The «SKILLNT – Sector Skills Network of VET centres in Advanced Manufacturing» project is KA3- Support for Policy Reform project, supported by the European Commission and covering the whole EU-27 territory plus several countries outside the EU borders. It aims at:
Encourage the creation of transnational and national networks and partnerships of VET providers to improve the quality and efficiency of VET at national and European levels, increase their impact and relevance to learners and employers, and build cross-border cooperation for the quality and attractiveness of VET
TVET AS 2022 - Plenary Session
TVET AS 2022 - Group Photo
Promote communication, dissemination and support for the implementation of the VET policy agenda at European and national levels, to exchange knowledge, feedbacks and experiences on policy implementation and sharing of best practices on VET excellence
PARTNERS
Skillman.eu, coordinator and leader of the transnational platform of centers of vocational excellence for the emerging skills in Advanced Manufacturing.
IVETA, International VET Association for the advancement and improvement of high-quality VET throughout the world.
EAPRIL, European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning.
IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT
The expected impacts of the project outside the organizations directly participating in the project are in particular:
the increase in the designing and piloting of new curriculum and units of learning addressing evidence-based future needs skills in the Advanced Manufacturing sector
the increase of the number of VET professionals using EU tools and frameworks (ECVET, EQAVET, ESCO, etc…)
the increase of the VET providers using evidence-based skills foresight exercise in order to address actual and future skills needs in Advanced Manufacturing.
the reduction of the skill shortage in the Advanced Manufacturing sector at EU level
the reduction of the time lag connected to the occurrence of a technological innovation, triggering new or substantially different skill requirements and the point in time when the first cohorts leave the education system with these new skill profiles.
DELIVERABLES
WP1 - Project management
The main aim of the WP1 was the general coordination of the project and the set up of the tools that will facilitate the coordination and management of the project.
These actions are deployed: to raise the attractiveness of VET; to support the development of an internationalisation strategy; to support, in one side, the micro companies and the SMEs in upskilling and reskilling their employees and, in the other side, to boost the VET providers in the capacity to revise their curricula and learning offer, fostering innovative learning of key competences; and finally, to realise train of the trainers activities
The objective of this WP is to assure the highest possible efficiency, relevance, impact and sustainability of the results and outcomes of the project by devising a concrete quality plan.
The WP implements the first set of standard activities expected by the call that are deployed to raise the quality and attractiveness of the VET, to facilitate the access to the EU funds opportunities, to valorise the relevant EU tools and initiatives in the field of VET and finally, to engage new members into the Skillman sectoral network with an effective and proactive action.
4 thematic permanent groups on specific topics composed by members belonging to the VET provider networks have been established. The PLCs cover the specific objectives of the projects as following:
WP 6 - Exploitation and roll-out strategy implementation
Exploitation, dissemination (WP6) and communication of results form together a crucial part of the SKILLNET strategy and make all partners committed to contribute to the success of this WP sharing their efforts, complementary networks and contacts at European and national level.