<< Background >>Green insulation contains less harmful ingredients for the environment, contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions, and life cycle costs are much lower compared to traditional insulation materials. However, the mainstream construction sector has not been applying such materials extensively, due to deficiencies in the supply of skills and training among construction workers. These skills deficits are exacerbated by the rapid greening of the construction sector and the advances in techniques and methods, changing skill requirements faster than the education and training systems have been able to respond. At the same time, the shortage of insulation workers with knowledge of green insulation techniques is considered a major obstacle in implementing EU and national strategies (e.g. EU Green Deal) to cut greenhouse gas emissions and address environmental changes. Upskilling construction workers with green insulation skills through work-based learning VET is therefore essential to improve employability and better pay while contributing to meet the current and future demand for green and sustainable solutions in the construction and renovation sector. As a result, the project responds to a) the labour market needs upskilling resources in the domain of sustainable insulation and b) workers essential need to sustain and improve employability and pay by acquiring enhanced access to relevant trainings.The consortium has compiled this project in order to alleviate the skills deficit and equip both the participating VET providers as well as all European VET providers with resources suitable to build relevant VET offerings.<< Objectives >>GRINSCO forms a Cooperation Partnership to improve work-based learning VET, by developing and making available educational resources. Its main objective is to address current and emerging occupational skills needs and to enable VET providers to adapt offerings in novel insulation techniques and boost construction workers’ skills and employability in a rapidly evolving labour market.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES1. Enrich the mapping and document the needs of green insulation skills in the construction sector.2. Design an evidence-based curriculum & training content (i.e. WBL educational resources) on green insulation materials and applications to be embedded into existing formal & non-formal training provision.3. Support VET providers to integrate green insulation techniques into their WBL and apprenticeship offerings through teaching materials and guidelines.4. Foster the recognition and integration of relevant occupational requirements into certification schemes.<< Implementation >>-Analysis of current and future skills and knowledge needs leading to the development of learning outcomes.-Development of a curriculum on green insulation applications.-Creation of corresponding pedagogical materials to be offered as Open Education Resources.-Development, testing, and delivery of Online Training Scenarios on green insulation in construction, promoting innovative and flexible practices in VET.-Sharing of results with multiplier events, inviting target groups to uptake GRINSCO results and to act as further multipliers.<< Results >>The GRINSCO project is expected to have the following results:-Learning outcomes for training provision in green and sustainable insulation applications in construction for current and future construction workers.-Learning units (curriculum structure), trainers’ handbook and VET integration guidelines.-Open Educational Resources for green applications in the construction sector.-GRINSCO Online Training Scenarios & content on green insulation applications in construction for current and future construction workers.-A Certificate Supplement for the integration of green insulation skills into certification schemes.--A position paper to promote green growth within the construction industry and relevant markets.-6 national information days (one in each partnership country) to promote project results and set an open discussion on increasing the quality and effectiveness of VET provision.

CoME EASY - Syncronising European Energy Award (EEA) to CoM and other EU initiatives about energy and climate policies to accompany more and more tuned municipalities in their 2030 performance. To facilitate municipalities in adopting energy and climate EU targets, CoME EASY will provide an open platform with supporting tools and materials for innovative and sustainable planning. The strategic objective of the project is to empower public authorities in planning, implementing and monitoring sustainable energy and climate policies by • optimising geographical and technical synergies and complementarity between the EEA and other methodologies (CoM/adapt, Compact, EIP on SCC, SCIS, E3P, the new CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Sector Forum on SSCC, the ISO standards and other EU projects …) facilitating multiple commitment, stakeholders’ and citizens’ engagement in the decision-making process and benchmarking/monitoring for the EU targets achievement • capitalising partners’ previous experiences in EU and national pilot projects. During the project will be developed and tested for the final roll out with the active participation of “Ambassador” municipalities • new additional tools available on an open platform for a quantitative monitoring, benchmarking and knowledge sharing (emission inventories evaluation & monitoring including long term CO2 and energy reduction paths/scenarios, best practices library, KPIs dashboard compliant with the main EU systems, guidelines & training materials for advisors and municipal staff ) • the harmonized version of the EEA quality management system adapted in terms of process and outputs • a successful methodology for the collaboration with civil society by an integrative stakeholder approach for sustainable policies promotion and interactive definition • an enhanced cooperation among regional/national eea municipalities to harmonise the neighboring plans exploiting common efforts and to align local policies with regional/national strategies.