WATECO
Skill development for green jobs – Capacity building – Knowledge transfer – Sustainable Development Goals
What is WATECO?
WATECO stands for WATer & ECOlogy, two significant elements of the environmental framework, and was developed as a European cooperation project between Italy and Germany, focusing on the training component.
WATECO results
Digital Tools
In the form of a short video with equipment used in industrial water treatment, designed from the perspective of VET/environment current needs
HUB – Network
To improve the way VET engages with partners through networking, but also to transit EU values of education on digital platforms.
Seminars
To improve the way VET engages with partners through networking, but also to transit EU values of education on digital platforms.
General Context
The training component is a critical enabler, ensuring that individuals, organisations and comunities have the skills and knowledge necessary to address environmental challenges and adopt sustainable practices.
Hosting another insightful meetup and discussion, the panel explored the intersection of biodiversity preservation and the clean energy transition—two crucial challenges that require urgent and collaborative solutions.
The program will provide the selected startups with timely training, expert advice, network support, and potential funding to allow them to thrive
Project Partners
BEW
BEW provides competent and up-to-date training, including blended online courses in an optimal learning environment with a very well developed infrastructure in Essen and Duisburg.
Tecnoconsulting
The company was funded in 1981 and is specialised in advanced water treatment technologies. Tecnoconsulting has been delivering high-quality solutions designed to minimise environmental impact and improve water sustainability, for worldwide clients from Europe to South Africa and South America. The company has experience in adult education and training, aligning with the growing need for specialized skills in the green economy. Tecnoconsulting is a promoter of educational, cultural, and socio-economic processes, supporting the development of a skilled workforce and contributing to the global Climate Tech movement.
Olpers
Olpers was funded in 2020 by two ambitious partners with the aim to contribute at a leading Eu market in the field of environment-ecology, business creation and research. Olpers is active in the field of environment-waste water, technology transfer and elaboration of various analysis, market studies.