The basis of our Network of Excellence was the desire to bring together the different centres of vocational education and training and to establish regular dialogue on excellent VET. Through this continuous and thematically oriented cooperation, the European Education Area for VET should be further developed. Our focus was the transformation of vocational learning places into regional centres of excellence with 360 degree sustainability education. The guiding principles were the 17 SDGs of the UN. Each country has its own approach and national conditions under which vocational sustainability-oriented education and training takes place. The exchange of very different experiences was therefore an important motivation for the close cooperation for all participants. Due to the in-depth exchange, the participants learned more about vocational education and training in our partner countries. These insights can be used for future mobilities of students and teachers in the framework of KA1 mobilities. The implementation of this project increased the interest in further Erasmus+ projects in the school communities of the participating network partners.
The DUNE - Network was established in 2019 with six partners from different EU countries. The focus was on developing a sustainable, digitally supported network for centres of excellence in vocational education and training. The network work was further developed and thematically advanced with video and hybrid conferences. At the end of the previous project, however, it also became clear that a continuation of the cooperation was desired by all network partners and seen as beneficial for their own work. The network work should therefore be continued in a somewhat reduced form with further developed goals. The development of digitally supported and sustainability-oriented centres of excellence in vocational education and training remained the joint task of all partner schools. In designing the project work, the partners took on different tasks. Four thematically oriented presence meetings in different countries were planned. In addition, the intention was to expand the existing network both in Europe and on other continents and to discuss new developments and projects. These meetings were implemented by video and hybrid conferencing.