<< Background >>The project “INPROFUTURE – Industry Professional’s Future Education ” is inspired by the partners long time experience working with SME national settings, but it is also inspired by the EU Commissions proposal of March 2021 to establish a Digital Compass to further target the EUʼs digital ambitions 2030 for SMEs and their employees. The “INPROFUTURE” project will focus on the cardinal point of Digital transformation of businesses and how to make possible and concrete that by 2030, three out of four SME companies should use cloud computing services, big data and Artificial Intelligence and how we can promote and ensure more than 90% SMEs should reach at least basic level of digital intensity in order to lift the number of EU unicorns to the double. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain the backbone of the European economy, because of their high share of employment and value-added. However, a renewed focus on innovation and digitalization is required for these companies to retain their local, national or global competitiveness.The partner organisations of “INPROFUTURE” Prios Norway; Slovakian Innovation and Progress Consult Hungary have a long experience in delivering innovation and capacity building programs to support SME production and service-industry. The partners will through their cooperation with adult education providers, company instructors and in-service trainers from the SME industry create a program to help SMEs to benefit from digital transformation so that the involved SMEs in the program get access to very concrete opportunities to innovate and grow, overcome some of the significant barriers to raise digital competences from bottom to top of the SMEs. SME digital transformation processes often fail due to the lack of overview and how digital technologies can support production, logistics and market access. Employees lack digital skills to support and actively shape how their company can work more efficiently and with fewer resources. It is an important transformation process for all SMEs to motivate their staff to become ready to use digital tools and solutions. Even for the management of the SMEs it is often a difficult task to plan and raise these competences and without management and owners involved the digitalisation will not happen. Finally, the project will also approach how SMEs become better to retain qualified staff because of the possibilities they can offer to be a part of a digitalised company environment. It all has to be based on a learning strategy which the INPROFUTURE program will support the SMEs with, and to offer the same attractive conditions as large corporations. The “INPROFUTURE ” project has been established to introduce tools and methods which will support SMEs management and educator of digital skills to empower employees with the right and necessary digital skills. Management by being able to recognise the needs for skills and realisation of how better digital skills among their staff positively can affect their business. And educators with tools that will make them better able to create tailored digital skills training that meet both employees’ and employers’ needs.<< Objectives >>This project’s overall objective is to find new pathways to improve SMEs ability to understand what skills and competencies are needed to support a digital transition and to implement it within the daily production life and practice of the company, and in a cost-effective way, where the SMEs can overview and handle the process. The Project target group are adult educators (like company instructors/HR consultants), management and selected staff of the participating SME companies.The scope of the project:●develop a hands-on mapping tool for SMEs to measure, analyse and judge their degree of digitalisation and give them an understanding of what needs to be done to secure company operation and sustainability and to give the digital transition process a clear direction.●support SMEs and Educators to understand how the gaps could be filled with digital competence development, training models and ongoing capacity building to improve employees’ digital skills competences. ●motivate SMEs by showing how digital skills development can empower employees to take part in the digital transition processes in their workplace ●develop a complete toolkit and resource platform for all involved in facilitation digital skills development as part of SMEs digital transition processes. ●To launch the platform so it can be disseminated by the partners in their national settings. An English version of the platform aims to bring out the project to other interested partners.All in all, the partners of the program will implement this project “INPROFUTURE ” to further expand the ability to support the SME sector in finding their way in the digital transition and by this contribute to long term sustainability to SMEs.<< Implementation >>The project will introduce an easy-to-use mapping tool, which will provide the SMEs with an overview of the most critical aspects of digital transition and the competence and skills needed for such a transition. The mapping tool is based on a SWOT analysis used by a majority of SMEs and it provides a value-based score and assessment of the actual level of digital transition. The mapping tool will supplemented by training and capacity building recommendations, present best practices ways to initiate digital transition and list a number of resources for the SME to maintain digital transition over time. These resources will be presented in an SME-wide handbook and will be disseminated on a virtual resource platform.To ensure the relevance and useability of these tools and platform each partner will conduct a pilot in collaboration with 3 SME companies within a chosen SME business sector in each of the participating countries. The pilot will test and give feedback on relevance, effective use and the communication of the entire digital transition resource. After mapping the SMEs degree of digitalization, the findings will be transformed to proposal for digital skills training, effective training methods. The pilot will test at least 3 SMEs in each of the 3 countries. As a result of the project, both SME management and adult educators will have much better knowledge in collaboration and facilitating digital transition processes. In order to achieve long-term benefits, the project’s methodology is centred around close cooperation with all stakeholders, such as education institutions, employer and employee organisations and business sector. The professional network of the project partners aims to create a network where the wider perspective is to reach out to a higher number of potential SMEs in a given region and show how it is possible to work together in order to improve SMEs’ innovative and digital transition capacity.<< Results >>The project till in close cooperation with selected SMEs in the 3 countries builds up a facility on how SMSs can raise digital competencies and thereby ensure the better and more effective digital transition. The facility contains a mapping tool - a capacity-building handbook and a virtual resource platform to give SMEs access to all available resources.-To create measurable a set of criteria to support SMEs on how to map an SME company’s degree of digitalization and the necessary capacity building and to test the relevance and usability of these criteria by the involvement of SMEs from different business sectors. -Provide a Web-based Mapping tool to be the actual methods to measure SME degree of digitalisation and relevant competencies (measured by readymade mapping tool) -To create a guideline for the use of the mapping tool, and how SMEs are able to use it and implement it in their company practice (assessed by the survey as part of the pilot process to collect best practices)-Produce a handbook to be used on the site of SMEs by in principle all stakeholders and with a special focus on how managers and adult educators/company instructors can prepare plans to facilitate digital skills training and competence development. (best practice collection and assessment) - Handbook (at least 25-30 pages) available on 4 language - The handbook will provide recommendations for on how to set up the digital competence construction process and will give recommendations on how to ensure workplace organized training which can be customised to the individual SME.- To implement the pilot, 3-3 professionals per partner will participate in online training - The partners' professional knowledge is expanding-The mapping tool and the handbook will be tested at least with 9 SMEs altogether - Pilot process has a positive effect on the digital competence development process of the SMEs. -Collect some of the best practices showing a positive effect for learners’ digital skills improvement -Establish a digital Resource platform that includes all tools and useful sources to support stakeholders and educators involved in digital skills learning. (assessed by a survey among stakeholders and educators as well as activity logging of usage of the platform)

<< Objectives >>With “Youth Vax On The Market” Project, we aim to facilitate the integration of the youth into e-commerce. The objectives are as follows:1-To increase the capacity of young people how to take advantage of the opportunities offered by digital technologies in the field of e-commerce2-To develop the competencies of economically disadvantaged young people in the field of e-commerce and to support their entrepreneurship3- To create resources to guide disadvantaged youth in the field of e-commerce<< Implementation >>The activities are as follows:-1st TPM PLANNING MEETING(Leading organization is Nazhem)-LTT FOR E-COMMERCE(VIRTUAL ACTIVITY-MI-HI is the leading organization) -ONLINE EDUCATİON PROGRAM on E-COMMERCE (WITH PILOT TRAINING-the leading organization is Prios.)-2nd TPM MONITORING MEETING(Leading organization is Prios)-MARKET ANALYSIS REPORT(Leading Organization is MI-HI)-E-HANDBOOK ON E-COMMERCE(Leading Organization is Nazhem)-3rd TPM EVALUATION MEETING(Leading Organization is MI-HI)<< Results >>THE RESULTS:1- Establishing a supportive e-training program for disadvantaged youth on how to do e-commerceTHEME-1: IntroductionTHEME-2:Website & MarketplacesTHEME-3: Simply Establishing a CompanyTHEME-4: Let's Sell:THEME-5: Product Price & Supply AnalysisTHEME-6: Final (A Sample Application)2- Creation of an e-book that will guide young people in the field of e-commerce3- Creating exemplary market research and analysis for young people who want to be entrepreneurs in e-commerce

The project “Valuable Creativity” focuses on creativity as a key competence and necessary skill for adults working in companies and organizations who are challenged by rapid and disruptive changes due digitalization; and similar high demand of climate protection; energy saving and transformation to circular economy. “Valuable Creativity” is a project aimed to find and present solutions for creativity development on one of the most difficult adult education disciplines; Workplace learning! The project shall collect knowledge, methods and experience on how it is possible to introduce creativity methods where the need for creativity is high, but where the conditions in terms of time and possibility to organize creativity learning often are the most limited. The partner-organizations Prios; SIEA and Progress Consult have a long experience in delivering innovation and training programs to production and service-industry. The partners will through their cooperation with adult education providers, adult educators and in-service trainers from the SME industry collect the most promising methods and cases on how creativity can be addressed to actual workplace and company situations. Based on this collection, they will develop a hands-on training and capacity building material, which can show how creative processes and creative learning methods can be used to involve employees at all levels of the company into changing processes. The aim is also to present how adult educators and/or artists interested in transforming their creative abilities into actual workplace settings can be organized. The criteria is to keep a strong focus on the value created in companies, but also value in the broader sense of more sustainable production, corporate responsibility and resilience. The training material will appear as a full virtual format in three sections; an Open Education Resource (OER); two training MOOCs and an impact assessment tool. The OER will contain the relevant themes about creativity learning in workplace settings. Through text, interviews, infographics and videoclips it will justify how important creativity is to solve some of the most urgent challenges of the companies, and how such learning processes can be initiated. The OER will highlight the impact of creativity learning and it will present some of the most tangible pathways to implementation, will be designed as an entrance point for the Project. The OER will be open source and presented in four languages, and make the partners able to communicate awareness about this topic to all cooperation partners in their respective countries. The OER gives the knowledge base for two effective, online training programs organized as MOOCs. The first MOOC will be aimed at the target group of adult educators, artists interested in working with business and industry and also in-service trainers from the Industry. It will give them an introduction course on how to approach creativity at the workplace and how to find the right methodology to create value in the form of pattern-breaking learning.The target group of the second MOOC are company managers, HR Managers and those responsible for in-service training. The course will introduce cases on how companies successfully have used creative methods to bring forward new solutions of products, new markets, sustainability plans, eco-innovative production and new ways of work-organization. The OER and the two MOOCS will appear as one “Valuable Creativity” digital training program and will be available and delivered through a joint Learning Management System. The virtual training material (e-learning) will be accessible in 4 languages. Each partner will introduce the material country-wise and the English version will appear as a learning resource within the European Basic Skills Network and potentially through the EPALE. A component in the program ensures that it is possible to invite people from art and cultural production to participate in design and communication of the material. The training materials will be tested through direct assessment from invited people/companies from the target group. The results of this will be concluded in the assessment tool for creativity impact, which is an integrated part of the MOOCs. Creativity training is not a new phenomenon. It has been used in HR development, and it has been used within the creative industry. “Valuable Creativity” has the mission to bring creativity learning and training into the field of workplace learning and to present it as a relevant part of modern basic skills required for all industries and companies on the edge of 4th industrial revolution, where artificial intelligence, robotics and growing climate crises will create ground-breaking changes for all working places and to cope with the growing disruption of workplaces.

<< Background >>The percentage of low-skilled jobs in the EU is expected to decrease by nearly 30 % between 2015 and 2025 (Cedefop, 2016). This means that today’s jobs require better skills and more education since the future of the workplace will become even more basic skills dependent.Learning to learn skills affect work life and the duration of employment shows that learning difficulties limit individual capabilities, reduce productivity and prevent innovation. Recent research shows that adults with poor skills are less likely than the more highly skilled adult to engage in education programs designed to improve their skills.Migrants and refugees are overrepresented in unemployment statistics in most European countries. Adult migrant learners are often disadvantaged adult learners and learning to learn becomes even more ambitious in its purpose, as for this group of adults, learning must become learnable. So ‘learning to learn’ means actually more than just a key competence for work and life – it actually means a pathway to learning for adults who are struggling with learning. The better is the progress for adult migrant learners in all kinds of learning activities, the better are the chances for further education or access to the job market. According to Cap Ulysse (France), Olemisen (Finland), Prios Kompetanse (Norway) and Orient Express (Austria), 4 organisations committed in training Migrant learners and other project stakeholders working in the field of migrant adult training, there are some undefined skills missing among many adult migrant learners, which are important skills to make the most out of their learning opportunities and working life. We call them “learning to learn” skills to broaden the established definition of basic skills. From our preparatory work, we see that trainers/teachers in adult migrant training need new approaches and tools, adapted the current situation, in order to train learning to learn skills, as well as to better implement those skills as part of all trainings. The lack of certification to qualify trainers/trainers for such training provides very varied outcomes for migrant learners. By designing a common certification the project aims to improve the quality of the training offer for a better inclusion of adult migrants in the labour market.<< Objectives >>S.K.I.L.L.S 4 work partners are adult learning providers, having experience in training migrants and refugees in different topics and subjects. The main objective of the project is to improve the quality standards among trainers in adult migrants education, empowering them to implement needed “learning to learn” skills in their training and teaching in order for adult migrant learners to maximize their learning process. With this project we wish to improve the quality among trainers involved in adult migrant training. The project aims to- Design 4 curriculum for trainers within a learning to learn approach for their learners.- Create a powerful web-based resource centre with learning modules, tools, guidelines and external resources to support adult migrant trainers - Agree on a certification for trainers based on common criteria, in order to allow Adult training centers to certify their staff with the 4 curricula<< Implementation >>Partners will design the frame and the contents of 4 curricula on the following skills: ”Oral and intercultural communication skills”, “Autonomy on the learning process skills”, “Basic Digital skills” and “Relation with others in a learning context skills”.The project partners will conduct a Learning Teaching Training Activity for 8 trainers to learn the developed tools and methodology.Each partner will conduct a local pilot to implement learning to learn skills among 10 adult migrant learners. All resources will be available in an Open Education Resource : the project’s Online Resource Center, in 5 languages.Once the 4 curricula will be enriched with the pilot feedback (PR1), a transnational certification based on common criteria will be tested by each trainer among 10 learners. A final certification will be available for partners and stakeholders.3 onsite transnational project meetings and 13 web-based meetings are scheduled for the general coordination of the project.In order to achieve longer term benefits, the project partners will make 4 multiplier events in all partner countries with 100 stakeholders, such as adult learning centres, adult trainers in different positions, educational unions and umbrella organisations, NGO and volunteer organisations in the Migrant field of work, municipalities/local authorities, and migrant organisations.<< Results >>The project will develop three outputs. PR 1 - Learning to learn Skills: 4 trainers curricula based on a needs analysis will be developed, tested at local level with 40 migrant learners, improved and translated (English, French, Finnish, Norwegian and German). PR 2 - Support for Training: The Online Resource Center will be designed and developed, and all project’s resources will be available on the platform together with collected material from stakeholders. PR 3 - Trainers quality standards: common certification criteria will be designed and an assessment tool will be created and tested during a local certification test, involving 8 trainers and 40 migrant learners in total. The certification will be improved and translated (English, French, Finnish, Norwegian and German).For the trainers the project will: -Empower their skills and knowledge within the Learning to learn approach, -Enhance their confidence and their motivation at work during the exchange of practice and the LTTA-Recognize and value their abilities within other adult education centers, through a formal certificationFor the learners, the project will strengthen their oral and intercultural communication skills, their autonomy on the learning process skills, their basic digital skills and their relation with others in a learning context skills. The learning to learn approach will facilitate their future learning acquisition. By facilitating their learning process we aim to facilitate their language proficiency, their access to qualifications, their network and their inclusion in the labour market. The success of the project results will allow partners to increase stakeholders and policy makers’ awareness on the importance of Learning to learn skills, for a better inclusion of migrants not only in the labour market but also in their environment.For the partnership and associated partners, the project will raise their credibility thanks to the research of the innovative approaches and the delivery of a transnational certification. It will improve their efficiency in supporting migrants with new methods/approaches. It will give their staff new professional development opportunities and motivation by involving them in collaborative work with other European organisations active in a common field. It will boost their will to cooperate at local and European levels with new stakeholders creating potential synergies and new opportunities.

COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on many sectors of employment. Cultural and creative sectors are among the most impacted, as cultural activities traditionally require people to come together. The above mentioned has deemed very difficult in many countries and many cultural sector employees have lost their jobs or been forced to switch careers. However, vibrant cultural life is a cornerstone of a community or a society, and thus creating and spreading digital innovation in the cultural sector is pivotal. Our aim with this project is to aid cultural organizers and cultural (and creative) sector employees in finding alternative means to create and deliver culture to the people. This is done through enhancing various digital skills of cultural organizers and sector employees, as well as introducing and teaching design-thinking methodology as a foundation in finding new activities and outputs to carry out and spread cultural and creative activities. Many cultural sector employees work outside big cities and increased digital skills and knowledge in design-thinking are pivotal for them in reaching a bigger number of audience and clientele. Also, many cultural sector employees are older and may lack necessary digital skills to succeed in today’s work environment. Thus, the project also aims at increased equality and inclusion, offering cultural workers better opportunities despite their age, gender, or location. A small research will be carried out for mapping the needs of cultural sector in every partner country. Based on the research, a multilevel training program (for mentors and employees) is created for cultural sector employees. The training course is supported by the creation of an online learning platform and a progressive app. The mentor course is designed in a way which enables its graduates to act as trainers for their colleagues, making the impact of the project even greater.The online learning platform (with educational modules and a handbook) together with a progressive web app help us to reach more audience inside and outside of partner countries. All of the materials are free, which enables all interested people to educate themselves on the above mentioned topics, as better digital skills and more developed design-thinking can come to use for all of the cultural sector during the COVID time. The materials will be available in 4 project languages (incl English). The learning platform will be available for 3 years after the completion of the project and will be free for use. A new skill-set of competencies will be added to the to the current framework of competencies in Estonia. The competency model of the Estonian cultural leaders could be used as an example in creating similar competency models in other EU countries. As one of the outputs of the project, a blueprint for a completely new profession – a cultural technologist will be created in Estonia with the support of The Estonian Ministry of Culture. This serves as a basis for the creation for a new job/area of expertise and possibly a basis for a study curriculum for this job.Participating organisations:BCS Koolitus has been carrying out national ICT and digital competence enhancement programs for citizens since year 2000, the latest, ongoing program “E- Citizenship” (2018-2022), procured by the Ministry of Commerce and Communication, aims at raising awareness on ICT literacy of 6000 inhabitants, of whom 1/2 are elderly people ( aged 55+) and 1/2 various sectors employees with poor IT competencies. Training course program and materials are developed by BCS Koolitus and delivered via face-to-face training courses.ECFC has been the leading training partner on folk culture in Estonia for 30 years, offering in-service training for cultural sector leaders, cultural organizers and members of cultural ass. across Estonia. The project supports ECFC’s aims in increasing digital competencies among leaders and employees on different levels, as well as providing effective support in introducing and rooting innovative technological solutions throughout all the cultural sector. The project enables to concretize the needs of the target group, increase their technological competencies, and establish communities of creative networks, thus opening up new horizons for cooperation between different sectors and also internationally.Efektas Group (Lithuania) has been working in education and training field for adults and educators since early days of its’ establishments and one of the most crucial topics is critical judgement on daily activities and habits people have. This project is supporting this purpose by educating our organisation and stakeholders to be more aware of digital applications, online threats, develop habits that prevent from loses.Prios Kompetanse from Norway is an educational software and web applications provider, who will be responsible for creating a website and an online application for the project.