<< Background >>Digital literacy, together with literacy and numeracy, is nowadays seen as a fundamental asset whose lack is considered to be almost invalidating. Almost every day new digital technologies are developed or evolve from existing ones, changing human behavior in social, educational, working and many other fields. The pace at which innovation moves is so fast that it leaves behind some portions of the population, especially older population groups or the people that for some reason left their studies at an early age. Nevertheless, even in highly educated population groups digital knowledge is often at a very low or inexistent level. One of the fields that has undergone an exceptional amount of changes caused by this phenomenon called DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, is labor field, in which the ever-growing use of digital technologies is creating the risk for some sectors to be left behind and to become obsolete and outdated.<< Objectives >>OFFSET intends to foster the acquisition of digital and entrepreneurial skills for handcrafting entrepreneurs and handicraftsmen, affecting both the educational and digital society themes of the “Europe 2020 Strategy” COM(2010) 2020 final, and following the indications given by the “Digital Education Action Plan” COM(2018) 22 final.To achieve what stated above, OFFSET will respond to the following general and specific objectives:GENERAL OBJECTIVE:- Facilitate the passage through the digital transformation for handcrafting entrepreneurs (present and potential), making them able to use digital skills and transforming them into digital artisans, through their participation to VET trainings.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:1 - Train the trainers: Producing a collection of best practices and educational materials to fill digital and entrepreneurial knowledge gaps for handcrafting VET trainers and business coaches 2 - Create/enhance handcrafting entrepreneurs’ digital and entrepreneurial skills and competencies3 - Improve the awareness of present handcrafting entrepreneurs and investors on the possibilities offered by digital technologies and instruments implementation in handcrafting sector<< Implementation >>OFFSET project includes 4 Work Packages, namely:Work Package 1 - Project managementA1.1 Financial GuidelinesA1.2 Partner AgreementsA1.3 Communication Board IdentificationA1.4 Selection of TargetsA1.5 Monitoring and Evaluation PlanA1.6 Project ReportingA1.7 Conflict resolutionsA1.8 Planning of Future MeetingsWork Package 2 - Communication and DisseminationA2.1 Communication and Dissemination planA2.2 Communication templates and graphicsA2.3 Project websiteA2.4 Communication an Dissemination activitiesWork Package 3 - Development of Project Result 1: OFFSET – Training Course MaterialA3.1 Creation of course content: Digitalized Business - Handcrafting. Materials for present and future handcrafting entrepreneursA3.2 Creation of course content: Digitalized Business - Handcrafting. Materials for Startup coaches/Entrepreneurship TrainersA3.3 Learning Activity Pilot Test - Course ContentsWork Package 4 - Development of Project Result 2: OFFSET - ToolsetA4.1 Platform tool A - Interactive LibraryA4.2 Platform tool B - Profiling TestA4.3 Platform tool C - MOOC on digitalized entrepreneurship – Handcrafting Industry A4.4 Learning Activity Pilot Test - Platform Testing<< Results >>OFFSET activities will produce primarily 2 Project Results:Project Result 1: OFFSET – Training Course MaterialThe Consortium will design and elaborate the training materials concerning handcrafting industry digitalization for startup coaches/entrepreneurial trainers and handcrafting entrepreneurs.The teaching/training materials will focus on potential or current entrepreneurs and on training the trainers, empowering their ability to grow startups and help startup owners from the very beginning to the potential access to markets.This will ensure a different take on training for entrepreneurship, as the innovation is trying to reach the ambitious target of shaping entrepreneurs for the future through their teachers and trainers.Project Result 2: OFFSET - ToolsetIt will be an integrated toolset made of three different interactive tools with active synergy with each other.1) Self-Evaluation Tool on Handcrafting Industry Digitalization2) Interactive Library3) OFFSET Learning PlatformThe consortium will also organize 5 Multiplier Events which will take place in the last month of the project and will be as follows:M1: OFFSET - Presentation of the Online Course and Toolset on Digitalization for Handcrafting Industry – SPAIN (40 participants)M2: OFFSET - Presentation of the Online Course and Toolset on Digitalization for Handcrafting Industry – ITALY (40 participants)M3: OFFSET - Presentation of the Online Course and Toolset on Digitalization for Handcrafting Industry – BELGIUM (20 participants)M4: OFFSET - Presentation of the Online Course and Toolset on Digitalization for Handcrafting Industry – NETHERLAND (20 participants)M5: OFFSET - Presentation of the Online Course and Toolset on Digitalization for Handcrafting Industry – CYPRUS (20 participants)Lastly the partnership will organize 2 Learning, Teaching and Training Activities which will serve as piloting activities for Project Results:C1: Pilot course for OFFSET’s training materials (Italy)C2: Pilot training and testing of OFFSET’s tools (Cyprus)

"The project TRANSITION wishes to create and innovate teaching materials aimed at three crucial components of the entrepreneurial ecosystem: potential startup founders, entrepreneurial trainers/coaches working in business support organizations(accelerators, incubators, development agencies) and current entrepreneurs. These three categories need to be up to date with innovative technology trends and Blockchain is probably the one tech revolution that most probably will change all the aspects of the business world forever.All three actors of the entrepreneurial ecosystem must take part in the digital evolution of processes (production, certification, payment, delivery, etc.) thus the adoption of Digital Ledger technologies and Blockchain among these categories will affect the system in three complementary ways: 1) Potential entrepreneurs will integrate a general and fundamental knowledge of entrepreneurship skills and competencies (Second Intellectual Output) while at the same time being acquainted with the new opportunities offered by this new technology to start a new business following this trend or integrating the technology into their own idea. 2) Current entrepreneurs will enlarge their opportunity horizon about what DLTs can do for their current business, improving the versatility and growth capability of the enterprise ecosystem.3) Entrepreneurial trainers and coaches will have new teaching material to better train their startups/young entrepreneurs, causing this improvement in knowledge to resonate not only on people already committed to starting a business but also toward the future generation of startup founders.The project will produce three outputs, namely:IO1 - Blockchain Knowledge SpaceIt will be a structured repository of useful ""knowledge items"" concerning Blockchain, both as a technology and as an application in the different business areas.Items will be divided by different parameters: type of item (i.e. article, academic paper, MOOC, etc.) language, difficulty level(Basic, intermediate, advanced. Difficulty level of each item will be assessed by the scientific committee) and any other parameter will be deemed useful by the consortium. The BKS will have a manual filter to select the most interesting items for the user by selecting one or more of the aforementioned parameters.O2 Entrepreneurial Starter SetThe Entrepreneurial Starter Set will be the foundation for the training course to align anyone interested in the fundamental competencies to develop when starting a business.This will be a general purpose part of the training material produced by this project, specially produced for potential entrepreneurs to make sure they can foster or refresh a very well defined skill set to survive when making their first step on the market. O3 The Blockchain Entrepreneur KitThe output will be the core activity of the scientific partners of TRANSITION who, along with the VET provider, will design and elaborate the training materials concerning Blockchain for startup coaches / Entrepreneurial trainers, current and new entrepreneurs. The teaching/training materials will give a different take on who is the main target of the teaching/training effort by training the trainers, empowering their ability to grow startups and help startup owners from the very beginning to the potential accession to markets. Current entrepreneurs, on the other hand, will be encouraged to learn how blockchain is used and how they could use it to improve or reshape completely their business model."

"<< Background >>GreenEnter4Future project combines two of the most important challenges in 2st century. Activate, involve youth in solving environmental issues, which have harmful effects of human activities as the next generation will basically design our future and the future of a whole planet and empower Youth Workers to help counter the dramatic increase of unemployment situations among young people – with the mission to generate educational value, green employment horizons for long-term capacity building, from the dynamic interaction between these two groups. As stated by the European Commission, social innovation is not something you do to citizens but with citizens.As EU citizens, we all have a duty to protect and improve the environment because it means living better. Numerous aspects of our daily life are directly related to the environment: children's asthma, floods, traffic congestion, the dream of a clean beach, etc. The environment and climate change is priority for the protection of the environment. Youth must be aware of the negative impacts climate change (DG CLIMA, EIONETsdg13_50) has for individual and community health as they are the generation who will suffer the greater consequences (Arjen Wals), thus they must have more say in environmental decisions and policies. Turning the spotlight on the growing urgency of the climate crisis was highlighted by Fridays for Future movement that took off, leading to an increasing number of young people around the world to participate with this intention. Fighting climate change is ""the challenge that will define our generation, a political and moral obligation"": (President of EU Commission) continues to reiterate the centrality of the environment in the action of his Executive.Therefore green growth is at the heart of EU policy to ensure that Europe’s economic growth is environmentally sustainable. EU, in the last 30 years has multiplied its initiatives: policies, regulations, controls, anti-pollution interventions, research on environmental innovations, awareness actions etc. Youth will primly benefit from entrepreneurial learning. Whether or not they go on to create green businesses, social or other enterprises, young people who benefit from entrepreneurial learning, develop business knowledge, essential skills including digital, green and attitudes including creativity, initiative, tenacity, teamwork, understanding of risk and a sense of responsibility. This is the entrepreneurial mind-set that helps entrepreneurs transform ideas into action.EU 2020 strategy for growth aims to create ""smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"", and have set clear objectives to guide European environment policy until 2020 and a vision beyond that, of where to be by 2050: protect, conserve and enhance the EU’s natural capital, turn the EU into a resource-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon economy; and safeguard EU citizens from environment-related pressures and risks to health and wellbeing.Furthermore, environmental protection and innovation help to create new business and employment opportunities, which stimulate further investment. UN Environment Program for the green economy translates into ""an improvement in human beings and social equity, significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.Green startups represent the major driver of change, transformation of the global economy towards a more sustainable economic model. It is essential for young Europeans to understand the importance of active engagement in the protection of the environment, and that green business are an opportunity to find jobs and help make the world a better place.<< Objectives >>Becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times. To achieve this, the EU Commission presented the EU Green Deal, the most ambitious package of measures that should enable European citizens and businesses to benefit from the sustainable green transition. The project aims to improve global environmental standards, stresses the need to empower youth workers who will then empower youth in eco-friendly entrepreneurship, fast track to transition in the green economy not only to restore after the pandemic but to provide new opportunities to the younger generations, with more collaborative business models. Green startups find their natural outlet in different sectors.Among the most receptive areas to start green startups we find the sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries, urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development, and promoting creativity. The new generation will be trained on the potential growth in green alternative tourism, innovation in agriculture and food chains. However, there is an untapped potential to take a path that can create other green jobs. Green companies need qualified personnel in order to expand their markets who very often fail to meet their demand.Climate change is here but not everyone can feel the impact yet. Youth workers turn to digital technologies to help youth better “experience” it. With our Green Online Game, youth will feel the impact of climate change with well-explained illustrated ways in order to be mobilised to fight the climate crisis. Youth workers will be trained to empower youth with green skills, eco friendly entrepreneurship as crucial factors for the development of cohesive, healthy societies.OBJECTIVES- Define sustainable development approaches providing training panorama for green business, circularity and employment opportunities;- Develop and share tools to empower youth with key green, new media, digital skills applied in green economy and development of youth entrepreneurial spirit;- Train youth workers to develop their professional competencies and to provide youth, eco friendly start-ups with specific knowledge in fast tracking green economy, reducing environmental risks and promote social equity;- To promote European climate legislation, for a cleaner energy generation;- To create synergy among stakeholders to restore youth's financial health and build eco friendly initiatives. TARGET GROUP:The project is addressed at strengthening and validating competences of youth, future start-uppers, young entrepreneurs, NEET, youth workers, trainers, experts, educators, staff, stakeholders (policymakers, green businesses, consumers) for environmental change, support investments and related growth.Around 300 unemployed youth and 100 youth workers will benefit of the project activities. The total number of people who are indirect beneficiariesis approximately of 1000, including the local and online community.<< Implementation >>The activities of the project are multidimensional and vital for creating ""smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"". They will introduce practical innovations in the area green economy with startups in sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries and urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development and promoting creativity.C1 ""Green Your Future"" training:-extremely EU demonstrated network with initiative plans for forming a transnational community of youth workers as an important infrastructure;-training on how to educate youth, NEET, develop activities for key skills applied to green economy;-a unique educative experience for participants to become familiar eco youth friendly approaches;-competence in using projects’ outputs;- exchange, share valuable experiences;-certification.Green Your Future training is addressed to Youth Workers and other professionals who work with and empower young people Green entrepreneurship dealing with the youth!The training activities will be delivered primarily by the experts/youth workers of the partner organisations who are experienced in green startups in sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries and urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development and promoting creativity.The training will define different sustainable development approaches for youth entrepreneurship, evaluate the level of knowledge and competence in the field, develop and share tools for the implementation of sustainable business models. The training fosters the alignment of business practices to EU objectives of sustainable and smart growth, especially with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Local Territorial Training:The local territorial training in all partner cities will be the multiplying practice to partners local communities to empower youth with sustainable development approaches through the comprehensive educational panorama of the project.To achieve project's goals and meet the project's needs the following activities are designed to:-to empower youth with a spirit of green entrepreneurship from early on in life;-initiative, confidence, calculated risk-taking, creativity, organisation, tenacity;-develop youth's full potential and to successfully enter the job market;-meet the role models - entrepreneurial testimonials from young green start-uppers;Dissemination activities:Every partner will organise one national dissemination event in every project town to disseminate and exploit the IOs.Moreover, Multipliers Events in all partner countries will take place to disseminate the IOs and results on a wider scale.The main objective of the events is to spread the project results, facilitate dialogue, and create a learning experience between target groups with the support of innovative tools. Intellectual Outputs Covered:- Toolkit - Be the Climate Change Ambassador- MOOC - Build your Green FutureThe multiplier event will involve at least 30 local participants and 10 online participants.National institutions, regional and local authorities, schools, teachers, civil society organisations, media, and social networks will be invited to contribute actively to engaging them in a constructive dialogue with the partnership.Partners will make their participation in the Erasmus programme widely known within the organisation to create opportunities for participants to share their mobility experience with their peers. Partners will make their participation in the Erasmus programme known in their community and in the wider public, informing all participants about the source of the fund by creating Erasmus+ clubs, social media page, leaflets/ flyers to promote the project among youth.<< Results >>The objectives set of ""GreenEnter4Future"" we will be reached through:O1 Toolkit ""Be the Climate Change Ambassador"" addressed to young persons:-Green Online Game to mobilise youth to fight the climate crisis with impact on their daily lives;-Digital green skills for employment, start a green business ideas and anticipate changes in workplaces of the future;The toolkit will also:-provide a comprehensive educational panorama with practical digital tools for green entrepreneurship education;-introduce youth in a fun way to European policies about environmental issues;-understand climate change;-develop entrepreneurial ideas;O2 MOOC ""Build your Green Future"" addressed to youth workers/experts/educators:-increase the impact at the European level;-empower youth workers to deliver innovative training and practical education for youth's future career opportunities;-youth workers' practices how to empower youth to develop sustainable business models, use their full potential to successfully enter the job market; -key skills applied in green economy;-provide guidelines through existing assessment and certification to increase their employability via non-formal and informal learning.The MOOC is the key tool and instrument for youth workers to lead youth in green market to seize job opportunities and to create synergies and collaboration in green sector. It will facilitate knowledge and transnational cooperation to empower involved territories to learn from others, create solutions to be applied elsewhere at National, European and international level. It is the sustainable development of approaches in a training panorama for green business, circularity and employment.WEBSITE OF THE PROJECT-will serve as an open education digital space for the material developed throughout the project;-easily traced for overcoming physical and time limitations;-equal access to good quality education, everyone will have access to the training material and resources;-addressed to large audiences;-developed materials will be uploaded into different sections, according to the target group; -different levels of access and admins will be applicable;-interactive sources will be included within each module;-user-friendly, with tutoring availability, and relevant user guide;-all project outputs are flexible and easily adaptable to be transferred to other sectors and to other EU countries.Other results:1) Pilot testing of IOs, templates, guidelines and recommendations.2) Dissemination Plan, leaflet, brochure, newsletters, social media key messages; 3) Exploitation strategy at partnership level and national level;4) Evaluation/Quality control/Monitoring activities and products;5) Workplan/Handbook/reports;6) GREEN peer committees structures;7) Video testimonials and podcasts."

To cope better with the COVID-19 pandemic, PERFORM YOURSELF project focus on helping Young People with Training and Job searching in ​​the fields of Arts and Creativity. During the PERFORM YOURSELF project, Young People will learn about Non-Formal Education and Employability in the fields of Arts and Creativity. Local Young people of Salzburg, Austria, will participate OFFLINE, during a Learning, Teaching, Training Activity in Mark, Salzburg among other Europea Young People. For that, Educators and Youth Workers will make an ONLINE TOOLBOX to be tested OFFLINE during the LTT Activity. The TOOLBOX will help Youth with Training, Job searching and Job Creation in the fields of Arts and Creativity. PERFORM YOURSELF ONLINE: A TOOLBOX to help young people showing possibilities of Non-formal education; To inform about professions related to Art and Creativity; To explore practices in Non-Formal Learning, Creativity, and Education through Art; To use new & innovative web tools. The Online Tool will be created before the mobilities to help with the Tool-Box that will assemble during the Mobilities. This process will also help the participants to get familiar with online tools. After it will remain accessible to everyone and the final work will be uploaded to SALTO-Youth. The Participating Organizations MARK, Austria ANEVE, Portugal FATTORE K, ITALIA and LIDI SMART SOLUTIONS will fill the toolbox, which will be available online with different approaches and methods which are then presented and tried in the LTTA offline.PERFORM YOURSELF OFFLINE is an LTTA to experiment and evaluate the online TOOLBOX with the Good Practices in Youth Work using Art and Creativity. The TOOLBOX is to Empower the Youth Workers; To Encourage and improve the dimensions of Non-formal Learning, Creativity and Art and to support youth workers facilitating and teaching new methods, more diversified, using Hi-Tec, adaptable and creative.The LTTA will last 5 days + 2 travel days; the Target Group are Participants with educational difficulties: For this, approximately 20 local young people are invited to the LTTA.In the LTTA, the following approaches will be tested and evaluated: sports and theatre, performance, zine making and web-education. The detailed schedule is in the attachment.The toolbox will help youth workers to work with NEET and/or Disconnected Youth. The methodology and different approaches used in the Toolbox will help NEET and Disconnected Youth:-to gain self-confidence and make themselves visible, -to be able to express themselves and their needs-to explore their talents, in the field of ARTS and CREATIVITY-to enable activities according to what they like and to what they can do; in contrast to what formal education -to enhance creativity and creative thinking-to empower them to make individual decisions based on their life plansONLINE goalsTo Create an ONLINE Toolbox to help Youth Workers with Training addressed to Job searching and Job Creation in the fields of Arts and Creativity.To help Youth with Training, in the fields of Arts and Creativity.To help Youth with Job searching and Job Creation in the fields of Arts and Creativity.To help Youth Workers with Training addressed to Job searching and Job Creation in the fields of Arts and Creativity.To help Youth to become computer-literate and able to use new technologies in order to participate in the society not only in times of lockdown but also in order to keep up with the rapid changing environment and its accompanying requirements as a result of the age of digitalizationOFFLINE goalsTo help Youth with Training, in the fields of Arts and Creativity.To help Youth with Job searching and Job Creation in the fields of Arts and Creativity.to acquire basic skills and knowledge in order to be more successful in today’s professional environmentThere will be 3 transnational project meetings and one LTTA in October:TPM1: MAY 2021: Kick-off meeting & Design of the PERFORM YOURSEF ONLINE platform (NL) - 1 DayTPM2: JULY 2021:MONITORING of the Design of the PERFORM YOURSEF ONLINE platform & preparation of LTTA PERFORM YOURSELF OFFLINE (PT), 1 dayLTTA: OCTOBER 2021: PERFORM YOURSELF OFFLINE (AT) - 5 daysTPM3: DECEMBER 2021: Evaluation & Reports (IT)- 1 day

<< Background >>The use of robots to help adult learners is a relatively new field, which has shown interesting results. Robots have been developed to support a wide range of educational activities, including training for specific skills, language learning, vocational education, continuing professional development and others. Specific robotic devices have been developed to aid learners with disabilities as well, including developmental, learning and sensory disabilities, communication disorders, emotional and behavioural disorders and physical impairments. Research has shown that some of them have demonstrated promising outcomes in aiding the educational outcomes of learners. Most of the research to date pertains to the use of educational robots in school education for children and few projects or initiatives have focused attention on adult education, despite the potential benefits. This project is going to address this gap and bridge the divide between the education and the robotics sectors, which is currently wide, as the sectors are lacking communication and common ground between each other. The HEART project has four target groups. The first group is educators in the adult education sector, who are responsible for teaching and training adults. Their needs are related to applying innovative approaches to reach their students with the teaching material. For educators who want to use robots with adult learners, there is no overview of what is available on the market and how they should make use of it. This project will conduct a systematic review of the currently available technology and produce outputs that will support educators to improve their capacity to use robotics technology in their work. The second group is educators and professionals who focus specifically on adult learners with disabilities, with this group comprising primarily of teachers and trainers, but also including other specialists, for example occupational therapists, counsellors and others. Their needs are also related to the most effective methods which they can use to meet the specific learning needs of the learners they are working with. The third group comprises of experts from the partner organisations who will be trained as mentors and will be able to support the first two target groups in their direct work with adult learners. The fourth group is specialists in the Higher Education sector - teachers, lecturers, educators, researchers and other specialists who work in the Robotics departments of universities, specialising in educational robotics. The project will support them in connecting the field of robotics with the field of education and contribute to the development of academic know-how in this area, which these specialists can use in their work.<< Objectives >>The overall aim of the HEART project is to increase the capacities of the adult education systems in the partner countries to meaningfully engage adult learners with education and training through the use of robotics technology. The project also aims to contribute to the social inclusion of learners with disabilities by increasing the capacity of educators who work with them.The specific objectives of the HEART project are:O1: Improve the capacity of educators to provide education and training to adult learners through the use of robotics technology.O2: Improve the capacity of educators to provide education and training that is specific to the needs of learners with disabilities through the use of robotics technology.O3: Map out the field of educational robotics and enhance the understanding of the interconnections between technologies and practices, relevant to the needs of adult learners. O4: Create an international network of trainers and educators with a specific knowledge in the field of educational robotics in the partner countries. O5: Increase synergies between the adult education, the higher education and the robotics sectors through more targeted use of robotics technologies. O6: Increased capacity of the partners from the different project countries and enhanced cooperation between them.<< Implementation >>The core activities for the achievement of the objectives are as follows:A1 – MAPPING AND DATABASE DEVELOPMENT: The partners will carry out mapping of the robotic devices that are available on the market and their use for supporting adult education, including education for persons with disabilities. The mapping will include good practices on how the robots have been used in practice. The activity will be carried out mostly through desk research and stakeholder interviews. As a result of the mapping, a searchable database with a range of criteria will be developed and published as an online tool. A2 – GUIDE FOR USING THE DATABASE: The partners will develop a guide to complement the database, which will present the concepts, the selection criteria when searching a needed device, descriptions of all the devices and learning scenarios, in which they can be used. The guide will also include a set of competences that educators need in order to use robots to support educational outcomes. A3 – METHODOLOGY. The partners will develop a methodology for the training course, the purpose of which is to ensure that all the training modules are developed following a similar structure and in a way that meets the needs of the target groups. A4 – ONLINE TRAINING COURSE: The partners will develop a web-based training course, consisting of 6 modules, aimed at the target groups to enhance their capacity to use robots for adult education. Videos, animations and case studies will be used to present the information in a way that is easy to understand for a non-technical audience. The specific modules will be dedicated to different areas of adult education, with at least two of them focusing on robots for persons with disabilities. The training will include resources and quizzes that the participants must take in order to obtain certification.A5 – PILOTING: The partners will carry out the piloting of the online training course in order to ensure that it meets the needs of the target groups. A6 – TRAINING FOR TRAINERS: The partners will carry out a training for trainers, which will prepare them to support the target groups in their use of robots to support adult learners. This will create a trained pool of experts and improve the capacities of the partners. A7 – INTEGRATING FEEDBACK: Based on the feedback received from the LTT and the piloting, the partners will produce the final version of the online training course. A8 – WEBINARS: The partners will carry out a cycle of 6 webinars, 1 in each country, with the purpose of presenting the database and the training to local audiences. In addition to the dissemination effect, the activity will have the added value of creating synergies between all relevant local stakeholders – adult education establishments, trainers, government agencies, researchers, NGOs and industry professionals – in order to stimulate discussion on the use of robotics and technological innovations in adult education.A9 – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: An international conference will be held at the end of the project, which will serve to inform about the project results. In addition to these core activities, the partners will carry out support activities, including project management and coordination; monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance; and sharing and promotion activities.<< Results >>The following results will be achieved during the project:1. Completed mapping of the uses of robotics technology to support adult learners, including learners with disabilities, with a created searchable online database;2. Produced guide for the target groups on the use of robots to support learners, to be used alongside the online database;3. Developed and piloted online training course as a learning tool to improve the competences of the target groups;4. Created network of trained professionals on the use of robots to support adult learners, who can provide support and training to the target groups;5. Improved competences on the use of robotics technology to support educational outcomes among the target groups through targeted training activities in each country;6. Achieved wide reach of the project results through an international event.Upon completion of the HEART project, the following impacts are expected:1. Improved capacity of educators to integrate robots in the teaching and training process for adult learners; 2. Improved capacity of educators (including non-teacher professionals) to integrate robots in their work with learners with disabilities to achieve their inclusion in education and better learning outcomes;3. Improved capacity of the partner organisations in relation to the issue of using robots to support adult education and created a pool of professional trainers in this area;4. Enhanced knowledge about the impact of robotics technology to support educational outcomes and raised awareness of the issue among and beyond the direct target groups;5. Created interconnections and synergies between the higher education, adult education and the robotics sectors, as well as between the project countries.The impact of the project on the indirect target group of adult learners (including learners with disabilities) will be seen in the improved learning and developmental outcomes, educational results, reduced rates of dropouts, improved readiness for the labour market and reduced risks of social exclusion. This will have roll-on benefits with regard to equality and diversity in society as a whole, both within the project countries and beyond.