E- facilitators are at the center of the fight against the digital divide. They work in many different areas to be close to the main target groups such as: youth, job seekers, seniors or disadvantaged. They should mobilize very diverse skills and knowledge both technical (ICT) and teaching. These should be adapted to beneficiaries of various levels of qualification, including very low levels. Unfortunately, their recognition is very unbalanced or non-existent in European countries. In most cases it is not even considered as a profession, but more like a set of skills added to other specialities as : librarian, teacher, social worker. When it is recognized as a profession there is often no diploma or special training. If certificates exist, they can enter in competition between each other. E- facilitators then receive no recognition , or have an uncertain recognition. Working conditions of e- facilitators and quality of service provided by them are therefore often poor. Illustrating the situation is the fact that in Europe, heterogeneous positions exist in terms of recognition initiatives of skills of the e-facilitator, eg. in Catalonia and Emilia-Romagna, where the job profiles are well structured and recognized by the competent authorities ( within the region) . These examples could help to guide the work of other countries. To do this, it is also important to ensure the harmony of all initiatives within a common European framework permitted by ECVET . This project proposes to identify, among the countries represented in the partnership , based on the work in the project VET4e -I, the skills, knowledge and levels of responsibility and autonomy that must master an e- facilitator to allow obtaining recognition of their skills and whatever the learning process by which he obtained it . That is why we also work for the creation / adaptation of training modules based on the online professional profile created in the first phase of the project . Our partnership aims to achieve these goals using three media: 1 / use of tools developed in the context of learning throughout life as in the ECVET system to enable the recognition of both national and transnational level 2 / the organization of a strong network of partners from the project at European level , 3 / the exchange of pre- existing training tools and good practice in valuing distance learning such as: e-learning modules , workshops and an international competition. Our goal is to move towards the recognition of e- facilitators in developing the tools necessary to go a step further : Working professional profiles through a comparison matrix between profiles to organize e-learning modules consistent with ECVET recommendations based on an exchange of good practices between project partners. Our partnership is composed of active structures in pedagogy and social action, which already has previous cooperations in the field of e-learning experience, it is : - AID for Belgium. Network training center for unskilled adults and ECVET carrier expertise, AID is coordinating the project - The INFREP for France , was at the root of projects on e -learning with Fundacion ESPLAI . It has, among others, expertise innovative pedagogy and social action within e- facilitators networks. - The Fundacion ESPLAI for Spain, as mentioned above was also the bearer of the e –learning cursus and ESPLAI has increasingly worked to develop a greater valorization for the e- facilitators. - The ARCI for Italy also has expertise in developing tools for e -learning - ACDC for Romania is a key player in Romania and Europe to promote social inclusion through their involvement in various networks for digital inclusion
Our project made it possible to identify, among the countries present in the partnership, the skills, knowledge and levels of responsibility and autonomy that an e- Facilitator or Multimedia Animator in order to obtain the recognition of his / her competences and this whatever the process of learning by which it obtained them from the moment when the countries or internal organizations of the same country, would establish a "Memorandum of Understanding", a tripartite agreement signed by the entities and the person in training. We had to go through a first phase of comparing the different profiles existing within the partner countries before we could extract the core competencies, common to the five countries. Our partnership aims to achieve the production of three leading intellectual output and has succeeded: IO1: The business profile / common skills of the e-facilitator / Multimedia facilitator, based on the collection and comparison of the competencies identified in each of the five partner countries: France, Spain, Italy, Romania And Belgium. Available in English, French, Spanish, Romanian and Italian. IO2: The training profile required for the implementation of learning outcomes units organizing future training modules for the e-facilitator / Multimedia facilitator based on the ECVET recommendations. Available in English, French, Spanish, Romanian and Italian IO3: Creation of an online training module on 'learning the basic skills of e-facilitator / Multimedia facilitator accessible in English, French, Spanish, Romanian and Italian As part of the project we have also created a guide for the e-tutor to allow the future development of e-facilitator / Multimedia facilitator online training. This production was not foreseen at the time of the writing of the project but was necessary in the context of the realization of the latter. This guide is available in English on the project website. In order to allow a better dissemination of the results of the project, we also created a website that hosts the e-learning platform (Moodle) on which the training module is developed and where all the project's productions are downloadable: http://ecvet4einclusion.eu/ Our partnership is made up of structures active in pedagogy and social action: - AID for Belgium. A network of training centers for low-skilled adults with expertise in the ECVET system, AID coordinates this project - INFREP for France, initiated projects on e-learning with the Fundacion ESPLAI. She has, among other things, expertise in innovative pedagogy and social action with networks of e-facilitators. - Fundacion ESPLAI for Spain, as mentioned above, was also an e-learning project sponsor and ESPLAI also worked on the development of increased recognition for e-facilitators. - ARCI for Italy also has expertise in supporting disadvantaged groups, among others by developing tools for e-learning. - the ACDC for Romania, which is a key player in Romania and Europe for the promotion of social inclusion through their involvement in several networks for digital inclusion. The Intellectual Outputs are downlaodable on the website: http://ecvet4einclusion.eu/ and on the VALOR Platform.