We launched the project “EU Water Challenge VET Labs”, the result of internationalizing the MetropolisFPLAb. The project is a pilot test, the main objective of the EU Water Challenge VET Labs project will be to establish the first international VET awards for European VET students. It will respond to a single social challenge: identifying innovative nature-based solutions to mitigate the effects of floods and improve water retention within an imaginary European city, called “Methropolis”.
The company that will present the challenge will be Veolia, represented by the Barcelona School of Water during the project.
In reality, the imaginary city of ‘Metròpolis’ is invented and developed by the company and includes a series of common/combined characteristics of a typical city in Denmark, Belgium and Spain so that it will emulate the different contexts in a single city.
This competence will be based on the use of the challenge-based learning approach (CBL) and other open innovation methodologies applied to EFP to learn to solve real-world challenges, while obtaining deeper knowledge and skills needed to thrive in a changing world.
The project coordinators and partners will be:
BCN Professional Foundation (Barcelona, ES)
Project partners:
-Mercantec (Viborg, DK)
– From Wijnpers (Louvain, BE)
-INS Esteve Tarrades (Barcelona, ES)
– Barcelona Water School, as a representative of Veolia.
