Theoretical background of the training course “Coaching for female employment in the digital sector in order to promote gender equality in the labour market-GO-DIGITAL"

The main aim of the Go-Digital training program is to develop six main adult educators‘ competences to become the coach for female employment in the digital sector.

The objectives are:

  • to deepen the adult educators understanding on how to promote gender equality in the access to learning and use of employment in the digital sector;
  • to increase the adult educators capacity to motivate female learners to take part in learning towards employment in the digital sector of the labour market;
  • to equip the adult educators with effective coaching and motivation strategies to increase demand and take-up of re-qualifications of female learners into the digital sector of the labour market.

To achieve the aim and objectives, the training program is oriented to develop six core competencies of adult educators -couches, which are defined during the State of Art and are grouped into two clusters: specific and basic.

Specific competences of the coach, related to promoting gender balances in the digital sector through education are:

1.      Understanding of gender equality
2.      Understanding of importance for women to be employed in the digital sector

Basic coaching competencies needed to become a coach for women in order to start the jobs in the digital sector are:

3.      Meeting ethical guidelines and professional standards
4.      Establishing a trust-based relationship with the women-learner
5.      Communicating effectively
6.      Facilitating learning and its results

To cover three objectives of the training program and defined above six competencies, it has a modular structure with 3 modules.

Module I "Gender equality in the learning environment and the labour market" is dedicated to develop specific competence: Understanding of gender equality.

Module II "Digital sector - new opportunities for women's progress towards higher qualifications and a better position in the labour market" is dedicated to develop specific competence Understanding of importance for women to be employed in the digital sector.

Module III “Effective coaching and motivation strategies to increase demand and take-up of re-qualifications of women into a digital sector of the labour market" is dedicated to develop four basic coaching competencies: Meeting ethical guidelines and professional standards; Establishing a trust-based relationship with the female learner; Communicating effectively; Facilitating learning and its results. This Module III consists also the introduction to the methodology and the lessons plan for the coaching process.


The duration of the training course is 60 academic hours in total, including:

  • 42 a.h. of online training and
  • 18 a.h. of 3 face-to-face sessions (kick-off, midterm, final).

Face to face sessions might be classroom-based or internet based, using videoconferencing tools, like Skype, Zoom, Google Meet etc. This duration of the course is defined using the European Credit Transfer System to ensure that in each partner’s country the learners will get 2 academic credits.