Enhancement of Digital and Transversal Skills through Virtual Exchanges

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DigiUp is a 36-months Virtual Exchange project which aims to connect higher education students, academic staff and young people from Europe and Sub-Saharan countries through well-established virtual activities for development/acquisition/application of both digital and soft skills so as to increase career opportunities and moving forward in 21st century skills needed among young people. Through various virtual non-formal education methodology based activities, DigiUp is going to focus on the learning dimension of the virtual exchanges, by contributing to developing the digital and soft skills of students and professors, with ultimate goal to enhance employability, using the competences frameworks of DigCompEdu and DigComp 2.1. In conclusion, DIGIUP will give the opportunity to both students and faculty staff to deploy their digital skills and also encourage them to develop a virtual exchange project with colleagues from other countries. 8 partners from 4 different countries and sectors (Youth Organizations and Universities) are going to participate and totally more than 1.000 learners are going to enhance their digital and soft skills.