Eweld: The last meeting of the project "Welding Training Quality Development" and the final project dissemination conference

On 8-9 th of August 2017, project partners from Lithuania, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom gathered in Vilnius. Project partners discussed the experience gained during the project, changes in the partners institutions, review of Project partners commitments and their implementation; were talked of the quality of the intellectual products being developed during the project and the deadlines for their completion, dissemination, guidelines for further cooperation between the partners set.

At the end of the working day, project partners were offered a sightseeing tour to Trakai - the Lithuanian tourism symbol. Visited Užutrakis Manor house, Trakai Island Castle.

On 9 th of August 2017, project partners met at the Senate Hall of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, where the final project conference was held which theme was to introduce and discuss the possibilities of welders in international vocational education  system.

During the conference were presented the products created during the project, possibilities of using and developing these products, and talked about the continuity of the project and future perspectives. At the end of the event, a discussion was held on how to balance the requirements of enterprises for welders work and vocational training (training programs). Conference participants discussed the dissemination of best practice and opportunities for cooperation.

During the three year project implementation period, 7 project partner meetings took place in Lithuania, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. More than 15 dissemination events were organized in all the partner countries, inviting participants who are exceptionally interested in welding innovation. The project and Project products were presented to the delegations of Azerbaijan, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, engineering companies, ministries, educational institutions.