ITONBOARD introduces young people to career orientation possibilities in IT with a focus on open source software communities. The onboarding program extends from gamified career orientation activities to in-depth e-learning to facilitating the involvement of companies in order to offer a practical component.Students in the general education system are first playfully familiarized with the basic ins and outs of careers in the realm of IT.Teachers are provided with the tools they need to carry out IT career orientation initiatives using innovative and engaging methods.Young people can use e-learning to obtain further information on their own with regard to the IT occupations in question.European IT companies are encouraged to offer internships to both secondary and post-secondary students and are offered guidance to this end. Facilitation of contact between IT companies offering internships and young people looking for them is provided via an online internship exchange. The project components interlock seamlessly with one another and guide students from their first playful contact with IT-related topics to the final community onboarding.The content is based on common working methods of open source projects and communities. All project results will be made freely available on an online platform and are designed to be transferable to other communities and technologies.The concrete project results include gamified career orientation activities at schools in escape game form, a guide for the implementation of project weeks at schools, e-learning courses on the topic of IT career orientation, an internship guide designed to assist medium-sized and small IT companies in the design of an internship and an online internship exchange as a European marketplace for internship providers and interns.

<< Objectives >>This project aims to advance digitalization in the field of vocational training. The project is specifically about responding to the changes brought about by the pandemic in the three following areas: technology, soft skills and administrative organization with concrete solutions. Digital competences are one of the key factors, which are particularly important for a successful integration into the labour market. Thus, we intend to support citizens in their personal and professional development.<< Implementation >>A total of four WP were created, three of which include specific activities: Among them: Activities for surveys among VET actors, analysis of results and processing of data, writing of reports as a guideline and assistance in the technical and administrative field, development of training in the field of soft skills, as well as activities for the development of an open source tool.<< Results >>1.Report on which technology has been the most useful in the past years 2.Report as a resource and guide for using technology tools to better digitize learning content 3.Designed preparatory courses for VET Actors to prepare and train them for digitalization in the Vet field regarding soft skills 4.Developed solutions and green practices for the administrative field of digitalization and establish an open source tool to deposit the results and to discuss further digitalization in the VET field.