What was the project about?

The aim of the Improved Mobility project was to identify factors that make it possible to measure the probability of successful mobility of trainees in Europe.

In recent years, mobility has become increasingly important for vocational education and training and various institutions have recognised that stays abroad during vocational training are a sensible supplement. But how does successful mobility come about?

We ask ourselves: What are the factors for successful mobility?

The EU sets a target of 6%, i.e. 6% of trainees in Europe should spend a part of their training abroad. The government of the Federal Republic of Germany, for example, has set itself an even more ambitious target of 10%. In fact, however, the rate was only 4% in 2015. Measures to increase this rate therefore seem sensible.

Within the framework of this project, the factors that support successful mobility were identified. Three different groups of people have been interviewed using questionnaires.

The first group consisted of people who are interested in mobility. With the help of the surveys, they could find out and reflect on their most important personality traits and thus check whether mobility projects makes sense to them.

The second group consisted of people who were currently abroad. They learned more about themselves and could increase their self-confidence. Things that work well or badly in mobility become more tangible and solutions can be found to problems. This group has been interviewed by the members of the project consortium. A large proportion of the project partners have extensive experience in looking after people who are involved in mobility projects.

The third group consisted of people who had completed a stay abroad with one of the project partners. These people were also asked about their subjective sense of achievement.

Subsequently, factors for successful mobility were derived from the evaluation of the respective questionnaires and have been made available to the potential target groups.

We believe that in an increasingly globalised Europe mobility is an absolute added value for young people in order to internationalise their experiences and skills and thus develop them competitively. The innovative approach of this project is the holistic consideration of success factors in the context of mobility projects for different target groups, but above all for target groups from the construction sector. “Improved Mobility” was developed under the management of TALENTBRÜCKE GmbH & Co. KG from Cologne and funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

Who were the partners and what is the duration?

The project consortium consisted of members from Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Italy and Belgium.
The project started on 01 October 2018, lasts 18 months and ends on 31 March 2020.

Final results

We are pleased to present the results of the project “Improved Mobility”. Please click on the languages in which you would like to read the final document: