Eurosuccess Consulting Project: AWARE – Enhancing the level of cybersecurity awareness in VET related to digital transformation

Eurosuccess Consulting is a partner of the EU-funded AWARE project which aims to develop didactic approaches, methodologies and curriculum content for raising cybersecurity awareness and competencies as a priority for the VET sector. This project is built upon the realisation that the transition to Education 4.0 requires learning mechanisms that closely mirror the future of work and should be accompanied by vetted innovative pedagogies. In order to foster this, the AWARE project shifts from a process-based, to a problem-based approach to learning.

The AWARE project is guided by the following objectives:

• Address the increased risks related to a digitalised world on an individual level in everyday life, in school, at work, at home and more specifically, in relation to VET

• Address the digital transformation through digital readiness, resilience and capacity by developing innovative learning and teaching resources

• To raise awareness, empower and equip participating organisations with basic knowledge in the field of cybersecurity.

• To raise awareness and educate on cybersecurity issues among VET learners and teachers related to the digital transformation of industry and organisations

• To demonstrate the need and the potential for VET-business cooperation in order to enhance cybersecurity related competences of VET teachers and learners

• To foster permeability of VET by encouraging VET learners to seek educational and career opportunities in the field of cybersecurity

• To reach policy makers in order to strengthen the placement of cyber security in VET.

This project’s primary target groups include:

• VET teachers

• VET learners

• Young people

• People with special needs

• Elders

• Immigrants/Refugees

• Unemployed people

• Managers

• Start uppers

While its secondary target groups include:

• Representatives of SMEs

• Business support organisations

• Labour supporting organisations

• Policy experts on national and EU level

• Policy makers on national and EU level

This project has the following results:

1. AWARE Knowledge Base: tailor-made modular content, providing an overview of the context of cybersecurity and its current and future relevance, covering relevant topics regarding raising awareness for digitalisation and cyber security among VET learners and teachers

2. AWARE Masterclass: thoughtfully designed learning resource, introducing methods for safely navigating the digital world to both VET teachers and VET learners, in a user-friendly, captivating and easily understandable way, by using a teaching method of storytelling

3. AWARE Self-assessment Kit “Cyber-Guardian”: an interactive online game, testing the cyber safety and awareness of VET teachers and learners, recognising their behavioural patterns, and assessing the knowledge and skills gained through the Knowledge Base and the Masterclass.

The project consortium consists of partners from 8 countries, Cyprus (Eurosuccess Consulting), Slovenia (coordinator), Portugal, Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece, Italy and Germany:

1. GOSPODARSKA ZBORNICA SLOVENIJE (Slovenia)

2. G.G. EUROSUCCESS CONSULTING LIMITED (Cyprus)

3. SSRD d.o.o. (Slovenia)

4. UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (Portugal)

5. Nefinia (Netherlands)

6. Stredná odborná škola informačných technológií, Ostrovského 1, Košice (Slovakia)

7. C.M. SKOULIDI & SIA E.E. (Greece)

8. Taste Roots Società Cooperativa (Italy) 9. WISAMAR BILDUNGSGESEL LSCHAFT GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH (Germany)

You can find more about the project HERE. For further information you can contact us at info@eurosc.eu.