• SECOVE Congress

    JULY 2ND AND 3RD
    San Sebastian, Aquarium
    Pza. Carlos Blasco de Imaz, 1
    20003 Donostia – San Sebastián

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SECOVE Congress: Excellence in VET and European Collaboration

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The Event

SECOVE Congress is an unprecedented event dedicated to bringing together key players and experts in the field of vocational and educational training (VET). This gathering will be held at the iconic Aquarium in San Sebastián, on July 2nd and 3rd of 2024. Over two intensive days, the event will offer a unique platform for the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and best practices in vocational training, with a special focus on Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE), recognizing their crucial role in preparing students for today’s and tomorrow’s labor market challenges. Some topics to be covered will be related to sustainability and emerging trends in VET, promoting constructive dialogue among educators, industry professionals, students, and policymakers. 

Throughout the event, participants will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, roundtable discussions, and plenary sessions, all focused on excellence and innovation in VET. Plenary sessions will feature thought leaders and industry experts discussing the current state and future of VET, focusing on adapting to the changing needs of the industry and society. Roundtable discussions offer spaces for dialogue where participants can share experiences, challenges, and solutions in implementing high-quality VET programs and deployment of CoVEs where different projects will have the opportunity to share ideas and find collaborative opportunities. We invite you to be part of this significant event, where together we can forge a promising future for vocational education.  

See you in San Sebastián!

TARGET GROUP:
Teachers, Mentors, Policy-makers, Researchers, Teachers Training centers, National education administrations, School leaders, New qualified teachers, Public authorities, Future teachers, Teachers, Trainers.

Registrations

Pre-registration is closed.

Certificates of attendance will be awarded to the participants!

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TOPICS

Special focus on Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE)

Innovation in VET (Workshops)

Plenary sessions about thought leaders and industry experts discussing the current state and future of VET, focusing on adapting to the changing needs of the industry and society

Preparing students for today’s and tomorrow’s labor market challenges

Roundtable discussions about solutions in implementing high-quality VET programs and deployment of CoVEs

Event Speakers

Eneko goia

City mayor of san Sebastian

Jorge Arevalo

Vice councillor for vocational training of the basque government (tbc)

Paolo nardi

Executive director of European forum to technical and vocational education and training

Marta macho stadler

Phd professor of mathematics at the upv-ehu and editor of the blog “mujeres con ciencia (women with science)

Basaralu Sudharshan

Managing Director of Edutech NTTF, India

Georgios zisimos

European training foundation (etf)

Excma eider Mendoza

Diputada general de Gipuzkoa

Schedule

2-3
July
Tuesday-Wednesday
  • 09.00 – 09:30 AM

    Registration

  • 09.30 – 09.40 AM

    Institutional Opening | Eneko Goia, City Mayor of San Sebastian

  • 09.40 – 10.00 AM

    Vocational Training in the Basque Country (GOVA) | Jorge Arévalo, Vice Councillor for Vocational Training of the Basque Government

  • 10.00 – 10.30 AM

    Overview of the VET situation in Europe and EfVET’s role in the promotion of VET | Paolo Nardi, Executive Director of European Forum fo Technical and Vocational Education and Training

  • 10.30 – 11.00 AM

    India Vocational Education and Training – opportunities for collaboration and cooperation | Basaralu Sudharshan, Managing Director of Edutech NTTF

  • 11.00 – 11.30 AM

    Coffee break – networking

  • 11.30 – 12.00 PM

    Role of women in the digital educational environment | Marta Macho Stadler, PhD professor of mathematics at the UPV-EHU and editor of the blog “Mujeres con Ciencia (Women with Science)”.

  • 12.00 – 13.30 PM

    Enhancing Internationalisation of Vocational Excellence: Tools and support services | Georgios Zisimos and Doriana Monteleone, European Training Foundation (ETF)

  • 13.30 – 14.30 PM

    Lunch- networking

  • 14.30 – 15.30 PM

    Aquarium guided tour

  • 15.30 – 17.00 PM

    COVE SPACE

  • 15.30 – 16.00 PM

    Presentation Forum CoVES | Juan Sebastian Cortes, Mª Daniela Gusa

  • 16.00 – 16.30 PM

    Presentation SECOVE | George Priniotakis

  • 16.30 – 17.00 PM

    Presentation ECOVEM | Slavka Tzanova

  • 09.00 – 09.30 AM

    Registration

  • 09.30 – 09.40 AM

    Opening

  • 09.40 – 10.00 AM

    Talent Recruitment and Retention Strategies in the Digital Age | Pilar Casorran

  • 10:00 – 10:20 AM

    Presentation of European Chips Skills Academy | Imma Miralles

  • 10.20 – 10.35 AM

    The training needs of Industry 4.0 | Tomás Iriondo

  • 10.35 – 11.10 AM

    Coffee break – networking

  • 11.10 – 11.25 AM

    VET Erasmus+ project SMACITE | Vasileios Gkamas

  • 11.25 – 11.40 AM

    Presentation VET Erasmus+ project DIGITAL TWIN | Stefano Antona

  • 11.40 – 11.55 AM

    Presentation VET Erasmus+ project ROMOTICS | Xabier Ugarte

  • 11:55 – 12:10 PM

    VET Erasmus+ project AIRinVET | Pili Alonso

  • 12.10 – 12.55 PM

    Round table – Status of VET education in different European ecosystems | Moderated by Anabel Menica
    – Slovakia | Oto Hudec
    – Italy | Silvia Frau
    – Portugal | Ana Ribeiro
    – Greece | Natassa Kazantzidou

  • 12.55 – 13.00 PM

    Closing of the event

Location

AQUARIUM
Address:

1 Plaza de Carlos Blasco Imaz, 20003 San Sebastian , Gipuzkoa

Local time:

Mainland Spain is within the WEST timezone meaning we are 1 hour before of European Standard Time (C.E.T. – 1).

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How to arrive

The San Sebastian Aquarium is located in an area with great transport facilities such as the port of San Sebastian, a great tourist place worth visiting.

It is possible to see different bus routes, taxis, among other means of transport that will take you to the Aquarium of San Sebastian without major inconveniences.

Bilbao Airport

Although San Sebastian airport is very close to the city, it is quite small and does not have a wide variety of flights and connections to other cities beyond Madrid and Barcelona, which do have daily flights with Iberia and Vueling.

For many travellers, the best option is to fly to Bilbao or Biarritz and from there fly overland to San Sebastian as there is a great option of transport by train and buses.

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SECOVE – Sustainable Energy Centres For Vocational Excellence (project No. 101056201) has been co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union. This website reflects the views only of the author. The European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.