Context/background of project; Because of the COVID-19 crisis, a big part of all VET education needed/needs to be provided online or in a hybrid form. This brought all kind of challenges: some teachers don’t have a feeling for anything digital, teachers (and students) don’t always like online education, an element of non-verbal communication is not present in online education, interaction with students is a challenge, but also collaboration between students is harder to facilitate.VET Online wants to: •Create more awareness on the opportunities of online education •Create a more open mindset towards online education among teachers/trainers•Provide practical tools to face the challenges of online education compared to classroom education To reach these objectives, VET Online will develop: •the VET Online Toolkit - which will contain very easy to use, simple tools, activities etc. to be implemented in online classes. The goal of these tools is to recreate the vibe of offline classes. We will first identify the prerequisites, involve stakeholders in the development of the toolkit, in the testing of the toolkit and the dissemination of the toolkit. •the VET Online E-book - which will showcase the experiences of teachers who have used the VET Online Toolkit, and the impact of it on their education. It will show the benefits of online education, to gain a more positive idea about online education. We will first identify the prerequisites, involve stakeholders in the development of the e-book, in the feedback activities and the dissemination of the toolkit. We will involve at least 40 teachers and trainers from 4 different countries (5 different VET providers) in the pilot test. With VET Online we want to make a contribution to the regain of self-confidence, motivation, and work pleasure of teachers, although they have to provide their education primarily online. The project will create more awareness, but also more focus on the positive sides of online education and the opportunities it offers. We want to contribute to the professional development of the teachers, especially in the field of digital skills and how they have to arrange their online classes. Thereby, this project will contribute to the quality of VET. In the end it is all about providing the highest quality VET, in order to prepare students in the best way possible for their further career and life.

<< Objectives >>- Raise awareness on the issue of gender inequalities that exist in the modern workplaces- Develop and implement a gender mainstreaming process in companies - Inspire decision-makers in companies to make gender mainstreaming a continuous company process- Bring a permanent change in business culture and create a working environment that is secure for all individuals to thrive - Sensitise policy makers in order to develop an established national gender mainstreaming strategy in the future.<< Implementation >>- Mapping of national ecosystems and development of comparative research on gender equalities- Awareness campaign and recruitment of companies - Development digital courses for the managers and the employees of companies - Development of a digital assessment tool - Gender Mainstreaming in Companies (assessment - strategic planning - implementation & training - evaluation) - Promotion, awareness & sustainability activities (podcasts, workshops, conferences)<< Results >>- A comparative research based on mapping national ecosystems on gender disparities in enterprises - Two high quality digital courses for gender training in companies targeted to the leadership levels and the employees- A digital assessment tool to assess the company’s gender equality status per section- A podcast (12 episodes) addressing gender equality challenges with discussion with experts and interviews- A series of capacity building workshops on gender equality.

<< Background >>Imagine our world coming out of the COVID-19 emergency and focusing on recovery and resilience. We can meet again – in reality. We can work somewhat differently to before. We can travel outside of our community and outside of our countries. We have experienced so much over the past 14 months – death, fear, loss, sadness, sickness, worry, anxiety, disconnection, isolation, loneliness, missed opportunities, to name but a few. But we have also learned so much from the past 14 months – value, time, family, safety, hygiene, togetherness, care, kindness, pausing and breathing, mother nature healing, remote and virtual opportunities to connect and work – just some examples of the gains.Listen to the sound of the ocean! Acknowledge it’s power but notice it’s fragility too. It’s a natural resource we must respect and protect.The blue economy is a pivotal component of global economies. There is international consensus that the blue economy boosts employment and innovation, and offers significant opportunities for economic development and investment, including to local coastal communities [Digital Tourism Network-EC]. The EU’s Blue Economy is indispensable to our future welfare and prosperity. As a source of food, energy, transport, or leisure, and as a driver for new jobs and innovation. The current output of the global blue economy is expected to double by 2030 with the most significant expansion observed in Ireland and Malta (with a cumulative increase of over 50%) [The Blue Economy Report].Multiple studies identified a number of market and regulatory failures which are inhibiting access to nautical tourism, affecting the sector’s economic performance, and having a negative impact on the environment. Problems that could benefit from EU action relating to combined nautical and coastal products and the upcoming larger service proding chains in coastal areas versus micro entrepreneurs trying to keep their heads above water and facing troubles accessing resources they need to strengthen their positions on the local market.Structural issues in the nautical tourism sector, including sector fragmentation, a lack of investment and imperfect information, affect its capacity for innovation and investment. This contributes to a lag between changes in consumer preferences and the emergence of new or improved products and services which satisfy these demands. This weakens sector competitiveness, diminishing growth prospects [EC, 2019]. Through the BLUE-C project we can support micro entrepreneurs in this sector by giving them an helping hand regarding collaborations and strengthen their positions on the local market by the development of new products/services applying co-creation and co-design.As all partners are located in coastal areas, they face the same typical coastal issues such as high urbanization rate, significant tourist sector, and vulnerability to the impacts of climate change all being key issues. All resulting in poorly planned tourism activities, leading to unsustainable businesses working independently, with poor access to new sources and information. As the world has just had a major reset; Now is the time to change and social innovate!Moreover, the BLUE-C consortium has indicated that they see structural problems in their own region regarding sustainability, self-reliance, access to information and digitalisation potential for micro entrepreneurs. This project can help those entrepreneurs in need to return to the local market, cooperate with other entrepreneurs, join forces and come out stronger. Obviously, taking care of the beauty of nature and the necessary measures to respect the environment.BLUE C aims to enhance sustainability and competitiveness of the blue economy by promoting collaborating and connected coastal communities, growing digital competences and sharing of best practice on coastal and maritime tourism.<< Objectives >>BLUE-C will gather a strong and committed partner collaboration to focus on micro enterprises embedded across our coastal communities. In most cases these are small local businesses sometimes too busy or distanced from opportunities of collaboration and knowledge exchange. In tandem to this many lack the digital skills needed to connect, target, and grow their small businesses and customer bases. Such skills are needed to: innovate – share - learn - grow. BLUE C will animate and facilitate co-working, co-design and co-creation opportunities (3cs) for micro enterprises involved in the blue economy and water-related tourism sector. The emphasis will be on diversifying, sharing, networking, and adapting for example to boost tourism potential in both low and high season or develop premium products – increasing quality mark while quotas reduce. There is an ecological imperative - which is paramount - but also consumers are changing how they choose to travel, eat, socialise, work and play. There is a proven need for diversification from harmful and traditional ways of working in and around the blue economy to more proactive sustainable work practices and methods while identifying new opportunities to keep our blue resource ‘green’.DIRECT TARGET GROUPMicro entrepreneurs in coastal and maritime tourism – who have the passion and the expertise in their specific area of work but need capacity building to be digitally ready as well as facilitation in connecting, networking, sharing, establishing working partnerships and informing policy and practice changes as these are identified.MAIN GOALThe activities undertaken in this project lead to one goal: to enhance sustainability and competitiveness of the blue economy by promoting collaborating and connected coastal communities, growing digital competences and sharing of best practice on coastal and maritime tourism.In short, BLUE-C's objectives are:- Amplifying the importance of sustainability and social responsibility within the blue economy - Reduce environmental impact of coastal and maritime tourism- Highlight the value of digital readiness and online visibility to help grow the blue economy- Grow and develop digital competences as the as we move towards recovery and resilience - Strengthen competitiveness among micro entrepreneurs using the 3Cs - Establish and build strong collaborating coastal community clusters<< Implementation >>BLUE-C APPROACHWe are partners from across 6 countries building bridges of collaboration with BLUE C using Co-design, Co-work, and Co-creation. Our emphasis is on boosting the innovation capacity within coastal communities and building capacity of coastal tourism entrepreneurs to enhance and grow new business opportunities and new markets.BLUE-C will deliver 3 main results and obviously are the main activities during the project lifetime;PR1: BLUE-C Skill Framework & Best Practices - the foundation of the projectPR2: BLUE-C Learning Programme & Platform - based on the 3C's, focusing on both business sustainability and environmental changePR3: Establishing a Regional BLUE-C Network - Setting up a regional network resulting in a strong alliance to apply co-creation, co-work and co-design. Main activity would be the actual set up of a network in all of the partners' regions and bundle our experiences in a guide for others to learn the set up of a regional BLUE-C network in their own region.Other activities that will lead to the successful execution of the project management and implementation of results are the following; - Desk research on most important skills and trends for micro enterpreneurs in water-related tourism and best practices- Organization of focus groups to collect opinions and input of our target group that REALLY matters, it will function as the foundation of our learning programme, platform & BLUE-C regional network- Testing (both internal and external) of the developed results and related activities (analyzing, improving, making amendments, etc)- Promotion and dissemination of the project results to create highest impact- Ensure quality & impact by completing quality and evaluation questionnaires, provision of feedback on all documents and all related activities- Organization of multiplier events to ensure sustainability of the project deliverables/results- Internal and external communication activities- Scheduling, planning new activities and act according to the set workplan- (online) Meetings to gain new insights and maintain quality by investments in current work relations and collaboration- Financial reporting and other related activities- Monitoring activities to ensure good quality and on time delivery of the project results- Maintain strong ties with National Agency to keep them up to date and included in the project management - project results.- Traveling and hosting TPMs- Maintain and work on internal partner relationships to achieve real impact and social innovation!<< Results >>With this we will see the following project results1. Strong international partnership across 6 countries – advocating for coastal communities and micro entrepreneurs. Through working in partnership we will develop the potential for ongoing shared learning through at a local, regional and international level of the micro-enterprises we engage with at various points in the project2. A competency framework developed following in depth research and analysis of existing and complimentary matrices of skills and competencies. This will potentially transfer or inform how to address the needs of micro entrepreneurs about digital readiness and online visibility - enhancing their competitive position in the market that includes large water-related service/product chains. This framework will be fully informed by international best practices about sustainable implementation of green products/services and the 3C’s in water related tourism organisations. The result will be digital readiness of coastal communities for a sustainable future3. Learning programme and online platform based on the 3Cs and amplifying both sustainability and related entrepreneurial competences relevant in the water-related sector for micro enterprises. This will focus on competitiveness, entrepreneurship, digital ready skillsets, increased use of IT, the benefits of co-creation, co-design and co-work – using innovative ways of animating the messages and presenting the learning materials - videos, blogs, team-tasks, interviews, podcasts, etc).4. Setting up a regional network resulting in a strong alliance to apply co-creation, co-work and co-design and in turn increase the competitive position on the local market. Putting the learning programme into practice, with the overall aim to master sustainability and collaboration in current daily operations. Elements like masterclasses in each of the regions by inviting experts, design thinking to encourage the possibilities and show the opportunities it creates and speed-date sessions to enlarge local networks and opportunities of co-created product development, will be crucial to encourage micro entrepreneurs to enhance their position on the local market. Therefore, special attention will be given to promotional materials and attract those micro entrepreneurs who need skill development and an increased position on the local market. We expect that the outputs of the project will lead to the following outcomes:•New ideas for micro-enterprise development within each region and inter-regionally.•Identification of synergy where micro-enterprises can come together to build a new product of service offering in their region and/or inter-regionally•New approaches to working with other micro-enterprises which could lead to the development of •New products and services.•The potential for ongoing and further sustainable development of a coastal tourism micro-enterprise cluster for each region•Employment prospects for youth in once traditional but newly invigorated industries.

<< Background >>The right of all learners, to have access to a high-quality inclusive education, is one that is widely acknowledged in a number of international human rights frameworks. In particular, the UNESCO Salamanca Statement of 1994 and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2006 (UN CRPD) both strongly endorse the right persons with disabilities have to inclusive education. In the European Union, all 28 Member States have signed the UN CRPD since its adoption, committing themselves to implement the necessary changes at all levels to achieve inclusive education. Despite this commitment, there is no single country in Europe, or across the world, who can boast truly inclusive education systems for all learners at all levels. The project idea start in the FOCUS GROUP of SFINLIT project, when we invite to it representants of dissabled people training between first and secondary school and adapted vocational training, also in company training in especial work centers. We realised that this target group received adapted finantial literacy education and we are also futur subjects of sustainable finances training. The aim of the proposal is to develop sustainable financial literacy skills for youth disabled .The project intends to introduce financial decision making not only from an economic perspective but also considering extra-financial aspects (social, environmental and good governance). These financial decisions have evolved together with social norms and values. Inequalities, negative externalities, poor corporate governance practices, as well as environmental impacts and climate changes as a result of business activity, have led to ESG (Environmental Social and corporate Governance) aspects being considered in the different processes related to finance. Regarding this priorites, EASPD (European Association of Service providers for persons with disabilities), in the summary report of 2020, displays the fact that inclusive education is as of yet not the reality for most learners with disabilities, and despite generally upholding the right to equal access to inclusive education, in many of the countries surveyed, current statutory legislation does not facilitate the accommodation of the individual learner’s support needs. Hence this proposal will take into account one of priorities of the Erasmus + Programme, Inclusion and Diversity, in order to provide equal access to inclusive education. The DisFinLit is a project placed in school sector because is at this moment when the early intervention help our target group to undersatnd how important are the sustainable finances for thier future, we involve secondary schools but no directly, trough their providers of financial education and training as IEF, EURODIMENSIONS and EFFEBI, includes the association of especial employment centers who are resposible of the most important number of labor inclusions, at nacional level, of disabled youth when they leaves school, who know well the lacks in financial competencies for work and life of this target group, an certifify organization, ACEEU who ensure the ECVET dimension of our project results and DFW2W non profit organization expert in developing of projects related with social and labor inclusion of disadvantage groups, they are experts in active European employment policies aimed at young people with disabilities, which is our framework of action since this target group goes directly from secondary school to employment. All of them in collaboratively work with the associated partners represent the whole cycle of formal education and training from secondary school to initial VET and to Continuing VET at the companies. The diversity of education and VET providers, including experts in finantial literacy allows DisFinLit to cover the range of ages from 12 to 18.<< Objectives >>The purpose of our project is to respond to this rapidly rising need of high-quality online tools and platforms by developing a tool with pedagogically sound approach that helps youth disabled to develop sustainable financial know-how, make smart and sustainable financial decisions, understand money management, deal with a constantly changing economy, navigate inevitable challenges and take charge of their own financial future. All project will take part to develop ways to ensure they can benefit from high-quality education in an inclusive setting, where special needs are taken into consideration and pupils do not face discrimination arising from their disability. And, develop an accessible material for everyone that favors learning in sustainable finance education contributing to an improvement in this area, such as in their personal finances in the next future under green deal framework.<< Implementation >>The main activities of the project are : 1. Adapted curriculum and materials for disabled people from existing financial literacy courses paying special attention of sustainable finances.This result will have 4 activities:A1 -Compendium of the existing educational material and Good Practices on financial literacy and sustainable finance. All partners must do the following tasks1.1. Overview and analysis of the already existing recent/updated material (OER) regarding the socially responsible finance in English for other languages publications.1.2. Analysis, collection and curation of good practices1.3. Development of the Compendium in the field of sustainable financial literacy adaptable to disabled peopleA2- Defining LOs in line with the EU LLL instruments for disabled people A3 -Developing the adapted training curriculum for disabled people We will be helped by the same focus groups professionals than A2 and we take as basis the curriculum of sustainable finances literacy from SFinLit projectThe curriculum must include also the following parts:• Origin of training course: Justification and previous experiences• Selection of participants: EQF level and pre-requisites• Selection and preparation trainers: CV and experience• Main areas of knowledge and modules related to units of competency• Activities proposal to be carried out in training sessions with the following aspects: methodology and sessionA4 - Select the existing training materials adapted for disabled peopleFrom the A1 in agreement with LOs defined in A2 select the training materials able to be used by disable people in face to face or elearning methodology.2. Community of good practices to include all the existing training available and new materials.This result will have 3 activities: A1. Contact and create community with the most number as possible as stakeholders of our subject and related with our target group in EU, in and out partner countries 1.1. Define the profile of the future participant in the community, their origin, their professional profile and their preferences in order to create a content and promotion strategy for our project. 1.2. Define the common interests of future participants in order for them to feel identified and see that they are not the only ones with the same need for content and products adapted to people with disabilities 1.3. Contact future participants contact them trough partner and associated partners networks 1.4. Invite future participants to complete a survey (EU survey tool)with m¡the most important info to can answer of their fruture demands A2. Create or select the best platform to place the community contents and communication tools.2.1.Include items of value to future participants, so they can share tips, experiences, and create stories. 2.2.Listen to the opinions and contributions of future participants who can show support, validate opinions and empathize with the needs of the other 2.3 Define clear rules for participation, set limits on the type and amount of content that will be accepted to build credibility, and a fair and safe environment for participants to feel comfortable expressing their opinions and ideas. 2.4.Focused on solutions to meet the needs of future participants in a professional way but without leaving the most social part related to our group A3. Include with contents and start sharing and dinamize.<< Results >>Share this products trough the Community of good practices to arrive at much as possible to the learning providers of training adapted from disable people at school level firt of all but also at the rest of educational levels.Potential transferability: To the learners with disabilities or learning difficulties from other educationall level as VET or adult education.

<< Background >>The economic impact of COVID-19 in the EU is undeniable, with the non-essential retail and commerce, as well as hospitality and cultural sectors as the ones most affected by restrictions. According to a study by www.dbk.es, these are not expected to recover before 2024. This has aggravated the situation for many, which were already in difficulties due increased online shopping (with competing large players) or the upcome of malls on outskirts.While the situation is difficult there is hope for the future, an analysis done in LETZ RETAIL on changing consumer behaviour due to COVID, has shown that 36% of the respondents increased their online shopping and 61% intend to buy more from small local businesses, but most importantly online presence would encourage 90% of consumers to buy from small local businesses. This is confirmed by research from the University of Gallen, which estimates that online commerce will grow annually with 15% and represent 30% of total retail sales in Europe in 2030.The combination of increased interest and willingness to buy from local businesses (and support them) generates opportunities for those capable of providing an answer by “going online”. In LETZ RETAIL ONLINE we understand this as the process to transform business processes to position, market and sell their products and services online, in a (cyber)secure way.The small businesses from the retail, commerce, hospitality and cultural/creative sectors, that want to embrace digital and start their “going online” process need innovative solutions and technologies to cater for their newly launched omni-channel offering, which go beyond the standard offers, of the larger IT providers. They need fresh-thinking, fast response and close connections which small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs from the digital sector can offer them. The project addresses the space of intersection and intense cooperation between both sectors needed. The main objective of LETZ RETAIL ONLINE is thus to create a learning programmes which gives the owners, managers and staff from small businesses from the retail, commerce, hospitality and cultural/creative sectors (from now on “small commerce” sector) and the small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs from the digital and ICT sector (from now on “small digital” sector), the knowledge, skills and competences to co-create, co-design and collaborate for the digital transformation of the first, allowing them to “go online” in an cost-effective, efficient and secure way.<< Objectives >>The “small commerce” owners, managers or staff in general have low levels of digital skills and a lack of knowledge on the part of managers and owners about the advantages offered by digitalisation in the current context. This generates resistance to “go online” and consider the costs as an investment which will generate return. Campaigns from interest organisations and efforts from public bodies (e.g. through grant programmes) are insufficient to bring about the transformation of the sector. Changing the perspective and perceptions is achieved through positive experiences and success stories, and feel that those providing the digital solutions are partners in the transformation process, accompanying and being an active part of it (something which the larger providers, focussed on more standard solutions do not offer).Small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs can provide this flexible, customised, “up-close-and-personal” approach the “small commerce” businesses need. Co-creating, co-designing and cooperating is key for designing workable, viable and usable solutions. By doing this, this “small digital” sector can tap in on the expected boost in online commerce, and in booming areas such as customer service and interaction (from pre- to post-sales) as a customised shopping experience is becoming ever more important, but also (cyber)security. The COVID crisis is expected to induce persistent changes in society and consumer habits or needs, which can, uncover valuable business opportunities for the “small digital” sector that are able to anticipate these changes, e.g. demand for commerce, which can change value chains and transform sectors. The cooperation with the “small commerce” sector, allows to peak into the reality of different sectors, and different needs, and spark the new/innovated ideas, products or services, even for business beyond this sector. With a deep need for continuous innovations and improvements in the very fast developing tech world, this is key to survive, remain competitive and grow.<< Implementation >>Three projects results are developed:PR1 - LETZ RETAIL ONLINE Curriculum, which defines the skills and competence framework, learning objectives and curriculum for the LETZ RETAIL ONLINE programme for co-creation, co-design and collaboration between the small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs from the digital sector (from now on “small digital” sector) and the ones from retail, commerce, hospitality and cultural/creative sectors (from now on “small commerce” sector), for the latter to go online..PR2 - LETZ RETAIL ONLINE programme, develops a validated learning content & assessment method, and adapt the existing e-learning space for the LETZ RETAIL ONLINE programme for co-creation, co-design and collaboration between the “small digital” sector and the “small commerce” sector, so the latter can go online in an efficient and secure way, digitalising the related processes.PR3- LETZ RETAIL ONLINE action plans, which elaborates an action plan approach and templates for the small businesses of the two targeted sectors (“small commerce” and “small digital”) to design, implement and monitor the in the co-creating and co-designing of the solution, and the specific activities and effort needed to implement it in a collaborative way (Small Business Action Plan) or to initiate a co-creation, co-design and collaborative process between the LETZ RETAIL ONLINE sectors, and bringing the “small commerce” sector online (Business Hub Action Plan).These are presented to the target groups and stakeholders in the connected multiplier events.<< Results >>LETZ RETAIL ONLINE (LRO) capitalises upon the results from LETZ RETAIL, adding on specific materials and content related to doing business on-line. The combination of both into one single space provides a learning programme in the field of non-formal continuing education for small retail, commerce, hospitality and creative/cultural businesses to help them upfront the challenges and difficulties they face related to the challenges mentioned before. The materials and content developed in LETZ RETAIL ONLINE give them the knowledge, skills and competences to apply the co-creation, co-design and co-working skills acquired in LETZ RETAIL to design, implement and monitor a solid and sustainable strategy for taking maximum advantage of the digitalisation of their businesses. One of the outcomes will be the development of concrete actions plans to do so, customised and adapted to each particular situation and context.