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INSIDE THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL NOTE ...............01 RECIPE .............................02 NEWS ...............................03 DOWNLOAD HERE! .............09 CONFERENCES...................10

Training | R&D+i Newsletter # 12 July 2016

THE SECRET BEHIND PASTEIS DE NATA (custard tarts)

How to resist its confection’s shell made from massa folhada, Portugal’s equivalent to France’s puff pastry, its nest of hundreds of crisp layers and from inside a luscious, warm custard?

Following most of Portugal’s pastries traditional sweets preparation, also Pastel de Nata has its origin based on our country’s once-vast network of convents and monasteries.

Even though the special touch you can sense from some of our biggest and most tasteful Pastel de Nata producers is still a secret, we offer you the common recipe, hoping to inspire you to develop your own “secret ingredient” and enjoy one of our finest and traditional pastry.

PS – if you want to check if your Pastel de Nata is a true Portuguese pastry, we will be glad to taste it and test it for you! Quality Control is one of key areas of expertize!

Warm regards, The R&D Training Unit Team

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Recipe* Pastry puff 

300 g all-purpose flour

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250 g puff pastry margarine

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1/4 teasp. salt

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50 ml water

Mix the flour, salt, and water until a soft pillowy dough forms.

Divide the margarine into 3 portions. Roll out the dough, spread 1/3 of margarine over it and roll up like a carpet. The pastry must be folded and rolled at least three times. Let rest for 20 minutes.

With a rolling pin, roll out dough into a rectangle.

Cut dough into slices about 2 cm thick.

Put each slice on a muffin tin, allow the dough pieces to soften several minutes until pliable, press each round into each tin.

Filling 

1/2 lt cream

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9 egg yolks

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10 tablesp. sugar

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cinnamon

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icing sugar

Make the custard in a bain-marie (a bowl over boiling water), mix the sugar, egg yolks and the cream very well whisking all the time until it comes to a boil and thickens.

Allow the mixture to cool down and pour into the pastry cases.

Put in the pre-heated oven at 290º C, bake until the pastry is golden and the custard turns dark brown in patches (about 15 minutes). Remove the pastries from the oven, lift them out, sprinkled generously with icing sugar and cinnamon and serve warm or cold. * gently provided by Lisbon Municipality website: http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/en/visit/ flavours-of-lisboa/pasteis-de-nata-custard-tarts

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News Make it Let’s Make It Happen – a Shift into Learning Outcomes in the Welding Sector project, has now concluded the desk research phase and it´s starting at full speed with the Learning Outcomes approach Standard and the Trainers Kit development! Keep updated trough the project website on: http://www.makeitproject.eu/

MANUMOBILE The lack of transferability between HE and VET systems is currently a hot topic in Europe! Partners working on Manumobile project are currently tackling this issue, through the development of a methodology and tools for the transferability between VET and HE.

LASERTECH After analysing the conclusions resulting from the field research phase (IO1), Lasertech partners have now all the inputs needed to adapt the EWF guideline for the laser welding process’ training and qualification. Keep following the project to find out the next steps related with the guideline and training materials development! The third project meeting will take place in Timisoara, Romania, in October 2016.

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News LEVEL UP The "Level-up!" consortium is working towards the achievement of the project aim of increase professionalization and improve qualification of in-company VET personnel, at the identified two main levels: a) practitioner’s and b) political. At the practitioner’s level, the WBL Finalized the study and identification of national

work-based learning practices and improvement actions to be addressed by the training materials for vocational and training actors and enterprises staff, the project is now focused in developing the training materials for learners, by answering to the following question: How to become a successful apprentice in my and other countries? A strong input to the project demand was collected by partners who met in Klagenfurt,

training for in-company training personnel is under development to be ready by September 2016, were the first face-to-face session will take place, in Kilkenny, Ireland. At the political level, partners are working on the establishment of a pan-European multi-stakeholder dialogue on current debates surrounding European VET policy.

Vienna, last March for the staff training event and learner’s mobility.

Partners will meet again in October 2016, in Poland for the second project meeting

I-YES “I-Yes – Improve your emotional skills” project is running smoothly; learners and tutors will have the opportunity to test the innovative intervention program, which foresee group and individual activities, in order to promote social and emotional

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give a contribution for combating drop out

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school leaving.

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News CHEM PHARM ChemPharm partners met for the third time in June 2016, at ISQ facilities in Portugal, for a work session specially dedicated to finalize the matrix of units of learning outcomes for the pharmaceutical operator. Stay tuned for the next key steps which will lead to the improvement of these professional’s skills and qualifications.

TRAM-WBL The second project meeting took place this June in Spain.

The main points discussed in Asturias

were related with the IO1 results: suggestions and possible steps for improvement; the IO2, focused on assessment of transnational WBL and also IO3 next steps, for the development and implementation of the transnational WBL open marketplace. More news at: www.tram-wbl.eu

ESVET ESVET project aims to be a contribution for the recognition of qualifications from the professionals dealing with event management. To achieve that, a training matrix with ten competence units and correspondent learning outcomes will be developed, for the event planner professional profile. The second steering committee took place last May in Berlin, were partners met and discuss the training curriculum and profile matrix for the event planner level

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News GET THERE Colleagues from all the partner organisations in the GET THERE met in Lisbon Portugal last month for a week of intensive transfer workshops, taking existing learning and best practice, and sharing it among the group. After some initial ice-breaker activities on Day One of the training at ISQ Headquarters, colleagues then learned about ASDAN’s Employability Support Book activities, were informed about an impressive range of supporting materials and were advised on how to deliver the overall programme by ASDAN’s Simon Lawrence. Following this, Brian De Lord offered an engaging and original take on his Mentoring programme, which will be allied to the other activities in an appropriate and supportive way. The week was a great success in many different ways and enable colleagues to consider how best to develop the project into its next stage. It was also a very entertaining week for all those who received training and we offer huge thanks to all those who ran the activities in lovely Lisbon!

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News ECHOES

The project “Echoes of the Past – Heritage Futures. Vocational Educational (VET) and Training in Post-Industrial Landscapes” (ECHOES) intends to provide VET methodologies to be used by the professionals of cultural institutions, VET providers, school teachers, trainers and professionals working with people with special needs through the re-use of old industrial sites. This concept is embedded in a process of regeneration which follows the trends towards recovering industrial sites widespread in Europe in the past years, at the same time valuing dynamically its educational and touristic potential.

Being a strategic partnership under the key action “Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices”, the project consortium is based on institutional diversity with two VET specialist organisations, two public body organisations with experience on heritage and cultural management, one local archive and one local authority, combining all the relevant professional viewpoints of the project objectives.

Last March, all partners gathered in Fundão, Portugal, in a joint learning activity with a very practical and in site focus.

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SEED Social entrepreneurship has become one of the training materials, which will soon be available in actual topics all over Europe. Social enterprises all partners’ language on the project’s website. are recognized as a vehicle for social and economic cohesion across Europe as they help build a pluralistic and resilient social market economy.

Building on the strengths of a long social economy tradition, social entrepreneurs are also drivers of change, creating innovation solutions to the challenges. Acting in the general interest, they create jobs, provide innovative products and services, and promote a more sustainable economy.

They are based on values of solidarity and empowerment; they create opportunities.

“SEED TESTING STAGE WITH LEARNERS IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY”

The SEED project aims to develop joint measures

To find out more, visit the project website on

for promotion of social entrepreneurship educa-

http://seedproject.eu/

tion by identifying and promoting best practices of social enterprises in different EU countries, and also by developing set of materials that adult educators can use in social entrepreneurship trainings. After a national and international testing stage, some final adjustments were made to the

SOLA stands for Simple Open Learning Advancement and aims to meet the emerging requirements of the tourism industry in the European Community with ICT-based didactical methods, knowledge based contents and courses.

To achieve this aim ISQ is currently developing a Train the Trainner blended-learning course for “Methodological, didactical and technologies in distance learning“. Several webinars to promote the Open Educacional Resources created for Train the Trainner and for Sustainable Tourism will also take place in the next weeks and in September a online Conference will take place in ISQ.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit is a creative, innovative and courageous mind-set and approach to apply ones ideas, competences and skills. It’s something that has to be experienced and lived by learners and has to be facilitated by entrepreneurial minded, open and enthusiastic trainers and teachers. Learning for entrepreneurship is the path we are exploring, discovering and experimenting with teachers and trainers in VET and adult education all over the EU. Click to access MIGOBI ENTREPRENEURIAL CURRICULUMS!

EQVET US Project has developed an updated framework and a practice set establishing a set of indicators and a self diagnostic tool to support the implementation and/or monitoring of their strategies concerning the assurance of sustainable development.

Click to access EQVET-US Framework for Sustainable Development & Practice Set

Migrants Integration Driving License – MIDRIL – is based on the principle of integration of migrants towards the fulfilment of Europe 2020 Strategy reaching "a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth" through European collaboration in vocational education and training that focuses on developing basic competencies for social integration and adaptation to labour market needs, promoting basic learning for migrants through vocational education activities and recognizing their skills.

Check out the developed curriculum and kit for trainers available for download at the project website: http://midril.eu/index.php/en/2014-03-13-10-28-11

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International Conferences Cycle ISQ Training | R&D+i Team will, in co-organization with more than 60 European partners, take part in an International Conferences Cycle in Portugal, Spain, Latvia, and Belgium to disseminate several innovative training products and best practices on lifelong learning, support for trainers and development of technological and transversal skills to enhance employment in youngsters and adults.

These conferences focus on several topics such as avoiding school drop-out, the inclusion of young people, training of trainers and coaches, entrepreneurship and key employability skills, Quality in VET and lastly the development of digital open educational resources, resulting from R&D works co-financed by the Erasmus + Programme.

It will offer the opportunity for sharing and reflection, involving more than 900 training providers, enterprises, social partners and public services to better Training, Economic and Social Development and Employment in Europe.

Click here for registration or more info about these events: SEED – International conference held at 14th July 2016, Riga, Latvia: http://seedproject.eu/ EQVET-US – October, 6, Tirgu Mures, Romania: http://inter-eng.upm.ro/2016/ SAT 1090 – November 8, Oeiras, Portugal: http://www.cesol.es/SAT-EN-1090/home.html

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Training | R&D+i Team

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Catarina Miranda cimiranda@isq.pt

Cristina Almeida tcalmeida@isq.pt

Joana Santos jisantos@isq.pt

www.isq-group.com ISQ Training Unit

Lara Ramos

Av. Eng. Valente de Oliveira, 19,

loliramos@isq.pt

TAGUSPARK 2740-254 Porto Salvo Margarida Segard

Portugal

mmsegard@isq.pt

Paulo Ferreira pmferreira@isq.pt

Raquel Almeida rmalmeida@isq.pt

Tânia Avelino tsuzavelino@isq.pt

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