The objectives:

1. Dynamics of implementation and demand for materialization: under the company’s operations, contribute to the implementation of the general strategy of the Consortium Erasmus, by creating conditions that guarantee the quality and the link between knowledge to be applied and skills to be acquired by the students;
2. Promotion, visibility and impact at local, regional, national and European: make every possible effort to promote the Consortium Erasmus, in the region where the company is based, and promote the culture of this region and in the enterprise throughout Europe; give visibility to the Erasmus Consortium and the company, in their educational and economic fields, through the opportunities they offer Erasmus students; promote the Erasmus’ positive impact on the civil society and as a symbol of European citizenship;
3. Strengthen the link between higher education and the labor market: : demonstrate, by participating in the Consortium Erasmus, the necessary link that must exist between quality of higher education and demands of the labor market.

Site: http://www.erasmuscentro.org/index.php?lang=pt

In any of the countries of the EU that is part of the program or, in certain situations, in a partner country. During the 1st or 2nd cycle or within one year once you’ve concluded either cycle (both cycles) – curricular and extracurricular – and in companies or in Higher Education Institutions depending on whether you are looking for professional traineeship in a company or doing research or project for your final thesis.

any public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth. Such an organisation can be:

• a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
• a public body at local, regional or national level;
• a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
• a research institute;
• a foundation;
• a school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including vocational education and adult education);
• a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
• a body providing career guidance, professional counseling and information services.

Traineeships last between 2 and 12 months.

The same student may participate in mobility periods totaling up to 12 months26 maximum per each cycle of study27, independently of the number and type of mobility activities.

Recent higher education graduates may participate in a traineeship. Recent graduates must be selected by their HEI during their last year of study and must carry out and complete their traineeship abroad within one year of their graduation.

You can find the destination for your placement by:

1. choosing from the offers published on this site;
2. asking the help of your course coordination;
3. doing a research by yourself in the internet

In any of the above situations you should work on your CV and on a motivation letter in English (or any other language needed) to be sent to the institution that you will end up chosing.

Did you already get a positive reply from a Company/Higher Education Institution? Great! This is the first step to guarantee you traineeship. The main document is the traineeship program. It has to be signed by you, your tutor in your School and the tutor in the host institution. If you have any questions when filling the document, just ask your Coordinator to help you out.

You can turn in the training program to the the International Office if you study in Leiria or in the interface offices in ESAD.CR or ESTM. The deadline is May 30th of each year you are applying. The traineeship must be finished by September the 30th of each year. The Traineeship Agreement should be issued in 3 copies and signed by you, your tutor/coordinator in Leiria and the tutor in the host institution, who must also stamp it. Finally you should keep a copy, turn in one other to the host institution and turn in the remaining copy to the International Office.

All trainees have to sign a contract with IPLeiria with the general conditions of the placement, grant and period of traineeship. A duplicate is issued after you turn in a copy of your ID card (both sides) and your IBAN code.

Special information you need to know

All trainees have to do an online linguistic assessment in the OLS platform. The Online Linguistic Support (OLS) supports language learning for Erasmus+ mobility participants. The OLS offers participants in Erasmus+ long-term mobility activities (Key Action 1) the opportunity to assess their skills in the foreign language(s) they will use to study, work or volunteer abroad. In addition, selected participants may need to follow an online language course to improve their competence

You need to do a test before the mobility and one other after the mobility. If the trainee has less than B2 in the first text he/she must do an online course using the same platform. This assessment is merely for information and to not exclude you from the program but they are mandatory (absolutely no exceptions).

A person with special needs is a potential participant whose individual physical, mental, health-related situation or economic condition are such that his/her participation in the project / mobility Action would not be possible without extra financial support. .Higher education institutions that have selected students and/or staff with special needs can apply for additional grant support to the National Agency in order to cover the supplementary costs for their participation in the mobility activities. For those with special needs, the grant support may therefore be higher than the set maximum individual grants. Higher education institutions describe on their websites how students and staff with special needs can request such additional grant support. This grant normally takes a little longer to be processed than the mobility grant.

Before completing the application, 3 criteria must be fulfilled:

1. You must be currently attending at least the 2nd year of a Bachelor degree, in the 1st or 2nd year of the Master degree or in the last year before your graduation.
2. You cannot have unpaid tuition fees;
3. You cannot have an ongoing or completed disciplinary process.

Should you decide to drop the traineeship, you need to communicate your decision immediately to the GMCI and before the mobility program starts. If the mobility program has already started and your reasons are personal, you must return any grant money that you have received up to that date.

If it is duly justified to the National Agency, you may be able to keep the part of the grant corresponding to the mobility period that you have undertaken.

Yes. If the Host institution makes a negative evaluation of your traineeship

You need to bring a signed and stamped participation certificate and the traineeship evaluation. These documents should be turned in by you no longer than 15 days after your return. Moreover, you’ll receive an email for the assessment report and for the language assessment.