Food Routes project aims to strengthen the capacity of the vocational education and training sector to provide a skilled and employable population to meet the needs of the gastronomic sector and the tourism ecosystem in the Maghreb region. The project will be implemented through a three-pronged approach: the first is…
Armenia is going through one of the most turbulent periods of its contemporary history. Major socioeconomic shock and political crisis have impacted all the layers of the society, shattering the social contract, causing big divides and deepening vulnerabilities. In addition, high rate of unemployment -particularly among young people and women-,…
Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) are networks of partners that develop local 'skills ecosystems' to deliver high quality vocational skills to young people and adults and contribute to regional development, innovation, industrial clusters, smart specialisation strategies and social inclusion. Launched in 2022, Care about IT is a European project that…
The project will help prepare students (future workers) for the emerging technological realities in the field of automated systems and robotics for the Industry 5.0 scenario, where collaboration between humans and robots is even greater. Industry is currently witnessing a massive digitisation of mechanical processes and the creation of smart…
The consortium of 3 EU organizations (Noorderpoort- NL; APRO- IT, MasterPeace- NL) and 3 in Cameroon (Hope4Better Future, FAP and Sopisdew) support the relevance, accessibility, and responsiveness of VET institutions and systems as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development using innovative renewable expertise on solar, wind and hydro: The new…
V2V-AL is an Albania country-specific project that aims to increase VET attractiveness and performance through internationalization and mobility, increased responsiveness to labour market needs and skills development, both in IVET and CVET. Despite the key role that VET can play in economic transition, in Albania it remains quite small. V2V-AL…
The project aims at establishing and sharing a common model for skills in Tourism sector in the EU in order to address the skills mismatches and “invest” for the future developments. We are going to establish an effective mechanism where partnering VET Institutions and Tourism Businesses are going to engage…
The specific objective of the project is to reduce skills gap between schools and tourism industry through three results: Improved digital competences of teachers and students; Improved soft skills of students; Improved professional competences of students and professionals. The project will lead to a better quality of VET provision, to…
In order to continue the process of European integration and give the EU a chance for development in the future, it is crucial to work on the involvement of young people and their connection to the EU. The Europeans of Tomorrow (EoT) project aims to bring the EU together with…
It is not easy to get students to gain real-world experience with machines and automation systems, but most technical teachers have many skills and ideas for recreating industrial environments in their labs. The problems are the cost of materials, the space needed to install real systems, and the related difficulties…
The project aims to fill the skills gap of Smart Cities technicians and engineers by planning and testing a vocational education and training program based on an innovative, multidisciplinary curriculum that combines digital skills on Smart Cities enabling technologies with soft, entrepreneurial and green skills. The expected outcomes of the…
Due to the situation related to COVID-19, vocational training providers have faced a great challenge. The need to provide online and distance learning opportunities has increased. At the same time, teachers lack the skills and capacity to deliver quality online lessons, and they need training and new tools, especially a…
Module it! Digital Teaching for VET is an European project coordinated by the VET provider Apro Formazione (Italy), together with Noorderpoort (The Netherlands), SEDU (Finland) and Faculté des Métiers - École Hôtelière de Cannes (France). Module it! Digital Teaching for VET project aims to improve digital skills of teachers and…
VET to VET pilot European project funded by the European Union - of which Apro Formazione is the leader - aims to improve the innovation, modernization and internationalization of VET schools in the Western Balkans. The partnership consists of ten VET schools, five within the European Union (Italy, Netherlands, Finland,…
Association of Swedish Engineering Industries has highlighted the need to regenerate the workforce within the industrial branch: in a couple of years many workers retire and there will be a great demand for young workers. VET schools must therefore adapt student training to meet the needs of industry. Well-prepared apprentices…
Digital Transformation in Advanced Manufacturing (DTAM) is a European project, part of the Sector Skills Alliance 2020, which aims to create a professional training program to provide technicians from all over Europe with the necessary skills to implement and manage the digital technologies within production lines, and to facilitate the…
The INCOBOTICS - Ready for Industry 5.0 project unites four EU partners from France, Italy, Greece and Spain in the development of innovative didactic materials in cobotics. The integration of cobots (collaborative robots) into the industrial and business sectors of the EU which will work side by side with their…
Entrepreneurship education has been included in education for many years, at all levels of education. In some countries, such as Finland, innovative forms of entrepreneurship education are being piloted, such as simulated companies run by students with the support of their teachers. Sustainability, an issue that is increasingly necessary to…
The project sets up, tests and releases an usable, comprehensive, user-friendly and innovative digital tool used by apprentices, in-company and school tutors and employers to set up, monitor and evaluate the apprentices’ learning progress and the tasks made by them at school and in the companies. The transnational dimension of…
The CLI.C.K FOR SCHOOLS Project (Climate Change Kit for Secondary Schools) is based on a Euro-Mediterranean Partnership of 5 countries (France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Croatia), including organisations active in the field of environmental education and secondary schools that include climate change education in their curricula. The project develops a set…
The E-TRAINERS project improves the skills of trainers and teachers through free online training courses that are easy to learn and apply. The courses, created by European teachers, are composed of short modules to allow teachers to follow them during the working day. At the end of the courses a…
The project IMPACT, funded by Interreg V-A France-Italy (ALCOTRA) and promoted by Apro Formazione of Alba and the Faculté des Métiers & Ecole Hôtelière of Cannes, develops a binational educational path in the hospitality & tourism sector, using innovative and digital training methods, the mobility of students and teachers, a…
The LAIT 4.0 project allows Apro Formazione to develop its concept of professional training 4.0 in collaboration with partners from Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Lithuania. The industrial revolution 4.0 must be understood by schools and integrated into the educational offer. The LAIT 4.0 project aims to: 1)…
The project OPENIN aims at training future employees of the industrial sector, trainers of VET and Higher Education Institutions, and companies staff on free open source hardware and software for designing automated systems. Apro Formazione develops, in cooperation with partners from Spain, Portugal and Greece, two training courses: OPENIN Course…
Four partner VET schools from Italy, Spain, Denmark and Sweden produced an online CBT based course in pneumatics for upper secondary students. The project produced a standardized course that can be used all over Europe. Pneumatics is a suitable field of knowledge for this kind of project since it isn't…
The project aims at improving the quality of training courses in industrial automation, using the ECVET system, in order to achieve a European standard level of education provided by the partners. The project partners have developed an international industrial automation course that has been developed in Italy, Sweden and Denmark…
The goal of the project is to support vocational training teachers and coordinators of mobility projects through the provision of tools to facilitate their work. The partners aim at ensuring the quality of mobility and to contribute to the processes of validation and recognition of competences developed by the participants,…
The project started in 2010 as a Leonardo da Vinci partnership of eight schools that work on guidance and vocational training of young people in Italy, Finland, France, Greece, Romania, Poland, Turkey. The goal of the "Co Building a Good Guidance" project is to stimulate the motivation and involvement of…
The TimeWell project has transferred the innovative courses of Leonardo da Vinci pilot projects VITAL and APRO in vocational education, increasing the quality of teacher training. The partnership consisted of seven educational institutions and vocational training: Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Scotland, Slovenia, Hungary. The project aimed to implement the…
The project "English Education Despite All The Negativity" was developed from 2012 to 2014. APRO worked with Spanish, English, Turkish, Slovak and Lithuanian training agencies in order to improve English teaching to adults through the sharing of good practices and the creation of new teaching methods. The blog of the…
APRO has participated in the project "POLO D’ECCELLENZA EDUCAZIONE E FORMAZIONE – PEEF" coordinated by the Piedmont Region. The project has contributed to the construction of an identity and a European citizenship among young people thanks to initiatives of mobility, exchange, encounter and discovery of the other, developing a sense…
