The European Skills week 2018 contained some extra suspense as the project EBBD+ was nominated as a finalist in the contest Awards for VET Excellence. The European Skills week, and especially the awards highlight good practices and recognise excellence in vocational education and training (VET) all over Europe. This year the highlight of European Vocational Skills Week, the awards ceremony took place during the closing event on 9 November 2018, in Vienna.
Business College Helsinki’s teacher Kaisu Luukka, and the coordinator of international affairs, Marja Saarela were invited by the European Commission to participate in the awards ceremony to represent the project EBBD+. Ms Luukka and Ms Saarela coordinated the three-year project that had partners over Europe: University of Worcester in the United Kingdom, Summa College in the Netherlands, Berufsbildende Schule Wirtschaft 1 Ludwigshafen and Rudolf Rempel Berufskolleg in Germany, Aalborgs Handellskole in Denmark, Andrássy György Catholic Business Academy in Hungary ,The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training EfVET, and the association European Business Baccalaureate Diploma, EBBD e.V..