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February 4, 2021 | by admin | News
The 2nd transnational project meeting of the Port VET Hub project took place online. Last 27th of January, all project participants from the 5 project partner organisations of Barcelona (ES), Lisbon (PT), Ventspils (LV) and Constanta (RO) took part in the meeting to take stock of the project implementation and work towards future activities. The […]
Tags: Barcelona, Constanta, Erasmus KA2, Lisbon, Port VET Hub, skills, Ventspils, Xarxa FP
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March 5, 2019 | by admin | News
The second edition of Xarxa FP Mobility Impact Study was launched last 5th of February in Barcelona during the XX years celebration of the Association. “This study constitutes our most precious output, as it shows the real added value that our work has in the life of our students, showing the benefits that mobility has […]
Tags: Barcelona, employability, Erasmus Plus, Erasmus+, gender, internship, Jordi Castillo, key competences, skills, transversal competences, VET learners, VET mobility, VET students, Xarxa FP 20th Anniversary, Xarxa FP Mobility Impact Study, youth unemployment
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August 21, 2017 | by admin | News
The European Commission has opened two calls for applications to award excellence in Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers and SMEs. The Innovative VET provider Award aims to identify a European provider of Vocational Education and Training (VET) that has contributed to VET excellence through innovative practices. The European VET provider must showcase innovation and inspire other VET […]
Tags: European Commission, European Vocational Skills Week, learning, skills, training, VET, VET mobility, vocational education and training, Xarxa FP
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February 28, 2017 | by admin | News
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 […]
Tags: CEDEFOP, employability, European Commission, gender, internship, Italy, IVET, key competences, labour market, Miquel Àngel Essomba, mobility, OECD, skills, Spain, students, transversal competences, unemployment, VET, vocational education and training, Xarxa FP, Xarxa FP Mobility Impact Study
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October 27, 2016 | by admin | News
Last 20-21 October Xarxa FP participated at the European Education, Training and Youth Forum 2016, which took place in Brussels and gathered more than 300 key stakeholders, including national, regional and other public authorities, educational institutions and learning providers, student and youth organisations, civil society organisations, social partner organisations and business. This year’s Forum focused […]
Tags: Brussels, EU, EUSkillsAgenda, key competences, lifelong learning, New Skills Agenda for Europe, skills, Xarxa FP
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July 26, 2016 | by admin | News
This first European Vocational Skills Week will take place from 5 to 9 December 2016 with events in Brussels and parallel activities in Member States at national, regional and local levels. The aim of the Week is to improve the attractiveness and image of vocational education and training by showcasing excellence and quality and to raise awareness of the wide range […]
Tags: Brussels, Europe, European Vocational Skills Week, skills, VET, Xarxa FP
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June 10, 2016 | by admin | News
The European Commission has adopted today a new Skills Agenda for Europe. The agenda aims to ensure that people develop a broad set of skills from early on in life for the jobs of today and tomorrow. This task is essential to boost employability, competitiveness and growth across the EU. Today’s New Skills Agenda for Europe calls on EU countries and […]
Tags: education, EQF, EU, Europass, Europe, European Commission, EUSkillsAgenda, key competences, skills, VET, Xarxa FP
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April 5, 2016 | by Editor | News
Several studies have shown the value of international traineeships, increasing young vocational training graduates’ employability and improving their professional, linguistic and personal skills. In Barcelona, for instance, 80.6% of vocational training graduates who have done international work placements access the labour market in less than 12 months after finishing their studies. In this article (available […]
Tags: Barcelona, employability, Fundació BCN Formació Professional, skills, students, traineeship, VET, Xarxa FP
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