About
InCube4CoVEs – Incubation System for the Acceleration & Transformation of CoVEs in Europe is a project funded under the Erasmus+ Forward Looking call (Project Nr. 101259859) which aims to foster an enabling, inclusive, and scalable support environment for vocational excellence in Europe. It will achieve this by designing and institutionalizing a transnational incubation model that supports onboarding, transformation, and maturity progression of CoVEs, enhances policy coherence, embeds sectoral pathways, and promotes systemic innovation and diffusion across EU and regional VET ecosystems.
The InCube4CoVEs partnership brings together a strategic consortium of 11 organisations combining expertise in vocational education and training, CoVE development, as well as sectoral industry engagement and regional development, thus providing the complementary competencies required to design, pilot and institutionalise a scalable incubation model for Centres of Vocational Excellence.
Project Info
- Funding Call: ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-FORWARD
- Duration: 1 March 2026 – 28 February 2029 (36 months)
- Budget: €999,907.50
- Countries: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria
- Coordinator: European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training (EVBB)
Objectives
SO1
Design, pilot and implement a structured onboarding and transformation pathway for emerging CoVEs through the InCube4CoVEs Incubation Hub.
SO2
Map, connect and align existing excellence ecosystems across EU, national and regional levels, enabling shared, multi-level governance and ecosystem coordination.
SO3
Develop and implement transformation, acceleration and capacity-building services to enable CoVEs to evolve and mature.
SO4
Integrate sector-specific excellence pathways in tourism through tailored transformation services and regional CoVE ecosystems.
SO5
Establish and operationalise a sustainable, scalable support structure for CoVEs by establishing the InCube4CoVEs Incubation Hub at EVBB.
SO6
Activate and mainstream the use of EU-level tools and frameworks by integrating them into support services and capacity building.
SO7
Promote innovation diffusion and systemic mainstreaming beyond Erasmus+ by involving external stakeholders, authorities, and non-project actors.
