FLEXITRAIN
Flexible disadvantage compensation trainings for early school leavers in vocational education
Flexitrain | Interreg Danube Region
Flexible learning for young people across the Danube Region
Sometimes life simply happens – and education gets interrupted. FLEXITRAIN is an international initiative connecting 11 partners from 9 countries of the Danube Region, with the goal of reducing early school leaving and supporting young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). The project develops flexible, modular learning tools that help vocational education and training (VET) systems become more inclusive and responsive to real-life circumstances.
Hungary | Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Romania | Austria | Serbia | Slovenia | Slovakia | Ukraine
Partners:
Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development (HU) | DASATO (SK) | Institute for Labour Market Development (HR) | Chamber of Economy of Sarajevo Canton (BA) | Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Covasna County (RO) | ipcenter.at (AT) | Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade (RS) | KOCLJEVINA Prosenjakovci (SI) | Novo mesto School Centre (SI) | Youth Space (UA) | Nyíregyháza Vocational Training Centre (HU)
What we are creating
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A transnational strategy for reducing early school leaving
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A toolkit of flexible, practical learning formats tailored to the needs of young people
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National pilots and testing of FLEXITRAIN tools in practice
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Policy recommendations and support for implementing the results in practice
Project objectives
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Raise awareness among public authorities and stakeholders about the importance of reducing early school leaving and the share of NEET youth aged 15–30.
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Test innovative learning pathways in vocational education using the newly developed FLEXITRAIN toolkit.
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Promote the use of the FLEXITRAIN toolkit in VET centres and among policymakers across the Danube Region.
Join us in co-creating education that adapts to life.
Follow our journey at:
🔗 LinkedIn: FLEXITRAIN – Interreg EU
🌐 Website: interreg-danube.eu/projects/flexitrain
Project budget:
2,419,989 €
Interreg funding:
1,935,991 €
Project duration:
4/2025 – 3/2028
This project is co-funded by the Interreg Danube Region Programme, which is co-financed by the European Union.
This project is co-funded by the Interreg Danube Region Programme, which is co-financed by the European Union.
Benchmarking Meeting
On 20–21 October 2025, the second transnational meeting of FLEXITRAIN project partners took place at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade. The meeting focused on a comparative analysis of existing tools and approaches used to combat early school leaving in vocational education and training. The event was hosted by the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade (PP7 UB FEB).
Kick-off meeting of the FLEXITRAIN project
Between 22 and 23 May 2025, the kick-off meeting of the FLEXITRAIN project took place in Vienna, hosted at the premises of ipcenter.at GmbH. The project is co-funded by the Interreg Danube Programme. The event was organised by the project’s lead partner, ipcenter.at, and was attended by representatives of all partner organisations from various Danube Region countries, both in person and online.