What is EQAMOB?

EQAMOB is a quality label that emphasizes the importance of learning mobility in vocational education and training.
Apprenticeship companies, that show special commitment and high quality in the mobility of their apprentices, can be awarded with the EQAMOB label.
The criteria for the EQAMOB quality label were defined by a European network of partners, which also IFA is part of. The criteria include aspects of the organization and preparation of the apprentices for the placement abroad, the support of the apprentices during their stay and the sustainable integration of the experiences acquired abroad into everyday business life.
In Austria, the EQAMOB label is awarded by the Federal Minister of Labour and Economy in cooperation with IFA – International Young Workers Exchange.

What is Transnational Learning Mobility?

Transnational learning mobility consists of a period of work and learning experience undertaken in another country. The objective of the stay abroad is to gain practical experience in an intercultural context.
A placement abroad during apprenticeship training is a sustainable opportunity to gain this international experiences, to get to know and reflect on other cultures, learning environments and working methods as well as on different challenges and solution. A placement abroad opens up new perspectives, conveys professional and foreign language skills and, above all, personal, intercultural and social skills.
Apprentices and training companies benefit equally from learning abroad.
An exchange of experiences also strengthens vocational training.

What does “Quality in apprenticeship mobility” mean?

Placements abroad as part of apprenticeship training should not be a one-off event for individual learners and should not end when the apprentices return, but increasingly become a sustainable mobility concept for companies and training institutions.