On March 18-19, 2025 the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City, together with the Joint Innovation Center of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Technical University of Sofia, hosted the second transnational partner meeting (TPM) of INVESTech COVE – Innovation Vocational Excellence in Tech. 40 representatives of 18 organizations, schools, universities, companies and NGOs that are involved in the implementation of this project participated in this meeting.

TPM was held at the International Business School in Bulgaria (IBS). It was focused on improving the results obtained so far under the project, addressing the challenges in its implementation and developing strategies for engaging stakeholders from the participating countries - Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Cyprus and Greece. The establishment of 5 national centres of excellence in vocational training and education (CoVEs) in the ICT sector is underway in these countries. This required that the meeting consider the ways and models for the creation of CoVEs and their linking into a transnational platform for international cooperation and promotion of innovation and the green transition in VET. The already implemented stages of the project implementation by work packages and activities, the events organized so far and the results of the project dissemination were reviewed and reported. The next steps in the implementation of this project were identified and discussed in detail.