Two years into cooperation, six partners are delivering research, digital tools, training resources, and communities of practice that make vocational education more inclusive for learners facing mental health challenges.
F3 - Fitter Minds, Fitter VET, Fitter Jobs strengthens the inclusivity and accessibility of learning for people with mental health challenges in vocational education. Across Portugal, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, and Spain, schools and institutions are building policies, practices, and professional capacity so every learner can participate fully, whatever their background or circumstances.
WP2 (research) is complete: a survey of more than 2,000 students and teachers across six countries underpins the published report and a whole-school approach to mental health in VET. WP3 is complete: the Institutional Self-Assessment and Early Warning System were piloted in every partner country and the EWS is now live online.
WP4 is largely delivered: the trainings toolbox, action-planning guidelines, and school action plans are in use across partners. WP5 is underway: the blended online course (modules on prevention and socio-emotional skills), project website, and Community of Practice extend reach to educators Europe-wide. Consortium meetings in Budapest, Bologna, Bremen, Nova Gorica, Lisbon, and at the EfVET Annual Conference keep implementation aligned.
Deliverables are reaching classrooms and staff rooms: the EWS and ISA support early identification; the WP4 toolbox and action-planning resources help schools prevent and manage mental health challenges; and the blended course offers structured learning for students and teachers. Open resources are designed for European VET providers, with materials in partner languages and a growing Community of Practice.
Together, these results reduce stigma, strengthen whole-school wellbeing, support retention, and give learners the skills and support they need to thrive in training and on the labour market.
Six experienced partners from Portugal, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Germany and Spain.
ENSINUS is the holding that created INETE in 1989. Located in Lisbon, INETE is a vocational school for young people undergoing initial training as well as continuous training of professionals. INETE’s mission is to train highly qualified technicians and active participating citizens, with the ability to make a difference and to adapt to change, promoting their integration into the world of work and/or their further education at university.
MDOE is the leading professional association and knowledge-network of and for the most innovative STEAM teachers, pedagogy experts, and schools. The Association is dedicated to the use of digital and mobile technologies and innovative pedagogy based on gamification, collaborative, active and inquiry learning, especially in STEAM education.
�CNG was founded in 1975 in the western part of Slovenia in the Nova Gorica region. It offers educational programmes of secondary vocational and professional technical education, general and higher vocational education, apprenticeship, national vocational qualifications, and lifelong training for all learners in computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, wood processing, transport, mechatronics, agriculture, horticulture, catering, health & care, entrepreneurship, economics, gardening, and environmental science.
SCF is a national VET provider non-profit association founded in 1975, recognized by the Ministry of Labour linking together 48 organisations that manage 112 VET centres from 13 Italian Regions. It offers vocational training for young people aged 14–17 still in compulsory education, including apprenticeships, in a variety of sectors and more.
The vocational training center “BBS SYKE EUROPASCHULE” educates about 3,200 students in a various number of professions for social care, trade, industry, commercial and administrative activities, body care, food and home economy. The school also offers higher education entrance qualification and has gained experience in transnational projects since 1997.
CEIR-ARCO is a Center with wide experience, approved and created since 1977, specialized in Professional Training. The school defines itself as open, plural and democratic, in all its scopes, and it was formed with the participation and cooperation of all its members.
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