"ECCE Build" brings together a diverse transnational partnership to create a new Vocational Certificate in Sustainable Construction, which will be recognised by both the Vocation Training and the Higher Education Sector. The project creates a Model for Sustainable Communities and there are two main aims: 1. To adapt teaching and learning techniques to be accessible by all regardless of prior qualifications,. 2. To influence the design of Sustainable Communities across Europe - Sustainability in all its senses, environmental, social, economic and practical with specific emphasis on Sustainable Construction. Background: Across Europe rural areas are in decline. Young people move away from remote areas to be educated, then to find work. This decline has significant impact on local services & on the environment. Keeping communities diverse and inclusive is a challenge that must essentially be met to maintain equality of opportunity for those people continuing to live and work in rural areas. Rural buildings are often difficult to maintain as traditional skills die. Thus alters the face of our villages which threatens our cultural heritage. This project builds a Model for Sustainable Communities. There is a bespoke training programme incorporating flexible, participative vocational training in traditional construction techniques alongside the essential ingredients of personal and professional development and empowerment. The resulting ECCE Build Certificate is recognised in both VET & HE. sectors. The Objectives include: 1. Discovering old & new techniques of Sustainable Construction. Learning together with partners to design & deliver the ECCE Build Certificate with recognition of qualifications so that vocational training is measured to be equal to that of academic study. 2. Understanding how better use of natural materials brings community benefits and can influence future design of buildings. 3. Creating a series of exhibition example community buildings as a legacy to the project activity and as a focus for further work. 4. Establish a Network for Sustainable Communities across Europe. Methodology: Using the expertise of University of Jaime 1, Castellon Spain and their experience of the e-Brick House, alongside the traditional construction industry vocational training experts of Concept Training, Ashford, UK, the partners design and deliver the new training course using the ECCE Methodology developed in an earlier Erasmus+ programme. Each partner contributes specific expertise & develops the innovation further. The new course consists of 6 Learning Modules with each partner leading on their specialist area and the focus is on sustainability in all its forms throughout the project. This includes Sustainable Communities. The project examines constraints in the town-planning processes in each country as well as environmental issues relating to social housing and alternative construction methods. But the project is not just about buildings and construction, the partners show that in designing Sustainable Communities the keys lie within techniques of empowerment, communication, open informal learning and pride of place. The project trains 24 trainers who then cascade their learning to train local participants. Practical sessions are endorsed by distance-learning. One new environmentally sustainable building is created by each partner. Using different local building materials the training Modules include ancient skills and traditional construction methods alongside environmentally friendly technologies for the conservation of energy and efficient use of natural resources. Trainee participants are previously unqualified in construction and in most cases will be drawn from disadvantaged groups. The Partners: Led by La Colporteuse, a Community Association and Popular Education Centre in rural France, the project leaves a legacy of environmentally-friendly community buildings created by joint training workshops. Ongoing local action groups continue the work. The University of Jaime 1, Castellon, S.E.Spain works alongside Concept Training, Ashford, Kent UK to oversee the training and to work towards parallel recognition of vocational and higher qualifications. The Lammas Eco-village in Wales UK, ProVita a Social Enterprise Community in rural Romania and the Living Museum of Fundacion Uxio Novoneyra in Galicia, N.W.Spain completes the partnerships. Each building uses local expertise and traditional skills, augmented by partner experience and contributes towards the Model of Sustainable Communities. The Results: One new training course - ECCE Build Certificate recognised as a vocational qualification with recognised credit transfer value for European use. Distance Learning portal created for wider benefit. EuroPass Certificate achieved by 24 participants. 6 legacy units (buildings) created for community use. One new Network created to support the development of Sustainable Communities across Europe.
"ECCE Build Le Flocon" brought together a diverse transnational partnership to create a new Vocational Certificate in Sustainable Construction, developed in two parallel systems recognising that vocation skills and Higher Education achievement are of equal value. The project created a Model for Sustainable Communities through two main aims: 1. To adapt teaching and learning techniques to be accessible by all regardless of prior qualifications,. 2. To influence the design of Sustainable Communities across Europe - Sustainability in all its senses, environmental, social, economic and practical with specific emphasis on Sustainable Construction. Background: Across Europe rural areas are in decline. Young people move away from remote areas to be educated, then to find work. This decline has significant impact on local services & on the environment. Keeping communities diverse and inclusive is a challenge that must essentially be met to maintain equality of opportunity for those people continuing to live and work in rural areas. Rural buildings are often difficult to maintain as traditional skills die. Thus alters the face of our villages which threatens our cultural heritage. This project built a Model for Sustainable Communities bt creating bespoke a training programme incorporating flexible, participative vocational training in traditional construction techniques alongside the essential ingredients of personal and professional development and empowerment. The resulting ECCE Build Certificate is recognised in both VET & HE. sectors. The Objectives included: 1. Discovering old & new techniques of Sustainable Construction. Learning together with partners. Designing & delivering the ECCE Build Certificate with recognition of qualifications so that vocational training is measured to be equal academic study. 2. Understanding how better use of natural materials brings community benefits and influences future design of buildings. 3. Creating a series of exhibition example community buildings as a legacy to the project activity and as a focus for further work. 4. Establish a Network for Sustainable Communities across Europe Methodology : Participative teaching & learning methods were used throughout the project. Supported by the expertise of University of Jaime 1, Castellon Spain and their experience of the e-Brick House, alongside the traditional methods of vocational training the partners designed and delivered the new training course. This further developed the ECCE Methodology of contributory learning developed in an earlier Erasmus+ programme. Each partner contributed specific expertise to further develop the process of teaching and learning. The new course consists of 6 Learning Modules with each partner leading on their specialist area. The focus is on sustainability in all its forms throughout the project. The project examined constraints in the town-planning regulations in each country as well as environmental issues relating to social housing and alternative construction methods. But the project was not just about buildings and construction, the partners showed that in designing Sustainable Communities the keys lie within techniques of empowerment, communication, open informal learning and pride of place. The project trained 63 participants with 24 of them becoming trainers to work within their local communities. Practical sessions were endorsed by distance-learning. One new environmentally sustainable building was created by each partner. Using different local building materials the training Modules included ancient skills and traditional construction methods alongside environmentally friendly technologies for the conservation of energy and efficient use of natural resources. Trainee participants were previously unqualified in construction and in most cases will be drawn from disadvantaged groups. Partners: Led by La Colporteuse, the project leaves a legacy of environmentally friendly community buildings created through joint training workshops. The local action groups in progress continue the work. UJI University (Spain) collaborated with partners to oversee training and to work towards the parallel recognition of professional and higher qualifications. The ecological village of Lammas in Wales (United Kingdom), ProVita, a community of social enterprises in rural Romania, and the living museum of Fundación Uxio Novoneyra in Galicia (New Zealand) have concluded the partnership. Each building relied on local expertise and traditional skills, complemented by partner experience and contributed to the sustainable communities model. Results: A new training course - ECCE Build Certificate, recognized as a professional qualification with a credit transfer value for European use. Remote learning portal created for a wider profit. EuroPass certificate by 63 participants. 6 old units (buildings) created for community use. A new network created to support the development of sustainable communities across Europe