INTERVET

Identification of the project

Call :  
European commission – Pilot VET mobility scheme for the Enlargement countries

Duration :  
42 months (19/12/2019 – 18/04/2023)

Coordinator : 
Uniser (Italy)

Funding :
2 millions €

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

About the project

Introducing learning mobility in the VET systems of the Western Balkans has gained an increasingly prominent position on the agenda of the Berlin Process, and its strategic importance has been acknowledged in the communication “A credible enlargement perspective for and enhanced EU engagement with the Western Balkans” .
However, in order to make mobility a reality there is a need of introducing a “culture of learning mobility” that Europe has been knowing since the launch of the Erasmus programme in the 80’. In particular there is a need of informing VET teachers and headmasters on these theme and increase their competences in planning, and managing mobility projects. More work based learning is also required in the Western Balkans to prepare young people to the transition to the labour market and at the same time support the development of local economies.

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The project “Internationalisation of VET systems in Western Balkans” (INTERVET WB) brings together 14 organisations involved in VET from 14 countries (among which all the 6 countries of the Western Balkans) to introduce a comprehensive mobility scheme in the enlargement countries.

Objectives

The specific objectives of the project are:

Improve the quality of VET provision in 6 Western Balkans countries thus favouring the employability of young people by organising VET learners and staff learning mobility experiences

Outputs of the project :

360 short-term work based learning experiences abroad of 1 month for VET learners (EQF4) from the Western Balkans

56 long-term work based learning experiences abroad of 3 months for VET learners (EQF5) from the Western Balkans

54 job shadowing experiences of 1 week for VET teachers from the Western Balkans to the European VET providers of the partnership

36 mobilities of VET teachers from the Western Balkans to participate in summer schools on mobility and work based learning

72 mobilities of VET teachers from the Western Balkans to attend the EFVET Thematic Teams

18 training assignments of Uniser’s staff in the Western Balkans to train teachers, headmasters and administrative staff of VET schools on how to plan and implement a mobility project

26 teaching assignments of Uniser’s staff in the Western Balkans to strengthen the pre-departure preparation of VET learners provided by the local partners

Target groups :

Teachers from VET centres

Staff from VET centres

Learners from VET centres

International staff

Managers from VET centres

Policy makers

Results

Video – guidelines

The tool has been developed to offer hands-on assistance and recommendations for organizations new to overseeing international mobility projects

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Mobility toolkit

for VET practitioners about how to set up and manage a mobility project in the Western Balkans. It has been conceived by the project partners to build the basis for a “mobility system” able to make learning mobility possible in the long term in all these countries

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