This project arose out of a common interest amongst the three partner institutions to provide the very best vocational education pathways for their learners. To this end, there are three main foci:

1. How to provide the highest quality vocational and work-based learning for the learners in each of the partner institutions.

2. How to create assessment structures and processes that work for the learners and enable each one to have an accredited qualification that is recognised about the European Union through implementation of ECVET.

3. How to ensure that migrant children and young learners are able to integrate into the education system as quickly and positively as possible, enabling them thereby to access suitable and appropriate vocational educational pathways.

Each of the three partners has their own sphere of expertise and wish to share this expertise across the three institutions. There is an enormous sense of excitement and goodwill towards this as it will bring only positive outcomes to the educational experience of the learners and to the professional development of staff in the three partners. Those students directly involved in the project outcomes number nearly 1,000 but in total the potential number of students and staff who will benefit from the outcomes of this project is much higher, notwithstanding those staff and students who benefit outside of the three partner institutions. Within each partner, there are 3 members of staff directly involved in the project with the outcomes being disseminated across the partnership and beyond through a final report and a dedicated website which will showcase the success of the partnership.

The structure of the programme is based around 3 visits per year of the two-year project, with one visit to each partner by 3 appropriately selected members of staff from the other two partners. Throughout the 24 months, there will be regular bi-monthly Skype conferences and a blog (checked on a weekly basis by the Project Manager for each partner institution) will be used for daily input of thoughts, actions, evaluations and comments. Very regular communication throughout the duration of the project will keep all participants abreast of developments.

Action planning will take place at the final part of each visit and direct the way forward for each member between visits.

The lead organisation will appoint a Project Manager for the overall progress of the project, with each partner institution appointing a project manager who will lead on moving the project forward.

The outcome of this project will be a scheme of successful ways of implementing vocational education leading to accreditation that is recognised on an international level. This will be documented in the final report and on the dedicated website. In addition, the three partners foresee longer-term links which will continue beyond the life of this project.

This project is seen not as a two year project but the beginning of a long and fruitful working relationship on a European level.