"The project ""European Center for E-Learning for Green Professions"" was carried out by the Foundation for the Development of Education in partnership with four organizations:VISTULA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ACADEMY OF FINANCES AND BUSINESS (Poland)PODLASKA NATURAL STATION ""NAREW"" (Poland)SOFTRONIC Sp. z o.o. (Poland)ADENE - AGENCIA PARA A ENERGY (Portugal)DIDA SRL (Italy)The main objective of the project was to increase the accessibility to vocational training and to increase the key competences of people at risk of social exclusion, i.e. people with disabilities, 50+, with low level of education, in a difficult economic situation, young people who are not on the labor market. This goal was achieved through the creation of a generally accessible platform: the European Center for E-learning for Green Professions. The platform is available in four language versions: Polish, English, Italian, Portuguese, so it can also be used by people from other European Union countries.9 online courses have been made available on the platform: Eco-educator, consultant for the implementation of green solutions, ecological wastewater treatment plants, producer of healthy food, producer-collector of herbs., Installer of green energy devices, expert in renewable energy management, installer of solar collectors, installer of building systems isolation and one module in the field of developing key competences of initiative and entrepreneurship. Each course is completed with an online exam, after which the participant receives a certificate confirming the acquired competences, the certificate can be printed by yourself.During the 30 months of the project, an International Promotion Seminar in Poland, a Regional Seminar in Italy and Portugal were carried out and, at the end of the project, an International Dissemination Conference in Poland (due to the COVID 19 pandemic, foreign partners connected with Poland online. platform tested by meeting participants.The project increased the awareness of employers, representatives of NGOS, local organizations working with people at risk of social exclusion (such as MOPS, OPS, ZOZ, UP) throughout the country, regarding the possibility of acquiring new professional competences, specialization in new professions by their charges.The impact of the project at the national and European level was ensured thanks to the functionalities of the created platform, i.e. a version in four languages, adapting the website to the needs of people with disabilities, intuitive operation, and 10 trainings responding to the demand of the labor market for innovative professions.The long-term benefit resulting from the solutions developed in the project are the created tools and products that could be used in the future and expanded with new functionalities, in accordance with the needs of the green jobs market."

‘Massive Open Online Courses’ (MOOCs) caused a major impact on universities worldwide. Recently, there is huge potential seen in the application of MOOCs for upgrading labour-market relevant skills. Initiatives in the EU exist, but remain isolated, both geographically and per sector. They lack impact on the HEI area as a whole, and do not include the business community to a sufficient extent.The BizMOOC Knowledge Alliance addressed these gaps and major challenges and contributed to this uptake of MOOCs for business use. This was achieved by creating common standards and frameworks that promote MOOCs for workplace teaching & training. It joined experts from universities, businesses and networks/NGOs from 11 countries to achieve this goal by the following key activities & results:- Analysis of needs, gaps and reasons for 3 target groups (non-participation of European universities, businesses and learners) based on 106 interviews and 1.193 survey respondents,- Elaboration of an interactive ‘MOOC BOOK’ (6.825 users and 86 institutions) for universities, businesses, society and policy-makers containing 3 set of guidelines, 14 discussion papers, 50 lessons learnt, 25 recommendations and 20 good practices, based on a mixed-methods approaches analyzing 55 expert inputs (interviews and focus Groups), surveys with 891 and 409 learners, 3 MOOC pilots, peer-review, 2 external evaluators and a QA board with 7 external experts,- Development of 3 different MOOCs catering Lifelong-Learning key competences relevant for the labour market with 5561 enrolments from 98 countries and 3969 active users.All activies were framed with comprehensive quality assurance, evaluation, dissemination, exploitation and sustainability activities. By a multiple channel target group approach – nested in the MOOC BOOK – BizMOOC brought together a strong stakeholder community which can jointly further boost MOOCs for business use and exploit the full potential of MOOCs. All key results are will be maintained beyond project lifetime and are accompanied by follow-up activities.