With the aim of facilitating the generation of new knowledge related to Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and the skills and competences needed to implement and work with them, our Open Innovation Community will bring together agents with different types of knowledge (Jensen et al. 2007) – knowledge-what, knowledge-why, knowledge-who, and knowledge-how – and support the development…
This is the second publication of our future plans. Link to the first. In this post, we will talk about the Advanced Manufacturing trends and skills observatory. VET providers ignore the latest developments of labour market trends, technologies, and skills. It is paradoxical because there is plenty of good quality information such as Cedefops’ work…
EXAM 4.0 finished last December. Or perhaps we should say that the funding period finished because we will continue working. The end of EXAM 4.0 as a project is the beginning of a new and enhanced partnership. A partnership that will continue working to improve Advanced Manufacturing education in VET and HVET. And this is…
Today we have presented EXAM 4.0 at the European conference on developments in Vocational Training: the French experience of Campus des métiers et des qualifications hosted by the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports, with the funding and active support of the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission. Today’s first plenary…
The French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports will host a conference on Developments in vocational training: the French experience of Campus des métiers et des qualifications during the 3rd and 4th of February. The second day of the conference is devoted to the European Initiative on Centres of Vocational Excellence and we will…
The recording of the EXAM 4.0 Regional/National Multiplier Event is available. In this video, we present in Basque and Spanish languages the approach of our Collaborative Learning Factory. If you are interested in Learning Factories and their potential use in VET/HVET, implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies at VET labs, and international cooperation using IT infrastructure,…
Mr. Jon Labaka is the Executive director of TKNIKA. It is a centre promoted by the Deputy Ministry of Vocational Education and Training of the Education Department of the Basque Government. Innovation and applied research are at the core of Tknika. We work on innovative projects in the areas of technology, education and management involving…
Josu Torrealdea Zarrabe is the Executive Director of CIFP MAKINA – ERREMINTA LHII- IMH. What does the Advanced manufacturing sector represent for the Basque Country? Advanced Manufacturing is key for the Basque Country’s economic growth and hence its welfare. It is one of its main regional drivers and it is a priority within…
Iosune Irazabal is a mechanical engineer at the University of Mondragon. She started her career at the CIFP Miguel Altuna in 2001 where she held different positions as part of the centre’s management team, seven of which as Director (until September 2020). While being Director of CIFP Miguel Altuna, she was also the president of…
Join us for the EXAM 4.0 Multiplier Event! Language: Basque and Spanish Date: December 10, 2021 Time: 10.00 am CET You can follow it on streaming. See the agenda below Register HERE.
EARLALL organised, on 14 October 2021, a workshop entitled: “Transnational cooperative learning factories & interconnected regional skills ecosystems in Advanced Manufacturing” at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021. The session was featuring the EXAM 4.0 Erasmus+ project and gathered project partners, regional and local stakeholders, companies and students from the Vocational Education and…
The CoVE Community of Practices (CoP) will meet face-to-face on November 8 and 9 at the facilities of Tknika. During these two days, the 12 pilot CoVE project coordinators will exchange good practices, find synergies among projects, assist each other and plan the activities of the year to ensure the success of the initiative. Following…
The EXAM 4.0 partnership will host the “Transnational cooperative learning factories and interconnected regional skills ecosystems in AM” workshop at the European Week of Regions & Cities 2021. The event is organised by project partners DHBW, TKNIKA and EARLALL, and will take place online on 14 October at 11:30 (CEST). The session will introduce the concept…
A learning factory (LF) is a learning environment where processes and technologies are based on a real industrial site which allows a direct approach to the product creation process. Learning factories are based on a didactical concept emphasizing experimental and problem-based learning. The continuous improvement philosophy is facilitated by own actions and interactive involvement of…
Project partners TKNIKA and Miguel Altuna (Basque Country), DHBW (Germany), and Da Vinci College (the Netherlands) hosted online regional events on 23 June 2021 aimed at engaging local stakeholders in EXAM 4.0 activities and transferring its results. TKNIKA and Miguel Altuna gathered key Basque stakeholders in the field of skills for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) and introduced…
Last Thursday, May 27, Unai Ziarsolo, discussed relevant aspects from the EXAM 4.0 project in the TA3 webinar on Advanced Manufacturing. TA3 is the acronym of the Transatlantic Technology and Training Alliance. It is a network of VET centres from the United States of America and Europe. During the event, which lasted about one hour,…
Noelia Cantero is the Director of EARLALL, the European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning. EARLALL is a Brussels-based network of regions aiming to contribute to EU policy-making and strengthen multilevel cooperation in the field of lifelong learning. Based on the unique strengths of every region and local authority, EARLALL facilitates regional…
The Basque VET centres organised the KA2 and KA3 project dissemination day on the 22nd of April. 26 Basque schools presented their Erasmus+ innovation projects to an audience of around 100 participants from several European and non-European countries. The full recording of the event is available HERE. In an event that lasted about two full…
Unai Ziarsolo is a Senior Project Manager at CIFP Miguel Altuna. He has promoted the implementation of the advanced manufacturing lab at Miguel Altuna with a holistic view of the impact of the digital transition in VET centres, framed in the smart VET centres’ implementation strategy. Unai Ziarsolo is involved in many national and international…
Curt Nicoling Gymnasiet is implementing key enabling technologies to be able to organize meetings with local SMEs’ customers. They are developing what they call a “Nod”, a physical space where local companies can virtually meet with their customers. In this way they can “physically” meet their customers in a virtual way to discuss products, designs,…
The State of Baden-Wuerttemberg fosters learning factories in VET schools where students can learn digital competences. The Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) has held meetings with contact persons of the learning factories and the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affaires about EXAM4.0, and discussed possibilities of cooperation. The goal is to integrate the learning factories into the Cooperative…
One of the goals of our project is to desing a 4.0 lab model. A training lab for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) students. How can our students become used to work in 4.0 environments? How can a VET centre integrate 4.0 technologies in the labs? How can we connect machines? How do we gather data from…
All the CoVE projects approved for funding in the calls of 2018 and 2019, together with the European Training Foundations’ initiative on Vocational Excellence and with the support of the European Commission, are working together in the creation of a CoVE Community of Practices.
The Basque TV channel Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB, Basque Radio-television, Basque Country’s public broadcast service) included a news report about the innovative aspects of the EXAM 4.0 project on 5 and 6 December 2020 (channels 1 and 2, respectively). The report features An interview with Iñigo Araiztegui (EXAM 4.0 coordinator, TKNIKA), who pointed out that…
Erik Fagerberg is a recently graduated engineer within production technology working at Curt Nicolin High School as a Project Manager and Teacher. He is currently developing a mobile teaching environment intended to be used by VET/HVET centres all over Europe. As a teacher, he educates high school engineers within production technology and design, and product…
On Wednesday, 14 October 2020, the Centres of Vocational Excellence worskhop was jointly organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), DG EMPL, PEEP and EARLALL (EXAM 4.0 partner) in the context of the European Week of Regions & Cities 2020. The event was aimed at analysing how platforms of centres of vocational excellence (CoVEs) contribute to create skills ecosystems…
AFM CLUSTER is the organisation that represents advanced and digital manufacturing interests in Spain. It comprises five industrial associations and groups more than 500 companies with 16,500 employees and a turnover of 3,000 million euros. Josu Riezu is currently responsible for the organisation’s People Development Area. He has worked at AFM CLUSTER for 20 years,…
On Thursday, 3 September 2020, EXAM 4.0 project partners met online to hold an official partner meeting of this pilot vocational excellence project. Regular online meetings held in spring and summer allowed shaping up task distribution and discussing project management aspects, leading to this partner meeting during which the work so far was assessed by all project…
The EXAM 4.0 project was presented by Mr. Unai Ziarsolo (TKNIKA / Miguel Altuna High School) at the online conference Centres of Vocational Excellence, hosted on 16 June 2020 by TKNIKA, EXAM 4.0 coordinator. The event, at which the five pilot initiatives of VET excellence platforms selected for funding in 2019 were showcased, gathered more…
With 15 years of experience on his back as a senior lecturer and researcher at leading academic institutions, Mr. Raimund Hudak is the Project Manager of Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) for several European-wide research programmes. He manages the research and collaborates with other campuses within DHBW, bringing in the industry perspective and knowledge of change…
Mr. Kees Verburg has been working at Da Vinci College and its predecessors for about 44 years in different functions, having also been involved in a number of European projects. He currently acts as a secretary to the Board. Together with his colleague Mr. Daniel Wortel, he coordinates Da Vinci’s participation in the EXAM 4.0…
EXAM 4.0 project coordinator, TKNIKA, is organising an online conference gathering all five CoVE pilot projects, with the aim of gain further insight into the role of skills ecosystems for innovation, regional development, and social inclusion. 65% of future jobs will require a VET qualification in Europe and, therefore, it is necessary for the VET…
EXAM 4.0 is one of the best practices gathered in the report Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET Thematic Workshop – Digitalization by the BILT project of UNESCO-UNEVOC. The report contains the key outcomes of a workshop held on 2-3 October 2019 at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Norway. The event revolved around the digitalization of TVET,…
The second transnational meeting of the EXAM 4.0 project, which was expected to take place on 3-4 June 2020 in Dordrecht (the Netherlands), hosted by Da Vinci College, has been postponed due to COVID-19 travel and physical distancing restrictions. An online meeting will take place instead, during which project partners will polish their activities under…
The Excellent Advanced Manufacturing, EXAM 4.0, project celebrated its kick-off meeting on 20-21 November 2019. The meeting took place at the facilities of Miguel Altuna VET college and in the facilities of the Basque Centre of Research and Applied Innovation in VET, Tknika. During these two days, partners got the project officially started, organising working…
The Excellent Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 – EXAM 4.0 project aims at setting up five European regional Skills Ecosystems that bring together VET/HVET centres, companies, policy makers and the individual (students, learners, job-seekers…) in order to identify and define future skills needs in the Advanced Manufacturing (AM) sector. Through its partners, plus associated and affiliated partners,…
