Competence-Building Event

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The Erasmus+ Mobility Programme is a European Union initiative that supports learning, training, and professional development through international exchange. It enables participants to gain valuable experience abroad, develop new skills, share knowledge and best practices, and build strong international networks.

By fostering cooperation between organizations across Europe, Erasmus+ promotes innovation, intercultural understanding, and lifelong learning. Mobility activities provide participants with fresh perspectives, practical insights, and opportunities for personal and professional growth, contributing to higher standards and greater competitiveness in their respective fields.

Each event is meticulously planned with attention to every detail and a commitment to creating a truly memorable experience.

In designing our programmes, we follow established best practices and the guidance of the Erasmus+ Programme Guide, while adding a distinctive Canarian touch. Beyond Tenerife's exceptional climate and welcoming atmosphere, participants gain access to meaningful local connections, authentic cultural encounters, and unique opportunities where ideas, interests, and people come together.

Tenerife offers an inspiring setting for learning and collaboration. Its breathtaking landscapes, rich cultural heritage, vibrant traditions, and diverse attractions provide the perfect backdrop for an experience that extends far beyond the classroom.

Diversity of options demands not only meticulous planning but also the careful alignment of interests, expectations, and practical possibilities to ensure seamless execution.

In this section, we take a closer look at our most recent event, examining its planning and delivery to assess how closely we approached the ideal outcome.

The Erasmus+ mobility programme provides pupils, students, teachers, staff, and other participants with the opportunity to undertake part of their education, training, or professional development in another country. Its primary aim is to enhance knowledge, skills, competencies, intercultural awareness, and European cooperation. Mobility activities are built around clearly defined learning objectives agreed upon by both the sending and host organisations. To ensure meaningful outcomes, each mobility experience must be carefully planned, effectively implemented, and formally recognised upon completion.

• expose students to different views, knowledge, teaching and research methods as well as work practices in their study field in the European and international context;
• develop their transversal skills such as communication skills, language skills, critical thinking, problem solving, intercultural skills and research skills;
• develop their forward-looking skills, such as digital and green skills, that will enable them to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow;
• facilitate personal development, such as the ability to adapt to new situations and self-confidence.

The objective is also to enable any staff, including staff from enterprises, to teach or train abroad as part of their professional development to:

• share their expertise;
• experience new teaching environments;
• acquire new innovative pedagogical and curriculum design skills as well as digital skills;
• connect with their peers abroad to develop common activities to achieve the programme’s objectives;
• exchange good practices and enhance cooperation between higher education institutions;
• better prepare students for the world of work.

In addition, the objective is to foster the development of transnational and transdisciplinary curricula as well as innovative ways of learning and teaching, including online collaboration, research-based learning and challenge-based approaches with the objective of tackling societal challenges.

The following case study outlines these processes and objectives and demonstrates their practical application through our most recent event:

• The Higher Professional College of the School Centre Velenje, Slovenia, Department of Information Technology, approached us with a request to organise a mobility programme. As a result, our planning focused on the interests and educational objectives of IT students.
• We carefully listened to their expectations, presented the opportunities that Tenerife could offer, and contributed several constructive suggestions based on our local knowledge and experience. Through close cooperation and extensive coordination, a programme was developed that balanced educational value, professional relevance, and cultural experience.
• Once the programme had been agreed upon and the contract signed, the implementation phase began. From that moment onward, our responsibility was to transform the agreed plan into a well-organised and successful event.

• Suitable technical, educational, and cultural partners had to be identified, contacted, and confirmed first. These included a technical institute, the university, the Auditorio, a local school, a guest lecturer, and a computer company relevant to the programme.
• The planning process also involved overcoming several challenges. Access to the technical institute required advanced coordination and the submission of participants' passport details. Arranging visits to the university and the Auditorio involved extensive communication, with schedules needing to be adjusted several times as plans evolved. Finding a suitable computer company proved particularly demanding, as it needed to be both professionally relevant and willing to host a group of students.
• Additional preparations included visits to the university and the local school to finalise hosting arrangements, coordination of lecture content with the guest lecturer, selection of a recommended local surf school, adaptation of the programme following a hotel change, organisation of transport, and coordination of catering and meal arrangements.

Much of this work remained invisible to the participants, but it was essential in ensuring that, from the moment the plane landed, every aspect of the event could proceed as planned.

• The successful implementation of the agreed programme requires careful coordination and dedicated oversight. Guided by the principles of safety, reliability, and responsibility, we ensure that every activity is delivered to the highest standard.

This is how our active, educational, and very real Erasmus+ mobility experience came to an end: shaped by technology, learning, culture, teamwork, flexibility, and countless moments that could never have been fully planned. We always leave room for the unexpected, because some of the most valuable experiences arise from surprises that no programme can anticipate.

In the end, it is often these unplanned moments that leave the strongest impressions, enrich the learning process, and transform a well-organised mobility project into a truly memorable experience.

Thank you for your exemplary conduct throughout the programme under the leadership of your dedicated principal, Mr. Uroš. Your commitment, discipline, and engagement were of the highest standard, and I am deeply grateful that the entire event proceeded smoothly and without a single incident.

I sincerely hope that the friendships you have built and strengthened during this unforgettable experience will continue to grow long after your return home. May the knowledge gained, the memories created, and the connections formed serve as a source of inspiration in the years ahead.

With my warmest regards and best wishes for your future,

This mobility programme would not have been possible without the people and organisations who welcomed our students and shared their time, knowledge, and experience.

Our sincere thanks to Irene from ITER for making complex technical topics engaging and accessible, and to José Luis from Contel for introducing us to the company and its innovative work.

We are especially grateful to Professor Jonay from ULL for showing our students university life in Tenerife and demonstrating his own inventions.

We also thank Nadia from Auditorio de Tenerife for the guided tour of this iconic building.

A warm thank you to Eduardo, Principal of CIFP Adeje, and Eduardo, Erasmus+ Coordinator at CIFP Adeje, for their kind welcome.

Special thanks to Alex for leading an inspiring course on how the human brain works.

Finally, thank you to the Kontraola for organising such enjoyable surf lessons.

Thank you all for helping make this Erasmus+ mobility a memorable success.

"Build Skills, Create Opportunities"