The COVE-WENDT project: Centre of Vocational Excellence in Welding and Non-Destructive Testing, aims to bring together the skills of teachers and trainers from existing VET centres, research institutes and universities, industrial companies from welding sector and other stakeholders from Quadruple Helix, to create an international network of CoVEs to support the European-wide skills ecosystems, aiming the following specific objectives: O1: Extending collaboration partnership between the actors of Quadruple Helix for enhance innovation and co-creation in welding sector and allied technologies for local innovation and regional development O2: Developing of an IT platform used as an international collaborative network for CoVEs from different countries to exchange best practices and disseminate new knowledge to promote excellence in VET O3: Developing of innovative educational materials and provide relevant training programs for the green and digital transitions in the welding sector O4: Improve the level of key competences of the VET trainers in developing and implementing of innovative approaches to tackle societal challenges, to foster innovation in education to increase the quality and effectiveness of existing CoVEs - Policy materials (2 curricula & guidelines) and 2 innovative educational materials will be developed to provide learner-centred courses tackling societal challenges to support the transition toward a digital and green welding sector - 1 transnational IT platform will be implemented and used to exchange best practices, conducting meetings, webinars and courses and for dissemination - 1 job board - 1 network of living labs will be created for testing of innovative ideas, new products & technologies - 24 digital & green training events, 12 job fairs, 2 training of trainers, 2 campuses, 2 international skill competitions, 16 dissemination events will be organised and the infrastructure of 4 CoVEs will be developed.