Exciting News for National Guild members
Another successful Erasmus+ application for the National Guild and its Italian and German Partners who are engaging to support the development of Future Skills@Work commencing 1st November for 18th Months .
FutureSkills@Work - Building Future-Oriented VET Pathways SMART Objective By Month 18, the project will enable organisational transformation across the three partner institutions through the co-development (Activity 2) and piloting (Activity 3)of a transferable “Future Skills@Work Pathway”, strengthening their capacity to integrate digital, green and socio-emotional competences into VET programmes and work-based learning. This will enhance the responsiveness of their training provision to evolving labour market needs and improve competitiveness, lifelong employability, social inclusion and personal development of VET learners. Erasmus Priorities:Adapting vocational education and training to labour market needs and tackling low proficiency in basic skills Inclusion and Diversity Project Details
Partners: 3 – National Guild of Master Craftsmen (IR – Lead), CPA (IT), (GE) 18 Months – November 2026 Activity 1 – Project coordination, quality assurance and dissemination This activity ensures effective coordination among partners, monitoring of progress, quality assurance, evaluation and dissemination of results. It includes 1 task driven transnational partner meetings and ongoing online cooperation, ensuring shared understanding, smooth implementation and quality delivery, proportionate to the scale of a small-scale youth partnership.
Activity 2 – FutureSkills@Work Toolkit
Activity 2 focuses on the co-development of the Future Skills at Work Toolkit, a practical resource designed to help SMEs integrate future-oriented competences into apprenticeships and work-based learning environments.
The toolkit will translate key competences — including critical and analytical thinking, digital and green problem-solving, information and data literacy, ethical technology use, adaptability, collaboration, intercultural competence, systems thinking for sustainability, and learning-to-learn capacity, into structured workplace learning tasks.
Activity 3 – Local workshops on future oriented skills
Activity 3 focuses on piloting the Future Skills @ Work Toolkit through structured local workshops in Ireland, Italy and Germany. Each partner will organise 3 practical workshops involving a total of 54 SMEs, apprentices and VET students, testing the Future Skills Toolkit. The workshops will assess usability, relevance to labour market needs and effectiveness in strengthening future oriented skills. Feedback from participating SMEs and learners will be systematically collected and used to refine the toolkit, ensuring it remains practical, transferable and aligned with evolving workplace demands. This piloting phase strengthens cooperation between VET providers and enterprises and supports the integration of future-oriented skills into local apprenticeship systems.
