Abstract:

The Digital Agenda of the Europe 2020 Strategy set as the main objective the development of a digital single market for the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth to be generated. The cultural heritage digitization turns Europe's cultural resources into an important building block for the digital economy and provides Europe's Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) with a competitive edge. The pace of innovation, the changing nature of the sector, and the importance of culture to the European economy require the employed in the CCIs to have relevant digital skills and competences. Linking education with innovation is a necessary step towards increasing the labour market relevance of VET and promoting a more resource-efficient and competitive economy.

In this context, the DigiCult (Digital presentation and preservation of intangible Cultural heritage) project has been designed and co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus Plus Programme.

Its main goal is to elaborate and promote an innovative framework for digitization and efficient and cost-effective training on digital presentation, preservation and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Europe from global and long-term perspectives. The provision of relevant training in ICH digitization (standards and methods) will contribute to meet common challenges such as the digital shift and need for encouragement of innovation in the cultural sector as the ability for practical application of digital skills and competences is a valuable asset to any professional qualification in this domain.

The target groups are professionals, students from partner cultural organizations and the educational organisations working in the field of presentation, preservation and dissemination of intangible cultural heritage from Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia and Greece.

This paper intends to present the first project results, mainly the framework for common standards and models for digitization, presentation and preservation of ICH and the training course delivered on a modern educational environment where the students/VET trainees are able to follow flexible learning paths while improving their key and transversal competences in line with the current digitization trends.

Keywords:

ICH training, VET, Cultural Heritage.