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A Historical Review - EU-Excert

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14<br />

Mobility Visits to set up Collaboration<br />

MOBILITY PROGRAMME<br />

n December 2005 UK beneficiaries travelled to KCEM in Sweden to visit their learning<br />

I centres and industries who are taking part in the certified vocational qualification in<br />

the explosives sector.<br />

The UK beneficiaries were all<br />

involved in developing core<br />

competencies and National<br />

Occupation Standards for<br />

workers in the explosive industries,<br />

some of the beneficiaries<br />

will be the users<br />

whilst others are the developers.<br />

The outcomes of this mobility<br />

project were:<br />

· exchanging ideas and experiences<br />

with the partners<br />

in Sweden.<br />

Mobility visits have been organized as a result of the <strong>EU</strong><strong>Excert</strong><br />

project. A group of British experts visited Sweden in December<br />

2006.<br />

· Exploration of the Swedish Certified Vocational Qualification with the view to using<br />

this in the UK.<br />

· To set up collaboration between the two countries to support the exchange of students<br />

in a web based vocational education in the explosives sector.<br />

The mobility programme met all the objectives and more. This mobility project was the<br />

2 nd phase of an exchange visit. In November 2004 a group of Swedish delegates, on a<br />

mobility exchange project, visited Cranfield University to explore the UK vocational<br />

training system and distance learning facilities within the explosives sector, with a view<br />

to setting up a collaboration between both countries.<br />

Trans National<br />

Cooperation<br />

for Students<br />

he mobility project, initiated<br />

by partners in <strong>EU</strong>Ex-<br />

T<br />

cert has been approved by the<br />

<strong>EU</strong> Programme Office.<br />

8 Swedish students will participate<br />

in work place training for<br />

13 weeks in the UK explosives<br />

sector.<br />

The project time is June 2006 -<br />

June 2008.<br />

To develop distance learning by modern technology is an important<br />

matter for the <strong>EU</strong><strong>Excert</strong> project. Partners in Sweden and UK plan<br />

to cooperate in educating personnel in the explosives sector.

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