Specific Objectives: Adapting the partner’s educational offer to local community needs by creating innovative, practical and digital curriculum, training materials for ”Community policy developer” occupation which will include updated and future skills: green and digital Increasing the capacity and readiness of partners’ organizations to manage digital educational approaches through development, teaching and assessment on e-learning platform and innovative use of digital tools, as well as participate in thematic “mobility of VET teachers”. Skilling and certifying 60 socio-economic disadvantaged persons from rural areas as “community development officer” thorough testing the course in all partners countries Increasing the employability potential and practical skills of 60 target learners through their direct involvement into work-based approach on external mobility Raise awareness to local communities about the opportunities arising from transition to green, sustainable and digital Europe, including the importance of the job “community policy developer” into rural areas and transfer the project results to interested parties through active dissemination of projects activities and results.
The rural areas in the EU are facing challenges like demographic change, connectivity, low-income levels, limited access to services; but they also have opportunities like: producing high quality food and non-food products and contribute to the richness and diversity of European culture. With this in mind, the project goal was to increase the number of trained and certified ”Community Development Officers” in rural areas by providing training and certification for this occupation to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. This creates a long-term impact on communities: Raise awareness about the opportunities arising from transition and green, sustainable and digital Europe Help community members to create and finance local businesses, taking the opportunities of the transition to a green, sustainable and digital Europe; leading to retention of population on the rural area and balanced distribution of population, better employment rate and increased incomes Increasing connectivity between LAGs and stakeholders in Europe, helping communities to work and innovate into European single Market and not isolated by guidance and case study, success stories, finding partners Facilitating the access to consultancy and training