March 27, 2025
From March 4 to 6, 2025, the 1st Vocational High School (EPAL) of Patras took part in the Xarxa FP General Assembly in Espoo, Finland, marking a significant milestone for Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the region. Representing a consortium of vocational schools in Patras, in collaboration with the Directorate of Secondary Education of
June 5, 2024
Last month students from Alcoi, Madrid and Barcelona participated in Basic VET Project: internships in Europe. Students from several sectors as mechanics, hairdressing, electricity, administration, IT…had an opportunity to be abroad for 15 days doing an internship program in companies and VET schools in Vejle, Munich and Toulouse. This experience was enriching for them as
June 5, 2024
Last May 21, the 25th anniversary of the FP CAT System was celebrated for good practices in the field of Vocational Educational Trainning. Xarxa FP won one of the awards for 25 years of promoting the internationalization of professional training. In the event there were many of the reference entities of the sector and the
June 1, 2023
Last month students from Alcoi, Madrid and Barcelona participated in Basic VET Project: internships in Europe. Students from several sectors as mechanics, hairdressing, electricity, administration, IT…had an opportunity to be abroad for 15 days doing an internship program in companies and VET schools in Lisboa, Munich and Toulouse. This experience was enriching for them as
June 14, 2022
Last 13th of June, we held the closing act of the Basic VET Project: Internships in Europe at Barcelona City Council. The aim of the project was to improve the employability and to avoid the disassociation of the educational system of young Basic VET students. It included a 3 group mobility of 15 days, for
January 15, 2018
In 2018, the Commission will make comprehensive proposals for the next generation of financial programmes for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which is the EU’s long–term budget. The next MFF will run from 2021 to 2027. In this context, the European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather the views of stakeholders on
July 11, 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
July 4, 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
May 5, 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
February 28, 2017
The 1st edition of Xarxa FP Mobility Impact Study was launched last 15th of February in Barcelona. Mr Jordi Castillo, Secretary General of Xarxa FP, presented the highlights of the study which analyses the effects of mobility on the employability, career prospects and competences of Xarxa FP students that did an internship abroad between 2012
