Sustainable Energy Centres of Vocational Excellence (SECOVE)

SECOVE project 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. The CoVEs for Sustainable Energy respond to European, national and regional policies for promoting excellence in VET.

The project aims to address challenges such as:

• Sustainable energy applications, such as renewable energy systems

• 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).
• • Ensuring the sustainability of the SECOVE platform through stakeholder engagement, alignment with Smart Specialisation Strategies and ensuring governance and funding.
  • Promotion of creativity, entrepreneurial mindsets and innovative learning opportunities through collaboration between education, industry and business incubators.
  • Creation of innovation hubs and supporting work-based learning at national and transnational level.
  • Development work-based programmes in line with ECVET principles and organisation of transnational accreditation and recognition.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).Attraction of more women into technical professions.

  • Project Τitle: Sustainable Energy Centres of Vocational Excellence (SECOVE)

    Project URL:  https://secove-project.eu/

    Project Framework & Funding: Co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union (project No. 101056201).

    Principal Investigator (UNIWA):

    Dr Georgios Priniotakis
    Email: gprin@uniwa.gr   Tel: +30-2105381542

    1. University of West Attica (UNIWA), Greece, Department of Industrial and Product Design Engineering, Laboratory of Design and Development of Innovative Knitted Textiles and Garments –DIKNIGA) (Coordinator)
    2. IDEC S.A.
    3. IEK DELTA®
    4. IEK AIGALEO
    5. Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES)
    6. Politeknika Txorierri
    7. Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
    8. Sapienza Università di Roma
    9. Technical University of Košice
    10. Instituto Politécnico do Porto
    11. Energaia – Agência de Energia do Sul da Área Metropolitana do Porto
    12. ONDOAN
    13. Cluster GAIA
    14. RIELCO Impianti
    15. INOVA+