N3. Digital platform of the Advanced Training Center

2021: Platform Launch

On July 14, 2021, Netrika (Netrika) announced that the digital platform of the Center for Advanced Professional Training began operating in St. Petersburg. Residents of the region will receive tools for professional self-determination and accelerated adaptive training, including promising professions. The platform includes systems, services and databases that help the Center work and create a single digital space in the field of education and labor.

The platform opens up opportunities for everyone who wants to get an education and determine the personal path of their professional development: schoolchildren, students, adults, representatives of the older generation. It is based on a competent approach, it is it that allows you to connect the key information of the platform - professions, programs, events, vacancies. Competencies here become the main unifying parameter. Choosing a profession, the user in a single interface receives full information: what educational programs are presented by profession, how many open vacancies are in the city, in which events you can participate.

Thanks to the platform, educational organizations can not only present their programs and conduct training, including in a distance format, but also test and evaluate the performance of students. Teachers have the opportunity to maintain school schedules and an electronic journal, conduct a demonstration exam.

With the help of the platform, business and non-profit organizations can solve personnel issues. The possibility of including employers in the processes of professional training and retraining of citizens has become an important part of the platform: business representatives can not only post information about their organization and vacancies, but also leave an application for advanced professional training of the required specialists.

The creation of the Center for Advanced Professional Training will intensify the dialogue between education and business. It is such an open ecosystem in the field of human capital development that becomes the platform of social partnership. Thanks to the Center and the digital platform created for its work, St. Petersburg will be able to optimize the processes of professional self-determination of residents - from school to retirement age. Also, citizens will have the opportunity to create continuously replenished digital profiles based on competencies and achievements, "said Mikhail Yuryevich, deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg Education Committee.

This digital platform is a digital aggregator of the region's education sector: it is designed to collect and combine all data on educational institutions, students, teachers, and training programs. The platform helps to manage the personnel potential of the region and build a transparent dialogue between the employer and the educational organization, taking into account the needs of both parties. For users, she becomes an online assistant in the labor and education market, "says Olga Koroteeva, director of the Center for Advanced Professional Training in St. Petersburg.

The platform has an API with which it is possible to integrate with federal and regional information systems, as well as job search portals - for example, HeadHunter, and the modular architecture allows you to configure to meet the needs and tasks of the region. The developer of the digital platform of the Center for Advanced Professional Training of St. Petersburg was Netrika Group of Companies.

On the platform, a resident of the city will be able to choose the direction of professional interests, select educational programs, participate in professional and educational events, get information about the demand for professions, learn about vacancies, practices and internships. In addition, the user will be able to receive professional recommendations, build a personal development trajectory, as well as fill out and manage his digital profile and resume. Interacting with the platform, a person can develop personal skills, change the field of work or return to work after a long break, "says Olga Romanova, head of Education at Netrika Group of Companies, about the capabilities of the tool.