Digital tools for work Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital tools for work

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Access for disadvantaged; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

NEET people (young people Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training) are among the most vulnerable groups, contributing to the high percentage of young unemployed people, especially at ages between 18–30 years old.
The NEETs population is heterogeneous and includes people with secondary higher education (49%), secondary lower education (40%) and tertiary education (11%).
On the other hand, there is a shortage of qualified personnel meeting the needs of businesses due to lack of expertise in the field of transversal and, especially, digital skills, because most of the growin-ups decide not to continue their level of education after graduation from High School, which leads to serious lagging behind with skills and competences.
The costs for society are dramatic: “discouraged” people are at high risk of poverty and social marginalization. The impossibility to become fully independent is frustrating and leads to increased anxiety, depression and other mental diseases.
Nevertheless, many of the young people use their smartphones to access social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram, not paying enough attention to other important digital skills, such as how to protect their personal data and how to communicate via e-mail or social media using formal language appropriate for a workplace and, even, they do not know how to be visible in the labour market.
The GENERAL OBJECTIVE of the GOdIGITAL project is to improve employability of NEET people from 18 to 30 years old.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES are:
-To tackle the main digital skills gaps in order to be visible in the labour market
-To promote innovative pedagogies and methods for teaching, learning and assessing to increase the uptake of the skills where shortages exist
-To foster NEET people’s self-awareness in terms of digital skills to be competitive in the labour market
– To improve career guidance.
-To reinforce the digital professionalization of the work force, career advisers and trainers.
The TARGET GROUPS of the project are mainly:
– NEETs (young people Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training) at ages between 18–30 years old, with no specific qualifications, mainly.
– Adult Trainers and teachers
– VET trainers and teachers
– Schools teachers at early leaving school level.
– Career guidance practitioners at all levels (early leavers, VET and adult education providers, public services….)

The CONSORTIUM consists of 7 partners, from 7 countries (ES, IT, BG, BE, UK, CY, EL), all of them members of the European Network Dlearn (European Digital Learning Network), partner of the project, as well. A variety of institutions with different expertise, which gives the consortium a multidisciplinary and complementary character: a Fundation connected to the University and the Chamber of Commerce, a Chamber of Commerce, Trainers in the VET and Adult sector and career counsellors, a technology company and a European Association with great experience in digital skills jobs and personalized learning and innovation in teaching and training.

Different ACTIVITIES have been carried out in order to produce:
1 – An OER tool to assess, train and validate digital skills in order to be visible in the labour market: The Digital tools for work ACCELERATOR
O1/A1 Digital tools and skills Diagnosis
O1/A2 Establishment of categories of learners based on their knowledge gaps
O1/A3 Development of The Digital tools for work ACCELERATOR
O1/A4 Goals and objectives recognition framework.- Open badges system
O1/A5 Internal testing
O1/A6 Piloting with target groups
2 – OER Training materials through personalised paths:
O2/A1 Structure and contents of the training materials production
O2/A2 Elaboration of the raw material of the learning modules/tools
O2/A3 Production of a first draft of the training materials
O2/A4 Design the learning resources and tools that will be implemented in The Digital tools for work ACCELERATOR

The RESULTS of the project will contribute to:
– Increase opportunities of NEET people to enter the labour market through their improvement of the most demanded digital skills through a personalised learning path.
– Reduce the digital gap and provide companies with better skilled professionals.
– Provide trainers and employment counsellors with training tools and materials on digital skills related to employability.
– Foster the EU cooperation and the EU value in a way that wouldn’t be attained by activities carried out in a single country

In a whole, better expectations to get a job and better professionals to be hired for the local, national and EU companies which will lead to an improvement of the competitiveness through the EU cooperation from an inclusive, digital and sustainable perspective.

Project Website

https://godigital-project.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 235667,4 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundación Cultural Privada Empresa-Universidad de Zaragoza & Country: ES

Project Partners

• CIVIC COMPUTING LIMITED
• RUSENSKA TARGOVSKO INDUSTRIALNA KAMARA
• EUROGEO VZW
• European Digital Learning Network
• A & A Emphasys Interactive Solutions Ltd
• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA