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10-11 July 2019
Bonn, Germany
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre held the kick-off conference for its Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET project on 10-11 July in Bonn, Germany.
To remain relevant for the world of work and attractive to learners and potential employers, modern TVET systems need to adapt to new technologies and structural changes in the labour market. A main challenge of TVET is to create modern and attractive professions and career paths, which attract and integrate youth. With ever-faster innovation cycles, the demand for peer learning is also accelerating, both within Europe and internationally.
The Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) project seeks to support TVET institutions in addressing the transformation challenges and to explore innovative approaches and new practices. Having national competencies in view, the project will support collaboration activities that are targeted to enhance national as well as multinational TVET capacities, generate new knowledge and share information in TVET. The project will mobilize and reactivate the European UNEVOC TVET cluster as a platform to foster learning and to establish content-oriented synergies in TVET. It will also act as a springboard for trans-regional action, involving innovative UNEVOC Centres in the Asia-Pacific and African regions.
In particular, there is a high demand in TVET to capitalize on the opportunities from digitalization trends, to contribute to sustainability through green career pathways and competencies and to foster entrepreneurial skills. There is also a high demand to understand how TVET can help cope with the challenge of migration, both at the sending and the receiving end.
The BILT project is carried out in collaboration with the UNEVOC Network, coordinated by UNESCO-UNEVOC with support of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, BIBB and sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF.
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