Green-4-Future - Greening the EntreComp Framework to Reconcile Economic Development and Environmental Security

Objective

The ERASMUS+ project Green-4-Future is a strategic partnership in vocational education and training (VET) co-funded by the European Commission. It aims to reconcile economic objectives with environmental and climate goals. The core idea of the project is to rethink the EntreComp reference framework developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's internal scientific service. In particular, it is about greening the EntreComp framework. In addition to the creation of a Green EntreComp Framework, i.e. a green version of the EntreComp Reference Framework, the partners of Green-4-Future will focus on business modelling for circular economy enterprises, create an in-service training for VET teachers and design a Green-4-Future MOOC.

The nine project partners come from Germany, Cyprus, Croatia, Austria, Ireland, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria and Portugal. The coordinator is the University of Paderborn, Chair of Economic Education II. The other partners are universities, research institutions and vocational training organisations. Thus, Green-4-Future comprises 4 universities, 3 research centres/institutes, 2 vocational training institutions, all active in the field of vocational training and green entrepreneurship.