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We start de 11a edition of the Prizes FPemprèn, addressed at the students of FP of half grade and superior grade of the city of Barcelona and his Metropolitan Area, and furthered by the Foundation BCN Professional Formation with the support of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and of Social Business City Barcelona.
In this way, tracking the structure of a business project, reward the projects according to the following categories:
At modes of June of the 2020 will take place the act of delivery of prizes (pending to concretise place and date) and the terms of presentation of the candidatures are:
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Novelties more excelled of this edition
Among which find the sessions of formation directed at educational of Company and Initiative Entrepreneur of centres of Barcelona and his metropolitan area, as well as also the new edition of the Prizes FPconsolida, which back project entrepreneurs with potential of future.
Day: 24 of January
Hour: 9:30 at 11:30
Place: Circle of Economics. C. Provence, 298
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On November 28, 2019, the 2nd annual meeting of the Industrial Training Sector Committee (TSFI) was held. The committee was created in 2016 to promote industrial VT, in a context of transformation and digitalization of the industrial fabric by means of industry 4.0.
This meeting was held at the Learning and Innovation Campus of Teamlabs Barcelona, where the LEINN degree in Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation is certified by the University of Mondragón and recognized by the Ministry of Education within the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
The work session was led by 3 “Leiners” who with the “Design Thinking” methodology addressed the challenges of the Industrial Training Sector Committee for 2020. 21 people from 15 organizations participated. The 1st annual meeting took place on March 7, 2019 with 37 people from 26 organizations. It established the two work initiatives to be carried out from the TSFI for the period 2019-2020.
The first edition of the MetròpolisFPlab project has been carried out throughout the 2018-19 school year in collaboration with the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) and with the support of other local agents such as Innobaix, Port of Barcelona and the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalonia. More than 600 students from 33 VET centers have participated generating 426 ideas for the 8 challenges posed, with a total of 12 finalist projects and 6 winning teams.
On November 28, 2019, an award ceremony for winners of the 1st edition took place.
The six featured projects were the following : “Autocontrol” from centre Pàlcam por Autoterminal, ”Go Montmeló” from Escola Santísima Trinidad Circuito de Barcelona-Cataluña, “Esquitx” from INS Bonanova for aigues de Barcelona, “Co Building” from centers INS Esteve Terradas i Illa and INS Pedralbes.
Last Friday, September 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Caixa Forum hosted the “Dual VET Management: The role of Cities and Local Governments” conference, promoted by the BCN Vocational Educación and Training Foundation and Barcelona Activa. The conference was inaugurated by Barcelona’s councilor of Culture, Education and Science, Mr Joan Subirats, Ms Montserrat Ballarín on behalf of Barcelona’s Metropolitan Àrea and the president of Catalonia’s VET Council, Mr Fabián Mohedano.
The main VET leaders of cities such as Montreal, Dublin, Espoo, Brussels and Munich participated in this conference. Their contributions focused on the different available models, successful initiatives and ways of influencing professional training and the VET dual system at the municipal level.
During the conference, a panel discussion was also organized in which the municipalities of Molins de Rei, Barcelona, Cornellà de Llobregat, Viladecans and Granollers presented their experience and assessment regarding the dual training positions created within the same structure of their City halls.
This conference has attracted a great interest among the educational community and local authorities. It gathered some 300 attendees, mainly from municipalities and other administrations, training centers, companies and social agents.
