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    <title>Certificate day at Praça do Município</title>
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    <description>Participants received their Erasmus+ certificates in front of Braga town hall, with the flags of their countries.</description>
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    <title>16 KA2 partnership projects since 2014</title>
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    <description>From LLSG in 2014 to C-ENTRE and Digi Empathy in 2024, BragaMob has been a partner in sixteen Erasmus+ cooperation projects.</description>
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    <title>ISO 9001: quality management for international mobility</title>
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    <description>BragaMob's quality management system is certified to NP EN ISO 9001:2015 for support services to international mobility.</description>
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    <title>How do Erasmus+ VET internships work in Portugal?</title>
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    <description>Your school applies for an Erasmus+ KA1 grant; a supporting organisation in Portugal such as BragaMob proposes host companies, houses the group and coordinates the documents of the mobility. In Braga, internships run 6 hours a day, Monday to Friday (30 hours a week), with a company tutor, from 10 days to 1 year.</description>
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    <title>Who is the host organisation in an Erasmus+ internship?</title>
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    <description>In an Erasmus+ VET internship, the host organisation is the company where the student does the placement. A supporting organisation such as BragaMob proposes companies and organises the logistics, the preparation and the local monitoring; the sending school decides, and keeps the application, the reports and the grant.</description>
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    <title>What documents does a school need for an Erasmus+ mobility to Braga?</title>
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    <description>Who signs each document, and when: before travel, the service agreement (your school and BragaMob) and the Learning Agreement (the participant, your school and the host company); on the last day, the Europass Mobility (issued by your school) and the Certificate of Attendance (issued by BragaMob); after return, the Final Report of the mobility in Braga.</description>
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    <title>Which internship fields are available in Braga?</title>
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    <description>More than 30 fields in nine sectors: hospitality &amp; tourism, industry &amp; mechanics, construction &amp; architecture, ICT &amp; creative media, business &amp; commerce, health &amp; social care, beauty &amp; fashion, agriculture &amp; environment, sports &amp; performing arts. If yours is not listed, ask us.</description>
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    <title>How long can an Erasmus+ internship be?</title>
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    <description>In Braga, from a minimum of 10 days up to 1 year, at any time of the year. Groups usually stay 2 to 5 weeks; individual placements up to about 10 weeks.</description>
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    <title>Where do participants stay during a mobility in Braga?</title>
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    <description>In 2, 3 and 4-star hotels in the centre of Braga (single, double or triple rooms with breakfast) or, for long mobilities, in houses with shared kitchen and living room. Full or half board with local partners.</description>
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    <title>Can students under 18 take part in an Erasmus+ internship?</title>
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    <description>Yes. BragaMob accepts participants under 18 as long as the group travels with a responsible teacher from the sending school, who stays with the group throughout the mobility.</description>
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    <title>Is insurance included in an Erasmus+ mobility?</title>
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    <description>No. Every participant must have health, liability and accident insurance before the mobility, arranged by the sending organisation or the participant (Article 5 of the Erasmus+ grant agreement).</description>
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    <title>What are typical working hours in a VET internship in Portugal?</title>
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    <description>6 hours a day, Monday to Friday (30 hours a week), with a lunch break. Internships are part of the participant's training and are not paid.</description>
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    <title>What are cultural integration activities in an Erasmus+ programme?</title>
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    <description>The orientation meeting and the tour of Braga, and optional weekend pedagogical visits, each with a pedagogical objective: Braga, Guimarães, Porto, Viana do Castelo, and Lisbon with Fátima.</description>
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    <title>What are BragaMob's OID and PIC, and when do you need them?</title>
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    <description>OID E10053700 and PIC 948817238 identify BragaMob (legal name AplicaProposta, Lda) as an organisation in the Erasmus+ platforms. When a participant works in another company or organisation, that organisation is the host and we send you its details; BragaMob is the host organisation when the activity takes place with us and our team guides it.</description>
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