Our member OMNIA, the main VET provider in Espoo (Finland), has been included as an innovative multisector education centre at the European Commission report on Mapping of Centres of Vocational Excellence. The report delineates Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in terms of their main characteristics, with a view to informing the concept and the development […]
Between the 21st and 25th of October a delegation of 8 VET teachers, directors and staff from Barcelona participated in a weekly study visit in Prague to learn about the Czech Vocational Education and Training System, as part of the Erasmus+ staff mobility project organised by Fundació BCN Formació Professional. The city of Prague organised […]
Last 10th of October the Executive Committee of Xarxa FP met in the city of Berlin (Germany) to review the network’s implementation of 2019 work plan and explore new projects and partnerships for 2020. With regards to the work plan implementation, the mid-term mobility report was reviewed, highlighting the new users’ survey that will allow […]
Last 16th and 17th of September took place the 2nd transnational meeting of the Industrial VET Hub in Viborg, Denmark. Our partners in Mercantec hosted us for two-days meeting with rest of participants from Westerburg, Tartu and Barcelona. During the meeting, Xarxa FP presented the new project website, launched last month of April, as well […]
The fourth edition of European Vocational Skills Week will be taking place 14-18 October 2019 in Helsinki, Finland: https://ec.europa.eu/social/vocational-skills-week/ Everyone with an interest in vocational education and training can get involved in European Vocational Skills Week 2019. There are many ways to take part, including: Register your event or activity You can register your own event […]
OMNIA, our member from Espoo (Finland), is participating in an Erasmus Plus KA2 project (IV4J – Innovation in VET for Jobs and Employment) that will soon release 7 Teaching Guides for VET Professionals in: Entrepreneurship education (coming soon) Work-based learning (coming soon) Creative Problem Solving Methodology Web 2.0 Tools for VET Gamification, Simulation and Digital storytelling (coming soon) Open […]
Fundació BCN Formació Professional (Barcelona’s VET Foundation), supported by Xarxa FP, is organising an International Conference on “Dual VET Management: The role of Cities and Local Governments” to be held in Barcelona next 20th of September 2019. The aim of this conference is to learn and share about different reference models in the management of […]
The second transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ KA2 project of “The Personalized competence-based Learning paths for VET in Europe” or “PE-LE” was held between the 27th and 29th of May in the city of Tartu, Estonia. Coordinated by our partners at Rovaniemi Municipal Federation of Education (REDU) and kindly hosted by colleagues from Tartu Vocational Education […]
During the month of April the Secretariat, Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid and Munich have been successfully audited according to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Standards. Xarxa FP policy is to provide a high level service and quality in the management of our students’ and teachers’ mobility actions to become a reference organisation within the area of European mobility. Since […]
The video explains briefly why Xarxa FP was born, the scope of its work today and gathers testimonials from several Vocational Education and Training students and teachers that have taken part in mobility actions organised by Xarxa FP cities in the recent years. Back in 1999 the city of Barcelona together with other European cities […]