EXPECT, ERASMUS+ project
All European countries are committed to the objectives of the climate agreements and
they all have set out their climate targets. These targets can only be reached by involving
Education and more precisely Vocational Education and Training. Portfolios, qualification
structure, curricula, pedagogical and didactical approaches and last, but not least the
cooperation with the labour market, it all needs to be designed for a futureproof and
circular economy.
The transition towards more sustainable energy sources, a circular economy and digitalisation
has a large impact on the labour market and thus on Vocational Education and Training. In
order to realize the ambitious climate targets, it will be necessary to innovate and adapt
VET on several levels. Technological innovation will result in considerable shifts in the type
of work. People will lose their existing jobs and new jobs will emerge. All that requires new
skills for the new generation, but also for the current working force, which is needed from
an inclusive point of view, as well as from an economic point of view. The transition needs
to be affordable for citizens in order to have the necessary public support and it requires
not only technical changes, but also changes in attitude and behaviour of citizens.
This project will try to find possible answers to the question of how VET can contribute to
all these challenges. The partnership will investigate the state of affairs in the partner
countries, the progress they are making towards the climate targets, the role that VET is
playing in this process and the strategies and instruments that are being applied in the
other countries. This will be done through 7 Peer Learning Activities (PLA's), that will be
held in all partner countries; Austria, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain and the UK.
ENVISAGED PROJECT RESULTS:
7 transnational meetings (PLA's) of 2 days for all partners.
7 documents (one from every country) with descriptions of the demonstrated Good
Practices and the programme of the meeting.
7 reflection reports. These reports contain the reflections of all partners after every PLA.
1 final report with general conclusions and recommendations for policy makers and
for a follow up project.
Publication of the final report on the website of all partners
PROJECT PARTNERS
MBO RAAD (Netherlands) Coordinating institution Contact: Mr. Manfred Polzin M.Polzin@mboraad.nl
3S RESEARCH LABORATORY – FORSCHUNGSVEREIN (Austria)
Contact: Ms. Sabine Schwenk sabine.schwenk@3s.co.at
POLITEKNIKA IKASTEGIA TXORIERRI S.COOP (Spain)
Contact: Mr. Kepa Larrondo klarrondo@txorierri.net
KONING WILLEM I COLLEGE (Netherlands) Contact: Mr. Rob De Vrind r.devrind@kw1c.nl
INSTITUTO ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE A. VOLTA (Italy)
Contact: Ms. Antonella Di Fraia difra.anto@libero.it
ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES (United Kingdom) Contact: Ms. Alyson Hastie Alyson.hastie@aoc.co.uk
THE LATVIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Latvia)
Contact: Mr. Jurijs Dubatovka jurijs.dubatovka@chamber.lv
HELSINGIN KAUPUNKI (Finland)
Contact: Ms. Eerika Kantonen Eerika.kantonen@edu.hel.fi
Hello ! I hope one day I can see Turkey among the countries where climate studies are conducted. This is very nice work. Thank you.
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