SECOVE

  • Project Name – SECOVE

  • Title – Sustainable Energy Centres of Vocational Excellence

  • Reference number – 101056201

  • Official website – secove-project.eu

  • Partners – UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA (UNIWA), IIEK DELTA, DIEK AIGALEO, VIOTEXNIKO EPIMELITIRIO, POLITEKNIKA IKASTEGIA TXORIERRI S.COOP (TXORIERRI), ONDOAN S COOP LTDA (ONDOAN), ASOCIACION DE INDUSTRIAS DE CONOCIMIENTO Y TECNOLOGIA – GAIA -EUSKALHERRIKO EZAGUTZA ETA TEKNOLOGIA INDUSTRIEN ELKARTEA (GAIA), C.I.O.F.S. FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE (CIOFS-FP), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA (SAPIENZA_ROME), RI.EL.CO IMPIANTI SRL (RIELCO), TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH (TUKE), STREDNA PRIEMYSELNA SKOLA STAVEBNAA GEODETICKA (STAVKE), SLOVENSKA KOMORA STAVEBNYCH INZINIEROV (SKSI), OMEGAFLOW – SOLUCOES DE ENGENHARIA LDA (OMEGAFLOW), INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DO PORTO (IPP), AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIASEKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA (IDEC), CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING FONDATION (CRES), REGIONE AUTONOMA DELLA SARDEGNA*RAS (RAS), ASTRA – ZDRUZENIE PRE INOVACIE A ROZVOJ (ASTRA), ENERGAIA – AGENCIA DE ENERGIA DO SUL DA REA METROPOLITANA DOPORTO (ENERGAIA), INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA (INOVA+)

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Α cooperation platform for Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) across Europe in the sector of renewable and sustainable energy

About the SECOVE project​

SECOVE aims to establish a cooperation platform for Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) across Europe in the sector of renewable and sustainable energy. It will be locally based, with a CoVE in each partner country. The platforms’ main goal is to promote the uptake of innovative and qualitative lifelong learning opportunities, oriented towards the development of skills, competencies and the achievement of qualifications, including the promotion of mobility opportunities.

The project will adopt and support a holistic approach to promote creativity, inclusion and entrepreneurial mindset together.

Why SECOVE

The CoVEs for Sustainable Energy respond to European, national and regional policies for promoting excellence in VET. We intend to address the following challenges:

  • Sustainable energy and its different applications such as energy efficiency in buildings, renewable energy and smart energy systems are integrated in national and regional policies of the involved countries and thus highly relevant for VET.
  • The development of new and relevant learning programs that tackle major challenges of sustainable development. In this direction we see the Green New Deal promoted by the European Commission at a strategic level, as well as different policies-relating technical skills for sustainable development, such as the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (adopted in July 2020).
  • The promotion of work-based learning and engagement of the labor market in VET education – a trend identified and contemplated by CEDEFOP in its 2021-2023 Programming Document. Furthermore, VET providers at EQF levels 3-5 lack internationalization strategies and the capacity to organize quality transnational apprenticeships using Erasmus+ or other grants.
  • The attraction of more women in technical qualifications is apparent in all countries, especially for lower VET qualifications at level 3-5, but also in higher EQF levels (A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 by the European Commission).
  • The promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels of education and training, in line with regional smart specialization strategies and using the existing capacities of partners and local networks.
  • The establishment of a quality culture in vocational training that goes beyond conformity, with standards and regulations that address common and shared values for excellence, inclusiveness and sustainability (EFQEA implementation: a Cedefop analysis and main findings, 2021).

Objectives

The main objectives of the project are:

  • To ensure the sustainability of SECOVE platform, through engagement of stakeholders, alignment with Smart Specialization Strategies and securing governance and financing.
  • To promote learner-centred and inclusive COVEs, bringing holistic approaches to the individual, labor market-driven qualifications under the umbrella topic of sustainable energy.
  • To promote creativity, entrepreneurial mindset and innovative learning opportunities through the cooperation between education, industry and incubators.
  • To establish innovation hubs and support work-based learning at national and transnational level.
  • To develop work-based schemes following the principles of ECVET and arrange transnational certification and recognition.
  • To attract more women in technical occupations.
  • To promote quality culture and support VET providers to adopt European and international quality standards.

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