Project Description

Background to the project

The STREAM project concept aims at enhancing the quality and pertinence of Work-Based Learning (WBL) and international mobility and has emerged from an in-depth examination of challenges, obstacles, and needs. This analysis was conducted through research, engagement, and development initiatives carried out across Europe between 2020 and 2022 by the Eduwork.net consortium. STREAM was selected within the  Erasmus+ Forward Looking Projects Call, Priority 4 – Micro-credentials for employability.

Needs and Challenges Identified

The need to equip VET staff and company employees involved in WBL with up to date contemporary and enhanced skills and knowledge to meet the emerging challenges.​

The need to enhance VET capacities responding to changes in the economy and labour market and gaining a more extensive role as a key part of the innovation eco-system.

The challenge of addressing the need to provide Work-Based Learning (WBL) in innovative formats is crucial. Additionally, there is a lack of peer support to facilitate this transformation.

 

Aims of the Project

Stream aims to significantly impact the following:

  • To enhance the relevance of VET by implementing a rigorously tested and credible Micro-Credential system that bridges the gap between education and the labour market. The STREAM project will build a new Micro-credential framework, operating under the working title “The European Professional Certificate for Practitioners in Inclusive, Digital and Green Work-Based Learning”.
  • To identify the skills necessary for vocational education and training (VET) trainers and business mentors to design and manage high quality Work–Based Learning (WBL) experiences.
  • To improve the efficiency and flexibility of Work-Based Learning (WBL) design, organization, and evaluation across both national and transnational contexts involving VET providers and companies.
  • To promote WBL within Europe’s VET community which entails nurturing international collaboration and intercultural exchange.

 

Outputs

STREAM Blueprint

Building upon the outcomes derived from both desk and field research, the STREAM BLUEPRINT will intricately delineate a distinctive constellation of competences, micro-credentials, and validation frameworks tailored for inclusive, digital, and green Work-Based Learning (WBL).

Micro-credential Framework

Will be aligned with European standards and guided by the ‘Council Recommendation on a European Approach to Micro-Credentials,’ the design process covers prerequisites for enrolment, level of learning, quality assurance, integration/ stackability and ECTS credits. It will be working under the title “The European Professional Certificate for Practitioners in Inclusive, Digital and Green Work-Based Learning”.

Policy Recommendations

That raise awareness and foster trust in the Micro-credential Framework. This initiative paves the way for the integration of micro-credentials at policy level.

Memorandum of Understanding

Outlines relevant agreements to systematize, adapt, and adopt the STREAM Micro­ Credential Framework beyond the project’s conclusion.

 

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