"With the reOPEN initiative, the strategic partnership between educational institutions representing the entire spectrum of basic general education services is a step towards achieving a comprehensive educational change by delivering innovation at a global level. Education professionals from Bulgaria, Turkey and Poland, as well as associate partners from Germany and France, aim to create, implement and disseminate innovative pedagogical educational approaches and open educational products aimed at social inclusion by encouraging teamwork and facilitating access, participation and learning outcomes for disadvantaged learners, including through the application of ICT technologies. Using the intellectual product of the previous OPEN initiative,The defined tasks (1) enhancing pedagogical competence and improving the pedagogical profile of pedagogues, (2) providing a modern educational environment and (3) providing pedagogical practice in which disadvantaged and dropping out students, direct participants plan activities related to meeting the specific needs of educators hindering the application of the method in a real environment. These are the lack of readily usable materials and the accumulated competencies of educators to apply a person-centered approach to learning.The development of a portal for sharing open educational resources, the development of 324 practical lessons and 16 pedagogical collections for the training of competent teachers are expected to be the means to effectively apply the Freinet Method. The result will have an impact on the implementation of national partner strategies for creating competent, thinking, knowledgeable and understanding citizens, as well as contributing to the European horizontal priorities of ""Social Inclusion "", ""Open and Innovative Projects Built in the Digital Age"", and the priority in the school education sector ""Support for schools to tackle early school leaving and disadvantage""."

CONTEXT: Awareness on social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities has been increasing thanks to measures and actions adopted at both National and European levels. The EU promotes the active inclusion and full participation of disabled people in society. Giving them the opportunity to do an internship abroad can represent an important chance to enrich their cv and to present themselves with greater determination in the face of potential employers. Unfortunately, due to lack of specific information regarding the mobility of people with disabilities, many VET providers are led to imagine that having people with disabilities involved in a mobility project entails a great deal of extra work and possible complications. At the same time there is a poor connection between the world of VET organizations and that of NGOs focused on people with disabilities, therefore the number of people with ID engaging in a mobility is still very low.OBJECTIVES: To promote the social inclusion and to facilitate the transition to the labor market of people with intellectual disabilities thanks to their involvement in transnational mobilities: •define a set of standards and tools for the design of transnational mobility paths for people with intellectual disabilities (ID);•update the skills of VET providers in the design of transnational mobility projects involving people with ID;•promote the involvement of people with ID in international mobility paths;•promote the collaboration between VET providers, hosting SMEs and NGOs for the social inclusion of people with ID.TARGET: VET providers, managers, projects designers; people with mild intellectual disabilities and their families;ACTIVITES:A1 Project managementA2 Monitoring & EvaluationA3 DisseminationA4 Impact assessmentO1: PR.E.S.T.O. Training Course for VET ProvidersO2: PR.E.S.T.O. VideoC1 Joint Staff Training Event C2-7 Blended student mobilities in Italy, France, Spain, Greece INTANGIBLE RESULTS:•definition of tools and of a training course for the design of transnational mobility paths for people with ID;•updated skills of at least 22 people (staff of VET providers) in the design of transnational mobility projects involving people with intellectual disabilities;•greater self-esteem and social competences of at least 12 people with mild intellectual disabilities•increased awareness on the need to involve people with intellectual disabilities;•increased collaboration between VET providers, SMEs and NGOs.MAIN TANGIBLE RESULTS: O1-R1 PR.E.S.T.O. GuidelinesO1-R3 PR.E.S.T.O. Training course design, contents and materialO1-R5 6 Blended mobility projectsO2-R1: PR.E.S.T.O. Video C1-R1: Short Term Joint Staff Training Event C2/7-R1: 23 days of mobility in for 12 traineesC2/7-R2: 12 Learning Agreement and Quality Commitment signedIMPACT ON DIRECT PARTICIPANTS:•22 VET project designers will acknowledge tools and methods useful to design mobility projects involving people with disabilities, giving greater strength to their curriculum vitae and job competences.•12 people with intellectual disabilities and their families will come out of a cycle of exclusion and demotivation, thanks to a highly engaging on-the-job learning experience and to the acquisition of news skills and competences will increase their autonomy and capacity to enter the job marketIMPACT ON PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES:•Close cooperation between organizations of different nature and business models will open new synergies in different fields, resulting in the development of innovative ideas to be carried out as a growing Consortium after project’s conclusion;•The project’s expected impact is to grow the expertise of all parts involved and put them in the position of national promotors of international learning opportunities involving people with disabilities, having the chance to exploit all tailored training tools tested during the project. •Partner VET Providers: will be able to offer an innovative training path to their audience, widening their educational offering, increasing their penetration to the market and improving their expertise and reputation.IMPACT ON TARGET GROUPS AND RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS:•Development of a strategic methodological “bridge” between the two separate worlds of VET and on-the-job training (animated mainly by VET providers) and that of social inclusion of people with disabilities (animated by NGOs and social cooperatives);•VET Project designers will be able to design work-based international mobilities involving people with disabilities and will therefore enrich their professional skills and provide greater opportunities for their organizations.