Online Info Session: Centres of Vocational Excellence 2025

The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), in cooperation with the European Commission, organised an Online Info Session on Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) 2025 on 20 February 2025 from 10:00 to 12:30 (Brussels time).

CoVEs provide training in specific areas for initial training of young people as well as for continuing up-skilling and re-skilling of adults. Yet, the CoVEs are also intended to achieve much more: to innovate teaching and learning methods, to work closely with businesses, social partners, universities etc., to develop inclusive approaches to ensure nobody is left behind, and to foster regional and local development, among other activities.

This Erasmus action aims to create innovative and responsive VET institutions capable of rapidly adapting skills provision to the economic and social needs. It aims at creating synergy between partners from all over the world in the creation of skills ecosystems. Moreover, this action will provide young people and adults with the skills for fulfilling careers in an innovative, inclusive and sustainable economy.

The event has ended. The recording is available and you can find the presentations in the Agenda section below.

How to apply and further information

• Centres of Vocational Excellence (ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PEX-COVE) call
• Check out the EACEA guide page: how to get a grant and the Webinar session: The Funding & tenders Portal for beginners to get you started
• Funding and Tenders portal's useful online manual and IT How To section to help you with the technical aspects of submitting a proposal online
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) will be regularly published 
• You can send your questions to EACEA-EPLUS-VETec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EACEA-EPLUS-VET[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

In search for partners?

• The CoVE match making map
• Use the partner search announcements section in the Funding & Tenders Opportunities Portal (FTOP).