Our objectives were to: -create an e-learning platform with the correct mix of skills and competences to allow professionals and working age adults in SMEs and social enterprises to approach the digital trends of hybrid and smart working that have shaped the job’s market during and after the pandemic. -collaborate to close the digital gap in SMEs and Social Enterprises allowing them to manage successfully the market’s transitions. We provided working age adults in this sector high-quality platform and materials to develop “ready to use skills”, enhancing productivity and resilience of SMEs and Social Enterprises in the new digital era. -exchange good practices among partners on hybrid and smart working to build capacity and be better able to sustain the development of local SMEs and Social Enterprises, especially in rural and deprived areas. The emphasis on sharing good practices was not only to enhance individual organizational capacities but also to create a ripple effect in the broader VET sector.
Work 4.0 addressed the need to guarantee employment in SMEs and Social Enterprises (SE) for working age adults and make them able to face the market transitions towards a more digital learning environment. Studies shed light on the significant impact SMEs and SE suffered as consequence to the pandemic and their strong need for digital skills development to face the market changes, especially in the light of new approaches to work such as hybrid and smart working. The Work 4.0 project addressed this need through an exchange of good practice that allowed partners to build capacity and support the target group through the creation of a high-quality e-platform that provides in an interactive and easy way the possibility for working age adults to develop “ready to use skills” with a positive cascade effect on the SMEs and SEs in which they are active. Our project contributed to adapt vocational education and training to the specific requirements the labour market poses to SMEs and SE and to increase the flexibility of opportunities in VET with a flexible learning approach that included exchange of good practice, e-learning platform and local training.