The document summarizes the European Centre of Vocational Excellence in Microelectronics (ECoVEM) project, which aims to improve vocational education and training in microelectronics. The project will create a cooperation platform between vocational schools and industry stakeholders. It will develop new vocational education curricula and short courses for qualifications levels 3 to 8, to be tested with 900 trainees. The project seeks to make vocational education more responsive to labor market needs and raise its attractiveness through initiatives like summer camps and skills competitions. It is a consortium of 21 organizations across Europe working on objectives like developing governance plans and addressing social inclusion in the sector.

1. European Centre of
Vocational Excellence in
Microelectronics
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ECoVEM project
620101-EPP-1-2020-1-BG-EPPKA3-VET-COVE
(2020 – 2024) https://ecovem.eu/

2. VET capable to train
people with life-long
capacity to self-
regulate learning, in
order to adapt
continuously at
rapidly changing
environments
European Centre of Vocational Excellence in Microelectronics
European Vocational Education Area with shared
OERs, improved virtual mobility of students and
academic staff and integrated programmes of study,
training and research
Efficient financial models for
VET including work-based and
apprenticeship and for
investment in VET and applied
research
Raised role of VET in Smart
Specialisation Strategies
Implementation of
the advanced
countries’ best
practices and
approaches to
excellence in VET
into less advanced
regions
More responsive
VET to the fast
changing skills
need of the
labour market
Higher employment
of graduates, better
opportunities for
research and
innovation of
enterprises
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3. CoVEs in iVET (initial) and Key Industry Stakeholders
in cVET (contonuous)
Organisations Working on Social
Inclusion and Reintegration
National and Regional
Authorities
ECoVEM Consortium
BG 5 / GE 4 / ES 3 / FR 2 / IT 3 / CY 3 / NO 1

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ECoVEM website
https://ecovem.eu/

5. Objectives
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• Networking of CoVEs, industrial and social partners to share ideas,
and experiences towards vocational excellence in microelectronics
• To develop innovative VET curricula for EQF 3 to 8 in
Microelectronics in collaboration with companies and social
partners
• To disseminate the microelectronics achievements in digitalisation,
green energy, robotics, space technologies and medicine to raise
the attractiveness of VET and microelectronics through open
days, international schools and competitions
• To ensure sustainable governance at national and EU levels
• To tackle non-discrimination and social inclusion in VET focusing
on the gender dimension of employability in the sector and VET
for immigrants

6. ECoVEM Roadmap
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7. Work packages
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• WP1 Preparation, TUS (Bulgaria)
• WP2 ECoVEM Cooperation Platform, SEMI Europe
(Germany)
• WP3 Design of innovative VET, UNED (Spain)
• WP4 Exploitation/Implementation of VET, INES
(France)
• WP5 Quality Assurance, Exolaunch (Germany)
• WP6 Dissemination, ECWT (Norway)
• WP7 Governance Action Plan, BIA (Bulgaria)
• WP8 Management, TUS (Bulgaria)

8. Milestones
• MS1 Project roadmap (M2)
• MS2 Business-science-education cooperation action plan (M5)
• MS3 Qualifications and learning outcomes/competence
matrices (M12)
• MS4 Action plan for collaboration for effective governance
(M24)
• MS5 Innovative VET courses (M29)
• MS6 Implementation of innovative VET courses (M37)
• MS7 Sustainability plan: plan for sustainable financing, yearly
monitoring and skills updates, VET update plan (M48)
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9. Main Outcomes
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• ECoVEM cooperation platform
• Business-science-education cooperation for work-
based training and research apprenticeship
• VET curricula and short courses for EQF 3 – 8,
1250 hours, 900 trainees
• Summer campuses, open days, skills competitions
to raise attractiveness of VET
• ECoVEM governance action plan

10. Evaluation remarks
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• “Needs and challenges at the micro level specific to
regions and their respective localised strategies are
not discussed”
• “The proposal does not outline practical
arrangements for the summer camps”
• “At various points in the application, the
experience and expertise of the individual
organisations are discussed, but ultimately the
information remains too limited”
• “However, the sustainability plan does not
sufficiently address appropriate governance
structures”

11. Visibility of Union Funding
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conferences, seminars or in any information or promotional materials (such
as brochures, leaflets, posters, presentations, in electronic form, etc.),
must:
• indicate that the action has received funding from the Union; and
• display the European Union emblem
When displayed in association with another logo, the European Union
emblem must have appropriate prominence
Disclaimers excluding Agency and Commission responsibility
Any communication or publication that relates to the action must indicate:
• that it reflects only the author’s view; and
• that the Agency and the Commission are not responsible for any use
that may be made of the information it contains”

12. ECoVEM project
Let’s enjoy our collaboration towards excellence in
VET in microelectronics!
Thee European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute
endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission
cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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