LifeLong Learning Programme
Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus
MOBILITY PROJECTS
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF INTERCULTURAL ASSOCIATION MOBILITY FRIENDS
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends, an Portuguese organization, with head office located in
city of Barcelos, Braga (Portuguese Rome) District, in the Minho Region, North of Portugal, very
close to the Atlantic Ocean is specialized in European Internships programmes in the framework of
the Lifelong Learning Programme.
We have a wide network of private and public organisations collaborating with us within the
Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus programmes for receiving your participants in internship, which
allows us to always provide the most appropriate training to every trainee.
Last years we manage participants exchange projects in companies associated with Braga
Leonardo da Vinci (http://bragaleonardodavinci.blogspot.com). Our staff have many years
working experience, providing placements many companies in the Minho Region, for participants
from many different countries, as Spain, France, Sweden, Hungary, Ireland, Turkey, Poland,
Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Egypt.
Our team are young, diverse, professional and energetic, we fulfil requirements to the highest
expectations and promptly. We like to ensure everyone has a smile on their face by the end of
their visit, often many don’t want to leave!
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends is an open door for new and original projects. It's an
opportunity for all participants to make their ideas and dreams real, and to feel that they have
support in doing so.
The hosting activity is organized on the basis of needs identified by organizations working with the
Leonardo da Vinci Program and Erasmus Placement.
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends acts as a Hosting Organization or Intermediary Partner,
working on both IVT/ PLM/VETPRO Projects and Erasmus Placement Projects.
The key to Intercultural Association Mobility Friends success lies in the quality and
professionalism of our staff, that are a group of dynamic and motivated young associated, with
exceptional organizational and customer service skills. Our Staff’s winning attitude stems from a
commitment to the vision and principles of the Organization and from understanding and actively
participating in everyday quality improvement activities.
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends would like to invite you and your organisation to
participate in European Mobility projects either under Leonardo da Vinci Mobility and/or
Erasmus Placement.
We work with groups of all ages, from both higher educational and vocational courses in a whole
range of areas. We also received groups with participants with special educational needs.
Our goal is to provide opportunities to participants to get in touch not only with the Portuguese
working reality but also with the Portuguese culture as a way to develop themselves professionally
and personally.
For us Mobility means to learn from the experiences of others, be flexible, discover new
viewpoints and broaden horizons.
We are available to receive in Braga, Barcelos, Apúlia, Praia da Rocha (Portimão – Algarve) and
Funchal (Madeira Island), students, teachers and experts of every sector, to make the Work
Placements, study visits, meetings, work visits, study visits, round table discussions and languages
courses.
To all our participants we provide the following services:
 Work placements with professional Companies in your chosen area prior to your entry to
the Portugal;
 City Centre Accommodation (with full-board or half board);
 Airport Transfer;
 Monitoring;
 Orientation Meeting and tour of Braga, Barcelos, Apúlia or Praia da Rocha (Portimão);
 Pedagogical, Cultural and Linguistic Training courses (portuguese, english, spanish, french,
Italian, polisch and many others) in small groups with fully qualified teachers;
 Training Courses arranged for professionals;
 Cultural and Social events organized;
 Local Transport or local travel pass;
 Cultural visits organized;
 Final Report;
 Final Certification and Europass;
 24 hours emergency support.
WORK PLACEMENTS
At the Intercultural Association Mobility Friends we have
extensive experience in finding the right work placement for
our students.
Placements
depend
completely on the
trainee’s
language
skills and on their
vocational training and
experience.
If necessary, Intercultural Association Mobility Friends will
arrange work placements to be changed in order to better
suit the needs and wishes of each participant.
We offer placements practically in each economical sector.
The position offered, is likely to be influenced by the
applicants level of English as well as (if applicable)
Portuguese, French or Spanish language, length of the
internship, as well as previous professional experience and
education.
Work placements are offered in private sector companies,
governmental organizations, NGO's, schools, colleges, and universities.
For the staff of Intercultural Association Mobility Friends is
very important to be in contact with the participants. Each
participant will be allocated a tutor who will maintain contact
throughout the programme.
The participant can only change the work placement when
presenting reasonable causes.
The attendance and the punctuality in the work placement
are compulsory. Any participant breaking these rules, can be
dropped out of the program.
At the end of the program a final report will be made using the information from the preparation
course, the tutor as well as the information from the employer.
Places are available in all kinds of sectors including:
 Accountancy;
 Administration, Management and Secretary;
 Adult Education;
 Agriculture, winemaking and viticulture;
 Architecture;
 Arts & Grafts;
 Carpentry;
 Childcare;
 Commerce;
 Cooking;
 Education;
 Engineering;
 Environment (management, research);
 Electronic and electrical;
 Food and Beverage industry;
 Hairdressing & Beauty;
 Health & Social Care;
 Heritage & Crafts;
 Horticulture & Animal;
 Hygiene and safety at work;
 International Trade;
 I.T. (software and hardware), Multimedia;
 Industrial and graphic design;
 Insurances;
 Marketing and Advertising;
 Mechanical;
 Media, Communication;
 Quality control;
 Sales (shop assistant);
 Special Needs;
 Sports and Leisure;
 Telecommunications;
 Theatre, Dance and Music;
 Tourism, Agrotourism, Alternative Tourism, Hospitality and Catering;

Travel Agency, Tour Operator;
 Volunteeiring, Social Care;
and many others!
If your sector is not mentioned here, please contact us directly and we will offer you advice on
whether we will be able to help you find a work placement in Portugal.
ACCOMMODATION
BARCELOS
Is our main accommodation, because it is situated in the same town of the head office of our
organization.
We have single rooms with bathroom, internet free, breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
The accommodation is situated on a big farm with many fruit
trees and big space for
hiking, picnicking, contact
with nature and breathe
fresh air. It is close to the city
center.
The participants can use the fridge, tea maker, coffee maker,
iron, ironing board and microwave.
During the time available, the participants can play ping pong,
watch movies and TV, sing, dance, talk, use the internet and to talk in living room (more than 100
m2).
This accommodation is very appreciated by the responsible of the groups, because it facilitates the
control of the participants during the period of mobility.
For Erasmus participants, we can rent apartments with furniture at good prices.
BRAGA
We have a single, double
and triple rooms, with
bathroom, internet and
breakfast.
The accommodation is
situated in old town and city
center.
APÚLIA BEACH
We have double rooms and a
big rooms (dormitories) with
bathroom, breakfast, lunch and
dinner. The accommodation is
situated 100 meters from the
Apúlia Beach.
PRAIA DA ROCHA BEACH (PORTIMÃO) – ALGARVE
First Option
We have apartments
without breakfast and
meals.
Each apartment has a
kitchen independent
and equipped with all
the state of the art
appliances
and
furniture necessary to
allow a pleasant stay.
We can accommodate the participants in buildings with indoor/outdoor pool. The apartments are
situated between 50-100 meters from the Praia da Rocha beach.
Second Option
We have a single, double and triple rooms, with
bathroom, internet, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This accommodation has also apartments for 4
participants and for 6/7 participants.
This accommodation is situated in 100 meters
from Ferragudo Beach. There are 5 beaches at
distances between 100 and 900 meters from the
accommodation.
FUNCHAL - MADEIRA ISLAND
We have apartments
without breakfast and
meals.
Each apartment has a
kitchen independent
and equipped with all
the state of the art
appliances
and
furniture necessary to
allow a pleasant stay.
Situated in the tourist areas of excellence of Funchal, the apartments can you offer the comfort
and quiet of a family house in a private condominium, together with fabulous views over the
Atlantic Ocean and an enviable proximity to the beach, marina, restaurants, shops Funchal and
services (tours, rent-a-car, excursions, etc.)..
We try that all places are located in that way that will allow the students to get easy to work from
their place of accommodation. The maximum time from the work place to the accommodation will
be around 10-20 minutes walking or around 15 minutes by our minibus.
You will be given further information about the accommodation before the arrival date.
ARRIVAL TRANSFER SERVICES
Pickup or minibus from the bus station, train station or
airport Porto, airport Lisbon, airport Faro or airport
Funchal, to your accommodation is provided if selected.
Details of your arrival such as the date, time and place
are required at least 10 days before your arrival.
Braga, Barcelos or Apúlia are served by flights into:
 Porto airport;
 Lisbon airport;
 Faro airport;
 Vigo (Spain) airport ;
 Santiago de Compostela (Spain) airport.
Praia da Rocha (Portimão) is served by flights into:
 Faro airport;
 Lisbon airport;
 Sevilla airport;
 Porto airport ;
Funchal (Madeira Island) is served by flights into:
 Funchal airport ;
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends organises airport transfer from any of these airports.
MONITORING
Intercultural Association Mobility organises regular meetings
and individual discussions with participants in order to
successfully monitor the progress of the programme, and
solve any problems that may arise. The meetings are as
follows:
 The opening introductory meeting.
 Follow-up meetings and individual discussions are
held practically every day during the first part of the
programme - the language course.
 During the work placement period collective meetings are organised regularly.
 Individual discussions with participants for solving any problems are set up according to
participants needs.
 The final evaluation meeting takes place at the end of the participants’ stay in Portugal.
The fulfilment of the projects objectives, and the participants professional and cultural
experiences are discussed and evaluated. The participants are also given instructions for their
departure the next day.
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends has frequent contact with the responsible persons in all
institutions, where the participants are placed.
CULTURAL PROGRAMME
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends organizes a varied
and enjoyable programme for all people.
Cultural and leisure activities are organised according to the
partner's wish by our staff. They include a number of
activities that will help the student to get to know and
understand everyday life in the Portuguese culture.
We organize not only
sightseeing tour of Braga,
Barcelos, Praia da Rocha (Portimão) or Funchal (Madeira
Island), with special consideration of its economical life, but
also trips to the Portuguese cities (Porto, Lisbon, Viana do
Castelo, Guimarães, Valença, Coimbra, Sagres, Faro, Portimão,
Évora, Albufeira, etc.), Natural Parks (Gerês, Serra da Estrela
and Esposende) or Porto Santo Island.
LANGUAGE TRAINING COURSE IN PORTUGAL
In one of the beautiful cities
(Braga, Barcelos, Praia da
Rocha-Portimão or Funchal
(Madeira Island), participants
have the opportunity to learn
the Portuguese language. A
wide range of courses are
offered, which meet any kind
of personal need.
Our intensive Portuguese course offers different levels, from beginners up to professionals.
Fees depend on the number of students in a group and length of the course. Classes are held from
Monday to Friday.
SPORTS
If you are interested in sports,
we can help you to find
swimming pools and sports
centres close to where you
are staying. During the
mobility we can organise
informal football matches
close to the accommodation.
COMMUNICATION
Besides the above-mentioned contact with the participants, we also keep in touch with the
sending organisation representative via e-mail, msn, skype, fax, and phone. We regularly send
reports about the development of the Portugal part of the project to the sending organization.
DOCUMENTATION
Our staff help you to prepare the documents needed before the arrival of the group and during
the stay of the group so that before the groups leaves you will take all the documents needed with
you. Additionally, if later on your National Agency requires any further document, we are willing to
help you and send you this document promptly.
CERTIFICATION
At the end of the programme, we provide certificates for the participants in internship both issued
by Intercultural Association Mobility Friends and also from the organisation in which the
participants will develop the internship, a certificate for accrediting the Pedagogical, Linguistic and
Cultural training and the Europass Mobility Certificate.
HEALTH AND INSURANCE
Every participant must have an European Health Insurance Card before they came to Portugal.
This is really important, other wise they might have to pay high fee in the Hospital or Health
Canters.
It is compulsory to have insurance defined by Leonardo da Vinci program. The participants must
have it before they came.
PROGRAMMES FEES DO NOT INCLUDE:

Insurance;

Airline Tickets.
OPTIONS

Technical Visits Programme (T.V.P) for Schools and Universities.

Cultural and religious Activities in Fátima, Lisbon, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), etc.

Excursions to Porto, Lisbon, Fátima, Valença, Gerês, Coimbra, Braga, Viana do Castelo,
Guimarães, Faro, Évora, Sagres, Spain, Porto Santo Island etc.

Museum and cultural centre visits.

Weekend trips.

Disco visits

Fun-filled activities
We are the best prices for groups, the best programmes and good food. We create programmes
upon request so you can choose the above options and we can make a personal programme
according to your necessities and budget. We adapt to his budget.
If you have an approved projects and/or are looking for a partner from Portugal who is both highly
successful and also competitive on prices then we look forward to hearing from you.
If you are an experienced project coordinator or if this is the first time that you will take part in a
European project, we would be delighted to work together.
From our experience, we know that a thoroughly prepared project has more likelihood of gaining
the final approval from its relevant National Agency. For that reason, please do contact us and let
us know your project idea so that we can start working together to arrange your project proposal.
In 2012, our staff collaborated in the development of our project partners, which were approved
in 13 countries (Spain, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria).
For to make you an suitable offer I would need the informations about the project, the
participants and also to know when you are interested in come to Portugal to participate in your
mobility.
We work with groups of all ages, from both higher educational and vocational courses in a whole
range of areas. We also received groups with participants with special educational needs.
We would be glad to provide you with further information and welcome you for a preparatory visit
in our region.
We are also available to be partners in projects of Comenius, Grundtvig and Youth in Action. If
your project is not appropriate for our participation, we will try to get a Portuguese partner or
another country to be your partner.
We appreciate if you can forward this message to your teachers, students, colleagues, experts,
workers, friends or network.
Don’t hesitate to contact us for any question, more details and for partnership proposals. We will
be happy to help to you.
In attachment you can find further information.
Hoping we will have a chance to cooperate in the future.
We would be delighted if we could provide you the Letter of Intent or the invitation for the visa in
order to participate in your project as a partner.
In 2011 we received about 80 participants, in 2012 we received about 160 participants until the
month of September 2012, the next could be you.
Intercultural Association Mobility Friends is your door open for the mobility.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Nuno Barbosa - Director
Phone: +351253837381
Fax : +351253837381
Mobile Numbers : +351965039261/+351964473728
e-mail: intercultuassociationmobilityfriends@hotmail.com
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skype: mobilityfriends
Mobilities organized by staff of Intercultural Association Mobility Friends
Food supply chain reducing agricultural products – Vetpro Project – Riga – Latvia – 28.10.2012 –
10.11.2012;
Profesinio orientavimo ir mokymo strategija tarptautinės patirties kontekste – Vetpro Project –
Kauna – Lithuania – 21.10.2012 – 27.10.2012;
LDV č.123210287 – IVT Project – Bratislava – Slovakia – 07.10.2012 – 27.10.2012;
European Internships Per Aspera Ad Astra / Evropske staze Per aspera ad astra – IVT Project –
Olomouc – Czech Republic – 06.10.2012 – 20.10.2012;
Interior Design – Vetpro Project – Klaipeda - Lithuania – 07.10.2012 – 13.10.2012;
Active educators with an open-eyed and a complex view – IVT and Vetpro Projects – Miskolc Hungary – 22.09.2012 – 12.10.2012.
Visual Merchandising – IVT Project – Sežana – Slovenia – 15.09.2012 – 29.09.2012;
A Munka Világa Európában - IVT Project - Salgótarján - Hungary – 25.08.2012 – 21.09.2012;
Development of integrative competence in business environment, - IVT Project – Veliko Tarnovo
– Bulgaria – 16.07.2012 – 04.08.2012;
Prohloubení odbornosti v oblasti zemědělství a životního prostředí”, Vetpro Project - Chrudim –
Czech Republic - 30.06.2012 - 07.07.2012;
IVT Project - Rivesaltes – France - 11.06.2012 - 06.07.2012;
Volunteering in Vocational Training – Vetpro Project - Bursa - Turkey 17.06.2012 -01.07.2012;
The Learning Of The Cuisine Culture Of Different Nationalities – IVT Project – Izmir – Turkey 20.05.2012 - 09.06.2012;
PLM Project – Bilbao – Spain – 14.04.2012 – 10.05.2012;
Eramus Programme – Spain – 26.03.2012 – 15.06.2012;
Mobility Abroad for Knowledge & Experience - IVT Project – Galway - Ireland – 04.03.2012 –
24.03.2012;
Learn for Life – IVT Project – Uddevalla – Sweden - 17.02.2012 - 23.03.2012;
Ceativity over the border – IVT Project – Sežana – Slovenia - 13.02.2012 - 25.02.2012;
Traforal – Almendralejo – Spain - 04.02.2012 - 28.04.2012;
Chance for Everyone – IVT Project – Sinop – Turkey - 29.01.2012 – 12.02.2012
Architecture students – Cairo – Egypt – 03.01.2012 – 27.01.2012
European Gourmet Manual – IVT Project – Havirov – Czech Republic - 20.11.2011 – 10.12.2011;
Gaining Professional Experience in Europe – IVT Project - Pardubice - Czech Republic – 23.10.2011
– 05.11.2011;
Praktyka w Portugalii drogą do europejskiego rynku pracy – IVT Project - Giżycko – Poland 30.09.2011 – 29.10.2011;
Praktyka w Portugalii drogą do europejskiego rynku pracy – IVT Project - Giżycko – Poland 07.05.2011 – 04.06.2011;
Teaching approaches and educational management in Portugal – Vetpro Project - SALAJ –
Romania - 30.04.2011 – 15.05.2011;
Pet Animals Insurance (Inforpets) - IVT Project - Kabatas (Istanbul) – Turkey - 20.02.2011 –
12.03.2011;
Integration of environment protection and modern technologies into subjects of tourism and
catering specialities – Vetpro Project - Utena, Lithuania - 23. 10. 2010 – 30. 10. 2010;
Chemistry across Europe – IVT Project - Pardubice - Czech Republic - 29.11.2009 – 12.12.2009;
Pictures of mobilities organized by staff of Intercultural Association Mobility Friends