Circularity in VET schools

Erasmus+ VETCooperation partnerships in vocational education and trainingID: 2024-1-NO01-KA220-VET-000244603
EC Contribution
€400,000
Consortium Size
5 orgs
Start Year
2024
Objectives

The project's main aim is to increase the focus on circular economy in natural resource education in 3 Nordic countries. Through the development of digital and physical teaching and training material inside circular economy, the project will contribute to more up-to-date teaching at schools, while at the same time build an infrastructure to facilitate an increased degree of practically oriented training in collaboration with industry actors.

Activities

1) Implement study visits, workshops and webinars for building and sharing of knowledge about circular economy in 3 Nordic countries. 2) Develop digital and physical teaching and training material for use at upper secondary and higher vocational school level. 3) Develop and build infrastructure for set-up for trials and demonstration of more circularity inside bio-based productions. 4) Disseminate the methodology and results from the project to other schools and stakeholders.

Impact

1) An increased knowledge and focus on circular economy in natural resource VET schools in 3 Nordic countries. 2) Available teaching and training materials. 3) Teaching modules inside circulary in biobased production at different scopes and at different levels. 4) Plan for a study inside circular economy at higher vocational school level. 5) Infrastructure for demonstration of circular economy in practice. 6) A good foundation for further project based cooperation between schools and industry.

Consortium (5)