INcreasing impaCt in internAtional work placementS Erasmus Project

Project Title

INcreasing impaCt in internAtional work placementS

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Access for disadvantaged; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

The EC communication(Nov 2012) ‘Rethinking education: investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes’ encourages EU Member States to ensure that young people develop the skills and competences required by the European labour market, particularly focusing on combating youth unemployment and promoting educational mobility. Young people’s interest in mobility is clearly shown by the success of programmes such as Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs and Erasmus+ KA1.Between 2014 and 2020, some four million people are expected to have benefited from Erasmus+, including around two million higher education students and 650,000 VET students. Mobility is already an established phenomenon in higher education but in second chance education this is a relatively new concept i.e. to integrate a vulnerable target group into society and the labour market
International mobility is a challenge for disadvantaged young adults, evidenced in their low participation rate in international mobility (less than 8%).Several studies show that young people are the group most likely to move to another country, yet a number of obstacles hinder mobility for disadvantaged young adults. The purpose of work based mobilities in second chance education is to facilitate the small step progress in living and working in another country that is peculiar to disadvantaged young adults. However E2C-Europe members and partners within the INCAS consortium expressed that needs of disadvantaged young adults are not being addressed as existing actions & tools either focus on recognition of vocational learning outcomes (ECVET),require a certain degree of engagement and autonomy (e.g.EVS, European Solidarity Corps) or are non-transferable tools bound to an education provider. Furthermore existing paper based materials mean that progress during mobility cannot be monitored until the beneficiary returns, often too late to address problems.
INCAS has two main objectives 1)To provide services that improve the quality of international work placement. 2) To provide tools and resources that support quality through all stages of preparation, implementation and evaluation of international work placement.
INCAS selected and improved best practices from a variety of national/European resources and actions, making these resources available to disadvantaged young adults in a more engaging and practical manner, resulting in a mobile phone app ( i-phone and android compatible) to be used while on mobility, a range of e-learning courses for preparation, 4 toolboxes of resources to support all stages of mobility for learner and teacher, a quality monitoring system for sending and hosting organisations, and a database of European placement providers.(www.incasproject.erasmus.site)
Teachers/trainers and work -based mentors will raise their understanding of the support needs of disadvantaged young people in preparing them for mobility and supporting them during the mobility. They will be equipped with the tools that satisfy the needs of the target group and the accompanying resources that will support the implementation of a learner – centred work based training mobility .

Project Website

http://incas.erasmus.site/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 236475 Eur

Project Coordinator

DN COLLEGES GROUP & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Association Europeenne des Villes des Ecoles de la Deuxieme Chance (E2C)
• European Partnerships Promoting Social Inclusion
• Asociatia Noi de asemenea
• DANMAR COMPUTERS SP ZOO
• Weiterbildungskolleg Linker Niederrhein – Abt. Mönchengladbach
• STICHTING EURICON
• CESIE