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Dual Ecosystems is an Erasmus+ KA2 project coordinated by ENGIM Lombardia (Italy) with the purpose to exchange good practices in the co-design and co-delivery of vocational education by companies and VET colleges. Through different study visits, we will learn how different education organizations in different countries (Germany, Italy, Basque Country and Northern Ireland) cooperate with their socioeconomic ecosystem in order to improve the quality of VET provision. After on-line visits organised by our partners in Italy, it was the turn of the Basque Country. Maristak and HETEL organised a virtual tour through Maristak College and shared with the partners our experience in co-designing and co-delivering specialization programmes in robotics and cybersecurity, explaining the process we followed, the learning methodology we use, and the perspective of companies and students on the positive impact of these kind of training programmes.

HETEL launched a competition among its associated VET schools to design the logo for the Erasmus+ project Dual ECOsystems. This project aims to identify local successful practices on the delivery of Dual training programs that could be exchangeable among the partners to evaluate the transferability of each good practice at a larger scale for the success of all (student/worker, companies, VET institutions). The partners for this European project are ENGIM Lombardia (IT); Confartigianato Imprese Bergamo (IT); Universita´ DEGLI Studi di Bergamo (IT); Universitate Bremen (DE); Maristak – Durango (ES); Belfast Metropolitan College (UK); and HETEL. In the first place, we want to thank the participation of all our schools and to recognise the high quality of the received proposals. In the second place, we congratulate Nerea Arroyo, student in Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa, for winning the competition. Congratulations!

HETEL took part in the Closing Meeting of EIDE (Emotional Intelligence and Digital Entrepreneurship), an Erasmus + project which brings together 7 Partners from 6 European Countries. The meeting was held in online mode due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The main objective of EIDE is to improve the opportunities for professional success of vocational students with different backgrounds developing not only their entrepreneurial skills (or knowledge), but also their emotional, social and digital skills. During the meeting, the Partners reported all the results achieved during the 26 months of implementation providing feedbacks on the internal communication mechanisms and the overall project implementation. All the main objectives have been reached and all the contents produced are available online at www.eideproject.eu HETEL has contributed to the EIDE project in the development of all intellectual outputs, being in charge of 2 modules for the on-line course, the design of several activities to be done in class included in the Teacher´s handbook, the use of the EntreComp framework for O3 and leading the development of O4, a programme to train the trainers in emotional intelligence and digital skills, developing also part of its contents. On the other hand, HETEL has contributed to pilot activities, as part of the quality management plan and has disseminated the project inside and outside its network, implementing the dissemination plan of the project. Lastly, HETEL has also supported the project coordinator during transnational meetings with an active participation and has attended all financial and administrative requests coming from the coordinator regarding financial and technical reporting. For further information on EIDE and HETEL initiatives: www.eideproject.eu www.hetel.eus

This week teachers and students from HETEL´s schools La Salle Berrozpe, Egibide, Salesianos Deusto, Somorrostro and Zulaibar are in the Netherlands to present the project that, for 2 months and in cooperation with ROC Da Vinci college, have been designing in the framework of Diseinua International. This year, the project consisted of the design of a plastic injection machine. The students, working in international teams (Netherlands-Basque Country) have presented their projects in front of 60 people (students, teachers and companies from the Netherlands), being the presentations in English and answering to all technical questions about their work. At the end of the presentation, a ranking with the 4 best projects has been made, attending to various criteria (presentation, quality of plans or manufacturing possibilities). This experience, possible thanks to the support of BBK Fundazioa and Fundación Vital, has been very enriching both for students and teachers, not only from the point of view of technical competences development but also for their personal and social development. We are very glad to be able to keep alive this experience, which started 4 academic years ago and we hope to keep offering this opportunity to our students in the future!

SIMPLY INCLUDED is an Erasmus+ KA2 project which aims to reach out migrant students or graduates in VET to share their stories in the path to education and the labour work in order to guide and inspire other migrants who may feel reflected in them. The project aims to empower migrants all over Europe by sharing videos of those stories. Besides, we will also produce a toolkit to be used by VET teachers in order to facilitate a more inclusive education. Complementing this work, a group of teachers will also go to Iceland to receive a training in diversity management by one of the most prestigious trainers in Europe (Intercultural Iceland). At the end of the project we will also produce videos focusing on the job application process for a migrant in the different partners countries: Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Spain and Slovenia. The partners of the project have experience working together in the SIMPLE project, which was the seed of SIMPLY INCLUDED. From HETEL we are also involving our associated VET school, Centro Formativo Otxarkoaga, who will lead the development of the toolkit in the project. Great to have you on board Ana and Kepa!

A new edition of Diseinua International project has been launched, putting together Vocational training students from HETEL Schools ( La Salle Berrozpe, Salesianos Deusto, Zulaibar, Somorrostro and Egibide) with students from ROC da Vinci College in the Netherlands, thanks to the support of BBK and Fundación Vital. In this case, the challenge given by the teachers to the students to solve it is the design of an injection machine to reduce the volume of plastic waste. During these 2 next weeks, Dutch students have come to the Basque Country to meet the peers in their group. After the joint presentation of the challenge to the students, these will be working partially on-line partially in person to give a satisfactory answer to the challenge. The solution given by the students will be presented and evaluated in the Netherlands the week of the 9th of March. The participants in this international project will develop important skills for companies, such as teamwork, English, intercultural communication, self-learning or self-management, which will help them to be better prepared for their next professional future. Abantean!

HETEL, together with VET schools’ networks from the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Finland and Scotland, participates in the erasmus+ KA03 “VET Network of networks” project led by the Dutch school “Onderwijsgroep Tilburg”. The purpose of this project is to improve the quality of Vocational Training in our schools, defining the internationalization strategy and strengthening the European collaboration network. These actions will also strengthen the international strategy of HETEL, in order to improve the quality of our training offer. Last week the first meeting of this ambitious project took place in Arnhem (Holland). In this meeting the bases have been set and the actions of this European project have been structured. Abantean!

The INTENT project is an Erasmus+ funded project coordinated by the Department of Vocational Education of the German region North-Westphalia and HETEL participates as a partner. The project tries to build a comprehensive approach to vocational education, promoting interdisciplinary cooperation among VET programmes in line with organizational models 4.0, where supply chains follow an interconnected structure, with more flexibility and shorter response times to the market demands. As digital skills of workers are essential to work in this kind of environment, the first result of the project focuses on the identification of digital tools already available and in use by VET schools participating in the project in different departments, part of the value chain. In the next meeting in the Czech Republic, we will pool our work to go on with the next stages of the project. We will keep you updated in HETEL´s Website and social networks!

SIMPLY INCLUDED, supported by European Commission under the Erasmus+ Program and coordinated by KulturLife, starts on December 1st 2019 and promotes awareness of the need for social inclusion of migrants and refugees in companies and VET, as well as the positive use of diversity in professional structures. The project is a follow-up project of the Erasmus+ SIMPLE project (Social Inclusion of migrants through Peer Learning Experience) in VET and aims to develop pedagogical methods and materials built upon the concept of cooperative learning together with international project partners. The project outputs are intended to support migrants and refugees becoming aware of their strengths and competences and to present them on the European labour market. This should facilitate their integration into the educational system and at the same time combat unemployment among the target group. Companies and society should also be sensitized for this topic and should create awareness of these issues. The project addresses the need of migrants and refugees, vocational trainers and teachers and companies while all of these groups should be actively involved in the development of the above described material. Project partners: KulturLife gGmbH (Germany) ELAZIG MESLEKI ve TEKNIK ANADOLU LISESI (Turkey) Grm Novo mesto – center biotehnike in turizma (Slovenia) HETEL-Heziketa Teknikoko Elkartea (Spain) MOBILIZING EXPERTISE AB (Sweden) InterCultural Ísland (Iceland) Further information: https://kultur-life.de/projekte/simply-included/     Further information: https://kultur-life.de/projekte/simply-included/

Each year the members of Network of Networks (NoN), get together in one of NoN´s location to exchange on the latest trends in vocational training in the countries and regions member of the network (Finland, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Basque Country) and to discuss of possible new ways of cooperation among the colleges part of each regional/national network. The encounter took place this time in Newry (Northern Ireland), from the 06th to the 09th of October. This year, the focus of the programme was on internationalization strategies, with a highlight on internationalization at home, and on co-design and co-delivery of VET curriculums. Besides, we could also meet with the city mayor of Newry and had the opportunity to exchange information about projects already running among partners of the NoN (such as CyVETsecurity or a KA3 project which starts this year) as well as new ideas of posible projects and other ways of international cooperation to be pursued in 2020. This year, the representation of HETEL was done by the responsible of international projects in the association plus the responsible of international relations of Jesuitak Indautxu, Zulaibar, Otxarkoaga and La Salle Berrozpe. Next year, NoN will meet again, this time in the Netherlands, to keep on improving vocational education. In the meanwhile, we will keep on working on the ideas detected during our meeting in Newry!