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The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University presented the BIBLIO project at the ERASMUS DAYS – DAISSy Days 2022 online event!

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erasmus-days-2022The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU), the Greek project partner, presented the “BIBLIO: Boosting digital skills ad competencies for librarians in Europe” EU project within the “ERASMUS DAYS 2022” institution. In particular, the BIBLIO presentation was included in the “DAISSy Days 2022” (13-15.10.2022) initiative organized by the DAISSy-HOU, to celebrate the “ERASMUS DAYS 2022”. This is an innovative initiative of the DAISSy-HOU, sharing a valuable experience in the implementation of European projects, including numerous currently ongoing projects also funded by the ERASMUS+ EU program.

Specifically, the presentation of the BIBLIO project was part of the thematic webinar entitled “Digital competences in a cutting edge role for the Culture and Tourism professionals” which was organized online (zoom platform) and in Greek on Thursday 13th October 2022 (19.00-20.30 Greek time).

The webinar focused on what digital transformation implies in the sectors of tourism and culture and its impact on the development of the respective professionals. It highlighted indicative European projects currently undergoing by DAISSy-HOU, which aim at developing the skills of the professionals active in the sectors of museums, Libraries, cultural heritage, tourism and hospitality. The objective was achieved through the presentation of the milestones of EU projects undergoing and/or completed by the organizer, as well as the exchange with the main actors involved in this process. Emphasis was put on the interaction with the participants through a vivid sharing of views.

More precisely and concerning the BIBLIO project presentation, Foteini GATOMATI, project manager, presented the ongoing findings and emphasized the BIBLIO blended training course. It was showcased how the ongoing BIBLIO outputs have responded to the new skills of Librarians in the digital era, according to the two emerged job role profiles in the Library sector i.e. the Community Engagement and Communication-CECO and the Digital Transformation Facilitator-DIGY.

biblio-1Furthermore, Leonidas Papachristopoulos, Librarian and trainer at BIBLIO MOOC, referred to the results of the completion of the MOOC and the positive impressions of the BIBLIO trainees currently involved in the work-based learning activities.

For more information about the DAISSy Days 2022 event on tourism and culture, please visit:

The event was also promoted through the DAISSy-HOU social media, as hereafter:

 The «DAISSy Days 2022» sessions of the ERASMUS DAYS 2022 were implemented online and attracted the interest of academics, researchers, students as well as professionals from various sectors of activity (such as education, local government, culture, tourism, energy, etc.).

The DAISSy Research Group of the HOU is the Greek partner of the BIBLIO project (ERASMUS+ / 612411-EPP-1-2019-1-IT-EPPKA2-SSA) and implements it, in cooperation with the Distance Library and Documentation Centre (DLIC) of the HOU, associate partner.

biblio-2Stay tuned and remember to visit the site of the BIBLIO project and check the “Stories” of the BIBLIO partners! https://www.biblio-project.eu/stories/

For more information about the BIBLIO project as well as other activities of the DAISSy-HOU:

This project is funded by the ERASMUS+ program of the European Commission, under grant agreement no. 612411-EPP-1-2019-1-IT-EPPKA2-SSA.

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Hellenic Open University hosts Kick-off-Meeting of SpicE

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Special Education STEAM Academy gathering representatives of universities, ministries and institutions from Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Bulgaria in an open dialogue to strengthen the Education Framework for STEAM in Special Education for students with mild disabilities in Primary Education

From September 22nd to 23rd, 2022, in Athens (Greece) the Hellenic Open University (HOU, Greece) hosted ministry representatives, teachers, professors, and managers of 11 education institutions from Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Bulgaria. The purpose of this meeting was to launch the project SpicE, co-financed by the European Union through the ERASMUS+ programme. This 3-year project is meant to promote visibility and inclusion for primary education students with mild disabilities, as well as to improve and promote STEAM techniques in Special Education at European level.

SpicE aims to enhance Primary Education Teachers’ ability to implement effective STEAM instruction for protecting students with Mild Disabilities (Special Education) from educational and social exclusion. STEAM is used both as the means and as the purpose for enabling a much-needed shift in Special Education in Primary Education both at an in-service and pre-service level. It sought to uplift barriers for a significant number of students that are silently, slowly, and indirectly marginalised from the early stages of European school systems due to the lack of Teachers’ STEAM skills and the lack of a methodological between STEAM and Special Education educational models.

The event allowed for a warm welcome from Prof. Achilles Kameas (HOU), the project coordinator, to the tour de table where partners met and got to know each other, which helped establish the connections that will ensure a smooth project implementation. The meeting was also available on Zoom for the participants that could not attend the meeting in person.

The objective of the kick-off meeting was to make sure all partners have a clear understanding of the expectations of the project, to understand the structure and workflow that will be followed throughout it and to be able to discuss the various work packages and their expected outputs, so that each partner understands their roles and responsibilities.

More specifically, partners discussed the project overview, project management, how special education practices will be collected and analysed, the educational and competence frameworks for STEAM in Special Education, the quality assurance in SpicE, the project’s dissemination means, channels and materials, and a shorter overview of the work packages concerning the professional development of STEAM special educators as well as the pilot testing and evaluation of future project results.

Moreover, Ms. Evita Tasiopoulou and Mr. Eddy Grand-Meyer from European SchoolNet presented EUN activities related to SpicE as well as two STEAM projects focused creating a conceptual framework of reference for integrated STE(A)M education, developing a capacity building programme for primary and secondary education teachers and designing an improvement journey with different stages associated to intervention steps based on research and proven experiences with recommendations.

Other activities carried out throughout this meeting include the approval of the Project Management Handbook and the establishment of the Steering Committee.

In the holding of this event in Athens, partners could share their experiences as well as become familiar with important aspects of the newborn project, and also enjoy the academic, cultural and geographic aspects of the City of Wisdom during their stay.

Additionally, it was hoped that the creation of synergies, and the coming results of the following working tasks and sessions will bring clarity for the implementation of the activities planned in the first year of work for this project.

 

 

For more information, visit the project’s website: spiceacademy.eu or check out its social media on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at @SpicEAcademyEU.

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The DAISSy Research Group of the HOU launches its activities on EDIFY-EDU European project on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Management EDUcation and professions

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edify-edu-logoThe ‘EDIFY-EDU: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion For improving the qualitY of Management EDUcation, training and professions’ is a newly approved European co-funded project that addresses the skills gap in the sector of Management education in regards to the competencies on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), which are constantly in a higher demand in the present complex and digitally transforming society.

The project aims to facilitate the acquisition of EDI competencies and transversal skills for management students, who are the future managers, and actual managers in business, focusing on small and medium-sized companies which are the backbones of the economy, in order to respond to the current societal transformation. This will be achieved by setting up a system for skill assessment, learning offer (as micro-credentials), knowledge validation and recognition. Specifically:

  • The EDIFY-EDU has already kicked off its activities on analyzing the training needs on the Management education and business sector regarding EDI in Europe.
  • Following the analysis, the identified needs will be translated into a modular training Curriculum addressing EQF levels 5-6, that is based on blended learning principles and it will be realized within: a MOOC, of 6 to 8 weeks long); Specialisation Courses, of a maximum duration of 8 weeks, and Work-Based Learning (WBL) six-months activities in the participating piloting countries, including Greece. This modular training program will emphasize on the development of EDI skills as well as digital, green and social skills which are considered strategic for the new millennium.
  • At least a hundred and twenty-five (125) trainees from five (5) EDIFY-EDU countries will be involved in the process and will transfer the acquired competences and skills to the real work environments, by strengthening the relation with the actual managers and applying a “flipped classroom” approach, i.e. trainees will familiarize the company managers with EDI skills and inadvertent unconscious bias in the workplace.
  • The outer goal is to incorporate the Equality Diversity and Inclusion principles across all business management processes. Therefore, a diverse work environment and an inclusive workplace culture, in which the EDI principles are respected in the business policies and practices, will be promoted, in order to enable employees to feel valued and reach their full potential in their workplace.

The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) is the Greek Academic project partner and will be actively involved in all EDIFY-EDU deliverables. In addition, it will be one of the partners responsible for the development of the research methodological framework and tools and the conduction of the National and EU Report on the research findings, as well as the development of the Curriculum.

Furthermore, DAISSy, with its long experience, will be responsible for the whole Implementation of the Curriculum and in particular for the design, development and maintenance of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and e-learning platform, as well as the assessment and evaluation process of the training activities.

Lastly, taking into account its high-standard expertise, DAISSy will have a very active role in the standardisation of the Specialization courses and the conversion in ECTS credits, combined with the organisation of the WBL activities and the mobilities.

The EDIFY_EDU is a three-year project co-funded by the ERASMUS Lump Sum Grant of the European Union and is coordinated by the DUN LAOGHAIRE IADT-Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Ireland) with eleven (11) partners in six (6) EU member states (Ireland, Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Greece) and three associated partners in Germany, Italy and Belgium. The DAISSy Research Group of the HOU and the Achade-Achaia Chamber Development Entity are the two partners which will be thoroughly linked for the effective implementation of the project activities in Greece, embracing also a number of respective stakeholders aiming at the multiple exploitation of the project results and its impact.

For more information on the EDIFY-EDU project, and other activities of DAISSy:

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Multiplier event of the UPDATE project “The utilization of digital solutions in vocational education and training”

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DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University organized a dissemination event of the project UpDATE- User-friendly Practical Distance Active Training Experience (http://update-project.eu/ ) under the title “The utilization of digital solutions in vocational education and training”.

The event took place on Friday 11th November 2022, at 18:00, in the “Byzantino” Hotel in Patras, Greece, with participants coming from the vocational education and training sector, both teachers/trainers and representatives of VET organizations, representatives of digital solutions providers and representatives of institutional education bodies.

The event started with a welcome address by Dr.Spyridon Papadakis, Organizational Coordinator of the Regional Centre for Educational Planning of Western Greece and his intervention on the need for the vocational education and training sector to utilize modern digital solutions in order to upgrade the content and effectiveness of education.

In addition, Dr. Achilleas Kameas, Professor at the School of Science and Technology and director of the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University, presented the group’s scientific interests, activities and the numerous projects it implements.

Later on, the participants had the opportunity to be informed about the objectives, expected results and actions of the UPDATE project by Mr. Konstantinos Potsis and Ms. Panagiota Polymeropoulou, key members of the project team, while the first deliverable of the project was presented and more specifically a report on good practices in the implementation of digital solutions in vocational education and training across Europe and popular useful digital solutions: http://update-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UPDATE-IO1-Greek-compressed.pdf.

Finally, there were two more presentations on DAISSy research group’s projects that contribute to digital readiness in the fields of education and vocational training, namely the DigiPath project – “Enhancing the readiness of Vocational Training teachers for digital education” – by Ms. Vicky Maratou, and the Agile2Learn project – “Developing the professional skills of teachers and students” – by Dr. Katerina Nikolakopoulou.

The general objective of UPDATE project, which is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme 2021-2027, is to improve the quality of vocational training delivered by VET organisations – in view of increasing the learning opportunities, inclusion and training success of learners, as well as their employability – reinforcing the trainers and tutors’ abilities to implement forms of blended and distance didactic and apply the new technologies to the training activities of high practical and manual content (specific feature of vocational training).

For more information about the project and the other activities of DAISSy research group:

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2nd Transnational Project Meeting of the WINBIZ project: Women’s Innovative Business Incubation Zone

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The second transnational project meeting of WINBIZ: Women’s Innovative Business Incubation Zone was successfully organized on 3-4 November 2022 in the premises f thr Hellenic Open University in Patras, Greece.

The representatives of the project’s partner organizations – Apsu – Associacao portuguesa de startups from Portugal, European Grants International Academy SRL from Italy, Bildungsgesellschaft Gemeinnutzige GMBH from Germany, C.E.S. Academy from the Republic of North Macedonia, Association For Social Innovation from Romania and members of the DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (ΗΟU) from Greece – discussed the project’s current state and next steps, regarding management and financial issues, project results dissemination plan and quality assurance.

Moreover, there were presentations and discussions regarding the main project results and guidelines on the proper implementation and finalization of the project’s deliverables, like WINBIZ Social Report, WINBIZ Trainer Toolkit, WINBIZ Training course and WINBIZness Plans catalogue.

The WINBIZ project, which is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme 2021-2027, involves migrant women or women with a non-Western background, with medium-high levels of education, in a training pathway aimed at enabling the acquisition and development of personal, transversal and specific competencies and skills necessary for their full integration/ reintegration in the European labour market, thus generating well-being for themselves and for the society they live in.  The main objective of the project is to encourage the higher qualification of adult migrant women with a medium or high level of education through training and coaching, allowing them to acquire and develop personal, transversal, and entrepreneurial skills and abilities necessary for their inclusion in the labour market, promoting their empowerment and social integration, so that they can produce wealth for themselves and society. Through educational training, WINBIZ intends to promote women’s social self-entrepreneurship to generate systemic impact and contribute to the promotion of a sustainable, inclusive, and innovative civic economy model.

 

 

For more information about the project and the other activities of DAISSy research group:

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ASB and Hellenic Open University step in for migrant and refugee Women Entrepreneurship!

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logo-winbizIn the frame of the Skills Development and Employability Support pillar of the «Harmonising Protection Practices in Greece» (HARP), ASB hosted the DAISSy Research Group – Dynamic Ambient Intelligent Sociotechnical Systems of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) – for an info-session on Women entrepreneurship, with the support of DG HOME and in cooperation with IOM.

The info-session took place on 31/08/2022 at ASB’s premises in Ioannina and was addressed to women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, who had the opportunity to be informed about the benefits of entrepreneurship and especially social entrepreneurship, and how it can enhance their social and economic integration prospects.

The members of the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University presented the upcoming project activities of:

  • WINBIZ: Women’s Innovative Business Incubation Zone (https://www.winbizproject.eu/ ), which involves migrant women or women with a non-Western background, with medium-high levels of education, in a training pathway aimed at enabling the acquisition and development of personal, transversal and specific competencies and skills necessary for their full integration/ reintegration in the European labour market through entrepreneurship, thus generating well-being for themselves and for the society they live in.
  • REInSER: Refugees’ Economic Integration through Social Entrepreneurship,

with main objective the improvement of the economic, and consequently wider, integration of refugees in host societies of the ADRION programme area by using approaches of social economy and in particular social entrepreneurship and by tapping the potential of networking and knowledge transfer of transnational as well as cross-sectional cooperation of key stakeholders.

, which are co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme 2021-2027 and the the Interreg ADRION Programme, respectively.

Video of the Info-Session:

For more information about the project and the other activities of DAISSy research group:

  • Website: http://daissy.eap.gr
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
  • Facebook: @DAISSyResearchGroup
  • Twitter: @daissy_research
  • Instagram: @daissy_researchgroup
  • Email: info@daissy.eap.gr
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Πρόσκληση εκδήλωσης ενδιαφέροντος για δύο προγράμματα επιμόρφωσης στον συμπεριληπτικό Τουρισμό!

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intour-ekdilosi-endiaferontosΑνήκεις στο προσωπικό πρώτης γραμμής ή είσαι μάνατζερ και θέλεις να επιμορφωθείς στον προσβάσιμο τουρισμό;

Δήλωσε το ενδιαφέρον σου τώρα στη φόρμα: https://lnkd.in/dnPMSzQg

Επίλεξε ΕΝΑ από τα 2 Προγράμματα του Προσωπικού πρώτης γραμμής για τον προσβάσιμο Τουρισμό ή του Στελέχους διαχείρισης (manager) για τον προσβάσιμο Τουρισμό.

Ημερομηνία έναρξης: 5 Δεκεμβρίου 2022

Τα Προγράμματα θα διατεθούν δωρεάν από το ΚΕΔΙΒΙΜ – Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο.

Η φόρμα εγγραφής άνοιξε!

Μπορείτε να εγγραφείτε σε ένα από τα δύο προγράμματα ακολουθώντας τον σύνδεσμο https://apps.eap.gr/kedivim/web/

Η φόρμα εγγραφής θα είναι ανοικτή μέχρι 10 Δεκεμβρίου 2022.”

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IPR4SC Project Description

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IPRSC-eu-logoTitle: Developing skills in Intellectual Property Rights Open Data for sustainability and circularity

Acronym: IPR4SC

Programme: Erasmus+

Project Number: 101056129 — IPR4SC — ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PI-ALL-INNO

Start – End Date: 01/06/2022 – 31/05/2025

Duration: 36 months

Action: ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants

Funding: Agency European Education and Culture Executive Agency

Total Project Funding €1.096.804,00

Project Homepage: https://www.ipr4sc.eu/

Status: Ongoing

Can IPR protection processes apply effectively, be facilitated and co-evolve within the uprising Open Resources, Circular and Sustainable ecosystems’ environment? What does it take to make it so?

The IPR4SC project targets the lack of intellectual property informatics and management skills, the so called ‘IP for business’ skills that are enriched with green, digital and entrepreneurial attributes. Their lack impose a significant barrier to the successful engagement of new, digitally empowered transitions towards increased sustainability and circularity, green and accelerated economic growth achievement. The general aim of the project is to increase the innovation capacity of EU inventors being trained in HE and VET organizations, in designing and implementing sustainable and circular economy businesses by boosting their ‘IP for business’ skills.

The project will develop educational offerings to be delivered by the HEI and VET providers that are adapted to the various target groups, foster the utilization of open resources, and facilitate the process of putting ‘IP for business’ into practice.

IPR4SC is focused on the following target groups: HEIs and technology transfer offices, spin-outs, and students from technical, natural and business sciences; VETs and their learners, as well as SMEs – especially start-ups. Other stakeholders, such as patent offices, IP lawyers, large companies and policymakers are also targeted.

The invoked partners will deliver a detailed IP for business skills needs analysis, develop an IT tool (IPR Monitor) as a navigating, decision-tree-based online tool, design and deliver the Innovation and Intellectual Property for Green (I2P) for Green course and modules (IP for green skills), the Simulation lab (IP for digital skills), and the innovative format of an IP Co-design Jam (strengthening entrepreneurial skills). The project is co-developed and co-delivered by a partnership of 4 universities, 2 technology & innovation providers, 2 VET providers, and 2 partners supporting the consortium by providing professional services in project management and dissemination. A number of associated partners, including patent offices and other organisations are also involved.

Project Outcomes

The project aims to increase the innovation capacity of EU inventors, trained in HE and VET organizations, in designing and implementing sustainable and circular economy businesses by boosting IP for business skills.

During IPR4SC a number of educational offerings that are adapted to the various target groups will be developed, to be delivered by the HEI and VET providers, through the use of open resources, supporting and putting IP for business into practice.

Instruments:

  • IPR Monitoring report
  • Innovation and IP for Green (I2P) for Green Toolkit
  • I2P for Green course and module
  • Facilitator Handbooks for implementing IPR Simulation Labs for digital skills and IP Co-Design Jam methodology, training materials and workshops (IP for Entrepreneurship)

Partners

Beneficiaries

  1. FAKULTETA ZA INFORMACIJSKE STUDIJE V NOVEM MESTU Slovenia
  2. NORD UNIVERSITET NO
  3. VISOKO UCILISTE ALGEBRA HR
  4. LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY IT
  5. VALUEDO SRL IT
  6. PANNON GAZDASAGI HALOZAT EGYESULET HU
  7. LOGIKA zaloznisko podjetje d.o.o. SI
  8. ERRE QUADRO SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA IT
  9. IZOBRAZEVALNI CENTER GEOSS DOO SI
  10. HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY EL

Associates

  1. Patentstyret NO
  2. DRZAVNI ZAVOD ZA INTELEKTUALNO VLASNISTVO HR
  3. Entrepreneurial Rise z.b.o. SI
  4. RAZVOJNI CENTER SRCA SLOVENIJE DOO SI
  5. PANEPISTIMIO PATRON EL
  6. ZAVOD NEFIKS – INSTITUT ZA PROMOCIJO IN BELEZENJE NEFORMALNO PRIDOBLJENEGA ZNANJA SI
  7. BUGNION SPA IT
  8. ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA IT

 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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DAISSy Research Group organizes event on the topic of skills development in digital energy efficiency

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programme-Good DeedsOn Thursday, November 10 2022, from 18:00 to 20:00, the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University, organizes the live event entitled “Skills development in digital energy efficiency” to disseminate the results of the Good Deeds (Digital Energy Efficiency Designers) project. The Good Deeds project is implemented by a consortium of 6 partners from 6 different European countries (Greece, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Portugal and Latvia) and has as its central purpose the development and testing of a methodology and a learning platform for Vocational Education and Training (VET) teachers and students, in order to promote a strategy of continuous and sustainable development of sectoral capabilities for digital energy efficiency.

Moreover, key projects in the field of STEM/STE(A)M education realized by the DAISSy research group will be described. In addition, teachers from primary and secondary education schools of Patra and Agrinio will present activities and emerging needs of STEM/STE(A)M education.

The event will be held at Byzantino hotel, Riga Feraiou Street. 106, Patras. Participation is free and certificates of participation will be given.

For more information for Good Deeds project and the DAISSy research team:

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DAISSy / HOU organizes the national event entitled “The use of digital solutions in vocational training and education” within UpDATE project

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UPDATE-posterThe DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University invites you to participate in the info day entitled “The use of digital solutions in vocational training and education”, which will take place on Friday 11 November 2022 at 18.00, at the “Byzantino” Hotel in Patras. The event will be in Greek.

The DAISSy research group – HOU participates as a partner in the actions of the project User-friendly Practical Distance Active Training Experience – UPDATE [2021-1-IT01-KA220-VET-000032930], funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. The UpDATE project (https://www.update-project.eu/), with a duration of 24 months, aims to strengthen and implement a digital ecosystem for vocational training by collecting and developing digital and technological solutions and enhancing the updating of digital skills of vocational education and training teachers and trainers. The overall objective of the project is to improve the quality of vocational training provided by VET organisations – with a view to increasing the learning opportunities, integration and training success of trainees, as well as their employability – by enhancing the capacities of trainers and instructors to implement blended and distance learning formats and to apply new technologies to vocational training activities with a high practical content.

The event is addressed to individuals and representatives of associations, institutions and bodies at local, national and European level. In particular, it is addressed to vocational education and training providers, apprenticeship advisors, vocational training teachers, decision-makers, researchers and education professionals.

Physical participation in the event is open to all. Participants who opt for online attendance will be connected via the Zoom platform. The event will be held in Greek.

Certificates of participation will be provided. For any information, please contact info@daissy.eap.gr

For more information:

  • Website: https://update-project.eu/ – http://daissy.eap.gr
  • Facebook: @update.project.22 – @DAISSyResearchGroup
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup
  • Twitter: @daissy_research
  • Email: info@daissy.eap.gr