[EN] — This paper explains the Virtual Alliances for Learning Society (VALS) European Project technological approach to support a virtual placements management process. Also this paper shows the first results of the practical part of the project, the Semester of Code, explaining the detected problems, the issues, the challenges and some actions to improve the development of this kind of virtual placements programmes. In order to allow the readers to get better comprehension of the approach and its results, the manuscript also describes three of the main virtual placements programs around the world, in both ways, regarding the organization and the technological approach they have.