FOSS4SMEs - Building digital competency in small and medium-sized businesses with Free and Open Source Software!

The FOSS4SMEs project intends to equip European SMEs with the skills and competences to properly use Free and Open Source Software, so to improve their digital performances and competitiveness. To reach this objective, the project intends to develop a free online educational training for managers and staff of existing SMEs or start-ups, allowing them to profit from the opportunities offered by the digital era. The course will be freely available to individual learners and will be used by public and private bodies providing support, consultancy and training to businesses, which will be able to organise training courses using the results of the project. The project also aims to facilitate recognition and transferability of competences, thus mobility, by applying the ECVET system to the professional profile of the FOSS Business User (FOSS-BU).