The dig­i­tal entre­pre­neur edu­ca­tion in the con­struc­tion and fin­ish­ing trade aims to replace the gen­er­a­tion of entre­pre­neurs, which is heav­i­ly skewed towards old­er peo­ple, with inno­v­a­tive dig­i­tal train­ing. The lack of suc­ces­sor entre­pre­neurs means that more jobs are lost due to failed com­pa­ny takeovers than are cre­at­ed by new start-ups.
The pro­gramme includes a con­cept, cur­ric­u­la, teach­ing mate­ri­als and an exam­i­na­tion reg­u­la­tion that cor­re­sponds to the EU action plan for dig­i­tal edu­ca­tion and the Euro­pean dig­i­tal com­pe­tence frame­work (DIG COMP). The mod­ules cov­er lev­els 5 to 8 of DIG COMP and inte­grate dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies, coop­er­a­tion man­age­ment and best prac­tices from the con­struc­tion indus­try.

The train­ing will be imple­ment­ed as an elec­tive and com­pul­so­ry mod­ule in exist­ing mas­ter, tech­ni­cian and bach­e­lor pro­grammes. The tar­get groups are mas­ter appren­tices, con­struc­tion tech­ni­cians and civ­il engi­neers. The main inno­va­tions lie in the com­pre­hen­sive mod­ule series that trains dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and con­struc­tion coop­er­a­tion.

The main impacts are: a) train­ing con­trac­tors who are pro­fi­cient in dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and con­struc­tion col­lab­o­ra­tions, b) pro­vid­ing a proven mod­ule for fur­ther edu­ca­tion insti­tu­tions, and c) attract­ing much-need­ed young con­trac­tors with dig­i­tal skills. The result is ful­ly trans­fer­able and will be wide­ly imple­ment­ed.