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
10th
10th
May, 2015
Xarxa FP in Alcoi is organizing the first edition of the Conference on Erasmus + Programme to VET Schools in Alcoi that will take place next Friday 15h of May from 10h to 13h at Àgora Alcoi. The Conference will be presenting the Erasmus + Programme and experiences by both VET schools and companies in
16th
16th
Apr, 2015
Between the 22nd and 28th of March 2015, a delegation of 22 participants of Xarxa FP cities in Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Reus, Gandia, Mislata and Alcoi) visited the city of Viborg (full member of the association since February 2015) and Copenhagen, as part of the first flow of the Educating Professionals on European VET Systems
6th
6th
Mar, 2015
Fundació BCN FP (Barcelona VET Foundation) organises an International Conference on Industrial Vocational Education and Training (VET) that will be held next Wednesday, 11th of March of 2015 at the Auditorium of the Agbar Tower, Barcelona. The Foundation’s purpose is to promote activities related to the mechanical manufacturing industry and to emphasise the importance of
3rd
3rd
Mar, 2015
Between the 25th and 27th of February, the 16th annual General Assembly of Xarxa FP was held in the Spanish city of Alcoi. Both the Representatives and Mobility Managers of most of the 22 member cities of the network attended the annual meeting, as well as the two Observer city delegations coming from Viborg (Denmark)
2nd
2nd
Mar, 2015
Last 17th and 18th of February, Xarxa FP’s Secretariat General hosted the second Networking Session of Vocational Education Schools of Barcelona and British vocational colleges in the headquarters of the Barcelona Education Institute (IMEB) as a continuation of the last session in October 2014, London. This conference was organised in collaboration with the UKTI in
23rd
23rd
Feb, 2015
Last Friday 20th of February, the “Barcelona orienta” agreement was signed, whose objective is to integrate the vocational orientation as a key element into the political agenda to achieve the goals set in the European Strategy 2020 for education, training and vocational orientation. This event was held in the Hall of Chronicles in the Barcelona
