EPCA provides numerous initiatives to ensure recruitment in the chemical industry
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Educational initiatives with EPCA involvement
EPCA is actively involved as a partner in a number of initiatives for the education of young people in the fields of chemistry and natural sciences.
inGenious aims to promote the interest of young Europeans in the natural sciences and improve the link between education and practice. One of the initiative’s projects is XPERIMANIA V called “TALK2US”, that EPCA and the Association of Petrochemicals Producers in Europe (APPE) have developed jointly. From October 2012 to May 2013, the two associations are organizing several online chat sessions with European schools. These sessions will enable school students from all over Europe to find out more about the importance of petrochemicals in everyday life, their sustainable development and career opportunities within the chemical industry.
EPCA has renewed its successful partnership with European Schoolnet (EUN) for a further three years. Back in 2011 EUN and EPCA jointly developed tuition guidelines aimed at helping teachers to integrate specific applications from the discipline into the school curriculum. The guidelines provide young people with illustrations of chemical processes and will be available in 12 countries and in 10 languages over the next couple of years.
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