BHC21

Boosting Human Capital in the 21st Century
Priority Axis
Technological and Social InnovationSpecific objective
Social Innovation
Lead partner
Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-VlaanderenContact
Date de début
01/04/2019Date de fin
31/07/2022Project budget
3 760 208 €ERDF amount
2 256 125 €ERDF rate
60%À propos
Common challenge
Unemployment rates of low-skilled people (level 1-2 in the EU Qualification Framework) in the 2 Seas region remain high, while there is a continuously growing number of operational job openings amongst others in the manufacturing sector. A study of DG Employment and Social Affairs (2015) mentions that a common cause is skills mismatch, either because there are not enough jobseekers with the necessary skills to fill open vacancies or because job requirements by employers do not fit with the competences of jobseekers. This study advises EU members to train the (un)employed. However, learnercentred training is underused in the manufacturing industry, training doesn’t account for barriers to learning experienced by low-skilled people (LSP) and fails to provide solutions to overcome these challenges (Nielson, 2011). Therefore vocational training services for the manufacturing sector in the 2 Seas Region need modernisation by combining expertise of work and education (Marope et al., 2015).