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Overall Project Presentation Year 1

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e-Skills Match project is co-funded by European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content &
Technology (DG CONNECT), Unit for Inclusion, Skills and Youth, under the grant agreement no. ECOKT2014-7 (30-CE-0726730/00-60).
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Table of contents
Introduction to the project
The background leading to e-Skills Match idea

e-Skills Match at a glance..

Objectives
Target groups
e-Skills Match Platform whats in it for users
Work Packages
Expected Results
Get Involved!

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Introduction to the project

The background leading to e-Skills Match idea

Transversal skills, digital competences, entrepreneurship, and linguistic skills

amongst others, are vitally important for the employability and adaptability
of the European citizens
The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs aims to facilitate action towards
enhanced digital skills in EU countries
The EU goals for the period 2014-2020 is the promotion of ICT professionalism
and the generation of a larger talent pool of entrepreneurs, business leaders,
managers and advanced users with a focus on the strategic use of new
information and communication technologies
In this context and given that a current analysis shows that the level of career
websites interoperability across Europe is very low, the conception of the eSkills Match project idea was inspired by the real need for further related
information regarding certifications/qualifications, assessment services,
educational guidance services, etc. for individuals interested in ICT skills and
digital competences who seek an integrated pathway for career
development.

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e-Skills Match at a glance..

e-Skills Match Open Knowledge Technologies: Mapping and validating knowledge

Starting date: September 2015
Duration: 24 months
Project Coordinator: STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET (SU)
Project Website: www.eskillsmatch.eu
Total budget: 1.112.787

EU Contribution: 778.951
Consortium: STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET (SU)
FONDAZIONE POLITECNICO DI MILANO (FPM),
UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCAL (UAH), ADFOR S.p.A (ADFOR),
GOVERNMENT TO YOU AISBL (GOV2U)

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Objectives
General objective:

To develop and demonstrate a European-wide learning technology system,

dynamically adapted to changes occurring in job labor market classifications that
will support (re)- training for acquiring the necessary e-Skills and digital
competences to access the desirable jobs within ICT or non-ICT sectors.

Specific objectives:
o To identify relevant OER and MOCCs for e-Skills training, assess their quality
and define the knowledge and skills acquired through consultation with
stakeholders
o To develop the e-Skills Match system prototype that supports each individual
to make informed decisions regarding his/her learning path required for
particular occupations in ICT and non-ICT sectors and to validate the acquired
knowledge
o To test and validate the e-Skills Match system prototype at EU level, with
specific focus on four EU countries (Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden)
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Target groups

Youth, students of higher education in public Universities and private educational

academies
Vocational Educational Training (VET) and non-formal VET (like post-secondary
VET schools, colleges and lifelong learning centres) and higher education
institutions, bodies providing career guidance, professional counseling and
information services, as well as counseling services aimed at mobilising the
unemployed and helping them enter the labour market
ICT practitioners and advanced ICT users
MOOCS/OER providers, education and training providers of e-skills and digital
competences
Certification providers
European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks,
Content and Technology (DG CONNECT)
European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and
Inclusion (DG EMPL)
European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC)
European agencies, networks and organizations with interest in lifelong
guidance, vocational education and training for e-skills

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Target groups

Members of the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social

Affairs, Members of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and
Education, members of the committees for education of the national
Parliaments, Ministries of Education, Ministries of Labour, Social Security and
Welfare, policy makers and other public authorities responsible for employment,
education and training at regional or national level
Employers representing different economic sectors, professional associations and
chambers of commerce
Policy makers in the field of employment, training and education policies
Unemployed people seeking for digital education and jobs in all sectors, job
seekers
Whoever intends to learn about the current e-competence offer
Media outlets related to European issues and developments on ICT
developments, education, e-Skills, e-Competences, training, vocational
education, etc.

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e-Skills Match Platform whats in it for users

The project will investigate the development and deployment of the eSkills Match web-based multilingual platform for knowledge networking
related to e-Skills and digital competences demand and supply in
different sectors of activity, in particular ICT (the sectors that are related
to the field of green IT and their applications -IT for green- and on
Web2.0), healthcare, and entrepreneurship.

The e-Skills Match Platform will be an e-Portfolio solution that will be

hosted in a cloud environment and will allow users to assess their current
knowledge against e-Skills and digital competences against those
demanded by the job market. Afterwards, they will be able to plan their
(re-)training and learning pathways to complement their occupational eSkills, or apply for market certifications offered by the system.

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e-Skills Match benefits for users

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Work Packages
WP1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
WP2 MAPPING OF E-SKILLS SUPPLY AND DEMAND
WP3 MODULES AND DATABASE DESIGN
WP4 PLATFORM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
WP5 DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM
WP6 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION
WP7 EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

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Expected Results
provide a method and a tool for better
matching between e-Skills and labour
market needs
map existing classifications of the job
labor market, such as ESCO, and will
maintain a dynamically updated
registry of these mappings and
publish them as Linked Open Data, by
using Semantic Technologies

improve the links between education and

labour market system by fostering digital
literacy among EU citizens and ICT
training for the workforce through new
Technologies and Open Educational
Resources
increase awareness among EU citizens about
the open learning and training systems that
they can access in order to acquire new e-Skills
and digital competences and enhance their
employability

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