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GREECE
InTraRed project
www.intrared.eu/en/about
After years of economic and political crisis, resilient economic growth has returned to Europe,
unemployment is falling, and Europe is ready to set the foundations for its future. Small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs are crucial for identifying new avenues to
more sustainable and inclusive growth because of their twin roles in creating and diffusing
innovation and providing employment.
VET providers are the key educational bridge between education and SMEs, and the InTraRed
project focus on building robust and sustainable learning partnerships between both sectors in
pursuit of excellence in innovation management. VET providers are best placed to develop and
implement the bespoke resources necessary to support this rapidly developing area.
The InTraRed project looks at building the innovation management of SMEs through active
engagement with VET professionals. VET providers are the key educational bridge between SMEs
and education. There is often a fragmentation in the innovation management process within
companies and the onus is on VET providers as key education stakeholders to address it. In response
to this fragmentation, the InTraRed project develops and provides:
- a blended innovation management curriculum for SMEs that recognises the time and human
resources available within SMEs
- an in-service training programme for VET professionals to support them in delivering the new
curriculum resources and coaching SMEs through the innovation management process.
- an observatory of best practice to understand the meaning of innovation and disruption, and
learn about what kind of people lead innovation in today’s business world across each partner
country
- a dynamic online platform that facilitates mobile, on-demand learning and a thought-
provoking policy paper on the theme of innovation in the age of disruption informed by the
project's implementation activities.

Corporate Pact for the Development Framework (CPDF)
www.espa.gr/el/Pages/ProclamationsFS.aspx?item=5269
The CPDF, through the operational programme "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and
Innovation", funds training and certification programmes for employees of various industries to
acquire new specialised and horizontal knowledge and skills. The programmes are implemented by
professional and industry bodies.
Training invitations are addressed to the beneficiaries/employees so they can participate in the
training programmes. In its website are published invitations sent by the professional/sectoral
bodies.

Vocational Training Institutes of OAED
www.oaed.gr
OAED – Manpower Employment Organisation – is the Greek Public Employment Service. It operates
30 VET institutes throughout Greece, with 35 modern specialties attended by 2800 students.
The institutes of OAED are supervised by the General Secretariat of Lifelong Learning of the Ministry
of Education and Religions and provide the trainees with initial vocational training.

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