WISE Celebration Day: partners from four countries meet online
On 11 September 2026, representatives of the five WISE partners from Türkiye, Italy, Spain and Romania met online for the project's Celebration Day, hosted by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.
The Erasmus+ KA220-VET project WISE, coordinated by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ), held its “Celebration Day” online on 11 September 2026. The international meeting, chaired by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Evren Erginal, brought together representatives of the five partner organisations from Türkiye, Italy, Spain and Romania. ÇOMÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Ramazan Cüneyt Erenoğlu and project team member Lecturer Dr. Cumali Yaşar also took part. Participants reviewed the current stage of the project and its vision for the coming period.
VR-supported, industry-oriented welding training
WISE aims to strengthen welding skills in vocational education with virtual reality (VR) technologies and to develop innovative, sustainable training content that responds to industry's growing need for a skilled workforce. The planned outputs include VR-based welding training modules, digital learning materials and assessment tools aligned with international vocational standards.
“We are building the vision of vocational education for the future”
Speaking at the event, Rector Prof. Dr. Ramazan Cüneyt Erenoğlu underlined that WISE is a milestone for the university's strategic transformation in vocational education:
“We will first integrate the digital and innovative gains of the WISE project into the curricula of our university's vocational schools. Our aim is to equip our students with the latest technologies before they graduate. In the long term, our strategy is to make ÇOMÜ a pioneer of innovative technologies in vocational education. With the ‘Centre of Excellence in Vocational Education’ we aim to establish and a ‘Living Lab’ approach that brings technology into field practice, we will offer our region and our country an e-transformation model of international standard.”
An education ecosystem strengthened by international cooperation
By bringing together expert organisations from four countries around a shared goal, WISE gives new momentum to ÇOMÜ's internationalisation strategy and to its global networks in educational technology.
Source: ÇOMÜ news, 14 September 2026 (in Turkish). Text: Duygu Karademir Aras · Photo: Ahmet Türker. Quotation translated from Turkish.