Projects Funded

TURKEY-BULGARIA CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Project ID: 2007CB16IPO008-2009-1-073
Acronym:
Project title: TURKEY-BULGARIA CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Call: 2007CB16IPO008-2009-1
Priority axis: PRIORITY AXIS 1: sustainable SOCIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Action: 1.3: Infrastructural support for the improvement of the economic potential of the co-operation area
Budget: 537525.79 €
EU co-financing: 456896.92 €
Start date: 27.07.2011
End date: 27.07.2012
Status: In progress
Description: The project strategy is to overcome the problems mentioned above by improving vocational education and training infrastructure with newest technologies and well-educated electric and machinery staff resulting with increased sustainable social and economic activity between Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and improvement of quantification parameters of SMEs. The other strategic goals to raise competitiveness are:
  • to renew electric and machinery laboratories,
  • training of trainers to educate students and adults including unemployed young people and technical staff in the industry to meet the demands and expectations of the market,
  • to prepare new modular vocational training modules with respect to European Credit System and European Qualification Framework (EQF) for both secondary level and adult education, so that the system will correspond to the dynamically changing economy and labour market
  • to organize project meetings to increase the economic activity cross-continental.

Partners

  • Luleburgaz Technical High School and Industrial Vocational High SchoolTurkey, Kirklareli