STORY Final Conference

BRUSSELS, Belgium – 15th of September 2014 – The Final Conference of STORY (Strengthening the Training Opportunities for International Youth) took place at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels last Friday, the 12th of September.

The STORY Final Conference presented the outcomes of the one year research study on recognition of mobility for study and training. Additionally, ErasmusIntern, one of the main project outcomes was launched during the conference. Erasmusintern.org is a platform that provides an integrated marketplace that aims at bringing training providers and students seeking a training opportunity abroad. It has been developed in the framework of the STORY project which also generated some exciting numbers regarding international internships. In order to achieve the project goals such as improving the access and quality of international internships, the research committed this year helped identifying the obstacles, especially the ones related to recognition, and expectations of the different actors (Students, Higher Education Institutions, National Agencies and Receiving Companies/Organisations) involved in study and training mobility.

Although it not possible to directly compare the outcomes of the PRIME 2009 (66% of the students receive full recognition) and PRIME 2010  (improvement to 73% of full recognition) with the outcome of this study, in quantitative terms a clear and positive trend becomes evident. More...