EU and other projects implemented by CECC

The idea of implementing the project comes from the assumption that the world is currently entering the so-called fourth industrial revolution. The phenomenon with which such concepts as Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, smart factories, cyber-physical systems are associated is recognized by experts as one of the main development trends in the coming years. It is certain that these changes are challenging all areas not only of industry, but also of everyday life. The project leader - a regional unit for the implementation of vocational education in Cologne, Germany - has submitted a project in consortium with 8 European organizations under ERASMUS + to develop new, innovative programs and methods for practical vocational education in the context of the aforementioned 4th industrial revolution.

Research indicates that education, too, needs to adapt to modern realities. In a situation where people are increasingly being replaced by machines, and the operation of businesses is based on completely new systems, the competencies that are required of employees are also changing. It becomes necessary to prepare students as well as teachers for the coming changes. Hence, the project involves three main tasks:

  ✔ Development of a profile of competencies required in the "working world 4.0"

  ✔ Preparation of 4 modern vocational teaching modules for students

  ✔ Preparation of 4 modern competence enhancement modules for vocational teachers.

Planned goals to be achieved:

  ✔ identification of future-oriented new qualification requirements, especially ba European level

  ✔ sensitize teachers and trainers to current and upcoming changes

  ✔ to develop innovative modules dedicated to teachers, trainers and students, which in the first stage of creating new curricula will focus on the professions - mechatronics and electronics - and prepare them to be adaptable in other sectors

  ✔ enabling students from all over Europe to work together through learning platforms.

The Central European Chamber of Commerce was invited to participate in the project as an organization providing a voice and point of view for entrepreneurs. We are the only Chamber in the entire partnership consisting mainly of entities operating in the vocational education sector (schools, universities, governmental/ local government entities). The role of the Chamber is to support partners in substantive activities and to spread knowledge about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the changes it brings among Polish vocational schools and businesses.

Downloadable flyer.

For more "4th Industrial Revolution" information, please visit the following sites:

http://www.utrzymanieruchu.pl/menu-gorne/artykul/article/czwarta-rewolucja-przemyslowa-i-przemysl-40-co-oznaczaja-te-pojecia/part/1/

https://www.hbrp.pl/b/czwarta-rewolucja-przemyslowa-zmiana-juz-tu-jest-1/2/OmImRGYW

http://www.komputerswiat.pl/artykuly/redakcyjne/2016/12/trzy-trendy-technologiczne-na-ktore-warto-uwazac-w-roku-2017.aspx

"The difficult road to Industry 4.0" article dated 20/12/2016

Cisco: 6 top trends in technology development for 2017 and beyond, article dated 29.12.2016

The IMOVE Network is a formal cooperation program established by the Multistakeholders Mobility Platforms "MMP" in European countries. The network works together to increase the rate of mobility between students and teachers in Europe, providing a viable mechanism to increase the experience for mobility.

The iMove network operates as part of a three-year (2014 - 2016) project co-financed by the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Program ("Lifelong Programme"). The project's leader is the Emilia - Romagna region (Italy) and the Uniser Soc. Coop Onlus organzation (Italy).The project's goal is to ensure that by 2020, 6% of young people obtaining VET qualifications will undertake at least a two-week mobility experience during their studies.

VET - Vocational Education and training.Each of the project partners is obliged to create a mobility network in their region. In Lower Silesia, such a network is created by the Semper Avanti Association together with the Central European Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce of Central Europe in the period from 01.05.2015 to 30.11.2016 implemented a project entitled "Entrepreneurship Fully Fit", which was co-financed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy as part of the Civic Initiatives Fund competition for 2014 - 2020.

The main objective of the project was to increase the level of knowledge among the residents of Lower Silesia, entrepreneurs and NGOs, including those engaged in business activities regarding the opportunities and benefits of employing people with disabilities.

As well as spreading knowledge of corporate social responsibility and cooperation with NGOs in daily business activities.

The Chamber of Commerce of Central Europe, which is a partner in the project, together with Semper Avanti (leader) implemented the project entitled. "Let's Create Better Job Opportunities for Lower Silesian Youth" (under Measure 2.4 Modernization of Public and Private Employment Services and their Better Adaptation to the Labor Market Needs, of the Operational Program Knowledge Education Development).

The main objective of the project was to adapt the services provided by labor market institutions in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in terms of educational and vocational activation of young people in the most difficult situation on the labor market, in particular those who are not working, not participating in education and training (i.e. people from the NEET category) and are not registered in the PUP, to the needs of these people, their capabilities and interests, and taking into account the analysis of the Lower Silesian labor market, through the involvement, in the form of a partnership within the project, of various stakeholders operating locally and regionally in the area of the labor market, and joint development of one comprehensive set of recommendations that will improve reaching the widest possible number of people from the target group of Axis I of PO WER, and the formulation of criteria in competitions for activation of the above target group, in the period 15.06.2016. 31.12.2016 r.

The work of the Partnership for the development of recommendations took place from August to December 2016. As part of the recruitment process, 24 entities were selected, which solemnly signed the content of the agreement during the partnership formation conference on 31.08.2016.

Basic information about the project:

  ✔ implementation date: 15.06 - 31.12.2016 r.

  ✔ total budget: PLN 244,252.75

  ✔ implementation schedule - see

  ✔ Number of conferences - 7 (initial, 5

      regional,dissemination)

  ✔ Number of working group meetings - 24 meetings of 4 hours each in the

      4 areas and 4 topics.

STAGE 1 - Recruitment until 28.08.2016. Recruitment documents:

  ✔ Recruitment form

  ✔ Regulations of the partnership

STAGE 2 - Conference to form a partnership for the development of recommendations - 31.08.2016 in the NGO Center SECTOR 3 in Wroclaw from 11.00 a.m.

  ✔ Contents of the agreement

  ✔ Note

  ✔ Presentation 31.08.16

STAGE 3 - working group meetings were held on dates according to the schedule

The idea of the project was to involve entities representing various areas related to the labor market, so that the recommendations created were as comprehensive and tailored as possible. Including extremely important was the voice of employers in terms of problems, challenges, constraints and other issues related to the employment of young people. The main purpose of the meetings was to create a basis for recommendations for improving the situation of young people in the labor market and improving the quality of services provided in this regard by labor market institutions. With particular attention to people from the NEET group, i.e., people not studying and not taking up employment.

STAGE 4 - final preparation of recommendations

Downloadable version of the final recommendations - Recommendations

STAGE 5 - organization of a meeting summarizing the project and presentation of recommendations

On December 15, 2016, at 1 pm, a meeting took place to present the project's conclusions and recommendations. The meeting was held at the Logistics Department of the Higher School of Banking at Łąkowe 8 Street in Wrocław.