Strengthening of vocational education and training in EU has a high priority in today’s EU policy, with the aim of making European education and training the best in the world.
Denmark is an active partner in the educational cooperation of the EU. The Copenhagen and Bologna process and the overall objective that Europe will become one large education area plays an important role in the development of Danish education and training.
Link to Commission strategy for vocational training
The Danish Meat Trade College has through many years cooperated with other institutions abroad with funding from the Leonardo da Vinci mobility programme
Link to powerpoint presentation with students from Riga Vocational School in Latvia.
All experience shows that successful international exchange programmes of students improves the learning outcome, both regarding hard and not the least soft skills, such as improved language skills, cultural experience and better self-confidence of the individual person.
Our students from the international cook/waiter programme for Danish students are going to France once during their educational period to gain experience from work experience abroad. Read about our students exchange programme 2011. It is our target to increase international experience for a larger number of students at our college in the future.
Educational institutions from other EU and Nordic counties are also frequently sending exchange students to our college and they are also partners for inspiration for mutual development of educational programmes for the food industry. Schools who would like to exchange students are welcome to contact us.
Watch the film about students exchange of our partner school from Budapest right here: