<< Objectives >>By improving their knowledge and digital competencies regarding blockchain technologies of VET educators in the field of ICT, through training and helping them to contribute to the career development of their students to reduce the education barriers and prepare them for business life.<< Implementation >>In order for the project to reach its goals, the following activities will be carried out.-Determination of teaching objectives and creation of the teaching outline.-Development of the instructional material content.-Development and validation of the e-book<< Results >>The outputs targeted within the scope of the project are as follows; -Understanding the education barriers to include Blockchain technology into ICT education curricula in local and European level,-Gaining experience and knowledge about blockchain technology ecosystem and best practices in different countries,-Preparation of institutional and personal capacity building interactive e-book about blockchain including thematic areas in 5 topics for target group.-Preparation of teaching process

In the last twenty years, the internet has achieved tremendous success connecting the world, and secure communication has become of utmost importance. Driven by the increasing need of securing sensitive communications, the global market for quantum cryptography is predicted to be as high as $898.3 million by 2020 by the Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Due to the actual limits of Quantum Communications (high losses, low key rate, short distance links, big and expensive systems) the market is not completely defined and ready for the quantum revolution. The objective of the project is to develop key silicon photonic devices for future quantum communication on fibre networks, paving the way for intercity connections over the world. Using the power of silicon based devices combined together with quantum physics we can establish a secure network between very far cities and different countries breaking the actual limit of Quantum Communications. Moreover, exploring new degrees of freedom like high-dimensional QKD protocols, entanglement based communications and very compact and efficient single photon detectors at room temperature, we can reach high key rate systems in a long link scenario necessary for a complete deployment of the quantum network. By integrating laser sources, modulators, attenuators, filters and switches, the silicon photonic devices will be powerful, trustable, compact, efficient and with low power consumption. In this perspective the outputs of this project will represent the main ingredients of the future metropolitan quantum networks.