On November 6th, the annual meeting of mobility coordinators took place to share the evaluation of international projects carried out during 2024 and explain the novelties of 2025.
This meeting kicks off the new Erasmus calls that will allow students, recent graduates, teachers and management teams from Barcelona, Àrea Metropolitana and Mataró to carry out training stays in different cities around the world.
Thank you all for participating for another year!
From the Foundation together with Xarxa FP we coordinate the first Erasmus exchange of the School of Second Opportunities of Barcelona. The mayor of Barcelona Jaume Collboni, last Thursday received a group of students from the FGU Trekanten center in Vejle, Denmark, who participate throughout this week in the first international Erasmus exchange between second chance schools. The students of this Danish center share experiences and coexist from last November 18 and until the 21st with the students of the Municipal School of Second Opportunities (EM2O). The next exchange will take place in the Danish city of Vejle where EM2O students will travel between 16 and 26 March.
The BCN FP Foundation coordinates a new project within the Alma Catalunya program, a project aimed at the most disadvantaged people who have difficulties accessing work or training for individual or structural reasons.
Its objective is to empower them when integrating into the labor market, in the system
education or in society.
Rubí has taken a step forward in the promotion of Vocational Training with its incorporation into our metropolitan innovation project in Vocational Training MetropolisFPLab, an initiative that seeks to promote educational continuity and the approach of young talent to the needs of the labour market.
The arrival of Rubí to the MetropolisFPLab has been possible thanks to the support of the Barcelona Provincial Council, thus expanding the network of municipalities participating in the Social and Economic Development Area of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB).
The city of Barcelona has passed the relay of the secretariat of the Forum of Cities with the Council of Vocational Training in Mataró in an event held in Mataró. The secretariat of the Forum of Cities with Vocational Training Council (FP) is itinerant and this year this function falls to Mataró that takes over from Barcelona.
The meeting also presented the agreement that will be signed by all cities and that includes these commitments:
The following municipalities and county councils are currently part of the Vocational Training Council:
Four years of regulatory changes and growth of the Forum.
Barcelona has been the secretary of the Forum of Cities with the Vocational Training Council for the last 4 years. When Barcelona took over the secretariat, this joint work space to share and transfer knowledge was already very well structured and organized with working groups around different areas such as orientation, dual training, institutional relations, dissemination to other municipalities, etc. However, during these four years the deployment of FP has taken place and the objectives and strategic lines of the FPCAT Agency have been developed, with which the Forum has worked from the municipal level. Regulatory changes have also taken place in this period, including the new Organic Law on VET. These regulatory changes have been incorporated into the new agreement, as well as the new VET councils that have been created recently in the Catalan territory. In this regard, the Councilor for Economic Promotion and Labour, Raquel Gil, said that the new agreement that has been created “recommends the will to grow a space for commitment and cooperation to work in a coordinated way and facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experiences, as well as acting before the relevant bodies, to defend the interests of the municipalities linked to the field of VET”.
During the Saló de l’Ocupació and BizBarcelona, the BCN FP Foundation has highlighted with the presentation of the study “Sustainable Construction in a key of VET”. This study highlights how digitalization and sustainability are transforming the construction sector, requiring new professional profiles.
In the round table moderated by Ángel Tarrino, with the participation of Laura Borroso (Barcelona School of Labour), Edu (Bioconstruction Guild) and Carol Beuter (Provensan Institute), bioconstruction, recycling and new trades were discussed.
The study “Young population aged 16 to 24 unemployed without post-compulsory studies” was also analyzed and how Vocational Training can offer solutions for this group.
At BizBarcelona, a session was held on Entrepreneurial Talent in VET with the presentation of the project table for Ester Pujol. Next, Jèssica Canalda, from the innovation and business area of the Foundation, framed the projects that would be presented from VET centers. The experience table was attended by I. Romero and P. S’nchez, from Institut Provensana with Blue Containers Project, and Figueredo, M.A. López and L. del Castillo, from Institut Esteve Terradas with the VR Museum of Tintin in Catalan.
On October 5, in the Saló de Cent of the Barcelona City Council, the CESB-Consell Econòmic i Social plenary session took place in Barcelona. On behalf of the mayor of Barcelona, Raquel Gil, Councilor for Economic Promotion and Employment, welcomed the event. During the event, the socio-economic memory of Barcelona 2020-2022 of the Economic and Social Council of Barcelona was presented, by Mr. Carles Puig de Travy, Dean of the College of Economists of Catalonia and Mrs. Aurora Huerga, on behalf of the CESB executive commission.
Mrs. Maria Nogué, Secretary of the Council, summarised the work carried out and the work in progress in 2023. And the President, Mr Francesc Castellana spoke about the current socio-economic context and set out the lines of work of the Economic and Social Council of Barcelona in 2024. He also dismissed the presidency of the CESB.
From the Foundation we would like to thank Mr Castellana for all the collaboration during his term of office; and wish him every luck in this new stage.
Then there was the evaluations of the social agents and an open turn of words.
The information sessions of the mobility project for 2025 have already begun! Professional Training graduates, or who will graduate in May/June 2025, have a new opportunity to go to Germany and obtain a scholarship that will allow them to live a unique experience of training and work. These information sessions are held both in person at VET centers and online. A unique experience for FP graduates!
This project offers language training in German, starting from level 0 until reaching the official B1 qualification.
In addition, the project includes individual monthly tutorials and an international professional mobility program, where they will reach a training and learning employment contract of about 12 months with a German company. At the end of this contract, they will obtain the homologation of the Catalan VET degree in Germany, opening new doors to the European labour market.
For more information and to register for the information sessions, you can do so through this link.
Don’t miss this great opportunity!
We have organized a training stay in Skellefte a, Sweden, for teachers from professional families related to the sustainable construction sector of centers in Barcelona and Metropolitan Area.
The aim of the visit was to deepen Sweden’s education and VET system and to get to know schools and companies dedicated to sustainable timber construction, a growing sector and key to a more environmentally friendly future.
During the stay, the participants had the opportunity to visit cutting-edge educational facilities in the sustainable construction sector such as the Anderstorp school, the Balder school, T2 College, the Artic Center of Energy research center and the Swedish company Martinsons, specialized in working with wood in construction, material recognized for its sustainability and low environmental impact. In addition, the delegation has been able to exchange experiences with local professionals, thus enriching their knowledge and exploring possible future collaborations.
We have participated in the Erasmus Days, held in Granollers and promoted by the Institut Carles Vallbona and the Granollers City Council and the Diputació de Barcelona. The conference was held at the Carles Vallbona Institute with the aim of promoting international mobility in Vocational Training through the Erasmus program.
This conference was held in collaboration with the EMT Granollers Institute, Carles Vallbona Institute, Educem and the Parc Estudi. The event promoted exchange and training opportunities for young people at European level.
