"CONTEXTThe evolution of European industries is supported by digital solutions and is depicted in what is so-called ""Industry 4.0"". A survey conducted by the European Social Fund on the monitoring of professional needs of industry reveals a mismatch between demand and supply of skilled workforce. Businesses demand workers specialized in digital skills tailored for the industrial sector. It is necessary to introduce VET programs able to combine specialized sector expertise with a set of e-leadership and ICT skills.Industry has been working closely with schools, universities, HEI providers to set up innovative programmes to supply people with key skills necessary for the digital transformation. Nevertheless, VET is yet to develop a link with the industrial sector. MAIN AIM Involve the industrial sector in the transformation of VET systems, in order to meet the need of digital skills consistent with the technological developments in industries SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES • Investigate skill shortages in the 4.0 industry • Promote VET initiatives on digital skills targeting workers through mixed partnerships • Design training courses to update and requalify workers of the industrial sector, focusing on the uptake of digital skills • Foster training initiatives for entrepreneurs to make them understand the potential of ICT in traditional industries • Provide e-leadership skills to workers and managers that will lead to better employment and career opportunities • Foster the recognition of ICT skills in the traditional industrial sector through the use of ECVET TARGETS REACHED • 103 trainees (80 workers of traditional industrial sectors + 23 students) • 158 workers, managers / entrepreneurs of traditional industrial sectors • 250 stakeholders • 13 VET trainers • 8 organizations partners of the Consortium • 18 staff members of the Consortium • Indirect: ca. 100.000 people (Total people reached via dissemination activitities: events, website visits, etc) METHODOLOGIES SKILLS-SET AND TRAINING TOOLBOX: based on Individual interviews, reviewing existing documents, discussions with SMEs’ steering groups, ROUNDTABLES: guided interviews and joint discussion with stakeholders ECVET PATH AND DIDACTIC MODEL: 36.6CC have created ECVET guidelines points relevant transfer system paths to be transferred to all partners. The RESTART consortium participated in a three session workshop about ECVET, integrating ECVET principals in the development of training courses. TRAINING TOOLBOX TEST AND SHORT TERM JOINT STAFF TRAINING ACTIVITY - Both courses made use of several online methods in addition to practical workshops and face to face lessons. We followed a five-step approach: a) Identify Learners’ skills requirements; b) Identify and select the set of tools required to perform the task defined; c) Design the procedures for deploying the selected tools to carry out the task; d) Teach learners/trainers on how to use selected tools, Guide learners to perform the task with the tools; e) Evaluate learning outcome and update learner’s portfolio. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE TRAINING TOOLBOX: Evaluation tools such as focus groups and SWOT analysis were conducted along the project. The training toolbox developed was evaluated in two stages, firstly by the trainers of the consortium (Activity C1) and secondly, another evaluation was carried out (Activity O2/A4) by means of surveys and discussion groups with the participants in the test, both trainers and trainees. MAIN ACTIVITIES: O1: DIGITAL TRAINING SKILLS SET FOR 4.0 INDUSTRIES O1A1 Conduction of a Training Needs Analysis O1A2 Roundtables for “Digital Entrepreneurs” O1A3 Elaboration of a Skill-Set For 4.0 Industries O1A4 Elaboration of an Ecvet Path and Didactic Model O1A5 Dissemination of O1 O2: CURRICULUM / FRAMEWORK FOR VET IN INDUSTRIES 4.0 O2A1 Preparation of Training Material for the Toolbox O2A2 Selection of Participants O2A3 Test of the Training Toolbox O2A4 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Toolbox Test O2A5 Dissemination of O2 C1 – SHORT TERM JOINT STAFF TRAINING EVENT IN MALTA. September 2018 E1-E5 - MULTIPLIER EVENTS IN ITALY, MALTA, GREECE, SPAIN AND SCOTLAND, MOST RELEVANT TANGIBLE RESULTS are: Training Needs Report Digital training Skill-set for 4.0 Industries Package of ECVET Documents and didactic model 55 hours of training contents Toolbox Test Evaluation Report Final version of “Digital Skills for Industry 4.0” RESTART Training Toolbox 36 hours of training for trainers Project Website, Facebook page and visual identity"