CoVE SEED is an EU-funded ERASMUS+ project aiming at developing regional centres of vocational excellence (CoVE) on sustainable energy education. In the project, collaborative design practices (codesign) were employed to engage partners and regional stakeholders in the development of regional strategies, development plans and
learning programs. Throughout the project, the partners adopted codesign practices by collaborating with a design researcher from [removed for anonymisation]. This expert article describes how codesign became a practice for the CoVE SEED partners. This article explores how the partners developed design ability and how codesign methods facilitated the development of regional strategies, development plans and learning programs.
