During the month of January, we launched the MetròpolisFPLab creativity workshops, in collaboration with SDLI. More than 1,100 students took part in the 7 workshops held, with the aim of developing their projects through various creativity techniques and shaping their ideas to address real challenges faced by participating companies and organisations.
The workshops were held at the Citilab in Cornellà and at the Roca Umbert space in Granollers, bringing together sessions of more than 150 students at a time to work jointly on innovative solutions.
From this point onwards, the teams will be able to present their first proposals and start creating their first prototypes.
The Foundation attended the event presenting data on the Youth Reality of the city, organised by the Youth Department of the Barcelona City Council, which took place on 21 January at 9:30 a.m. at the Youth Information and Guidance Centre (CIAJ) of Barcelona.
The Analysis of the Youth Reality of the city was presented by PRISMA – Youth Observatory:
Portrait and trend reports of young people in Barcelona and its districts
The BCN Vocational Training Foundation is launching the second edition of the ALMA project, a European mobility initiative with an inclusive approach aimed at young people aged between 18 and 29 who are in vulnerable situations. The project is part of the ALMA Programme promoted by the Public Employment Service of Catalonia and financed by the European Social Fund, with the aim of fostering labour market integration, returning to the education system and progressing towards full social inclusion.
This new edition offers 15 places and foresees two-month professional traineeships in companies or organisations in Germany, France or Italy, expanding the project’s international scope.
The programme is structured in three phases:
Preparation in Catalonia, including face-to-face language training, pedagogical and intercultural preparation, social and civic activities, and individual and group mentoring;
International mobility, with the traineeship period in the destination countries;
Return and follow-up, aimed at transforming the experience into real employment opportunities or educational pathways.
The Foundation is undertaking this second edition following the positive results of the first one. At the closing event of the previous edition, the impact of the project on the personal autonomy, self-esteem, resilience, and social and professional skills of the participating young people was highlighted, as well as the networking carried out by institutional stakeholders and collaborating organisations that made it possible.
All information about the project, participation requirements and the steps to follow to formalise registration can be found on our website: ALMA Program – BCN FP Foundation
On Tuesday, February 10 at 9:30 a.m., the monitoring committee of the Dual VET project will take place at Barcelona City Council, in the Barcelona Room of the Area Management for Mobility, Infrastructure and Works (Av. Diagonal 240, 08018 Barcelona).
This committee is the annual meeting space where we will reflect on the evaluation and monitoring of Dual VET trainees for 2025–2026 and present the planning for the 2026–2027 academic year, with the participation of VET centres, municipal departments, the Barcelona Education Consortium, and the People, Organization and Electronic Administration Management of Barcelona City Council.
In the 2025–2026 academic year, Barcelona City Council hosted 298 Dual VET trainees from 23 centres and 19 professional profiles, with an investment of €1.3 million.
From 2013 to date, Barcelona City Council has incorporated 2,868 intensive Dual VET students; if we add the 50 students hosted over three years by BTV and the Barcelona Public Health Agency (entities owned by Barcelona City Council), the City Council has trained a total of 2,918 Dual VET trainees.
On January 14, we published the resolution of the ERASMUS+ Basic Vocational Education and Training project: Professional traineeships in Europe, corresponding to the 2025 call (code 2025-1-ES01-KA121-VET-000336264).
This project offers Basic VET students the opportunity to undertake professional traineeships in European environments, fostering the development of personal and professional competencies, promoting international mobility, and improving their future employability.
With the aim of providing information and answering questions, next Wednesday, February 4 at 3:30 p.m., we will hold an information session addressed to the selected students and their families, where we will explain the details of the project, the professional traineeships in Europe, and the next steps to follow.
In recent weeks, the students participating in Metròpolis FP Lab have visited the companies and entities that have posed the challenges for this edition, with the aim of gaining deeper knowledge of each organization and contextualizing the project they will work on throughout the academic year.
In total, more than 500 vocational education and training students have visited the facilities of the participating companies, where they have been able to learn first-hand how they operate, their fields of activity, and the real challenges they propose.
At the same time, an innovation workshop aimed at teachers was held, with the objective of facilitating the implementation of the project in the classroom. During the workshop, teachers put themselves in their students’ shoes and went through, in a concise manner, all the phases of the MetròpolisFPLab innovation process, working as a team and actively participating in the proposed dynamics.
Below is audiovisual material produced during the visits, as well as enriching experiences from students who have won the challenge in previous years.
From Metròpolis FP Lab to the Port of Barcelona: the experience of winning the Metròpolis FP Lab
From Metròpolis FP Lab to Seditesa: the experience of winning the Metròpolis FP Lab
The 15th edition of the Innovation Measures Plan in Vocational Education and Training (2025–2026) has closed its call with the submission of 91 innovation projects from vocational education and training centres in the Barcelona area. Of the total proposals received, 83 correspond to Line of Action A and 8 to Line of Action B.
The Innovation Measures Plan in VET aims to recognize and promote innovative educational projects that contribute to improving the quality of VET, fostering active learning methodologies centred on students, teamwork, competency-based assessment, and the development of personal and professional competencies. The project seeks to position centres as spaces for comprehensive learning, research, and professional life, enhancing students’ talent, improving their employability, and generating new educational opportunities that help prevent early school leaving.
The resolution of the call will be made public from the first half of February 2026.
Within the framework of the Board of Trustees meeting, the new Executive President, Marta Rodríguez, presented her first management report, in which she outlined the main lines of work of the organization and shared the estimated results for the year 2025, which point to a positive trend.
During the session, the Board of Trustees also approved the Strategic Guidelines and the Budget for 2026, thus consolidating the roadmap that will guide the Foundation’s activity in the coming years and reinforcing its commitment to planning, innovation, and institutional stability.
The BCN Vocational Training Foundation has held the closing event of the first edition of the ALMA project, an initiative promoted by the Foundation, supported by the Public Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC) and financed by the European Social Fund, with the aim of improving the personal and professional opportunities of the participants.
The event was attended by Marta Rodríguez, Executive President of the Board of Trustees of the BCN FP Foundation, and Francesc Castellana, Director of the SOC, who highlighted the relevance of the project and expressed their appreciation for the involvement of all the entities and professionals who made this first edition possible. Both agreed in emphasizing the value of collaborative work in generating initiatives with a real impact on people’s lives.
During the event, the positive impact of the ALMA project was also highlighted in key areas such as personal autonomy, self-esteem, resilience, and the development of social and professional skills among the participants, which are fundamental elements in supporting their socio-labour integration.
The project was made possible thanks to joint work with various entities and institutions, including the Catalan Association for Integration and Human Development, El Llindar, Barcelona Activa, the Xarxa FP, the City Council of Toulouse, the Fondazione Lepido Rocco, among others. This collaboration has made it possible to build a solid project focused on the support and empowerment of young people.
The closing event concluded with recognition of the participants, who received their certificates, and with a very positive assessment of the results achieved. The BCN Vocational Training Foundation reaffirms its commitment to continuing to promote projects such as ALMA, which contribute to generating real and transformative opportunities through training and support.
Within the framework of the ABOQ, the Barcelona Agreement for Quality Employment, the Microcredentials Working Group was established on December 4 as part of the Training, Education and Skills Accreditation Roundtable. This group is co-led by Barcelona Activa and the BCN Vocational Training Foundation, and its main objectives are: to establish a shared framework for reflection between the employment ecosystem and universities; to facilitate public access to this training offer; and to identify good practices that may serve as references for future models.
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