Activities
- Research (focus groups, large-scale survey) implementation with the participation of employers and employer representatives to identify 20 key skills for employment in entry-level (junior) job positions in different economic sectors, using 4 European Competency Frameworks and developing a report on the research results at consortium level.
- Development of a Key Skills Matrix (KSM), including the 20 key skills for employment in entry-level (junior) job positions identified.
- Design and development of 20 micro-credentials for the key skills identified, based on guidelines provided by the European Commission.
- Development of a ‘Passport to Employment’ (PTE), including the 20 micro-credentials.
- Development of materials for an asynchronous electronic learning course on the 20 key skills, in the partner languages (Greek, Italian, Polish, Spanish) and in English.
- Pilot testing of the learning materials on the 20 key skills with members of disadvantaged groups and employees in entry level (junior) job positions.
- Assessment of the participants in the pilot training sessions to grant the 20 micro-credentials (PTE).
- Granting the 20 micro-credentials in the form of European Digital Credentials for Learning.
- Promoting the Passport to Employment to learners that can use it as a tool for accessing the labour market, employers that can use it for recruitments, employer representatives and VET providers that can learn from the process of developing micro-credentials, and policy makers that can integrate it into National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs).
- Training VET providers on the design and development of micro-credentials.
- Implementing partner workshops on the finalisation of the Key Skills Matrix (KSM) and the development of learning outcomes and micro-credentials, with the participation of employer representatives and guest speakers.
- Implementing workshops with the participation of learners, employers, employer representatives, VET providers, and policy makers & developing a report on the Lessons Learned and the Way Forward.
