“Improving Basic Data Literacy Across the Population” is a project commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Digital Affairs and delivered by BCS Koolitus to raise data literacy among Estonia’s residents. The project aims to help people understand and use data in everyday life and at work: how to collect and assess data, make data-driven decisions, present results clearly, and use artificial intelligence consciously and safely. The project will be implemented in four phases: I) refinement of the competency model and target groups; II) development of curricula, learning materials, and the impact assessment methodology; III) pilot preparation…
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Development and Piloting the Digital Skills and Entrepreneurship Trainer Programme for Unemployed Graduates in Botswana
The project aims to enhance the digital skills, entrepreneurial competencies, and competitiveness of unemployed university-educated youth in Botswana while establishing a sustainable training model where the participants will become future mentors and trainers to SMEs. This approach supports young people in entering the job market or becoming entrepreneurs and ensures the long-term impact of the training programm, thus supporting SMEs in innovation and digitalization. In collaboration with The University Innovation Pod Botswana, a target group and training needs analysis will be conducted to develop a practical training program. The program will focus on digital and entrepreneurial skills and include a train-the-trainer…Read article -
Advanced Training Program for Data Analysts
The aim of the project’s training courses is to support the professional development of specialists working in or entering the field of data analytics by equipping them with the skills to use data in decision-making and in the development of business processes and services. The training helps increase participants’ ability to collect, analyze, and clearly present data to support data-driven decision-making within organizations. The training contributes to enhancing the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and supports increasing the digital capabilities and value-creation potential of Estonian companies. PROJECT ACTIVITIES Within the project, three courses will be conducted for a…Read article -
Raising Awareness of E-Governance and Professional Digital Competencies among Kenyan Government Officials and Community Leaders
The project supports the development of digital competencies among Kenyan government officials and community leaders, raising awareness of the opportunities offered by e-governance. The focus is on strengthening skills that help promote the adoption of e-services and improve citizen engagement through digital channels. As part of the project, a needs analysis will be conducted, three e-courses will be developed and piloted with target groups, and a "train the trainer" programme will be delivered to support the future capacity building of local trainers. The activities will be carried out in close cooperation with the Kenya School of Government (KSG) to ensure…Read article -
Development of Kenya’s Interministerial E-Governance Working Group and Delivery of Learning Events
The project supports the establishment and operational launch of Kenya’s interministerial e-governance working group, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between government institutions and enhancing the country’s digital capacity. The project also contributes to shaping the principles for self-assessment and monitoring of digitalisation progress among participants. At the core of the project is the support provided to the working group members through on-site workshops and online learning sessions, focusing on developing knowledge and skills related to e-governance leadership, coordination, and the advancement of citizen-centric digital services. The project contributes to building digital competencies in Kenya’s public sector and creating a…Read article -
SME Digital Maturity Upskilling and Accelerator Program Development, Piloting and Transfer to University of Botswana Innovation Centre
Project Overview The SME Digital Maturity Upskilling and Accelerator Program aims to enhance digital capabilities among key personnel of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Botswana. Running from May 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, this initiative is led by BCS Digital Skills Academy (BCS Koolitus AS) in close partnership with the University of Botswana Innovation Centre (UBIC). Project Activities The project unfolds in several stages. Initially, from May to October 2024, the focus will be on developing competence profiles for SME digital leaders and defining the necessary learning outcomes to create a comprehensive curriculum. Following this, from August to…Read article -
Digitalization roadmap for the Kenya Private Schools Association
The Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA), with 9,800 primary and 1,600 secondary schools, 3 million learners and 158,000 teachers, is an important pillar of general education in Kenya. Despite national initiatives, most schools are still far from modern digitalized schools and educational organizations. KPSA and THESA see a critical need for a practical KPSA digital transformation strategy to support the digitalization of schools, focusing on the digital skills and commitment of school leaders and teachers to implement the digital turnaround. The project is supported by ESTDEV - the Estonian Centre of International Development Cooperation. The project’s goal: The project is…Read article -
Digital Capacity Building for Namibia’s MSMEs
In Namibia's pursuit of progress, business development through digitization has emerged as the critical path to prosperity. Initiated by the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) and carried out with the support by BCS Digital Skills Academy (BCS) from Estonia, this project is dedicated to reshaping the nation's economic and digital landscape. The overarching goal of the project is to craft primary project plans designed to enhance the digital capabilities of Namibian MSMEs over a 3–5-year horizon. The project’s goal: NIPDB’s Digital Capacity and Skills Development Strategy for MSMEs will be developed as an integral part of national digital…Read article -
DIGISKILL-RETAIL
Digiskill-retail is a two-year transnational initiative funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme. The aim of this project is to increase the digital competences and skills of trainees and employees in the retail sector by using modern retail-specific e-learning units. The project also supports and expands the digital competences (digicompEDU) of teachers and trainers by using the e-learning units for vocational education in retail trade. 12 case studies will be developed to assess the qualification deficits regarding digital competences in retail. As a result, 40-60 retail-specific flexible microlearning modules will be created to meet the future needs of…Read article -
The Artificial Intelligence Skills Alliance (ARISA)
ARISA is a four-year transnational initiative funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+, Sector Skill Alliance call for proposals, to set forward a sectoral approach to AI skills development. According to the labour market needs, there is a growing demand for ICT specialists. The lack of digital skills hinders the growth and competitiveness of companies across Europe. In 2017, more than half of the EU companies recruiting ICT professionals had difficulty filling vacancies, and the situation was particularly acute with the higher digital competencies required for specialist ICT positions in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The ARISA project will develop an…Read article -
Junior back-end developer e-course
”Junior back-end developer e-course” is an adult retraining program, designed to provide participants the basic skills of a back-end developer. PROJECT ACTIVITIES Altogether, 100 people are trained within 3 courses during the project. The length of one course is 5 months (20 weeks). All the course activities are fully online. The study volume of one course is 450 academic hours, which includes independent learning, e-learning, interactive lectures, practical exercises and assignments, watching and working through videos, meetings with lecturers and mentors, etc. Eight e-learning modules are to be completed within the course. After the successful completion of the modules, participants…Read article -
ESSA
ESSA is a four-year transnational initiative funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+, Sector Skill Alliance call for proposals, to set forward a sectoral approach to Software Skills Development. According to the labor market needs, there is a growing demand for ICT specialists. The lack of digital skills hinders the growth and competitiveness of companies across Europe. In 2017, more than half of the EU companies recruiting ICT professionals had difficulty filling vacancies, and the situation was particularly acute with the higher digital competencies required for specialist ICT positions in Software Services. The ESSA project will develop an innovative,…Read article -
Digital Skills Training Programme
The "Digital Skills Training Programme" is a programme developed by BCS Koolitus for the development of digital competences and skills of the Estonian public service officials and employees on behalf of the The State Shared Service Center. The training program consists of 5 separate elective modules, the aim of which is to increase the participants' skills and capabilities in the use of office software, and to increase their knowledge of cyber security and digital communication, thus increasing work their efficiency. Training courses will take place during 2021 – 2023. You can register for project trainings through the State Employee Self-Service…Read article -
GOOGLE Cooperation project
The GOOGLE cooperation project has been developed by BCS Koolitus on behalf of the Estonian Trade Union Confederation with the aim of providing digital competence trainings in two programs, one for trade union activists and trustees (end users) and the other for trade union key figures and leaders. During the project, a total of up to 800 active union members and trustees, and up to 200 trade union key members and leaders will be trained. The aim of trade union activist and trustee training is to provide participants with additional digital skills in office work, collaborative communication and cyber…Read article -
Basics for Successful Web Developers
The project “Basics for Successful Web Developers” helps those who want to acquire basic web developer skills and go to a job that requires those skills. Altogether, 150 participants belonging to the target groups are trained during this project. In addition to learning the fundamentals of web development, the course offers various supporting activities for the participants, such as practical tasks, individual counselling, and job clubs. The length of the free course is 21 days, during which participants cover 168 academic hours of study. During the project, participants will receive support in their job search and have the possibility to…Read article -
Basic Digital Literacy Skills Course “E-Citizen”
The project Basic Digital Literacy Skills Course “E-Citizen” is aimed at offering free courses with a purpose of increasing basic digital literacy skills among the working-age population in Estonia. The project was ordered by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication. During 2018-2021, the objective of the project is to decrease digital skills gap by providing 5000 people with low digital literacy essential computer and internet skills (including knowledge and skills in e-services and ID-card solutions). The courses take place across Estonia. The courses are offered in Estonian and Russian languages. The length of one course is 8 academic…Read article -
In-service Training for Teachers on a Priority Topic “Safety” – Digital Risk Awareness in the Modern Teaching Environment
The aim of this project is to develop digital the competences of subject teachers and vocational teachers. After passing the course, the participants can recognize the key problems of e-safety (cyberbullying, identity theft, hate speech, images and videos with inappropriate content) and know how to find solutions for them, as well as skills on how to pass on acquired knowledge to their students. Learning Outcomes: Participants who have passed the course will recognize key problems of e-safety and are able to find solutions for these problems. The graduate of the course: - Is purposeful in their web searches and is…Read article -
Project Management Course for Beginners
The aim of this project is to provide free training courses designed for people who are interested in learning the basics of project management. The courses provide participants with a solid project management foundation and support in applying for positions that require the skills and knowledge of project management. Altogether, 150 participants belonging to the target groups are trained during this project. In addition to learning the fundamentals of project management, the course offers various supporting activities for the participants, such as practical tasks, individual counselling, and job clubs. During the course, participants have a chance to take ECDL exams…Read article -
Development Programme “Digital Leaders”
“Digital Leaders” is a development programme for top executives in civil service ordered by The Government Office of Estonia. This project provides 80 top executives in civil service a thorough practical skillset consisting of technology management theory and practical methods for public sector leadership. The first group consisting of 20 members started in October 2020 and will finish in April 2021. Next courses will take place during 2021-2023. Top executives in civil service can register to the programme through The Government Office Top Civil Service Excellence Centre. In the case of sufficient interest, the “Digital Leaders” programme creators BCS Koolitus…Read article -
Modern Digital Skills Training Course
This project is designed to develop various modern digital skills and competences of the participants, as well as increasing their employability. The free courses are mainly aimed at participants aged 50 or older, who have a strong professional background but lack modern digital skills to be competitive in today’s labor market. The purpose of the project is to modernize the digital competences (including the skills in virtual cooperation, various IT solutions, and platforms to increase people’s mobility) of the participants belonging to the target group. Another goal is to increase participants’ employability in today’s labour market, where various digital skills…Read article -
Teachers for Reactive and Responsive Vocational Education
The project aims to provide effective and necessary training and support for VET teachers to enable them to identify and respond to skill-gaps in the labour market, but also involving other relevant stakeholders – students, parents, teaching staff, and particularly employers experiencing difficulties finding skilled workers to fill vacancies. The consortium will develop, test and deliver standardized, comprehensive toolkits packaged as a set of teaching, collaboration, and communication methods and a rapid curriculum development methodology for VET teachers, to be used in conjunction with potential employers to identify skill-gaps, and to design, develop and deliver up-skilling training for students. The…Read article -
CyVET Security Project co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme
The aim of this project is to raise awareness among computer users of cyber threats and to provide them with skills to prevent those threats. Within this project, computer users include both regular users and IT professionals. 4 main profiles of cyber security user areas ranging from IT specialists to end-users are defined in the first phase of the project. For each profile, the most essential areas of knowledge, skills, and competences of cybersecurity are ascertained. With the support of this acquired knowledge, corresponding learning outcomes will be defined along with the development of a curriculum and the creation of…Read article -
IT Support Specialist Course for Beginners
The aim of this project is to provide participants with partial vocational skills of IT support specialist and support them in applying for positions that require those skills. Altogether, 135 participants belonging to the target groups are trained during this project. In addition to learning the fundamentals of IT support, the course offers various supporting activities for the participants, such as practical tasks, individual counselling, and job clubs. At the end of the course, participants can take the partial VET certificate level 4 exam to certify their IT support specialist competences. The length of the free course is 33 days,…Read article -
Civic Society development courses in Eastern partnership countries in 2019
The blended learning course was developed to raise efficiency and pro-active digital participation of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) civil society in the implementation of reforms and the local decision-making processes in Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus and other EaP countries, as well as to improve the quality of services provided by the civil society organisations to citizens. The course aims to support civil society organisations in harnessing the potential of digital technologies to innovate and improve their interaction with their beneficiaries, constituencies and partners, as well as to improve the efficiency of their work and the quality and format of services offered to…Read article -
Local government reform implementation and training and introducing E-learning Ukraina U-LEAD
On 2018/2019 BCS Koolitus AS and Estonian eGovernance Academy were contracted to develop an In cooperation with the U-LEAD program and BCS Koolitus AS, an e-learning concept and methodology for Ukrainian local government was created to implement the decentralization program of Ukrainian local governments, which was piloted in two key areas: e-health and strategic communication. In addition to the development of methodology and study materials, a detailed analysis of the current situation of the authorities' readiness to switch to e-learning and a list of technical requirements for ordering e-learning environment and materials, process description and procurement documents were prepared for…Read article -
JOBIT Project co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme
JOBIT project was carried out to prepare VET schools graduates, studying IT (software engineering and software development) for labour market needs; the consortium of vocational schools and employers was gathered to develop a training course for the software development course teachers, with the aim of complementing their skills and knowledge of the topic and to familiarize them with the current labour market qualitative needs. And from the other side – to develop a training course in hand in hand with the employers and working specialists. In addition, the project aimed at working out common learning materials for VET school software…Read article -
Teachers for Reactive and Responsive Vocational Education – ReactiVET
The project aims to provide effective and necessary training and support for VET teachers to enable them to identify and respond to skill-gaps in the labour market, but also involving other relevant stakeholders - students, parents, teaching staff, and particularly employers experiencing difficulties finding skilled workers to fill vacancies. The consortium will develop, test and deliver standardized, comprehensive toolkits packaged as a set of teaching, collaboration, and communication methods and a rapid curriculum development methodology for VET teachers, to be used in conjunction with potential employers to identify skill-gaps, and to design, develop and deliver up-skilling training for students. The…Read article -
The Digital Innovation Hub for Cloud Based Services – DiHUB project co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme
The aim of this project is to develop a European-wide, transnational, interconnected development service platform and network, which is based on cloud and mobile technologies (4G/5G). Within the developed model, the latest tools of cloud and mobile technologies can be used for hands-on learning sessions, innovative co-operation and innovative development of pilot projects for vocational excellence and companies. Five digital innovation hubs for cloud-based services in different locations in Europe are developed. Hubs will later be serving as learning and development environments for VET students as well as development service environment for companies to renew their future views, the know-how, skills…Read article -
Interreg Central Baltic Project – ITSVET
The project ITSVET aims at developing a model for providing ICT security skills on the vocational education level. Reports show that demand for ICT security professionals has grown faster over the past five years than demand for other ICT jobs. Thus, the objective of the project is to meet the needs of the region’s employers through developing a VET model for the ICT security specialists to reduce the skill gap of the labour market in the Central Baltic region. The consortium brings together ICT employers, vocational education institutions and vocational education regulatory bodies. In practice the project performed a research…Read article -
e-Competence Framework development and implementation
BCS Koolitus has been actively involved in developing the EU standard e-Competence Framework (eCF). BCS Koolitus is the official body awarding occupational qualifications in ICT in Estonia, which are based on eCF https://www.ecompetences.eu/vocational-education-and-training/Read article -
E-Citizenship programme – National digital literacy advancement training for general public
The project aims to significantly increase the number of computer and Internet users across Estonia by training librarians and people with low computer skills. The Digital Literacy training programme is commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and funded by the European Social Fund grant scheme "Enhancing Digital Literacy". The project aims at significantly increasing the number of computer and Internet users across Estonia in 2018-2021. To achieve this, it is planned to train 5,000 people with missing or low digital literacy, providing them with basic computer and Internet skills (including e-services and ID card skills). The aim…Read article -
“Choose IT!” – a “bootcamp”-type retraining programme
“Choose IT!” is an adult retraining program, designed to provide participants with the initial skills of a software developer. Vali IT! is a unique project that includes trainees with a completed higher education and required work experience, but who have not studied IT or worked in the ICT sector. The participants will receive basic skills in software development during a free 3.5 month-long programme. 500 new software developers for the ICT sector are trained during this 4 year-long programme. One training cycle is 3.5 months long out of which 6 weeks is intensive class training and 8 weeks is an…Read article
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