Improving the quality
of vocational training:
language, tourism and
international commerce
Training course with visits workshops & in Spain
TITLE
KIND OF ACTIVITY
LOCATION
Improving the quality of vocational training:
language, tourism and international commerce
Training course with visits.
Cantabria, Spain.
PROJECT DATES
From Nov. 2016 to May 2017.
TARGET GROUP
Teachers of Spanish in vocational training education (tourism and international commerce areas) and staff connected to the
applicant organisation.
DURATION OF THE COURSE
10 days + 2 travelling days = 12 days.
FRAMEWORK OF ACTION
FRAMEWORK OF ACTION: MOBILITY PROJECT FOR VET LEARNERS AND STAFF. This activity supports the professional
development of teachers, school leaders or other school education staff and also it’s open to people from enterprises, the public
sector and/or civil society organisations, in the form of: participation in structured courses or training events abroad; Pages 50-56
APPLICATION FORM
WHO CAN APPLY
TO THIS PROGRAMME
SUMMARY OF
THE PROJECT
Application form direct link
A VET organisation (or its subsidiary/branch) sending learners and staff abroad. Individuals cannot apply directly for the
grant. It is also possible to apply jointly, as a group of different schools, which form a national mobility consortium (consortium
application). Only one school will be responsible/applicant.
Permacultura Cantabria (NGO located in the north of Spain), in collaboration with vocational training local institutions and
Spanish teaching schools, wants to invite you, to carry out a training activity sponsored by the ERASMUS+ programme.
For our training course we have developed a 12-day programme, in which vocational training faculty and staff will explore
different areas: the importance of this language in the current context; tools and new methods of non-formal education to
improve the learning process and the use of ICTs as an educational innovation in the classroom. In addition we will carry out
practical workshops, sessions and visits related with tourism development and local and international commerce, to offer
participants a broader perspective. We will also visit several fundamental sites of the Spanish cultural and historical heritage, like
the Pontifical University of Comillas, the historic centre of Santillana del Mar or Santander city.
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PLANNING
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PROJECT SUMMARY
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VISITS
Day 3
Day 5
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Pontifical University and Comillas Foundation
Opening doors to the international tourism
Comillas and Santillana del Mar
Production of local products and international commerce
Cultural heritage and educational resources
Local stores specialized in Cantabrian products sale
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MAP
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PROJECT STAGES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Request collaboration
We will send you the project for you to check it out
Submitting the project online
Waiting for the answer of your national agency
Start preparing the activity
Coordination to arrange applications and other activity preparations
Carrying out the activity
Elaborating the final report
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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PLANNING
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1 day
2 day
3 day
4 day
5 day
6 day
Breakfast 8:30
Travelling day
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
1st Session 9:30
Travelling day
Visit: Tourism
Vocational Training Centre in Torrelavega
The use of ICTs
for teaching
Spanish: methods and
programmes
Opening gates
to International
tourism (Ferries
Santander)
Online resources
for teaching
Spanish
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Exchange of
good practices
for vocational
training Spanish
language
teachers
The use of ICTs
in the classroom:
benefits and
challenges.
Museums as
an educational
resource (Visit
to the Maritime
Museum)
Creating our own
ICTs resources for
teaching Spanish
(part I)
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Visit: Pontifical
University of
Comillas
Exchange of good practices on ICTs for
teaching Spanish
The importance
of transportation
for tourism:
Santander-Somo
Creating our own
ICT resources for
teaching Spanish
(part II)
PLANNING
Practical
information,
logistics and
getting to know
the surroundings
Travelling day
Coffee break
Coffee break 11:30
2nd Session 12:00
Travelling day
Non-formal
education tools
Travelling day
Lunch
Lunch 13:30
3rd Session 15:30
Travelling day
Sharing
non-formal
educational
resources for
teaching Spanish
Travelling day
Coffee break
Coffee break 17:00
4th Session 17:30
Participants
welcome
Games and
dynamics to
improve the
learning process
Room Presentation of
Evaluation 19:00
distribution
the evaluation
system
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner 20:00
Soirée 21:30
Rest 23:00
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Coffee break
Coffee break
Visit: Comillas
Foundation,
teaching reference
centre in Spain
Walk and rest
Return and
evaluation
Daily evaluation
Dinner
Games for
introducing
ourselves
Sharing time
Sharing time
Rest
Rest
Rest
5
Coffee break
Touristic
Resources: leisure activities
by the coast.
Coffee break
Shared resources
presentation
Return and
evaluation
Dinner
Dinner
Evaluation
Sharing time
Rest
Rest
Sharing time
Sharing time
Dinner
Rest
PLANNING
Breakfast 8:30
7 day
8 day
9 day
10 day
11 day
12 day
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Visit: Dairy
vocational
training in
centre in Cayón.
Connecting with
the labor market
Discovering the
historical and
cultural heritage.
Visit: El Castillo
Caves
Strategies for
commerce & tourism
development: The
Pasiegan Valleys
Commonwealth
example
Internship
opportunities
and experiences
in Europe for
our students: Erasmus Plus
Farewell
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Return
Visit: Nestlé factory
Manufacturing
products and
internationally
marketing
Learning Spanish
with non-formal
workshops
International
representation
of local seals of
quality
Lunch
Lunch
1st Session 9:30
Visit: Gaudi’s
“Capricho” and
Sobrellano Palace in Comillas
Coffee break 11:30
Coffee break
2nd Session 12:00
Cultural visit
in Comillas:
Modernist route
and cinema
route
Lunch
Travelling day
Travelling day
Lunch
Entrepreneurship Knowing the
reality: Spanish
society current
challenges
Coffee break
Coffee break
Marketing
rural products
internationally
Networking:
Creating future
projects (part II)
Visits: Museum
Torre Don Borja
and Inquisition
Museum
Visit: Local
products
manufacturing
and processing
Walk and rest
Return and daily
evaluation
Daily evaluation
Daily evaluation
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Open space
Initiatives and
proposals
presentation
Daily evaluation
Activity review and
evaluation
Dinner
Dinner
Sharing Time
Cinema forum
Sharing time
Rest
Rest
Rest
Lunch
Lunch 13:30
3rd Session 15:30
Visit: Santillana
del Mar’s
historical site
Coffee break
Coffee break 17:00
4th Session 17:30
Evaluation 19:00
Dinner 20:00
Soirée 21:30
Rest 23:00
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Coffee break
Sharing time
Networking:
Creating future
projects (part I)
Travelling day
Travelling day
Coffee break
Farewell Party
and certificates
distribution
Rest
Rest
Travelling day
Travelling day
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Day 1 and 12
Days 2, 4, 6 and 11
First and last day will be intended for
travelling. On the arrival day, we will collect
participants from train and bus stations and
airports in Santander, so as to facilitate the
arrival to our centre. The same will be done on
the leaving day.
These classes will be given at the training
room. There are four kinds of classes:
· Workshops given by a teacher of Spanish.
· Participative classes, in which participants share
their experience and knowledge.
· Group work where projects and future
collaborations will be designed.
· Those in which an expert comes and shares his/
her experience.
Days 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10
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These classes will be given outside the
training room. We will visit different projects
and initiatives to learn directly from their
examples.
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VISITS
Day 3
Pontifical University and Comillas
Foundation
We will visit this XIX historical building, which,
currently, combines the historical and cultural
heritage of those times with the modernity
of a University of national prestige. Also right
there, we find the Comillas Foundation central
office, which is an international reference
centre for teaching Spanish.
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VISITS
Day 5
Opening doors to the international tourism
Cantabria is very different from the usual
international image of Spain, an area still to be
discovered, and a great historical and cultural
treasure.
Santander, apart from being the most
populated city of our Region, it is also a very
attractive maritime city, full of charm. This day
we will explore this relationship, specially the
entrance of international tourism from the city
to the rural areas.
Visit to the maritime area: Beaches and the main
maritime transportations
The first stop will be at the travel centre Brittany Ferries.
Then, we will get to know Santander’s bay and its
beaches on a boat trip.
Santander’s Maritime Museum
The Cantabrian Maritime Museum is dedicated to the
promotion of the maritime heritage of the Bay. Its
resources, one of the most important and complex
of the country, allow having a global approach to the
marine biodiversity and a perspective of the diverse
ways of relationships of human beings with it, through
centuries and from different points of view.
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VISITS
Day 7
Comillas and Santillana del Mar
Comillas is one of Cantabria’s more emblematic
villages. Specially interesting from a cultural
and historical point of view. Some of the most
important modernist buildings of Cantabria can
be found there, like the Sobrellano Palace and
its chapel-mausoleum, the Pontifical University
and, of course, “El Capricho” by the famous
Catalan architect Gaudi.
Santillana del Mar is a great example of an
excellent preservation of historical heritage
and one of the biggest spotlights of the
cultural activity in Cantabria. There we can find
a remarkable Historic Monumental site and
several museums of great interest, in terms
of cultural heritage, like the Torre Don Borja
(Contemporary Art) or the Inquisition Museum.
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VISITS
Day 8
Production of local products and
international commerce
Visit the vocational training studies of dairy
products and the Nestlé factory
Two of the main institutions, which encourage the
regional development, are the vocational study
centre of dairy products and the Nestlé factory. We
will get to know their facilities and the key aspects
of the school, as well as its job opportunities.
Growing organic blueberries in the Pasiegan
Valleys: “LA PIZPIRETA”
There is a small exploitation (one hectare), where, with
love and good deeds, different varieties of wild fruits are
grown (Blueberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, raspberries
and blackberries). All of them are grown organically,
keeping in this way, all its flavour and natural properties.
Artisan products production in the Pasiegan
Valleys, sobaos and quesadas: “JOSELIN”
Pasiegan Valleys are known for their high quality raw
materials, derived from family farming and agriculture.
Sobaos and quesadas (handmade baked products)
Joselín are a good example of how to exploit this quality
in order to keep on producing, with artisan recipes, the
traditional desserts of the area.
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VISITS
Day 9
Cultural heritage and educational resources
Visit to the Castillo Caves in Puente Viesgo
By the river Pas, where it passes through Puente
Viesgo, we find the Castillo Mountain. It hosts
inside four caves with prehistoric art, declared
World Heritage by UNESCO, in 2008. The most
remarkable one is called El Castillo, whose vestibule
was excavated at the beginning of the XX century,
writing the “first page” of Prehistory in Spain, and
the “first chapter” in Europe.
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VISITS
Day 10
Local stores specialized in Cantabrian
products sale
Esperanza Market and more
In Santander’s city centre we will visit different
models of distribution of Cantabrian local products.
A remarkable place is the Esperanza Market and
other small local stores dedicated to quality
products.
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MAP
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MAP
Maritime
area
(pag. 11)
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1
to Oviedo
(2 h.)
Comillas
(pags. 10, 12)
2
3
4
2
4
Santillana
del Mar
(pag. 12)
5
3
Puente
Viesgo
(pag. 14)
4
Pasiegan
Valleys
(pag 13)
5
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to Bilbao
(1 h.)
PROJECT STAGES
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
Request collaboration
1
Deadline to send us the application form is
the 15th of January. In order to be able to
work together, we need to know that you are
interested, that you can meet the demanded
requirements and that you agree with the
working conditions. In the application form,
you will have to fill in your contact details
and answer other questions, which will help
us to draft the project, so that, ultimately,
you can submit it to your national agency. In
this manner, we will be able to work jointly
and meet the deadline of the first round of
Erasmus + 2016.
Application form
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
2
We will send you the project for you to
check it out
Applications will be accepted by strict
order of arrival, provided that they meet the
minimum requirements. From Permacultura
Cantabria, we commit ourselves to answer
applications, within a week after it was sent.
If your organization is accepted, we will write
the erasmus + application, send you all the
necessary documents and reports already
filled out, so that you can check them out.
Thus, we simplify, largely, the work of filling
out all the necessary documentation.
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
Submitting the project online
3
The last step is to submit the project in the
online form of the Erasmus + application. This
is your responsibility, but It will be very simple
because we will send you the written project
and you only have to fill in the different
questions of the form and click “submit”.
Still, it is important to check that all signed
and stamped documents are attached, that
all data are correct and, especially, to do it
all before midday, the 1st of February (official
deadline). We suggest not leaving it for the
last day, in case any problem arises.
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
4
Waiting for the answer of your national agency
National agencies normally take the decision
of approval or denial within 2 months. Thus,
we would know if we succeeded, the latest,
in the midst of April. Whatever the answer
would be, it is very important, that you
inform us as soon as possible, so as to keep
on organizing. We will keep in contact, if we
don’t hear from you by the end of April, we
will write you asking for any news.
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
Start preparing the activity
5
In case the project is approved
(Congratulations!), we will need to start
with the organization of the project. If all
the due dates are respected and nothing
strange interferes, by the midst of June, your
National Agency should have deposited you,
the 80% of the grant awarded. Once your
organization receives this amount you have
to make a transfer to our entity, so that we
can start with the staff recruitment and the
preparation of the activity. The amount you
should deposit in our account is the 79% of
the total amount received.
For instance: If we apply for a 15 people project and we
are awarded with 30.445€, in June you would receive
the 80% of that amount, that is 24.356€. Of these
24.356€ you have to transfer the 79% to Permacultura
Cantabria, that is 19.278€.
The rest, the 21%, will be the amount that you have
at your disposal for the travel expenses and the
preparation of the activity.
Thus, neither your agency, nor ours, will have to advance
any money and we won’t run any risk.
Distribution
Example:
1st payment
80%
2nd payment
20%
(Around June)
(2 months after
justifying)
Awarded
19.316 €
4.829 €
For
the sending
organization
5.708 €
4.829 €
37%
of the total
For
Permacultura
Cantabria
13.608 €
0€
63%
of the total
TOTAL
19.316 €
4.829 €
24.145 €
24.145 €
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
6
Coordination to arrange applications and
other activity preparations
At the beginning of the academic year
(September 2016), your organization should
start with the participant’s selection process.
The group must have one person in charge, a
coordinator, who will manage the necessary
documentation and stay in close contact with
the Spanish organizer.
Our organization will facilitate all the
necessary information: location, emergency
telephone numbers, how to get there, what
to bring, the programme of activities and any
other relevant information necessary to carry
out the activity successfully.
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
Carrying out the activity
7
We will make sure that the activity is carried
out successfully and, ultimately, provide
participation certificates and diplomas. Your
coordinator has just the single task of writing
a small evaluation every evening (15 minutes).
Thus, when we finish the activity, you will have
all the necessary documentation to elaborate
the final report appropriately.
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PROJECT STAGES
STEP BY STEP
Elaborating the final report
8
Finally, and in order to close the project, it is
necessary to write a simple report and submit
it to your national agency. If the coordinator
did his job during the activity, it will be
very easy. Sometimes, some organizations
have assigned a certain percentage of the
budget for pocket money, but only gave
it to participants after they had written a
little memory of their experience, when the
activity was over. Anyhow, your organization
is responsible to close the process. Once it is
done, the National Agency will deposit you
the final amount, which will be entirely for
your organization.
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PRACTICAL
INFORMATION
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PRACTICAL
INFORMATION
HOW TO GET THERE
Cantabria is located in the north of Spain.
You can reach here by:
Plane: there are 3 airports (by order of
proximity):
We will help the sending organization with the travel
arrangements, sending detailed information, with
enough time before the activity starts.
Permacultura Cantabria will be in charge of the
travels from the airport, bus and train stations to the
· Santander: It is the best choice and the most close
to the location of our activity. Ryanair is operating
from several countries, at low fares, with Santander
as destination. If a cheap flight is not found, you
can also consider flying to Bilbao or Madrid.
· Bilbao: It is one-hour drive from Santander. There
is a good bus connection, leaving every hour
from Bilbao bus station to Santander bus station.
· Madrid: Madrid is the capital city of Spain and it
has the one of its principal airports. From Madrid
you can arrive to Santander by bus or train.
Bus: either from Bilbao or from Madrid, here
you have the website of the bus company
which covers this itinerary: www.alsa.es
Train: from Madrid you could also get to
Santander by train: www.renfe.com
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accommodation, both in the arrival and leaving days.
This service will be coordinated and will follow an
established schedule, which must be respected. In case
that participants couldn’t reach this schedule, they
should get to the activity facilities by their own means.
VARIOUS DETAILS
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation will take place in one of
the available hostels of the organization. We
attach some images of the most usual places
where we carry our activities out.
All facilities have bunker bedrooms, activity
rooms, Wi-Fi, bathrooms and hot water
showers. They are also in compliance
with the national regulations about public
accommodation.
In the case that someone has special needs,
allergies or any other relevant information
that should be taken into account so as
to organize or adapt the activity and its
infrastructures, he or she should notify it in
the application form.
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Urb. Bautizan, N4, Bajo B, La Helguera,
Penagos, Cantabria, Spain
tfn.: 0034 636 231 390
permaculturacantabria@gmail.com
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