The Project will last 24 months and is based on the Financing Contract G2024-61397_OIPEO/ 10.10.2024, concluded with the Ministry of Investment and European Projects (MIPE) of Romania as ‘Managing Authority of the Education and Employment Program’. The project is co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Program for Education and Employment 2021-2027 (PEO), Priority Axis: P8 ‘Increasing the accessibility, attractiveness and quality of vocational and technical education’, Specific Project Objective: ESO4. 5 ‘Improving the quality, inclusiveness, effectiveness and labor market relevance of education and training systems, including through the validation of non-formal and informal learning, to support the acquisition of key competences, including entrepreneurship and digital competences, as well as by promoting the introduction of dual training and apprenticeship programs (ESF+)’.
The general objective of the project is to increase the number of vocational and technical education students participating in work-based learning programmes for the acquisition of relevant skills, including vocational skills, that facilitate employment in decent jobs, in accordance with Goal 4 of the ‘National Strategy for Sustainable Development of Romania 2030’.
The specific objectives of the project are:
SO1: Increase of competences in the qualification areas, in the economic sectors with potential for sustainable development according to the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of Romania 2030, of 251 vocational and technical education students in Alba County, Transylvania (Central Region).
SO2: Raising the level of vocational qualification certification for 226 students in order to increase the quality and relevance of the certifications for the labour market through support for the organisation of the vocational skills certification examination.
SO3: Conclusion of 17 partnerships/conventions between Sebeș High School of Technology and practice partners (local companies) in areas relevant to the specialisations of the target group students.
SO4: Development of an online app facilitating the transition from school to the labour market that will be managed by the partnership leader (ISJ Alba) for the students of the “Sebeș High School of Technology”.
The total value of the project is RON 2,424,367.93 and is implemented between 1st of November 2024 and the 31st of October 2026.
The project is co-financed by the European Union through the ‘Programme for Education and Employment 2021-2027′(PEO) of Romania (ESF+).
Already in 2025, 121 students from the Sebes Technological High School had work experience with economic operators from Alba Iulia County, with whom practical work experience contracts were signed. The students were followed during the internship phases by tutors. Ipazia Production specifically and successfully held the students’ online internships, especially in the area of the “Technicians in Economic Activities” classes (internships scheduled from February to June 2025).