NaturBuild project aimed to develop a training course to address the skills gap on nature-based solutions (NBS), more concretely on green roofs, and their digitalization. Thanks to this course, the Partnership wanted to achieve: - Provided workers with the required skills to meet market trends and EU objectives on green construction and sustainability. - Digitalized construction VET with innovative training curricula and resources, easing the learning process of certain concepts and phases thanks to the digital and more visual resources developed. The objective was to move towards more innovative VET provision, trainers and, finally, learners with improved digital skills. - Prepared VET centers and trainers with updated training materials of green roofs, to align VET training offer with market trends, and aligning VET training with United Nation’s SDGs and EU’S strategies and goals. - Raised construction workers’, trainers’, and companies’ awareness on the importance and benefits of NBS, boosted by development a whole module with this approach. As the “Education for Climate Coalition” initiative shows, awareness is a key element towards fighting climate change, and NBS highly reduces energy consumption and pollution.
NaturBuild seeks to create module-based training course to skill blue-collars from the construction sector in South Europe, for an adequate installation, maintenance, and deconstruction of nature-based solutions for urban and building sustainability, improving education, awareness and institutional capacity on buildings and cities impact mitigation. This training responds to the needs collected in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), such as Education (SDG4), Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG11), Climate Action (SDG13), and Life on Land (SDG15). EU’s strategies align with UN’s SDG, and NaturBuild is backed by three UE pillars for a greener future: *EU Education Area (focused on “green and digital transition”); *EU Skills Agenda (addressing “skills gaps in green design, technologies and materials”) *EU Green Deal (promoting “sustainable industry” and “building and renovating”). The need to improve construction workers' skills in eco-friendly processes is widely acknowledged. However rapid innovation in the industry accelerates skill obsolescence. Therefore, to make VET more meaningful it is necessary to ensure long term alignment between EU policies, market and VET.