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TourXpeRience - Nurturing Entrepreneurial Teaching and Learning for VET Excellence in Tourism Education

Erasmus+ programme of the European Union / Centres of Vocational Excellence 

The TourXpeRience project is dedicated to revitalizing and modernizing vocational education and training (VET) in the tourism sector through the integration of Extended Reality (XR) technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR). By harnessing XR’s capacity to create immersive and practical learning experiences, the project aims to equip VET students with the skills to lead in the green tourism industry. Key initiatives include developing XR modules focused on sustainable tourism practices, providing professional development for teachers to enhance digital and green competencies, and facilitating international mobility to promote the exchange of best practices. TourXpeRience fosters innovation and entrepreneurship, preparing students and educators to shape a more sustainable and environmentally responsible tourism sector.

Implementation period: 01.02.2025 - 31.01.2029

Mental Resilience and Readiness of Healthcare Professionals through Effective Management of the Burnout Effect - MERR

Erasmus+ programme of the European Union / Adult Education cooperation project

The MERR (Modular Educational and Rehabilitative Resources) project is designed to enhance vocational education and training (VET) by integrating innovative approaches to support healthcare individuals suffering from stress and burnout. The project seeks to address the need for flexible, modular training resources tailored to the specific requirements of healthcare professionals, thus fostering an inclusive learning environment. MERR aims to improve accessibility and effectiveness in learning by developing a toolkit that provides customisable resources for both educators and users.

Key objectives of the MERR project include the development of training materials that are adaptable to different levels of learning and that use inclusive educational practices. The resources created under this initiative will support teachers in delivering tailored instruction, enabling students with disabilities to engage more fully and effectively in their educational journey. Through its modular approach, the MERR project not only addresses the specific learning needs of healthcare professionals  but also fosters digital skill acquisition and personal development, aligning with broader European goals for inclusive and accessible education.

Consortium: Systserv (Greece) - project lead; Enne (Greece), Pulso BV (Belgium), IP Center (Austria), Technische Universität Dortmund (Germany), DATEY (Germany)

Implementation period: 01.09.2024 - 31.08.2026

ME-App - Motivation and Empowerment App

Erasmus+ programme of the European Union / Adult Education cooperation project

The ME-App project seeks to develop an innovative digital tool for enhancing the employability and sustainable job market integration of unemployed adults with multiple psycho-social obstacles to employment. It addresses an unmet need for more social support structures for such unemployed adults that would help them tackle these obstacles over the long-term.

A free, easy-to-use mobile app to empower and motivate unemployed adults – the ME-App – will be developed. It will help them monitor psycho-social obstacles to employment such as mood, anxiety or sleep, and provide motivational messages and interactive functionalities. The ME-App will be piloted in programmes for unemployed adults in 4 countries, and then adapted, launched and disseminated among adult education organisations working with unemployed adults.

The ME-App will be a one-stop, personalisable digital tool for unemployed people that will help them address and monitor their individual set of psycho-social obstacles to employment during and after their participation in programmes for unemployed and while starting a new job. The ME-App project will also teach educators working with unemployed about the necessary criteria for selecting and using apps, including the ME-App, in their classes.

Consortium: lead - DATEY (Germany), IP Center (Austria), ADN Institute (Poland), Systserv (Greece), Lidi Smart Solutions (The Netherlands), Ozara (Slovenia)

Implementation period: 01.12.2023 - 31.01.2026

BeWell - Blueprint Alliance for a Future Health Workforce Strategy on Digital And Green Skills

Erasmus+ Alliance for Innovation / Sectoral Skills Alliance

A strategy on upskilling and reskilling the European health workforce is being produced by a consortium of 24 partners from 11 European countries, led by the European Health Management Association (EHMA). The strategy is part of a project called BeWell, which is a large-scale skills partnership that will work with a wide range of healthcare stakeholders to gather insights and deliver training programmes that help inform a strategy that integrates into local, regional, national and European plans. The BeWell strategy will prepare the health workforce for future challenges and ever-changing societal context and evolving expectations.

The Europe-wide consortium includes employers, trade associations, trade unions, public service unions, non-governmental organisations, research institutions, vocational education and training providers such as DATEY, higher education institutions, industry, health authorities, insurers, as well as organisations representing and bringing the perspectives of health and social care professionals including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiologists, and health managers.

The project contributes to the Pact for Skills initiative under the European Skills Agenda 2020 aiming to empower the healthcare workforce to participate in the green and digital transition. The Pact will facilitate collaboration between a wide range of public and private stakeholders by setting up a large-scale skills partnership embracing local, regional and national levels.

Implementation period: 01.07.2022 - 31.06.2026

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement number 101056563.

IDEAL - innovative digital language learning for the healthcare sector

Erasmus+ programme of the European Union / VET cooperation project

The IDEAL project bridged the gap between recognised language skill deficits and current VET training/teaching/counselling methods in the healthcare sector. It did this by developing an innovative online language learning approach, consisting of learning videos and an interactive glossary, which are part of a digital learning platform, as well as a teacher’s handbook with practical and methodological guidelines for the best usage of the videos, glossary and other materials collected. Additionally, the project offered digital learning tools to students and trainees in neighbouring countries so they can improve their German language skills and enter the healthcare sector.

You can access the online platform with the learning videos, handbooks and the online glossary here!

The project contributed to raising the practical skill level of VET trainers/teachers/counsellors, and improves German language skills and labour market integration of trainees in the healthcare sector. Furthermore, it promoted the use of innovative digital learning tools for language proficiency and skills training, and transfer knowledge in this area among countries. Finally, the project contributed to better employability for people from partner countries wishing to train/work in the healthcare sector in German-speaking countries.

Consortium: IPCENTER (Austria), DATEY (Germany), UUGOT.IT (Austria), UNIVERSITY OF PECS (Hungary), TOPCOACH (Slovakia), 

Implementation period: 01.05.2022 – 31.03.2024

MADIS - Models for Advancing the Digital Inclusion of Seniors

Erasmus+ programme of the European Union / adult education project

The project aimed to identify effective training models in the area of adult education which contribute significantly to advancing the digital inclusion of seniors. 

Against the backdrop of the digital transformation and the digital divide affecting seniors in the partnering countries, the project explored why seniors with a clear need of digital literacy often do not participate in digital skills training events. In  a second step, it identified key criteria and best practice models of training initiatives that have overcome "barriers" that keep senior citizens from participating in digital skills training and compiled this information in a digital handbook to be shared widely among stakeholders. Both, the survey on implementation barriers and the handbook of best practice models are conceived as useful reference tools and resources to inform, shape and/or complement training efforts and engagement activities of adult education organisations and related stakeholders; they contributed to strengthening the effectiveness and impact of digital training activities and in turn advance the digital inclusion of seniors.

You can find the survey results and the best practice handbook on the project website here!

Consortium: Digital Idea (Greece), Aretes Societa Cooperativa Sociale (Italy), DATEY (Germany)

Implementation period: 01.11.2022 - 01.01.2024