Coordinator

EPROMAT (PORTUGAL)

EPROMAT offers vocational courses for youngsters in several areas like Multimedia, IT Programming and IT Net Management. As we are a vocational school in all of our courses, students have a training period in real companies. EPROMAT students have an opportunity to improve and acquire new knowledge s and skills giving them the chance to

contact with new forms of work organization as well as to broaden their professional, personal and cultural horizons. EPROMAT is a private school, located in the city of Matosinhos, in the north of Portugal and in the northeast of

the Iberian Peninsula, on the right side of Douro River. Land of fishermen and farmers, it remained untouchable from the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Salvador de Matosinhos, a Parish of Matosinhos municipality, was the

stage of the major urban development of Greater Porto (Grande Porto). A development that was mostly accompanied by the construction of the Port of Leix es and consequent industrial concentration in several areas, such as food, mechanical engineering, construction, shipbuilding, petrochemical, manufacturing and derivatives, preserved fish, bread, edible oil, among others. This approach to the Oporto city and its interconnections, mainly economic, contributed to this progress. Its connection to the sea, today more important for its commercial Port of Leix es and its beaches than for its fishing is the basis of its structure. In recent years, a new phase of transformation of the municipality has appeared, with the creation of important infrastructures to support the development of the region.

EPROMAT, during this school year 2022/2023, has 17 classes with a total of 300 students. This school intends to improve the quality not only in the teaching aspects but also to provide a better school for our students. To achieve a high level of teaching/learning quality , International projects are one of the priorities of this school, giving students an opportunity to: - apply, by doing, the knowledge and the skills acquired during their vocational courses; - know other habits, customs and behaviors of European colleagues, schools and companies. - develop a critical spirit, the sense of responsibility, cooperation and autonomy in carrying out the tasks entrusted to them, stimulating creativity and conflict resolution.

EPROMAT is 29 years of existence as a vocational school. For the past years, the School Board decided to develop a strategy by offering not only vocational courses but also other type of courses adapting to the local and regional educational

needs. In 2021 EPROMAT has achieved the VET Mobility Charter, won the European Language label in the same year with our project “EPROCRUZEIROS” which aims to receive the tourist giving them information about Oporto and Matosinhos cities at the Cruise Terminal. Since 2020, EPROMAT is implementing the application for the EQAVET and won the EQAVET – Quality label.

https://epromat.pt/

Partner

Polytechnic of Guarda- IPG (PORTUGAL)

The IPG, founded in 1980, is an HEI oriented to student formation, research and investigation activities, services to the community and cultural, scientific and technical exchange. The Polytechnic Institute of Guarda has four schools and UDI. Currently, this institution has about 4000 students and over 200 teachers. IPG is very active in international programs and has been participating in or coordinating several KA2 projects (TEMPUS + ERASMUS+). At present, IPG has many agreements, cooperation and projects in the framework of Erasmus +, Tempus, and and International Credit Mobility with institutions from all over Europe and other countries outside Europe. IPG is experienced in international collaboration in developing training programs for partner countries (e.g. Turkey and the Ukraine). Had finished the coordination of an ERASMUS+ KA2 project -Teaching and Learning in Special Education with ICT (TELESEICT 2016-2019) www.teleseict.com. It has, or is, participating in many other European and KA2 projects, a partial list of these programs included: TEMPUS SEHUD (Ukraine); a number of programs emphasizing inclusive education in different countries: IPERASMUS IP-Teachwise 2 (Teacher Education for Working with Inclusive Education in School), Federicia, Denmark http://www.teachwise.liepu.lv/index.php?lang=home2010; IP-Teachwise 3 (Teacher Education for Working with Inclusive Education in School), IPG, Portugal; IP-Intimets 3 (Integrative Teaching in Multicultural Environment for Teacher Students), Sakarya, Turkey; IP-IES 1 and II (Intercultural Education for Sustainability), IPG, Portugal www.ipg.pt/ies2012; IP-USDEC I and II (Using Schools for Developing European Citizenship), Sakarya, Turkey; IP-DESI I and III (Developing Effective Schools for Inclusion), Sakarya, Turkey http://www.desi.sakarya.edu.tr/2014.

PARTNER

Galway and Roscommon Education & Training Board (IRELAND)

GTI is one of the leading colleges of Further Education in Ireland, providing QQI Level 5 & 6 courses to over 1,100 learners annually. At GTI, courses are designed to be of immediate and practical use in the workplace or as a stepping stone to further study and higher qualifications. Everything our students learn will be valuable to them throughout their lives. Our Applied Learning approach is designed to enable students learn more effectively in real-life situations. Applied Learning provides our students with learning experiences that involve solving problems that are based on real-life situations. Examples include, learning the role of a sound engineer, in GTI's state of the art sound recording studio, or working as a Beauty Therapist in GTI’s Poise Salon. Each department has its own unique real-life, real-time production/event/project. By bringing the real world into the classroom and the classroom into the real world, Applied Learning has become the most effective and exciting way to learn the key skills required for the 21st Century. GTI’s underlying philosophy is about learning together. This is centred on learner activity, collaborative learning and critically, learning to learn. Facilities at GTI include recording studios, dog grooming studio, creative digital media laboratories, hairdressing and beauty salons, wood workshops, fashion studios plus a wide range of specialist IT facilities. Our European Links provide work placements abroad for over 90 GTI students annually. Students currently travel to Poland, Portugal, Finland, Malta, Spain and Turkey. These placements are fully funded and afford students the opportunity to gain valuable work related training in institutions and enterprises throughout Europe. 

Mission

GTI’s mission is to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies of our learners by designing programmes that are innovative and of high quality and to deliver the programmes in a learning environment that reflects the complexity and challenge of a changing world.

PARTNER

Gölcük Şehit Volkan Tantürk Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi (TURKEY)

There are 826 formal and 232 non-formal, totally 1058 students, 107 teachers, 1 school principal,6 managers, 3 officers, 3 assistant staffs in our school. 30 classrooms, 4 laboratories for Information Technologies Department, 8 laborataries for Electric-electronic Technologies Department, 4 workplaces for Marine Enginnering Management Department, 4 laboratories for Marine Transportation Management, 6 laboratories for Ship building Department, 5 laboratories for Metal Technologies Department, 8 laboratories Machine Technologies Department, 5 laboratories for Furniture and interior design Technologies

Department take place in our school. Each field is active as vocational distance education high school also, our school provide vocational training for private sector as UME centre and it provides Net proficiency training for students and traniees as CISCO Networking Academy. Our school is the only school that has Shipbuilding Department in this regian. Gölcük shipyard linked to Gölcük Fleet Command choose a big part of its workers from our school. Many students that we send to the companies have their internship in the shipyards in Gölcük area. All graduates are awarded with Europass showing their education outputs in the

department they study. In the Department of Marine Transportation Management ,existing in the structure of our school, Bridge Liquided Cargo handling Simulator, electronic air Simulator, life saving appliances platform, fire training Simulator exist. Moreover , our institution is the only school that is able to supply 32 different theoratical and practical education and certificate (like; life saving appliances, personal survival techniques at sea, ınternational ship and port security, advanced fire training , engine resources management, engine watch keeping certificate, elementary first aid, personal safety and social responsibility, automatic radar plotting aid certificate(ARPA) deck watch keeping certificate, bridge resources management Electronic chart displaying information system –ECDIS- trainings) in the departments of marine engineering and management and department of marine transportation management. Our school is labelled with 2019 Erasmus + Vocational Education Student and Personal Mobility Acreditation certificate(VET Mobility Charter) by Turkish National Agency which means we have proved that we meet the general standarts of quality in EU Education and Youth programmes

PARTNER

Instituto Especifico de Formación Profesional Superior Miguel Altuna (SPAIN)

Miguel Altuna LHII is a Public Higher Specific Vocational Training Centre located in the city of Bergara. We offer training that creates qualified professionals, intensive training that will enhance and develop students' talent based on the personal development of students. We are constantly adapting our participatory methodology in order to assimilate current leading and updated knowledge. Being a social agent at a regional level, we aim to fulfill our commitments to society as well as the nearby companies, using all the resources available to this end. Its activities also involve continuous training of active workers and also training for unemployed people. It is training in mechanics, electronic/electricity, administration and business and maintenance of industrial equipment with more than 800 students. Miguel Altuna is very active as for international projects. It has several projects running at the moment, such as LCAMP (2022-2026), the recently completed ADMIC Assessing Digital Maturity in colleges (2021-2023), and  DigitalVET (2021-2023). At present, there are about 100 employees all in all, teachers, administratives and maintenance personnel working in the center.

The studies carried out in MA include:

A) Mechanical manufacturing

i) Cold forging technologies

ii) Production Management in Mechanical Manufacturing

iii) Design in Mechanical Manufacturing

iv) Industrial Mechatronics

B) Electricity

i) Industrial Automation and Robotics,

ii) Electrical and Automatic Installations

C) Administration and Finances

Public and private institutions and local companies collaborate closely on a number of issues seeking county development and boosting the rise of employability.

https://www.maltuna.eus/

PARTNER

LudusXR Apps (DENMARK)

LudusXR is a games and software development company, originating as a spin-off from the now discontinued Resource Center for Integration (VIFIN E10167259) a public municipal organization in Denmark, which has been responsible for coordinating, developing and running EU projects since 2002. LudusXR has been founded by Thomas K. Hansen and Rene Bigum, Chief technical innovators and developers at VIFIN, having ideated, developed and coordinated a long line of technical projects including 3D learning games, Virtual Reality experiences, app development and websites, brochures, folders, etc.

PARTNER

Limon Teknoloji Yazılım ve Donanım Tic.Ltd.Şti. (TURKEY)

Limon Teknoloji, as the Silver Solution Partner of Nebim Software, which produces solutions in the business processes of institutions with its applications in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in sectors that appeal to the end consumer such as textile and production with its experience and knowledge, with more than 20 employees, with its expert staff aware of the value of service. We continue to serve our valued customers by keeping customer satisfaction at the highest level. At the same time, with its strong software team, it develops software that can work in web and mobile environments such as Business to Business (B2B), e-commerce, e-invoice. The company provides services throughout Turkey with CEO Eray Şimşek, CTO Ahmet Usta, 3 customer services, 3 technical service personnel, 2 business analysts and 10 software developers. Project evaluation and analysis are made, project decision criteria are classified, and application methods suitable for the company are selected. Implementing innovative applications that add value to projects, and providing special project service and production solutions are among our primary goals.