CONTEXTAssuring the quality and relevance of vocational education and training has become a more important and challenging task as today's labour markets change faster than ever. In government conferences and in school meetings, the issue of quality in VET tops the agenda. If learning doesn’t lead to satisfactory outcomes, everyone loses: learners, employers and society at large. This is what stirs up the field of quality assurance in VET. This is where the role of the IntoQuality project comes as it strives to set the grounds for establishing well-founded and defined criteria to estimate the value and credibility of the main actors involved in EU VET mobilities.The project will contribute for the following EU priorities:+ Further developing quality assurance mechanisms in VET + Promoting work-based learning in all its forms, with special attention to apprenticeship-type training+ Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications to facilitate learning, employability and labour mobilityAIMS AND OBJECTIVESThe overall aim of the IntoQuality project is to create a more favourable environment for youth exchanges and mobility programmes in the field of IVET.The project stipulates several specific objectives:+ To establish a “European Association of Quality Intermediary Organizations for Mobility” united around common definition of quality mobility and value for money+ To develop an efficient Quality Assurance System which to guarantee wide visibility of reliable and credible intermediary organizations involved in mobility projects+ To develop an interactive monitoring tool for mobility beneficiaries allowing for continuous evaluation and improvement of the mobility experience+ To contribute to the increase of EU mobilities through promoting cooperation between quality intermediary organizations.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTSIO1: Quality Assurance System for VET Mobility Intermediary Organizations: a comprehensive system of quality criteria and indicators promoting the common understanding of the quality in transnational mobilities. The tool may be used by mobility organizations for periodic self-assessment and improvement of their services. Also, it may serve as a knowledge base for start-up mobility organizations, looking for a professional standard in the field of mobilities. The Quality Assurance System is structured according to the categories of services offered by VET Mobility Intermediary Organizations: 1. Overall organization of mobilities; 2. Accommodation; 3. Catering; 4. Transportation; 5. Training placements; 6. Structured training activities (incl. language training); 7. Professional study visits; 8. Cultural activities and 9. Inclusion of people with special needs.IO2: Interactive Monitoring Application: an interactive mobile application allowing mobility coordinators and beneficiaries to allow participants in the mobility to share their experience in real time on a daily basis with their sending institution/mentors/schools etc. The application will serve as a digital diary for the participants in the mobility prompting them what they can do each day of the mobility, asking them to evaluate different aspects of the mobility and thus allowing for continuous improvement of the experience.The project consortium has established a European Association of Quality Organizations in Mobility with headquarters in Brussels. The IntoQuality QAS will serve as tool for admission of quality intermediary organizations to the Association.TARGET GROUPS+ Intermediary organizatiosn manading and implementing mobilities+ VET schools sending/receiving mobilities+ Business organizations providing work placements for mobility participants+ Local/Regional/National authorities involved in Multi-stakeholder Mobility Platforms+ VET Students taking part in mobility projects+ VET professionals taking part in mobility projectsProject target groups were involved in the project through the following activities:External testing of Quality Assurance system: 55 organization from 14 European countriesExternal testing of monitoring app: 71 persons from 5 European countriesOnline/ social media/ websites: 14883 personsNewsletter distribution/ mailings: 1713 personsFace-to-face meetings: 1213 personsConferences/multiplier events/fairs: 3280 personsOther (local newspapers, etc): 50 persons

The overall objective of our project CO-HOST is to support the realization of mobility projects between EU member states and WB countries, aimed at the enhancement of skills and competences of VET learners, in order to improve and modernize the VET system in enlargement countries. The project focuses on the topic of Tourism, Marketing and Hospitality, with a strong emphasis on green and entrepreneurial skills. Precisely in countries that are experiencing a rapid growth and social change, development must be understood as sustainable development, in line with the 2030 objectives of the Global Agenda.CO-HOST encourages forms of tourism that respect the environment, local cultures and that contribute to the sustainable development of the territories: it will be particularly interesting and strategic, for VET students and staff, to experience during their internship periods in the EU, the most advanced practices in this field, which are ensured by experienced partners. Therefore, the SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES are:- To share best practices among VET providers coming from EU and enlargement countries, encouraging the involvement of VET providers in EU cooperation and mobility projects;- To improve technical and pedagogical skills of VET staff from enlargement countries;- To improve technical, transversal and soft skills of VET students from enlargement countries, in order to improve their occupational prospects;- To establish Solid National Networks in the WB Countries.