P4 Skilled and socially inclusive region
4.2. More aligned vocational education and training (VET) programmes in the Central Baltic region
Central Baltic
01.03.2020 - 30.11.2022
€517 404
€411 212
According to the Finnish National Agency in the 2019 Education report, knowledge about sustainability principles is by far the most important generic competence employees need to acquire in the future. The countries across the Central Baltic region such as Finland, Latvia and Estonia are all committed to the UN sustainable and EUSBSR strategic goals.
In order to provide future employees in this region with the possibility to acquire knowledge about sustainability principles, the Sustainability in Finance (SuFi) project is developing a vocational education and training (VET) open online module about Sustainability in Finance (15 ECTS).
The project activities involve testing, piloting and developing a survey about the competence needed in the financial sector. Students, lecturers, associated partners, stakeholders, and project partners will engage in meetings, workshops and on an ideation e-platform (Stormboard) in order to produce the online module. The module will be then tested and piloted on Moodle and made available via an open educational platform.
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
Country: FI
www.haaga-helia.fi/en/frontpage
Partner budget: 199.609 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 149.707 EUR ERDF
Profesionālās izglītības kompetences centrs "Liepājas Valsts tehnikums"
Country: LV
Partner budget: 79.800 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 67.830 EUR ERDF
Tartu Kutsehariduskeskus
Country: EE
Partner budget: 58.240 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 49.504 EUR ERDF
Latvijas Universitāte
Country: LV
Partner budget: 50.000 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 42.500 EUR ERDF
Tartu Ülikool
Country: EE
Partner budget: 43.547 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 37.015 EUR ERDF
Högskolan på Åland
Country: FI
Partner budget: 86.209 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 64.656 EUR ERDF
Ålandsbanken Abp
Country: FI
Finanšu nozares asociācija
Country: LV
Finanssiala
Country: FI
Expected results
The SuFi module will be tested, piloted and developed jointly by all partner institutions (6). Vocational education and training center "Liepajas State Technical school" will integrate the developed module into following programs of respective level: financial manager, accountant, commercial manager. Tartu VEC will integrade the module in business management specialist. At Åland University of Applied Sciences the module will be integrated into the Study Programme for Business Administration. At Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences the Sustainability in Finance module will be integrated into the Degree Program in Business and the Degree Programme in Finance and Economics as part of the Bachelor of Business Administration Programme.
Speficic deliverables of activites linked to the programme result indicator is recited:
D.T1.1.1 Sustainability in Finance Competence survey
D.T1.3.2 Ideation process plan on Stormboard (N=100)
D.T2.1.1 The Study Guide (curriculum) of Sustainability in Finance module (including the criteria for Sustainability in Finance online module (15 ects)
D.T2.1.2 Results of survey (future sustainability in finance competence needs) (N=200)
D.T2.2.1 Sustainability in Finance online module in Moodle
D.T2.3.1 Analysis of feedback from students and teachers participating in Sustainability in Finance module
D.T2.3.2 Amount of students participating in module
2 x 10 groups (80 students) from each vocational partner institution (4) will participate in the activities and development work together with 2-3 teachers from each vocational partner institution (4) will participate in the activities and development work together with 2-3 teachers from each institution (at least 12 teachers).
Internet presence
Other media visibility
SuFi course ideation continued in 2nd workshop (blog 2021)
Road to twenty-first-century economics (2021)
Sustainability in Finance Course ideation in progress (2021)
SuFi project consortium is starting to elaborate an open online finance module’s framework (2020)
Vastuullisen sijoittamisen opintokokonaisuus vie kohti kestävämpää rahoitusalaa (2020)