PROJECT WEBSITE

DURATION

The project will run for 48 months: 1. 7. 2023 – 30. 6. 2027

Project Nr: 101111721

TARGET GROUPS

  • Sectoral Market representatives (e.g. Nursing Homes, Community Homes)
  • Ageing related policy stakeholders (e.g. European Commission, European Social Committee, Ministries of Labour)
  • Educational providers, teachers and trainers
  • Students and learners (VET and HEIs)

IMPACT OF THE PROJECT

Eldicare 2.0, as the continuation of the Project Eldicare: Matching Skills in a growing European Silver Economy, aims to strengthen the cooperation among sectoral partners on elderly care and educational providers in healthcare, as well as to update the occupational profiles and competencies of professionals in the elderly caregiving sector, by providing a sectoral skills long-term strategy that will tackle skills gaps on the labor market and anticipate future skills. In parallel, its specific objectives include:

  • up/reskilling of the elderly care professionals
  • upgrade the existing and emerging Occupational Profiles with up-to-date and essential skills for the elderly care practitioners
  • establishment of a joint methodology for addressing future skills needs
  • enhancement of the quality and the attractiveness of training in the health care sector at a European, National, Regional and Local Level.

ACTIVITIES

  • Project management
  • Quality Assurance & Evaluation
  • Definition of a forward-looking Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy for the elderly care sector
  • Development of a set of up-to-date Occupational Skills Profiles for elderly care practitioners
  • Design of modular competence-based training curricula for the reskilling and upskilling of elderly care practitioners based on the new Occupational Profiles
  • Pilot delivery of Trainings
  • Offering hands-on solutions to generate long-term impact and sustainability in the elderly care sector
  • Exploitation and Dissemination Activities

FUNDING

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