ECO-BOOST- Employment and Career Opportunities for Boosting Environmental Sustainability Training

The project aims:

• To Increase and expand the supply of high-quality learning opportunities for VET students, adapted to the new labor market demands regarding green skills. 
• To Create new learning opportunities for low-skilled VET learners with a priority given to those coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. 
• To Extend and developing educators’ training competences to provide low-skilled unemployed VET learners with suitable green skills. 
• To Improve the employability of VET students through the development of competencies currently in demand in the labor market.

The project will engage in the following activities:

• Green skills training needs assessment in the form of surveys and roundtables among the target groups and stakeholders.
• Development of the methodology and tools aimed at transferring to VET trainers and unemployed students the relevant competencies to thrive in a  green economy. 
• Pilot Train-the-Trainer sessions to validate the TTT Handbook relevance, collect feedback and to identify potential improvement opportunities. 
• Design and implementation of a communication plan composed of newsletters, social media content and multiplier events.

The project has yielded the following results:

• Instructors qualified to transmit key green skills and knowledge to VET students. 
• Green Skills Framework, the framework will be developed capturing the Green Skills most relevant for employees within the focus areas of the project: Construction, Furniture&Textile, Healthcare and Electricity.
• Green Skills Toolkit (GST) aimed at offering the trainers a new approach at providing low skilled VET learners with the tools they need to participate in the green economy. 
• Validated Train the Trainer (TTT) digital handbook aimed at facilitating the adoption of the Green Skills Toolkit by the potential trainers.