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Subcommittee on follow-up-FP Dual Barcelona City Council

On January 20, 2025 at 10 am, at the headquarters of the Consorci d’Educació de Barcelona, we participated in the first meeting of the Subcommittee for the monitoring of the FP Dual project in the Barcelona City Council.  

This subcommittee is convened quarterly and is the space for monitoring, planning and incorporation of elements to improve the project.  It is made up of representatives from the Barcelona Education Consortium, the Department of Education and Vocational Training of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the People Management, Organization and Electronic Administration of the Barcelona City Council and the BCN Vocational Training Foundation.

Likewise, in the same, the meeting of the annual monitoring commission was set, with centers and municipal dependencies, on February 27, 2025 where we will start the Dual FP project in the Barcelona City Council, academic year 2025-2026.

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Iker’s Erasmus experience in Munich

The student Íker de Neira tells us about his international stay of Erasmus of medium degree of 3 months in the city of Munich in the company Hilti.

“My Erasmus+ experience in Munich was incredibly enriching both professionally and personally. I worked at Hilti in the R&D area of industrial chemistry, which allowed me to learn a lot about rheology and polymers, as well as applying my knowledge in a real and demanding environment. Despite being in a German-speaking country, the language barrier was never a problem, as Germans have an excellent level of English, which made it very easy for me to adapt.

During my stay, I also had the opportunity to immerse myself in Bavarian culture and learn about the history of Germany, something that fascinated me, even learning about art from all over the world going to museums practically every Sunday. I made numerous trips around Munich and its surroundings, exploring the region, and enjoyed a longer trip to Berlin, where I could learn in depth the history and dynamism of the capital. This experience not only helped me grow professionally, but also broadened my vision of the world and left me unforgettable memories.”

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New ARA FP podcast: The second season begins with important news for Vocational Training

We arrive at the end of 2024 with good news and you can hear the first chapter of the second season, dedicated to the most outstanding changes in the FP system after the new law. What are the advantages of this reform? What opportunities are presented for companies, students and schools? In this episode, all these questions will be answered and the key aspects of this new stage for Vocational Training will be discovered. Don’t miss this new episode, that these changes are coming!!

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SEPIE invites the Annual Erasmus+ Dissemination Day at the Teatro Real in Madrid

The Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE), an organization that acts as a National Agency of the Erasmus+ program, has announced the celebration of its Annual Erasmus+ Information Day. Call launch 2025 – Vocational Training”, to be held on 18 December 2024.

In this day, the main novelties of the Erasmus+ call for 2025 will be presented. In this edition, representatives of the Bcn FP Foundation and the FP Network will participate.

The conference will feature the participation of relevant speakers and successful experiences of institutions that have implemented Erasmus+ in their educational programs will be shared, with the aim of promoting common European values through education and training.

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Visit to EcoHub Barcelona

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024 we visited Ecohub a center for technological innovation in bioconstruction and landscaping in Cabrera de Mar. Created by professionals and companies that advise for the development of projects related to solar energy, home automation, modular construction, biopiscines, gardens, etc.

Its mission as a center of innovation is to provide solutions in technology and constructive ecology to improve the quality of life of people and coexistence with nature.

This hub participates this year in the Metropolis FP Lab formulating a challenge for the students and in this meeting we were able to establish synergies and future lines of collaboration, within the framework of the FP & Constucció 4.0 Sectoral Table, and other projects that we promote from the Foundation to connect companies with the professional training centers of Bcn and AMB.

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First Round Table on International Mobility at the Miquel Biada Institute

Last Wednesday, November 19, the European Projects and International Relations Area participated in the first round table on international mobility organized by the Miquel Biada Institute in Mataró.

During the day, it was possible to talk about the different international mobility projects and counted on the collaboration of the teachers who participated in the training stays managed by the Foundation on Advanced Intelligence in Germany and Sustainability and Environment in Sweden with the aim of promoting international mobility in Vocational Training for teachers through the Erasmus program.

This Round Table is a very good example of the dissemination made by the participating centers of international projects on how the impact of them is positive, not only in the direct participants, but at the level of the whole center.

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Presentation of the International projects at the Mobility coordinators meeting

On November 6th, the annual meeting of mobility coordinators took place to share the evaluation of international projects carried out during 2024 and explain the novelties of 2025.

This meeting kicks off the new Erasmus calls that will allow students, recent graduates, teachers and management teams from Barcelona, Àrea Metropolitana and Mataró to carry out training stays in different cities around the world. 

Thank you all for participating for another year!

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The Mayor of Barcelona receives the first Erasmus exchange between second opportunity schools coordinated by the Foundation.

From the Foundation together with Xarxa FP we coordinate the first Erasmus exchange of the School of Second Opportunities of Barcelona. The mayor of Barcelona Jaume Collboni, last Thursday received a group of students from the FGU Trekanten center in Vejle, Denmark, who participate throughout this week in the first international Erasmus exchange between second chance schools. The students of this Danish center share experiences and coexist from last November 18 and until the 21st with the students of the Municipal School of Second Opportunities (EM2O). The next exchange will take place in the Danish city of Vejle where EM2O students will travel between 16 and 26 March.

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We coordinate a new project within the Alma Catalunya program

The BCN FP Foundation coordinates a new project within the Alma Catalunya program, a project aimed at the most disadvantaged people who have difficulties accessing work or training for individual or structural reasons.
Its objective is to empower them when integrating into the labor market, in the system
education or in society.

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