MetròpolisFPLab is an innovation project promoted by the Metropolitan Agency for Economic Development of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Provincial Council, and the BCN Vocational Training Foundation with the aim of evaluating the talent of vocational training students, bringing them closer to the labour market, promoting the acquisition of key skills and their job placement.
It is an open innovation project, challenge-based learning where participating companies and institutions formulate real challenges to those who respond, in a fully accompanied way, to vocational training students. The winning team has a grant to start developing its project within the corresponding organization. The objectives of this project are:
Meeting point between companies and VET educational centers.
Enhance students, improving their employability and skills.
Innovative projects resulting from demands between the world of business and territory.
The open innovation methodology allows to promote entrepreneurship, teamwork, the promotion of cross-cutting skills; factors that will be key both for job placement and for employability throughout life. And it is a meeting point between VET centers and the business fabric, in order to generate economic, social and cultural value in the territory. Students will have to generate innovative projects through their ideas, bringing the demands of the business world and the territory itself closer to the proposed capacities for improvement. All this will allow the potential of the students to emerge contributing to the improvement of their labor insertion and employability.
7th edition of the MetropolisFPLab academic year 2024 – 2025.
We are working on the new edition of the MetropolisFPLab for this 2024-2025 academic year: new companies, challenges and methodologies that you will be able to know soon. During the second week of October we will publish the bases of the new call. We continue to innovate!
Collection of challenges from all editions.
Next you will see the challenges of all the companies of the past edition, the 6th edition.
Consorci de Residus del Maresme: How can we separate and recycle the textile waste that we mostly throw away to mixed waste?
Hospital Clínic: What actions can we take to increase awareness and decrease the health problems associated with childhood and youth obesity?
Mesoestetic: How can we create a system to evaluate and select improvement proposals from operators or technicians?
GPA Innova: How can we increase the collection capacity of hydrocarbons and floating solids in a surface marine robot?
Institut de Ciències del Mar: In coastal communities, how can we reduce environmental impact and regenerate the coastline, the coastal ecosystem and the marine ecosystem?
Port de Barcelona: How can we visually represent the logistics chain of the Port of Barcelona?
Consorci de la Zona Franca (CZF): How can we make Zona Franca an industrial estate that is friendly, easy to access and work for everyone?
Marina BCN 92: How can we repurpose plastic pellets from shipyard recycling?
Aigües de Barcelona: How can we integrate and adapt different spaces and buildings in our city as future climate shelters within the reach of citizens?
Universal Robots: How can we use robotics and AI to aid elderly people with reduced mobility and dependency?
Resol: How can we design new outdoor furniture using recycled plastic?
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya: How can we create a tool to manage maintenance breakdowns and incidents at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya?
Grup Ametller Origen: How can we create an intelligent hydroponic irrigation system that maximizes efficiency?
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If you want more information about the project, contact gsepulveda@fundaciobcnfp.cat or jzivic@fundaciobcnfp.cat
