In a world that runs fast, evolves, and changes in previously unthinkable times, also the job world goes at the same speed. The skills today demand workers are many and increasingly specialized. These include digital skills that are not only useful in everyday life but are necessary for those in the world of work.

Digital competence appeared for the first time in a Recommendation of the European Council as a transversal skill for life. Europe has therefore recognized the importance of these complications for the life of the individual and that they go beyond the narrow notions of how, for example, to use a digital device. 

All this inevitably means that some workers are or may be cut out of the labor market. These are mainly those who do not have the digital skills required by the world of work. 

On this topic, in 2017 the European Commission published a study on ICT for work aimed at investigating the transformation of jobs in the EU digital economy. The study analyzes how jobs have changed and how digital technologies have penetrated the world of work, with the associated digital skills required. The polarization that is taking place is evident: on the one hand, the demand for highly qualified people has clearly increased, but on the other hand, it is evident how the demand for those without digital skills has drastically decreased. 

Furthermore, Covid-19 sped up the computerization process that was already in place and changed the way people can work. Now there’s a huge opportunity to work at home or from different places where there isn’t an office. This inevitably requires workers to have adequate computer and digital skills. Therefore the run leaves someone behind and without the tool to compete with the others.

Enabling these adults without digital knowledge to be able to learn the skills they lack and be attractive in the job market is the main goal the six CREDI partners have set for themselves. 

The tools that CREDI makes available help adults reduce the gap and be competitive again in the market job. Learning digital skills could help them not only to be reintroduced but also to fill better job positions and earn better money.

How will CREDI do this? The partners had decided on different goals, six in total to aim for the project. 

The goals of the projects are:

  •  to search the “createch skills”, to understand what their roles are in the jobs market. 
  • to allow the adults to learn and develop new digital skills that will help them to get into the labor market more easily
  • to provide learning opportunities for adults in lifelong learning
  • increase the importance of creative education 
  • Develop an online self-assessment tool where adults could understand and identify the gaps in digital skills 
  • learned in the Online Training program. Provide 60  theme training courses that help them to increase their digital skills thanks to the support of 12 trainers. 

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Source: https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/blog/oer-digital-skills-competences-adult-learners?fbclid=IwAR06q2AKZfBIY78vCY2AUxMTDraKcZmJ3bcXvy023jWncDWoKm2zYHuuw1w 

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