Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) is one of four partners involved in the T2MIS 18-month European Union (EU) project, led by the international organisation European Observatories of Sport and Employment (EOSE). The project, with 4 partners, commenced in January 2017 to encourage the sport and physical activity sector to take part in learning mobility activities.
Project partners from Malta (SportMalta), the Netherlands (WOS) and MRU are funded under Erasmus+ Sport.
The project will propose an adapted online solution to tackle barriers and create conditions to encourage and make learning mobility a reality in sport.
July 5th, 2017, T2MIS project partners met in Lyon for the second meeting.
The meeting, which took place in the EOSE office, provided an opportunity to discuss the progress made since its launch and to move forward with further implementation.
The partnership is building upon the main findings from the EU Feasibility Study conducted in 2013 by EOSE. It highlighted a range of existing mobility opportunities, but a perceived complexity to the process including a low level of awareness of opportunities and how to take advantage of them.
This first face-to-face partner meeting aimed to provide an update on the pace of work and a discussion to plan the next steps.
The meeting provided the opportunity to clarify the concept of learning mobility, which is different from employment mobility. It occurs when someone moves to a country other than his country of origin to study allowing for acquisition of new skills useful for both personal and professional development.
Partners agreed that “learning mobility opportunities” are the development of knowledge and/or skills and linked to both personal development and increased employability.
To be considered as a good practice example and to be used as a case study as part of this project, any mobility initiative should include concrete “learning objectives” and not only be limited to a mobility abroad, for example to play sport.
In addition, it was noted that transnational meetings, as part of EU-funded projects, are not learning mobility activities. Neither are the transfer of innovation projects.
--Info by EOSE