International collaborations
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GLOBE - Global Learning Opportunities in Borderless Education
The aim of the project, which is well integrated in Fagskolen Viken's strategy for 2025-2028, is to develop and offer relevant international educational programs in collaboration with international institutions that share our goals.
Work and society are changing fast, driven by climate change and new technology. To keep up, vocational colleges must adapt—yet access to skilled teachers and up-to-date expertise is a growing challenge.
This project answers that challenge through international collaboration. By joining forces with partner institutions abroad, Fagskolen Viken will co-create study programs, share specialist knowledge, and open new opportunities for students and staff.
The result: stronger competence, greater relevance, and education that truly meets the needs of tomorrow’s labor market.
This project is currently ongoing. Project period 2025 - 2028.
Read more about the GLOBE project here
DIRTT - Developing Intereuropean Resources for Trailbuilding Training (2019 - ongoing)
As outdoor recreation grows and societies pursue greener, more sustainable lifestyles, trail networks have become essential infrastructure for health, tourism, and climate-friendly mobility. Yet the European trail building sector still lacks recognised standards, education pathways, and well-established sustainability principles.
The DIRTT project addresses these gaps by developing professional skills and supporting Europe’s green transition. Bringing together 13 partners across eight countries – spanning vocational schools, universities, NGOs, and industry – DIRTT is a truly pan-European collaboration. Led by Fagskolen Viken and funded through the Erasmus+ programme, the initiative is now entering its third three-year phase, having already achieved major milestones such as the launch of Europe’s first dedicated trail building education and a continent-wide certification system. The current phase is expanding access to quality-assured training through innovative online learning and close international cooperation between vocational schools.
Read about the DIRTT projects here
Tourism, Local Food, and Sustainability
The project involved bringing together industry partners who could contribute on multiple levels, such as:
• Mobility for students and staff
• Regional collaboration for local tourism and associated industries to learn from one another and co-develop ventures
• Professional strengthening of our teaching and sharing abilities
• A consistent focus on sustainability
The Danish island Bornholm met our criteria and we began exploring collaboration. The project's funding allowed us to establish local partners and start the project. Bornholm and Geilo in Hallingdal are characterized by business clusters based on tourism, hospitality, local food, and nature. We aimed to set up a cluster of partners and a learning arena to fulfill our learning needs.
Connecting closely with local businesses was essential. Bornholm has successfully integrated collaboration with the local community, from breweries to hotels, catering firms to museums, local festivals to schools.
Read about Project Report Tourism, local food and sustainability
TEFFIC – Transforming Educational programs For Future Industry 4.0 Capabilities
This project aims at identifying and addressing the gaps in skills between industry needs and the future competences of engineers and technicians focused on the emerging domain of Industry 4.0. The project addresses the identified needs and challenges through the development of an overall ‘Educational Framework’, which is the core output of the project. The Educational Framework should be regarded as a ‘toolbox’ for educators within the domain of Industry 4.0. The aim of the Educational Framework is to support the educational activities and decision making at each of the partnering institutions, addressing and minimising the gaps in skills and competences between industry needs and the educational capabilities.
Read about the TEFFIC project here
NetKom - Netzkompetenz für eine digitalisierte Arbeitswelt 4.0 v.2
The digitization of the world of work, especially in the context of Industry 4.0 and a new digital learning culture, requires learners to have expanded skills. In addition to specific professional core competencies, skilled workers must also have broad, interdisciplinary competencies to successfully face the changes in industrial production and in society. This implies correspondingly professional teachers who prepare young people as best as possible in the context of training and further education for the professional requirements. There are challenges for the teachers, on the one hand to understand the dynamic development of the technologies for themselves and on the other hand to establish suitable learning implementation concepts in the courses.
For this reason, the strategic partnership from five European countries (Norway, Germany, Lithuania, Austria, and Portugal) has set itself the common goal of developing new approaches to the professionalization of teachers in European vocational education and training in the context of Industry 4.0 to try out.
Read about the Netkom project here
DigiDemo - Digitizing products – Creating demonstrators for Future Education
DigiDemo is a European collaborative project aiming at developing pedagogic demonstrators to train engineering students in designing, developing and commercialising connected products considering ecological requirements. By this, DigiDemo contributes to the competitiveness of European industry and to the requirements of European sustainability goals such as the European Green Deal.
A total of 20 demonstrators will be created marrying mechatronics and IoT topics. Demonstrators will respond to different levels of complexity and address students at different levels of their studies.
Read about the digidemo project here
BlendVet - Blended learning in vocational eduction and training
The project aims to develop knowledge and competence through good practice and examples of blended learning. Blended learning combines digital education activities with physical face-to-face education activities to provide students with the best possible learning outcome. Through the project we as partners share knowledge and increase our competence, to the benefit of our students.