Encouraging green entrepreneurial skills of VET students for a sustainable business culture

<< Objectives >>As there is clearly an emerging market need to have skilled manpower who is aware of their sector’s impact on the environment and climate, it is inevitable to improve green entrepreneurial skills of VET students. Thus, our ultimate goal is to encourage VET students to develop their own green ideas and prepare them for participating in ideathons to be able to contribute to a greener, more sustainable and climate-neutral future in their industry as professionals, also equipping their teachers.<< Implementation >>During the 2-year implementation, WP1 (Project Management) ensures the proper coordination. In WP2 (Cooperation and networking), besides sharing and dissemination activities, local promotional events are planned. In WP3 (Green entrepreneurship training materials), the partnership develops training materials and a platform which are tested and validated. Under WP4 (Trainings & Green ideathon), pilot trainings and Green ideathons are implemented, and a Guidebook for VET teachers is created.<< Results >>Due to the project results (training materials, trainings, learning platform, green ideathons, guidebook), VET students will not simply gain more green skills but have the opportunity to make full use of this knowledge by initiating and developing new green ideas at their future workplace or at their own business. VET teachers will be equipped to facilitate the use of Greenathon outputs, and teach VET students on how to be more sustainable as a professional meeting real labour market needs.