CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Stakeholders of this project are students and trainers working with horses. The horse is a support for vocational skills and support for the acquisition and development of social skills (self-help, communication, confidence...). The main objectives of this project is to help students with fewer opportunities to feel more confident in themselves, to be better integrated into the society and to get easily a job. Concretely, this project will give opportunities to students and also to teachers : - to get more competences (horse knowledge or practises, English, ICT...) - to become more mobile ; - to open their mind. 6 PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS - EPDRA is a portuguese agricultural school. Presecondary and secondary vocational educations in the areas of agriculture : horse riding, forestry, horticulture etc. 320 students. - BURTNIEKU AUSEKLA VIDUSSKOLA is a latvian public school. Each year, some students chose hypology as their optional school subject. - The "Daniel Brottier" agricultural school is located near Nantes. A two-year program prepare students to be stable boy (groom). 80 students. - MFR "LES 4 VENTS" is located in the east of France. This school is specialized in equine and bovine trainings. 200 students - UDDETORP is a swedish school specialized in horticulture and horseracing professions. 200 students. - The italian association "INCONTRO A CAVALLO" promote rehabilitation activities through horse riding. DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES Each partnering organization planned a week long training focused on an equine theme (cf 5.5) : - EPDRA : dressage - BURTNIEKU AUSEKLA VIDUSSKOLA : horse riding - Le LYCEE AGRICOLE Daniel Brottier : ethology - La MFR "LES 4 VENTS" : cross-country riding - UDDETORP : harness racing - L'association italienne "INCONTRO A CAVALLO" : equine therapy RESULTS AND IMPACTS ° Number of teachers and students who participated in trainings : - EPDRA : 5 teachers, 10 students - BURTNIEKU AUSEKLA VIDUSSKOLA : 4 teachers, 2 students - LYCEE AGRICOLE Daniel Brottier : 7 teachers, 17 students - MFR "LES 4 VENTS": 5 teachers, 16 students - UDDETORP : 3 teachers, 5 students - INCONTRO A CAVALLO : 10 adults (teachers ans volunteers in the association) Total : 34 adults, 51 students ° By the end of the trainings, technical teachers have filled the skills passport (see attached annex). The fill rate vary from 20% to 80%, depending on the training content and the skills of the student. ° Some pedagogical documents have been created (available on the project website : www.horseinourlives.eu/) LONG-TERM BENEFITS - Students can add their skills passport to their CV. - This skills passport will be used by partners, especially for internships in foreign countries. - Teachers have enriched their pedagogical practices. - Each participant has improved his English. - A partnership has been established between the D. Brottier school and a Portuguese equestrian center. This center takes on 2 students as apprentices each year. - Some collaborations are being built between partners and equestrian centers to allow future students to do european internship.