Hack for Skills
As part of the European Year of Skills, a bilateral project between Malta and Cyprus is being coordinated. The project puts youth at centerstage as they become protagonists in a Hackathon for skills. The launch of the Hackathon for Skills took place in Larnaka under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth and the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance.
The hackathon will be jointly organised online and in Malta by the Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST), the National Skills Council, the EUPA and the Western Regional Council. The partners in Cyprus are the Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong learning (IDEP), the Union of Cyprus Municipalities (UCM) and the Cyprus Human Resources Development Authority (ANAD).
The aim of the hackathon is to give 40 young people the chance to compete on the best ideas on career paths over the next decade, on ideas needed in up-skilling and re-skilling according to industry needs as well as how learning institutions can meet the challenges of skills needs in an age of artificial intelligence and new internet discoveries