Project – Project SEED

Overview

Empowering the Future of Sustainable Energy

Education plays a vital role in addressing climate change and driving Europe’s transition to green energy. As challenges in this transition evolve rapidly, the demand for digital and green skills continues to grow.

SEED focuses on equipping communities with the tools and knowledge needed for a clean energy future. Throughout the project, SEED will:

Invest in essential skills to power the clean energy transition.
Identify and share good practices, connect current challenges to strategic solutions, and develop priorities tailored to the needs of each region.
Bring together diverse stakeholders—from partners to the wider community—through workshops and conferences, fostering collaboration and a shared commitment to sustainable energy education.

Preparing for a Fossil-Free Future

SEED identifies the essential skills and knowledge needed for careers in sustainable energy. From mastering green technologies to building digital expertise and soft skills, we ensure learners and professionals are equipped to meet the challenges of transitioning to clean energy.

Fostering Regional Innovation

SEED recognizes that each European region faces unique energy challenges. By tailoring solutions to local needs, we help create hubs of sustainable energy expertise, where innovation and skills drive a greener future. Through our Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs), we pave the way for regional success stories.

Building a Collaborative Learning Community

At the heart of SEED is the creation of an international learning community. This platform fosters knowledge exchange, shared learning, and collaborative problem-solving, uniting diverse stakeholders with professors, VET providers, students and workers.

Addressing Challenges: Why and How

The transition to sustainable energy is not just an environmental imperative but also a significant economic and social opportunity. SEED addresses several challenges:

Closing the Skills Gap: Many people don’t yet have the skills needed for tomorrow’s green energy jobs. SEED is working closely with industry leaders, educators, and policymakers to create training programs that prepare learners for real opportunities in the fossil-free energy sector.
Empowering Regions Through Education: Every region has unique strengths and challenges. SEED helps local communities thrive by developing learning centers (CoVEs) that focus on their specific needs, turning them into hubs of innovation and expertise.
Building a Sustainable Future: At its heart, SEED is about people. By giving individuals the knowledge and tools they need, we’re helping communities lead the way in fighting climate change and creating a future that works for everyone.

About COVEs

The Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in the European Union aim to drive innovation and excellence in vocational education and training, by bringing together a wide range of local, regional and national partners from different countries such as:

VET providers (at both secondary and tertiary levels)
Research centres
Development agencies
Employment services
National and Regional Authorities
Social enterprises
Social partners etc.

Being closely linked to regional development, innovation and smart specialisation strategies, allows CoVEs to identify new synergies and enhance networking, to develop a greater response level to common –regional as well as national–sectoral priorities and to make an active contribution to the generation of new knowledge.

Work Packages

WP1

Project management and coordination

WP2

Skills analysis
Fossil Free Energy

WP3

Regional Innovation
and Skills Ecosystems

WP4

Regional Good Practices
on Teaching & Learning, Cooperation & Partnership and Governance

WP5

Accelerating SEED

WP6

Quality Assurance and evaluation

WP7

Dissemination and exploitation