AutoCredify: Building skills for a green and digital automotive industry in Europe. The role of microcredentials?
I am happy to share that I am part of an exciting new initiative to pilot microcredentials (MCs) in the Maintenance & Repair (M&R) sub-sector of the automotive industry—focusing on EQF 3–5 level workers impacted by the green and digital transitions through the Autocredify project funded by Erasmus .and led Liga Baltina, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini .The project formally started last week, funded by the European Commission. Our goal? Not just to figure out how Mincrocredentials may fit into VET systems for upskilling and reskilling for the automotive value chain, but try to explore why and under which circumstances they bring an added value and should be trusted and adopted. In that respect, the work draws directly on my work for Cedefop with Anastasia Pouliou and Iraklis Pliakis , with Greta Kirdulyte from PPMI and Andrew McCoshan .
To build the evidence base we will undertake policy experimentations on an MCs model built around:
And tested in three VET systems, Finland Portugal, Spain with different configurations and governance structures and relative positioning of MCs. The project will assess the added value of MCs in dimensions such:
1.Training quality and assessment reliability
2. Rapid upskilling/reskilling capacity at scale and tailored
3. Outreach and engagement of micro-companies and learners who often do not engage in upskilling and reskilling
4. Integration with traditional qualifications, industry certifications
5. Labour market recognition and impact
At a time when geopolitical uncertainty is reshaping global value chains, strategic investment in skills has never been more critical. This initiative is not just about innovation in training—it's about strengthening the future competitiveness and resilience of one of Europe’s key industries. AutoCredify builds on the strong and impressive work by the Automotive Skills Alliance . A strong and experienced consortium is now in place to drive our new project forward—ensuring we fully build on existing insights and lessons learned in developing the microcredential ecosystem for the European automotive industry. Apart from Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini , the partners are:
Thank you to all of you at the Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and all other consortium partnersfor an amazing collaboration laying a solid foundation for this important project.
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I very much like we ask a key question . in which contexts and under which conditions microcredentials can add value, and we explore this through policy experimentations in genuine context. European VET systems are so different both in terms of governance structures, the relative role of C- VET, but also in terms of the notion of " beruf" - the professional identity formation- and not to mention how industry certifications sit within VET systems.. so really pleased to be involved, such a nice continuation of my previous work in that space..
Sounds like a very important initiative these days!