What is AutoCredify
The green and digital twin transition is reshaping industries, transforming business models, and redefining skill demands across sectors like automotive and ICT. In response, our project develops an innovative skill anticipation approach tailored to the automotive maintenance sector, targeting semi-skilled to technical workers (EQF 3–5). We aim to capture emerging skill needs at a granular, task-based level and translate these into actionable learning solutions.
At the core of our initiative is a scalable micro-credentials (MCs) system, structured around robust governance, pedagogical innovation, reliable assessment, and financial sustainability. Co-designed with key stakeholders, this system will support dynamic upskilling and reskilling pathways, offering short, targeted courses that enhance employability and career resilience.
The project also investigates the trustworthiness and adoption of micro-credentials in VET systems, addressing quality assurance, integration with traditional qualifications, and long-term sustainability. By bridging the gap between rapid technological change and vocational education, we empower workers and jobseekers to thrive in a fast-evolving labour market.
Expected Results
Project Information
Title: Accelerating Automotive Green and Digital Skills with Micro-Credentials
Timeline: 2025 – 2028
Consortium: 7 full partners representing 6 EU Member States
Total Budget: €4 million
Project Objectives
- Capture emerging skills needs in the automotive Maintenance & Repair (M&R) sub-sector.
- Focus on upskilling the semi-skilled, skilled, and technical workforce (EQF levels 3–5).
- Link skills anticipation to a scalable and trusted micro-credentials (MCs) system.
- Demonstrate the value of MCs in supporting the green and digital twin transition.
- Ensure quality, reliability, and responsiveness of training and assessment.
- Integrate MCs with existing qualifications and company certifications.
- Design a sustainable and supportive environment for MCs adoption.
- Pilot and test MCs in diverse national and regional VET systems.
- Support EU policies on lifelong learning, employability, and labour market participation.
- Develop tools and guidance for effective implementation and monitoring of MCs.
Expected Results
- A granular skills map for the M&R sub-sector linked to the twin transition.
- A tested and scalable micro-credentials (MCs) framework.
- Prototypes of MCs aligned with emerging occupational profiles (EQF 3–5).
- Guidelines for governance, pedagogy, assessment, and financial models for MCs.
- Increased trust and uptake of MCs by VET providers, companies, and learners.
- Improved training offers for upskilling/reskilling in response to green and digital needs.
- Integration models for MCs within national and regional VET systems.
- Evidence on the value and transferability of MCs across EU labour markets.
- A toolbox for monitoring MCs implementation and impact.
- Contributions to EU policy on reducing labour and skills shortages.