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Gender equality in vocational education is not an issue any single country can solve alone. Inequalities cross borders, and solutions require shared dialogue, comparable data and transferable tools. BGB-VET, “Breaking Gender Bias in VET”, an Erasmus+ project with nine partners from six European countries 🇮🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇹 🇧🇬 🇸🇪 🇹🇷, sits within the framework of the European Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025, the Council Recommendation on VET for sustainable competitiveness, and the Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027. The project contributes to these goals through concrete actions: comparative research, teacher training, the development of an ethical AI platform and the implementation of Gender Equality Plans. Results designed to be replicable by VET institutions across Europe. 🔗 Link to website in bio #BGBVET #GenderEquality #ErasmusPlus #VET #EUpolicy #DigitalEducation 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union Teachers Union of Ireland Lounais-Hämeen koulutuskuntayhtymä BOSEV - PGHTT Plovdiv OpenCom i.s.s.c.

Grape polyphenols in anti-ageing creams. Grapeseed oil in facial serums. Olive squalene in moisturising formulas. Resveratrol in anti-ageing treatments. This is not marketing — it is applied biochemistry. And these molecules come from production waste. 💄 The ACE-EX Nutraceutics Applications in Cosmetics course is where circular agriculture meets the cosmetics industry. Starting from the composition of the skin, the causes of cellular ageing and oxidative stress, the course shows how by-products from the wine, olive oil and cereals supply chains contain precisely the molecules that the cosmetics industry seeks and pays dearly for. 🧴 The training covers: the structure and functions of skin layers, the mechanisms of free radical production, the antioxidant molecules present in agricultural by-products, and concrete cosmetic applications. An approach that turns the cost of waste disposal into the revenue of a premium ingredient. 🌿 Circular economy at its most advanced: from the vineyard to the cosmetics laboratory, from olive pomace to the bottle. 🔗 Link in bio #ACEEX #Nutraceutics #Cosmetics #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #GreenBeauty #Upcycling #EUproject 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita - Giulio Natta Academy OpenCom i.s.s.c. Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia AINIA European Chemical Regions Network Softcare Studios Fagskolen Innlandet FTHIOTIDA CHAMBER

In wine production, only part of the grape becomes wine. The rest — skins, seeds, stems — contains polyphenols, resveratrol, anthocyanins. From olives pressed for oil, the remaining pomace is rich in squalene, oleic and linoleic acid. From cereals come selenium, zinc, vitamin E. Substances with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing properties. 🍇 The ACE-EX Biochemistry course, developed by ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita, explores the biochemical composition of grapes, olives and cereals with a specific aim: helping sector professionals understand the potential of agricultural by-products as a source of high added-value compounds. 🔬 The course addresses the biochemical mechanisms of cellular ageing — oxidative stress, free radicals — and the natural molecules that counteract them: terpenes, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, squalene, fatty acids, polyphenols, resveratrol, anthocyanins, selenium, zinc. All present in the products and by-products of the three supply chains. 🧬 A course designed for farmers who want to maximise the value of their products, for commercial professionals in the nutraceutical sector and for chemists working in applied biochemistry. 🔗 Link in bio #ACEEX #Biochemistry #Nutraceuticals #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #Polyphenols #Resveratrol #EUproject 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita - Giulio Natta Academy OpenCom i.s.s.c. Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia AINIA European Chemical Regions Network Softcare Studios Fagskolen Innlandet FTHIOTIDA CHAMBER

Spare parts for agricultural machinery printed directly on the farm. Customised components for irrigation systems. Tailor-made greenhouse structures. Even nanocellulose-based bio-inks for experimental agronomic applications. 3D printing is entering agriculture. 🖨️ The ACE-EX 3D Printing course introduces sustainable additive manufacturing starting from a comparison with traditional subtractive production: where conventional manufacturing removes material from a block (generating waste), 3D printing adds only the material needed, layer by layer. Less raw material waste by definition. ♻️ For agricultural businesses, especially those in isolated rural areas, 3D printing offers a concrete advantage: autonomy. A broken part no longer means days waiting for a replacement to be shipped — it means designing and producing the solution on site. The course explores sustainable materials, production techniques and practical applications. 🔧 A course that looks to the future, but with its feet firmly planted in the real needs of agriculture. 🔗 Link in bio #ACEEX #3DPrinting #Innovation #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #AdditiveManufacturing #EUproject 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita - Giulio Natta Academy OpenCom i.s.s.c. Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia AINIA European Chemical Regions Network Softcare Studios Fagskolen Innlandet FTHIOTIDA CHAMBER

80% of students know what gender bias is. Far fewer spot it happening The most revealing finding from the BGB-VET student survey One gap came through more sharply than any other. Of the 564 students who responded across six European countries, 80% say they understand what gender bias means, and the statement scoring highest in the entire survey concerns awareness that gender intersects with other factors such as ethnicity or disability (4.07 out of 5). The lowest score of the whole survey, however, belongs to the statement “I notice when people are treated differently because of their gender”: 3.49 out of 5. Knowing what something is and recognising it as it unfolds are two different skills. That gap is exactly what the project is working on, through an AI-enhanced simulation platform that places students and teachers in realistic scenarios. BGB-VET, Breaking Gender Bias in VET, is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme 🇪🇺 and brings together nine organisations from Ireland 🇮🇪, Finland 🇫🇮, Italy 🇮🇹, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Sweden 🇸🇪 and Türkiye 🇹🇷. Link to website in bio. #BGBVET #ErasmusPlus #GenderBias #VET #VocationalEducation #Inclusion Teachers Union of Ireland Lounais-Hämeen koulutuskuntayhtymä BOSEV - PGHTT Plovdiv OpenCom i.s.s.c.

Skills for sustainability are rarely learnt in a classroom alone. More often they grow where people work through real problems together: informal networks, working groups, communities that learn by doing. That is the starting point for CPG (Community of Practice on Green Skills for Organizations' Human Capital), an Erasmus+ KA210-VET project bringing together organisations from Bulgaria, Italy and Spain to explore how communities of practice can spread a culture of sustainability inside small and medium-sized organisations. The project has now published its first output: the Sustainable Practices Case Studies Compendium. Put simply, it is an open collection of twelve real cases from Italy, Spain and Bulgaria, where groups of people learn together how to make their work more sustainable. Each case is documented and analysed using the same method (the European GreenComp framework and the eight success facets of communities of practice), alongside research that compares the four contexts. It is a resource for anyone who wants to understand how these communities actually work and take away concrete examples. One finding stands out. Communities of practice act as informal learning environments for green skills, and they are far more common than official data suggests, because they often operate under other names such as networks, coalitions or working groups. They work best when membership is voluntary, trust is real, and facilitation is shared rather than resting on a single person. The compendium is free to download and reuse, and it forms the evidence base for the community of practice model the project will build in its next phase. Coordinated by GBG 🇧🇬 with OpenCom and SYDIC 🇮🇹, MEUS 🇪🇸 and EEB Euro Education Bulgaria 🇧🇬. 🔗 Website link in bio 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eZpTNfBq #CPGproject #ErasmusPlus #GreenSkills #GreenComp #CommunitiesOfPractice #VET #Sustainability 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union GLOBAL BUSINESS GROUP Ltd SYDIC (SYstem Dynamics Italian Chapter) MEUSkills OpenCom i.s.s.c.

Precision agriculture, drones and robots: the field goes digital A drone flying over the vineyard and spotting stressed plants before the human eye can notice any difference. A sensor measuring soil moisture plot by plot and triggering irrigation only where needed. An autonomous robot managing mechanical weeding without herbicides. 📡 The ACE-EX Technology and Resource Recovery in Agriculture course, developed by CKR (Czech Republic), devotes an entire 6-hour module to technologies supporting circular agriculture: precision farming, digital farming and data management, closed-loop farming systems, robotics and automation. 🤖 Precision agriculture is not a luxury for large businesses. The course presents accessible technologies: low-cost solar-powered sensors, cloud platforms for agronomic data management, shared IoT systems across multiple farms to reduce costs. The goal is to apply the right resource, in the right quantity, at the right time, in the right place. 🎯 Less waste of water, fertilisers, pesticides. More efficiency. More data for better decisions. 24 hours of training, EQF level 5. 🔗 Link in bio #ACEEX #PrecisionAgriculture #AgriTech #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #DigitalFarming #Robotics #EUproject 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita - Giulio Natta Academy OpenCom i.s.s.c. Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia AINIA European Chemical Regions Network Softcare Studios Fagskolen Innlandet FTHIOTIDA CHAMBER

Grape pomace, olive press cake, straw, pruning residues, vegetation water, pesticide packaging. Every agricultural supply chain generates waste. The question is not how to eliminate it, but how to transform it. 🔄 The ACE-EX Waste Management course is structured in three modules that build on each other. The first addresses waste reduction in one’s own production and along the value and supply chain. The second teaches how to identify crop waste, understand possible transformation processes and apply them to real cases. The third — the most innovative — focuses on innovation in waste reduction, including a practical exercise on how to identify potential circular partners. 🤝 The approach is hands-on: lectures combined with practical exercises based on real cases. Students do not study waste management — they design it. They analyse their own supply chain, map material flows, identify valorisation opportunities and build relationships with other stakeholders who can use their waste as raw material. ♻️ Because in a circular economy, one party’s waste is another’s resource. 🔗 Link in bio #ACEEX #WasteManagement #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #WasteReduction #ZeroWaste #EUproject 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita - Giulio Natta Academy OpenCom i.s.s.c. Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia AINIA European Chemical Regions Network Softcare Studios Fagskolen Innlandet FTHIOTIDA CHAMBER