Acronym: SusCon-VET
Project ID: 2025-1-LV01-KA220-VET-000357850
Program: ERASMUS+, Action Type: KA2-VET
Project Type: Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Target group: VET Teachers, VET Trainers, VET Students, Trainees, Construction workers
Beneficiaries: VET students, Construction workers
Participant countries: Latvia, Bulgaria, Spain, Slovakia, Cyprus
Project start: 01-09-2025
Duration: 24 months
The project initiative is inspired by two major challenges – worsening climate change and depletion of natural resources. One of the largest consumers of resources and producers of waste is the construction sector. To support its transition to sustain-ability, the project aims to build trained construction professionals.
Based on the identified needs of the construction sector, the latest European trends and the needs for the development of vocational education and training (VET) in the field of green skills and sustainability in construction sector, a web-based training product will be developed.
Training product will consist of 4 web-based modular units (EQF level 4), which will be available in six languages: English, Latvian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Spanish and Greek. The VET training product will include the most up-to-date knowledge and competences in the field of sustainable construction, based on “micro courses”. The training product will be a timely response to the dynamics of the labor market.
Through the developed training product, the project will support the transition of the construction sector to a sustainable circular economy and will meet the needs of VET for training programs in response to the EU Green Deal and the New EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy.
The developed Web-based training materials will be freely available and intended for widespread use in vocational education and construction practice across Europe.
The SusCon-VET project embodies the common European vision – to promote the principles of sustainability, innovation and the circular economy by combining education, science and practical actions for the benefit of people and the planet.
Rezekne Academy of Technologies (RTA) is a state-established regional Higher Education Institution.
The aim of RTA is to provide academic and professional HE in compliance with the science development level &
cultural traditions of Latvia as competitive in the European education space.
RTA offers academic and professional education at bachelor, master and doctorate levels, and Lifelong Learning, in the fields of business, technology, engineering, teacher training, construction, environmental engineering, etc. RTA develops
interdisciplinary study programs, establishing double-degree study programmes with partners in Germany, Lithuania, Bulgaria.
European Center for Education, Science and Innovation, Bulgaria
The European Center for Education, Science and Innovation (ECESI) is a non-profit organization based in Bulgaria.
It aims to promote the personal growth and professional development of the individual as well as to promote a happy and healthy lifestyle. It aims to support young people’s innovative vocational education as well as adult education, to promote the motivation for lifelong learning by enhancing the attractiveness and innovativeness of teaching materials by participating in
the creation of e-learning platforms in environmental vocational training.
Research, development and implementation of innovative products and products based on new technologies are among ECESI’s priorities.
Prospektiker Instituto Europeo de Prospectiva y Estrategia S.A., Spain
Prospektiker is an independent company, specialized in foresight and prospective – strategic studies for the public and private sector.
The company’s main purpose is to support organizations in exploring the possible futures and in examining
the strategies that may be adopted to give response to the many economic, environmental, technological, social and cultural factors affecting the world.
Inštitút cirkulárnej ekonomiky, o.z. Slovakia
Institute for the circular economy (INCIEN) is a non-profit organisation, which is implementing the principles of circular economy in different projects with different stakeholders in Slovakia.
INCIEN is a team of experts in the field of circular economy. We are working with municipalities, public organisations,
private companies and general public to implement principles of circular economy in their operations and everyday life and
we are focusing on its development in legislation and education. INCIEN is bringing solutions that have a direct impact on circular economy development by creating different tools that can be used within all stakeholders.
INCIEN is one of the founders of the Platform for circular economy in Slovakia – Circular Slovakia and
DOUMAG LTD is a consultancy and project-based company based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with strong expertise in education, training, digital systems, and European cooperation.
DOUMAG LTD is a consultancy and project-based company based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with strong expertise in education, training, digital systems, and European cooperation. The organisation designs and delivers tailor-made solutions combining strategic planning, human resources development, technology, and knowledge management.
DOUMAG has extensive experience in organising and implementing training programmes in Cyprus and abroad, with a strong focus on entrepreneurship, digital education, STEAM learning, and lifelong learning. The organisation has actively participated in and coordinated numerous EU-funded projects under Erasmus+ and previous programmes (LLP, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, Youth), including mobility, cooperation, and capacity-building actions.
With a knowledge-intensive and innovation-driven approach, DOUMAG supports education providers, professionals, SMEs, migrants, and young people through high-quality training activities, digital learning solutions, and European project implementation.