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.
The GENERAL OBJECTIVE of the GOdIGITAL project Is: -To improve employability of NEET people from 18 to 30 years old. SPECIFICS 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 assess to increase the uptake of subjects where skills shortages exist -To foster NEET people 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 counselors and trainers.
Young people who are neither in education nor in employment are one of the most vulnerable groups, especially in the 18-30 age group. The costs to society are dramatic: "discouraged" people are at high risk of poverty and social marginalisation. The inability to become fully independent is frustrating and leads to increased anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses. At the same time, there is a shortage of qualified personnel to meet the needs of companies due to a lack of qualified personnel due to a lack of knowledge in the field of transversal and, above all, digital skills. However, most of these young people use their smartphones constantly and they do have digital skills, but they do not know how to use them to be visible on the labour market or in a work environment. For example, they regularly access social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram, but do not know how to use them to promote their employability and sometimes do not pay enough attention to important aspects that are part of social media, such as the protection of their personal data and how to communicate via email or social media using formal, workplace-appropriate language.
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.