The different approaches on which previous experiences in Dual Training are based have made it advisable to define a framework in which training and work relevant to the market were adequately targeted. The danger of dispersion of the experiences of the regions and States with jurisdiction in this area justified the need for business organizations to provide the means to ensure the unity of the training market and, consequently, the labor market. The key points of the project were aimed at ensuring that the skills acquired by a student after a training process agreed with those defined in the official curriculum. That is, they were adequate to pass to the European Supplements so that employers could recognize them easily and without the need to adopt new certifications.During the design of this project, partners noted that there was a large difference between the unemployment rate of young people in Germany (7.8% in December 2013) and young people in Spain (54.2%), Romania (41.7 per cent) and Italy (46.7 per cent) and they knew experiences in which the use of dual vocational training greatly facilitated the transition to employment, contributing to the reduction of unemployment, especially among young people. as in the case of Germany. The German Dual System is characterized by the fact that companies are the main responsible for vocational training; emphasizes the training in companies and the familiarization of the apprentice with working life at an early stage.The project has been designed with the objective of investigating and transfer the good practices developed in dual vocational training in countries that have already implemented it and to investigate and define the key issues associated with the training through a dual system: the selection of participating companies, the characteristics and role of tutors, the way in which training is related to enterprises and the results of training in terms of skills. The project focused on the Construction, Metal and Food sectors.The consortium has been formed by 6 partners, of different nature: 1 National business organization, 1 business organization of social economy , 3 SMEs related to training and 1 non-profit training center: - Spain: Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (Coordinator) and Liber Formation Center, S.L- Italy: CE.SV.I - Center for innovation and innovation of the cooperative society and Consorzio IES Inclusione Europa Sviluppo- Romania: SC Ru Europe RUL- Germany: Handwerkskammer PotsdamThe activities of the project, beyond those of management, evaluation and dissemination, have been:-Design and analysis of European Good Practices: Analysis of good practices at European level in the field of Dual training, as well as in the participating countries.-Development of methodologies for tutors in companies: Role of the tutor, skills, knowledge, profile of tutor, training, evaluation procedure, etc.-Development of learning methodologies. Design of methodologies for the training of apprentices to be carried out in companies: information on opportunities and advantages for students, forms of access, selection, process, profile.-Project Pilot with companies to test the materials elaborated and Guide for the Implementation of the Dual Training in the companies. A pilot experiment was carried out for the application of the methodology designed for apprentices and tutors in Spain (3 metal, construction and agri-food sectors), Italy (1 sector) and Romania (2 sectors). The Guide includes methodology for the selection and training of tutors and the implementation of training programs in companies for students.-Europass Apprentice Acreditation and EQF . The learning outcomes of the pilot project have been defined in agreement with Europass. A guide has been developed which provides general information on the National Qualifications Framework, together with a detailed description of the certificate supplement. A description of the structure of the Supplement of the specific certificate of each course of the pilot project has been made.The target groups, are Dual Professional Training students, companies, tutors, sectoral and territorial business organizations, training centers, local decision-makers and educational authorities.As a result of the activities carried out, the following materials have been published in 5 languages, and transferred to different territorial areas:-Analyses and design of European good practices- Educational material for tutors - Methodological design of apprenticeship training in the business - Guide for the implementation of the dual training in business- Validation Europass Apprentice

The House of Brains project is the outcome of several years of cooperation among the project partners and, of course, the result of their expertise. The basic aim of the project is the creation of a training program that unify businesses and academic world, to enhance the knowledge of the entrepreneurial world, by promoting a real and peer to peer collaboration between the two worlds and by covering the gap between what the universities provides in terms of knowledge and skills what the labor market demands.As very often, learners don't really meet enterprises’ needs at the end of their studies, the project has been formulated around the basic idea that a new training path was necessary to be jointly managed by universities and enterprises, accounting for the needs of both, making the training process easily accessible and user- friendly, offering the students the opportunity to practically experiment what they are learning, and introducing into the university programs new elements in terms of experience of entrepreneurs, and technical “know how” that allows youth to be find employment upon completion of the training. For this reason, scope of the HoB project was developing not only a new model of training path, but also an online learning environment (http://www.hobplatform.org) where the HoB pilot online course has been implemented. The HoB partnership was composed by 10 organizations, which have a wide experience and are key actors in the frame of the objective to which the project is focused on. The LP, Unioncamere Veneto has strong and long experience in managing EU-funded projects in many different sectors. Verona University is one of the most advanced in Italy regarding the implementation of applied researches and the development of specific training paths for entrepreneurship. Consorzio IES and CE.Sv.I. both provide financial services to the enterprises and specific training courses aimed to entrepreneurs. The German participants, the Hochschule Fulda and Inter.Research have a wide experience of the Dual Training System and run high training paths where companies have already high influence.Spanish partners, Camara de Comercio de Cantabria (CCIN) and Fundacion Leonardo Torres Quevedo (FLTQ), have a relevant experience in boosting research activities and transferring the results to the business sector. The Slovenian partners, the University of Primorska and the Technology Park Ljubljana are leading entity and key national stakeholder in the development of innovative and knowledge-based entrepreneurship.Concerning the implementation of the House of Brains project, following activities have been undertaken: •Activity1 (O1): Context analysis and good practices detection. In each involved country, a national report has produced with a briefly description of the national university training system, the national policy legislation and, the description of the forms of collaboration/initiatives between industry and academic.•Activity 2 (O2): Definition of the Training offer. Each project partner interviewed local stakeholders to gain understanding of the competences which employers expect from young graduates. •Activity 3 (O2): Definition of Training methodologies. Each project partner has contributed in developing the HoB training path following the indications of Hochschule Fulda that led the process of definition of the training offer. •Activity 4 (O2): Definition of the technical feature and ICT support tools. Consorzio IES with the support of ICT experts has realized and coordinated the development of the virtual environment.•Activity 5 (O2+O3): Realization of the HoB Platform, recognition and validation of the qualifications with an EQF approach under the supervision of University of Verona.•Activity 6: Follow – up. Communication and dissemination of the outcome of the HoB project and open discussion about possibilities of sustainability for the HoB virtual environment.In terms of results, the House of Brains project not only achieved to set up the online platform where three pilot online courses let participants interactively and in a multicultural and virtual environment stimulate their own creativity and soft skills; but gave the opportunity to develop and spread the entrepreneurial competencies and soft skills among youth and graduates. Concerning the longer – term benefits, the House of Brains project is mainly focused on the development and assessment of transversal skills linked to entrepreneurial competencies. Thanks to the experience of the online pilot trials, HoB project has laid the groundwork to start the discussion on the entrepreneurial mindset of competencies that could be potentially used in any educational setting as well as in a workplace. Not only, beside the discussion about the possibilities of sustainability for the HoB virtual environment, partners are interested in the capitalization of the project outcomes for future research/project opportunities