Business Research Unit researcher Aristides Ferreira is the local coordinator of the Erasmus+ project “REMOWA – Remote working management skills for HR professionals”, a European consortium being led by Polish training organisation PAIZ Konsulting,and including 6 partners from 6 countries: Poland, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Croatia and Slovenia.

Ana Passos and Filomena Almeida from BRU-Iscte are also part of the team of this project.

The project aims to document the emerging skills gap for managing a remote workforce & to develop corresponding Open Educational Resources (OERs) and a training course for the continuous professional development of HR professionals, trainers, supervisors, consultants and managers of organisations and teams. In particular, the project will:

  1. Document the skills required for managing a remote workforce, improving skills intelligence at the EU level
  2. Define learning outcomes for a C-VET course for HR professionals on remote work management
  3. Make available a sector-validated online course for HR professionals
  4. Provide ready-to-use tools for the workplace to support the role of HR professionals as trainers and mentors

The project started on 1st November and ends on 31st October 2022.