AEVA - Associacao para a Educacao e Valorizacao da Regiao de Aveiro Portugal

Address: Rua Francisco Ferreira Neves, Ap. 567, 3800-510 Aveiro
www.epa.edu.pt, Ana.ribeiro@aeva.eu
tel.: 00351963030685

AEVA (Association for the Education and Valorisation of Aveiro Region) (www.aeva.eu) was founded in 1998 as a nonprofit organisation to meet the needs of local businesses in tackling skills mismatch by bringing education and the working world closer together.

Currently, the association employs 159 qualified professionals and operates within different brands:

  • CITIZENS PROJECTS – the international department of AEVA
  • QUALIFICATION CENTRE – responsible for the RVCC process (Process of Recognition, Validation and Certification of Competences) for the adult population. It is aimed at adults who have many skills, but few or poor qualifications as they have carried out much of their learning outside of the classroom. We take the adult's experiences, identify and value the knowledge that these experiences allowed and, finally, certify these learnings and the ability to put them into practice (competence).
  • CEO –unit for the inclusion of youngsters and adults with special needs, offering personal, educational and professional guidance and tailored solutions
  • SERVIR – a volunteer unit
  • VOUGA FABLAB – local incubator for business development and provision of vocational training with a strong technological component and RD&I.
  • CATEC – a technological camp and RD&I structure to support companies, employment, entrepreneurship and continuous education;
  • QER – a qualification structure on events and catering, offering pedagogical kitchens, bar and restaurant labs, aiming at boosting social enterprising approaches
  • EURODESK Centre – aiming to provide European young citizens with general information on the EU and learning & mobility opportunities;
  • CANAL CENTRAL – regional TV channel which produces and disseminates local programmes with focus on information, education, culture and society;
  • TALENTS PARK – multi-functional space to promote various events and support initiatives from local community and stakeholders
  • EPA – founded in 1992, the Vocational School of Aveiro is the largest private VET school in Portugal with 70 permanent teachers

AEVA-EPA (www.epa.edu.pt) has 3 units in Aveiro Region, located in urban and in industrial transition areas, and offers several IVET, CVET and TVET qualifications targeting per year around 700 learners (14–21 years old), most of them with fewer opportunities, migrant background and dropout history. The learning path is based on learner-centred approaches and principles of inclusive education. In addition, Psychological and Career Guidance services are provided by 12 professionals to all students, learners and educators. Most of the VET programmes offered by AEVA-EPA are based on the national dual system with a strong component of apprenticeship and work-based learning aiming to meet the needs of the labour market and boost employability.

AEVA-EPA is certified by ISO 9001 (Quality), SA 8000 (Social Responsibility) and EQAVET Compliance Seal of the Quality Assurance System in Education and Professional Training. In addition, is one of the Eco-School recognised by the European Blue Flag Association (ABAE), has also the Intercultural School Seal distinguished by the Ministry of Education and Science Education and the High Commission for Migration, and received the Good Practices Seal of Health Psychology and Educational Success from the Portuguese Order of Psychologists. AEVA and AEVA-EPA were distinguished with the 1st place of the 2017 Award “Excellence at the workplace”, as result of a national study on organisational climate and human capital development.