The XXVI conference Trend: “Innovations in modern education” was held at the Kopaonik mountain, the Republic of Serbia, from February 16 until February 19, 2020. Some findings of the Pro-VET project were presented through the paper “Professional development of vocational teachers – developmental possibilities through projects of capacity building” written by Nataša Papić-Blagojević and Biljana Lungulov.

Pro-VET project was presented at EAPRIL conference by Vitaly Kopnov, Natasha Papic-Blagojevic, Frank de Jong and Eila Burns. The EAPRIL 2019 conference took place in the beautiful city of Tartu, Estonia from November 27 until November 29, 2019.

As we move towards the festive season, I thought it would be good to reflect on our work over the first year. And what a first year it has been. Talk about being busy – phew! After a full week in Novi Sad at our Kickoff meeting the whole Pro-VET team settled down and began to think about the mountain of work in front of us.

Slowly but surely the fog of confusion began to lift as we moved through the months surrounding the next two transnational meetings. Once we had finally created a baseline of understanding of where we were and where we needed to get to, the fun began in earnest. Practical training in designing VOOCs began in Jyväskylä, Finland, continuing in Tver, Russia.