Skills 4 Life Erasmus Project

Project Title

Skills 4 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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship)

Project Summary

The project consisted of four mobilities and the topic was the professional future of our students.

Mobility 1 took place in Germany. There, the contents were
– getting to know the participants
– a speech by a consultant of the local job centre (topics: importance of competencies related to work/study plans)
– a presentation of various questionnaires and collections of competencies
– a presentation of the project idea of a “Book of Skills” that could help people to choose a career/study in the future
– what do application letters and CVs in Germany look like, and how in other European countries
– each participating school presented its school, its country and its previous approach to finding a way into the professional future of their students
– participation in the National Open Day at universities
– interviews with university students about the necessary skills for certain courses
– guided tour of the production site of WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik), from the point of view of vocational orientation towards a technical degree

Mobility 2 took place in Belgium. There, the contents were
– presentation in which the participants were told how the project was going for students new to the project
– participants were welcomed in the town hall Sint Niklaas by the local mayor in the presence of the local press
– factory management at Volvo Trucks in Ghent from the point of view of possible professional orientation in a technical direction
– event of the Human Resources department of Volvo Trucks about the topic of according to which criteria applicants are selected
– review of the results of the visit to Volvo Trucks
– presentation of the Europass
– start of creating a Europass for interested students
– visit to the European Commission in Brussels
– video-recorded interviews and evaluation by Randstad Belgium and personal tips on optimization
– evaluation of the project week

Mobility 3 took place in Slovenia. There, the contents were
– working with honey and bee products in general
– a visit to the Museum of Apiculture to study historical trade in bee products
– a visit to the premises of Logar Trade, a family-owned company specializing in equipment for the production of bee products
– an interview with the managing director of Logar Trade about which applicant would be considered for recruitment and how a family business is run
– a visit to Medex’s sales office in Ljubljana, a larger company in the field of bee products
– a city tour in Ljubjana by students for students
– a visit to the farm of an ex-student of BC Naklo, who is very successful through honey production
– the production of own bee products at the school
– a lesson in Business administration on selling and making profit in companies
– the evaluation of the week and handing over of the participation certificates

Mobility 4 took place in Slovenia. The contents of this week were
– viewing all data
– that the idea of the online site was finally developed
– to talk about the success of the project, to exchange experiences and opinions
– visiting the start-up incubator in Ljubljana and seeing how this institution helps startup companies to realize their idea
– teamwork simulations (Marshmallow Challenge)
– meeting with self-employed entrepreneurs, e.g. with the managing director of “Savy” (mobile ECG) and an employee of Balkan Campers (classic car motorhomes)
– research on possible future jobs and skills
– the start of creating a website
– the decision against the originally planned Book of Skills
– the use of an international educational conference as a platform for dissemination
– a final evening and evaluation by teachers and participants.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 71830 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kaufmännische Schule Geislingen & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Presentatie Secundair Onderwijs
• Biotehniski center Naklo