Rebuilding Careers with AI Skills and Problem-Based Learning
Empowering unemployed adults with job-relevant AI skills and human–AI collaboration competencies — for a confident return to remote and hybrid work.
ERASMUS+ KA220-ADU · 2025-1-DE02-KA220-ADU-000356754
A symbolic climb back to work.
From a career setback to a secured job — an ascent through new skills, real practice and recognised credentials.
Turning AI disruption into a second chance.
ReSTART empowers unemployed adults with job-relevant AI skills and human–AI collaboration competencies — enabling their reintegration into the labour market, particularly in remote and hybrid administrative, customer-service and virtual-assistant roles — through accessible, problem-based learning supported by digital micro-credentials.
By 2030 up to 30% of work hours could be automated and Europe may need 12 million occupational transitions. Yet half of vulnerable jobseekers lack basic digital skills. ReSTART helps the people most exposed to change turn it into a fresh start.
- Practical AI skills tied to real workplace tasks
- Flexible digital learning that fits around adult lives
- Employer-recognised digital badges and validation
Four objectives, one outcome: reintegration.
Develop job-relevant AI skills
Practical AI and human–AI collaboration competencies for emerging virtual-assistant, administrative and customer-service roles.
Deliver an accessible PBL curriculum
A flexible digital programme using problem-based scenarios to make AI skill development practical and workplace-ready.
Build a platform with micro-credentials
A user-friendly online platform to host content, deliver training and issue digital badges employers recognise.
Support reintegration & policy
Connect training to real workplace needs via industry shadowing, and promote AI upskilling policies and open resources.
One pathway, built from three ideas.
Job-relevant AI skills
Hands-on AI literacy tailored to virtual-assistant, administrative-support and customer-service roles.
Problem-based learning
A flexible curriculum built around realistic workplace scenarios that employers care about.
Recognised credentials
A platform that issues micro-credentials and badges — proof of competence employers can trust.
The people at the heart of ReSTART.
Unemployed adults
Especially those with low digital competence at risk of exclusion.
Educators & trainers
Gaining tools and a manual to deliver AI-focused, PBL-based training.
Employers
Helping validate skills and recognise micro-credentials.
Policymakers
Informed by a policy brief on AI skills for unemployed adults.
The learning platform Coming soon
A free online hub bringing together at least four learning modules, problem-based scenarios, a self-assessment tool and a micro-credentialing system — currently in development.
4+ modules
Foundations, prompting, data awareness and human–AI collaboration.
PBL scenarios
Realistic workplace challenges that build transferable experience.
Self-assessment
Track progress, find gaps and prepare with confidence.
Micro-credentials
Verifiable proof of new AI competencies for employers.
The targets in numbers.
News from the consortium.
ReSTART kick-off meeting
Six partners met for the first transnational meeting to launch the project.
2nd transnational meeting
The consortium will reconvene to review progress on the first results.
Platform launch
The learning platform and first modules are in development.
Learner, trainer, employer or partner?
We'd love to hear from you as ReSTART grows. Reach out to the consortium and we'll keep you posted on the platform, pilots and events.
projectrestart44@gmail.com
Coordinator
EureCons Förderagentur GmbH — Germany
The ReSTART project (No. 2025-1-DE02-KA220-ADU-000356754) is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
What ReSTART will deliver.
Open-access outputs built by the consortium and shared freely with educators, learners, employers and policymakers across Europe. Most results are in development — here's where things stand.
Tangible outputs, measurable targets.
Digital learning platform
An online hub integrating at least 4 modules, PBL scenarios, a self-assessment tool and a micro-credentialing system.
Training manual & trainer upskilling
A comprehensive manual plus training for at least 14 trainers across partner countries.
Pilot training for 90+ learners
Hands-on training for at least 90 participants in job-relevant AI competencies.
Policy brief
One policy brief with recommendations on AI-skills development for unemployed adults.
The numbers we're working towards.
learners gaining workplace exposure through shadowing & virtual visits
stakeholders reached through events, the final conference and online hub
trainers in EU-level virtual mobility forming a Community of Practice
Trainer Network sustaining the project beyond its funded life
Open-access materials.
All outputs will be published as open educational resources. Materials become available to download as each result is completed.
Project factsheet
Overview of aims, partners and timeline.
Training manual
Guidance for trainers on AI-focused PBL.
PBL scenario pack
Ready-to-use workplace scenarios.
Policy brief
Recommendations for AI-skills development.
Follow the ReSTART journey.
The project is just getting started. Our kick-off meeting is complete — more milestones, meetings and events are on the way.
ReSTART kicks off its European partnership
Partners from Germany, Italy, Estonia, Bulgaria, Poland and Lithuania came together for the project's first transnational meeting — aligning on objectives, dividing responsibilities and shaping the problem-based curriculum and digital platform at the heart of ReSTART.
Objectives & workplan agreed
The partnership confirmed the four objectives and the SMART targets guiding the project.
Designing for accessibility
Working sessions focused on making AI learning approachable for adults with low digital confidence.
Platform & modules launch
The learning platform, modules and PBL scenarios are in development.
Trainer training
At least 14 trainers across partner countries will be upskilled.
Pilot training begins
90+ adult learners will join hands-on AI training across Europe.
2nd transnational meeting
Partners will reconvene to review progress on the first results.
Moments from the kick-off meeting.
Scenes from ReSTART's first transnational meeting, where the partnership came together to launch the project.
A European Partnership of Six Organisations
ReSTART brings together training providers, universities and research institutes from across Europe, each contributing complementary expertise in adult education, AI and labour-market integration.
A European Partnership of Six Organisations
EureCons Förderagentur GmbH
Consulting & research company (est. 2011) — change management, EU funding and management of European projects across Erasmus+, Horizon, ESF and Interreg.
Polaris
A Lifelong Learning Centre in Vasto (Abruzzo) — professional, language and ICT training, work orientation and active labour-market services.
RRINOVA
RRinova OÜ (Tallinn) — research, co-design and training driven by cutting-edge digital technologies, guided by its 3Es principle: Embrace, Enhance, Empower.
"Todor Kableshkov" University of Transport
A public university (est. 1922) with deep expertise in engineering, economics and applied research — academic rigour and practice-focused training methods.
Baltic SKILLS
A research institute (est. 2023) — R&D and education services from lifelong learning and accessibility to soft-skills training and well-being.
WSEI University
A nationally recognised university (est. 2001) — economics, management and computer science, with strong research and award-winning innovation in education.
Diverse expertise, shared purpose.
Together the partners cover the full pathway — from designing AI learning and training the trainers, to piloting with adults, validating with employers and informing policy across Europe.