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PROMETEO - PROmoting Mobility and transparEncy for forTh lEvel lOgistics and transport qualifications

The project was implemented in a time of significant social, economic and environmental change, and it tried to respond to the main developments of the transport and logistics sector. The growing importance of logistics and transport both from an environmental point of view, both from the point of view of businesses' competitiveness created the need of training professionals able to understand the various dimensions of the sector and be an added value.Although it is old and strategic discipline, logistics were considered a complementary activity (serving various functions) within firms. The globalisation of markets, the increased transport distances and the spread of Web services, brought to a new strategic vision in which logistics were recognised as a fundamental function, becoming one of the main levers of cost reduction and a competitive tool benefitting the service offered to the customer.In recent times therefore emerged the need of companies to find more skilled staff with specific expertise in the various areas of the sector. Logistics (and transport) is characterised by a broad spectrum of operational solutions that led to the request of a larger range of skills for the workforce. All these aspects link logistics to a myriad of different internal and external business functions, public services and infrastructure, national and international law. As a consequence, a wide and significant need for qualified professionals emerged in the sector. Not surprisingly, in many European countries the sector is considered one of the most important in terms of employment and GDP.In the last twenty years, the training offer tried to identify and satisfy the needs emerging within companies, with clear improvements but also with some shortcomings. The project tried to fill the gap between supply and demand, by developing specific qualifications for the 4th EQF level, therefore mainly addressed to young people of the second cycle of education and training, the most affected category in term of unemployment as consequence of the economic crisis. For this reason, the project developed tools able to support the reversal of this trend. Moreover, the project results offers to students and / or employees the opportunity to plan the development of their educational and professional paths from their first steps, through the understanding of which might be the best qualification to support the development of their careers, and, in case they want to continue beyond the initial training, showing them the easier "road" to achieve their goals. The "training stairway", elaborated within Prometeo through several case studies supports this objective.
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