Enhancing green skills, sustainability & attractiveness of Maritime VET.
The European Green Deal officially set as key fundamental priorities for the European Unions’ strategy the focus on green skills, sustainability, environment awareness and fight against climate change, across all unions’ areas and sectors. This paradigm entails a growing demand for green skills throughout most economic sectors, as well as a prevalence of debates on how to achieve the transition to a green economy.
Based on that, Green Diving intends to provide Green Skills in VET education, with a set of skills needed in the in the changing world of work, including the knowledge and competency requirements to make the transition to green economies and societies.
Target Group VET teachers/ trainers that teach maritime pathways. Initial VET students/trainees (aged 15-25) in a VET Maritime Pathway. VET maritime school leaders.
Main Goals The Green Diving project has a clear twofold objective which has at its grassroots the development of pedagogical teaching resources, capacity building and co-designing processes that will convey: Sustainability and green skills development in maritime VET, by working on VET students’ level (future maritime professionals), as well as VET teachers/ trainers and Maritime VET school directors. The elevation of VET and Maritime professions attractiveness among school communities.
