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Europees subsidieprogramma Erasmus+ 

VET Schools Doing Green is een prachtig initiatief dat vakscholen uit verschillende Europese landen samenbrengt om bewustwording en actie rondom duurzaamheid en milieu waarden te bevorderen. Door deze samenwerking leren studenten niet alleen over groene praktijken, maar krijgen ze ook de kans om hun ideeën en projecten met elkaar te delen. Samen maken ze een verschil en dragen ze bij aan een duurzamere toekomst.

About the Project

The project VET Schools Doing Green aims at raising awareness among VET students & Staff on the importance of sustainability and developing their Green Skills. 
In this way the partnership wants to contribute to raise Staff motivation to include environmental and sustainability related concepts inside the curricula. Concrete results(outputs) are a collection of experts’ masterclasses, of good practices shared by staff and environmental organizations, assignments created by staff and projects realized by students. 

Our project objectives

• To encourage VET staff to devote explicit time to promote sustainable and environmental skills, attitudes and values in VET curricula
• To include SDGs topics in the curricula through active teaching and cross-curricula and interdisciplinary content
• To include sustainable and green skills in the assessment.

Our activities

• To increase staff awareness, 4 paired Staff Weeks will be organised. For each pair, the partnership selected 3 SDGs to focus on. The first week of each pair will be dedicated to learning and  training, the second to the practice: staff members, with the help of experts, will create green assignments for the students. 
• Students awareness will be raised through a 5-months piloting.
• At the end of the project students from all participating institutions gather in Holland for a Students Week to share their experiences and learn more about sustainability and SDGs. 

Our products

• Collection of experts’ masterclasses 
• Good practices shared by staff and environmental organizations 
• Green Diaries (stories by participating teachers and staff members) 
• Assignments created by staff
• Projects realized by students. 

Target groups

Students in vocational education and training, teachers and other staff in vocational education and training, stakeholders

Meetings and trainings

Meeting Rhodos | October 2023 

During the EfVet conference in Rhodes, the project partners met to prepare for the kick-off meeting in November in Verona. It was nice to meet physically again after we had written the project plan together and received the positive answer in August that the project had received a Go. The content of the agenda was set. Besides formal Erasmus matters such as presenting the handbook and going through the contracts, the content of the project will also be on the agenda. Tasks, expectations and experiences will be exchanged. 

Kick off Verona | November 2023 

This meeting aimed at launching the VET SDGs project which officially started on 1st of October 2023.  
In particular the aim of the meeting was:  
 
Provide all participants with a detailed project overview and specific information about each Work Package  
Prepare a detailed work plan of the activities for the first year of the project  
Establish financial and administrative procedures as well as the management structure of the project  
 
The first day there was a presentation given about WorkPackage 2 'Staff awareness development' and about the SDGs we selected during the writing of the project proposal: n° 3 (good health/well-being), 8 (decent work/economic growth), 12 (responsible consumption and production), 13 (climate action), 14 (life below water) and 15 (life on land).  
The results of WP 2 should be:  

1. Raised awareness among VET staff on the importance of sustainability and SDGs;  
2. Developed Green Skills of VET staff consequent to an exchange of experiences and practices on the ways to become a sustainable school;  
3. Motivated VET Staff able to include environmental and sustainability related concepts as a transversal competence inside the curricula.  
 
The WorkPackage will consist of two paired weeks: the first one will focus on learning and training, the second one on practice (creation of assignments for the students). In between the staff will work on a Green Diary. The second day information was given about project manament, about the project handbook, dissemination, monitoring, quality control 

Meeting Bilbao | March 2024 

During the stay in Bilbao the first staff training meeting took place. The aim was to increase awareness, as well as that of teachers and learners, about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The core of the project, the sustainable development goals, cover broad areas from reducing poverty, equality, environmental activism, to economic growth. 
Several experiences were told, we were informed about different topics about working on sustainability. Differences were also clarified like the water shortage in South Europe comparing to the Northern part of Europe where this challenge not (yet?) exist.  

UNESCO-Etxea and BBK Kuna gave information about : Incorporating SDGs into VET Curricula 
Osakidetza SDG 3 Mental Health and Well-being informed the staff members about Verbal de-escalation as a tool for conflict management 
CFP Centromoda Canossa a vocational fashion school in Trento gave a presentation about sustainable fashion. They gave information about ATOTUS. It means “to everybody” in regional dialect of Sardina. Their aim is to reduce waste and to promote sustainable fashion. 

Staff training

Staff training, Helsinki, Finland | May 2024

This week all partners from the Erasmus project VET Schools Doing Green were guest at  Live Saatio in Helsinki. During this week, we have been working diligently on assignments and grids for the project, collecting best practices to enhance our initiatives. It's been an incredible experience sharing knowledge and strategies together
Additionally, we've had the fantastic opportunity to receive training from esteemed organizations like Ekomo and the Finnish Environment Institute. Their insights have been invaluable in furthering our understanding and application of sustainable practices.

Staff training, Kuressaare, Estonia | October 2024

Staff training, Trento, Italy,| November 2024

The last face to face staff training was in Trento where teachers from the partners schools were in Trento, Italy. Three days teachers were told about the sustainable world and worked  together. The goals in this meeting were  like in Kuressaare SDG 13 (climat action), 14 (life below water) and 15 (life on land). 
We got information about Atotus, Atotus Hub and collaboration with CMC: tools for fashion schools for a sustainable revolution. Also we visit the science museum Muse and got a guided tour.

At the end of the 3 days meeting we discussed which developed materials we will try out between January and September 2025, just before the meeting in September 2025 in Groningen with students from all participating countries.
We will see each other during the coming month online to monitor our try outs

Students and Staff week, Groningen, the Netherlands | September - October 2025

Sustainability was the central topic this week, September 29th – October 3rd 2025 during the final meeting of our Erasmus project VetSchoolsDoingGreen with students, teachers and colleagues on internationalisation from Italy, Spain, Finland, Estonia and the Netherlands. 
Experiences done in the city of Groningen, on a former sugar factory site, Suikerunie terrein and on the island of Schiermonnikoog. On Tuesday we had speakers and workshop leaders about positive health and a city tour how the city of Groningen deals with sustainability.
On Wednesday we visit the Textil Hub, we did a SDG game at the Suikerunie terrain and a mindfulness activity. In the evening we had a Dutch dinner in het the Pancake boat, het Pannekoekenschip. Thursday we went to the Island of Shiermonnikoog and got information and did workshops with presentation about water. Of course we use the bike to developing the Island and see nature in a sustainable way.

Friday the students told each other so many beautiful sustainability ideas that are taken back to there own school, family and their own environment. 
With these students, teachers and international colleagues and thanks to the fund of Erasmus+ | Onderwijs & Training we will make the world a little bit more sustainable again. Thanks to colleague Taavi Tuisk for the video. Watch the video here.

Assignments
VET SDGs Green Diary compendium
Collection of good practices