Title
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Baltic Training Programme (BTP)
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Abbreviation
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BTP
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Lead partner
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Norden Association, Sweden
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Partners
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- Frans Schartau Business Institute, Sweden
- Narva Vocational Training Centre, Estonia
- Vidzeme Planning Region, Latvia
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Associated partners
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- 1. Stokholms Craftmanship Association, Sweden
- 2. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Open University, Estonia
- 3. Vidzeme University College, Latvia
- 4. Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Valmiera Regional Branch, Latvia
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Objective
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To develop the capacity of the region to take advantage of a well educated, mobile workforce as a growth motor.
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Main activities
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Implementation of a testing model for students of vocational education and training (education module, internship at hostcompanies of the neighbouring countries);
Stakeholder seminars on topics related to vocational education and cross-border entrepreneurship;
Establishment of the Baltic network for vocational training
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Results
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75 individual business projects carried out by the participants in co-operation with their host companies;
5 stakeholder seminars and a conference related to vocational education and cross-border entrepreneurship organised
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Budget
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983 905 EUR
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Implementation period
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October 2009 - April 2012
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Contact person
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Dagnija Ūdre, dagnija.udre@vidzeme.lv, +371 29219477
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Project home page
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www.baltictrainingprogramme.eu
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