The project EQ-WOOD tackles innovation capacity and competitiveness of EU wood and furniture industry by designing and delivering the curriculum of Innovation Advisor in the Wood and Furniture Industry. It helps managing innovation by merging green, digital and marketing skills, and provide learners with specific competences required by the sector evolution in Europe. The project builds on the comprehensive analysis of skills requirements already conducted by other sectoral projects (FUNES, WOODUAL,IM-FUTURE). From the beginning of the project to the following actions have been started and completed: A systematic review based on secondary research addressed to gather evidence of: a) skill needs in the wood and furniture labour market b) qualification routes and occupational profiles across Europe that are relevant to the field of wood and furniture. Main activities made: -Stakeholder Analysis: the main aim is to enable cooperation and open dialogue at a broad level, fostering concrete actions for improving competitiveness of the wood and furniture industry and attractiveness among students and young jobseekers. -Need Analysis and Current Qualification Review: the task is intended to provide information to design and support the development of the proposed qualification (Innovation Advisor). A well-detailed report will be delivered. -Qualification Design and Validation (Advisory Board): the working group will adopt a stakeholder-based view, and representatives of target groups and stakeholders will be constantly involved. The Advisory Board will act as point of reference for enabling the network of stakeholders. Project partners will strongly cooperate by contacting their peers at EU level and other key players. The goal is delivering a joint qualification provided with commitment and consensus of diversified categories of interested actors, including representatives of workers, businesses, education institutions. After that, the partners started with Methodology and Learning Contents Development. EQ-WOOD Curriculum Development: partnership determined learning outcomes related to the novel profile of Innovation Advisor in the wood and furniture industry. Syllabus and contents for each module was produced. Validation of the training methodology and curriculum: validation of the curriculum has been validated through the organization and conduction of one-day stakeholder workshop in each project country. Summary report of each the consultation was prepared. The following actions have also been started and are underway: - Methodology Development: for determining objectives of learning contents and their outcomes, methods and approaches for their achievement and assessment, on this basis. - Preparing of Teaching and Learning Materials: a training toolkit of teaching and learning materials will be developed to support the implementation of the EQ-WOOD training course.
EQ-WOOD aims to boost the innovation and the competitiveness of the traditional woodworking and furniture sector at Eu level, facing the skill mismatching and the progressive ageing of the workforce. A new training path and an online platform have been developed to train young students, workers and unemployed people, able to generate innovative, sellable and production effective new products. At the same time, EQ-WOOD aims to create a sound sectoral network to exchange good practices.
EQ-WOOD project-European Quality qualifications for the Woodwork and furniture industry-aims to contribute to the development of innovation capacity and competitiveness of the European wood and furniture industry, by designing and providing the Curriculum of a new vocational profile, Innovation Advisor. The curriculum is offered both as a Full Qualification, aimed primarily at young people, and as a set of independent learning modules aimed at the continuous professional development of workers.
<< Background >> EQ-WOOD project-European Quality qualifications for the Woodwork and furniture industry-aims to contribute to the development of innovation capacity and competitiveness of the European wood and furniture industry, by designing and providing the Curriculum of a new vocational profile, Innovation Advisor. The curriculum is offered both as a Full Qualification, aimed primarily at young people, and as a set of independent learning modules aimed at the continuous professional development of workers. << Objectives >> EQ-WOOD aims to boost the innovation and the competitiveness of the traditional woodworking and furniture sector at Eu level, facing the skill mismatching and the progressive ageing of the workforce. A new training path and an online platform have been developed to train young students, workers and unemployed people, able to generate innovative, sellable and production effective new products. At the same time, EQ-WOOD aims to create a sound sectoral network to exchange good practices. << Implementation >> After a deep analysis of the sectoral training needs , a new Curriculum has been developed, identifying the KSCs, required to the new professional profile of the Innovation Advisor for the furniture sector. The Curriculum consists of 5 interactive learning units, tested by approximately 270 workers and students and promoted trough several Country events and through a final conference with institutional representatives and innovation experts. The training course is online, free and attractive. << Results >> The new CV of the Innovation Advisor for the wood and furniture sector. The curriculum consists of 5 units useful for training the new figure who will manage innovation within companies. The e-learning platform and the innovative training course are available to everyone, free and without barriers. The course is entirely online with multimedia content and accessible insights. The project has created a stable network that will continue to cooperate in the future to develop other new training path