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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Dec, 2014
On the basis of schematic diagrams, EACEA illustrates the mainstream educational programmes considered to be the most representative in each country from pre-primary to tertiary level for the academic year 2014/2015. Forty-four education systems are included covering 36 countries. The diagrams provide terms in the official national language(s) of the countries. The online version of
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Nov, 2014
Last 17th of November, in the Hostelry and Tourism School of Barcelona (Instituto Escuela de Hostelería y Turismo de Barcelona – INS EHTB) was held a Seminar on Vocational Education Training in the field of the food sector with the aim of spreading the possibilities offered to train the experts of related companies and consolidating
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Nov, 2014
The closing session of the Reconfirm Project will be held next 18th of November of 2014 (Regional Consortia for Internship Mobility) at the University of Antwerp. This event offers information related to mobility training (traineeships after graduation), which are considered a more and more efficient way to building relevant competences for students and recent graduates.
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Oct, 2014
Last 23rd and 24th of October, a delegation of VET institutions in Catalonia and Madrid, accompanied by members of the Secretariat General of XARXA FP and the British Embassy in Spain, met up with Technical and Vocational Education and Training UK (TVET UK). The visit was coordinated by UK Trade & Investment in Barcelona and
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Sep, 2014
The General Assembly that was recently held in Alcoi (Spain) represented by the city members, has unanimously aproved the incorporation of two new cities to the Association of Xarxa FP: Viborg (Denmark) and Zwolle (The Netherlands) Welcome to Xarxa FP! For more information on the new cities, please click on the Members’ section.
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Sep, 2014
Last 15th of September a Delegation from Xarxa FP Berlin visited the Secretariat General as part of their project “Care and Guidance Systems in Vocational Education and Training Project” or CARE4VET. The project’s aim is to offer tools to VET professionals about career orientation, in-class prevention of violence, crisis intervention and early school leaving, as
