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