International Agency REPORT

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2011

International Agency

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PREFACE

It gives me great pleasure to present the International Agency’s 2011 annual report, which describes and explains the activities and results of the programmes implemented by the Agency. The Agency chose a distinct identity in 2011, and that is why the present annual report has a new look.

The management of European funding is important, but we do not consider it a goal in itself. Our aim in the various programmes that we implement is to forge a link between policymaking and practice in European vocational education, and between forward-looking European policy and a national policy of benefit to us in the Netherlands.

Since 2007, more than 30,000 Dutch participants and 300 Dutch organisations have engaged in peer-learning as a means of exploring new opportunities in Europe, cooperated at inter-national level, carried out real-life experiments, or gained experience abroad.

In addition to activities based on the primary process, there were also a number of highlights in 2011 that we would like to emphasise.

• The Sectors and Skills Seminar: a thematic network action and major milestone that took place in Budapest. It related cooperation in economic sectors to vocational education. • The Youth on the Move Campaign, one of the showpieces of the Europe 2020 Agenda,

which came to The Hague. HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands made the acquaintance of Mobi, the mascot for European mobility, at this event.

• An evaluation of EQAVET, quality assurance in secondary vocational education, in the Netherlands. The main themes for the coming years were identified at the QualityTIME event.

• Expansion of the Europass portfolio.

• Further work on the Quality and Impact Scan, which led to a digital 2.0 version that will carve out a place for international mobility at educational institutions.

• Educational experts and policy officials who came to the Netherlands on a Study Visit or who took part in a Study Visit elsewhere in Europe.

• A well-attended Inspiration and Dissemination Event, organised by the National Agency LLP. • The first network meeting of the National Coordination Point ECVET.

• Successful participation in WorldSkills and the related world conference.

• Unique cooperation with students at the seminar Professionalization of teachers in relation to quality assurance, where more than 80 participants from 22 European countries worked together to produce new project proposals.

• Our explanation of the “Dutch Approach” at the European Employment Forum, i.e. cooperation between government, business and education at national and regional level to ensure effective vocational education.

• Enhancing opportunities for self-management of individual careers, the main theme of the Euroguidance conference Sustainable self-management of life and career competences.

The European Commission has now announced its plans for the future. In June 2011 it adopted its Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 and in November 2011 it launched its proposal for the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport, Erasmus for All.

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InDEX

Introduction

07

International Agency

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LEonARDo DA VInCI

14

Transnational mobility

18

Transfer of Innovation - ToI

33

Development of Innovation - DoI

39

Partnerships – PS

40

Thematic networks

56

ECVET

58

Training for teachers and staff

60

New skills for new jobs

62

Quality Assurance

64

Social inclusion

66

nAtIonAL CooRDInAtIon PoInt EQAVEt

70

nAtIonAL CooRDInAtIon PoInt ECVEt

80

EuRoguIDAnCE

88

EuRoPEAn LIFELong guIDAnCE PoLICy nEtwoRk (ELgPn)

98

StuDy VISItS

104

EuRoPASS

112

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IntRoDuCtIon

The International Agency links policy and practice through projects and by coordinating European and national policy agendas. The International Agency acts as a change agent. Its work is based on the European policy agenda and makes use of European networks and expertise. Its independent position, which is prescribed by the European and Dutch governments, and its overall perspective give it powerful tools allowing it to anticipate and to work on innovation.

The International Agency manages an annual sum of ten million euros in European funding on behalf of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme. It participates in policymaking in broad, thematic European networks focusing on New Skills for New Jobs, ECVET, quality assurance, teacher competences, and social inclusion. It focuses on the European dimension and on links between the EU and the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands, the International Agency serves as the National Agency for EQAVET and ECVET and participates in the Europass consortium under DUO’s supervision. Its work involves implementing European instruments in the national context of the Netherlands. The International Agency also serves as the Netherlands’ National Resource Centre for Vocational Guidance. These “Euroguidance centres” have been designated in every EU Member State and form a European network focusing on the professional practices of career guidance counsellors. The International Agency is also involved in policymaking in the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network.

The International Agency works with a range of different organisations and experts as an independent body with public duties.

The International Agency is active in all the various themes through its European networks. At national level, it participates and makes use of broad platforms, including the Advisory Group of national parties (ministry, inspectorate, education sector, learners, social partners) such as in EQAVET, or broad informal networks such as in vocational guidance. It also uses the power of peer learning within an international context.

In the sections that follow, you will read more about who we are, what we do, and what progress and results we achieved in the past year in various programmes and European networks.

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“The focus lies on

mutual learning

through exchange”

IntERnAtIonAL

AgEnCy

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IntERnAtIonAL AgEnCy 2011

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT):

Upper row:

Joop Nafzger, Peter Luijten, Eline van der Net, Joyce Tax, Antoine van der Putten, Marina de Bie, Peter van Deursen, Berdine van Oosterhout,

Middle row:

Carolien Hoefsmit, Gerry Spronk, Natasja Buitenhuis, Anne Potters, Ellen Hanselman, Lower row:

Franka van de Wijdeven, Siegfried Willems, Anita van Doorn, Gaby van Vugt.

ChAngES In ouR tEAm

Carolien Hoefsmit joined the Finance Department on 1 September 2011. Berdine van Oosterhout, Master’s degree student in International Relations, spent her traineeship (September to end of December) studying the International Agency’s potential within the network of formal and informal decision-making in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme. Gaby van Vugt took over Marielle Leerintveld’s duties on 1 November 2011.

DIRECTOR Siegfried Willems

(Strategic coordination and policy support)

TEAM MANAGER Marina de Bie FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Anita van Doorn Antoine van der Putten

Carolien Hoefsmit

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT Natasja Buitenhuis

Gaby van Vugt Joyce Tax Franka van de Wijdeven EUROGUIDANCE

Peter van Deursen Peter Luijten Joop Nafzger NCP ECVET Anne Potters Siegfried Willems ELGPN Siegfried Willems Peter van Deursen

Peter Luijten

STUDY VISITS Joop Nafzger

EUROPASS Eline van der Net NCP EQAVET

Ellen Hanselman Eline van der Net Siegfried Willems LEONARDO DA VINCI

Anne Potters Eline van der Net Ellen Hanselman Gerry Spronk Joop Nafzger Marina de Bie Peter Luijten Peter van Deursen

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CommunICAtIon

The International Agency communicates about the activities and progress of the various programmes through a variety of different channels. This year, we launched the new website

www.internationalagency.nl that brings together all the programmes managed by the National Agency. Clicking on Actual in the menu (English version of the website) takes you to a calendar of events, news items and publications related to the various programmes. The links in this portal provide easy access to these programmes. The website also has an RSS feed service so that you automatically receive the latest updates.

newsletters

The International Agency publishes newsletters for the Leonardo da Vinci, NCP EQAVET, NCP ECVET and Euroguidance programmes. You can subscribe to these newsletters via the portal and on the relevant website. This year we started publishing digital newsletters. That means that you can easily post a link to interesting articles on your social media site simply by clicking on the relevant icon. All newsletters are archived on the website of the relevant programme.

Social media

We also report on new developments, activities, results and deadlines on Twitter. The International Agency also has its own Facebook page. Facebook fan pages have been created for the Leonardo da Vinci and Euroguidance programmes. We regularly post articles on these pages.

Video recordings of events carried out under the various programmes are uploaded on International Agency’s own YouTube channel. If you subscribe to the channel, you will be notified automatically whenever a new video is uploaded.

International Agency portal

www.internationalagency.nl Twitteraccount twitter.com/Int_Agentschap Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id= 100002152035898 Fanpage Euroguidance http://www.facebook.com/pages/Euroguidance-the-Netherlands/ 187745434641070?sk=wall

Fanpage Leonardo da Vinci

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leonardo-da-Vinci-Lifelong-Learning-programme/250861678299881?sk=wall

YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/CINOPinternationaal?feature=mhum

International Agency Corporate Brochure (Dutch)

A compact overview of the programmes that the International Agency performs. Each programme informs you about the purpose, audience and activities. In the section “team composition” You can read more about the different roles of team members within these programmes. The brochure is in Dutch and English and is regularly updated on our website www.internationalagency.nl.

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“Leonardo da Vinci is

part of the Lifelong

Learning Programme”

LEonARDo DA VInCI

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Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Iceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey

PARtICIPAtIng CountRIES

LEonARDo DA VInCI PRogRAmmE

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme is part of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), which aims to foster collaboration and mobility in education and training across the European Union. The LLP encompasses the many EU programmes focusing on teaching and learning that are being carried out in every sector of education (2007 – 2013).

overview subsidy

Leonardo da Vinci subsidy in euro. 12.000.000 10.000.000 8.000.000 6.000.000 4.000.000 2.000.000 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Preparatory visits Transfer of innovation Partnerships Mobility

granted projects 2011

IVT PLM VETPro Preparatory ToI Partner-visits ships

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme funds

• international projects for secondary vocational education (both initial training and refresher training, continuing professional development, and retraining);

• the development of instructional materials and methods intended to improve the quality and attractiveness of vocational education across Europe.

Educational institutions, companies, centres of expertise in vocational education, the business community, the authorities, other vocational education bodies and sector-specific organisations can submit an application for funding under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme. Individuals, on the other hand, cannot submit applications directly.

The application procedure and required minimum number of partners varies, depending on the type of project. For detailed information about the application procedure, please see:

• www.leonardodavinci.nl (National Agency for the LLP-Leonardo da Vinci);

• http://ec.europa.eu/llp (European Commission website).

“EUROPEAN LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME FOCUSES ON

EUROPEAN COOPERATION AND MOBILITY IN TRAINING AND

EDUCATION”

LIFELong LEARnIng PRogRAmmE

Central actions

ComEnIuS

Basic and secondary education, teacher training ERASmuS Higher education LEonARDo DA VInCI Vocational education and training gRunDtVIg Adult education Decentral actions tRAnSVERSAL PRogRAmmE

(Across sectors) Europass, Euroguidance, policy development, language learning,

ICT, dissemination

JEAn monnEt PRogRAmmE

Jean Monnet Action, European Institutions, European Associations ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★

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The Leonardo da Vinci Programme offers different types of funding in different project categories. You will read more about this in the sections below.

Each year, the European Commission issues a Call for Proposals indicating the application deadlines for the various project types within the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme. The Call is announced in various journals and on the European Commission’s website.

3.1 tRAnSnAtIonAL mobILIty

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme makes funding available to organisations so that they can give people the opportunity to improve their competences, knowledge and skills by spending a period of training abroad. The focus is on the learning process of the individual who goes on exchange. It is up to the organisation to apply for project funding and to coordinate the preparations and the actual exchange. Funding is not awarded to individuals, in other words.

Owing to an increase in the number of large-scale mobility projects, a rise in the budgets submitted, and the growing number of new organisations submitting project proposals, the demand for funding exceeded the budget for mobility by more than EUR 6 million. The overall budget was increased by EUR 290,000 (3%). The available funding for the 2011 Call for Proposals for Mobility was EUR 6,584,000, excluding Preparatory Visits (EUR 50,000).

Approved projects mobility

2007 2008 2009

IVT large IVT small CFM PLM VETPro Preparatory visits

For many years now, the NA LLP Leonardo da Vinci has made quality and quantity its priorities in implementing the Mobility action line. It works to balance these two priorities both in policymaking and in advising applicants.

From the 2010 Call for Proposals onward, the European Commission has made it a rule that one-off funding may be awarded to learners and teachers/staff for each project type under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme. This allows as many learners and teachers as possible to use Leonardo da Vinci funding to support their studies or work.

Project types of transnational mobility:

• IVT: mobility for vocational students;

• PLM: mobility for workers, job seekers and recent graduates;

• VETPro: mobility for teachers, trainers, coaches or consultants, authorities and institutions responsible for training;

• Preparatory visit (PV): mobility for participants to participate in a contact seminar, organized by a NA LLP, or potential partners with a European visit to discuss the possibility for an application. 2010 2011

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Available subsidy mobility Available subsidy mobility (contracts) 7.250.000 7.250.000 7.000.000 7.000.000 6.750.000 6.750.000 6.500.000 6.500.000 6.250.000 6.250.000 6.000.000 6.000.000 5.750.000 5.750.000 5.500.000 5.500.000 5.250.000 5.250.000 5.000.000 5.000.000 4.750.000 4.750.000 4.500.000 4.500.000 4.250.000 4.250.000 4.000.000 4.000.000 3.750.000 3.750.000 3.500.000 3.500.000 3.250.000 3.250.000 3.000.000 3.000.000 2.750.000 2.750.000 2.500.000 2.500.000 2.250.000 2.250.000 2.000.000 2.000.000 1.750.000 1.750.000 1.500.000 1.500.000 1.250.000 1.250.000 1.000.000 1.000.000 750.000 750.000 500.000 500.000 250.000 250.000 0 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 IVT PLM VETPro Preparatory visits

grant completed projects mobility

7.250.000 7.000.000 6.750.000 6.500.000 6.250.000 6.000.000 5.750.000 5.500.000 5.250.000 5.000.000 4.750.000 4.500.000 4.250.000 4.000.000 3.750.000 3.500.000 3.250.000 3.000.000 2.750.000 2.500.000 2.250.000 2.000.000 1.750.000 1.500.000 1.250.000 1.000.000 750.000 500.000 250.000 0 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2009

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Available funding

*Leonardo Mobility Certificates will remain valid until 2013. Previously awarded Certificates are included in this table.

Funding awarded (contracts)

*Funding is reallocated every year between the various programmes falling under the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP).

Funding for completed projects

*The projects awarded funding under the 2010 and 2011 Call for Proposals have not yet been completed and are therefore not included in this list

Social inclusion

In addition to the customary Initial Vocational Training (IVT) proposal, this year it was also possible to submit an extra IVT proposal under the Social Inclusion theme. For several years now, we have noted that this target group generally makes no use of Leonardo da Vinci funding. Educational organisations find it difficult to organise trainee places for this target group. In addition, it is often necessary to convince candidates from this group that a period of training abroad may be valuable to them in their studies and their careers. This also requires educational organisations to invest more time and effort.

Four proposals were submitted under the Social Inclusion theme. The maximum budget is €24,999.

Mobility tool

The Leopass was replaced this year by the Mobility Tool. This is a web platform for record-keeping and management of inter-national mobility projects, with a direct connection to LLP-link. The first Mobility Contracts were entered into the Mobility Tool in mid-November 2011. Several information meetings were organised in December 2011 to explain how the Tool works.

InItIAL VoCAtIonAL tRAInIng - IVt

Large-scale IVT proposals

A distinction is made between large-scale IVT proposals (≥ EUR 24,999) and small-scale IVT proposals (≤ EUR 25,000). Large-scale proposals are projects involving the institution’s internationalisation policy and submitted by a partnership or by multiple sectors within a single institution. Large-scale proposals are evaluated on the quality criteria communicated to potential applicants in the Handboek Mobiliteit (a Dutch-language guide for applicants), the website, at information meetings and in consultations.

The National Agency has observed that both the quality and the quantity of the proposals submitted under the 2011 Call have improved again this year. The aim of the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci is specifically to award projects that satisfy (or more than satisfy) the quality criteria and to ensure an even distribution among organisations in the Netherlands. That distribution is already satisfactory, with participation by a total of 35 Regional Education Centres (ROCs), a large number of Agricultural Education Centres (AOCs) (through consortiums), and a number of other organisations such as trade schools, expertise centres and small and medium-sized enterprises.

Small-scale IVT proposals

Small-scale and repeat proposals are evaluated on the quality of the organisation providing the international traineeships. These are organisations that have few if any partners to work with in starting up their internationalisation policy, or that have decided not to pursue such a policy, but that do have a number of learners interested in a placement abroad. A small-scale proposal is sometimes the stepping stone to internationalisation, and may lead to a large-scale proposal in a year or two.

Project type target group Duration

IVT Students in secondary

vocational education

3 weeks to 9 months

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme makes grants available for students in secondary vocational education who wish to gain experience in an international traineeship with a business or institution in one of the 33 participating European countries.

Approved projects

A total of 36 large-scale IVT proposals were submitted. Of these, 35 were awarded funding. Of the 36 large-scale IVT proposals, five concerned an application for a Mobility Certificate and nine had set a maximum budget of EUR 100,000, including a number of intermediary organisations. A total of ten small-scale IVT proposals were submitted. Of these, nine were awarded funding.

Approved projects IVt

Project number organisation title Subsidy

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04621 Leeuwenborgh Opleidingen European Mobility for Pupils of Leeuwenborgh € 131.909,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04700

ROC Flevoland Europese verken-ningen: stages bij bedrijven en instel-lingen

€ 45.000,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04708

Deltion College Deltion College supports students in Europe € 232.194,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04769 Koning Willem I College Workplacement abroad Works! € 117.069,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04784

Aeres Groep Student Compe-tence Assignments Learning Abroad VI

€ 225.390,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04794

ROC de Leijgraaf Internship in Northern Lights

€ 24.999,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04800

iStage iStage for your stage!

€ 45.000,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04805 Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam International Media Work Placement GLR 2011/2012 € 29.774,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04807

Helicon Opleidingen Students seeking Pride, Options, the World, Equality and Respect € 216.219,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04812 Scholengemeen-schap De Rooi Pannen stage buitenland DRP Handel € 24.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04814

Horizon College You can move students 5 € 350.097,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04817 STC-Group STC Internationale Stage 2011 € 24.975,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04820

Friesland College Playground Europe € 40.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04821 Onderwijsgroep Tilburg Mobility XI € 24.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04822 Landstede Intercultural Awareness of Students € 319.538,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04826

Europrof Motivation & Pride in vocational training-2

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Project number organisation title Subsidy 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04867 Wellantcollege Loopbaanpers-pectief In Groen Europa 2 € 221.660,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04873

Hoornbeeck College Hoornbeeck Call 2011 € 45.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04875 Regio College Zaanstreek-Waterland Nursing abroad 2 € 6.948,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04881 ROC Midden Nederland Training 4 Europe € 158.379,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04884

MBO Diensten VET without Borders € 39.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04887 ROC Da Vinci College Da Vinci Worldwide part I € 63.728,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04888 Mondriaan Onderwijsgroep Viljandi-Võru-Leiden 1 € 16.308,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04889

ROC Menso Alting Menso Students go Abroad

€ 24.479,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04890

Graafschap College Graafschap College is going abroad 2011-2013

€ 95.549,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04893

Rijn IJssel Valuable learning € 138.039,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04894

ROC van Twente Social Inclusion niveau 2 Proeftuin Horeca II

€ 22.880,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04896 Vacansoleil Vacansoleil Training Centre - Young students in Europe € 203.193,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04900

ROC A12 Exploring student horizons € 50.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04903 Kenniscentrum Handel "want to be mobile" € 24.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04904 Noorderpoort College GULLIVER VI € 166.972,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04905 Noorderpoort College

Social Inclusion for Students At Risk

€ 24.999,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04909

ROC Eindhoven Training abroad: better skills

€ 246.868,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04916

Nova College Nova IVT 2011-2013 Leerlingen verleggen hun grenzen

€ 259.736,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04920

ROC Nijmegen EU's Cool Student € 209.004,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04921

ROC Ter AA Student's Mobility 2011 € 36.887,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04922 ROC Albeda College Foreign Apprentice-ships for Skilled Trainees - III

€ 198.314,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04926

Arcus College Internationale stage

€ 24.980,00

Certificates for Mobility projects

numbER oF PARtICIPAntS - IVt

2007 2008

2009 2010

2011

The numbers are based on Calls. Because a call runs several years the final figures for 2010 and 2011 are not yet known.

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04932

ROC Zeeland ROC Zeeland Europese Studenten Stages 2011-2013

€ 68.810,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04934

ROC West-Brabant European Mobility in West Brabant IVT

€ 151.752,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04937

ROC Zadkine Zadkine Exchange Programmee 2011 - 2013

€ 80.484,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04940

ROC Leiden ROC Leiden LLP - Initial Vocational Training

€ 34.178,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04948

Stichting Driespan Ardwerk College € 19.448,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04959 ROC Gilde Opleidingen Consolidering van Internationale Mobiliteit € 146.008,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04983

ROC van Twente Eurolinks VIII, IVT Placements for Students 2 - 4 € 102.162,00 total: € 4.750.097,00

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IVT Mobility Award 2011

All participants who spent time abroad in the 2010-2011 year of study thanks to Dutch Leonardo da Vinci funding were eligible to take part in this competition. Their report had to focus on their personal experience during their period of study or work placement abroad.

A jury selected the eight best reports. The Mobility Award was presented during the 2011 Call kick-off meeting on 13 October 2011. The Mobility Award was won by Linde Keulen (Europrof); second place went to Suzanne van Gils (Helicon Opleidingen – De Groene Campus Helmond) and third prize to Anouk Besems (ROC Rivor).

These eight outstanding reports will be published in a single volume in early 2012.

CERtIFICAtE FoR mobILIty - CFm

This year was the third time that applications for Mobility Certificates were accepted. Applications were accepted only when combined with a large-scale IVT proposal or a VETPro proposal. Submission of an additional PLM proposal was considered an advantage. The certificate awarded is linked to the IVT proposal.

CfM • Applications to be

submit-ted only in combination with a large-scale IVT application and a VETPro application.

• Average score of at least 75% for IVT applications and CfM applications.

• Combination with a PLM application is considered a plus during the assessment.

4 years

The Leonardo da Vinci Certificate for Mobility is recognition for the potential of the organisation to implement a mobility project of the utmost quality regarding content (policy, strategies, work schedule) as well as operational and financial aspects. The Certificate is awarded by the NA LLP Leonardo da Vinci based on the application. The Certificate makes the organisation eligible for a simplified subsidy application for future Calls.

Five proposals were submitted. The limited budget meant that only two proposals could be awarded funding.

*For a list of all projects previously awarded Mobility Certificates, please see the list of approved IVT projects.

CfM ceremony

PEoPLE on thE LAbouR mARkEt - PLm

Although we made efforts to showcase this action line among potential applicants, the number of proposals unfortunately showed no increase over last year’s figure. There were three new applicants, however: the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the City of Amstelveen, and Werkcenter Nederland B.V. A total of ten PLM proposals were submitted. Of these, nine were awarded funding.

Approved projects Cfm

Project number organisation Subsidy

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04904 Noorderpoort College € 166.972,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO01-04909 ROC Eindhoven € 246.868,00

total: € 413.840,00

PLM Persons active on the

labour market, such as workers, job seekers, school leavers and recent graduates

2 - 26 weeks

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme makes grants available to applicants from the labour market including recent graduates, job seekers, employees and self-employed people who wish to continue their training or gain work experience abroad in the framework of vocational education and/or expert training.

Approved projects PLm

2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04783

Triodus Part 2 of Best practices of childcare in Berlin

€ 52.721,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04824

AOC Oost Groene Carriëre in Europe Continue

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numbER oF PARtICIPAntS - PLm

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2009 2010

2011

2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04876 Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu De praktijk van nationale ruim-telijke planning in Vlaanderen en Nederland € 2.696,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04891 Gemeente Amstelveen Locals Go Europe.nl € 8.771,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04895 Vacansoleil Vacansoleil Training Centre - Workers in Europe € 78.352,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04906 Noorderpoort-college Gulliver V, PLM Berlin take 3 € 24.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04936

ROC West-Brabant European Mobility in West Brabant PLM € 24.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04962 Werkcenter Nederland B.V. Future Move - a chance for a better life € 51.347,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO02-04963 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Leonardo

Graduates & Young Workers in Europe: Naturally Dutch! 2011 € 230.274,00 total: € 499.158,00

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PRoFESSIonALS - VEtPRo

Some educational institutions still find it difficult to send their teachers/instructors on an international work placement or exchange. This is in part because it is hard for the institution to find a replacement to cover their teaching duties. It is also difficult for the teacher/instructor to go abroad when they have obligations at home.

Like last year, we have noted to our regret that a number of large educational institutions have undergone reorganisations owing to financial difficulties. This has led to cuts in staff and forced school managers to rein in their internationalisation plans. Almost all the proposals involve a link between VETPro and IVT (teacher and learner mobility), in keeping with the preference of the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci.

National priorities

This year, the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci decided to define priorities for VETPro projects. The aim was to draw the attention of educational organisations and teachers to two particular topics. These priorities are also related to the themes covered by the EU’s thematic monitoring groups. The idea is that by setting these priorities, teachers can boost the quality of their teaching and the impact of VETPro exchanges.

Priorities

1 Experimenting with ECVET in VETPro projects.

2 VETPro traineeships at foreign host companies. VETPro Mobility Award 2011

This year, for the first time, VETPro participants were able to take part in a competition for the best report on their exchange. The winners were Miranda van Bergen and Lotte Verkoelen of De Groene Campus Helicon Opleidingen. They received the VETPro Mobility Award during the kick-off meeting on 13 October 2011.

We intend to compile and publish the reports submitted for the competition. We will use this publication as a guide to good practice and expect that it will inspire other participants to share their stories as well. We believe that the VETPro Award and publication will encourage many participants to compete for the award next year.

Twenty-two proposals were awarded points for the national priorities. A total of 26 proposals were submitted. Of these, 25 were awarded funding.

VETPro Instructors, trainers,

coaches or advisers, management courses or career coaches

1 - 6 weeks

The Leonardo da Vinci Programme offers grants to people in secondary vocational education and/or people involved in training courses within companies. The programme is aimed at exchanging experiences with colleagues at international level with the purpose of learning from each other and sharing good practices.

Approved projects VEtPro

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04785 Leeuwenborgh Opleidingen Better Education by International Orientation € 31.993,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04811

Deltion College Deltion College supports teachers in competence-based learning

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2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04813

ROC ASA European Student

Support

€ 22.160,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04815

Horizon College You can move teachers 5

€ 76.642,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04816

The Dutch Alliance Finnish Quality Experience for The Dutch Alliance € 55.305,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04823 Landstede Intercultural Awareness of Staff € 206.329,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04825

ROC Aventus EC-VETPro € 91.455,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04865

AOC Terra TEACHERS -

Seeking Possibilities In Europe 1

€ 158.450,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04866

Europrof Innovation & Teamwork in European vocational education-2 € 10.970,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04868 AOC de Groene Welle TEACHERS - Seeking Possibilities In Europe 2 € 112.254,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04885

ROC Menso Alting Upgrading and matching competences to labourmarket needs in Europe € 24.265,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04886 ROC Da Vinci College Professionals working abroad € 24.999,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04892

Rijn IJssel Boosting innovation

€ 64.760,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04897

ROC van Twente Eurolinks VIII € 22.340,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04898

ROC A12 Exploring teacher horizons

€ 35.143,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04901

ROC West-Brabant European Mobility in West Brabant VETPro

€ 24.999,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04907

ROC Ter AA Teachers on the Move

€ 11.770,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04908

ROC Nijmegen EU's Cool Staff € 49.662,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04914

ROC Eindhoven New Horizons for Teaching

€ 37.401,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04917

Nova College Nova Vetpro 2011-2013 Docenten verleggen hun grenzen € 49.686,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04924 ROC Albeda College Internationalisation Through European Mobility € 31.760,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04931 Noorderpoort College Gulliver V € 53.484,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04942

ROC Leiden LLP - Mobiliteit - VETPro 2011-2013

€ 24.999,00

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ROC Zadkine Teachers outside the Netherlands 2011 - 2013 € 24.999,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO03-04950 ROC Gilde Opleidingen Verankering van internationale docenten bpv € 24.999,00 total: € 1.393.159,00

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PREPARAtoRy VISItS - PV

Potential partners have an opportunity to meet during Preparatory Visits in order to:

• identify the target, objectives and working methods for a future project;

• discuss the potential for collaboration;

• identify the role, responsibilities and duties of the partners within a future project;

• develop a work plan for a future project, including monitoring, evaluation and dissemination methods;

• complete the application form for the project/partnership.

Proposals may be submitted throughout the year (“rolling deadline”). We would advise you to submit your proposal approximately six weeks beforehand, so that you know whether you have been awarded funding before you start on your trip.

In 2011, 40 applications approved. Reference date is January 15, 2011. Given the rolling deadline and the deadline on 21 February 2011 for preparatory visits Call 2011 is the exact number not yet known.

PV Vocational education

institutions, businesses, authorities, social partners, stakeholders in vocational education

Maximum 1 week

Proper preparation and finding the right partners are essential aspects of a successful project. Applications for preparatory visits can also be used for attending contact seminars or other meetings organised by NAs. The aim of preparatory visits is to help institutions with meeting and finding suitable partner institutions and/or drawing up a work plan in preparation of a project application under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

granted preparatory visits

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-05587 ROC Aventus € 1.870,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-05650 Horizon College € 1.680,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-05656 Aequor € 705,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-05767 Rijn IJssel € 2.000,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06281 Aeres Groep/Groenhorst College Barneveld

€ 2.050,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06386 Zadkine € 740,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06446 Gilde opleidingen € 1.350,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06412 ROC Aventus € 546,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06451 The Dutch Alliance € 490,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06527 Homeopaths World Wide Training

€ 884,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06732 SES Training & Advies € 1.215,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-06884 De Spinaker € 720,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07009 Rijn IJssel € 2.664,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07220 AOC Friesland € 960,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07344 ROC Friese Poort € 720,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07581 de Spinaker € 720,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07582 Aeres Groep/Groenhorst College Barneveld

€ 2.300,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07583 the Storybag € 1.022,00

Partner countries

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07580 Russchool € 662,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07611 STC Groep € 1.870,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07624 VOF Eskwadraat € 720,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07625 ROC Zeeland € 898,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07626 Helicon Opleidingen € 1.360,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07627 In Dialogue € 1.022,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07661 Gestaltpraktijkschool B.O.L.T.

€ 700,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07670 KPC Groep € 1.760,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07738 Ring of the European Cities of Iron Works

€ 1.884,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07739 Kenniscentrum pro Work € 506,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07740 Van der Valle Interim

management & Consultatie

€ 1.030,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07773 Politie Amsterdam-Amstelland

€ 850,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07775 ROC Aventus € 730,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07777 De Plannenmakers € 420,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-08184 NL Vegetariërsbond € 0,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-08009 Gemeente Zutphen € 1.578,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07859 KC Handel € 1.440,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07862 Colorez vof € 850,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-07908 Stichting Stivako € 1.090,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-08149 Edumark € 265,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-08185 ROC ASA € 695,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO06-08186 AGF Centrum voor Kennis en Ontwikkeling € 430,00 total: € 43.396,00

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Project type for which the preparatory visit is requested

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Implementation programme

As regards mobility of persons for the purpose of vocational training and of professionals in vocational education and training, the emphasis is on

• the quality management of the mobility, including pedagogical, linguistic and cultural preparation and arrangements for the stay abroad;

• the principles set out in the European Quality Charter for Mobility;

• the development and implementation of ECVET elements (description of learning outcomes, assessment and recognition of learning outcomes), as well as guidance and sustainability in order to optimise the impact of the mobility experience;

• preparatory actions for mobility that give apprentices a specific visibility in the programme;

• the important role of competent intermediary bodies in achieving quality and involving small and medium-sized enterprises.

These actions cover mobility for learning/training purposes in the following target groups:

1 trainees in initial vocational training:

• apprentices and trainees in initial vocational education based on alternate learning/ working or work-related training in enterprises;

• trainees in school-based initial vocational training.

2 people in the labour market in continuing vocational training;

3 the mobility of professionals in vocational education and training.

The policy pursued by the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci is aligned with the Euro-pean quality principles listed below:

• measures covering the linguistic and cultural preparation of the participants;

• a clear description of the objectives, content and duration of the placement;

• an explanation of the learning set-up and of the arrangements made for guidance and counselling;

• validation of competences acquired during the period abroad;

• use of the Mobility Europass;

• insight into the quality of dissemination and valorisation and the methods used to achieve these ends.

In addition, the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci has for many years made a distinc-tion between small-scale and large-scale projects:

Small-scale projects (a maximum of 3_{24,999 in funding)}

This applies to projects with a limited number of participants that receive a small amount in funding. The proposal is not an outcome of the school’s internationalisation policy (at least not yet), but – at least for the time being – consists of a project involving one or more individu-als or a department. The emphasis in this case is on the practical aspects of the placement, as this provides a firm basis for success. The most important aim is to set up international placements. The project must therefore satisfy a number of basic quality requirements.

Large-scale projects (a minimum of 3_{25,000 in funding)}

This policy has proved successful in recent years. A large number of educational organisations are currently responsible for or involved in implementing one or more projects. They are doing so either in partnership with other educational organisations or in collaboration with the various education sectors within their organisation, with international policymaking (in the area of mobility) playing a key role. Most of the projects approved (beneficiaries and their partners) are capable of guiding and managing projects on this scale. Domestic policy keys into the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme.

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The following factors are important in the selection:

• continuity across application rounds;

• dissemination and valorisation;

• programme impact;

• rooting internationalisation in policy.

Large-scale proposals must, at the very least, meet the basic quality requirements described above. In addition, the project should include a number of other topics. The ideal project profile would cover all topics. See also the Handboek Mobiliteit, which can be downloaded from the Dutch version of www.leonardodavinci.nl -> subsidiemogelijkheden -> transnationale mobiliteit-> Call [click on relevant year]

Quality and Impact Scan 2020

In 2011, the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci began to develop a new digital instrument, the KIS 2020, to follow up its earlier Quality and Impact Scan handbook. The handbook refers to a number of topics related to the quality and impact of inter-national mobility. The instrument charts the stage of development and progress of the applicant organisation or partnership. It scans the current state of affairs within the organisation and compares that state of affairs to the expectations and aims of its application. The KIS 2020 is a digital instrument aimed at boosting and supporting internationalisation in secondary vocational education. It can provide institutions with guidelines:

• during self-evaluation processes and in charting the current state of affairs with respect to internationalisation;

• for increasing staff participation, for example teaching teams, school management, quality assurance staff and, naturally, learners, in order to generate a greater sense of ownership and support;

• for defining a realistic and phased approach to progress within the institution’s specific context.

In addition to the survey scan and context scan, a workbook containing simple exercises and tips will also be published.

3.2 tRAnSFER oF InnoVAtIon - toI

Each project should focus on one of the European priorities identified in the Call for Proposals. These priorities are based on a particular interpretation of the EU policy for Vocational Education and Training (VET). The main focus is on the attractiveness of vocational education, quality assurance, and transparency. Applicants must select one priority. In addition, they must address one or more national priorities. The European and national priorities are complementary.

This year, for the first time, the selection focused on ensuring an even distribution of projects across the various strategic priorities. Alongside the quality criterion (quantifiable as a score), we also considered an even distribution of projects across the six strategic priorities (quantifiable by the number of points awarded on the “relevance” assessment criterion).

ToI Education institutions,

training institutions, businesses, sectoral or regional organisations, social partners, authorities and stakeholders in vocati-onal and adult education

2 years

The purpose of ToI projects is to boost the quality and attractiveness of secondary vocational education and other vocational learning opportunities in Europe.

Transfer of Innovation refers to the implementation of existing innovative solutions to problems in other countries, sectors or among other target groups. These projects deal with a variety of issues but they are all aimed towards European and/or national priorities. The emphasis is on IMPORTING know-how.

Transfer of Innovation will only have true impact if the content of the projects is in line with national developments and needs. In the Netherlands, there is a precondition that ToI projects must contribute to the Dutch vocational education system. Projects focusing only on exporting Dutch ideas to countries abroad will not be approved.

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The table below shows how the approved projects address both the national and European priorities.

National priorities European priorities

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Freestyle Montessori on the job learning Landstede group Creative ECVET goC

Working and Learning in the World of Cradle-to-Cradle kPC group LEAN manufacturing and marketing for graphic media Stivako PRroject for IMmplementation of Eqavet Rea College nederland Process Industry LEarning Unit Project RoC west brabant Your ECVET Dutch Alliance

APPRO De Spinaker Inside-out kCh Services

Parents Matter RoC midden nederland EU-MOVE 2 kCh Services

We see a spectacular increase in percentage of the number of applications, from 13 last year to 23 this year.

Transfer of Innovation 2011

If you would like more information on these projects, you can download the publication Transfer of Innovation Call 2011 at

www.leonardodavinci.nl -> results & impact -> publications (English version of site). In this publication you will find besides the description of the projects also the European dimension and the expected impact.

Project results

Many innovative education and training projects have been carried out over time for direct implementation in companies and educational/training institutions.

The ADAM database was developed to ensure that their results did not “disappear into a filing cabinet”. ADAM can be used as a database, but also as a communication channel (for example in order to “market” products). All participants in ToI projects are contractually obligated to enter their project data and amendments into ADAM.

Approved projects toI

2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05061

Landstede Groep Freestyle Montessori on the job learning

€ 218.650,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05199

GOC Creative ECVET € 214.555,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05200 Stichting KPC Onderwijs Innovatie Centrum Working and Learning in the World of Cradle-to-Cradle € 298.584,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05204

Stichting Stivako LEAN manufacturing and marketing for graphic media € 300.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05208 Rea College Nederland PRroject for IMplementation of Eqavet € 257.505,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05209

ROC West Brabant Process Industry LEarning Unit Project € 271.974,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05210 Onderwijsgroep Tilburg/The Dutch Alliance Your ECVET € 299.296,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05219 KCH Services Inside-out € 299.426,00

2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05212 Voortgezet Speciaal Onderwijs cluster 4 ‘De Spinaker’ Appropriate provisions for students with behavioral problems and psychiatrical disorders € 300.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05220 ROC Midden Nederland Parents Matter € 286.919,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO05-05222 KCH Services EU-MOVE 2 € 234.496,00 total: € 2.981.405,00

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tRAnSFER oF InnoVAtIon PRoJECtS

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The projects are working together with 23 partner countries with 98 partners (including 22 Dutch partners). In the following graphic, the Netherlands is not included.

Implementation programme

The European Commission defined its priorities for Transfer of Innovation (ToI) projects in its 2011 Call for Proposals.

The Lisbon Strategy was the long-term strategy that was to have made the European Union the strongest economy in the world by 2010. The aims of the Lisbon strategy have not been achieved. The successor to the Lisbon Strategy is the Europe 2020 Strategy, which was launched in early 2010 by José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission. Europe 2020 builds on the Lisbon Strategy in that it is also a long-term strategy intended to give the European Union a strong and sustainable economy with more and better jobs.

Five education benchmarks for 2020

In 2009, EU Education Ministers agreed on five education and training benchmarks to be attained by 2020:

1 the share of early leavers from education and training should be less than 10% (at the current rate of 14.4% this would mean at least 1.7 million fewer school drop-outs);

2 the share of 30-34 year olds with tertiary educational attainment should be at least 40% (at the current rate of 32.3% this would mean an additional 2.6 million graduates);

3 at least 95% of children between the age of four and the age for starting compulsory primary education should participate in early childhood education (now 92.3%, achieving the target would mean 250,000 more children in education);

4 the share of 15-year-olds with insufficient abilities in reading, mathematics and science should be less than 15% (from around 20% for all three now. Achieving the target would mean 250,000 fewer low achievers);

5 an average of at least 15% of adults (age group 25-64) should participate in lifelong learning (current share is 9.3%. Achieving the target would mean 15 million more adults in education and training).

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VET Europe Policy overview

A common vocational education policy has always been one of the aims of European cooperation. This year, the International Agency brought out an updated publication listing historic milestones, policy results achieved so far, and a review of recent developments.

European and national priorities

The LLP serves as an incubator and experimental plot for innovative solutions in imple-menting the EU’s education policy. However, Transfer of Innovation only has genuine impact if the projects key into the national context, trends and requirements. National trends are linked to the European priorities. Each EU priority is considered from the Dutch perspective, with the need for additions or more precision being assessed.

Project applicants are invited to use their proposals to help address the European and national priorities. A proposal must be relevant to the European priorities. There is no obligation to take one of the Dutch priorities into account, but proposals that do so will be awarded extra – national – points in the assessment. Below is a list of the European and national priorities for the 2011 Call for Proposals.

The use of ICT and e-learning methods, vocationally oriented language learning (VOLL) and content integrated language learning (CILL) is encouraged for all multilateral Leonardo projects. To ensure transferability of priorities in the EU, they have been expressed in English.

1 Encouragement of cooperation between VEt and the world of work (European and national priority)

Innovating continuous education by implementing concrete and innovative ways for training in the workplace for employees, preferably linking this with Human Resource Development and/or skills forecasting mechanisms and/or measurement of return on investment of learning in the workplace.

Or, innovating initial education by further integrating working life into VET by implementing innovative models for work-based learning. Projects shall actively involve labour market

parties and teachers/trainers.

Projects shall strategically involve both sectoral organisations and several (initial or continuous) VET providers and pay ample attention to sustainability of results to create measurable impact.

2 Support to initial and continuous training of VEt teachers, trainers, tutors and VEt institution managers (European and national priority)

Implementing further professionalization of teachers in initial vocational education & training (relating to EQAVET indicator 2) by:

• creating awareness towards ownership of professionalization in relation to quality of education;

• structural development of HR systems regarding professionalization.

3 Promotion of the acquisition of key competences in VEt (European and national priority)

Projects addressing the national policy agenda for basic skills and the inclusion of disad-vantaged groups.

4 ECVEt for transparency and recognition of learning outcomes and qualifications (European and national priority)

Focus will be on projects grounding ECVET in practice to find out; what is needed in the collaboration between competent bodies. in the aim is to make existing technical solutions work, serving the end-user in mobility, day-to-day VET practice and/or non-formal learning. Experiments in which ECVET partnerships transfer and implement practical tools and/or innovative approaches for enhancing mutual trust among all relevant stakeholders; like Memoranda of Understanding and/or Communities of Practice.

5 Improving quality assurance systems in VEt (European and national priority)

Projects supporting the implementation of EQAVET with the focus on stimulating a culture of quality assurance including management & leadership, use of the quality cycle by teacher and trainers teams, implementing QA tools, examination, focus on early school leavers. Projects that work on implementing the EQAVET indicative descriptors on VET provider level.

6 Development and transfer of mobility strategies in VEt (European priority)

The importance and positive impact of learning mobility has been underlined on several occasions and it has become a major strategic priority in the strategic framework ET 2020. Especially in VET, mobility participation is comparatively low and needs particular support strategies by relevant actors on all levels. Mobility in VET consists, for an important part, in training placements in enterprises, i.e. is oriented towards practical experiences and has a close link to the business sector. In the case of apprentices, businesses are involved also on the sending side. To ensure quality placements, to support partner finding and encourage participation of SME, sustainable cooperation structures have to be established between competent organisations. Many tools, concepts and approaches have been developed in the previous years which can be adapted and transferred to other environments.

7 Consortium (Dutch priority)

Projects in their consortium five or more countries have are given priority in the Netherlands. The formal European requirement is a minimum of three countries.

Impact assessment

One important task of the NA LLP Leonardo da Vinci 2007-2013 is impact assessment. In recent years, we noticed a shift in the way of thinking. Previously, the following issues were most important:

• how to be eligible for subsidies?

• how to be eligible for repeat subsidies?

• keeping proper financial accounts (or the money would have to be returned). After that, they would look at results. What happened during international traineeships? How good is the product of a project? Next was dissemination: telling the rest of the world about your results. But even this is not enough. Now we also want to know:

• who is doing something with the results?

• how will it be implemented?

• how will it be disseminated?

• how will it be valued?

It would be a pity if all we did is conclude that international work experiences are special, without looking for ways to implement these experiences into one’s career, curriculum, or

the school organisation. It would be sad to waste such a beautiful product instead of using it where solutions are needed.

The Dutch NA LLP Leonardo da Vinci has developed measures for the several programme segments to promote the project at special events, at central and at local level. We issue publications that describe Good Practices while paying attention to the impact and anchoring of internationalisation in vocational education. We are developing a communication strategy to demonstrate what Europe means in the field of vocational education.

Are experiences from their stay abroad useful to participants? What do the participants do with these experiences, and what does the school or business where they completed their traineeship do with new experiences acquired by participants?

3.3 DEVELoPmEnt oF InnoVAtIon

No Dutch projects have been awarded funding. But there are DOI assigned projects with Dutch partners. For a list of all approved Development of Innovation projects, please see the link below.

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2011/selection/selection_lifelong_learning_ sub_programme_2011_en.php

DoI Education institutions,

2 years

Development of Innovation projects establish entirely new solutions to meet the need or solve a problem of several countries.

These projects are aimed at boosting the quality and appeal of secondary vocational education and other vocational learning opportunities in Europe. They are implemented by the Executive Agency in Brussels under the auspices of the European Commission.

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3.4 PARtnERShIPS - PS

The European Commission introduced a new strategic priority for Leonardo da Vinci Partnerships this year. The priority states that partnership projects must focus on the cooperation between vocational education and training and the world of work and involve partners from both sides.

This year a total of EUR 900,000 was available for Partnerships. The budget requested by the Dutch coordinating bodies was EUR 313,000. The amount requested by Dutch partners participating in foreign projects is EUR 1,860,000, resulting in a total of EUR 2,173,000.

Proposed and approved projects

This year, the National Agency LLP Leonardo da Vinci received 132 applications. In 2010, that was 124 and in 2009, 142. After a sharp rise in 2009, the number of applications now appears to be stabilising. There are 17 Dutch coordinating bodies for the 132 proposals. Including the Dutch partners in these proposals, we have therefore received a total of 35 proposals with a Dutch coordinating body. The number of proposals with Dutch coordinating bodies was once again smaller than last year, declining from 20 to 17. In total, 51 organisations

submitted proposals in the 2011 Call for projects that were ultimately approved. The table below lists the projects.

Partnership projects with Dutch coordinators

PS Education institutions,

2 years

The guiding principle in Partnerships is the fact that participants work together on a common product or result. The partnership process itself is an important part of the project. With regard to impact, the main focus lies with anchoring the cooperation process in participating organisations and with the influence on the learning process and work of those participating in mobility or about to participate.

Approved partnership projects

2011-1-NL1-LEO04-05064-1 Praktijkschool de Wissel Building Prospects on Employment € 25.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO04-05066-1

AOC OOST MBO Agri Tourism, multifunctional agriculture € 17.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO04-05039-1 International Florist Organisation Re-developing the international education European Master in Floral Design as an effective driver of cooperation of employers and the educational field € 17.000,00 2011-1-NL1-LEO04-05059-1 Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch The New Generation € 14.000,00 total: € 73.000,00

European Partnership projects with Dutch partners

Approved partnership projects

2011-1-AT1-LEO04-05051-9

MBO Raad Transparency

Instruments in Education and Labour Market Policy € 17.000,00 2011-1-AT1-LEO04-05055-11

Zwaan Produkties European Documentation of Contemporary Dance Education € 25.000,00 2011-1-BE2-LEO04-01960-4 Vereniging Biologische Productie- en handelsbedrijven European Education Concept and Forum for Organic Food Processors € 14.000,00 2011-1-BE3-LEO04-03605-3 Strobouw Nederland European Learning Partnership for Professional Training in Straw Bale Building € 17.000,00 2011-1-BE3-LEO04-03609-3 INNOVAM Creating a framework for training on electric bicycles in Europe € 14.000,00 2011-1-BE3-LEO04-03609-5 Kenniscentrum STICHTING PRO WORK € 14.000,00

2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07750-4

The Dutch Alliance Care and Guidance Systems - Violence Prevention and Cisis Intervention in VET € 17.000,00 2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07890-4

Quarter Mediation Increase Motivation and Improve Employability € 17.000,00 2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07908-9 College Communicatie-wetenschap der Universiteit van Amsterdam

Die Qualität von Bildungsmedien, Multimedia und Blended-Learning für eine effektive beruflichen Aus- und Weiterbildung € 17000,00 2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07909-4 ROC Leeuwenborgh Opleidingen Euregionale Kappers-Ausbildung € 25.000,00 2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07912-2 STC-Group Simulators in inland navigation education and training € 17.000,00 2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07912-3 Maritieme Academie Harlingen Simulators in inland navigation education and training € 17.000,00