The project deals with two main areas: Drone and Virtual reality. These two areas belongs to new smart technologies (Industry 4.0) with huge potential for further development in many sectors with benefit for European economy and society. These two sectors will contribute in creating new business and jobs, protecting environment and improving the quality of life. Although drones are one of the most innovative technologies with applications in many industries and business, the related profiles of a drone software programmer or drone operator are still not part of the national qualification systems and the required digital skills are not yet taught under the current VET curricula in many EU countries. The same applies to another field with a significant market uptake: the development of virtual reality applications. VR is already one of the top emerging technologies. For this reason, the project aims at tackling skills gaps related to the occupational profile of programmer in the ICT sector, and develops new curricula in both fields that could be easily adapted by VET providers, both within the initial educations and lifelong learning programs. Members of the Digital Skills Alliance wil therefore: - Modernize the existing VET programs by developing new curricula for each of the two fields, - Integrate work based learning into the newly designed VET programs, - Design a joint European qualification standard and certification, thus increasing recognition of qualifications atd European Level and easing professional mobility in the ICT sector, - Cooperation with Member States (CZ, SK, ES, LT, AT, BE - EASA) and all stakeholders, an national instution and body of legislative about new European qualification standards- Improve skills intelligence and provide policy makers with recommendations on the strategy and instruments to adopt in order to efficiently address skills shortages.
The main objective of this project is to develop new European vocational qualification standard for upcoming occupations which are: 1. Drones (UAS) developer and Operator and 2. Virtual Reality Applications Programmer and Developer. The main objective of the Pact is to mobilize and incentivize all relevant stakeholders to take concrete actions for the upskilling and reskilling of the workforce, by pooling efforts and setting up partnerships, also at EU level addressing the needs of labor market.
The project "Building up a Digital Skills Alliance for the Enhancing of Programming Competencies (DiGiS) took place in 2021 – 2023.The project aims to strengthen the representation of Continuing Vocational Education in this sector.Drone and Virtual Reality areas are the fastest growing areas among new smart technologies with huge potential for further development in many sectors with benefit for European economy and society. These two sectors will contribute to creating new business and jobs.
<< Background >> The project "Building up a Digital Skills Alliance for the Enhancing of Programming Competencies (DiGiS) took place in 2021 – 2023.The project aims to strengthen the representation of Continuing Vocational Education in this sector.Drone and Virtual Reality areas are the fastest growing areas among new smart technologies with huge potential for further development in many sectors with benefit for European economy and society. These two sectors will contribute to creating new business and jobs. << Objectives >> The main objective of this project is to develop new European vocational qualification standard for upcoming occupations which are: 1. Drones (UAS) developer and Operator and 2. Virtual Reality Applications Programmer and Developer. The main objective of the Pact is to mobilize and incentivize all relevant stakeholders to take concrete actions for the upskilling and reskilling of the workforce, by pooling efforts and setting up partnerships, also at EU level addressing the needs of labor market. << Implementation >> Educational modules were built on professional qualifications, which can be integrated into school education programs of various technical fields of secondary vocational education. The educational modules were pilot tested in the initial education at the Secondary Industrial School and subsequently optimized in the Chamber of Commerce team with the involvement of representatives from the corporate and educational spheres. The project contributed to the activities of the European Education Area. << Results >> The project contributed to the activities of the European Education Area, mainly in the area of cooperation between companies and schools with the aim of modernizing the VET system in accordance with the requirements of the labor market. Educational modules can also be used as part of further education - adult education. In this direction, the project contributed to the fulfillment of the goals of the Digital strategy, which implements the goals of the European Digital Decade.