This project is funded by the EEA Funds 2014-2021 and is being implemented through the contributing countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to reduce economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and to strengthen cooperation with 15 European countries.

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We draw new experience from the organization of vocational education

Project number: EHP-CZ-VETP — 002
Program: Education
Project type: Institutional cooperation projects
Program mediator: Czech National Agency for International Education https://www.dzs.cz/program/fondy-ehp, www.eeagrants.org, www.eeagrants.cz
Implementation period: 08/2020 - 08/2021
Principal investigator: Střední škola hotelnictví a gastronomie SČMSD Praha, s.r.o.
Partner institution: Norwegian Secondary School Storhamar videregaende skole Hamar, Company Opportunities for Gastro s.r.o.
GDPR DZS: http://www.dzs.cz/zpracovani-osobnich-udaju

Project content:

About the project:

The project: We draw new experience from the organization of vocational education, deepens the mutual cooperation between the Střední škola hotelnictví a gastronomie SČMSD Praha s.r.o, the Norwegian Secondary School Storhamar videregaende skole Hamar and the company Opportunity for Gastro s.r.o.

The aim of the project is to make vocational education more attractive and modernize education. To expand the knowledge and skills of teachers through the method of non-formal learning and education and to increase the professional and entrepreneurial competencies of pupils through them. To get acquainted with the Norwegian education system, to focus on the dual system of education and inclusion of the disabled and foreigners, on the development of human resources in lifelong education and learning, including learning from practice. Last but not least, the aim of the project is to get to know the Norwegian approach to the environment in practical training - waste reduction, raw material management.

Mutual visits of Czech teachers and representatives of the company in Norway and Norwegian teachers in the Czech Republic will strengthen the cooperation of all participating institutions and support the professional development of teachers of vocational schools and trainers of vocational training from the company. Within inclusion, it will improve access tothe disabled and foreigners, strengthen cooperation within the elements of dual education with social partners from the ranks of contracted workplaces and gastronomic employers. It will help to introduce elements of dual education into the school's SEP (School education program).

We will use the acquired experience and knowledge with the donor educational institution to create at least one ECVET learning unit, but also for further cooperation – eg student mobility.