"EQ-WOOD" EQ-WOOD QUALITY QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN WOODWORKING AND FURNITURE INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION The project EQ-WOOD tackles innovation capacity and competitiveness of EU wood and furniture industry by designing and delivering the curriculum of Innovation Advisor in the Wood and Furniture Industry. It helps managing innovation by merging green, digital and marketing skills, and provide learners with specific competences required by the sector evolution in Europe. The project builds on the comprehensive analysis of skills requirements already conducted by other sectoral projects (FUNES, WOODUAL, IM-FUTURE). OBJECTIVES map skills needs requirements associated to the industry innovation; • design a new European qualification named “Innovation Advisor” to support wood and furniture SMEs to face existing challenges and opportunities; • validate the concept of the proposed qualification through a substantial stakeholders' consultation exercise; • design and develop innovative training methods and contents, as well as learning modules for continuing professional development (CPD) of adults already working in the industry and needing new competences oriented towards innovation (green economy, ICT, innovative marketing and customization approaches); • test the new qualification and the CPD training supply on at least 120 learners, among 60 / 80 young people and 40 / 60 adult workers in at least 40 enterprises; • experiment transnational mobility of teachers, trainers and learners and to learn from this experience to establish a basic mobility support structure across the countries involved; • experiment the validation of learning outcomes from work experience; • disseminate and promote project results at national and European level, within the sector but also as a reference for other industrial or services sectors; • develop a body of know-how and organizational structure (Network) inspiring future sectoral qualification and training, as to support innovation and competitiveness of the EU woodworking and furniture industry. Project Number: 21700144 Grant Agreement: 591939-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-SSA Duration: From 01/01/2018 to 31/03/2021 Coordinated at AIDIMME by: SORIANO CARDO, CARLOS R&D Line: TO BE DETERMINED RESULTS OBTAINED 2019 Year: Study of needs and design of the "Innovation Advisor" qualification Deliverables:       PUBLISHED NEWS general broadcast https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2021/12/17/aidimme-resulta (...) http://actualidad.aidimme.es/2019/12/03/eq-wood-definien (...) http://actualidad.aidimme.es/2019/04/17/tercera-reunion- (...) Technical dissemination, transfer https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2021/03/05/conferencia-fin (...) https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2021/02/10/jornada-on-line (...) https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2021/02/10/jornada-on-line (...) http://actualidad.aidimme.es/2020/12/09/proyecto-europeo (...) PROJECT WEB https://www.eqwood.org/ PARTNERS AIDIMME - INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO METALMECÁNICO, FURNITURE, WOOD, PACKAGING AND RELATED, FEDERLEGNO- ARREDO SRL, INNOVAWOOD, WOODWIZE, BULGARIAN BRANCH CHAMBER OF WOODWORKING AND FURNITURE INDUSTRY, CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ITALIENNE DE LYON, CONSULENZA FORMAZIONE E MANAGEMENT SCARL, IPERA MEDEF FR, INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING OF PERSONNEL IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, HUNGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF FURNITURE AND WOODWORKING, GRANT 94672 € TARGET AUDIENCE AND IMPACT MEASUREMENT 2150 Access to the project website 1537 Access to news published on own websites. Total Accesses: 3687 TRACTOR COMPANIES Thanks to its support and signature of the "declaration of participation" the project has been funded. COMPANIES DIFFUSION R&D PROJECTS They want to know first-hand the evolution of the project, and its progress to the final result. COMPANIES TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE They will implement technologies, develop strategies or look for new models based on the results.