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CE-E VET Circular economy and entrepreneurship to boost VET students’ employability and resilience

2021-1-RO01-KA220-VET-0000329842021Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and trainingfinalized
Countries: RO|PL|PT|ES|TR|IT · Grant: €169,150
EmployabilitySoft skills

Objectives

The aims of the project were: *create a clear, comprehensive skills framework blending transversal, entrepreneurial and green skills needed by the current labor market, needed by VET EDUCATORS to boost their students' preparation; *designed and tested a professional development program VET EDUCATORS to upgrade their preparation on their foster ability to support VET students developing selected competencies; *created the CE-E VET library composed by micro lessons, and ready to use materials VET educators can use to foster employability skills in VET students. By pursuing these objectives, the following was achieved: 1.Improving and updating students' skills adapted to the current labor market; 2. Constant updating of teachers' skills to support students for work and life; 3.Development of entrepreneurial skills of students for the labor market; 4.The development of teachers' teaching skills according to the current context.

Background

CE-E VET strategic partnership offered a new ways for VET schools and VET providers to boost VET students’ key competences using sustainable entrepreneurship and circular economy as activators of employability skills and ability to adapt to the ever changing labour market conditions. The actual competitive and un predictable job market requires young people to be qualified, but also able to adapt to contemporary and future societal problems. Our project proposed a programme that addresses the personal development of VET students, focusing especially on building their motivation for participating in society and contributing to the labour market, increase their confidence as employees, entrepreneurs or citizens, while enhancing employability skills using entrepreneurship as an activator for interest and ICT based strategies to get in touch with educators and society The project responded to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on “Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” and is directly linked education. The partners, organizations and companies, other institutions, teachers, students can move towards an ecological,sustainable economy, ethical business.

Project partners (6)