The OBEC project
The OBEC Project is a KA2 Strategic Partnership that is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The project had a duration of two years with the consortium meeting and final event as the official conclusion of the project. The OBEC consortium consists of five partners from Belgium (EURADA – Association Europeenne Des Agences Developpement), Croatia (SIMORA – Regional Development Agency of Sisak-Moslavina County), Italy LAI-MOMO Società Cooperativa Sociale & Università degli studi di Urbino Carlo Bo) and is coordinated by SwIdeas (Sweden). The project seeks to examine how Blockchain technology could help advance the recognition of talents and certifications by using the cutting-edge Blockchain ECTA platform. The project aims to promote the academic and professional integration of immigrants, exchange students, expatriates and people with diverse educational backgrounds. Project partners assessed the platform by conferring certifications on graduates of training sessions completed earlier in the year. The results of the 'testing phase' were presented to the audience during the final event by specialists.
Before the Multiplier event, project partners met for the final Consortium Meeting on the 21 of September at EURADA Premises in Brussels, to consider in an open discussion the results of the project, the issues encountered, its dissemination, and recommendations and suggestions for the Final Event.
Multiplier event
The Multiplier Event took place on the 22nd of September with its general theme “How Blockchain Technology Changes the Educational Sector”. The event started with a Welcome speech and an Introduction to the event by Roberta Dall'Olio, President, EURADA, and Abdallah Sobeih, the OBEC project coordinator from SwIdeas. In the next section of the conference, “Introduction to the Blockchain” Alessandro Aldini, an Associate Professor from the University of Urbino, and Mirko Tagliaferri, a Researcher from the University of Urbino, prepared a competitive game in groups within the audience to introduce this technology entertainingly. After this, Jip Lenssen OBEC project officer from EURADA presented the Intellectual outputs of the project that can be found here. Thereafter, Alen Lipus, the ECTA developer from Quama explained the platform in more detail. The second part of the event consisted of a hybrid Roundtable discussion where experts analysed the potential of Blockchain and its application to recognise credentials for competence and capacity certification.
The moderator for this section was Marta Serrano, Head of Erasmus+ Projects, EURADA, who introduced several experts from different areas. The speakers for the Roundtable were Pierre Marro (Senior Officer from DG CNECT), Gabriele Marzano (Senior Executive, Regione Emilia Romagna), Tim Miller (Co-Founder & CEO, Certif-ID), Tomislav Plesec (RDA consultant, SIMORA), Stefano Tirati (Vicepresident, EFVET), Carolina Torregrossa Gallo (EIT Manufacturing).
The event was finalised with a networking cocktail where the participants and speakers had the opportunity to network and initiate future collaboration.
More information
Please click for additional details about the project here. For a more detailed version of the Agenda please click here. As a conclusion of the project, an article was published on the EPALE platform which can be found here. To remain connected with stakeholders and receive updates on the OBEC project, please consider becoming a member of the project’s LinkedIn group here.
For any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Erasmus+ Junior Project Officer Jip Lenssen.
