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The project, according with the principles and recommendations of the 'Bruges Communiqué', was born from the desire to promote internationalization and transnational mobility. It was aimed at responding to the training needs of the staff of public and private VET organizations, educational institutions and company representatives, who had expressed a strong desire to develop transnational cooperation activities and improve their knowledge, skills and ability to implement and manage European mobility projects. The analysis of the needs realized during the project planning phase showed that they wished to know, adopt and apply successful methodologies and tools, already tested at European level by organizations expert in the field. SPREAD was promoted by a partnership of six organizations expert in the field of transnational mobility, each coming from a different European Country: Essenia UETP (IT), the Coordinator, Euroyouth (PT), Europa Training (UK), 3s (AT) , Danmar Computers (PL) and Paragon Europe (MT). Each of these organizations has been involved by virtue of their specific skills with respect to the topics covered by the project. The objectives of the project were: to update the competences and skills of the staff of VET organizations on specific and relevant issues related to mobility; develop and strengthen European networks; increase the capacity of VET organizations to operate transnationally; promote work-based learning through mobility projects. The activities implemented were: six joint staff training events held at European level, aimed at sharing and comparing tools, best practices and methodologies related to the implementation and management of European mobility projects between organizations operating in the VET field. The participants in these training events were n. 3 staff members from each partner organization. Each of the training has been organized and provided by the project partner in possession of specific expertise with respect to the subject of the training. The six topics of the joint staff training events were chosen basing on their relevance for transnational mobility projects: Competences of tutors and mentors; Intercultural issues in transnational projects; ECVET methodology and validation and recognition of competences; ICT tools for the implementation and management of European projects; Quality in mobility projects; Dissemination and exploitation of project results. After each joint staff training event held at European level, each project partner organized, in its Country, a local seminar aimed at disseminating the acquired knowledge and good practices shared at European level. The participants in the local seminars were: the staff of VET Institutes and organizations, Institutes and schools, representatives from local authorities, SMEs, associations, both already active in the context of European mobility projects, and newcomers willing to implement such initiatives. At each local seminar took part at least 15 subjects. At the end of the project a ' Guide of good practices for the implementation of mobility projects' was created, it has been translated in the languages of the partnership, and it is available free of charge on the SPREAD project website as Open Educational Resource. The project 'SPREAD' had the following impacts on the staff of the partner organizations and on the participants in the local seminars: acquisition of new professional skills and updating of the professional profile; improvement of the ability to manage and implement quality mobility projects; increased knowledge, integration and implementation of innovative methods and practices in daily work activities; increasing of the exchange of good practice, comparison and cooperation with other European professionals working in the training sector, particularly in mobility activities. Long-term benefits can be seen in the further application and testing of good shared practices, transferred and disseminated through the project, which will help to improve the implementation of transnational mobility projects.
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