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Work APPlication for Europe

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2016-1-DE03-KA219-022897
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only Funder Contribution: 44,060 EUR

Work APPlication for Europe

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"Project background: The motivation for this project results from the observation that especially young people in Europe are affected by high unemployment. This is confirmed by several statistics. However, it is also a part of the daily routine at the vocational schools of the participating teachers. A lot of their students face the risk of being unemployed at one point of their professional lives. In several educational discussions the students address the topic “Globalization – knowing the chances and the risks”. In this context “living, learning and working abroad” is an important focus, which intrigues the aspect of working in Europe, formulated as “Working abroad – why not!”Project aims: In order to prepare young people to work in Europe and to increase their motivation of working in another European country, they should know some key facts. These facts include the local working and living conditions as well as the taxation systems, social securities or important contents of the local labour laws. Moreover, the students should be familiar with the different costs of living or leisure facilities. In order to present these information the students have developed an app. This seemed to be a suitable medium for the target group and helps the students to increase important digital skills. Number and profile of participants: The participating institutions were two vocational schools in Germany and Finland, which look back on a long-term partnership which should be steadily expanded. Additionally, another vocational school in Estonia joined the partnership. This school benefits from the others’ experience. Out of organizational and financial reasons the number of participating students was limited to 24 for german and 10 for finnish school. We tried to take young people with educational, economical and social disadvantages equally into account. Description of activities: Both vocational schools worked on their own working conditions in regular school lessons. The app has been developed in special working groups. During C1-activity in Finland we put our results together, inserted contents into the app and in additional the living conditions. A one-day work visit to estonia was done by all those involved at this time, because the EU has shortened our budget. We met the EU-coordinator of the vocational school Rakvere and talked about results and goals. During C2-activity in Germany a professional communication designer gave new input, so that completely revised the app with regard to design and contents. Also the name of our app has been created: ""YEUGO"".Proceeding and conduction: The information the students have been collected had been researched with the help of the internet and different school books. This had to be done in school lessons. The app was going to be developed in extra courses with the help of MIT app inventor. The contents of the APP have been written in working language English. The vocational schools are responsible for the correctness of the collected information. Short description of the pursued results, their effect and their long-term usage: YEUGO has been linked as QR-code on the homepages of both partner schools. In the long term, information of all European countries will be added. This could be happen in additional ERASMUS+ projects. Moreover, interested stakeholders are able to use and add information to the app. This can be seen as an additional service and benefit for external users. Moreover, the students that took part improved their professional and methodical expertise. Additionally, their language, social and personal competences have taken benefit. All together this lead to a strengthening of their motivation, personal initiative, self-confidence and the willingness of liefelong learning. The students`performance has been appreciated by the Europass Mobility Certificate. The project has been advertised via the homepages of each school, eTwinning and facebook. Beneficiaries will therefore be apprentices, employers, other schools, job agencies or chambers."

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