NOVUM DANUVIUM - Sustainable workforce pipeline for the automotive and technology sectors in the Pons Danubii Region

WORKFORCE PIPELINE aims to establish targeted services to ensure a better cohesion between knowledge and skills provided by education institutions and the professional requirements of value added production and development companies in the automotive and technology sectors of the Pons Danubii region. The implementation has two main parts:

(1) The Tata Dual Education Workshop will be implemented by the Municipality of Tata, serving as a new traineeship venue for the Bláthy Vocational School and other vocational education institutions of the target area. The facility will provide equipment for an advanced material analysis laboratory, design and prototyping, as well as demonstration and visualisation.

(2) Improved career orientation services will be developed by the Selye University in Komárno and the Governmental Office of Komárom-Esztergom County, in the following areas: online career orientation services; career orientation events; and professional job rooms for interview simulation and consultation. The organisations develop these services jointly and harmonise their implementation in order to provide access to target groups in the whole target area. The project creates the following online services: info sharing platform with CV preparation module, quarterly e-newsletter, complex alumni program, trainee mediation system. The implementation of 8 quarterly info days, 48 site visits / job shadowing visits, and 1 crossborder job fair is also planned. 40 consultations will be organised in 2 fully equipped job rooms.

The project will ultimately lead to a sustainable pipeline of quality local workforce employed by value adding local enterprises. Vocational and tertiary training will correlate with industrial standards and requirements, traineeship cooperation between education institutions and businesses will be strengthened, advanced equipment will support vocational and higher education, while general job seeking skills will also be improved.