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Inclusive VET Lab

Skills for Everyone

Building inclusive VET and pathways to employment.

Dates
Flexible — multiple dates available
Location
Athens / Brussels
Duration
6 days · Monday to Saturday
Target group
VET trainers, adult educators, career guidance professionals, employment services, HR professionals, NGO staff, youth workers, public-sector professionals and organisations supporting transitions into work

Description

Vocational education and training can open pathways to employment, participation and independence — but only when systems, learning environments and services are designed to include people with different needs, backgrounds and opportunities.

This six-day learning experience explores how VET providers, educators, employment professionals and organisations can create more inclusive pathways from learning to work.

Participants examine employability, skills development, accessibility, neurodiversity, equal opportunities, career guidance, employer engagement and inclusive transitions into employment through structured training, case-based learning, professional exchange and field experience.

In Brussels, participants explore the wider European policy and stakeholder environment around VET, skills, employment, inclusion and equal opportunities.

Because we do not only train. We implement.

Learning outcomes

What you take home.

  • Explain key principles of inclusive VET and equitable access to skills development
  • Identify barriers that can limit participation in VET, training and employment
  • Recognise how disability, neurodiversity, gender, socio-economic background and other factors can shape learning and employment opportunities
  • Apply practical approaches to accessible and inclusive training design
  • Strengthen links between skills development and real labour-market needs
  • Use learner-centred approaches to employability and career development
  • Explore practical strategies for supporting transitions from education and training into employment
  • Understand how employers can contribute to more inclusive pathways to work
  • Apply inclusive approaches to career guidance, recruitment and workplace participation
  • Develop a practical Inclusive VET Action Plan for their own organisation

Tentative schedule

Six days, Monday to Saturday. An outline, not a fixed timetable — KMOP trainers adapt the programme to the group.

Understand

MondayWho gets access to skills and opportunity?

  • Welcome, introductions and learning expectations.
  • Exploring the role of VET in employment, participation and social inclusion.
  • Understanding barriers to access, completion and progression.
  • Skills gaps, employability and changing labour-market needs.
  • Group exchange: what are the main inclusion and employability challenges in participants' countries and organisations?
Include

TuesdayDesigning VET for diverse learners

  • Moving from one-size-fits-all training towards inclusive learning environments.
  • Accessibility, universal design and learner-centred approaches.
  • Supporting learners with different abilities, backgrounds and support needs.
  • Neurodiversity in education and training.
  • Practical workshop: reviewing a course or training programme through an inclusion lens.
Experience

WednesdayLearning from education and employment practice

  • A field-based learning day connecting the programme with real professional environments.
  • In Greece, participants may visit education, employment, social inclusion or community organisations and meet professionals supporting people into training and work.
  • In Brussels, participants may meet European networks, organisations and professionals working on VET, skills, employment, inclusion and labour-market policy.
  • Structured reflection: which practices could be transferred to participants' own organisations?
Connect

ThursdayFrom skills to employment

  • How do learners move successfully from training into work?
  • Career guidance, employability skills and individual pathways.
  • Supporting people facing barriers to employment.
  • Connecting VET providers with employers and employment services.
  • Practical activity: mapping the learner journey from training to sustainable employment and identifying where people are most likely to be left behind.
Engage

FridayEmployers as partners in inclusive VET

  • Why inclusive VET cannot be built by training providers alone.
  • Employer engagement, workplace learning and cooperation with labour-market actors.
  • Inclusive recruitment, onboarding and workplace participation.
  • Neurodiversity, reasonable adjustments and equal opportunities in the workplace.
  • In Brussels programmes, the day can also explore European skills priorities, VET cooperation and stakeholder ecosystems.
Apply

SaturdayBuilding an inclusive pathway to work

  • Participants develop an Inclusive VET & Employment Action Plan for their own organisation.
  • Peer review and international exchange.
  • Transfer session: adapting methods to different VET systems, target groups and labour markets.
  • Final reflection, learning-outcome review and certificates.

Field & cultural activities

Learning beyond the classroom is a core part of KMOP's KA1 approach. Alongside the professional programme, participants have the opportunity to experience the culture, history and everyday life of their host destination.

City tours and urban exploration

Guided or self-guided experiences introducing participants to the history, neighbourhoods and contemporary life of the host city.

Museums and cultural institutions

Visits to selected museums, exhibitions, cultural centres and heritage sites.

Professional and field visits

Meetings with VET providers, employment services, NGOs, employers, public bodies, KMOP teams, European networks or other relevant stakeholders.

Institutional experiences

Brussels programmes may include visits and meetings connected with the European policy and institutional ecosystem.

Local cultural experiences

Opportunities to experience local culture, food, public spaces and community life.

Group networking activities

Informal opportunities to connect with participants from across Europe and continue professional exchange outside the formal sessions.

Dates and locations

Athens — Learn from practice.

Training, field experience and professional exchange focused on inclusive education, skills development, employment pathways and social inclusion.

Brussels — Connect practice with European policy.

Training combined with European perspectives on VET, skills, employment, equal opportunities and stakeholder cooperation.

Athens + Brussels — From practice to policy.

A combined mobility connecting practical approaches to inclusive VET and employment with the European skills and policy ecosystem.

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Transparent, Erasmus+ compatible

Course fees

Course fees are eligible under Erasmus+ KA1 funding. Self-funded participants are equally welcome.

Course fee (6 days)

480 €

80 € per participant, per day

480 € for Athens · 480 € for Brussels

Included

  • Tuition
  • Materials
  • Site visits
  • Cultural activities
  • Certificates (Europass & KMOP)

Not included

  • Travel
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Local transport

Please note

The practical details.

Certificate

Participants who complete the required learning activities receive a KMOP Certificate of Attendance. Where applicable, KMOP can also support the preparation of Europass Mobility documentation together with the sending organisation.

Schedule

The programme is designed as a six-day learning experience. The schedule shown above is indicative. Trainers may adapt individual sessions to the group's professional profile, learning needs and previous experience. Professional visits are subject to the availability and safeguarding requirements of the organisations involved. The final programme is shared with participants before travel.

Participation

The course is designed for professionals working in education, training, youth and related support settings. Participants do not need previous specialist knowledge. The programme is based on active participation, professional exchange and reflection on real working contexts.

Safeguarding & case material

Any case material used during the programme is presented in a way that protects privacy and confidentiality. Participants are not given access to identifiable information relating to children, young people or service users.

Indicative final outputs

The exact outputs are adapted to the group and its professional context.

Inclusive VET Action PlanLearner Inclusion ChecklistSkills-to-Employment Pathway MapEmployer Engagement PlanInclusive Career Guidance ToolTransfer Plan for Participants' Organisations

The KMOP approach, in every course.

01

Learn

Structured training with defined learning outcomes, active learning methods and experienced KMOP professionals.

02

Experience

Visits to services, organisations and real working environments. Participants observe practice, meet professionals and explore how social and educational initiatives are implemented.

03

Exchange

Peer learning with professionals and participants from across Europe, combining case-based learning, discussion and reflection.

04

Apply

Participants translate what they have learned into practical tools, action plans and approaches they can use in their own organisations.

Interested in Skills for Everyone?

Join the Inclusive VET Lab in Athens or Brussels. Share your preferred destination, period, professional profile and mobility objectives, and our team will come back to you with the most suitable option.

Dates are flexible and confirmed based on demand — no fees, no commitment at this stage.

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