MORAL aims to upskill employees at entry-level (junior) job positions and to facilitate the access of long-term unemployed with emphasis on women and young individuals, economically inactive women, and low-skilled adults (disadvantaged groups) to the labour market through the development of a ‘Passport To Employment’ (PTE), that is, through a set of stackable micro-credentials for 20 key skills required by employers today, deriving from 4 European Competence Frameworks (LifeComp, GreenComp, EntreComp, DigComp).

As per the Recommendation of the Council of the European Union issued in June 2022, ‘A micro-credential is the record of the learning outcomes that a learner has acquired following a small volume of learning. These learning outcomes have been assessed against transparent and clearly defined standards. Courses leading to micro-credentials are designed to provide the learner with specific knowledge, skills and competences that respond to societal, personal, cultural or labour market needs. Micro-credentials are owned by the learner, can be shared and are portable. They may be standalone or combined into larger credentials. They are underpinned by quality assurance following agreed standards in the relevant sector or area of activity’.