Deadline: 17-May-22
The European Commission (EC) has announced an open call for the Short Term Training Courses in Key Capacity Areas.
The aim of this action is to give the possibility to the current workforce to access trainings reflecting the latest developments in key capacity areas, such as HPC, Cybersecurity, AI and other emerging technologies. These technologies evolve at such a fast pace that requires a constant update of the digital skills, also of the people already in employment. This investment will increase the number of men and women able to design, develop and deploy digital solutions in the economy and across sectors.
The project aims at expanding the existing offer for training and retrain existing workforce, with a particular focus that enables to meet the needs of SMEs.
The selected project shall design the content of these courses will be based on the companies, in particular SMEs needs in certain technologies together and provide the adequate degree of flexibility that is needed for the employees to attend. Training activities can take place at the SME premises, or remotely or at universities/training providers’ premises. EDIHs will act as intermediaries between SMEs and universities/training providers at the local level. Alternatively, if specific EDIHs are not available, then the member state can appoint an intermediary body instead. The use of digital technology to provide learning experiences that are flexible in time, scope end place should be encouraged.
Type of Courses
The courses can have a different length, from a couple of days to 6 months maximum. The main types of courses could be for example:
- Courses for business’ leaders or managers, to acquire advanced digital skills and competences related to digital technologies and how they can be deployed to innovate and expand their businesses.
- Courses for employed people or job seekers to acquire advanced digital skills and competences related to a specific aspect of digital technologies (e.g. Internet of Things for advanced manufacturing or data mining etc.. or targeted trainings to develop advanced digital skills in professions handling sensitive data and integrating new digital tools in their daily work, such as health and care professionals).
- Intensive seminars and workshops on specific business cases and aspects of certain digital technologies for high-skilled workers in SMEs.
Funding Information
The available call budget is EUR 25 000 000.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
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