APSU is a partner of the European project VET-ECOoking, which will be implemented from 2021 to 2023. The partnership counts with five partners from Germany, Austria, Greece and Portugal.

This project aims at:

- creating a training module on “Sustainable Cooking” for VET students in the field of cooking;

- developing hard and soft skills of VET students to prepare sustainable, high-quality gastronomy and raise awareness for the importance of fighting climate change;

- better preparing the VET students to address the challenges at the workplace, with a focus on the greener dietary options;

- increasing the notoriety of VET in the field of cooking;

- using cooking as a departure point to raise awareness for the sustainable development goals. 

Project results:

- 4 National and 1 Global report: “State of the Art and Good Practices concerning Sustainable Cooking” (available in 4 languages);

- 1 VET module on Sustainable Cooking to be integrated into VET courses of Gastronomy (available in 4 languages);

- 1 Training platform with the contents and the resources of the module (available in 4 languages);

- 1 Final publication: “Promoting Sustainable Cooking to fight for a better World” (available in 4 languages).

The project will produce the following main results:

- Publication of 4 National and 1 Global report on: “State of the Art and Good Practices concerning Sustainable Cooking”;
- Creation of 1 VET module on Sustainable Cooking to be integrated into VET courses of Gastronomy (available in 4 languages);
- Creation of a training platform with the contents and the resources of the module; and
- A final publication on: “Promoting Sustainable Cooking to fight for a better World”

Download the flyer of the project here.

1 Newsletter (EN) - download here.

Acronym VET-ECOoking
Title Module for VET Degrees on Gastronomy on “Sustainable Cooking”
Program Erasmus+
Key action Module for VET Degrees on Gastronomy on “Sustainable Cooking”
Reference 2021-1-DE02-KA220-VET-000028091
Status Ongoing
Start date 01-11-2021
End date
01-11-2023
Partners Coordinator: low-tec gemeinnützige Arbeitsmarktförderungsgesellschaft Düren mbH (Germany)

Die Berater Unternehmensberatungs Gesellschaft mbH (Austria)

EUROTRAINING EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION (Greek)

CEPROF – Centros Escolares De Ensino Profissional Lda (Portugal)

APSU – Associação Portuguesa De Start-ups (Portugal)

Website  https://vet-ecooking.eu/