AVENUE - Audiovisual Education and Training Network for European Vocational Excellence

AVENUE aims to support the development of a qualified and cutting-edge workforce in the European Visual Creation Industry through the creation of 5 National Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in the fields of Animation, Video Games, VFX, Visual Storytelling and XR.

• AVENUE is just one of the 16 projects selected from 119 elegible applications
• Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) call for proposals are part of the most competitive financing schemes of the European Commission where only the best projects are selected
• The managing body of this call for proposals is European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

Objectives

• Establish a European platform of vocational excellence in the creative visual industries between the project's 5 National Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) for collaboration, knowledge sharing, networking and mobility
• Explore and generate new agile training formats and develop micro-credentials in creative visual skills for novice, current and future professionals in the sector

Project Coordinator

VIA University College - The Animation Workshop (Denmark)

Partners

• 18 fully-fledged partners and 4 associated partners for the entire AVENUE project
• Higher Education Partners for the AVENUE project: Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Institute of Design, Art and Technology (Ireland) et Breda University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands)
• Partners specific to the Video Game CoVE: Ubisoft (Industry Partner), Pôle Image Magelis (Ecosystem Driver), Cnam-Enjmin (Training Partner) et BoCAJ (Associated Partner)