H.U.CO Labs brings together Vocational Education and Training institutions, universities, and companies to develop technicians’ skills that will facilitate synergies, and thus innovation, in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Project description
Across Europe there is a diverse and fragmented approach to the provision of skills for Research and Innovation (R&I) at Level 5 and 6 of the European Qualifications Framework. Based on an analysis of the status quo, the Collaborative Hvet-University-Company Labs for Research project (H.U.CO Labs) will develop a training model and standards to equip Mid-level Technicians at EQF level 5 and 6, with a key set of R&D related skills that can make them competent to work with teams of researchers and entrepreneurs.
Through two pilot pathways (EQF 5th and 6th) in advanced manufacturing, the results will be scaled up through the establishment of a European Platform or ‘coalition of the willing’ among training providers to develop such integrated skills across different innovative sectors of the economy. This Platform will also boost transnational cooperation through ‘Technological European Villages for Technicians’ that will also integrate university researchers and companies to develop a new model of innovation ecosystem.
Partners
- ITS Cuccovillo (IT)
- Comau SPA (IT)
- Microtechnician and Intelligent Systems Trades and Qualifications Campus (CMQ MSI) (FR)
- Sunrise Tech Park (LT)
- Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) (DE)
- German Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW EV) (DE)
- Polytechnic University of Valencia (ES)
- European Entrepreneurs (CEA-PME) (BE)
