Development of Innovative Systems linking Academic Education in Engineering and Informatics with Labour Market's Needs

EngInes aims at increasing the employability of Engineers in the region of South Asia, with a focus on India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The key issue identified is the fact that a large percentage of engineering graduates in the region, find themselves to be unemployable in the labour market. Our project is developing a toolbox with numerous services and products to increase the employability of students, providing with skills and capacities in request in the labour market.Key outputs include the development and implementation of:1. Tracer Studies 2. Training Needs Analysis3. Occupational Profiles4. Work-Based-Learning programmes5. Mentoring programmes6. Guidance programmes7. Field trips8. Career offices restructuring plansThe project includes study visits and knowledge transfer visits among Partner and Porgramme Country HEIs together with an intense training and pilot-testing period. The project's goal is to link innovations and skills in demand in the private sector with academic curricula, allowing universities to update their courses and studying programmes easily and accurately with scientifically backed methodologies and tools.