"Safety at work has been a field of strong interest for many decades. Despite this, each year there are 374 million nonfatal work-related accidents/illnesses and over 2.78 million workplace fatalities (ILO, 2018). The construction sector is particularly at risk. 1 in 5 (20.9%) fatal accidents at work in the EU-28 in 2015 took place within this sector (Eurostat, 2018). In 2014, the European Commission developed a new strategic framework on safety and health at work to address workplace safety (EC, 2014). The construction industry relies heavily on migrant workers, defined as persons who are engaged or have been engaged in remunerated activity in a State of which they are not national (UN, 1990). During their first year in a new country, male migrants are predominantly employed in the construction sector, and are 1.4 times more likely to work in construction than native-born men (Eurostat, 2011). A recent report from the UK’s Office for National Statistics estimates around 10% of all construction workers in the UK between 2014 and 2016 were non-nationals (ONS, 2018). Migrant workers, with low levels of skill, are particularly vulnerable, with higher reported rates of accidents and fatalities compared with native workers (e.g., Dong et al., 2013).To address these issues, the project a) reviewed and identified barriers and facilitators effective VET training in a vulnerable group; low-skilled & migrant workers in construction, b) developed and evaluated migrant safety training, c) developed a certification system to facilitate mobility and d) developed guidelines to support safety in construction.Key activities of the project were undertaken in 3 main phases:1 Preparing the background for the development of the Safety Training Package (STP) and the Safety Training Evaluation Device (STED) by compiling the Safety Knowledge Base (O1)2 developing and piloting the STP, a mix of face-to-face and online teaching (O3) and developing and testing STED, a mixed methods evaluation framework (O4)3 following learning from O3 and O4, we developed a Certificate System (O5) that allowed for the cross-national recognition of STP. We also developed Guidelines (O6) for effective training and training transfer, and the publication of training tools and materials (all freely available on the Interactive Platform (O2) and partners' websites).Methodology. The project applied the design cycle methodology, composed of 6 steps: 1) “Definition” of the goals and functions of the project by studying the target groups’ views and needs; 2) “Analysis” with the aim to develop the Knowledge Base; 3) ""Synthesis”, which represented the definition of the Knowledge Base necessary to develop the STP and STED; 4) “Simulation”, in which STP and STED were concurrently implemented and tested; 5) “Evaluation”, of STP and STED where usefulness was evaluated by the stakeholders; 6) “Decision making”, to disseminate the STP, STED, Guidelines, and the Certificate System.Participants. During the project we trained 22 trainers and 119 low-skilled workers in construction (of which 45 migrant workers). 107 completed the training. Before and after evaluation revealed significant increases in learning technical skills, but not safety outcomes. Interviews revealed changes in safety compliance, assertiveness and safety climate. In addition, 18 supervisors of trained workers were interviewed. Furthermore, 19, 22, and 28 people participated in focus groups, and 10, 10 and 27 in interviews (in Spain, Italy and the UK, respectively). Moreover, the total number of participants in the Multiplier events were 297. Results and impact: The number of visits to the ESTEEM website was 20593 and 463 supplementary documents were uploaded to the website.The evaluation of the training confirmed that trained workers benefited from pilot training. They increased their knowledge about safety and transferred this knowledge into construction site, resulting in technical and non-technical safety behaviours and a good safety climate. Supervisors and trained workers reported that supervisors supported training transfer.Longer-term benefits: Medium-term: decrease in the number of injuries and accidents which in turn means healthier workers and lower costs for EU countries. Further, we have developed a certificate acknowledging the completion of the training that may facilitate mobility across different EU countries, however, it should not be seen as a formal qualification. Long-term: Valora Prevencion in the first 3 months of 2021 will train all occupational practitioners (N~200) in the ESTEEM methodology and integrate the STP into their training portfolio. In Italy, Formedil, the national joint association for training in the construction sector suspended face-to-face training due to the pandemic and IIPLE has made the training materials on our platform available to them. All partners will continue to disseminate the ESTEEM methodology and results in practitioner and academic fora."

<< Objectives >>BuildOffsiteEU has addressed to adapt VET to the needs of the labour market in the construction industry and innovate VET implementation to face the environmental challenges. It leads to re-skilling the workforce for the transition to industrialized construction (off-site) designing a training pathway to bridge the gap between old and new skills and competences and setting a training path to reinforce the VET offer to achieve the environmental sustainability goals in EU.<< Implementation >>The activities in BuildOffsiteEU are aimed at managing it technically and financially according to the rules of Erasmus+ programme, developing products and bringing them closer to companies, VET providers, trainers, VET centres and potential clients of industrialised construction industry and public in general in Italy, Slovenia, Spain, North Macedonia and Greece.<< Results >>A partnership of VET providers, business associations, research centres, and a cluster related to construction sector has achieved products (Interactive offsite training path, Digital skills map, set of e-tools to inform on benefits of sustainable construction to companies and customers to face environmental challenges) and outcomes: to reinforce VET quality in the construction industry to improve the image of modern, innovative, digitised and green sector.

The TRANStoWORK Project aims at enhancing, reinforcing and structuring work-based learning (WBL) and the transition to work, in order to promote employment of young people attending in professional training courses (level EQF 4-5-6). The project focuses on the production sectors which show a lack of skills and low propensity to change. To reach the project goals, social partners - trade unions and employers' associations - were encouraged to collaborate with the vocational and educational training system (VET). The project aimed at structuring a WBL model has been developed and tested in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry.The specific objectives are:- defining a WBL model that facilitates the matching between job supply and demand in the construction sector and that encourages companies to hire young people with stable and quality job positions;- introducing elements of technological and organizational innovation in companies thanks to the contribution of trainees who have acquired ICT skills and knowledge about digitalization of the construction site, new materials and production techniques; - promoting the training of tutors, coordinators and trainers involved in the WBL process;- developing innovative tools to support the WBL experience that allow companies in the construction supply chain to understand the high added value provided by the WBL training methodology, trying to overcome the barriers to conceiving the workplace as an environment of privileged learning;- enhancing bilateralism (co-decisions between business associations and trade unions) for the promotion of vocational training integrated with Work Based Learning.The main actions undertaken to achieve the described results were:-creation of discussion groups between the various relevant stakeholders aimed at identifying the structural needs of the sector and the short-term needs of the market;-creation of a shared WBL Model starting from the diversity of local experiences and contexts;-design and testing of a web-based APP allowing a constant interaction among the subjects involved in the learning path on the job;-definition and testing of a Toolkit for the training of trainers for an effective use and diffusion of the WBL model both in VET System and in companies;-development of assessment tools for the WBL process;-development of guidelines for the recognition of new skills, updated qualifications and formulation of suggestions aimed at improving the training offer in the construction industry.The direct beneficiaries of the project are young people attending professional qualification courses in the construction sector for the acquisition of professional qualifications at EQF 4-5-6 level; VET trainers, company trainers and tutors. The indirect beneficiaries of the project are trade unions and business associations, vocational education and training institutions.The main results achieved are:- Adoption of a model of the WBL shared with the Partners;- Technological and cultural growth of the companies;- Creation of a model for evaluating WBL experiences;- Identification of proposals to update the qualifications, adapting them to the changes taking place in AEC Industry.The role of VET is an important role in relation to the revitalization of the construction industry, in orientating young people towards qualified professions. Educational curricula must be reorganized assigning a strategic role to the WBL; work-based learning must become the paradigm of the provided training involving the social partners and employers’ organizations in the decisions regarding the training quality, the effectiveness check of the WBL experience and the impact on the Labour Market.All the results and tools created by the project are public and therefore free to use, primarily the Web APP which was tested in the experimentation phase. The commitment shown by local and national institutions and by the social partners constantly involved in the activities reinforces the sustainability of the results themselves as well as their benefit in the medium-long term. However, to make learning in WBL's experiences in the construction sector more effective it will be necessary to proceed further with the development of individual digital skills.The partnership is made up of 6 institutions from 4 different EU countries; they represent: training sector, economic-entrepreneurial system and of the social partners:- I.I.P.L.E. - Institute for Professional Education of Construction Workers in Bologna (Italy)- Fundacion Laboral de la Construcciòn (Spain) Non-profit foundation for the enhancement and development of the construction sector- VIESOJI ISTAIGA VILNIAUS STATYBININKU RENGIMO CENTRAS - Vilnius National Building Training Center (Lithuania)- CDS, Documentation and Research Center (Italy)- Economic and Social Research Institute (IRES) of Emilia Romagna (Italy)- CLUJ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Romania)

TRAIN4SUSTAIN (T4S) will stimulate demand for skilled construction sector professionals (architects, contractors-SMEs and workers) through raising acceptance of regional and national qualifications and skills on the EU construction market. To this end, comparability of national qualifications and sustainable energy skills is key for increased transparency and penetration power in the market. T4S will tackle the issue of mutual recognition so that training accredited in one country is recognised easier in another country. Taking advantage of already available transnational energy skill qualification frameworks for building professions, like the BUILD UP Skills initiative, Prof/Trac scheme or the ones produced by the BIM community, and the recently developed EU framework for energy and resource efficient buildings (e.g. Level(s) ), T4S will focus on acting at market level. T4S project will foster a common understanding of sustainable energy skills across Europe by promoting a competence quality standard, a European Skills Registry and a Skills Passport for facilitating transnational recognition of learning outcomes and skill levels of existing qualifications and vocational trainings.

<< Objectives >>The project aims to support awareness raising of key stakeholders in sustainable pathways for mitigating climate change transition risks of the construction sector. The project anticipates to develop green sectoral skills and competences in the area of sustainable building materials, through introducing future-oriented and innovative curricula and learning practices tailored to the needs of learners, enabling sustainable behavioural changes in line with the New European Bauhaus initiative.<< Implementation >>•Desk research for investigating sustainable approaches for building materials•National and transnational interaction roundtables with key stakeholders from the construction industry and the VET sector•Development of the Sustainable Building Materials Curricula provided in an E-learning environment•Training Activity: Transnational capacity building of Building Maters training ambassadors•Sustainable Building Materials Demonstration sessions/ Webinars•Awareness raising outreach campaig<< Results >>The project will build capacity and raise awareness in sustainable building materials, responding to the emerging material and prices crises in the construction sector, along with the promotion of sustainable behaviours and approaches, for mitigating climate change transition risks of the sector. It will result in modernising VET by accommodating green sectoral training offers and boost local, national and transnational sustainable alliances, facilitating knowledge transfer and joint actions.