The measurement of competence is an essential element of strengthening the potential of enterprises, as a starting point for the development of its employees, the diagnosis of competency gaps and the choice of strategic directions. Intelectual Outputs of the project, provide a complete set of necessary tools to conduct research competence from beginning to end. It's not just a description of the method itself, but also a set of concrete, ready-to-use materials.Previously used personality tests and other tools, always referring to personality theory, trying to answer the question: what is the test person. Our method goes a step further, giving the answer to the question: what is a person in the context of their work. As a result, the measurement result of the social competence (treated as one part of the qualification) is more meaningful and valuable for the assessor qualification.This project was run by 4 Partners: PROFES (PL) - leader, e-peers (PL), MERIG (A) and HOMINEM (ES).The primary objective of the project was to create, describe and evaluate Method of Competency Assessment in Work Contexts (CAWC) and provide any tools for its use in practice. In details, project developed:- Project website (www.agilecompetency.com) and social media: Facebook with the posted news - „Competency Managment – what is it? Analysis of contemporary theoretical models” – report- Survey form for companies and consultants about how competency managment works in business today- Report on „Competency Managment – how it works in business today?” survey- Method of CAWC – raport- 11 videos-lectures about method- 16 articles about different aspects of the Method- Guide – „How to implement CAWC in your organization?”- „Strategic Directions – which competency are needed to your organisation?” - workshop scenario and materials - „How to read report after assessment?” - workshop scenario and set of materials to conduct workshop- 3 videotutorials using in preparation sessions for assements participants and observers- Instruction for coaches who works with participants of assessment- Survey form for companies and consultants about which competencies are needed for the European labor market?- „Key competencies for European labor market” – report after research- 20 key competencies, each competency with general definition and with 5 aspects, each aspect describe by definition- 19 descriptions of work contexts- „How to proper develope cases?” – document; instruction for consultant and HR, faculties- 1456 cases – each includes: solid description of the situations; 3 potential behaviours – well described ways of reaction; 6 comments about potential answers;- 1456 animations as cases visual attractiveness- 110 ready-to-use knowledge pills (one for every aspect in all competencies, 20 competecies each in 5 aspects)- 1 comprehensive software tool – aplication that allows access to all cases and knowledge pills, for test and development your competencies Actions taken under the project and its results had a significant impact on the target groups:• Entrepreneurs - by implementing methods for their activities related to the assessment and development of staff, will support such important processes as recruitment (internal and external), talent management, construction of paths of development, competency gap analysis, assessment of employee, HRM.• Consulting companies - with the introduction innovative methods to its portfolio of products, increase their range of influence to new types of businesses. With the completed package implementation materials, will be able to enable entirely new service to its offer at a low cost. Additional value is to have a portfolio of products tool for the diagnosis of qualifications according to the EQF.• Universities - First supplement their curricula with innovative, practical content. Second, can use the competency tests in the method for the determination of key competences for their students and graduates. This allows them to better tailor curricula to the real needs of the labor market.• Students and people interested in competence development - broaden their knowledge of competency management with innovative content. As the people of this target group are usually interested in working in the HR area, they can use their knowledge as their advantage in the labor market.

"Context of the project:The project ""Worklife Guidance - Development of guidance and counseling in the workplace"" is about bringing together methods used within career guidance and counselling, validation of prior learning and Human Resource Management and build a toolbox for providers of guidance services to use when working with managers and employees in the workplace on a strategical development of the workforce competences. In the modern society people cannot rely on the skills they acquired at school to last them till the end of their working life and companies need up-skilled and re-skilled workforce to be able to cope with the rapid market changes. The main aim of this project is to make it clear to both parties, employees and employers, that a strategical development of skills and competences should be a part of every-day work-life and that the responsibility is mutual. The target groups of the project are: a) Individual employees; b) Managers, especially within human resource management and c) Providers of guidance services, who were trained in how to approach both groups and gain trust in the methodology used.Objectives (towards long-term benfits)- Strengthen the competences and believe of managers and middle-managers to use counseling and coaching methods to map competences and possible skills gaps.- Strengthen the believe of employees towards a systematic development of competences to develop their competences and meet organization or sector needs. - Bring down barriers towards the use of competence modeling and measurements/mapping of skills mismatch.- More efficiency in the use of finances used for development of human resource within organisations.- Strengthen adult education’s connections, relationships and service models with companies through the work of career counsellors and through the co-working models of career counsellors and vocational experts - Share and compare models of guidance at the workplace in order to develop models to be used by adult education / career counsellors Products:Comparison of methods/models: information was gathered from all partners for comparison of methods/models used within career guidance and counseling, validation of prior learning and human resource management. On the basis of this comparison partners were able to understand the issue better and choose models that would better serve the respective employment sector and/or companies that each participating organization was cooperating with.Toolbox for providers of guidance services: the core of the project outcomes is the Toolbox which includes promotional material to be used by the providers of the guidance services, models to be used when providing the service, guidelines on how to approach employees and employers to gain trust in the services and a training program for providers of the guidance services.About the partnership:The participating organizations come from five different European countries, Iceland, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden. They brought different aspects to the project work as the objectives of their work are different, covering adult education, guidance and counseling services, validation of prior learning, research on education and training systems in Europe and cooperation with the business world. This was to secure a very broad approach to the theme and objectives of this partnership project. The benefits of this project for providers of guidance services will be that they are better equipped to approach companies and employees as both parties will better understand the importance of letting the competence development of employees go hand in hand with the needs of the company. Five international meetings have been held, all three multiplier events have been conducted: ideology presented; train the providers; final conference, and the three outputs/products have been produced; report on comparison of methods and tools, Toolbox for guidace (http://wlguidance.wixsite.com/toolbox) and training course/material for guidance providers. The project has reached directly over four hundred professionals in five European countries. Partner countries have set up processes for continuing disseminating the ideology of the project and using the Toolbox further with guidance providers and in companies. This will open up further developments in the area of competence development, transparency and matching of skills."

"Cultural heritage is a common good passed from previous generations as a legacy for those to come, however to provide this we face lots of challenges regarding its preservation and access, including financial, social and, in the digital era, technical issues. Therefore, not without a reason the year of 2018 was ""The European Year of Cultural heritage"" with its objective of recognizing the value of the historical dimension of the built environment. Now is the right moment to continue and expand these activities in forthcoming years. From our own experience we all know that the world is not the same today as it was yesterday, and it will be different still tomorrow. We can be victims of that change, or we can proactively drive changes by learning and developing new skills and competencies as individuals and professional community. It is important to get together and bond for the changes that we want to make and share about values of European history and its rich and diverse cultural heritage. WAAT project brings together 6 international partners: as lead Plungė Public Libary (Lithuania), ICARUS HRVATSKA (Croatia), EGInA SRL (Italy), The Multidisciplinary European Research Institute Graz (Austria), Centro de Educación de Adultos de Olmedo (Spain) and The Reinwardt Academy (Netherlands). They engaging present professionals working in culture, heritage management, adult education and research institutions to develop new learning system and digital movies, that creativily raise awareness of engage 4 aspects in cultural heritage. This partnership project would be one of the initiatives that motivate and inform adult educators/ learners about cultural heritage will engage and it will use shared history and innovation for the benefit of heritage.The WAAT project will aim to promote an exchange of good practices and to develop new material to spread knowledge for adult educators on how to effectively teach learners about values of cultural heritage between different European countries. The project will open a range of different angles to access cultural heritage content. The expected results are to develop a modern and dynamic system of understanding and promoting 4 aspects of cultural heritage through digital stories.PRIMARY TARGET GROUP Present professionals working in:- culture, cultural heritage management and research institutions;-adult educators;- staff of GLAM institutions;- other relevant stakeholders (e.g. working on preserving or on dissemination of information about cultural heritage).OBJECTIVES1.MOTIVATE dialogues between professionals on cultural heritage (intangible, tangible, digital, nature).2.TO DEVELOP new material for adult educators and leaners on raising awareness and connecting people on the subject of cultural heritage.3.TO REVEAL uniquely 4 aspects of cultural heritage throughout making digital stories/short films.4.TO IMPLEMENT specific training of testing created toolkit (during the Project) in practice at learning activities.5.TO PROMOTE cultural heritage of different European countries throughout integral learning system created during the Project.Together in a transnational joint learning partners will:-IMPLEMENT comprehensive materials on raising awareness for the European heritage sector. -EXCHANGE of good practices on cultural heritage presentations.-CREATE training material for cultural heritage presentations/film making.-DEVELOP an open digital platform for the collection and presentation of stories on cultural heritage.-INVOLVE the public in the cultural heritage world through a platform.Expected outcomes:-increased knowledge and visual fixation skills for the heritage professionals and educators;-increase creativity of target group working in cultural heritage sector; -increased number of people discovering and engaging with Europe's cultural heritage;-increased representation of cultural heritage in digital form;-reinforced cultural exchange between European citizens. Main deliverables:-TOOLKIT - introducing the project's rationale and methodology, illustrating the use of the educational material created throughout the project in order to promote and raise awareness about cultural heritage. The toolkit will integrate all the resources created during the WAAT project.-2 LTTA , which play a crucial role with regard to the achievement of project results, as they are devoted to support beneficiaries‘ acquisition of competences and skills related to the cultural heritage and digital stories, in order to engage them in the enhancement of local cultural heritage and make them aware about the creative and digital tools (filmmaking) which can be used for promoting cultural heritage.- Publicly available digital material on cultural heritage (films). Atleast 31 digital movies/stories.-6 multiplier events.-WAAT digital platform."

"Despite annual tourism statistics highlighting an increasing number of visitors to wineries in Europe, wine tourism training is rare. Indeed, to date, only two universities offer training in the wine tourism sector namely, Universidade Lusófona in Portugal and Universidad de Salamanca in Spain.It is in this context that six European organizations from research and trade sectors worked together for 31 months (September 2016 - March 2019) in order to create the ""BACCHUS SME"" vocational training in tourism. Thus, the partnership included a cooperative that supports and promotes sustainable rural development, economic, social, professional and employment (FR); three SMEs (PT, AT, BG) active in the fields of vocational training, adult training and human resources consultancy; a university (ES) covering scientific fields and know-how related to tourism and organizational development and having interdisciplinary research experience; and a local development agency (IT) that supports and promotes sustainable rural, economic, social, vocational and employment development, and operates in particular in the areas of rural tourism, environmental education, rural development and tourism. innovation, technology transfer and vocational training.BACCHUS SME project was divided into four phases: analysis of the organizational development of SMEs (O1); analysis of the wine tourism sector (O2); development of the learning program and the diagnostic tool (O3) and creation of the BACCHUS SME platform (O4).Thus, the partners first conducted two studies (O1 and O2) on their territory in order to identify the specific needs of small and medium-sized winegrowers for their organizational development and for a diversification of their wine tourism offer. To do this, the partners have worked with both wine entrepreneurs, wine tourists but also public bodies, local development associations, experts in wine tourism, etc. to which they submitted questionnaires. Focus groups and literature searches complemented the field studies. In total, nearly 500 people contributed to the work.Based on the results of their studies, the partners created an innovative learning program (O3) including a diagnostic tool and blended-learning training modules (combination of online training sequences and face-to-face training). Thus, in view of the identified needs, the partners of BACCHUS project developed the following modules: (1) wine tourism as an opportunity for the wine industry; (2) good practices for innovation and entrepreneurship strategy in wine tourism; (3) analysis of local and global tourism attractions; (4) English language in the wine tourism sector; (5) communication and cooperation techniques; (6) marketing in the wine tourism sector; (7) ICTs applied to wine tourism and digital marketing; (8) wine and heritage and (9) food and wine pairings. All content is embedded in the online platform BACCHUS SME (O4) developed specifically for the project needs.In addition to the communication actions carried out on digital tools and in the press, the intellectual outputs of BACCHUS SME project were presented during multiplier events (E3-E10) organized as part of the project. The latter brought together nearly 300 people from the six territories of the partnership (AT, BG, ES, FR, IT and PT) who had he opportunity to share their opinion and even test the developed content and tools.For more information on the project and its results, please consult free available BACCHUS SME tools and content from the project website: www.bacchus-sme.eu."

CONTEXTAssuring the quality and relevance of vocational education and training has become a more important and challenging task as today's labour markets change faster than ever. In government conferences and in school meetings, the issue of quality in VET tops the agenda. If learning doesn’t lead to satisfactory outcomes, everyone loses: learners, employers and society at large. This is what stirs up the field of quality assurance in VET. This is where the role of the IntoQuality project comes as it strives to set the grounds for establishing well-founded and defined criteria to estimate the value and credibility of the main actors involved in EU VET mobilities.The project will contribute for the following EU priorities:+ Further developing quality assurance mechanisms in VET + Promoting work-based learning in all its forms, with special attention to apprenticeship-type training+ Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications to facilitate learning, employability and labour mobilityAIMS AND OBJECTIVESThe overall aim of the IntoQuality project is to create a more favourable environment for youth exchanges and mobility programmes in the field of IVET.The project stipulates several specific objectives:+ To establish a “European Association of Quality Intermediary Organizations for Mobility” united around common definition of quality mobility and value for money+ To develop an efficient Quality Assurance System which to guarantee wide visibility of reliable and credible intermediary organizations involved in mobility projects+ To develop an interactive monitoring tool for mobility beneficiaries allowing for continuous evaluation and improvement of the mobility experience+ To contribute to the increase of EU mobilities through promoting cooperation between quality intermediary organizations.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTSIO1: Quality Assurance System for VET Mobility Intermediary Organizations: a comprehensive system of quality criteria and indicators promoting the common understanding of the quality in transnational mobilities. The tool may be used by mobility organizations for periodic self-assessment and improvement of their services. Also, it may serve as a knowledge base for start-up mobility organizations, looking for a professional standard in the field of mobilities. The Quality Assurance System is structured according to the categories of services offered by VET Mobility Intermediary Organizations: 1. Overall organization of mobilities; 2. Accommodation; 3. Catering; 4. Transportation; 5. Training placements; 6. Structured training activities (incl. language training); 7. Professional study visits; 8. Cultural activities and 9. Inclusion of people with special needs.IO2: Interactive Monitoring Application: an interactive mobile application allowing mobility coordinators and beneficiaries to allow participants in the mobility to share their experience in real time on a daily basis with their sending institution/mentors/schools etc. The application will serve as a digital diary for the participants in the mobility prompting them what they can do each day of the mobility, asking them to evaluate different aspects of the mobility and thus allowing for continuous improvement of the experience.The project consortium has established a European Association of Quality Organizations in Mobility with headquarters in Brussels. The IntoQuality QAS will serve as tool for admission of quality intermediary organizations to the Association.TARGET GROUPS+ Intermediary organizatiosn manading and implementing mobilities+ VET schools sending/receiving mobilities+ Business organizations providing work placements for mobility participants+ Local/Regional/National authorities involved in Multi-stakeholder Mobility Platforms+ VET Students taking part in mobility projects+ VET professionals taking part in mobility projectsProject target groups were involved in the project through the following activities:External testing of Quality Assurance system: 55 organization from 14 European countriesExternal testing of monitoring app: 71 persons from 5 European countriesOnline/ social media/ websites: 14883 personsNewsletter distribution/ mailings: 1713 personsFace-to-face meetings: 1213 personsConferences/multiplier events/fairs: 3280 personsOther (local newspapers, etc): 50 persons