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Learning practices

There are several programmes for young people with an university degree or professional studies to work abroad in learning practices. We mention the most interesting ones:

• Lingua Programme. A help for future language teachers. Promoted from the Oficina de Cooperació Internacional Educativa i Científica.
  For more information: http://www.xtec.es/ofinternacional
  
  
• Learning practices at European institutions.
  For more information: http://www6.gencat.net/joventut/catala/portal/treball/treball5.htm
  
  
• Helps for foreign trade specialists. Scholarships, helps and subsidized courses for doing learning practices at foreign companies or institutions. The aim is to integrate them to Catalan companies. Promoted from the Direcció General de Comerç del Departament de Comerç, Turisme i Consum.
  For more information: http://www.gencat.net/diue/serveis/ajuts_subvencions/internacionalitzacio/
  beques_practiques_empreses/index.html
  
  
• Foreign trade young professionals. From the Consorci de Promoció Comercial de Catalunya (COPCA,) you can fill out this form. Your personal data will be added in a authomatized file property COPCA. The aim of the file is to process the services and send you interesting information.
  For more information: http://www.copca.com
  See the form.
  
  
• Tourism research fulfillships of Catalunya. Market research, tourist promotion and marketing. You can do learning practices at tourist promotion centres.
  For more information: http://www6.gencat.net/joventut/catala/portal/treball/dossi03h.htm
  
  
• AIESEC Programme. Learning practices programmes promoted by the Associació Internacional d'Estudiants de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials. They cover company collaboration and international cooperation.
  For more information: http://www.aiesec.org/spain/es/ca
  
  
• IAESTE Programme. Exchanges. Organized by l'Associació Internacional d'Intercanvi d'Estudiants per Experiència Tècnica.
  For more information: http://www.iaeste.es/archivos/catala/0_cat.html
  
  
• United Nations Programme for the Development. The UNO has a programme for the development addressed to young people with an university degree.
  For more information: http://www.aeci.es/08empleo/02Promo/8.2.htm
  
  
• Institut Espanyol de Comerç Exterior research fulfillships. The ICEX promotes research fulfillships to do learning practices at the commercial offices of Spain abroad.
  For more information: http://www.icex.es
  
  
• Young European Enterprising. Programme addressed to spanish young people with an university degree. Promoted by the Cambra Oficial de Comerç d'Espanya (Great Britain).
  For more information: http://www.spanishchamber.co.uk
  
  
• Alfa Programme. The aim is to make the learning practices easier at European companies, through scholarships and helps to students registered at occupational training courses for unemployed.
  For more information: http://www10.gencat.net/sac/AppJava/servei_fitxa.jsp?codi=2253
  
  
• Eurodissea. Its aim is to favour the experience exchange on labour between European young people from the following European regions:

Franche-Comté, Poitou-Charentes, Limousin, Île de France, Champagne, ARdenne, Rhône-Alpes (France)
Wallonie, Bruxelles capital (Belgium)
Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Jura, Ticino, Valais (Switzerland)
Akershus (Norway)
Açores, Madeira (Portugal)
Ístria i Varazdin (Croatia)
Harghita (Romania)

All residents in Catalunya, between 18 and 30 years old, can access this programme. They must have enough linguistic knowledges of the country of destination and experience in the labour they have chosen to do there. The stay is 4-7 months long.
For more information: http://www10.gencat.net/sac/AppJava/tramit_fitxa.jsp?codi=7235

• Leonardo da Vinci. European programme of occupational training. Stay programmes. The collaborating countries are:

France
Italy
Germany
United Kingdom
Ireland

All residents in Catalunya, older than18 years, can access this programme. They must have enough linguistic knowledges of the country of destination and experience in the labour they have chosen to do there. The stay is 12-16 weeks long, depending on each project.
For more information: http://www10.gencat.net/sac/AppJava/tramit_fitxa.jsp?codi=7246

What do you have to do if you want to participe in the Eurodissea i Leonardo programmes?

To give or send by post the application (it’s the same for both programmes) to one of the addresses below.

You can give it during all the year and it has one year validity from the delivery date. Once given, the application is introduced in our database. Then we contact you when we receive a job offer in order to start the screening process.

Download the aplication form (PDF, 67 KB).

Steps to fill out and send the electronic application

1. Download the electronic application.
2. Fill out the application and sign it.
3. Send it by post to following address:

Servei d'Ocupació de Catalunya
Intercanvis Internacionals
c. Llull, 297, 3a planta
08019 Barcelona

Applications without the photo or the signature or sended by mail will not be accepted.

More information

To ask for more information and pick up the applications, you can go to:

Regulation

• Resolution TRE/1004/2008, of the 4 March, which publicises the awarding of subsidies for bodies organising trans-national mobility projects for professional qualifications of young people during 2006.
• Resolution TRE/1003/2008, of the 4 March, which publicises the awarding of subsidies for bodies organising trans-national mobility projects for professional qualifications of young people during 2007.