<< Objectives >>The CMQ d'excellence industrie du Futur, the French network Mecanic Vallée, and the Spanish cluster CAAR present the EiT 4.0 project, which has the following objectives :- To contribute to innovation in education and training in industry through the use of new digital devices - To adapt education and vocational training to the needs of the labour market- To support ecological transition in industrial companies, in vocational training, and in training young people .<< Implementation >>Several activities will be implemented, as follows:- Creation of resources in English and in the partner-country language, to train training professionals: in-company trainers and teachers- E-learning training via webinars- Access to webinars on the 3TIndustry4.0 platform- Production of content for teachers that can be used for training young people- Organisation of awareness-raising events for high school students<< Results >>The results will be :- An increase in the competence of teachers and trainers in companies through training and the exchange of best practices between European professionals- Dissemination of the theme of ecological transition of industrial companies in industrial training courses for young people- Improvement of the European system of continuous training for professionals- An increase in the competitiveness and ecological transition of companies through Industry 4.0

"The transition to ""Industry 4.0"", now an essential step for industrial companies, represents not only a technological challenge but also a human and organizational one. It requires new skills, new jobs and therefore upgraded employee qualifications. To meet these qualification requirements, both initial and continuing vocational education play a key role. Education must adapt by integrating the new imperatives but also allow the teachers themselves to access ongoing training in a flexible way, throughout their career, to take on board future new technologies and the changes they generate. Companies are also playing an increasingly important role in providing innovative employee training initiatives to adapt to the significant changes they have to face.Many reports and studies have shown firstly that there is currently no organized continuing training program for teachers to learn about new developments in industry, secondly and that it is difficult for companies to set up comprehensive training programs -employee training is often confined to a specific solution and its implementation. Bridging these gaps will make the European vocational education system more competitive by promoting the employability of students and by adapting their skills to industry needs and technological developments.Our ""3TIndustry4.0"" project is based on an innovative model. It will connect two types of professionals in education : teachers in higher education and industry trainers. This encounter will enable the transfer of skills between the two groups of professionals and meet the needs of industry4.0.The core of 3TIndustry4.0 is the creation of online training modules and of a network of collaboration throughout Europe. The framework of each of these modules is the presentation of a case study with supplementary theoretical material. Each module will be developed in the form of a webinar. The participants will access an online presentation during which they will be able to interact with the lecturer. The webinar recordings will constitute a database accessible from a platform created as part of the project.This free digital platform linked from the project website will compile the training materials and also serve as a tool for data sharing and a forum. 3TIndustry4.0 will thus create and develop a European network for the sharing of teaching practices between training professionals who can exchange via the platform's discussion board during and after the end of the project.The 3TIndustry4.0 modules will also be useful to introduce students of higher secondary level to digital technologies and different jobs in industry. 3TIndustry4.0 brings together 5 partners whose skills and background are highly complementary: - Coordinator: Mecanic Vallée (MV), a French inter-regional cluster of companies in the mechanical industry - Fundación AITIIP: Spanish technology center, expert in R & D and digital training - Campus des métiers et des qualifications Industrie du Futur, a french organisation which brings together vocational training institutions over a a wide area - TUBS is a German University specialized in Learning Factory - CAAR: A Spanish cluster that supports companies in their development of training and R&D projects on new technologies. Project progress:Studies: identify the training needs related to the changes in ""Industry 4.0"", in other words what technologies are needed in the modules.Pedagogical and methodological activities: develop the e-learning platform and its content, which will be based on a website, available in several languages and free to access during and after the end of the project.Dissemination: provide the project with clear information and communication strategies in order to effectively promote the project's objectives and the European partnership in other institutions and countries.Quality assessment and monitoring: monitor and evaluate the achievement of project objectives throughout the duration of the project.Use of the results: Develop a relevant strategy to ensure sustainability, and transferability of results. Impacts and long-term potential: - improvement of the skills / knowledge of teachers & trainers concerning i4.0 technologies. - creation of a European network of training professionals and teachers in the i4.0 sector. - Improve the european system of continuing professional training. - Greater competitivity for Businesses and Training centres thanks to a better implementation of i4.0 - promote professional mobilityFor students: - discover new technologies 4.0 - promote language learning and student mobility- Make the industrial sector and its trades attractive."

Whereas the automotive sector plays a key role in the European economy and is as an industry is booming, it is crucial that in this sector workers are prepared for the demands of increased competitiveness. Various reports and studies have found that there are certain curricular deficiencies in the qualification of automotive workers whose solution would greatly enhance its versatility and therefore productivity of the entire industry.The focus of our project CARDEMY is on an innovative and high-quality orientation of education, where the acquisition of key skills for automotive industry are based in a Learning Factory model. Learning Factory is a new model of VET focused on the real industry needs, which pilots on workers’ skills and competences. Learning factories have been developed to impart substantial knowledge about improvement process concepts and methods to students and industrial seminar participants within a real-world manufacturing environment. Project will study this methodology and analyse how to implement in other EU countries, improving its adaptation to new market requirements through the integration of an Industry 4.0 perspective in the model.In CARDEMY participate 5 partners, complementary in terms of nationality, expertise and competences:• Coordinator: Fundación AITIIP is a Spanish Technological Centre, expert in R+D and training European projects with important links with automotive sector.• MECANIC VALLEE (MV) is a French cluster of manufacturers and federates an interregional network of prime manufacturers and subcontractors in the mechanical sector, including automotive.• Intercultural Consultancy and Studies, INCCAS, is a German organization that works in training and cooperation develop and conduct E-learning and Blended Learning programs.• The Automotive Cluster of Aragon (CAAR), is a Spanish cluster-type association that mainly is devoted to encourage companies in the automotive sector of Aragon to cooperate and collaborate in projects and foster R&D&i in the automotive sector in Aragon as well as to promote the use of new technologies.• Moravian-Silesian Automotive Cluster c.a. (MAK) was established to increase competitiveness and to encourage innovation and export capacity of interconnected companies, entrepreneurs and institutions in the Czech region of Moravia-Silesia.The main activities areas with the following structure and deliverables:STUDIES: The main objective of this action is to identify gaps in current curricula for automotive workers. Also an analysis on the possibilities for improving the skills and training needs of automotive workers (target group) and prepare studies for diverse stakeholders, likewise as a prospective report or policy recommendations.PEDAGOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES: The main objective is to develop the e-learning platform and the contents, which will be based on an internet site and available for every platform or computer used. The methodology “Learning Factory” will be also implementedDISSEMINATION: The main aim is to provide the project with clear information and communication strategies in order to promote an increased visibility of the project objectives and the European partnership, and to ensure the exploitation and sustainability of project results in other institutions and countries. EVALUATION AND QUALITY MONITORING: The main goal is to monitor and evaluate the achievement of the project goals during whole project duration.EXPLOITATION OF RESULTS: The objective is to ensure the sustainability of the project by drafting the pertinent strategy for exploitation (contacting different stakeholders, drafting pre-agreements)The IO are the following:• O1-Design of the curricula for automotive industry• O2-E-Learning modules • O3-Learning factories: methodology, pedagogics and implementation.

Companies detect an emerging concept in their continuous improvement and innovation processes: the confluence of Lean and the implementation of Industry 4.0 projects. They also detect a lack of these skills in vocational training graduates. Like any emerging concept, it takes time to become present in VET curricula. And in the 21st century, innovation cannot be delayed.To solve this problem, the industry must take an active role in defining and training key competencies and skills. And collaboration between the business, training, innovation and technological development ecosystem is essential.In this context, European companies from three countries, Portugal, Spain and the Czech Republic, are promoting a strategic partnership project with the aim of improving the results of vocational education and training by developing an innovative digital educational methodology, based on simulation seroius games, oriented to real experiences, and integrating Lean continuous improvement systems, with Industry 4.0 systems, in a new concept called Lean 4.0, and validated by companies and vocational training centers.To do this, five entities with extensive experience in collaborative projects have joined a consortium:Caar, Aragón Automotive Cluster (Spain), which groups 76 automotive companies that employ 11,500 people in the region. It designs and manages innovation, business development and training / talent programs with the participation of its partners, of which 50% are SMEs.Autoklastr, Automotive Cluster of the Czech region of Moravia / Silesia, with a profile similar to Caar, but in its region, it groups 86 industrial and industrial service companies, that employ more than 10,000 people. It develops cooperation programs between companies for their competitive improvement.Aitiip, technological center for new materials. Fundación Aragonesa (Spain) made up of large and medium-sized companies and business development entities, specialized in technological development and innovation in creation, processes and manufacturing of new materials, with extensive experience in industry 4.0 and European project management.ATEC - Associação de Formação para a Industria, is a private non-profit association, founded by Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Siemens, Bosch and CCILA (German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Portugal), and created to contribute significantly to the increase in qualifications / professional skills available in Portugal and, consequently, to increase the quality and productivity of companies. It has offices in Lisbon, Porto, and at its partners' facilities in Veiro, São João da Madeira, Viseu, Braga, Cascais and Carregado. He teaches over 100,000 hours of high-level technical vocational training per year.TatyAir is a young Czech StartUp specialized in the development of industry 4.0 hardware and software applications.The five partners form a balanced and powerful international group, with notable representation of large companies and SMEs, capacity for technological innovation, experience in technical training, and specific knowledge in digital educational applications development.The project includes the development of a research study on the convergence between Lean methodologies and industry 4.0 enablers not only in the participating countries and their companies, but in the scientific and technological field of all of Europe. Subsequently, once the scope of the application has been determined, an analysis will be carried out to characterize the entire application and its systems. Next, and once the model has been validated by companies and training centers, the application will be developed. Finally, four pilot actions will be carried out in vocational training centers to test the tool.Social research techniques, systems analysis methodologies, agile methodologies will be used for the development of mixed software and hardware applications, and evaluation studies of didactic methodologies.The fundamental result is the creation of an open source community around Lean 4.0, and a tool based on simulation games, to design, execute and measure the results of training actions in Lean 4.0, bringing training closer to a real environment of production. This methodology will impact on the problem of lack of specialized training in Lean 4.0, incorporating new educational methodologies. It will also have a significant impact on the results of professional training by completing formal training.The five entities are committed to maintaining and growing this community in the long term, incorporating new challenges in its content, and making it a long-term benchmark in terms of innovation in industrial vocational education and training.

The overall objective of "3 InDustrial Ecosystems tAckLing supply chain dISrupTions and driving the adoption of advanced technologies" (IDEALIST) is to support SMEs in industrial ecosystems 1/ Energy-intensive industries, 2/ Aerospace and Defence, 3/ Mobility, Transport & Automotive in their ability to understand and adapt to changes brought about by rapid and unexpected developments in the world such as the COVID-19 crisis or the Russia-led war in Ukraine. These 3 sectors are of capital importance for the European economy and despite their specificity, have common challenges that the project will help to address: transition to more sustainable practices, competitiveness issues in a context of scarcer raw materials and more expensive energy, change in consumption habits. Being more resilient means giving SMEs the opportunity to be a player in these changes and no longer just a spectator or follower. To do this, the project will evolve around three pillars 1/ Strategic Foresight to establish relevant tools and behaviors to anticipate and better prepare for change in an orderly and systematic way, 2/ Technology Uptake to overcome obstacles related to the implementation work of Advanced Technologies and lay the foundations of alliances between tech-savvy and traditional SMEs and 3/ Supply chains to identify critical dependencies and weaknesses in order to limit the impacts of disruptions on value chains. This work will lead to the realization of Pilot Projects promoting the meeting between ecosystems, facilitated by the use of the Hack&Match method. The mobilization of the AGORA platform led by EIT Manufacturing will support this objective of matchmaking and community building. The project is carried by a relevant consortium of 14 partners from 6 European countries and Ukraine representing several thousand manufacturing companies. The project will take place over 3 years (36 months).