🧑‍💻23.09.2025: The first online meeting began with a brief welcome and a multimedia introduction to JDU, the project coordinator, followed by concise presentations from all partners. The main discussion focused on legal agreements, the project overview - including the website and cloud drive, as well as the proposed framework for collaboration between the coordinator and work package leads. Additional updates included outcomes from the Erasmus+ NA meeting, confirmation of contact persons, and plans for the upcoming kick-off event at JDU in Częstochowa, Poland.

🧑‍💻29.09.2025: Online meeting between UP, the WP2 Lead, and the project coordinator to discuss the launch of WP2 A2.2: Mapping of platforms and additional material, A2.3: focus groups, and A2.4: Bridging Gaps Competence Model.

🧑‍💻20.10.2025: Online meeting between UP, the WP2 Lead, CONFORM, and the project coordinator to discuss the launch of WP2 A2.2: Mapping of platforms and additional material. The findings will be proposed to the entire Bridging Gaps Alliance.

🧑‍💻08.12.2025: Online meeting between UP, the WP2 Lead, and JDU, the project coordinator, to discuss the WP2 process and the preparation of the A.2.2 desk research report.

🧑‍💻15.12.2025: Online meeting scheduled with UP, the WP2 Lead, CONFORM, and JDU, the project coordinator. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the preparation of a face-to-face workshop for the project meeting in Czestochowa in January 2026. The goal is to transfer the findings from WP2 A.2.2 desk research into the focus groups, thereby enriching the Bridging Gaps Competence Model.

🧑‍💻07.01.2026: Online meeting (part 1/2) scheduled with UP, the WP2 Lead, CONFORM, and JDU, the project coordinator, to discuss preparing a face-to-face workshop for the project meeting in Czestochowa on 21-22 January 2026.

🧑‍💻12.01.2026: Online meeting (part 2/2) scheduled with UP, the WP2 Lead, CONFORM, and JDU, the project coordinator, to discuss preparing a face-to-face workshop on WP2 A.2.3 for the project meeting in Czestochowa on 21-22 January 2026.

🧑‍💻26.01.2026: Online meeting scheduled with UP, the WP2 Lead, and JDU, the project coordinator, to discuss further steps - after the transnational project meeting in Czestochowa (focus groups A.2.3).

🧑‍💻30.01.2026: Online meeting between UP, the WP2 Lead, UNIVPM, CONFORM, and JDU, the project coordinator, to discuss the Competence Model elaboration - Activity WP2 A.2.4.

🧑‍💻09.03.2026: Online meeting between UP, the WP2 Lead, and JDU - the project coordinator. The meeting concerned the project's evaluation component, including a review of the commitments and KPIs defined in the original proposal. The participants also discussed the need to confirm the timeline and procedure for submitting evaluation reports, including the expected submission of the semester report.

🧑‍💻30.04.2026: Online meeting between CONFORM, the WP3 Lead, and JDU - the project coordinator. The meeting concerned the preparation of WP3 activities, focusing on the division of work between partners and CONFORM. The participants discussed the storyboard process for Skill Boosters, the co-design of narrative and interactive elements during the mobility, and CONFORM’s role in developing the gamified scenario layer. The discussion also covered partners’ A3.3 working days, post-production translation tasks, and the feasibility of implementing the R3.2 diagnostic test on CONFORM’s Moodle platform.

🧑‍💻27.05.2026: An online plenary meeting with all project partners was led by CONFORM. The meeting focused on preparing WP3 activities and the upcoming mobility in Avellino, planned for September. Partners discussed next steps for storyboard work. The meeting also clarified how partners’ contributions will support the WP3 production process, including preparing training content, co-designing narrative and interactive elements during the mobility, and translating the final materials into partner languages.

💼 WP1&2: Kick-off - JDU, Częstochowa, Poland (21-22 January 2026)

The first Transnational Project Meeting of the Bridging Gaps project took place on 21–22 January 2026 at Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Poland. The two-day meeting brought together all project partners to advance Work Package 2 activities. 

Day one featured the presentation of the Resources Mapping Report, followed by interactive workshops preparing the groundwork for upcoming Focus Group activities across partner countries. 

Day two introduced a case study on cross-generational collaboration as an example for the Bridging Gaps Competence Model and concluded with a project session on coordination and implementation. 

The meeting marked a significant milestone in establishing the research framework that will guide the project's training and digitalization efforts for the second-hand economy sector. 

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💼 WP3: BG Mobility - CONFORM, Avellino, Italy (21-25 September 2026)

From 21 to 25 September 2026, CONFORM hosted the Bridging Gaps learning mobility in Avellino, Italy. The five-day program brought together project partners to turn the Bridging Gaps Competence Model into engaging, AI-supported training content for the second-hand economy sector.

Day one examined how the Competence Model translates into training content: competence alignment, competence gaps, and learning priorities. It then covered instructional design principles for effective digital learning and ended with an introduction to game-based learning, from theory to practice.

Day two was about challenge-based learning. Partners worked on storytelling for gamified scenarios, covering context, characters, roles, and challenges. They then designed decision points, choices, consequences, and feedback, and closed the day with a hands-on workshop writing the stories for the two gamified scenario simulations.

Day three focused on creating effective training content with AI tools. CONFORM presented the Bridging Gaps Skills Studio, and participants learned to use NotebookLM to organize sources, extract key information, and support instructional content development.

Day four started with recording partners' contributions to the Skills Studio. At the same time, participants created end-of-booster tests with the AI features of CONFORM's LMS platform. After that, they learned how to produce AI-based training videos in Google Vids, with scenes, visuals, and narration. Partners also worked on further materials, which will be added to the Skills Studio later, together with the Skills Boosters. 

Day five was spent developing AI-based further investigation materials for the two gamified scenarios. Participants then reviewed the outputs together for instructional effectiveness, clarity, engagement, and alignment with the competences mapped in the Competence Model. 

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💼 WP4: Piloting & Validation - TREBAG, Budapest, Hungary (06-07 April 2027)