C2 participants (both learners and accompanying persons) underlines the very positive impact of the experience on the beneficiaries. In fact, they claim the piloting of the Cr.E.Ate Model played a key role in supporting to acquire/reinforce skills and competencies crucial to employment and personal growth.
According to the VET staff who joined C2, the project was crucial to the internationalisation of VET field, as it created an innovative VET programme appealed to young people and fundamental for the acquisition of skills and competencies needed to easily access the labour market through work-based learning experiences.

Cr.E.Ate had a particular impact on the following stakeholders:
– VET learners/staff (C1: n.12 participants; C2: n.76 participants) who participated in the project and tested the Model during C2. They had the chance to develop personal and professional competencies through workshops and work-based experiences abroad.
– trainers and teachers of VET centres have been trained to teach to young people a new way of learning crafts and arts. All trainers are now able to use such an innovative approach and methodology and disseminate the model across Europe.
– SMEs (36 local companies) which hosted the students work-based learning
– VET institutions across Europe (16 outside the Partnership)

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 141504,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

ECIPA UMBRIA SCARL & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL MUEBLEY LA MADERA DE LA REGION DE MURCIA
• Rigas Makslas un mediju tehnikums
• TEB Edukacja sp. z o.o.
• CHAMBRE DE METIERS ET DE L’ARTISANAT DU RHONE
• IES José Luis Castillo-Puche