𝙆𝙞𝙘𝙠-𝙊𝙛𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙏𝙀𝘾𝙃-𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙂𝙀 𝙑𝙀𝙏

𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝟏𝟐–𝟏𝟑 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙘𝙠-𝙊𝙛𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙏𝙀𝘾𝙃-𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙂𝙀 𝙑𝙀𝙏 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣!

Hosted by ECOLE Enti COnfindustriali Lombardi per l’Education
and CFP G. Zanardelli 🇮🇹, the meeting brought together all partners to launch this new Erasmus+ initiative funded under KA220-VET – Cooperation Partnerships.

🎯 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇-𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐓 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭?
We aim to strengthen collaboration between VET providers and SMEs in the mechanical sector by co-designing a shared Tech Academy model.
The Academy will help bridge the gap between skills supply and labour market needs, focusing on technical profiles such as CNC operators and maintenance technicians.

👥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
🔹 VET schools, training centres, and educators
🔹 Mechanical and industrial companies (especially SMEs)
🔹 Students, jobseekers, and adults in upskilling
🔹 Policy makers, networks, chambers and clusters

🤝 Together with our project partners — ECOLE Enti COnfindustriali Lombardi per l’Education
L 🇮🇹 (Coordinator), ANAPTYXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS – AKETH-DCT 🇬🇷, IMH Campus 🇪🇸, Newport 🇸🇰, European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training (EVBB) 🇩🇪, and CFP G. Zanardelli 🇮🇹 — we officially launched the first activities of TECH-BRIDGE VET during the Kick-Off Meeting. The two-day event allowed us to align on tasks, responsibilities and priorities, and included a visit to CFP Zanardelli for an inspiring example of school–industry collaboration in practice.

🛠️ 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟑𝟔 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫:
• a shared Tech-Bridge Academy model
• an interactive digital platform
• tools to better match VET offers with labour market needs
• and a final European conference hosted by @EVBB 🇩🇪 in Brussels

📣 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑝𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑢𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝐸𝑇!