Leonardo da Vinci actions - Mobility for People in the Labour Market
Objectives and description of the action
The action aims at the support of transnational mobility of workers, selfemployed or people available for employment (including graduates) undergoing a training period abroad in a vocational training context.The general objectives of this mobility action within Leonardo da Vinci sectoral programme are:
- To support participants in training and further training activities in the acquisition and the use of knowledge, skills and qualifications to facilitate personal development, employability and participation in the European Labour Market.
- To enhance the attractiveness of vocational education and training and mobility for individuals and to facilitate the mobility of working trainees and to facilitate the mobility of working trainees.
A transnational mobility for People in the Labour Market consists in a training placement for a period of vocational training and/or work experience undertaken by an individual participant in an enterprise or a training institution in another participating country. In case the training placement is done in a training institution, the link to the practical experience and to the training needs of the participant shall be clearly defined.
Individual participants will receive their grants within a mobility project organised by a coordinating organisation. They cannot directly apply for a grant to National Agencies.
Within the project, co-operation will exists between the sending institution and the host organisations, such as training institutions, VET schools or enterprises. Their respective roles and involvement in the different steps for implementation of the mobility activities have to be clearly defined, especially in case intermediary organisations are participating. Their quality can be assessed on the basis of past performance and the satisfaction of the beneficiary and participants in previous projects.
Applications are submitted to the National Agency of the sending country (country of the applicant organisation) and can only cover outgoing mobility, i.e. individual participants residing and/or enrolled and/or employed in the country of application moving to another participating country.
The beneficiary of the project grant, generally the coordinating institution, will have to ensure that the partners of this co-operation, including the intermediaries, meet the principles contained in the Quality Commitment :
- Clear description of objectives, content and duration of the training period abroad
- Clear match between the training needs of the individual beneficiary reflected against his professional background and the content of the placement (traineeship)
- Individual, linguistic and cultural preparation of the individual beneficiaries is ensured
- Pedagogical monitoring of the individual beneficiaries is ensured (tutoring and mentoring in cooperation between sending and host organisation, follow-up of learning agreement)
- Validation of the competences acquired by the individual beneficiary and assessment of the general outcome within the specific vocational training field (use of Europass Mobility on request, use of ECVET, when applicable)
- Logistic support to individual beneficiary (travel, accommodation, host organisation)
- Dissemination activities are foreseen
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