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