<< Background >>Nowadays, the professional activity at the level of small and medium companies is more and more dynamic and in continuous change, in accordance with the global tendencies and the accelerated technological evolution. If, before 2020, the telework was optional, a maximum of 5.4% of freelancers or occasional sectors in SMEs worked from home, according to EU statistics compiled by EUROSTAT, over 40% of employees in the European Community passed in full telework starting with the first part of 2020, a state of art that continues today. This is also confirmed by the fact that EU statistics reflect the fact that over 50% of employees have no experience in teleworking, which actually makes the transition to this new kind of organization even more difficult, affecting the employees’ productivity and affecting the productivity of companies for short or medium term. The present dynamics of the labor market shows the mismatch between the employees’ competences and the needs of the labor market. Regarding the advantages of telework, this new type of professional organization proves to bring, in addition to challenges, countless benefits. These include travel time savings, resource savings at the company level for utilities and rent payments, is a green professional approach by low use of transportation to work and reducing the harmful effects of cars, saving on mineral resources. Therefore, there is a need to develop the necessary skills and approaches at the level of companies management for the permanent integration of telework in the professional activity of certain sectors of activity. But these benefits of teleworking are not accessible to employers and employees who do not have the skills and competencies necessary to organize work in this remote environment. Employees who do not have the necessary skills and competencies risk losing their jobs if this trend continues, resulting in a rise of the unemployment rate at European level.Therefore, there is a need to redefine the skill sets of employees at all professional levels.Thus, Reliable GREEN project intends to provide the training framework for adult educators, employees and future employees so as to develop their digital, software and transversal skills and abilities that help them to easily adapt to this new accelerated international trend. Providing these skills and competencies and encouraging companies and policy makers to continue to adopt telework will bring innumerable social, economic and environmental benefits, having a medium- and long-term impact on the European community. Therefore, the project will meet these needs and support the SMEs and VET tutors by providing tailored education and training materials that will build the key skills and competences in back-office employees and SMEs leaders. Actually, the project aims to develop bespoke training methodologies, curriculum and resources that will address the needs of back-office employees, SMEs leaders and VET tutors in order to adapt to a remote working environment and make it a reality for the business environment. In this way, the project will definitely cultivate European companies, digitized, oriented towards environmental approach.<< Objectives >>Consequently, the Reliable GREEN project aims to:- Establish a labor market hub at the level of each partner country in order to support the implementation of telework- Address the gap in the provision of VET to support SMEs employees to up skill for a remote working environment- Empower VET tutors with skills, competences and attitudes necessary to design innovative and technology-oriented training activities and services for companies- Foster SMEs employees' digital, soft and transversal skills for adapting to a remote working environment- Improve employees’ wellbeing, motivation and productivity when working online- Draw up of innovative and easily accessible educational resources for innovative working practices- Develop an e-learning platform focused on self-assessment and training accessible to all- Providing management tools for SMEs leaders in order to empower them to digitally manage the organization activity- Increase flexibility in working patterns at the level of SMEs<< Implementation >>In order to achieve the project results and accomplish the Reliable GREEN objectives, the consortium will work in a complex variety of activities aiming to respond to the needs of the labor market, providing innovative approaches to the vocational education and training to increase its dynamics and flexibility, managing to overcome the mismatch between the employees' skills and competences and the tendency to digitalize the administrative work in the SMEs.The project partners will actively collaborate to develop 6 project results/ deliverables, namely:-Labor Market Analysis and Hub Opportunities-Getting Ready to Teach and Train with Technology – Methodological Guidelines-Continuous Professional Development Curriculum-Adaptive Telework Toolkit for SMEs-Innovative Educational Resources Compendium for SMEs leaders-E-learning platformIn order to achieve these results, the project partners will perform: research activities, data collection activities through interviews and questionnaires, methodological design, curriculum design, resources design and e-Learning platform design. The resources will be realized through media-rich tools, contributing to the digitalization of the directed learning and self directed learning in the vocational education and training. Apart from them, in order to assure the maximum quality of the deliverables and results, the project partners will perform management activities, quality assurance and evaluation, monitoring, dissemination activities and sustainability activities. In this way, the consortium Reliable GREEN is confident to provide high quality results and to bring them to a high number of stakeholders, VET tutors, SME employees and leaders. Apart from this, for each project result testing, the partners will organize Peer groups, aiming at connecting the result with the expectations of the VET tutors, SME employees and leaders, coming with the viable solution to their needs through tailored resources. To assure the perfect collaboration and communication, the project partners will meet regularly in the framework of the Transnational Partners Meeting and monthly, at the level of the Management committee of the project, evaluating risks, progress and establishing further details.<< Results >>The project outcomes are quite complex, focusing on the quality development and implementation of project activities and also on responding to all needs which formed the base of our approach and attempt. Thus, the consortium collaboration and activities will result in:1 – Labor Market Analysis and Hub Opportunities - will provide a solid knowledge base for the methodology and resources to be designed by the partners in order to facilitate the adaptation of the management and employees of small and medium companies to telework.2 – Getting ready to teach and train with technology – Methodological guidelines- will empower VET tutors to create, organize and manage authentic, innovative and engaging training activities for companies’ employers and employees remotely.3 – Continuous Professional Development Curriculum - will develop the digital, soft and transversal skills and competences of the employees, so that they can adapt to the new work environment, without feeling the changes at psychological level, being affected their productivity, motivation and work results.4 – Adaptive Telework Toolkit for SMEs - will provide the necessary resources for employees to improve and adapt their professional activity to the new organization.5 - Innovative educational resources compendium for SMEs leaders - will develop the competencies of the future for managing the professional activity of small and medium companies in the context of digitalization and globalization.6 - E-learning platform - is the essential project result which incorporates all project resources and offers the tool necessary to allocate access to the resources according to the user’s interest and expertise.Apart from this, the project is expected to: -Provide a sustainable methodology for adult educators to develop digital and soft skills adapted to the new labor market requirements and dynamics; -Provide relevant, innovative and accessible learning resources for adult learners and educators; -Increase the interest of stakeholders in training the adults to develop the necessary skills and competences to work remotely; -Increase work motivation and productivity;-Empower learners with the necessary skills and competences to adapt to the new requirements; -Increased supply of learning opportunities for graduates and employees at risk; -Assure equal access to learning activities and resources for learners coming from disadvantaged categories; -Improve competences and knowledge at the level of SMEs; -Increase interest of stakeholders in digital and soft skills innovative approach; -Building an integrated and active stakeholder community.