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The European project entitled VET_GPS - Guiding tools for Professional Skills development in VET was written and coordinated by Mentortec (Portugal) and involves Pixel in the transnational partnership. The project was funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Strategic Partnership for vocational education and training. The VET_GPS European project aims at including the soft skills in regular VET offer and preventing early VET leaving and increasing the possibility of employment of trainees.
Funding Programme
Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training
Theme
Entrepreneurship, Inclusion and Diversity
Target group
Vocational Education and Training
Project Reference
2017-1-PT01-KA202-035953
Date
02-10-2017 | 01-10-2019
Role of Pixel
Partner
Project Details
Project Title
Guiding tools for Professional Skills development in VET
Context
Soft Skills are recognized to be the success factor enabling individuals’ well-being, self-confidence, autonomy and responsibility, fulfilment of education/social and professional lives, career development and higher income. However, the set of Soft Skills is often referred to be as non-measurable skills by conventional tests or exams, as they include a wide range of skills related to the individual mind-set, such as: capacity building, learning to learn, persistence, resilience, creativity, self-discipline, self-reflectiveness, acting autonomously.
Due to their nature, Soft Skills can be life or work-oriented, but some of them are both, being difficult to define the boards. That is the main reason why individuals possessing higher range and levels of the set of Soft Skills will be better prepared to obtain educational and professional qualifications and be better prepared for the world of work, but also of live meaningful, sustainable and more responsible lives in a constant and changing world.
Objectives
The project aims at developing a set of tools and materials allowing the
inclusion of SOFT-SKILLS as an integrated aspect of the regular VET offer
contributing to:
- The reduction of Early School leaving/combating failure in education
- Overcoming skills mismatches between training and labour market needs
- The promotion of rates of employability, by providing guidance to young trainees
Target Group
VET traineesVET trainees of the VET_GPS are presented below and will benefit from the project as follows:
- VET providers and managers
- VET trainees
- VET trainers and counsellors
- SMEs
Results
At the end of the project the partnership expects to have a wide set of tools resources, exercises and training materials supporting VET trainees and VET professionals, allowing the inclusion of soft skills in regular VET offer to prevent early drop outs from VET system and increase the employability rates of recent qualified trainees, through the acquisition, development & assessment of soft skills, in line with market needs.