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Erasmus Days 2025

Live Broadcast Canossa Erasmus III ed.

Again this year, Canossa Erasmus will participate in #Erasmusdays with a live marathon involving Canossian schools and vocational training centres that have taken part in #Erasmus+ mobility programmes. Students, teachers and staff will tell us about their experiences!

There will also be a second live broadcast with our European partners, with whom we collaborate every day to carry out our projects.

We will talk about group mobility, long and short mobility, internships, job shadowing, incoming activities, training courses and much more.

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The EUAMI project workshop

The EUAMI project workshop: One Africa – many Africas by Anna Pozzi

Anna Pozzi, is a journalist and writer specialising in Africa. She is editor of the monthly magazine «Mondo e missione» and contributes to various publications, for which she has produced numerous reports from countries in Africa and the Middle East. She was invited by Canossa Campus to hold a new workshop as part of the European EUAMI project. This gave Canossa Campus students the opportunity to learn more about the African continent and make new discoveries.

The meeting was a journey through the complexity of Africa, a continent often reduced to stereotypes, but which reveals extraordinary cultural, geographical and demographic diversity. Anna Pozzi emphasised how the borders drawn by Europeans during colonialism have contributed to generating long-lasting conflicts, such as the one in Sudan. She went on to compare African population growth with that of India and China and demonstrated the need for a careful reading of the dynamics that shape the continent’s future.

The journalist also focused on North Africa, highlighting the challenges posed by conflict, terrorism and climate change, which have forced millions of people to migrate. She then analysed Africa’s rapid urbanisation: more than half of the population now lives in cities, where the pandemic has exacerbated social inequalities.

A significant example was that of the Kivu region, rich in minerals but devastated by instability and exploitation. He recounted the story of Denis Mukwege (Nobel Peace Prize winner) founder of the hospital Panzi Hospital and Foundation a Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for women victims of violence, linking local difficulties to the consumption choices of Western countries.

The journalist also cited Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as an example of extreme contrasts: wealth and poverty, tradition and modernity. She concluded her remarks with an invitation to consider the impact of European policies and consumption on African humanitarian crises.

Anna Pozzi’s speech left a deep impression, stimulating greater awareness of a continent that is often misunderstood and of the responsibility to look at Africa with new eyes.

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Vet2sustain project meeting a Verona

The VET2Sustain project team met in Verona on 12–13 March 2025 for a productive and collaborative meeting, working efficiently towards the project’s objectives.

The first working session was led by Sirje Hassinen and Oona Haapakorpi from Omnia, who provided an overview of the current status of the project. They reviewed the project objectives and commitments outlined in the project application. To align everyone’s understanding, they also introduced the working methods, key actions and target groups.

Later, Katarina Sandbacka presented the development of a long-term strategic action plan focused on promoting sustainable, inclusive and digital vocational education and training (VET). The main outcomes of the plan include establishing a partnership agreement for future cooperation, creating a shared strategy and action plan for the network, and organising a recurring annual event. In addition, short- and long-term action plans will be developed for VET organisations at regional, national and EU level, ensuring a well-coordinated and forward-looking approach across Europe. Virpi Kaasinen then provided an update on efforts to create and strengthen cooperation models for vocational education and training in Europe, with a particular focus on exploring networking opportunities. Key actions under development include the creation of an online platform for collaboration, participation in joint annual events for projects funded under the same theme, and the promotion of opportunities for internationalisation activities at national level.

During the meeting, the calendar of upcoming activities was shared, and discussions were held on how to organise joint meetings with national government and qualification awarding bodies and review the current progress report. A feedback session allowed participants to discuss the report, provide input and suggest improvements. The session also focused on assessing the next steps.
The team also worked on collecting examples of how AI and XR technologies are currently being used in vocational education at partner institutions.

At the start of the second day of the meeting, there was a presentation on the use of Thinglink in education. Samiedu showed examples of how Thinglink can be used. Henri Pennanen from ThingLink guided all participants in the meeting through the use of the platform’s tools.

Finally, Wednesday’s communication and dissemination session focused on guiding partners in reporting on their communication and dissemination activities. Mira Torvinen-Määttä clarified the distinction between these two concepts, explaining that communication involves spreading awareness of the project, while dissemination ensures that the right people receive and use the results.

This meeting laid a solid foundation for the next steps of the project, strengthening collaboration and shared commitment to achieving its ambitious goals.

VET2Sustain Project

Project Social Club

Social Club

The Project

SocialClub aims to reduce cultural distance and discrimination among vocational education and training students by promoting multiculturalism, inclusion, and European belonging. It seeks to equip vocational training institutions with tools to promote cultural awareness and social inclusion through education, training, and peer learning activities.

Goals

Assessing knowledge: Measuring VET students’ understanding of cultural differences and their role in combating discrimination.
Provide training: Develop educational tools and action plans to teach students about cultural diversity.
Encourage inclusion: Promote a more inclusive system of education and training that values multiculturalism.
Building a multicultural community: Strengthening links between students and VET institutions across the EU.
Facilitating peer learning: Enabling students to learn from each other through cultural exchanges and interactive activities.

Partners

Info progetto

Codice del progetto: 2024-1-CY01-KA220-VET-000245348
Programma: Erasmus+
Key Action: Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Durata: 2 anni (31/12/2024 – 30/12/2026)
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European Projects

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Project HRM – Kitchen Team

HRM – Kitchen Team

Teaching methodology on human resource management for current and future catering staff

Project

The aim of the project is to improve the human resource management skills of students and graduates of vocational schools who are training to become chefs. Through innovative methods and study programs, including digital ones, access to modern knowledge will be increased for students and graduates, as well as for professional instructors, teachers, and trainers in the culinary profession. This will improve the digital skills of students and teachers. This will result in a better match between education
The project will result in a culturally harmonized European curriculum on human resource management for chefs, including intercultural skills, also aimed at Ukrainian citizens. A methodology and curriculum will be developed, as well as training programs for students in the form of educational pills and webinars. A methodological guide will be prepared for instructors, teachers, and trainers. Tools for the validation of skills in this field will be developed for all.

Activities

The project activities should lead to the development and implementation of a curriculum and teaching methods on human resource management in catering for the cooking profession in the project partner countries. The partners’ experts will develop teaching methodologies with training programs and lesson plans in short teaching formats. Multipliers will be trained to test the new project products. After their development, dissemination activities will ensure their implementation.

Parteners

Uckermärkischer Bildungsverbund gGmbH
Lubuska Izba Rzemieslnicza w Gorzowie Wlkp
Centrum Badań i Rozwoju na Rzecz Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością

Project Info

Project Code: 2023-1-PL01-KA220-VET-000167215
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Duration: 2 years (01-10-2023 – 31-05-2025)
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European Projects

Project VET sdgs

Progetto VET Schools doing Green

Projects

VET Schools Doing Green is a European project that aims to contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future through education and practical projects. It raises awareness among teachers about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and empowers students by encouraging them to develop their own projects and initiatives in line with the SDGs.
By integrating sustainable practices and values into vocational education, the project seeks to promote a sense of responsibility and environmental awareness among students and staff.

Goals

Encourage VET staff to devote explicit time to promoting sustainable and environmental skills, attitudes, and values in VET curricula.
Include SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) themes in curricula through active teaching (with students as protagonists) and cross-curricular content (interdisciplinary knowledge to enable students to connect knowledge across different disciplines).
Include sustainability and “green” skills in assessment.

Activities

Raise staff awareness by organizing four Staff Weeks, which will be organized in pairs, with each pair comprising one country from Southern Europe and one from Northern Europe. The first week of each pair will be dedicated to learning and training, and the second to practice: staff members, with the help of experts, will create “green tasks” for students.
Raise awareness among students through a five-month trial period followed by a Students Week. Students will be involved in their own CFP in the development of various activities and projects, sometimes involving companies and even the local community.

Partners

Project Info

Project Code: 2023-1-N LO 1-KA22O-VET-OOO I 54743
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Duration: 2 years e 3 months (01/10/2023 – 31/12/2025)
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Project EUAMI

EUAMI

The Project

EUAMI is a project based on a network of six partners in the field of education and training. Specifically, it involves an Italian university (University of Padua – Department of Political Science) and five high schools from Bulgaria (Emilian Stanev SU), Italy (Istituto E. Fermi and Canossa Campus), Poland (Zespół Szkół Administracyjno-Ekonomicznych), and Spain (Sant Josep Obrer). ENAC is a partner and supports Canossa Campus in carrying out specific tasks/activities within the project.

The students, teachers, and trainers therefore come from different backgrounds and have different levels of knowledge and experience of the European Union, thus creating a multicultural and multilingual working environment.

The project has a duration of 3 years (36 months) and is therefore an opportunity for teachers to engage in curricular and extracurricular activities that allow for the expansion of the European dimension in teaching.
More specifically, the project seeks to improve teachers’ understanding of key European Union issues such as its history and the functioning of its institutions, with a particular focus on the issue of migration flows. Migration flows and human rights are in fact the two key issues around which the various activities of the project are structured.
The entire project will be implemented in English.

Goal

Provide training courses for teachers to learn better and more up-to-date methods for teaching the European dimension at school;
Contribute to the professional development of the teachers involved;
Make recommendations for effectively incorporating the EU and related topics into school curricula;
Ensure that students have a better understanding of key EU issues and are able to understand how the EU works;
Increase the sense of belonging to the EU among teachers and students.

Activities

The project involves training activities conducted by university professors to equip teachers with the skills and methodologies needed to educate students about Europe and teacha them about the EU, and to introduce these topics into high school curricula. The project involves teachers and students, offering opportunities for mobility and collaborative teaching/mentoring experiences.

I partner

Project’s Info

Project Code: 101127284
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Jean Monnet Activities
Action Type: : Jean Monnet Policy Debates – Thematic Networks in Higher Education
Duration: 3 years (01-12-2023 – 30-11-2026)

Comunicazione

European Projects

Project ESW – EARLY SCHOOL WORKERS

The project

The education systems of many countries need to be radically overhauled in order to remain competitive. Innovative approaches are needed to combat early school leaving (ESL) and the failure of young people to acquire key skills.
The UK’s UTC model seems capable of responding to these new challenges. It is a group of vocational schools that are implementing a pedagogical approach strongly focused on student activities, based on the Project Based Learning model. Each UTC, in collaboration with a local university and businesses, works to develop a curriculum that allows students to have experiences similar to those they would have after school, also integrating three types of learning:
technical
academic
practical
All aspects of life at these colleges are built around a specific methodology called PiXL Edge, a model that allows students to develop skills that will be useful for the rest of their lives and for their future professional activities (Leadership, Organization, Communication, Initiative, and Resilience).

Goals

The project aims to further strengthen the key and technical-professional skills of young people attending VET courses by analyzing and adapting the English UTC model to the Italian, Spanish, and German contexts.
In this way, the project aims to respond to a common need of European VET systems:
- to increase the levels of key skills among young people and consequently reduce the skills gap;
- to promote new partnerships and organizational models for WBL approaches.

Activities and methodologies

There will be four phases during the project, each involving the creation of specific outputs:

Developing a model for transferring the English UTC model;

Transferring the model and adapting it to VET centers in other countries by designing training courses (curricula) for each sector and professional field, combining national standards with innovative elements from English schools;

Testing and implementing this model, i.e., validating and adopting the UTC model in selected VET centers in Italy, Spain, and Germany;

Monitoring and evaluating learning outcomes.

Partners

Comunication

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Project REX VET – From a rookie to an expert

The project

On the one hand, working life is becoming increasingly multicultural, while on the other, the labor market is becoming increasingly international, requiring international skills and competences.
Vocational education and training (VET) teachers must therefore possess these skills in order to guide and prepare students. The REX VET project aims to promote opportunities for continuous professional development for VET teachers, thereby enhancing the quality of VET programs.
The partnership consists of two Finnish training centers and others from Estonia, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. Luovi (Finland) is the project coordinator. The main target audience is teachers and staff of the VET centers involved in the project and, secondarily, the management of the centers.

Goals

Increase ownership of internationalization activities within VET institutions and involve more teachers and staff members in this type of activity. Involving more teachers in internationalization activities is crucial to raising awareness of the European context, developing new curriculum planning processes and new curriculum models, and helping students understand other cultures.
Develop and recognize the skills and competences needed in an increasingly globalized world.
Promote the professional development of VET institution staff in terms of the skills needed for internationalization, such as better knowledge of the European Union, greater knowledge and understanding of VET systems in other countries, greater knowledge of languages and managerial skills, and, finally, greater awareness of the skills needed in an intercultural world.
promote synergies between the internationalization activities of institutions, organizational strategies/development, and the continuous professional growth of staff.

Activities and methodologies

There will be four transnational meetings to work on the creation of tools and disseminate the results.
In addition to evaluation and dissemination throughout the project duration, five multiplier events (workshops, etc.) will also be organized. Finally, a learning, teaching, and training activity will also be proposed to test the tools developed and gather feedback for their improvement.
Results:

Digital learning badges (open badges) to document and recognize learning and skills acquired on the topic of internationalization.
The online training course will support staff development from beginner to expert level, and the open badges can be transferred and used to document the skills and competences acquired.
Mapping of the international skills of staff in the organizations participating in the project;
Personal development model for VET staff on the topic of international skills;
Training module to support the development of VET staff skills;

Partners

Outputs

Training package to support the skills development:Training module
Mapping the international skills of the staff in partner organizations
Personal development path model in international skills for staff in VET
Open badges

Comunication

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Project Digital and Online Creativity Education – DOCE

The project

The current crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for modernization and digital transformation of education and training across Europe. While many institutions have adequate resources and considerable knowledge and experience in providing students with effective distance/online teaching and learning, others are not so fortunate.
During this global crisis, educators have had to adapt and learn very quickly—in ‘real time’—how to plan and deliver an engaging and inclusive ‘remote’ curriculum, while helping their students adapt to the enormous change in the way they acquire new knowledge and skills.
The aim of this 18-month project is to advance and strengthen the capacity of teachers in vocational education and training centers to develop and deliver effective, high-quality, and inclusive digital education within the creative sector.

Goals

Developing accessible digital approaches to provide effective assessment methods.
Developing teachers’ ICT skills to support both synchronous and asynchronous teaching.
Developing teacher coaching strategies to enable them to support other colleagues in their organizations.

Activities and methodologies

The focus of the project is to develop teachers’ skills in creating and implementing engaging, effective, and transferable strategies for online, blended, and distance teaching and learning. The project will support teachers in acquiring and developing these skills/knowledge through the organization of training weeks in which they can use accessible online teaching tools and share ideas, digital resources, experiences, and best practices. During the training events/best practice exchange meetings, experts will be on hand to hold masterclasses and share innovative practices.

In addition, the project will also seek to develop the digital pedagogical skills of participating teachers so that they can train other colleagues in their organizations throughout the duration of the project and beyond. The aim of the project is for participating teachers to become “digital champions” for their centers and for their learning to benefit as many teachers as possible, enabling them to provide high-quality online distance/blended learning to their students.

Partners

Comunication

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