"Project SPOSH addresses directly aims and needs identified in “EU Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Strategic Framework 2014-2020”. This new Framework aims at ensuring that the EU continues to play a leading role in the promotion of high standards for working conditions both within Europe and internationally, in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy.Especially:- to improve implementation of existing health and safety rules, in particular by enhancing the capacity of micro and small enterprises to put in place effective and efficient risk prevention strategies- to improve the prevention of work-related diseases by tackling new and emerging risks without neglecting existing risks- to take account of the ageing of the EU's workforce.- providing practical support to small and micro enterprises to help them to better comply with health and safety rules. Businesses would benefit from technical assistance and practical tools, such as the Online Interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA), a web platform providing sectoral risk assessment tools.Main reason of this Strategic Partnership establishment is creation of strong connections between partners and elaboration of common OSH learning tools, materials, standards, methodology.Project activities also apply to needs identified in Bruges Communiqué on enhanced European cooperation in Vocational Education and Training (VET), especially ""improving the quality and efficiency of VET and enhancing its attractiveness and relevance"" and ""Higher quality courses, providing the right skills for specific jobs"".The project will be focused on trainings in the area of the advanced manufacturing systems, especially well equipped in automation and robotics technology. This area is very important because of strategy for Re-industrialization of Europe and the risk related to accidents at work.Intellectual Outputs are defined as:- Analysis of target groups needs,- Set of common project training materials (lessons),- Common learning methodology including assessment strategy,- Dedicated ICT training Portal.The final version of the project results will support work-based VET training activities and peer-learning. Additional project result will be Project Learning Agreement and Partnership ECVET Memorandum of Understanding.SPOSH project target groups/participants are:- SME workers,- SME managers,- Vocational school students.Partnership are composed from forth European countries. Companies represent different types of activity: research institution - PIAP, university - TUKE, non profit association - IEBA, Cluster AT+R - association and consulting company ECQ. All partners have experience from participation of educational project and deal training activity."

The current project addresses the problems of manufacturing SMEs’ managers, people employed in SMEs (technicians, administrative staff) as well as vocational students and trainers/consultants in terms of robotics and lack of training means to facilitated innovation technology introduction in SMEs belonging to the manufacturing sector. The main objective of the current project is to provide an interactive training in the field of robotics and to assist robotics introduction in manufacturing SMEs. Thus project realization would increase level of innovativeness of SMEs and finally result for them in a significantly higher competitiveness on the market. RoboMatic will be developed in close cooperation of 5 partners from 4 countries. The project partnership includes organisations with significant background in the field of Robotics. The applicant organisation CONSULTORES DE AUTOMATIZACION Y ROBOTICA S.A. (CARSA) is the Spain’s oldest existing innovation management consultancy firm, possessing over 25 years of tradition and experience in three main areas: innovation, technology and internationalization. PRZEMYSLOWY INSTYTUT AUTOMATYKI I POMIAROW (PIAP) is a research centre dealing with practical aspects of automation and robotisation as well as vocational training for enterprises in this area. Technical University of Gabrovo (TUGAB) is a public university providing degree courses for Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, electronics, automation, computer science, mechanical engineering, management and social sciences. It coordinates and participates in various educational and scientific projects at national and European level. Tallinn Technical University (TUT) is a co-ordinator between different educational, training and professional establishments, has a good experience in the industry automation, robotics and electrical drives, which match the content of the current project. European Center for Quality Ltd. (ECQ) is a private organisation with good experience in the work with projects under different EU programmes and expertise in quality standards introduction in SMEs. All partners have the necessary experience not only in the respective professional area they occupy but also in transnational cooperation in different EU projects and programmes. This will contribute to the creation of a working and successful partnership within and after the project realization. Expected outputs: Report on manufacturing SMEs requirements and constraints with respect to introduction and training of innovation robotic solutions, RoboMatic Curricula, RoboMatic Methodology, RoboMatic Course and RoboMatic Handbook. All intellectual outputs will be hosted on an interactive web-based platform, including e-learning approach. The project will have a great impact on how innovation is managed in European manufacturing SMEs. The project’s impact on them will be in form of robotics training of their managers and employees. Increased innovativeness of their workers will be further impacts. In addition, increased competitiveness of their operations will increase the competitiveness level of European SMEs.

Project Strategic Partnership for Creativity and Entrepreneurship (acronym SP4CE) addressed directly aims and needs on enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training. Project activities were connected also with career-oriented continuing VET (C-VET) principles. All project results and project actions were connected with promoting take-up of innovative practices in education, training by supporting personalised learning approaches, collaborative learning and critical thinking, strategic use of ICT, Open Educational Resources, open and flexible learning, virtual mobility and other innovative learning methods.First project objective was to concentrate on developing relations between students and enterprises for identification of student and enterprises needs and supporting their collaboration through mentoring and consulting activities. This was achieved during project realization, due to the large involvement of partners in reaching the broadest possible target group. The next project objective strongly related to the previous one was to develop tools and methodology to support companies to help them find suitable young workers and students wanting to enter the labour market. This was achieved directly by preparation of Intellectual Outputs: O1 SP4CE learning portal, O2 SP4CE pedagogical concept, O3 Guideline for consultants, O4 Guideline for mentors and O5 Guideline for general public „How to use SP4CE portal“. The final objective was to establish strong cooperation between project partners by exchanging of innovative educational practices for smooth realization of SP4CE project and possible future cooperation. Strengthening the contacts and collaboration between consortium partners was achieved and common future initiatives are foreseen or already started.Project consortium consisted of six partners from four EU countries. Project coordinator PIAP is a research institute with established strong cooperation with industry and educational institutions. PRO-MED is a private company has experience from developing an innovative approach to teaching and learning based on e-learning and blended leaning methodology. TUKE is a technical university fostering links with institutions in private and public sectors while ASTRA is a training company which has significant experience in conducting trainings for managers. TREBAG has rich experience in development of innovative training materials and methodologies including e-learning and implementation of technology and IDEC has consulting experience in developing quality management systems.Developed during the project portal is available in all partner languages and in English. Partners launched and maintain their own language instances, there is also possible connection to ensure international availability of the results and to support possible mobility of young workers. Portal is available as ICT solution with WWW interface designed for use for three main target groups: coaches, mentors and students.Developed portal is a tool for companies to help them find suitable young workers and students wanting to enter the labour market and is be based on a coaching and mentoring principles. The principle of the portal is as follows: company willing to find new young workers (preferably students entering the labour market) submits a case (e.g. problem to be solved) from their area to the portal. This case is presented to the students from the different places who if interested will try to find solution for that problem. Based on this the company selects the students and they give them coaches while mentors from the university or high school supervise the process and guide students. Coach from the company support and work with the chosen students who wants to solve the problem. To support these activities training materials (handbook/guidelines/toolbox) was prepared in order to show the companies, mentors and general public that this approach can help them solutions suited for their needs. Main project impact is connected with influence to potential portal users: students, enterprises staff and teachers. Student have an opportunity to learn about real enterprises activities and interact with coaches from enterprises which shall allow them to easier enter the labour market. Teachers can receive information about student qualification progress and actual enterprise’s needs which is important for further training activities and developing training programs. Enterprises can receive required knowledge and possibility to recruit students with needed skills and competences. Project also had an impact to partners and training activities, approach to training content creation and utilization of collaboration opportunities in different use cases. Project partners approach guarantees high sustainability of project results after the project finish. Project main results are available without any restrictions on project portal and on EC open educational resources server.