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Project SDG NAVIGATOR aspires to raise individuals’ capacity to act as true agents of change for sustainability, reinforcing their social and ecological mindset and improving their skillset through an innovative, future-oriented training.
The core objective is to develop:
Project SDG NAVIGATOR addresses the following priorities:
The project’s direct target groups are:
The project will additionally target other educators, consultants, and relevant stakeholders leading sustainable development initiatives at the local and national level in the participant countries, especially those trying to raise individuals’ participation and accountability in this collective call-out.
The SDG Navigator project aligns closely with the vocational education and training (VET) objectives of Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain, particularly through the integration of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and modernization of VET systems.
Lithuania, Greece, and Portugal emphasize the integration of sustainability competences and lifelong learning into their VET systems. In Lithuania, the SDG Navigator project directly supports the national objective of enabling people to acquire competences that meet international market needs and sustainable development goals, as set out in the Law on Vocational Education and Training (No VIII-450). The project’s Sustainability Changemakers Competences Dictionary (WP2) and Sustainability Navigator Learning Pathway (WP3) provide detailed competences and structured learning modules that promote sustainability-driven entrepreneurship. The Digital Hub & Toolkit (WP4) offers interactive and personalized learning resources, facilitating lifelong learning and career transitions. This alignment is crucial for Lithuania’s commitment to modernizing its VET system to meet contemporary trends and labor market needs.
In Greece, Law 4763/2020 underpins the enhancement of VET through quality improvement, cooperation, and digital transformation. The SDG Navigator project’s outputs, such as the SCCD and SNLP, ensure that learners are equipped with sustainability competencies relevant to current and future labor market demands, supporting Greece’s strategic objectives for a resilient and adaptable workforce. Portugal’s Decree n.º 14/2017 emphasizes continuous training and sectoral needs, which are supported by the SDG Navigator’s focus on empowering individuals with sustainability competences and innovative VET training pathways.
Austria and Cyprus focus on aligning VET with labor market needs, promoting lifelong learning, and enhancing the attractiveness of VET. Austria aims to ensure that VET programs are updated with the latest industry trends and technological advancements to foster a skilled and environmentally conscious workforce. The SDG Navigator project’s outputs, like the SCCD and SNLP, support these goals by integrating essential sustainability competences and flexible, innovative learning modules into VET curricula. Cyprus’s objectives, outlined in the Cyprus Lifelong Learning Strategy 2021-2027, include improving VET quality, increasing adult participation, and supporting digital transformation. The SDG Navigator project aligns with these aims by providing state-of-the-art digital resources and structured learning pathways that enhance the accessibility and relevance of VET programs.
Slovenia and Spain aim to embed sustainable development competences into their VET frameworks. In Slovenia, the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training (CPI) highlights the need for updated occupational standards that incorporate climate change mitigation and adaptation. The SDG Navigator project’s resources, including the SCCD, SNLP, and Digital Hub, align with these objectives by promoting sustainability competences and innovative pedagogical approaches. Spain’s regional VET plans, such as Castilla y León’s VI General Plan for VET, focus on enhancing VET quality, inclusivity, and digital transformation. The SDG Navigator supports these objectives by providing tools and resources that facilitate the development of competences in sustainability and green transitions.
The SDG Navigator project aligns with Erasmus+ Key Action 2 (KA2) priorities, as outlined in the Erasmus+ 2024 Programme Guide, by adapting VET to labor market needs through the Competences Dictionary, which defines essential sustainability competences to keep VET curricula relevant. It increases flexibility and innovation with the modular learning stages of the SNLP, catering to diverse learner needs and promoting new teaching methodologies. The project also enhances the attractiveness and quality assurance of VET programs through the Digital Hub, which integrates high-quality, standardized learning resources accessible internationally.
Additionally, the SDG Navigator project supports the internationalization of VET providers and responds to educational needs during crises, such as the war in Ukraine, by offering inclusive and adaptable learning resources. These efforts contribute to the broader goals of the Erasmus+ programme, fostering a sustainable, modern, and adaptable vocational education landscape across Europe.
In summary, the SDG Navigator project effectively supports the VET objectives of multiple European countries, particularly Lithuania, by providing resources that align with national laws and strategies, and aligns with Erasmus+ priorities, enhancing the overall quality and relevance of vocational education and training in Europe.
The SDG Navigator Digital Hub and Toolbox (SNDH) integrates the Sustainability Changemakers Competences Dictionary (SCCD) and the Sustainability Navigator Learning Path (SNLP), offering an interactive and personalised exploration of the available resources. The Digital Hub supports VET educators, VET providers, and learners in facilitating more dynamic and customised consultancy-training processes on sustainability-driven entrepreneurship. It also aids learners in expanding competences and processes critical for addressing the challenges and opportunities they face to improve their entrepreneurial mindset.
The SNDH promotes awareness-raising about the green transition, environmental, and climate-change challenges. The toolbox is designed to develop competences in various sustainability-relevant sectors and to support the creation of future-oriented curricula that meet the needs of VET trainers as well as VET learners. By integrating innovative practices, the SNDH prepares learners, staff, and youth workers to become true agents of change, encouraging sustainable behaviors.
The SNDH also aims at adapting VET to labour market needs by offering a balanced mix of vocational skills and work-based learning opportunities aligned with evolving jobs, working methods, and key competences. The toolbox facilitates the adaptation of VET curricula to changing skills needs, green and digital transitions, and economic cycles, thus supporting VET providers in maintaining up-to-date training offers.
The SNDH toolbox contains interactive exercises organised by the process stages defined in the SNLP and the competences defined in the SCCD. The interactive learning resources, such as storytelling, videos, interactive infographics, action cards, flashcards, and quizzes, can be used in a stand-alone mode and customized to individual preferences. These engaging and real-world-oriented activities support further content exploration and application and are recommended as pre- and post-training assessments on various training themes.
The resources that you will find within the SDG Navigator Digital Hub and Toolbox contributes to increasing the attractiveness of VET by fostering open and participative learning environments and supporting the professional development of VET teachers and trainers. The toolbox also aims to establish and reinforce long-term partnerships with businesses, VET providers, chambers of commerce, and other relevant stakeholders, enhancing the impact of skills competitions and other collaborative initiatives.
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SCCD defines the combination of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that could empower individuals to become true agents of change towards sustainability through their different life roles and choices eg: workers, citizens, consumers, etc. The SCCD is primarily aimed at vocational education and training institutions and their teachers and learners.
The SNLP is designed to provide VET learners, including all individuals interested in sustainability-related topics with comprehensive learning resources and changemaking tools aiming to strengthen their sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial competences.
For this, it consists of seven learning modules – get ready, discovery, planning, start-up, build-out, consolidation, and outreach – that intend to guide VET learners through the sustainability-driven entrepreneurial process at various stages, thus providing a clear and structured pathway to develop their skills towards sustainability, enabling them to become proactive agents of change.
Additionally, by offering tailored resources and practical tools, it empowers VET providers, other educators and consultants to effectively integrate sustainability into their curricula and be able effectively guide their learners through the sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial process and diverse stages.
The learning hub integrates the SCCD and the SNLP to offer an interactive and personalised exploration of the available resources. It also additionally includes a thematic toolbox designed to support VET providers, educators and learners.
