Supporting dynamic MAtching for Regional developme..
Supporting dynamic MAtching for Regional developmenT (SMART)
End date: Aug 6, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
SMART is a Transfer of Innovation project where an innovative learning system was designed and implemented to better match educational offer and Labour market needs. SMART is based in the transfer of two former EU funded projects, MISLEM and STUDIO. The project is composed of a multiactor partnership including Chambers of Commerce, Universities, Research centres, Training Agencies and ICT experts from Hungary, UK, Italy, Austria and Spain.The need of dynamically matching educational system offer and job market demand represents a relevant challenge to promote and sustain an inclusive and competitive society in Europe. SMART (Skill MAtching for Regional developmenT) gives a response to this need by defining and implementing an innovative learning system that will match Labour market needs with the training offer. This system is based in a competences approach identifying Knowledge and Skills required and adapting the learning outcomes in the Educational regional system. The project focuses on education and job balance in Andalusia region featured by high rates of unemployment and over-qualification. SMART is coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce of Seville. Indeed, the local partnership is also made up of several education and training stakeholders that will guarantee the relevance and impact of the project outcomes. Other Specific objectives are:- To improve collaboration between VET, institutional and business sectors.- To design and validate an ontology-based adaptive tool that mapped companies’ and education competences.- To identify and anticipate new emerging jobs and market needs.The project transfers, adapts and enriches results of the partners’ previous EU projects in order to define common operative frames and anticipate the market needs: - MISLEM proved efficient methodologies and procedures to match skills and competences developed by educational and VET institutions and labour market requirements. - STUDIO developed an ontology-driven approach and tools that map and anticipate needs of companies and educational competences. Meeting the project goals is assured by the work plan and consortium composition, which guarantees a dialectic process among different institutional, business and educational actors at regional level, and to successfully exchange and transfer experiences at EU level. The partners from Italy and the United Kingdom have been selected to play a relevant role in the research phase and development of the new tool. Yet, they have contributed to extend the impact of the project by transferring the model in their national contexts as both have a relevant expertise in co-operation between Labour Market and Educational Institutions. The main outcomes from the project are a further cooperation among stakeholders; definition of common models, procedures and tools for the competences’ matching process; an ICT tool to design and validate companies’ and education competences.SMART impacts in Andalusia by contributing to improve the job balance problem, thanks to an improved model to identify competences and labour offer and demand matching. The Pilot testing was focused on Tourism industry, one of the most relevant in our region. However, the final outcome is adaptable to every economic field.
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