Digital accessibility in Europe is now the spotlight after the approval in 2016 of the New EU directive 2016/2102.
Traditionally, ICT users think that digital accessibility is only a task for ICT professionals when designing and implementing websites and mobile apps. They also think this is something for very specific people with disability.

A clear majority of small and medium-sized enterprises plans on implementing robotics in their work processes in the future, which emphasizes the need for workers who are skilled in these fields.

Dr Paul Quantock, Coordinator and Promoter of the ROTENA project stated that “..it confirms our view that the outputs of the project will contribute to the needs of the labour market as well as the training sector by developing appropriate training modules for use by training institutions, with the expectation that they will adapt/modify modules to their required needs and add to existing training programmes…"

A Thursday in November 2017 - in Malta - the AROMA project was kicked off by a team of partners from 8 organizations in 7 European countries. A day full of inspiration in both content and networking between committed and skilled individuals. A real boost of energy and a promising start for the project.
Aroma will run for 28 month and there are definitely some challenges to be mastered during the way forward and before reaching the final outcomes and closing down in early 2020.