Welcome to the Green-4-Future project.Green-4-Future is an innovative project that addresses the need to align economic goals with environmental and climate goals. To date, we have lived in a world focused on problem-solving, often forgetting that through our unsustainable manufacturing practices and usage of materials, we may never achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal.

The Green-4-Future project provides those in Academia, Business Development Organisations, Entrepreneurship, Policy Making, with a wide range of educational resources to support their endeavours in the Green Economy of the future.

About

Green-4-Future proposes to create a range of learning materials that reconcile economic goals with environmental and climate goals. The project aims to rethink the EntreComp Framework of Reference developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and turn it into a green model Framework.

In addition to the creation of a Green EntreComp Framework, the Green-4-Future project will concentrate on a training scheme to prepare and support adult educators in their understanding of business modelling for companies in the circular economy.

Throughout the course of the Green-4-Future project, partners will work with and train VET tutors to develop their own resources and skills which they can use to further encourage the reconciliation of economic goals with environmental and climate goals. All of this learning content will be available on the Green-4-Future MOOC (Massive Open Online Courseware). This is an online platform, where VET tutors, Learning and Development Officers, Academics, and entrepreneurs can access all of the learning materials developed in the Green-4-Future project. 

Throughout the course of the Green-4-Future project, project partners from Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Romania are working with VET trainers, Training and Development Officers, Entrepreneurs and Potential Entrepreneurs to develop their skills in order to reconcile their economic goals with environmental and climate goals.

To ensure the Green-4-Future project addresses the needs and requirements of participants, an in-service training event will take place in Germany, in February 2022. Furthermore, a Business Modelling for Circular Economy Business Workshop will be held in Germany, in February 2023, where VET practitioners will have the opportunity to participate in transnational training.

Project Outputs

The Green-4-Future project –  Greening the EntreComp Framework to Reconcile Economic Development and Environmental Security, addresses the urgent need to reconcile economic actions with environmental and climate goals. To achieve these objectives, the Green-4-Future partners are collaborating together throughout the term of the project to produce the following innovative learning materials:

IO1 - GreenEntreComp Framework

The first learning material proposed by the Green-4-Future project is a completely revised version of the current EntreComp Framework. The GreenEntreComp Framework will  revise the current 3 competence areas, the 15 competencies and the 442 learning outcomes that comprise EntreComp and ensure that this new GreenEntreComp is a baseline for future entrepreneurship training and development, in line with a Green Perspective. The following elements of the EntreComp Framework  ‘Ideas and Opportunities’, ‘Resources’, and ‘Into Action’, will be addressed  to ensure that the new GreenEntreComp Framework reflects the essential sustainable entrepreneurship values needed in our modern-day society.   

IO2 - Business Modelling for Circular Economy Businesses

The second learning material proposed by the Green-4-Future project is a training scheme to prepare and support adult educators in their understanding of three widely acknowledged circular economy business modelling strategies, namely: the Co-Creation of Products and Services Model, the Sustainable Consumption Model, and, the Collaborative Recycling and Reuse Model. 

IO3 - In-service Training for VET Tutors

Consisting of 35 hours of learning, the Green-4-Future In-service Training Programme can be used by vocational educators to support their own professional development. Vocational educators will be empowered to develop their own range of educational resources in an online environment. 

IO4 - Green-4-Future MOOC

To provide access to the range of educational resources from the Green-4-Future project, partners propose a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Due to the online nature of the resource, participants can access the materials on their smartphones, mobile device or computers.

Partners

Green-4-Future has been funded with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme. The Green-4-Future project commenced in September 2020 and will run until August 2023. Green-4-Future is currently being delivered by a team of  nine organisations from Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Romania. 

News

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Project Number: 2020-1-DE02-KA202-007429

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