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XPTO+ II – “eXcellence in Professional Training Op..
XPTO+ II – “eXcellence in Professional Training Opportunities II”
Start date: Jun 1, 2015,
End date: May 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
In 2014 the 1ST project within the framework of the Consortium XPTO+ was presented and the success that it is demonstrating in its implementation brought the desire to give it a continuity, presenting a new project this year. The entities that participate as sending organisations in this new project are: Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André, Escola Profissional de Fafe, Escola Profissional de Rio Maior and Academia Total-IEDP. EUROYOUTH will act as a mediator between the schools, providing the human resources and expertise needed to coordinate a project within the framework of Erasmus+.
There are four sending organisations, two of the schools continue its participation in the Consortium - AE de Santo André, EP Fafe; the EP Rio Maior and Academia Total-IEDP joined this year, giving it a greater force in the achievement of the objectives established for this project and consortium - provide new experiences of international mobility to recent graduates of vocational courses level 4.
The project is defined around four objectives:
- PROMOTE EMPLOYABILITY AND SPECIALIZED CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND NEWLY QUALIFIED GRADUATES OF EMPLOYMENT IN SEARCH OF THEIR FIRST JOB
- ENSURE QUALITY AND UPDATED TRAINING OFFER AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
- PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
- CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF PORTUGAL AND EUROPE
The Consortium XPTO+ that proposes the Project XPTO+ II aims to promote mobility of recent graduates of vocational training to level 4 and is composed of EUROYOUTH (coordination Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André, Escola Profissional de Fafe, Escola Profissional de Rio Maior and Academia Total-IEDP (entities of sending). The students will have the opportunity to experience their first professional traineeship with a duration of 14 weeks (98 days), with the linguistic online support for Group 1 countries and a language course of 20 hours for the countries in Group 2.
The participants are between 18 and 25 years old and come from the following courses:
AE SANTO ANDRE - BARREIRO
Courses: ICT Management, Graphic Design , Reception , Child Support
EP FAFE
Courses: Multimedia, Sales, Management of Computer Equipment and Electronic and Automation of Computers
EP RIO MAIOR
Sectors: Auxiliary Health, Electrical Installations and Renewable Energy - Solar
ACADEMIA TOTAL - IEDP
Courses: Trade, Eletrotecnical, Cultural activities, Support for Children, Management; Management of Computer Equipment, Tourism.
It is expected as main impacts for the participants:
- PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH COMPANIES DULY CERTIFIED IN THE EU
- INCREASE OF EMPLOYABILITY RATE
- HIGHER ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- STRENGTHENING OF SOFT SKILLS
- PERSONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS REINFORCED
- INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE IN TRAINING MOBILITY
- IMPROVED LANGUAGE SKILLS
- APPROXIMATION OF NEW GENERATIONS TO EUROPE
IN THE CONSORTIUM PARTNERS AND INTERMEDIARIES
- the Development of good practices in MANAGEMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS/CONSORTIA: both national and internationaly
- Enlargements of SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYABILITY
- Consolidation of a OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR NETWORK
- MOTIVATION AND STIMULATION OF WORK TEAMS
- PARTNERS WITH GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEMES AND KEY ACTIONS OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION
At a national and transnational level, this project will contribute to:
- Strengthening of the Portuguese participation in European programs with a wide range of countries and not just those that, at first sight, are considered as central or more attractive to participants
- A continuity of the Strategy 2020 of EU, in so far as it contributes to the education, training and employability of EU citizens
- Combating early school leaving and youth unemployment, promoting employability and entrepreneurship
- The existence of a strengthened conscience in enterprises about the benefits of the mobility of Human Resources for the competitiveness, motivation and good-practices; strengthening the implementation of international mobility in various spheres of the formative path and professional individuals
- The establishement and/or strengthening of Partnerships between vocational training institutes and employers/employers' associations
- Consolidation of thematic and cross-sectoral partnerships which can help forge new relationships and new projects between organizations, promoting proximity of contacts that go beyond the mobility projects.