2014-2020
D. Erasmus Policy Statement
(Overall Strategy)
D Erasmus Policy Statement (Overall Strategy)
The Institution agrees to publish this overall
strategy (all three parts) on its website within one month after the signature
of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education by the European Commission.
Please describe your institution's international (EU
and non-EU) strategy. In your description please explain a)how you choose your
partners, b) in which geographical area(s) and c) the most important objectives
and target groups of your mobility activities (with regard to staff and
students in first, second and third cycles, including study and training, and
short cycles). If applicable, also explain how your institution participates in
the development of double/multiple/joint degrees. (max. 5000 characters)
Original language [EN]
Leioa Hospitality
and Catering College, from now on EHL, is a vocational training school
aimed to supply well trained food and drink managers within the “Tourism and
Hospitality” and “Food Manufacturing” sectors. To achieve this goal we
continuously update our resources and our commitment with excellence, quality
and research and sustainability by means of a planned strategy or roadmap.
Our mission is to ensure our students an excellent
theoretical and empirical training in the hospitality and catering trades
within the Basque Country State Schools framework focusing in capacity building
for regional development.
The following awards that the school has obtained
these past years are evidence of our ongoing commitment:
ISO 9001 (scope: compulsory education and food
manufacturing).
ISO 14001 on environmental management.
UNE 167000 according to the Spanish Quality Excellence
Standards for Catering Service.
In 2011 we were awarded third prize by the Ministry of
Education and Science for "Quality and Innovation in short cycle Vocational Training" for the development of
didactic contents through the school web-page http://www.hostelerialeioa.hezkuntza.net/web/guest.
Our Governing Bodies:
EHL has a management body with a Principal, two Deputy
Heads and a Secretary that ensures implementation of the strategic principles
set by the School Board. All members of the HEI and the community are
represented in the board: students, teaching and non-teaching staff city
council representatives and management body.
EHL also has three other bodies of significant
transparency & communication value: the Staff Plenaries, the Students'
Council and the different Departments Meetings. Finally and key to the
well-being of all participants in the European programmes, the European
Programmes Coordinator -EUC- (europeanprogrammes@hostelerialeioa.net)
All the above mentioned bodies take part in the
procedural strategies at different stages or for different European calls or programmes.
a) How we choose our partners:
When a programme is called from the EU or a Third
Country we work along with the following:
- Ikaslan: http://www.ikaslan.net a Vocational Training Schools
Consortium
-Teknika: http://www.tknika.net/liferay/web/guest/tknika a Centre of Innovation in Basque Vocational
Training
-Ikerlan: http://www.ikerlan.es/site_preview/index.php a Non-profit Technology Research Centre
-Confebask: http://www.confebask.es/corporativa/default.aspx
the Basque Entrepreneurial Confederation
First a partner is proposed either by one of the above
organizations or by a member or body of the EHL.
Next the EUC and the Principal decide upon the
validity of the proposal as with reference to meeting the needs for the EHL roadmap and goals as set
in the mission, vision, values.
By meeting the mission, vision or values both partners
should at least envisage one of the following: contributing to mutual capacity
building in the professional sector, developing cross-border cooperation,
increasing attainment levels, or
improving quality and relevance in education.
Once the validity has been proven all parties
negotiate accordingly and in line with the principles of the Charter to reach
an interinstitutional agreement establishing respective roles and
responsibilities and committed to shared quality criteria in the selection, preparation
and integration of mobile participants.
Then the principal presents the partner to be to the
School Board which accepts or refuses the partner and the mobility.
Once the proposal has been accepted at the Board,
information about mobility is displayed and candidates are entered.
b) The
partner HEIs' and or other institutions' geographical areas
are chosen according to:
- Language criteria, we prefer geographical areas
where English, French, Portuguese and Italian are spoken and when it's the
case with some students German as well.
- Know-how development criteria, we focus in those
areas where our students can develop different skills related to the hospitality and catering sector.
- Vicinity criteria, we consider that for the sake of
sustainability in the case of long term projects vicinity is a bonus since it
acts as a mobility facilitator as well as promoting blended mobility.
c) Our School
Charter sets as one of our aims to promote individual
development as well as whole-person education seeking equality, part-taking,
respect and pluralism. All members within the school community are target
groups of our mobility activities regardless gender, place of birth,
mother-tongue, race, disabilities, economic reasons, religion or belief, sexual
orientation, age, etc.
So far all of our mobility activities have been
interneeships of our students in EU countries under KEY Action 1.
We aim to participate in as many as possible
activities in future whether be within Europe or to and from Third Countries under
KEY action 1, 2 and 3.
If applicable,
please describe your institution's strategy for the organisation and
implementation of international (EU and non-EU) cooperation projects in
teaching and training in relation to projects implemented under the Programme.
(max. 2000 characters) Original language [EN]
We have not so far taken part in any cooperation projects
under the ECHE, but we have had some experience with EU countries and Third
Countries outside the charter, we here give a short summary of those
experiences.
a) EHL and Chambres de Métiers et de l'Artisanat de
Pyrénées Atlantiques cooperate with staff and students mobility in equal terms
with the aim to develop capacity building and know-how with neighboring countries.
http://www.poctefa.eu
b) EHL and some Nicaraguan HEIs cooperate with
teachers' stays in both countries to work and observe different practices and
know-how and to develop capacity building with Third Countries.
The following would be the procedure to implement our
cooperation projects under the ECHE:
1. Any member from EHL community or from an outside
enterprise, NGO or HEI may contact the project coordinator, whether be face to
face or by email europeanprogrammes@hostelerialeioa.net, and suggest a possible
cooperation project.
2. Validity, feasibility and sustainability for the
proposal would be analyzed by all parties, the HEIs involved including IKASLAN
and the ECHE agency in the Basque Country, if needed also Spain and Brussels.
3. A fair and sustainable cooperation agreement
would be signed by the different institutions be EU enterprises / NGOs, chartered
HEIs.
4. Once the proposal has been proved feasible and
sustainable in the long term the Principal, the European Projects Coordinator
or the Deputy Head would present it to the target group that may be subject of
the mobility or cooperation and/or to the whole community.
5. The process would from here onwards follow that
which has been said on this document on part C: General Organization.
Please explain
the expected impact of your participation in the Programme on the modernisation
of your institution (for each of the 5 priorities of the Modernisation Agenda*)
in terms of the policy objectives you intend to achieve. (max. 3000 characters)
Original language [EN]
EHL has always encouraged amongst fellow teachers,
students and other staff an open-minded attitude towards other cultures and
culinary and catering know-how expressions and has always kept this
internationalization and modernization spirit in the agenda.
By signing this Charter we mean to align with the
general objectives set by the "Erasmus for All" call, these being the
reduction of early school leaving rates and the increase of 30-34 years old
students having completed third level of education to help Biscay, the Basque
Country and the partner regions from the EU or Non-EU recover from the crisis and come out stronger with more skilful citizens, lower unemployment rates
and stronger, shared-transnational values.
EHL acknowledges the key contribution of mobile staff and students and of participation in European and international cooperation
projects to the quality of higher education programmes and student experience.
Thus we include 5 priorities set by the EU agenda.
1. Increasing attainment levels to provide the
graduates and researchers Europe needs.
2. Improving the quality and relevance of higher
education.
3. Strengthening quality through mobility and
cross-border cooperation.
4. Linking higher education, research and business for
excellence and regional development.
5. Improving governance and funding.
Below we join six specific objectives in Europe’s
agenda linked to specific goals in EHL strategic plan or roadmap:
1. To improve the level of key competences and skills
regarding in particular their relevance for the labor market and society. Goals
no. 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 26 and 27 in our roadmap *
2.To foster quality improvements, innovation
excellence and internationalization. Goals no. 11, 12, 15, 22, 27 & 29*.
3. To promote lifelong learning: Goals no. 10 and
27*.
4. To enhance the international dimension of
education, training and youth Goal no. 27*.
5. To improve the teaching and learning of languages
and promote linguistic diversity. Goal no.
27*.
6. To promote excellence in teaching. Goals no. 16 and 27 *.
No. 27 sets the goal of promoting mobility to raise
efficiency and quality performance at all levels. This can be achieved by
participating in KEY action 1 which we would like to support and develop 10%
per year, thus the expected impact in the whole community would grow gradually.
No. 13 sets the goal of increasing the number
strategic partnerships, knowledge alliances with other institutions. This can
be achieved by participating in KEY action 2 which we would like to start and
maintain in a yearly basis under EU calls, thus the expected transnational
impact in partner HEIs, training providers and enterprises promoting
employability would be started and fixed.
We hope that in the long run we will be able to
participate under KEY action 3 in EU and Third Countries mobility networks aiming
at long-term systemic impact, contributing to the effective use of Union tools
for recognition of qualifications and transparency.
N.B. * in our roadmap