The work plan contains the following work packages:
WP1 Coordination, Management and Quality Control
WP2 Mapping of Skills and Qualifications
WP3 Development of a European Training and Qualification Platform
WP4 Train the Trainers Programme
WP5 Pilots
WP6 Exploitation and Replication
WP7 Dissemination and Communication
The project has started with WP2, the mapping of professions and professionals involved in nZEB construction and retrofitting with current skills and skills needed. This work was completed in the first year and had as main result a Method for the mapping of skills. Skills mapping excercises were conducted in the 7 pilot countries. WP 3 is the core of the project where a qualification scheme is developed amd the European open training platform for Continuing Professional Development is organised. This platform was established in the first year and functions as the vehicle for all activities in the project. It is also functional after the project duration, as part of the exploitation strategy developed in WP 6. The platform has three types of functionality:
- Networking & community for medium and senior level professionals in the building sector
- Unlocking qualifications
- Repository for adding, maintaining and exploitation of training materials
The platform is also used for the central Train-the-Trainers program (WP 4). In total 5 TtT sessions (3 face-to-face on locations, 2 webinars) ambassadors for the PROF/TRAC project were organized. In the first 3 months the composition of the training material for the trainers was conducted, based on the available material form recent IEE projects. All available material is uploaded on the PROF-TRAC open platform.
The trained trainers have organized national training programs for professionals in seven pilot countries in work package 5 Pilots. In six of the seven pilot countries the national training courses took place in two rounds (2nd and 3rd year of the project; in Spain a 3rd round was conducted.
A specific role of the pilots is to monitor and evaluate the approach of the project. This feedback was used to fine-tune the 2nd training rounds. As a general support for the national trainings a ‘training guide’ was devised.
In work package 6 Exploitation and Replication a further snowball effect was creating by involving a first layer by involving the national member organisations of REHVA and ACE in the 2nd and 3rd T-t-T sessions. During the T-t-T webinars also trainers, not members of the PROF/TRAC umbrella organisations, where involved.
During the total project duration many communication and dissimination activities took place which are reported in the final report on Communication activities (D7.6). Communication activities included newsletters, flyers and posters, use of social media (Twitter, LinkedIn group, Facebook). Two conferences were organised by partner Housing Europe and PROF/TRAC (8-3-2017 and 20-2-2018, both in Brussels). Also a special workshop was organised during Clima2016, Aalborg. Moreover many presentations were given on other conferences and events. Special attention was given to an active collbaoration during the BUS exchangemeetings (7th, 8th, 9th and 10th meetings), like moderating working groups. This resulted in strong collaboration with other CS projects like the MEnS project.
