Project ID: 2024-2-EL01-KA210-VET-000278249

The Erasmus+ project InkScape Innovators explores the power of comics and manga as creative tools to promote green skills and sustainability awareness in Vocational Education and Training (VET). With partners from Greece, Portugal, and Turkey, the project empowers VET students to use storytelling and illustration to rethink their vocational fields — from agriculture to design — through the lens of environmental responsibility.

Coordinated by EEPEK (Scientific Association for the Promotion of Educational Innovation) and supported by partners ComMedi (Greece), Kerigma (Portugal), and a Turkish VET school, the project aims to produce 12 original digital comics, co-created by students aged 15–25. The initiative combines digital literacy, creativity, and climate education in an engaging and student-centered way.

🟢 Kick-off Meeting & 1st Educator Workshop in Larissa

The project officially began in Larissa with a two-day transnational partner meeting, where organizations worked together to define the roadmap, clarify responsibilities, and align their shared vision for sustainable VET education through comics.

Immediately following, a three-day intensive training workshop for educators was implemented with the support of ComMedi, which took a leading role in developing and delivering the creative training. Educators from all three countries explored:

• Fundamentals of visual storytelling and comic structure,
  
  

• Methods to reimagine scenes from literature with green, vocationally relevant solutions,
  
  

• Techniques for guiding students in combining sustainability content with creative expression,
  
  

• Practical use of digital comic tools and inclusive pedagogical approaches.
  
  

The workshop culminated in the co-design of draft lesson modules, storyboarding exercises, and educator reflection circles, setting the stage for the next phase: in-class co-creation with students.