Resources

X-VET produces five concrete results for VET institutions, educators and learners. All of them will be free to use, published under a Creative Commons licence for open education, and the main results will be available in seven languages: English, German, Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Slovak and Serbian.

01Framework

Final editingFrameworkResult 1 · WP2 · Lead: ACCELERAS

Integrated Sustainability Workbook

A research-based framework that helps VET institutions embed sustainability in their governance, curricula and daily operations. It defines the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed, and serves as the foundation for all other X-VET results.

Part I — The role of VET in the green and digital transition
Part II — The X-VET Framework: an integrated model for sustainability in VET, with a competence model
Part III — A 10-step process model for implementing sustainability in VET, with checklists, self-assessment tools, case studies and templates

Timing: Nov 2025 – Jul 2026 · now in final editing
Format: Workbook (PDF) · 100+ pages
Languages: EN, DE, HR, IT, LV, SK, SR

Publication in seven languages follows the final editing. Get notified

02Training

In developmentTrainingResult 2 · WP3 · Lead: HOTEL SCHOOL

X-VET MOOC

A free, self-paced online course on integrated sustainability. Three learning tracks — for VET leaders and administrators, educators and trainers, and learners — share three core modules and add specialised and final modules for each group.

Micro-learning modules with a gamified approach, real-world case studies and AI-supported learning
Learning that counts: assessment and certification aligned with the European approach to micro-credentials
Piloted with VET leaders, educators and learners in the partner countries before the full roll-out

Timing: Development from Aug 2026 · piloting planned from Aug 2027
Format: Online course · 11 modules · 30+ hours per track
Languages: EN, DE, HR, IT, LV, SK, SR

The course is in development. Explore the MOOC

03Tool

PlannedToolResult 3 · WP4 · Lead: POU Čakovec

Sustainability Hackathon Guide & Training of Trainers

A practical manual for organising sustainability hackathons in VET institutions, and a Training of Trainers programme that prepares educators to run them. Hackathons are usually used in IT — X-VET adapts them to mixed green, digital and sustainability challenges.

Step-by-step methods, hackathon formats, facilitation techniques and tools for designing challenges
Templates, good practices and real cases
Training of Trainers on hackathon facilitation and on using the MOOC, piloted with VET educators

Timing: Oct 2027 – Mar 2028 (planned)
Format: Practical guide (PDF) and training programme
Languages: EN, DE, HR, IT, LV, SK, SR

Planned for 2027–2028. Get notified

04Tool

PlannedToolResult 4 · WP4 · Lead: POU Čakovec

Local hackathons & solution prototypes

Local sustainability hackathons in the partner VET institutions, where learners, educators and companies develop, test and refine solutions to real sustainability challenges. The results are shared in a final showcase webinar.

Around 12–14 learners and 3–4 educators per country
Solution prototypes that can be scaled and shared as good practice
A strategy for making hackathons a permanent part of VET practice

Timing: Mar 2028 – Aug 2028 (planned)
Format: Hackathons in partner institutions and an online showcase
Languages: Local languages

Planned for 2028. Get notified

05Certification

In progressCertificationResult 5 · WP5 · Lead: ICEP

X-VET Certification System

A certification pathway, led by ICEP, that gives VET learners, educators and administrators formal recognition of what they have learned. It is aligned with the EU competence frameworks GreenComp, DigComp and EntreComp and with the European approach to micro-credentials.

Competence alignment with GreenComp, DigComp, EntreComp and the X-VET competence model
A certification protocol, scheme and questionnaire, followed by online examination
The aim: certify 30 trainers and 60 learners and leaders

Timing: Jun 2026 – Oct 2028 · exams from Oct 2027
Format: Certification protocol, scheme and online exam
Languages: EN, DE, HR, IT, LV, SK, SR

In progress — exams are planned from October 2027. Get notified

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Free to use and share

All X-VET training materials and resources will be available at no cost and published under a Creative Commons licence for open education — so that VET institutions, educators and learners from all backgrounds can use them. The licence is stated on each result when it is published.

The X-VET website and its resources will stay online for at least five years after the project ends.