The Project is funded through the 4th Framework TSER Programme of the European Commission.

Human skills are now widely considered to be a key element in economic competitiveness and vocational education has consequently been a high priority for policy makers in present day industrialised societies. Education and training is a key condition for the emergence of new models of more sustainable innovation and growth.

Vocational education and training is central to the vision of a socially based innovation culture.

It provides the basic skills, knowledge and technical abilities required by an industrial and scientific culture to support the work process and to develop a culture of sustainable innovation and the creation of employment opportunity.

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