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The Latvian National Agency (LV01) in cooperation with the Dutch National Agency (NL01), is organizing a 3-day contact making seminar “From Ideas to Impact: Erasmus+ Projects for the Twin Transition”.

The TCA Twin Transition focuses on supporting educational institutions and their partners in designing high-quality Erasmus+ KA2 projects that respond to the EU’s twin transition: green and digital transformation, including the growing role of digital pedagogy and artificial intelligence (AI).

The seminar addresses the need to move from policy priorities to concrete practice by:

• Exploring the EU policy context for the twin transition, including the Osnabrück and Herning Declarations and the Union of Skills.
• Linking education and training in VET, applied sciences and secondary education  with real labour market and industry needs, particularly in green and digital sectors.
• Showcasing good Erasmus+ project practices related to sustainability, digitalisation, innovation, and cooperation with companies.
• Strengthening participants’ capacity to design impact-oriented Erasmus+ projects by using impact-thinking methodologies, quality criteria, and hands-on practical workshops that guide participants step by step from impact definition to concrete project design.
• Providing structured networking and partner-finding opportunities to support the development of new partnerships and project ideas.

The overall goal of the TCA is to equip participants with the knowledge, tools, and partnerships needed to develop strong Erasmus+ projects that meaningfully contribute to the twin transition in education and training systems.

This activity is linked to the LTA “Digital Pedagogy in the Age of AI” coordinated by the Estonian Agency for Erasmus.More information can be found here. 

As a result of participating in this TCA, the following outcomes are expected:

• Participants gain a clear understanding of EU priorities related to the green and digital transition and how these priorities should be reflected in Erasmus+ projects.
• Increased capacity of participants to design high-quality, impact-driven KA2 projects, including clear objectives, activities, outcomes and impact.
• Concrete project ideas or draft project concepts developed during the seminar.
• New cross-border partnerships established between educational institutions, companies and other stakeholders.
• Improved awareness of how digital pedagogy, AI and sustainability can be integrated into education and training practices.
• Stronger cooperation between VET providers, applied sciences institutions, secondary schools and the labour market.
• Participants leave with a clearer next-step plan towards Erasmus+ applications and follow-up cooperation.

Why You Should Participate

You should participate in this TCA if you:

• Are involved in VET, applied sciences or secondary education and are interested in developing Erasmus+ KA2 projects that respond to EU priorities on sustainability, digitalisation and skills for the future.
• Want to better understand what makes a high-quality Erasmus+ project, including impact design and quality criteria.
• Are looking for reliable European partners and want dedicated time and structured formats for networking and partner finding.
• Wish to learn from good practices and real project examples from across Europe.
• Want practical tools and guidance to turn ideas into concrete project concepts.
• Are interested in how digital pedagogy and AI can support innovation and transformation in education and training.

This TCA offers a unique opportunity to combine policy insight, practical project design, and structured networking in order to move from ideas to action in the context of the twin transition.

Preliminary programme:

Monday, April 20th: start around 15:00 with agenda, networking and dinner.

Tuesday, Wednesday, April 21st – 22nd: two full day programme, including workshops.

Profile of participants:

• VET providers (initial and continuing VET), including teachers, trainers, managers and international project coordinators.
• Institutions of applied sciences (universities of applied sciences) and secondary education institutions involved in project-based learning and innovation (Vocational and technical secondary schools (ISCED code level 3)
• Project managers and Erasmus+ coordinators who plan to develop or implement KA2 projects.
• Representatives of companies and industry interested in cooperating with educational institutions on skills development, innovation, sustainability and digitalisation.