New competences for new business management models in metal sector. Training itinerary on shared responsibility competences for metal workers. Erasmus Project

Project Title

New competences for new business management models in metal sector. Training itinerary on shared responsibility competences for metal workers.

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

The metal sector is in a new socioeconomic reality that needs of the adaptation of companies and workers. It is all about the new scenario of compromise with the future that, facing the reality of the global market, stands up for the innovation and internationalization of its economic network as main competitive strategy. This is why the evolution of our sector should not be limited to the technological sphere or the product, instead it should move ahead in the progressive adoption of new models of management whre training is the key.

This sector, which is highly competitive, needs of constant growth on the basis of smart specialization, and this is also the engine of a new model of economic development. The European 2020 Strategy is the response to the structural weaknesses that the crisis has shown in a European economy that has to face big challenges. Europe 2020 means in that sense, an initiative conceived to become reinforced through new formulas that foster the development of an economy based on knowledge and innovation.

Taking as starting point that our greatest advantage is on people, with this project we stand for addressing the need of implementing gradually a new model of company through the formation of workers (present and future) without forgetting the connection between company and training, placing people as the real centre of the organization, fostering personal and professional development in a new context of qualifications and constant training, already described by Cedefop in its document “Professional learning in small and medium companies”.

Knowledge and talent of workers is becoming an increasingly relevant issue in competitiveness. Collective competences of workers are the main value of the company, so management according to innovative models will gain a crucial role in the success of organizations. The level of qualification will be determinant to access and maintain a job.

The new model of business that our sector aims at, needs of organizations that overcome the traditional hierarchy so as to give importance to dimensions like self-management or collective intelligence as tools of crucial importance in the current environment. Actually, the new Agenda of Capabilities for Europe already points out the intention of the Commission to revise during this year the frame of key competences. It is about creating a common vision of the key competences and foster its introduction in the study and formation plans, which is completely in line with the implementation and consolidation of competences associated to shared responsibility models in organizations.

To respond to this need for workers and companies, we have developed the Share Training course on management models in the metal company and the Guide to gamified Share activities aimed at developing the skills and competencies of training participants.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 189157 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundación Formetal & Country: ES

Project Partners

• MEDIA CREATIVA 2020, S.L.
• VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS
• FUNDACJA “MALOPOLSKA IZBA SAMORZADOWA”
• GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT LTD
• Confindustria Veneto SIAV S.p.A.
• XXI INVESLAN, S.L.