Innovative and Promising Practices in TVET
UNESCO-UNEVOC acts as a clearinghouse for innovative and promising practices in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Each practice shows how TVET can be designed and delivered to address contextual challenges, presents the enabling conditions for success and provides a snapshot of the positive impact on communities. You can search by keyword, region or theme.
Learn more about the three types of practices in our database
Learn more about the three types of practices in our database
Innovation and Learning Practices – 
i-hubs Innovative Practices – i-hubs practices are compiled in collaboration with 'Skills for innovation hubs' project partners and are based on the concept of innovation as outlined in UNESCO-UNEVOC's 
Promising Practices – TVET practices from around the world that have been implemented to address emerging challenges and to contribute to improving TVET teaching and learning in an inclusive way. Country |
Promising/Innovative Practice |  |
Implementing organization | Published | |
 | Kenya | Digitalization and partnership with industry |  | Kenya School of TVET (KSTVET) | 2023 |
 | Finland | Individual Learning Pathways | | Omnia - The Joint Authority of Education in the Espoo Region | 2020 |
 | Switzerland | The Lab Hotel | | Hotelfachschule Thun | 2024 |
 | Germany | H2Skills: training needs in the hydrogen economy | | IHK Lüneburg/Wolfsburg, HWK Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Stade | 2022 |
 | Nigeria | FOCI Skills Academy | | Federation of Construction Industry | 2023 |
 | Namibia | Digitalization readiness in the tourism and hospitality industry | | CiMSO Business Solutions | 2023 |
 | Spain | Construye 2020+: A new boost for green jobs, growth and sustainability | | Fundación Laboral de la Construcción | 2025 |
 | Canada | Content-integrated AI learning in TVET | | College of the North Atlantic | 2025 |
| Germany | Vietnamese talent for Thüringen | | Bildungswerk BAU Hessen-Thüringen e.V. | 2025 |
 | Indonesia | MilleaLab - The all-in-one VR platform for education | | SHINTA VR | 2022 |
 | New Zealand | ConCOVE: Degree apprenticeships in construction and infrastructure | | Tertiary education organizations, workforce development councils, industry associations, Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand Qualification Authority | 2025 |
 | Greece | Training and certification of knowledge and skills in energy saving in the field of construction | | Small Enterprises’ Institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants | 2023 |
 | Ethiopia | Recognition of Prior Learning in the construction sector | | Ministry of Labor and Skills (Curriculum Development and Competency Assessment), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ethiopia and the International Labour Organization (ILO) | 2025 |
 | South Africa | The Innovative Engineering Curricula project | | Durban University of Technology | 2025 |
| Germany | Pool Approach: Tackling skilled labour shortages in Germany’s construction industry | | BAUVERBÄNDE NRW e. V. | 2025 |
 | Slovenia | Munera 3 | | Šolski Center Nova Gorica | 2023 |
 | Ireland | Green training for the hospitality sector | | Fifty Shades Greener | 2023 |
| Germany | NiB-Scout: sustainability in the bakery trade | | Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Nord | 2020 |
 | Cambodia | EcoCampus Project – Green flag for TVET institutions | | École d’Hôtellerie et de Tourisme Paul Dubrule Cambodia | 2023 |
 | Pakistan | Developing the skills of TVET students through immersive learning tools | | NED University and MIMBUS | 2024 |
| Germany | Digi-CVET: Support for broad-based digital skills | | Bildungszentren des Baugewerbes e.V. | 2024 |
 | Zimbabwe | Bridging the social gap through TVET | | Young Africa International | 2023 |
| Germany | Integrating AI into teaching and learning in TVET | | Koblenz Chamber of Skilled Crafts, Germany | 2025 |
 | Norway | FabLab | | Verket FabLab | 2020 |
| Namibia | e-Learning and training – the art of hospitality | | Kambaku Hospitality College (KHC) | 2023 |
| Spain | GreenGrowth: Competencies to face the circular economy challenge in the construction sector | | Fundación Laboral de la Construcción (FLC) | 2024 |
 | Ghana | Women in the Driving Seat tractor operation training | | Agriculture Engineering Services Directorate and the Women in Agriculture Development Directorate under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana | 2021 |
 | Estonia | BuildEst | | Foundation Innove | 2020 |
| Kenya | Makerspace training centre project | | Gearbox Pan African Network & Machine Africa Network of Industries, Kenya | 2021 |
 | Italy | MiniMaster | | Cometa Formazione | 2020 |
 | China | Innovation & Technology Co-creation Centre | | Vocational Training Council | 2021 |
 | France | Bachelor Industry 4.0 | | Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications | 2020 |
| Finland | Skills Centre for Migrants | | Omnia - The Joint Authority of Education in the Espoo Region | 2020 |
| Spain | EXAM 4.0 HUB | | TKNIKA | 2020 |
| Greece | GRÆDUCATION | | Institute for Innovative and Preventative Job Design | 2020 |
| Norway | The Learning Factory | | Fagskolen Innlandet | 2020 |
| Switzerland | Situation-based TVET using Virtual Reality | | Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training | 2020 |
 | Austria | Youth Start Entrepreneurial Challenges | | Initiative for Teaching Entrepreneurship (IFTE) | 2020 |
 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka National Skills Passport Project | | Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission | 2021 |
| Germany | Pro DEENLA Learning Modules | | Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung | 2020 |
 | India | Advancing Vocational Education & Training in India | | Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education | 2021 |
| Spain | Empleando Digital | | Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) and the Spanish Red Cross | 2020 |
| China | Huawei Certification to ICT Programmes | | Shenzhen Polytechnic | 2021 |
 | Sweden | Training with integrated language learning | | Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL) Söderhamn | 2020 |
 | Hungary | Green Wheels | | Centre for Modern Education | 2020 |
 | Malta | Greening for a sustainable environment | | Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) | 2020 |
| Finland | KATE Project | | Otavia | 2020 |
 | Philippines | TESDA Online Programme | | Technical Education and Skills Development Authority | 2021 |
| Spain | ETHAZI Model | | TKNIKA | 2020 |
| Estonia | Entrepreneurship Education | | Foundation Innove | 2020 |
 | Thailand | Adaptation and Integration of ASEAN In-Company Trainer Standard | | Thailand Professional Qualification Institute | 2021 |
| South Africa | DHET partnership with CISCO for aligning TVET with 4IR developments | | Department of Higher Education and Training, South Africa | 2021 |
| Kenya | Kenya Education for Employment Program - KEFEP-02 | | Sigalagala National Polytechnic | 2021 |
 | Singapore | Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiatives | | Temasek Polytechnic | 2021 |
 | Benin | Bridging Benin’s skills gap: partnerships with private enterprises in agricultural TVET delivery | | National Consultation Framework for the Promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training | 2021 |
| Switzerland | Digital competencies for the labour market | | Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training | 2020 |
| Germany | Certified GoGreen Specialist | | Deutsche Post DHL Group | 2020 |
 | Australia | Learning by your doing: How Tourism Training Australia is creating flexible learning pathways in TVET through micro-credentials | | Tourism Training Australia | 2024 |
 | Portugal | LearnIT | | Vocational Training Centre of the Metal Industry (CENFIM) | 2020 |
 | Cabo Verde | GAIA collaborative platform for professional training | | Cape Verde Competence Center | 2021 |
| Spain | Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 Lab | | Miguel Altuna | 2020 |
 | Botswana | TVET Pitso Forum | | Human Resource Development Council of Botswana | 2021 |
| Germany | FOENAKO | | Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße (BKaL) | 2020 |
 | Viet Nam | Reform of TVET in Viet Nam | | College of Machinery and Irrigation | 2021 |
| Philippines | Developing successful entrepreneurs |  | TESDA Women's Centre (TWC) | 2020 |
 | Seychelles | An innovation pipeline | | Seychelles Institute of Technology (SIT) | 2020 |
| Germany | Changing perceptions of TVET professions | | Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße (BKaL) | 2020 |
| Kenya | The Innovation Awards | | Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (RVTTI) | 2020 |
| Nigeria | Preparing learners for real-world problems | | Yaba College of Technology (YCT) | 2020 |
| China | Innovation in higher TVET | | Shenzhen Polytechnic | 2020 |
 | Grenada | Assessment of prior learning programme for vulnerable youth |  | National Training Agency | 2023 |
| Canada | Virtu-WIL | | Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) | 2024 |
 | Maldives | Skills for a resilient workforce programme | | Maldives Polytechnic | 2023 |
 | Poland | Training students for the wind energy workforce | | Maritime School Complex in Darlowo | 2024 |
 | United Arab Emirates | Integrating professional certificates in TVET provision | | Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Abu Dhabi’s Applied Technology Schools (ATS) | 2026 |
| Cambodia | Gamified upskilling platform | | Velocity Arcademy | 2022 |
 | Ukraine | Development of female entrepreneurship | | iHUB | 2020 |
| Spain | Entrepreneurial culture: Ikasenpresa | | Basque Centre of Research and Applied Innovation in VET (TKNIKA) | 2019 |
| South Africa | The Workplace-based Experience Programme | | Swiss South African Cooperation Initiative (SSACI) | 2017 |
 | International / Multiple | EUCLASS Alliance: Bridging European Union (EU) Premios Transferencia de Conocimiento de la Formación Profesional | | ENAC ETS in Italy, together with eurocultura and the University of Trento, Luovi Vocational College (Finland), Kuressaare Ametikool (Estonia), Firda Vocational School (Netherlands), San Viator vocational school (Spain), AKMI International (Greece) | 2026 |
 | Brazil | Developing innovative solutions to community problems | | Campos dos Goytacazes Innovation Hub | 2019 |
| Viet Nam | Digital Change Expert | | Hessian Institute for Continuing Vocational Education and Training (HLfT) | 2024 |
 | Barbados | Blended learning in TVET courses | | Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) | 2023 |
| India | Qualification of vocational training specialists in energy-efficient building automation | | Hessian Institute for Continuing Vocational Education and Training (HLfT) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) | 2024 |
 | Chile | Portal Todo TP | | Duoc UC | 2023 |
 | Rwanda | Soft Skills and Career Development (SCAD) | | Rwanda Polytechnic | 2026 |
| Germany | Recognition in Germany | | Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) | 2019 |
 | United States of America | Interfaith Community Forum | | Hudson Valley Community College | 2024 |
| Australia | The Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors Programme | | The Government of Australia | 2017 |
| Poland | AI for Youth | | Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre (PSNC) | 2024 |
 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The use of augmented reality in offender learning | | Shrewsbury Colleges Group | 2024 |
| Cambodia | Basic Education Equivalency Programme (BEEP) | | The Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) | 2026 |
 | Lithuania | Digitization of training content and development of hybrid training in VET (HYBVET) | | Vilnius Technology and Engineering Training Centre | 2024 |
| United Arab Emirates | Institutional Performance Framework and Management | | Higher Colleges of Technology | 2023 |
 | Paraguay | Self-sufficient schools: turning learning into earning and saving | | Fundación Paraguaya | 2017 |
 | Brunei Darussalam | TVET Academy for teachers and trainers | | Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE) | 2023 |
| International / Multiple | SELFIE for work-based learning | | The European Commission | 2024 |
| Italy | Liceo del Lavoro | | La Cometa Società Cooperativa Sociale (Cometa) | 2024 |
| China | The TVET Industry Centre | | Shaanxi Polytechnic Institute (SXPI) | 2023 |
| Chile | Institutional policy for diversity and inclusion | | Instituto Profesional INACAP | 2023 |
 | Saudi Arabia | Revising TVET curricula towards environmental sustainability | | Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) | 2026 |
| Viet Nam | Providing demand-driven skills training to disadvantaged youth | | REACH | 2017 |
| France | Internships for students with physical disabilities and fewer educational opportunities | | Rompsay Vocational School in La Rochelle | 2024 |
 | Tanzania, United Republic of | Inclusion of young women in TVET and the labour market | | Arusha Technical College (ATC) | 2023 |
| Spain | EmpleaFP: An employment platform | | Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional with CaixaBank Dualiza | 2026 |
| Malta | Research expo in a 3D virtual campus environment | | Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) | 2022 |
| Canada | Leading organizational transitions during COVID-19 and beyond | | Niagara College | 2021 |
 | Malaysia | The Digital TVET Learning Platform | | University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) | 2021 |
| Poland | Promoting the use of recycled materials in robotics and electronics | | Technical and General Education School Complex No. 3, named after Edward Abramowski in Katowice | 2024 |
| United Arab Emirates | The TVET Database | | Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET) | 2024 |
| Kenya | Entrepreneurial mentorship programme for TVET students | | Embu College of Professional Studies | 2023 |
 | Peru | Centres of Excellence between SENATI and Industry | | National Training Service of Industrial Work (SENATI) | 2023 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | Assistive technologies for TVET students and employees with disabilities | | The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus | 2021 |
 | Burundi | Ideas Cube offline server and digital learning kit | | Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (BSF)/Libraries Without Borders | 2022 |
| International / Multiple | Future Teacher Kit: Utilizing low-tech solutions | | UNESCO together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) | 2026 |
| China | Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development Toolkit | | The Education University of Hong Kong | 2026 |
 | Bangladesh | Supporting sustainability in the textile sector | | Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) | 2026 |
 | Serbia | Updating a technical vocational school to meet new skills needs | | Technical School Vlasotince | 2026 |
| Canada | Creating OER Champions for Colleges in Ontario | | eCampusOntario | 2024 |
| Poland | Universal Design Principles in Digital Learning for students with disabilities (SUCCESS) | | Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre (PSNC) | 2024 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Enhance Digital Teaching Platform | | Education and Training Foundation | 2022 |
 | Kiribati | Employment Support Services (ESS) | | Kiribati Institute of Technology | 2026 |
| United Arab Emirates | Learning from Afar | | Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET) | 2021 |
| Brazil | Mapping system response to the COVID-19 pandemic | | National Council of the Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific, and Technological Education Institutions (CONIF) | 2021 |
| Nigeria | Yaba Green Challenge | | Yaba College of Technology (YCT) | 2023 |
| India | Green Skill for Waste to Wealth | | Govt. Industrial Training Institute Berhampur | 2024 |
| Chile | Strengthening institutional capacities for innovation, entrepreneurship and technology transfer | | Instituto Profesional INACAP | 2023 |
 | Netherlands, Kingdom of the | The FlexScan | | Centre for Innovation of Education and Training (CINOP) | 2024 |
| Spain | Vocational Education and Training Knowledge Transfer Awards for Women | | Asociación de Centros de Formación Profesional with Esprinet Group | 2026 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | “Smart Class” for more effective teaching and learning | | Cayon High School | 2023 |
| United States of America | MATC Open Access Initiative | | Milwaukee Area Technical College | 2025 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The Resilience Leader Programme | | Empower Education | 2024 |
| India | Empowering rural women through ICT in TVET | | AMMACHI Labs, Amrita University | 2017 |
| Malta | Promoting active citizenship in TVET institutions | | Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) | 2022 |
| Canada | FADIO: promoting distance education | | Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles and 17 other institutions | 2020 |
 | Malawi | Preparing Malawian farmers for post-COVID-19 recovery | | Mikolongwe Vocational School (MVS) | 2021 |
| Finland | Work-based learning and skills demonstrations during COVID-19 | | Omnia Education Partnerships (OEP) | 2021 |
| Poland | Huawei ICT Academy at ZSL | | Zespol Szkol Lacznosci (ZSL) | 2023 |
| United Arab Emirates | Paramedic virtual simulation lab | | Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET), Fatima College of Health Sciences | 2024 |
| Peru | Transforming lives through code training | | Laboratoria | 2017 |
 | North Macedonia | Pioneering Virtual Reality Technology in VET | | Bogdanci Vocational Secondary School | 2026 |
| South Africa | PSET CLOUD | | JET Education Services | 2023 |
 | Bulgaria | Hack TUES | | TUES Alumni Association (AATUES) | 2023 |
| Singapore | GenAI training for TVET teachers and trainers | | Temasek Polytechnic | 2026 |
| International / Multiple | MYSEA – Mediterranean Youth, NEETs and Women advancing Skills, Employment and Awareness in the blue and green economy | | CIES Onlus, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Eurotraining, LDN, UTSS, Jordan University of Science and Technology | 2024 |
 | Jamaica | Mobile Learning and Assessment Services | | HEART/NSTA Trust | 2021 |
| China | Incorporating Global Citizenship Education into TVET | | Shaanxi Polytechnic University | 2026 |
| Indonesia | Training TVET instructors on the creation and delivery of online learning | | ILO’s Women in STEM Workforce Readiness and Development Programme | 2022 |
 | Nicaragua | INNOVATEC – National session of innovation and technology | | National Institute of Technology (INATEC) | 2023 |
| Serbia | Building a Centre of Vocational Excellence | | Svilajnac Vocational Secondary School together with the Serbian Office for Dual Education and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Svilajnac municipality. | 2026 |
 | Georgia | Learning practical skills through hands-on experience in robotic and drone technologies | | LEPL College “Iberia” | 2024 |
 | Republic of Korea | Open educational resources for adult learners | | Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) | 2021 |
| United States of America | Electric vehicle train-the-trainer programme | | Hudson Valley Community College | 2024 |
| Chile | More Women in ICT | | Duoc UC | 2021 |
*Disclaimer: UNESCO-UNEVOC is not responsible for the management or implementation of any of the practices included in this database.
