International professional mastery competition „Balticskills“- chance to new life Erasmus Project

Project Title

International professional mastery competition „Balticskills“- chance to new life

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cooperation between educational institutions and business; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

Today, in a complex and fast-changing world, as knowledge, skills and attitudes are acquired on a lifelong and life-wide basis, all kinds of learning and training outcomes deserve to be valued and validated.
Every young person, studying in vocational school, participating in the world (WordSkills) or European (EuroSkills) professional excellence competitions is, and must be, an aspiration.
The students learn how to do the job, and the best way to do it is to learn how to do it. express their talents in school. Exams and group assignments do not always have the ability to apply real-world problems.
By participating in a professional mastery of a school, a new opportunity to show their talent and apply their skills.
Usually such competitions are organized by an independent divisions in each continent.
The project countries do not have much to do with the project, but the idea of ​​organizing the Baltic States.
The partner is ,,Innove”, who coordinates competitions for professional excellence. Inove will also improve its existing knowledge of these competitions.
The procedure and tasks of organizing and evaluating professional excellence will be prepared during the project. Tasks will be prepared for three professions: electricians, welders, joiners. It is one of the most popular professions in all partner countries. The Baltic Skills Competition “Baltic Skills Competition” will be organized by the project.
Tasks and technical descriptions will be prepared for competition. They will be prepared by professional teachers-experts from all partner countries in the project.
Project partners:
– Coordinator: Lithuania, Alytus vocational training centre.
– Latvia ( Jegava Technical School, Liepaja State Technical school )
– Estonia ( Tartu vocational education centre)
Project target group: profesional competition metothodoly experts, students and other staff from partners organization who will work in the frames of Project.
Aims and objectives of the Project:
1. Analyze good practises of professional mastery competition; in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia particularly;
2. Prepare set of tasks for electrician, welders and joiners competition ( 3 different options);
3. Develop methodology for professional mastery competition organising and assesment.
Project implementation Phase 1:
– Analysis of every project partner profesional competition organising in their country/school;
– Transnational project meeting. Clarifying strong/weak points of every partners’ country, preparing plan for tasks.
– Training about profesional competition organising in Estonia: Non-official partner ,,Innove”.
Project implementation Phase 2
-Transnational project meeting. Setting criterius for tasks.
– Preparing tasks for electrician, welder and joiner professional mastery competition.
Project implementation Phase 3
-Transnational project meeting. Plan for methodology, discussion.
– Preparing professional mastery competition organising and assesment methodology.
Project implementation Phase 4
-Result pressentation – Professional mastery competition ,,Baltic skills”, dissemination and exploitation
Project target group – VET experts and other staff from partners’ organization who will work in the frames of Project.
Project coordinator- Alytus vocational training centre (Lithuania), partners – Jelgava Technical school (Latvia), Liepaja State Technical school (Latvia) and Tartu vocational education centre (Estonia).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 58994 Eur

Project Coordinator

ALYTAUS PROFESINIO RENGIMO CENTRAS & Country: LT

Project Partners

• PIKC “Liepajas Valsts tehnikums”
• TARTU LINN
• Jelgavas Tehnikums