<< Background >>While the educational community has made concerted efforts to maintain learning continuity during this period, children and students have had to rely more on their own resources, teachers and students of teaching studies had to adapt to new pedagogical concepts and modes of delivery of teaching, for which they may not have been trained. (OECD, A.Schleicher). In response to school closures due to the virus spread, UNESCO recommended the use of distance learning programs and open educational applications and platforms that schools and teachers and students of teaching studies can use to reach learners remotely and limit the disruption of education (UNESCO March 2020). The rapid transition to online learning has made major changes in teaching practices. Participation in online lectures or video calls suddenly replaced face-to face meetings that had been eliminated due to contact and mobility constraints. The question arose about the readiness of teachers for such changes, about the digital competence of participants in the educational process, and students associated with the process of organizing full-fledged online learningWith the EU competence model DigComp , a uniform Europe-wide reference framework for digital competence was created about 10 years ago. With DigCompEdu, the EU has defined a specific digital competence reference framework for teachers and students of teaching studies in educational institutions. To determine the level of competence, DigCompEdu provides its own self-reflection tool in the form of an online questionnaire. With this questionnaire, teachers can survey their status on the topic of digital competence themselves and anonymously. However, DigCompEdu does not measure skills and competencies in terms of content, nor does it offer content for competence development and further training. Teachers and students of teaching studies are dependent on their own resources and offers. These findings were motivating factor to develop an innovative DigiSET framework. DigiSET offers a solution to efficient and effective learning, addressing the gap between skill assessment and skill enhancement. DigiSET offers the whole learning ecosystem, tailor-made to the real-life needs and supports the enhancement of key digital competencies and addresses the horizontal priority of digital transformation trough development of digital readiness, resilience and capacity. If teachers are digitally literate, they perceive technology as a source of creative potential, rather than something that is mandatory to learn. The effective use of digital learning tools in classrooms can increase student engagement, help teachers improve their lesson plans, and facilitate personalized learning.<< Objectives >>The project DigiSET aims to contribute to the effective and efficient support of teachers in educational institutions and future teachers i.e. students currently enrolled in teaching studies in the development of digital skills using digital tools, through the creation of practical competencies assessment and digital learning content. Target group was determined to test and develop DigiSET toolkit – current teachers and students who train to be teachers. The current teachers have a real experience with teaching, and for some of them it might be very challenging to transfer their teaching methods into online learning. On the contrary, nowadays students are expected to be able to use digital technology in terms of teaching. However, it remains unclear to what extent students are equipped with ICT knowledge. The project therefore wants to achieve that all teachers, both current and future, can reflect the current and future needs of digital education. DigiSET project will be done in three phases and will achieve following goals:Phase I ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL SKILLS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF TEACHING STUDIES•Goal 1 – Digital competence assessment of teachers and students of teaching studiesOUTCOME OF THE ACTIVITY:• COMPETENCES ASSESMENT REPORT INCLUDING PERSONAL LEARNING RECOMMENDATIONPhase II Development of e-learning materials on digital skills improvement•Goal 2 - Creation of digital learning content and certificatesOUTCOME: •TAILOR MADE E-LEARNING MATERIALS AND CERTIFICATEPhase III Measurement of acquired competences•Goal 3 – Evaluation of competences progress & certificationOUTCOME AT THE END OF THE PHASE •SKILLS ACQUISITION REPORT (BEFORE AND AFTER)<< Implementation >>This project will consist of three phases (please see above) and activities related to the development of the innovative digital toolkit for enhancement of teachers and students of teaching studies digital skills and competencies. All planned activities are in line with the Erasmus+ expectations for Partnerships Cooperation. Throughout the first phase, the assessment of the current digital skills and competencies of the teachers and students will be determined, and a further learning recommendation will be created. Based on the report results, in the second phase e-learning materials on digital skills improvement will be developed together with the input from partner institutions. In the final phase teacher competencies will be measured, based on the results from competences measurement before and after learning corrections of the DigiSET toolkit will be applied. For detailed description of project implementation, please see the section Result Description.<< Results >>DigiSET project result will be a digital toolkit (web based) that makes the assessment of digital competences of teachers and students of teaching studies via an online assessment tool (questionnaire) and individually recommends to every learner available learning material for closing potential digital skills gaps as objective as possible. Further within the project the relevant digital learning contents will be produced. For developing and calibrate the digital assessment system specifically towards teachers and students of teaching studies needs we need a large data input, i.e., a large number of teachers and students testing and feedbacking the/on the digital assessment tool, individual recommendation system and the digital learning contents on digital skills improvement. This will be done by actively including partners in all phases of the project. Within the framework of this project 360 teachers and students of teaching studies from all partner institution will be involved, for more detailed description of participants, please see the section Participants. For the result to be as objective as possible we believe data collected transnationally has a much higher value for the project result and generally than data collected only nationally. The DigiSET toolkit and all materials produced as a part of this project will be in English, German, and Romanian. For future purposes, outside of this project, it can be translated into the language needed. Open access to products under Erasmus+ is a key principle of the program. Core results and reports will be openly accessible to the public even after the project has ended. These outcomes will be available on the DigiSET website for free after the project has ended. Project partners will obtain the full DigiSET toolkit free. Within the last steps of the project, all project partners will work together on creating a project sustainability plan to ensure long term sustainability of the project result. A possible future exploitation and enhancement of the results of this project is possible.