EXPECT — Sustainable voca­tio­nal education and training in Spain

In March 2023, the EXPECT project partners met for another Peer Learning Activity (PLA) in Bilbao.

As the two-year Erasmus+ project EXPECT was extended by nine months, the project partners were able to catch up with the PLA that could only take place online in May 2021 due to COVID rest­ric­tions and met at the voca­tio­nal school Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri in Bilbao from 23 to 24 March 2023. As always, there was an intro­duc­tion to the Basque VET system at the beginning after which the project par­ti­ci­pan­ts were informed about the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the CoVE approach (Centres of Vocational Excellence) in the Basque Country, among other things. At the Txorrieri voca­tio­nal school an attempt is being made to establish a coope­ra­ti­on platform for the various “Centres of Vocational Excellence” from all over Europe, which focuses on the topic of renewable and sus­tainable energies. To date, 22 partners from five European countries are already involved. In addition to various company repre­sen­ta­ti­ves pre­sen­ting their sus­tainable acti­vi­ties and their coope­ra­ti­ons with voca­tio­nal training insti­tu­ti­ons, students also had their say, reporting on projects in close coope­ra­ti­on with companies in the region. A highlight of the Bilbao visit was the pre­sen­ta­ti­on by Ms. Eider Inunciaga from the orga­ni­sa­ti­on BBK Kuna, which is working to com­mu­ni­ca­te the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). BBK supports inno­va­ti­ve projects in the field of sus­taina­bi­li­ty as well as in other important areas (ageing society, migration, tech­no­lo­gi­cal revo­lu­ti­on, etc.) in a modern building in Bilbao that has been made available for this purpose.
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