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A very interesting project in which UNI participates as an associated partner started earlier this month in Milano. The project partner’s were hosted by the Fondazione Politecnico MIlano to kick off the ECCE (Engineering observatory on Competence based Curricula for job Enhancement) project which main objectives are:

• To improve the cooperation among higher education institutions and enterprises during the process of definition of the competences to be developed by engineering higher education institutions;
• To establish a permanent Observatory, able to regularly provide players and stakeholders with directions and recommendations on skills offer and demand in the engineering context and the ways of aligning and enriching them;
• To develop an easily understandable European model (for Universities and business stakeholders) for the "translation" of engineering higher education courses and curricula into learning outcomes and linking them to the EQF (European Qualification Framework) levels.

One of the project activities will be to consult with all stakeholders in order to identify the labour market competence needs and the proposal of new competences to be included in the curricula. If your union would be interested to participate in this activity please contact lorenzos.desantis@uniglobalunion.org