No Gender Gap! Erasmus Project

Project Title

No Gender Gap!

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Access for disadvantaged; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

Only 15.4% of the specialists in information and communication technologies (ICT) in Spain were women in 2016. A level slightly lower than that of the European Union (EU) which stood at 16.7%, according to Eurostat. The figures show that women are “underrepresented” among ICT specialists in all Member States.
Through this project we propose to include a set of basic competences for the professional development of the training curricula in women.
The objectives that the project faces are the following:
-improve the attractiveness of the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through the use of robotics and automation, which have proven to be a means of successful involvement.
– Promote digital literacy and critical thinking in women, especially those in situations of social exclusion and belonging to disadvantaged groups, thus reducing the gender gap and improving access to the labor market;
– Improve the professional competences of teachers through new methodological approaches
The project is aimed at both educators and women at risk of social exclusion and belonging to disadvantaged groups (eg unemployed, victims of gender violence, refugees, without university studies, residents of rural areas) who want to improve their skills professionals in a sector where the high demand by companies in the world of ICTs can significantly reduce the unemployment rate.
The partnership has agreed to hold some initial information sessions to raise awareness of the project, attract teachers and students who will participate in the project and receive feedbacks to guide the products towards the real needs of the beneficiaries.
All the partners will work in partnership for the realization of a course in MOOC modality and in digital format .pdf for the realization of a Robot. The course will be oriented to teachers and educators, although it may also be used for other users. Next, we will develop a methodology guide that includes the most innovative and proven tools and approach for teachers and educators of adult training centers. Finally, we will carry out a series of webinars to equip women with digital skills, using the participants to share their experiences and encourage other women to participate.
In addition, the partnership will carry out a dedicated portal for the web, a mentoring guide for adult training centers and will work on the recognition system of the competences acquired.
-The “learning-by-doing” model with an immersion experience will be fostered, in which teachers and a group of women will carry out the construction, on a small scale, of a robot through Lego, Arduino and Scratch
– Guides will be created for adult education and training centers for the development of tutoring skills (mentoring)
-It will establish a recognition system and a tele-training platform with the use of webinars
The expected learning results once the project is finished:

– Enriching the professional profile of the teachers involved, connecting the world of education with the business world
-Promotion of technology and robotics in adult schools as transversal components of school curricula.
-Innovation of adult schools and training schools through active learning tools and methodologies.
-Knowledge, technical skills and competences about the use of tools that are important today in various jobs and different sectors.

Thanks to these projects, the women users of the partners will have more job opportunities, they will be encouraged to actively participate in the social and cultural life of the communities where they live and will develop personal and professional skills that will provide them with new opportunities. The partners will experience an improvement in their operational capacity thanks to the internationalization of their activities and the local communities will be more interested in European education and employment policies, seeing the real and direct benefits very close to them.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 108752,62 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIACION BUILDING BRIDGES & Country: ES

Project Partners

• INTERNATIONALE ARBEIDSVERENIGING
• weltgewandt. Institut für interkulturelle politische Bildung e.V.
• SCUOLA DI ROBOTICA
• Previform – Laboratório, Formação, Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho, Lda
• AML – Associação Mãe Limão