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Increase chances for sustainable employment of low skilled people

Pre-training & recruitment

Through co-creation, the partners explore new approaches to boost career competences and soft skills of job seekers.

Vocational training

The project investigates how innovative learning tools such as light guide systems, AR/VR, serious gaming… can be used in technical training programmes.

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Realisation - 11 April 2023

Three years of BHC 21: a look back with the project manager

The manufacturing industry is crying out for workers, and yet young low-skilled youth are finding it difficult to enter the labor market. Can technology help close that gap?

Realisation - 11 April 2023

More job opportunities with an online course offered by Tavistock

In the job market, not everyone gets given the right tools and techniques to get started. That is why the Tavistock Institute is developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to empower disadvantaged job starters and job seekers to take stock of their talents and work confidently in teams.

Realisation - 17 January 2023

Sirris opens new experience center for training operators (part 2)

Sirris will open an experience center for new operator support and learning technologies in March 2023. This consists of two work cells. The first one, a training cell, is designed to train novice operators. The second one, the production cell, simulates an assembly line and is there for operators who already have some more work experience.

Realisation - 11 April 2023

Three years of BHC 21: a look back with the project manager

The manufacturing industry is crying out for workers, and yet young low-skilled youth are finding it difficult to enter the labor market. Can technology help close that gap?

Realisation - 11 April 2023

More job opportunities with an online course offered by Tavistock

In the job market, not everyone gets given the right tools and techniques to get started. That is why the Tavistock Institute is developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to empower disadvantaged job starters and job seekers to take stock of their talents and work confidently in teams.

Realisation - 17 January 2023

Sirris opens new experience center for training operators (part 2)

Sirris will open an experience center for new operator support and learning technologies in March 2023. This consists of two work cells. The first one, a training cell, is designed to train novice operators. The second one, the production cell, simulates an assembly line and is there for operators who already have some more work experience.

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Project partners from Belgium, France and the United Kingdom bring in their expertise and provide access to complementary technological, pedagogical or organisational knowledge from their region

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2 Seas area

The Programme area covers the coastal regions along the Southern North Sea and the Channel area. Four different Member States are involved: England, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, and the total area represents a total of 88,000 square kilometres. This makes it one of the largest cross-border Programmes in Europe.

The 2 Seas area is connected by the Channel and the North Sea

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