DigiGreeNPost
Towards a more digital and greener Postal Era
The DigiGreeNPost project intents to bring resilience to the postal industry through the provision of upskilling and reskilling opportunities for postal employees in green and digital competence areas, acting as an enabler towards the implementation of digital and green policy agendas, building the understanding of the importance of digital and green-related jobs throughout the sector”.
Objectives of the project
The project’s specific objectives are:
- to develop a postal skills strategy to support the objectives of the established growth strategy for the sector by creating a Joint Skills Ecosystem for the DigiGreen Postal Employees;
- to update the existing and emerging Occupational Profiles with new skills by building an understanding of the principles of sustainability, green and digital economy;
- to foster innovation by providing new Joint Training Schemes and modern Recognition Systems and & flexible “Cross-Border” Certification Schemes;
- to contribute to the European Green Deal and Digital Education Action Plan by using the DigiComp2.0 Competence Framework; and Sustainability competencies (JRC) for the creation of the training material;
- to provide new teaching and learning approaches with the creation of competence-based courses, Work-based learning and problem-based training, with the use of micro-credentials, individual learning accounts and learner-centred online learning methods;
- to enhance the capacity of Education Providers and Postal Representatives to co-create digital and green skills ecosystems in postal-related training and to develop more tailored Curricula and Up-Skilling opportunities that could support the booming postal sector;
- to bring together all the Education Actors (Training Companies, VET providers, HEIs) with the market representatives and umbrella associations in order to achieve a more significant impact;
- to raise the quality of VET provision and the attractiveness of the postal sector at a European, National, Regional and Local Level.
Expected Main Results
The expected results of the DigiGreeNPost Project project will be:
a. The resilience and harmonization of the EU postal industry under common initiatives,
b. The reinforcement of digitalization in the postal sector, the adaptation of green practices,
c. The creation of “DigiGreen” skilled workforce and the enhancement of their employability,
d. The creation of synergies between the Education Providers and the sector representatives.
Project Activities
The DigiGreeNPost Project alliance will create a common learning and skills recognition framework, that is user-friendly and accessible to all postal workers, who are seeking jobs in postal and delivery companies in different countries across the EU.
Outputs that will be produced from the project are:
a. Upgrade of Sectoral Profiles with new skills,
b. a Competence Framework,
c. a DigiGreen Post Model,
d. two Competence-based Curricula,
e. a new Joint Training Scheme including Web Based Learning (WBL),
f. an e-learning platform,
g. individual Learning Accounts (with Micro-credentials awarding)
h. a new “Cross-Border” Certification Scheme.
Partnership
Our project brings together an appropriate mix of 12 partner organizations and 1 associated partner, namely:
1 Vocational Education and Training (VET) Provider – AKMI
2 training providers – Instruction & Formation & CPIP
1 Higher Education Institute – Hellenic Open University
1 Research Institute – Institute for Political Ecology
1 Network of VET providers – EVBB
2 Postal Enterprises – ELTA & Posta Romana
1 Sectoral EU Association – PostEurop
1 Accreditation Body – EuroCert
1 Quality Assurance (QA) Partner – BK-con
1 Communication Company – SLING Company
1 Associated Partner – Hellenic Authority for Communication
Security and Privacy (ADAE)

Funding Programme: Erasmus+ KA2- Alliances for Innovation
Duration: 01/2022 – 06/2025, 36 months
Budget: 1.480.407,00 €
Countries:Greece, Germany, Ireland, Croatia, Romania, Belgium
Project Number: 101055901
Project Partners
- AKMI SA – Greece
- EUROCERT – Greece
- CPIP Romania – Centrul pentru Promovarea Invatarii Permanente – Romania
- I & F Education – Ireland
- PostEurop – Belgium
- Hellenic Open University – Greece
- ELTA Hellenic Post SA – Greece
- EVBB – Germany
- Institute for Political Ecology – Croatia
- Compania Națională Poșta Română – Romania
- Sling bvba – Belgium

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