Agricultural Practice and Practical Learning in Europe – APPLE

This project aimed to improve the adaptability of young people, increase their autonomy and ability to acquire professional skills, increase their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship skills, experiment themselves in new contexts in order to bring out their potentiality and ability, encouraging the learning. Furthermore, the project aimed to develop the skills of the teachers and the staff of the partners in the Consortia in regards to improving the effect and efficiency of the practical placements of the Students at the partner schools and companies, using the evaluation and quality assurance methods for the students’ training.

The number of students involved in this project were 20, as well as 5 teachers from 5 agricultural VET schools from Macedonia.

FACE together with the host partners prepared special programs with each partner organization. The programs were designed to ensure that both theoretical part and practical part were covered. The mobility took place in Portugal (near Braga) for the first group and in Sicily, Italy (near Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto) for the second group. The mobilities took place in first half of 2017.

Results and impact:

– 20 VET students with improved adaptability, increased autonomy and ability to acquire professional skills, increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship skills;

– 6 Teachers/Staff from the Partner Schools with improved skills and competences in regards to the practical placements of the Students at the partner schools and companies, using the evaluation and quality assurance methods acquired for the students’ training.

Longer term benefits: An increase in mobility contributes to promoting and sustaining understanding and respect among EU citizens and would contribute at a later stage to greater worker mobility at European level.

Read more at https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2016-1-MK01-KA102-021492