Company/Organization Name: 
Emphasys Centre: Education, ICT Training and Research
Contact email: 
info@emphasyscentre.com
Telephone: 
+35722663010
Website link: 
https://emphasyscentre.com/
Facebook link: 
https://www.facebook.com/emphasyscentre/
Description/Useful Info: 

The ‘Emphasys Centre’ operates in the last 21 years as an Education, ICT Training and Research Centre. It is accredited by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture as an Educational Centre specialising in the ICT field. The ‘Emphasys Centre’ offers specialized courses for professional development (for educators in Cyprus and in Europe), validated courses for the acquisition of professional qualifications and examinable courses for students aiming to enter higher education institutions (universities) in the UK, Greece and Cyprus (GCE A’ Level Computer Science, Pagkypries). The ‘Emphasys Centre’ offers also coding and robotics classes for young people interested to acquire high level of digital competences. As part of the educational services provided, the ‘Emphasys Centre’ offers Career Guidance, Counselling and Mentoring to students and young people.

The ‘Research Centre’ is actively involved in the preparation and submission of research proposals, as well as in the coordination and implementation of European projects mainly under the Erasmus+ Programme in all sectors and actions: Education (School, Adult and Higher Education), VET and Youth. It has an extensive network of partners across Europe working towards the development and implementation of various projects that aim to promote the targets set in ET2020.

Training/Seminar Title: 
FREE Training/Seminar Title: Digital and employability skills
Training/Seminar description: 

The Erasmus+ Adult Sector Project entitled: eSkills4ALL - A digital skills tool kit for low skilled adults focusing on women re-entering the labour market, (Project number 2017-1-UK01-KA204-036712) offers high quality opportunities to adults (focus on women) to upgrade their digital and employability skills, so that they can be better empowered to re-enter work, address skills mismatches and exclusion

The consortium of the project is working towards developing a comprehensive in-service training programme which will be offered FREE to adults in 5 EU countries (UK, Greece, Cyprus, Luxemburg, Romania) in November/December 2019 who would like to upgrade their digital competences.

The programme consists of 5 modules:

Module 1: Problem Solving

  • Hardware and Devices
  • Internet Connection
  • Operation System and Software

Module 2: Digital Content Creation

  • Digital Office tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point
  • Email
  • Content Creation: Photo and Video

Module 3: Communication and Collaboration

  • Social Media
  • Engagement
  • Branding

Module 4: Safety

  • Online Safety
  • Data Information and Risks
  • Measure

Module 5: Information and Data Literacy

  • Copyright, Data Protection
  • Data and File Management
  • Studying online

More information about the modules can be found here: https://eskills4all.eu/results

Validation/Certification: A Certificate of Participation will be issued to all participants, as well as validation options for the acquired digital competences based on the methodology of the Open Badges of the eSkills4ALL project. The Open Badges will be widely used on line as part of the CV or social media of the participants.

Registration:

If you are interested, please complete the following form until 11th of October 2019 with your details, availability and your modules’ preferences: https://forms.gle/9E12p6UYNDReHxan9

INFORMATION DAY:

18th of October, 10:00 am at Emphasys Centre
Information day will be organized to provide potential participants with more information about the training

Schedule:

- Project Presentation

- Meet the trainers

- Meet the participants

- Registration

- Needs Identification

- Set the dates/time of training

TRAINING DATES: 

Dates and time to be confirmed at Information day – based on availability
Monday to Friday 04th - 08th November 2019 (daily)
09:00 – 12:00

*snacks will be offered to all participants*

Location:
Total Duration: 
5 Days
Required Languages:
  • English
  • Greek
Useful Infο for potential participants: 

Please select the most suitable module(s) based on your needs

Max. number of participants per group: 15 persons

Required Languages: English OR Greek