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project info
Start date: 1 April 2017
End date: 31 December 2020
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 1 969 410,17 €
EU contribution: 984 705,02 € (50%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Erhvervsstyrelsen, Afdeling for erhvervsudvikling og internationale forhold, Område for regional erhvervsudvikling

Improving vocational training

The aim of the project is to motivate more young people to opt for vocational training (directly after 9th or 10th grade and from the language centre), to retain more in education and to ensure that more pupils complete the initial training. This will be done through the development of a strong and dynamic educational environment with a general focus on: Targeted counselling – before the programmeMeasured guidance – in the programmeTo increase the students’ innovation competenciesTo strengthen and further develop talent development programmesTo rethink internships. The combined efforts will strengthen vocational training, increase attractiveness, facilitate the transition from primary school to vocational training, raise the level of vocational training and increase cooperation with industry. It also helps to create more internships and there is an increased focus on ensuring that future skilled workers meet the industry’s needs for labour with increased competencies at a high level, including innovation. The physical framework for the project is the Innovation Centre, which will be established on Campus Bornholm in connection with the physical merger of Campus Bornholm’s degree programmes. The Innovation Centre is inspired by Aalto Design Factory, FabLab and Makerspaces – environments where innovation, entrepreneurship, research, digitalisation, technology and entrepreneurship are the focal points. The Innovation Centre will be a creative workshop where students, teachers and companies meet, where new ideas are thought, developed, experimented, tested and realised. The Innovation Centre will both serve as a teaching facility during the school day and play an important post-school role as Open Workshop. The centre will be accessible to anyone who wants to build, create, play, develop and construct together with others. The island’s businesses play a very central role in the project. There is therefore an increased focus on ensuring better and broader cooperation with enterprises, as their participation in the project helps to ensure that the quality of vocational education and training is increased. A more efficient collaboration between business, school and pupils will help to create more internships, a good network and, in the long term, more skilled people, who will benefit both students and the business community.

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