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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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
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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)
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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
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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
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Dec, 2014
On the occasion of the iMOVE Project, the Secretariat General of XarxaFP is going to attend the presentation of “iMOVE – Making Mobility a reality” which is coordinated by the Local Authorities of the city of Gothenburg (Sweden), where different regional and local models of mobility coordination within Europe in the field of Vocational Education
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Dec, 2014
During the 19th, 20th and 21st of November was held the Startup Event of the innovation project of INNOLAB, with the objective of connecting the private and the public sector, the research and knowledge centres and the citizens to promote collaboration and launch innovative solutions to challenges of today. This project is based on presenting
