Activities

The consortium will create and deliver a new pool of training courses on the basis of the expertise knowledge and experience of the consortium training providers and account on the actual needs of the labor workforce. It is expected that more than 100 training courses will be created and also listed on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform from the Level Up consortium, reaching out to an estimated number of 15000 participants from 3000 SMEs during the lifespan of the project.

The training courses will be customised in order to be relevant to different industry sectors, including the healthcare sector, finance, insurance, but also, agriculture-food, agritech, energy, manufacturing and telecommunications sector.

In Level Up, seven renowned training providers from five EU countries have joined forces, in order to co-design and deliver current, high-quality industry-oriented training courses, targeting primarily SMEs and secondly job seekers, with the support of seven business associations, from five different EU countries, that will largely promote the project and its outcomes to thousands of people working in SMEs at EU level.

Project management and coordination

This activity aims to render the project deliverables, actions, and activities on time, within budgetary limits and with the consent of partners and the EC.

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Dissemination and exploitation

The main objective of this is to provide the maximum visibility and public awareness of the Level Up planned activities and especially the training courses that will be developed, by developing and following a sound dissemination and exploitation strategy.

D2.2 Mini sites on partners’ websites and dedicated social media

This deliverable documents the Level Up project’s online dissemination set-up, covering (i) project announcements published on partners’ websites and channels, (ii) the creation of dedicated mini-sites on partners’ websites, and (iii) the establishment of the project’s social media presence to ensure regular updates and stakeholder engagement.


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This deliverable presents the key communication materials developed for the Level Up project, including its visual identity pack (logo and branded templates), the digital leaflet (in A4 and social-media formats, translated into all project languages), and the newsletter template. Together, these assets ensure consistent branding and clear, professional communication across all partner channels.


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This deliverable presents the promotional package developed to support uptake of the Level Up training offer, including 188 interactive digital course leaflets and 8 promotional videos for use on the website and social media. The materials are designed with consistent branding and clear course information (objectives, logistics and direct enrolment links) to help learners quickly understand options and register.

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This deliverable summarises the outreach events organised to promote the Level Up training offer and engage stakeholders across Europe, documenting 56 informative events delivered at local, national and EU level (exceeding the initial target of 13). It also reports on the Final Online Event (4 November 2025, hybrid in Nicosia), which attracted 400+ participants (300 onsite and 100+ online) and showcased project results with a keynote by Peter Hinssen.

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State of the art analysis of labour market skills for digital transition

This activity aims to identify the exact and local needs of the labor market, and particularly the needs of SMEs (including employees, leaders, and managers) as well as job seekers, in relation to digital skills upskilling and reskilling.

This Activity includes:
D3.1 Report on labour market needs of emerging advanced digital skills

This deliverable provides an EU-level overview of the most in-demand advanced digital skills for SMEs, based on consolidated evidence from seven countries combining desk research, a large-scale online survey, focus groups and policy roundtables. It highlights that over half of SMEs report a digital skills gap, with top needs including data analysis/interpretation, cybersecurity, advanced Excel, AI/ML, cloud computing and digital marketing, while the main barriers to upskilling are limited time and training budget, and preferred formats lean toward on-the-job and asynchronous online training.


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This deliverable consolidates evidence from seven European countries into a practical portfolio of priority digital skills and capacity areas for SMEs, highlighting the most common gaps and the tools/platforms most needed in day-to-day operations. It translates the findings into a structured skills portfolio (e.g., data analysis, AI/ML, cybersecurity, cloud, advanced Excel, digital marketing), helping guide training priorities and how they should be pitched at different levels (basic to advanced).

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Design and development of the training courses

This activity is dedicated to the design and development of the training courses, accounting on the main outputs of the state of the art analysis activity.

This Activity includes:
  • Design and develop innovative training courses dedicated to SME leaders and managers for up-skilling and reskilling in the digital sector, but also to job seekers who are concerned into joining the labor workforce.
  • Design and develop intensive workshops and seminars for up-skilling and re-skilling of SMEs in the digital sector.
  • Secure that the design of all training courses is in alignment with the micro-credentials approach.

Implementation and evaluation of training courses

This activity is dedicated to the delivery of the training courses to the target groups of Level Up and to relevant stakeholders.

This Activity includes:
  • Implementation and pilot testing all the training courses which will be developed as part of the Level Up project.
  • Get feedback for the training courses from real users and use this feedback to improve the courses as needed
  • Transfer and broaden digitalization to companies from different sectors.
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