DigiFreeLancer – Digital and business skills for an incubator for freelance entrepreneurship

DigiFreeLancer – Digital and business skills for an incubator for freelance entrepreneurship

Implementation period: 01.11.2022 – 31.10.2024 (24 months duration)
Assistance program: ERASMUS+
Project number: 2022-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000085594

Project description:

DIGIfreelancer is a two-year EU project financed under the ERASMUS + program. The project aims to develop a model of virtual incubator, strengthening the freelancers in order to:
  • decrease their “mortality rate”
  • improve the overall income of the category
  • reduce “undeclared work” in favour of more stable and well-paid jobs
  • promote a work style that provides a better work-life balance – reduce the dissatisfaction rate of workers, who would be engaged in a job that they are passionate about and allows them to use their talents.

Target group

  • VET trainers
  • Existing freelancers
  • Wannabe freelancers
  • People who want to combine an autonomous activity with their work as an employee as a preparation for the ultimate change of direction
  • Professionals and consultants who offer services to other freelancers but whom freelancers believe they cannot turn to for economic reasons (e.g. notaries, lawyers, trademark experts, consultants, etc.).

Project results

The main results of the project will be the creation of:

Overview of the freelance world in Europe and survey on opportunities/disadvantages of the freelance economy

This work package aims to take a timely and accurate snapshot of the world of freelancing in Europe. It aims to highlight both the main characteristics of freelancers in the consortium countries and the expectations and needs of workers in terms of opportunities and training requirements.

Defining a methodology for the entrepreneurial training of freelancers

This work package will develop a manual for the creation of a freelance incubator model.

The manual will provide an accurate picture of the training methodologies to be adopted in order to build a robust and sustainable freelance economy.

Implementation of a digital incubator for freelancers

Rezultatem będzie stworzenie aplikacji technologicznej wspierającej ten system i testowanie treści, które są rzeczywiście przydatne w tworzeniu ekosystemu wspierającego gospodarkę freelancerską. Aplikacja zostanie w przyszłości uzupełniona o wkład freelancerów i ich interesariuszy.

Partners

INSTALOFI LEVANTE SL (Spain – coordinator)

LABC S.R.L. (Italy)

ASSERTED KNOWLEDGE OMORRYTHMOS ETAIREIA  (Greece)

STOWARZYSZENIE CENTRUM WSPIERANIA EDUKACJI I PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI  (Poland)

CANDIDE INTERNATIONAL (Belgium)

EUROPEAN LEARNING CENTRE  (Spain)

ARCHIVIO DELLA MEMORIA (Italy)

Project website: https://digifreelancer.erasmus.site/

SOURCE Teaching and visual methods for online instructors

SOURCE Teaching and visual methods for online instructors

Implementation period: 01.11.2022 – 31.10.2024
Assistance program: ERASMUS+
Project number: 2022-1-RS01-KA220-ADU-000088577

Project description:

The SOURCE consortium consists of partners actively involved in providing structured and semi-formal learning experiences. During the preparatory discussions, the main finding was that educators lack the digital competence and skills to move beyond the flat delivery of online learning and provide engaging and participatory learning experiences.

The SOURCE project focuses on improving the digital competence of educators to design and deliver engaging online learning experiences. There is strong evidence that distance learning is the dominant process and will remain so. According, Times Higher Education’, on the outlook for higher education from the perspective of leaders of the world’s major universities in 2018, it is predicted that by 2030, the majority of prestigious universities will offer their full courses online. Until recently, most online courses have been dictated by technology. However, it is important to understand that online teaching is not a purely technological issue and, to be effective, it is more than just delivering a course face to face through another medium.

Target group

  • Experts in adult learning – adult trainers, instructors, facilitators, educators, mentors coaches providing online learning services and remote teaching, curriculum designers experts, educational technologists;
  • lifelong learners, trainees or upskilling/reskilling;
  • training managers that focus on managerial aspects, including curriculum assessment, learning systems, quality assurance and administration;
  • eLearning industry;
  • policymakers, educational leaders;
  • the general public, individual professionals.

Project results

The main results of the project will be the creation of:

Online Instructors – best practices, skills and competences :

Identification and analysis of current best practices in educational technologies and remote teaching. This is collaborative desk research on a national, European and international level.

Design and development of training material:

The development of the SOURCE curriculum clearly stating aims and outcomes, programme outlines, learning objectives and intended learning outcomes, methods of delivering, identification of appropriate learning components to promote efficient learning, etc.

Pilot the SOURCE MOOC:

An online dedicated space (Training Platform) to host the SOURCE training material. It will draw on the concepts of

microlearning in terms of functionalities, self-paced learning, the granularity of topics and ideas, diversified strategies and learning sequences and modes of learning. The SOURCE team will use existing infrastructure and deploy open source technologies to minimize costs.

Project website: TBA

Partners:

  • UMOVI EVROPE (Serbia – coordinator)
  • ARCHIVIO DELLA MEMORIA (Italy)
  • LABC S.R.L. (Italy)
  • STOWARZYSZENIE CENTRUM WSPIERANIA EDUKACJI I PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI (Poland)
  • EUROPEAN LEARNING CENTRE (Spain)
  • ASSERTED KNOWLEDGE OMORRYTHMOS ETAIREIA (Greece)
  • CANDIDE INTERNATIONAL (Belgium)
Newsletter GAEA

Newsletter GAEA

We present newsletter related to the GAEA project. This newsletter presents the whole picture of the project from the beginning of the project until the end of 2022. Continue reading

BRAND Newsletter #1

BRAND Newsletter #1

The BRAND project began in September this year and will run for the next 24 months. If you are interested in fashion and at the same time in the environment and how the fashion industry affects it, the project results are aimed at you! Continue reading

BRAND – Boosting youth towards Responsible and sustainAble choices in fashioN inDustry

BRAND – Boosting youth towards Responsible and sustainAble choices in fashioN inDustry

Implementation period: 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2024
Assistance program: ERASMUS+
Project number: 2021-2-AT01-KA220-YOU-000050104

Project description:

European Youth Strategy 2019-2027 acknowledges the crucial need to empower young people to start taking responsibility for their actions and impact on the life of future generations.Clothing industry is indissolubly related to this goal, having a significant impact on the environment. BRAND project aims to raise the awareness of young people on the themes of fast fashion and its severe impacts on the environment and provide youth workers with all the necessary material and tools in order to raise awareness, influence and empower young people towards more eco-friendly fashion choices for a greener and more sustainable fashion future, through the development of digital innovative tools and deliverables.

Target group

  • Youth workers, social workers, coaches and mentors of young people
  • Young people aged from 15 to 25

Project results

  • R1: BRAND ECO-FASHION Toolkit an interactive set addressed both to young people and youth workers and it will be presented under a PDF interactive format. Its two parts, “Be Aware” and “Be Prepared”, serve to deliver deep knowledge on the concept of eco-fashion to young people and youth workers and youth educators, while the context promotes the nurturing of ethical, ecological and sustainable mindsets towards the fashion industry.
  • R2: BRAND E – book will display case studies and best practices, influence and inspire target groups of the BRAND project.
  • R3: BRAND e – NFLUENCERS the digital role-model guide, will redound the consortium to meet its objectives presenting responsible, wise and green personas to be followed. Role models will have the power to influence young people to follow sustainable and responsible behaviors and will equip youth workers with knowledge on boosting such behaviors.
  • R4: BRAND Mobile App mainly will be addressed to young people, developing an interactive environment of knowledge (5R Library & Materials and Textiles sector) and will aim to cultivate young fashion customers and consumers with sustainable, ecofriendlier, mindsets towards more eco-conscious fashion decisions.

Partners

  • Sudwind – Vienna, Austria (coordinator)
  • Kainotomia – Larissa, Greece
  • Crossing Borders – Kopenhagen, Denmark
  • CWEP – Rzeszów, Poland
  • Danube 1245 – Sremski Karlovci, Serbia
  • MECB Ltd. – Iklin, Malta

Website: in progress

BRIDGES Newsletter #3

BRIDGES Newsletter #3

The Bridges project is slowly coming to an end. Over the past two years, the partners have been working on the project’s deliverables, including the Employer Engagement Framework, which was developed in IO1, and the CPD program developed in IO2. Continue reading

Re – breading  – Re-branding bread to improve quality of production and reduce food waste

Re – breading – Re-branding bread to improve quality of production and reduce food waste

Implementation period: 01.02.2022 – 01.02.2024
Assistance program: ERASMUS+
Project number: 2021-1-LT01-KA220-VET-000034891

Project description:

The Re-breading project aims to implement the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy outlined in the European Green Deal. The strategy is a fair, friendly and healthy food system to reduce food and prevent waste, support and promote sustainable food production and consumption as well as sustainable food processing and distribution. Re-Breading envisages the creation of sustainable, but also new, healthier and more nutritious options in the production and consumption of bread, emphasising the importance of understanding ingredients, careful selection of raw materials and methods. By rebranding the identity and increasing the nutritional quality of bread products, the project will also contribute to ‘reversing the rise in overweight and obesity rates across the EU by 2030’, which is highlighted as ‘critical’ in the Farm to strategy, which also states that ‘if European diets are aligned with dietary recommendations, this could lead to a significant reduction in the environmental footprint of food systems. The project also aims to contribute to the reduction of food waste at both retail and consumer level by training new and future baking professionals who can have a direct impact on consumers through their productions, thereby reducing ‘the estimated amount of household food waste, which is strongest among the three sectors of households, food services and retail.

Target group

  • bakers – both graduates and current students Grupa docelowa
  • VET trainers, Educators,VET training institutions, SMEs in the bread industry, nutritionists, millers

Project results

  • R1: Re – Breading training programme
  • R2: Re – Breading Online platform
  • R3: Re – Breading interactive Guidebook

Partners

  • EUROPOS SOCIALINIS VERSLUMOUGDYMO IR INOVATYVIU STUDIJU INSTITUTAS – Kaunas, Lithuania (coordinator)
  • CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD – Nicosia, Cyprus
  • STOWARZYSZENIE CENTRUM WSPIERANIA EDUKACJI I PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI – Rzeszów, Poland
  • FUTURE IN PERSPECTIVE LIMITED – BALLYJAMESDUFF, Irleand
  • BUYUK ORTADOGU SAGLIK VE EGITIM VAKFI – Ankara, Turkey
  • JOBALITO RECTECH LTD – Larnaka, Cyprus
  • AKMI ANONIMI EKPAIDEFTIKI ETAIRIA – Athens, Greece

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/rebreading.europe

Website: in progress