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On April 8th, the Foundation Board of Trustees held a meeting at the assembly hall of the IMEB. The main item on the agenda was the unanimous approval of the 2023 annual accounts. During the session, the Board reviewed the first quarter of 2024 and engaged in a discussion on the current state of vocational training, particularly with regards to dual vocational training. The new VET law requires dual vocational training to be extended to all VET, and this was a topic of significant discussion. Additionally, the Board also discussed the logistics involved with international mobility.

The BCN FP Foundation, together with Barcelona Activa, participated on March 20 and 21 in the REBUILD Expo & Congress in Madrid, the benchmark event for industrialized construction, digitalization, and sustainability.
On Thursday 21st, the Talent Marketplace took place in the Auditorium of Pavilion 7 where seven talks were held to address the new professional profiles of the sector and the necessary talent, as well as to present the new EyOCnet teaching network, the new VET law, innovative projects, and strategies and training.
Intervening in the different tables centers of VET Barcelona (Escola del Treball) and AMB (Institut Provençana), Fundació BCN FP and Barcelona Activa, where the results of the study Sustainable Construction in terms of VET promoted by Barcelona Activa are presented.
Rebuild students from these centers also visit, who can take technological and teaching tours of EADS La Llotja in Barcelona and the Miquel Martí i Pol Institute in Cornellà de Llobregat.
The transformation of the building needs to have qualified professionals, and new training that the initial and occupational VET will have to adopt to respond to Construction 4.0.

Through this new channel, we will talk in a relaxed way about vocational training and all the novelties that surround it, as well as the content of relevance and current affairs, giving voice to the different actors that are part of the Vocational Training ecosystem.

“Ara FP” will be a space where the latest trends in vocational training will be discussed, practical advice will be shared, and inspiring experiences will be uncovered…
The aim is to foster a dynamic and enriching dialogue that not only benefits current students, but also those who are considering vocational training as an educational option, or anyone who wants to learn and enrich their knowledge.

From issues related to the new VET law to professional experiences, we will explore all aspects of this educational modality.

With the launch of “Ara FP”, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting vocational training and to making this option more accessible and recognized for all. Don’t miss this new adventure, be prepared to explore the future of learning with “Ara FP“!

On March 20, at the headquarters of the Palau Macaya of the La Caixa Foundation, the X Seminar Catalunya Futura on lifelong learning was held, organized by the Knowledge and Territory Platform and the Catalan Association of Public Universities.  The objective was to contribute to Catalunya making a firm commitment to lifelong learning, understanding it as a key element, not only for the professional requalification of workers in the face of the needs derived from technological change and the transition to a knowledge economy but also for the education of critical and responsible citizenship, committed to the environment.

The seminar was attended by representatives of the institutions involved in the development of lifelong learning in the higher education sector in Catalunya, as well as top-level experts from the international sphere who will promote the exchange of experiences and good practices. VET played a significant role in it.

This month the newsletter brings many new features! Once again we continue to premiere, this time with a fixed section in the same newsletter dedicated to women, VET, ICT, and STEAM. Every month you will find news related to this triangle.
The first section is from 8 March, and the winners of the Dona TIC 2023 prize in the VET category.
We presented you to Emma Casadevall, who explained in the interview the need for female references for young girls so that they are interested in the sector and above all they are willing to join it to collectively reduce the gender gap.
We have also known the story of Yolanda Moreno, winner of the special mention DONATIC 2023 category FP. Yolanda tells us how she realized that her path was another of what she was atomizing through university and thanks to VET.

On March 19th we attended, at the Llotja de Mar, the presentation of the study “The labor market insertion of professional studies 2023”.

Professional training continues to be one of the training routes that guarantee a better job placement, according to the study data, which has already reached the seventeenth edition. It gathers that the rate of employment of graduates in VET has increased for the third consecutive year and stands at 54.49%. In 2021 this rate reached 45.32%, while in 2022 it was 52.05%.

The Minister of Education, Anna Simó, the Minister of Business and Labour, Roger Torrent, and the president of the General Council of Chambers of Catalonia, Josep Santacreu, presented the main conclusions of the report. The general director of VET, Mercè Chacón, commented on the most relevant data of the study, and the director of the Chamber Council, Narcís Bosch, spoke about the role of companies.

The study also analyses the employment outcomes of graduates in Dual Vocational Training. In this case, the percentage reaches 66.29%, almost 5 points higher than the previous survey.

Study of the labor market insertion of professional studies 2023

We visit with the students participating in the MetropolisFPLab and the different companies and institutions that take on the challenges of the project. To develop a good prototype, we have to know from the inside how organizations operate, to finish making grounded and well-focused proposals.

On March 15, at the Convent of Barcelona Activa, the Forum of Cities met with the VET Council. The Forum brings together different VET boards and sectoral boards or councils of the territory. Its role is relevant in the field of VET for the link and knowledge of the territories where they are located. The meeting was dedicated to working on a new agreement that framed all the novelties we have had in the field of VET. In the second part, we had the intervention of Fabian Mohedano, executive president of the FPCAT Agency, who explained the forecasting reports and the deployment of integrated centers.

At the meeting, Marta Carranza was thanked for all the work done as secretary of the FP Council of Barcelona, as she moves on to retirement. The transfer of the technical secretariat of the Forum to the city of Mataró was also discussed.

The association of European cities Xarxa FP was one of the first institutions in Europe to offer internationalization opportunities to students, graduates, teachers, and vocational training centers. Since 1999, through Xarxa FP, of which 40 cities from 15 European states are part, more than 11,000 international mobility programs have been managed by young VET students.

This past Wednesday, March 13, in the Saló de Cent, the 25th anniversary of the Xarxa FP has been celebrated. María Gómez Ortueta, director of the Professional Training Unit of the Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE) spoke about the future of the internationalization of Vocational Training. The event continued with a round table on Erasmus experiences with Philippe Marchal, director of European affairs of the Toulouse City Council; Montse Blanes, director of the Institut FP Sanitària Barcelona; Raquel Silipú, student of the Institut Escola d’Hosteleria i Turisme de Barcelona, and Randi Hagner, student of the Fremdspracheninstitut of Landerhauptstadt München.

Currently, Xarxa FP is one of the few institutions that carry out international mobility projects for people of all educational levels, including students of intermediate and higher level training cycles, vocational training teachers, graduates in vocational training in unemployed situations, and is one of the few state and European institutions that manages international mobility for young students of training and insertion programs (PFI) making internationalization reach all educational levels.

With the 25th anniversary of Xarxa FP, the importance and experience of the institution in promoting international mobility and promoting cooperation between European cities is highlighted. Xarxa FP continues to be a fundamental pillar for the personal and professional growth of students, teachers, and vocational training professionals throughout the continent.

We have attended the presentation, as well as participated in the organization, of the 8th edition of Advanced Factories, a reference event in Robotics and Industrial Automation very important for Vocational Training.