The important EU Furniture sector, challenged by the 4th Industrial revolution, needs professionals able to properly guide companies in their digital transformation. DITRAMA project aims to provide an innovative MOOC training managers to lead Furniture companies implementing it along their whole value chain.The Alliance involves 27 partners (Full &Associated) among EU Furniture sector actors and stakeholders, which will jointly work to achieve the project objectives based on their complementary expertise and results of previous related projects.A New Occupational profile, the Digital Transformation Manager, will be identified for the furniture sector and the related skills and knowledge needs will be fine-tuned. Partners will develop a new joint curriculum for this occupational profile and the related modular Training Course looking at EU VET policies, principles and tools for quality, transparency and mobility (ECVET, EQF, EQAVET). ESCO affected profiles will be analysed, too. The MOOC (in 7 EU languages) will target students for full qualification, and workers through learning modules for updating their knowledge in a customized manner. It will include work-based learning and it will be validated and recognized thanks to DITRAMA National Networks, involving partners and sector EU actors.A strong dissemination strategy and a Business oriented exploitation plan will secure the project impact and sustainability. MoU will be signed also outside of the Alliance. Close links with other European sector initiatives will be ensured through partners Networks and the EU Sectorial Social Dialogue members, part of the Alliance. EFIC, UEA, EFBWW will play a key role to secure a wide dissemination, impact and exploitation of the project outcomes.Overall, DITRAMA will strongly contribute to improve and integrate the EU VET systems and create new long-term collaborations among all sector key actors to support further skills needs identification and the related VET provision.
DITRAMA aims to produce a new joint curriculum for the Digital Transformation Manager new occupational profile; create the related training materials; and deliver an open, online, interactive training course. Workers and students will acquire knowledge and skills needed by EU SMEs to successfully understand, lead and carry out the digital transformation within their company and facilitate the SME to exploit the opportunities it offers. It aims as well to strengthen sectoral collaborations.
The furniture sector is a very relevant industry within the EU, composed mainly by SMEs. Industry 4.0 and the related digital transformation have a strong impact on this sector, as they imply a series of challenges and significant changes along its whole value chain. To transform this into real opportunities we need companies able to successfully design, lead, implement their digital transformation. There is a clear lack within the furniture sector of managers able to carry out these tasks.
<< Background >> The furniture sector is a very relevant industry within the EU, composed mainly by SMEs. Industry 4.0 and the related digital transformation have a strong impact on this sector, as they imply a series of challenges and significant changes along its whole value chain. To transform this into real opportunities we need companies able to successfully design, lead, implement their digital transformation. There is a clear lack within the furniture sector of managers able to carry out these tasks. << Objectives >> DITRAMA aims to produce a new joint curriculum for the Digital Transformation Manager new occupational profile; create the related training materials; and deliver an open, online, interactive training course. Workers and students will acquire knowledge and skills needed by EU SMEs to successfully understand, lead and carry out the digital transformation within their company and facilitate the SME to exploit the opportunities it offers. It aims as well to strengthen sectoral collaborations. << Implementation >> Twelve partners, following knowledge and skills needs fine-tuning, produced a new joint curriculum for the Digital Transformation Manager and validated it among sector stakeholders. They delivered the related training materials and an interactive and innovative MOOC. They tested it through an open Pilot Course and collected the feedback for its adjustment and improvement. They organized multiplier events and a successful large online final event for results presentation and dissemination. << Results >> DITRAMA successfully involved along the project hundreds of experts and stakeholders to deliver a validated joint curriculum for the Digital Transformation Manager and produced an innovative MOOC with 100 training pills and customizable training paths for EQF 4 & 5, which was tested by 384 learners in a pilot course. Involving EU sector stakeholders, it created the DITRAMA National Networks and established long-term collaborations within them and with other ongoing sectoral initiatives (ALLVIEW)