European Quality Assurance in Transnational VET Mobility through Socially Responsible Behaviour
Erasmus+ KA2 – Strategic Partnership in VET
2017-1-UK01-KA202-036666
292.783,00 €
10/2017 - 09/2019 (24 months)
United Kingdom, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Portugal
StayMobil
Transnational mobility has over the last decade become a household byword in VET policy discussions not only in the EC context but also at national and regional policy levels. Nowadays, being increasingly employed as a pedagogical tool in formal and non-formal contexts, issues of quality in mobility become a pressing concern. Although considered quite important it is very difficult to pin down precisely what good quality in mobility actually means. Here comes the correlation between quality and quantity: the more is known about quality and how to achieve it, the more confident and effective organizations can be in their efforts to reach out and offer mobility experience as a meaningful opportunity for strengthening future employability and personal development.
According to EC Mobility Scoreboard which monitors progress in IVET mobility based on 10 key action areas, the average EU performance for 2016 in terms of ensuring mobility quality is considered unsatisfactory. As regards partners, only Lithuania and Italy performed very well in mobility quality, followed by Germany and UK classified as performing well, and last in the ranking are Bulgaria and Portugal with no data provided. Given this conceptual problem and relying on EP Resolution of 12 Apr 2016 on Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in VET, the STAYMOBIL concept was prompted by the importance of:
- a common European education are grounded in a strong mobility component for developing a stronger European identity and enhanced citizenship
- improving VET mobility programmes so as to deliver added value for all participants as regards qualifications, recognition and content
- improving social responsibility (SR) skills as part of mobility learning outcomes.
Objectives of the project
STAYMOBIL project sets the overall aim to improve quality assurance in transnational VET mobility through socially responsible behaviour of all VET mobility actors, thus promoting and further developing quality in mobility and sustaining learning outcomes.
Specific objectives:
- to provide mobility organizers with an innovative framework to assess, monitor and promote QA and sustainability at all stages of VET mobility
- to foster mobility organizers to verify and continuously improve the quality of mobility activities through the development of a new to date practical approach for self-audit
- to enhance applicability and facilitate transferability of the project’s innovative approach through the provision of a set of recommendations, strategies and good implementation practices
- to enable mobile users to assess their SR performance as an essential part of learning outcomes, thus increasing broad awareness of good ethical and socially impeccable behaviour during mobility.
Expected Results
- Online Practice Kit
- Improved quality of activities provided at all mobility stages
- A Guidance Manual for Implementation, Evaluation and Review
- Web-based Self-Audit Tool
- Progress Portfolio
Project Activities
- IO1 – Reference Framework for Sustainable Transnational VET Mobility setting up a series of quality indicators to assess, monitor and promote QA and sustainability at all mobility stages
- IO2 – Practice Kit aims to verify, assess and improve the quality of activities provided at all mobility stages based on the O1 quality indicators matrix. It will comprise Guidance Manual for Implementation, Evaluation and Review, a Web-based Self-Audit Tool and Progress Portfolio.
- IO3 – Recommendations Booklet providing guidelines for applying and facilitating transferability of O1&O2 outside project consortium. It will comprise Good Practices Dossier; Strategy Cards for Successful Employment of O1&O2 and a Tips Packet for Enhancing Transferability.
- IO4 – Performance Skillbox serves to raise awareness, evaluate and enhance mobility users’ level of SR before and after mobility as an essential part of learning outcomes.
