DESCRIPTION of the CoVE

WIN4SMEs will establish Centers of vocational excellence in the field of workplace innovation for the benefits of SMEs in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine.

MISSION of the CoVE

The COVE “WIN4SMEs” will significantly boost workplace innovation in SMEs by nurturing a skilled workforce and entrepreneurship, fostering collaborative environments and promoting knowledge transfer. It will bring necessary attention and improvement to this often over-looked but crucial field. 

SMEs, facing significant transitions from technological advancements, globalization, and demographic shifts, must consistently innovate to tackle challenges like

•         growing shortage of skilled workers & young entrepreneurs

•         low participation in VET 

•         skills gap, trainings not aligned with SMEs’ needs

•         low cooperation between universities & lack of SME oriented curricula

•         low internationalization of SMEs & VET providers 

www.WIN4SMEs.eu, with 20 partners from 9 countries and 70 associated organisations, will meet these challenges. It will unite VET providers, higher education institutions, and SME associations that jointly establish CoVEs on “Workplace Innovation” in 7 countries (DE, DK, FI, HU, LT, NL, PL), coordinated by one umbrella CoVE.

• Qualification measures for SMEs in the field of workplace innovation.

• Aims to foster innovation across national borders within the EU.

• Promotion of entrepreneurship

•  Identification and design of collaborative forms of work as well as development and expansion of digitalization 

• Tapping into the potential of diversity equity inclusion, promoting the employment of women 

• Attracting the younger generations to VET

• Workplace innovation training for SME employees and entrepreneurs - 

• Labour market integration and social integration through coaching of refugees