Project description
The UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills for Innovation Hubs (i-hubs) initiative was inspired by the challenges and opportunities facing technical and vocational education and training (TVET ) from major global disruptions to the economy, society and environment. These include the combined effects of climate change, digitalization, emerging forms of entrepreneurship and, more recently, global pandemics.
TVET institutions were encouraged to commit to an institution-wide approach to innovation, thereby maximizing their potential to overcome disruptive challenges and become drivers of innovation in their local skills and innovation ecosystems. The i-hubs initiative represented a next step that centred on an Innovation Framework co-developed by UNESCO-UNEVOC with a selected group of UNEVOC centres.
As a structured exercise, the Guided Self-Assessment was conducted as a voluntary process to assess an institution’s potential for innovation. The self-assessment was carried out by a peer-assessment procedure that took place in member countries and lasted for one week. Omnia cooperated with TESDA Women Centre from Manila, Philippines.
As a result of the project, besides mutual learning, the Innovation Toolbox was developed and it is free of use for all training provider around the world.
Target groups
UNEVOC centres
Duration of the project
2018–2020
Project manager at Omnia
Kati Valtonen
Partners
Omnia, The Joint Authority of Education in the Espoo Region (Finland), Berufskolleg an der Lindenstrasse (Germany), Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (Kenya), Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (Malta), Yaba College of Technology (Nigeria), Shenzhen Polytechnic (People’s Republic of China), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Philippines), Seychelles Institute of Technology (Seychelles), University of Vocational Technology (Sri Lanka) and Tknika Institute for the Innovation of the Vocational and Educational Training System (Basque Country, Spain).
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Funding
UNESCO-UNEVOC