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Retrofitting Green Elements into existing VET provision

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The Green Deal aims to transform Europe into the first climate neutral continent.

The Green Deal aims to tackle the challenges of climate change and degradation by transforming the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, ensuring that

  • no more net greenhouse gas emissions are generated in 2050
  • economic growth is decoupled from resource use
  • no person and no place is neglected.

Throughout the European Green Deal, education is a central component in achieving the EU’s climate goals. This ‘greening’ of the economy inevitably changes the skills required in many of the existing professions (European Commission, 2020). 

RetroVET is a project that directly supports the European Green Deal as a new growth strategy and recognises the key role of vocational training for a successful transition to climate neutrality by 2050.

RetroVET aims to adapt vocational training to future labour market needs by supporting the development of innovative tools that will inspire VET centres to offer a balanced mix of vocational skills linked to existing and evolving occupations and working methods.

RetroVET adapts today’s VET provision and jobs to meet the needs of the future European labour market, increasing long-term employability and sustainability.

The European Green Deal is also our lifeline to leave the COVID-19 pandemic behind.

GOALS

  • Develop and promote a green culture among VET institutions
  • Bridging the skills gap between VET centres that have successfully adopted green skills implementation practices, facilitating the integration of VET centres that have not adopted ICT practices
  • Develop collaboration through a collaborative peer mentoring and performance improvement tool/framework for European green competences in VET training
  • Leverage the multiplier structures of European VET networks and regional hubs to embed ICT skills change in VET centres across Europe.
  • Promote and facilitate green skills learning through interdisciplinary collaboration and peer-to-peer learning between European VET centres, practitioners and stakeholders.

TARGET:

  • VET trainers
  • VET training institutes