COOPSKILLS – COOPeration of public and private players to reskill and upSKILL workerS/COOPSKILLS

The COOP SKILLS project is inspired by the principles of UNESCO’s “Learning Cities” aiming at creating “Learning Companies”, and it effectively mobilizes its resources in every sector to promote inclusive learning, revitalize learning in communities, facilitate learning for and in the workplace, extend the use of modern learning technologies and enhance quality and excellence in learning. The heart of the project lies in fostering a culture of learning throughout life. This will be achieved by setting and operating “Reskilling Labs” in municipality level under the supervision and management of the most-suited key stakeholders such as the Municipality, local chambers and VET providers.

The incentive under the COOPSKILLS proposal is to enable and motivate companies and workers respectively at a Local/Municipality level and all the stakeholders involved to:

• increase the quality and relevance of their activities,
• develop and reinforce their networks of partners,
• increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level,
• boost internationalization of their activities through exchanging or developing new practices and methods,
• share ideas on adult education and training.

Project Objectives:

The project aims at understanding what drives skills development to build local alliances for lifelong learning, through the creation of Reskilling Labs. By designing inclusive training, guidance, and skills assessment methods that open doors to new career opportunities in fast-growing sectors, COOPSKILLS will empower low-skilled workers for the green and digital economy. Throughout the project cycle, the consortium will follow a rigorous quality assurance system to ensure that all the project results are of excellence and their impact long-lasting. The key project results will be:

• A report on best practice mobilization actions.
• A handbook on organizing and running “Reskilling Labs”.
• Two synthesis reports on the operation of Reskilling Labs and on the decisions made in the piloting countries on which sectors, the learning and skills needs of the work force, and the motivation actions that are required by each piloting country
• Training curricula and material for trainees and trainers accompanied by gamification tools for learning and assessing training activities. Counselling, mentoring manual.
• Two synthetic reports on mobilization and training actions to drive our pilot tests with relevant stakeholders.

Partners:

COOPSKILLS is a Cooperation Partnership of private and public organizations, Municipalities (in the framework of UNESCO’s Learning cities network), Chambers and their companies, VET organizations and other civil organizations situated under the influence of Municipalities and are active in the field of education and training. The consortium setting involves the most suitable partners at municipality level, including collaboration between the public sector, industry, education providers and community organisations. By working together under an innovative setting (Reskilling Labs) stakeholders can create more effective and sustainable reskilling initiatives that benefit workers and support economic growth. The associated partners and collaborating organisations such as UNESCO LLL institute, EfVET, EAEA, 3F, secure the Impact of the project’s outcome in a European and more over at international level.

The COOP project Consortium consists of partners from seven (7) countries (GR, CY, SP, LI. PL, DN, DL). Twelve (12) full partners and (5) associated partners

1. The project leader/coordinator is: Hellenic Adult Education Association- HAEA (Epistimoniki Enosi Ekpaidefsis Enilikon) (GR)
2. ACRONYM Ltd (ACRONYM) (GR)
3. EVEPE SEV (GR)
4. G.G. EUROSUCCESS CONSULTING LTD / [EUROSC] (CY)
5. DomSpain S.L.U. / [DomSpain]
6. Lithuanian Education and Science Trade Union / [LESTU] (LT)
7. NICOSIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY / [NCCI] (CY)
8. Redessa, HUB (SP)
9. Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts (Kaunas / [CCIC] (LT)
10. INSTYTUT ANALIZ RYNKU PRACY SP.z.o.o. / [IARP] (PL)
11. C.M.SKOULIDI & SIA EE / [P_CONS] (GR)
12. Municipality of Thermi (GR)
13. Municipalities of Tarragona and Reus
14. The Municipality of Nicosia
15. Municipality of Kaunas (LT)
16. 3F, the United Federation of Danish Workers (3F Faglist Faelles Forbund)
17. UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

Duration: 01.03.2025 – 29.02.2028