"<< Background >>The shock of the COVID-19 crisis on education has been unprecedented. It has set the clock back on the attainment of international education goals, and disproportionately affected the most vulnerable. According with “UN - Policy Brief: Education during Covid-19 and beyond” more than 1.5 learners across the planet are or have been affected by lack of educational meaning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, vocational education and training (VET) systems are being uniquely impacted and it has received limited attention compared to other parts of the education system and is often seen as having lower status. While for mainstream schools, governments have adopted protocols to allow students to return to school, in the field of VET there is a dangerous carelessness. There is an enormous variety of tools available to teachers and trainers to create their own learning material and environments, but the vast majority of them are not VET-specific. Ready-made material with VET-specific content is much less developed. In most cases, the tools provided by public or private stakeholders focus exclusively on theoretical knowledge. There is a risk that VET learners are disadvantaged compared with learners from other educational tracks, as more efforts are put into general school subjects. This extraordinary situation is an opportunity for VET providers and learners alike to develop their digital competence.<< Objectives >>GENERAL OBJECTIVE:- Building more sustainable and resilient society in EU enhancing the delivery of education and training after COVID-19 crisis, supporting innovation and inclusion of vulnerable group. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:- Supporting VET providers to address teaching and learning processes through the development and implementation of new and more relevant teaching and learning approaches.- To strengthen vulnerable groups in facing the challenges presented by the recent sudden shift to online and distance learning while promoting equal opportunities among people of all backgrounds.<< Implementation >>In order to achieve the project objectives and produce the foreseen , the project structure includes several WPs. The project will identify specific needs of target groups, test, implement and disseminate new approaches and teaching methods that better meet the VET needs, including development of digital tools and training material. The results of the project will be disseminated. The project consists of 5 work packages (WP) and every work package includes several tasks. - WP 1: Project Management. This WP will ensure a smooth coordination and management and successful completion of all tasks, a proper allocation of resources within the fixed timeframe and an effective communication with the contracting European agency and all partners involved.- WP2: Project Results development. This work package will be used to develop the activities foreseen in the creation of all 4 project Results. Each result will have a specific section and belonging to the same work package the flow of activities will be more coherent: Result 1 A research and needs analysis process to identify existing models of best practice for the development of innovative VET and e-learning skills acquisition; Result 2 The design, development and testing of the Moodle platform to support the implementation of the accessible online learning. Results 3 The development ""E-book: How to increase the quality of e-learning, keep concentration high during long online sessions and using gamification resources, Based on the Results 4 ""Skills Assessment Validation and Recognition Tools"", the partners with the inputs and support of VET actors will develop the assessment, validation and recognition methods and tools to be integrated in all project Results. -WP 3: Testing. This phase during third year will be devoted to check the sustainability of the project results. Throughout the entire project will be dedicated space to the improvements of the project results through the testing phase. - WP 4: Quality Assurance: An evaluation and quality assessment plan will be created at the beginning of the project. Its aim is to have in our project excellent procedures for quality assurance and a clear understanding of each partner’s contribution to the quality of the entire project. The quality plan addresses each work package, each meeting and the project as a whole. Internal project reports from partners are to be made every half a year. - WP 5: Sharing promotion and use of project results: The aim of the Sharing activities is to maximize publicity, transparency, and proliferation of project results in order to ensure maximum impact and wide-spreading public outputs and outcomes towards our target users and wide public. Sharing activities will start at the very beginning of the project and will continue also after its end.<< Results >>The project develops 4 Project Results that will be the most evident results along with the sharing events. 1) Manual: Analysis of the “VELA” field of action and Exploitation of Best Practices.2) Moodle platform: Digital Accessibility to support VET educators in involving people with disabilities in e-learning. 3) E-book: How to increase the quality of e-learning, keep concentration high during long online sessions and using gamification resources. 4) European framework for the provision of digital competences - Skills Assessment Validation and Recognition Tools. MULTIPLIER EVENTN.150 participants involved in the VELA multiplier event (25 per partner).TRAINING EVENTN.24 participants (4 from each partner countries) within the Training Activity will combine one short periods of physical mobility [5 days] with virtual mobility [3 days] though the use of information and communication technologies such as collaborative workspaces, live streaming, videoconferencing, social media; to complement/prolong the learning outcomes of physical mobility. Other tangible and intangible results are expected in the following areas:INCLUSION OF VULNERABLE GROUPSAll project activities are permeated by the need to make each results most inclusive as possible. To achieve these project results 3 main roadmap will be followed: Digital Accessibility, Responsible use of Technology and Free and open source of the educational software proposed. Tangible results: N.24 trainers/educators in VET field will be empowered with the most recent tools related to Digital Accessibility/ Responsible Use of Technology; N.1 Moodle platform on Digital Accessibility will be produced through Result 2; N.50 main documents on social inclusion of vulnerable group will be stored in the Moodle platform respecting Open Access. Intangible results: Teachers/educators and learners will be stimulated in improving their digital skills and be ready for the unavoidable switch to digital education; to facilitate learner engagement and inclusiveness management with basic and transversal skills development. EDUCATORS SKILLS ENHANCEMENTThe main target group will be Educators, facilitators and VET provider and to them several competences will be transferred in order to deal with the actual crisis. Tangible results: N.24 trainers/educators in VET field will acquire innovative digital competences through the Training activity foreseen in the project. N.1 Moodle platform will be created to offer an open source of contents related with the project topic. N.1 Package of tools for trainers, educators in VET sector, in order to assess, validate and recognize the skills acquired through the provision of (Results 4) to the target groups. N.1 Innovative E-book, to increase the quality of the digital learning environment and keep concentration high during long online sessions. Intangible results: Increased the capacity of educators in using innovative digital educational methods in order to reduce the risk of social exclusion and marginalization in EU; program and methodology based on socio-professional development of educators and VET providers with setting up inclusive educational program; Supported the uptake of innovative approaches and digital technologies for teaching and learning, as outlined in the Digital Education Action Plan.DEVELOPING EU COOPERATION STRATEGIES AMONG VET PROVIDERS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTORSThe project will promote networking of institutions across the EU, sharing of resources and expertise, and collaboration with digital technology providers and experts in educational technologies and relevant VET practice, to develop tailor made educational solutions adapted to local challenges and realities.Tangible results: N.6 organizations will strength their capacity to establish European solutions to the current educational crisis; N. 90 stakeholders in EU will be involved through a survey."