Valladolid, Spain – April 2025
The city of Valladolid hosted the launch of the MOBUILDING project, a new Erasmus+ policy experimentation initiative aiming to enhance apprenticeship mobility in the building sector across Europe. The kick-off meeting, held on April 9–10, 2025, brought together a dynamic consortium of partners from across Europe, including policymakers, VET providers, and stakeholders from the construction and smart electricity sectors.
The city of Valladolid hosted the launch of the MOBUILDING project, a new Erasmus+ policy experimentation initiative aiming to enhance apprenticeship mobility in the building sector across Europe. The kick-off meeting, held on April 9–10, 2025, brought together a dynamic consortium of partners from across Europe, including policymakers, VET providers, and stakeholders from the construction and smart electricity sectors.
Hosted by the Regional Directorate for Vocational Education and Training of Castilla y León (EDUCACYL), the two-day meeting marked the official start of a project that aspires to tackle the legal, structural, and cultural barriers limiting cross-border mobility of apprentices in the construction industry—a sector that employs 18 million people and contributes around 9% to the EU’s GDP.
Breaking Barriers to Build Skills
Led by INFODEF (Spain), the MOBUILDING project seeks to:
Breaking Barriers to Build Skills
Led by INFODEF (Spain), the MOBUILDING project seeks to:
- Identify and address obstacles to mobility in apprenticeships.
- Develop a European Platform for Apprenticeship Mobility in the building sector.
- Enhance outreach and quality in learning mobility experiences.
The kickoff meeting set the strategic framework for project implementation, with presentations of the draft work plans across all work packages—from mapping mobility barriers (WP2), led by ECTE , to supporting hosts and sending organizations (WP3), enhancing outreach (WP4), ensuring quality assurance (WP1), and disseminating outcomes (WP5).
