The partnership of Sustainable Apprentices has a privileged position in terms of its connection and presence within the most powerful industrial sector and educational decision-making institutions, as well as with regional and national associations of SMEs and VET providers in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and Ireland.
The cooperation of partners from these five countries in the elaboration of the ECVET European Curriculum guarantees a transnational approach to needs close to the reality demanded by SMEs and VET providers and contributes to the unification of criteria on supporting apprenticeship programmes to implement the SDGs in SMEs. This transnational and holistic approach is crucial to row in the same direction at a supra-state level in the economic transformation and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, providing a holistic approach that includes the SDGs in a cross-cutting manner in the different areas of VET to educate future generations of work-forces in a sustainable mindset that contributes to a new way of doing business and a greener and more inclusive economy all around Europe.
All six partners have extensive and recognised expertise in creating new educational methodologies to address the gaps in VET, responding to the needs of the labour market as well as being directly linked to the main actors in education, in-company training, and SMEs.
Instituto para el Fomento del desarrollo y la Formación (Spain), which is the coordinating entity of the project. INFODEF, which has been accredited as “Innovative SME” by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, is a private and independent centre for Research, Development and Innovation whose mission is to design and carry out projects that contribute to achieve a sustainable and inclusive development through education, culture and innovation.
Asociación de la Industria Navarra (Spain), is a private non-profit organisation and a technology and innovation centre located. With more than five decades of history er are the benchmark in the development and improvement of the competitiveness of industrial companies in their region. AIN is also a training centre of reference, where professionals from organisations, companies, and VET students and teachers are trained.
Mindshift Talent Advisory (Portugal) is a consulting company specialised in Human Resources that invests in the performance and up-skilling of people’s competences, seeking to boost the digital and interpersonal maturity in organisations and society.
The Istanbul Valiligi is the Governorship of Istanbul (Turkey), under their European Union and Foreign Relations Office gives priority to supporting disadvantaged groups such as individuals with disabilities, migrants, NEETs, and adults in risk of exclusion. In this context, they work with many public institutions, universities, youth and adult education centres, vocational training centres and non-governmental organisations.
Centro Servizi Formazione (Italy) is a foundation for Research and Innovation promoted by the University of Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, and Foundation CR Firenze. CSF promotes and manages R&D and knowledge-technological transfer projects, involving University of Florence, public institutions, and research bodies and firms, facilitating the exchange of best practices on technology transfer and job placement with industries, SMEs, and public administrations, as well as national and international organisations.
InnoQuality Systems (Ireland) provides programme and policy services designed to enable positive and progressive student and teacher outcomes in early childhood, primary, post secondary, VET and community education. They are experts in improving quality, drive outcomes, and increase accountability in a collaborative educational context, making real improvements and quantifiable results through their educational services.
All project partners collaborate in the planned activities with the aim of achieving the expected results. While INFODEF is the overall project coordinator, InnoQuality Systems, INFODEF and AIN lead the work on project results 1, 2 and 3 respectively. InnoQuality Systems is also responsible for the evaluation and quality assurance of the project execution as well as the final result of each of the RPs. In addition, a committee of subject matter experts from each project country provides external advice to the partners, ensuring that the educational content and outcomes of the project are tailored to the needs of the target audience.
