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.

2 Newsletter (EN) - download here.

3 Newsletter (EN) - download here.

4 Newsletter (EN) - download here.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them

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
01-11-2024
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/