INADE – Inclusive Network for Adult Development & Empowerment
Preparing today’s adults for tomorrow’s green and digital jobs
INADE is an Erasmus+ project responding to Europe’s agein workforce, skills shortages and rising school drop-out rates. We focus on industrial water management and digital competences, creating learning opportunities that help adults stay active, employable and engaged.
Why INADE?
Across Europe, megatrends such as climate change, migration and digitalisation are reshaping the labour market.
At the same time, an ageing workforce and increasing early school drop-out rates are slowing workforce growth and
exacerbating skill gaps.
llndustrial water management is a critical green sector that urgently needs qualified professionals. INADE was created
to highlight this need and to develop concreter practical solutions through innovative adult learning.
Our Objectives
Raise Awarness
We highlight the urgent need for a skilled workforce in industrial water management, showing how ageing demographics, climate pressures and school drop-outs affect labour-market availability – and why
immediate action is needed.
Unite the right stakeholders
We bring together GreenTech specialists, water management experts, academics and adult education providers to address shared challenges, blend expertise and co-create innovative learning solutions.
Building a flexible European model
We design a flexible, transferable adult learning model that helps communities across Europe respond to an ageing workforce, sectoral skill shortages and growing demand for green and digital competences
Who We Work With
- Adult learners, including older workers and low-skilled adults
- Professionals and technicians in industrial water / wastewater management
- Adult education providers
- Companies and SMEs active in GreenTech and environmental services
- Universities research centres and public bodies involved in workforce development
What INADE Delivers
Analyse tine current limitations and bottlenecks in adult learning and training opportunities. Explore how these challenges can be addressed through a transnational partnership.
Facilitate dialogue and cooperation between companies, experts and education providers to blend knowledge and co-create innovative solutions.
Test and refine a transferable adult learning model that other regions across Europe can adopt.
European Dimension
INADE is designed from the start as a transferable framework. The tools and recommendations developed within the project will enable other European regions to adopt and adapt our model to their own context – particularly in sectors linked to environmental sustainability and digital transformation.
INADE Results
Project Partners
Bochum University
Founded in 1971, the Bochum University of Applied Sciences is amid one of the largest clusters of academic establishments in Europe, with extensive experience in large research projects. It supports the development of teaching skills and methodology in higher education, being appreciated for its green activities/ projects. The Civil Engineering department, has a key role in INADE, sharing its vast know-how in the field of environment/water managemen, directly contributing at our research and MEF.
Tecnoconsulting
The company was funded in 1981 and is specialised in advanced water treatment technologies. Tecnoconsulting has been delivering high-quality solutions designed to minimise environmental impact and improve water sustainability, for worldwide clients from Europe to South Africa and South America. The company has experience in adult education and training, aligning with the growing need for specialized skills in the green economy. Tecnoconsulting is a promoter of educational, cultural, and socio-economic processes, supporting the development of a skilled workforce and contributing to the global Climate Tech movement.
Olpers
Olpers was funded in 2020 by two ambitious partners with the aim to contribute at a leading Eu market in the field of environment-ecology, business creation and research. Olpers is active in the field of environment-waste water, technology transfer and elaboration of various analysis, market studies.
