Responsive, Innovative and Inclusive vocational education and training in transport and logistics in Colombia and Costa Rica (VET_LOGICC)

Continent: South America

Coastal countries, and more specifically their seaports and related multimodal supply chain, are experiencing great uncertainties, shifts in its operations, growing risks and decreasing returns, and may require new sorts of public-private partnerships and port governance in the near future. The future changes in the port industry will require stakeholders within the transport community to develop new skills, an understanding of new business thinking, and a fresh capacity to promote innovation.

Vocational education and training (VET) can play a crucial role to ensure this since it provides young people with the skills that will make them employable, enhance their livelihoods, and create wealth. It also provides specific skills training for those who are already in the labour market and need to upgrade or develop new competencies to enhance chances for employment and/or improve productivity in a constantly changing and full of challenges environment.

With the VET_LOGICC project, funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme, CINOP and it’s partners (STC International, CunLimon, SENA, and Universidad del Norte aim to reinforce the Vocational education and training (VET) system in two Latin-American coastal countries (Costa Rica and Colombia). These VET systems will be relevant for the maritime transport and international trading thanks to a 3-axis methodology based on Education & innovation, governance and the relationship with the labour market. The project will contribute to the development, employment and economic growth in Colombia and Costa Rica by means of developing an inclusive and sustainable network of educational and sectoral institutions as well as better equipped individuals and organizations in the transport, logistics and port sectors.

The following objectives have been defined:

  • Support Colombia and Costa Rica by means of responsive, innovative, inclusive and updated vocational training.
  • Support Colombia and Costa Rica by means of technical, managerial and pedagogical skills of VET trainers.
  • Address the mismatch between the education system and the needs of the labour market, addressing recent developments in transport and logistics.

In this project, CINOP contributes to aching these objectives through a series of activities related to  modernising approaches to teaching and learning by promoting inclusion, entrepreneurship and innovation.

We specifically aim to:

  • enhance inclusiveness of education for disadvantaged women, youth and people with special needs improving their employability and sustainable labour market participation of these target groups,
  • improve training in entrepreneurial skills for trainers and students providing them key concepts and experiences related to business development plans, marketing strategies, finance, networking, negotiation among others.
  • modernize overall pedagogical and didactical activities towards an innovation-based approach.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Erasmus+ programme. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

For more information about the project:

  • Epke Vogel