Adaptative learning paths for employabilty of people with different skills in the Stone Sector

<< Background >>At least 16% of the EU working age population has a disability, many with the ability and the will to work.People with disabilities constitute a significant potential for contribution to the economy and the labour market. The employment rate of disabled people is 50% as opposed to over 68% for non-disabled people, is already an indication that the potential of people with disabilities remains greatly underused. People with disabilities are almost twice as likely to be inactive compared to non-disabled people. Moreover, the likelihood of disability increases with age, and, in the light of the current EU demographic situation, the occurrence of disability is expected to increase. It is crucial to address the needs of people with disabilities in order to allow them to better integrate into the labour market and to participate in society. Employment is a determining factor for inclusion. The development of a Training path and Training Content on Therapies for Disabled based on Manufacturing Processes and Techniques employed in the Stone Sector involves having a tool for the recognition and validation of knowledge, skills and transversal capacities for promoting Labor Inclusion of disabled people in sectors as traditional as Stone is<< Objectives >>The main objectives of this project were the following:- To help the integration of people with disabilities into the world of work and to promote the development of skills and abilities through the stone sector.- To raise awareness in education with learning phases in order to implement a series of steps, results that guarantee a good impact on the target group and a sustainable effect over time.- Sensitise and create awareness in the companies of the sector about the recruitment of people with disabilities. - Providing employers with mechanisms to adapt workspaces to people with physical or motor disabilities.- Encourage diversity in a sector as traditional as the stone sector, thus facilitating the promotion and awareness of equality at all levels.- Provide support tools for the development of actions that enable the inclusion of people in vulnerable situations in the labour market, adapted to the digital transformation and focused on distance learning.- Provide information, increase the strengths in labour inclusion and redefine the weaknesses.- To provide digital training adapted to the current situation so that no person is left behind and to face the challenges that conventional training currently presents.<< Implementation >>During the development of the InclusiveStone project, the main activities implemented were:- Handbook for an educational approach for people with different skills focused on transversal capacities in stone sector.- Design and Organization of Training Paths and Development of a Course Curriculum.- Implementation of 3 training pilot courses.- Production of virtual reality (VR) immersive Adaptative Training Path.- Project management activities (e.g. monitoring, controlling and managing the project, quality assurance, etc.)- Dissemination activities (i.e. organization of 3 multiplier events, website development, posts in project’s social media and in partners’ websites, articles on e-journals, presentations on conferences, cross-links with other projects, etc.)<< Results >>R1 - Educational approach for people with different skills focused on transversal capacities in stone sector.1-A1 Roadmap of the Methodology.1-A2 Awareness of needs surveys to identify specific learning difficulties.1-A3 Report of data analysis and conclusions.1-A4 Handbook for an educational approach for people with different skills focused on transversal capacities in stone sector.1-A5 Report on the results of First International Seminar in Split (Croatia)R2 - Complete Training Path Guide for teaching stone sector's professions for people with different skills.2-A1 Definition of Training Units and Learning Outcomes.2-A2 Design and Organization of Training Paths.2-A3 InclusiveSTONE Course Curriculum.2-A4 Report on the results of Workshop in Cehegín (Spain).R3 - VR-Adaptative Training Content and Evaluation.3-A1 Implementation plan.3-A2 Training materials.3-A3 Defining and structuring the key VR-scenarios.3-A4 Production of virtual reality (VR) immersive Adaptative Training Path.3-A5 Define a Recognition and Validation tool for the assessment of all skills and transversal competences.3-A6 Recognition and Validation of Knowledge, Skills and Competences.3-A7 Implementation of the pilot.More information: https://inclusivestone.eu/