Increasing the labour market relevance of VET provision and reducing skills mismatches and shortages in the new booming “Sharing Economy” sector Erasmus Project

Project Title

Increasing the labour market relevance of VET provision and reducing skills mismatches and shortages in the new booming “Sharing Economy” sector

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

Project Summary

The aim of the project was to increase the degree of matching of provided vocational education and training systems to the needs of the labor market and to reduce skills shortages and skills mismatches within the new, dynamically developing sector of the sharing economy.
The goal was achieved by developing an e-learning tool (webinar) for service providers and goods in the sharing economy sector, to enable them to improve their knowledge and improve their skills and competences.
The partnership included the following organizations:
• LOWER SILESIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY S.A. as the Partnership Leader (POLAND) – business environment institution
• EEO Group S.A. (GREECE) – business environment institution
• ENJOY ITALY DI ALESSANDRO GARIANO (ITALY) – – business environment institution
• INOVA + / INOVAMAIS – SERVICOS DE CONSULTADORIA EM INOVACAO TECNOLOGICA S.A. (PORTUGAL) – business environment institution
• AKMI Anonymous Educational Organization. (GREECE) – an educational institution
• CENTRUM FUR INNOVATION UND TECHNOLOGIE GMBH (GERMANY) – business environment institution
• IDP SAS DI GIANCARLO COSTANTINO (ITALIAN DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS) (ITALY) – business environment institution
As part of the project, four intellectual results were developed:
1. Report on the penetration of the economy of sharing economy
The aim of the task was to diagnose the situation regarding the sharing economy in the countries covered by the project (Greece, Germany, Poland, Portugal and Italy) in relation to the tourism sector and land transport (automotive). At the same time, the study addressed the situation in the United Kingdom and the United States of America as a case study of the most-developed sector of the sharing economy.
2. Identification of Occupational Standards for practitioners of the sharing economy. Comprehensive analysis of the skills and knowledge profile
Due to the fact that the project’s intention is to develop a framework of knowledge and skills that should be owned by the supplier of goods and services operating in the sector of sharing economy and which knowledge and skills such suppliers have to demonstrate to users of these services (eg driver of a tourist vehicle, rented place of accommodation, translator – guide, etc.) the identification of professional standards for practitioners of the sharing economy was carried out; comprehensive analysis of the skills and knowledge profile. For the purposes of this identification, quantitative and qualitative research has been carried out for services and for different partner countries.
3. Training module for practitioners of the sharing economy
The next task carried out in the project was to develop a training program for practitioners of the sharing economy. The assumption of the training program was to overcome the gaps in competence, knowledge and skills of the suppliers of commodity sharing market goods and services that were identified at stages 1 and 2.
4. Webinar on the economics of sharing as an e-learning tool adaptable from the platforms of sharing economy
As the final result of the project, a webinar was developed – a training program for suppliers of goods and services in the share economy sector as an e-learning tool covering 5 modules and 17 training topics.
There was a close relationship between the individual results of intellectual results, that is, each successive result was created as a consequence of the previous one.
Four Multiplier events were organized:
April 3-4, 2017 in Milan, Italy
September 27-28, 2017 in Berlin, Germany
October 24, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium
October 24, 2017 in Athens, Greece.
During the indicated events, the individual results of intellectual results were disseminated.
The project was also disseminated during the so-called The central presentation held in Athens on November 8, 2016.
Four Transnational partner meetings were organized:
5-6 November 2015 in Szczawno-Zdrój in Poland as the inaugural meeting of the project
7-8 November 2016 in Athens, Greece, in conjunction with the Central Presentation indicated above
3-4 April 2017 in Milan, Italy, in conjunction with the above-mentioned multiplier event
27-28 September 2017 in Berlin, Germany, in conjunction with the above-mentioned multiplier event
One short-term training was organized for employees of partner organizations, which took place in Athens, Greece, on 24-28 July 2017.
The project website www.sharingskills.eu has been created. The site is available in English.
In the section “DOCUMENTS”, all the intellectual results developed within the project are available, including access to the webinar platform at: http://webinar.sharingskills.eu/
The project also had created social profiles on Facebook and Google Plus.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 203933,38 Eur

Project Coordinator

DOLNOSLASKA AGENCJA ROZWOJU REGIONALNEGO SA & Country: PL

Project Partners

• IDP SAS DI GIANCARLO COSTANTINO (ITALIAN DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS)
• GARIANO ALESSANDRO
• AKMI ANONIMI EKPAIDEFTIKI ETAIRIA
• INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA
• CENTRUM FUR INNOVATION UND TECHNOLOGIE GMBH*
• EEO Group S.A.