The main objective was to develop VET programmes that offer a balanced mix of vocational skills targeting people with lower opportunities and create work-based learning well aligned to all economic cycles, evolving jobs and working methods and key competences especially coding, 3D and digital, which are greatly needed in Industry 4.0 careers. Moreover the project was to foster the educational inclusion of deaf and hearing-impaired students by leveraging innovative 3D printing technologies, digital tools, and social entrepreneurship. The VET Programme supported digital transformation plans of vocational education and training (VET) towards digital education. Specifically, 3D4DEAF supported the purposeful use of digital technologies in the VET sector for both students and educators.
We applied for this project to address the need of promoting social inclusion and improve the outreach to people with fewer opportunities focusing on people with deafness/hearing impairments aged 15-21, emphasising girls. The 3D4DEAF project aimed to foster the educational inclusion of deaf and hearing-impaired students by leveraging innovative 3D printing technologies, digital tools, and social entrepreneurship. The project promoted access to the labour market for deaf students, focusing on digital and entrepreneurial skills development. The main objective was to develop a Training programme for VET teachers and school students with deafness or hearing impairments to upgrade their 3D, coding, digital and social entrepreneurial skills to meet the needs of the digital labour market and foster equal opportunities. The project was aligned with the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights and ‘The right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in community life.