Skills for Industry 5.0.
Learning for Everyone.
VET5.0 transforms vocational education and lifelong learning in rural regions. The project connects learners, educators, training providers, companies and public authorities to build skills for the digital and green transition.
Our Mission

Learner-Centred Vocational Education

Our mission is to make vocational education more flexible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of learners and regional labour markets.
VET5.0 supports young people, professionals, adult learners and vulnerable groups by developing accessible entry points, personalised learning pathways, micro-credentials, mobility opportunities and lifelong learning services.
The project combines Education 5.0 with the skills needed for Industry 4.0 and 5.0, including artificial intelligence, robotics, additive manufacturing, digital manufacturing and green manufacturing.

The VET5.0 Approach

Learner Platform

Flexible learning pathways, personalised support, micro-credentials, mobility opportunities and lifelong learning services for people of different ages and backgrounds.

Educator Platform

Training, digital tools and innovative teaching methods that help educators provide inclusive, learner-centred and technology-supported education.

Skills Ecosystem Platform

Skills Ecosystem Platform
Regional cooperation between education providers, companies, public authorities and other organisations responsible for skills development.

Excellence Academy

A European Network for Vocational Excellence
The VET5.0 Excellence Academy connects six regional Centres of Vocational Excellence through a shared European framework.
The Academy supports cooperation between regions, knowledge exchange, educator and learner mobility, shared learning resources and the development of new approaches to vocational education and lifelong learning.

Our CoVE Regions

Six Regions Working Together

VET5.0 establishes six regional Centres of Vocational Excellence in predominantly rural areas:

  • Carinthia, Austria 
  • Zagrebačka County, Croatia 
  • Western Region, Romania 
  • Vojvodina Region, Serbia 
  • Prešovský Region, Slovakia 
  • Western Region, Slovenia 

Each regional CoVE connects education providers, companies, learners and public authorities around the specific skills needs of its region.

VET5.0 at a Glance

transnational Excellence Academy

regional Centres of Vocational Excellence

partner organisations

participating countries

months of project duration

connected learning and skills platforms

Partners

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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SHIELD4CROWD has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101121171