- Improving the digital skills of the 20 trainers of the Regional Center for Studies in using innovative methods for planning, organizing and teaching VET online education programs for regional development in an international context starting with 2022; - Internationalization of the portfolio of CRS training offer with 6 new courses for the development of digital competencies of VET trainers in the field of regional development, offering personalized training to the staff of the 8 regional development agencies in Romania during 2022; - Increasing the European dimension, internationalization and modernization of CRS North-East by improving the digital skills of 4 people in the management of CRS to access in 2022 new educational markets in other countries and by improving the quality of their online educational offer.
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has the effect of an unprecedented shift to online learning and the use of digital technologies. According to a study conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it considers that this crisis of COVID-19 is a point from which it is impossible to return to the previous situation regarding the use of technology in education and training. The activity of providing training programs to the North-East Regional Center for Studies was blocked in 2020 because approximately 90% of CRS trainers had not used distance and online teaching tools before the crisis, due to low digital skills in this field and the type of courses taught in the classroom that did not require these skills. But from 2022 all CRS courses will be delivered online, pedagogical resources and online content will be more relevant, more interactive and easier to use.