REFOCUS | REthinking and FOstering Competence and skills for sUstainable transport, Shipping, and logistics

REFOCUS is an Erasmus+ project, funded under Key Action 2 (Cooperation Among Organizations and Institutions), and specifically, Call 2022 on Cooperation partnerships in higher education (KA220-HED). The project aims at developing student-centered educational material in the transport, shipping and logistics sectors, focusing on the environmental protection and fight against climate change while enhancing inclusion and diversity of students. As such, REFOCUS will target University dropouts, people located in isolated rural/island areas, as well as students belonging to disadvantaged groups with an interest in transport, shipping and logistics sectors in order to assist them in building skills. The project will engage an innovative, engaging design-thinking approach to develop a future-oriented curriculum and new training material for transport, shipping and logistics that will lead to a micro-credential (certificate). REFOCUS is coordinated by the University of the Aegean and comprises, the University of Antwerp in Belgium, cambiaMO and Andaira Coop. in Spain, the American College of Greece Research Center in Greece and Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

cambiaMO brings to the project a strong background, interest and competencies into social inclusivity and socio-innovation initiatives, which facilitate co-creation upon the development of education material. cambiaMO is the leader of WP2 which involves the identification of the market needs and educational gaps and the implementation of learning Communities of Practices (CoPs), while is also leading T2.1 (Report on structuring the learning Communities of Practice). cambiaMO is also the leader of the 1st Multiplier event which will take place in Madrid (05/2024).