Actions
WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES ACROSS EUROPE
VET Mobility
Every year Xarxa FP arranges about 800 mobility actions including internships for VET students and training for VET teachers in European cities members of the network. The funding for VET Mobility actions comes mostly from the Erasmus + Programme.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL
VET Innovation
Xarxa FP explores the opportunities that the internationalisation of VET offers in terms of innovation and exchange of knowledge and good practices. We work on 4 transnational projects: Industrial VET Hub, Port VET Hub, PE-LE and Logistics VET Hub.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE EU EDUCATION MOBILITY POLICIES
VET Policy
Xarxa FP, as the only existing European network of cities working on VET mobility and innovation, contributes with its expertise in key European policy dialogue events and consultations in the VET field. In particular, we are members of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) and partners with the Cities4Apprenticeships network.
Our Members
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Jul, 2017
ErasmusPro will be a new action within the Erasmus+ programme to support long-duration work placements of apprentices abroad which has been approved at the Erasmus+ Programme Committee. ErasmusPro will be published in the 2018 Erasmus+ Programme Guide later this year. On December 2016, the European Commission announced its new Youth Initiative. Among other things, the
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Jul, 2017
Only in the first semester of 2017, Xarxa FP has managed 415 mobilities, setting up a new record in the history of the network. From January to June 2017 the Association has arranged 254 mobility actions for students and 161 training activities for VET teachers and professionals, the best performance by far in the history
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Jul, 2017
During the first semester of 2017 four city members plus the Secretariat have been successfully audited and as a result Xarxa FP has renewed the ISO 9001:2008 quality certification. The Secretariat, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich and Berlin faced external audits during the months of April and May of this year. The auditor confirmed that Xarxa FP
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Jun, 2017
Last 15th of June a delegation of Xarxa FP headed by its Secretary General, Mr Jordi Castillo, visited Palermo in order to assess its candidature to become a member of the network. Palermo is a city of Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo. Being Sicily’s administrative capital, Palermo is a centre for much of
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May, 2017
Last 27th of April Xarxa FP presented the results of its Mobility Impact Study at the ROI-MOB project multipliers’ event in Hamburg. The ROI-MOB project is an Erasmus+ KA2 project aiming at identifying and testing some indicators suitable to measure the “Return on Investment” (ROI) in EU VET mobility, investigating affecting factors and devising methods
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Mar, 2017
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in cooperation with the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) and with the support of Xarxa FP, has produced a video explaining how cities contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Ensuring inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning. In 2015, countries adopted the 2030
