IMPACTS, LEADING INDICATORS AND TARGETS. This section demonstrates the contribution of the SKILLS BOOST 2025@IPCA project to the achievement of the targets of the IMPULSO JOVENS STEAM and IMPULSO ADULTOS programmes and the impact of its outputs and outcomes to the national targets. In the scope of Notice nº 01/PRR/2021 the application must demonstrate the regional and national impact to the following six national targets: Target 3 - At least 25 higher education programmes in the STEAM areas, by the second trimester of 2025; Target 4 – At least 10 thousand more graduates annually in higher education courses/study cycles in STEAM areas exclusively; Target 5 - At least 23 thousand participants in higher education short courses, under and postgraduate, supported by the 3rd trimester of 2025, with the intermediate target of 15 thousand (2nd semester 2023); Target 6 – Establishment of a network of, at least 10 “schools” and/or “alliances” for post-graduate training in collaboration with employers, for short duration post-graduate courses, by the 3rd trimester 2023. The following table presents the predicted impacts and outcomes of IPCA’s application to IMPULSO JOVENS STEAM, through the definition, for the TECH&ARTS PLUS and TeSP PLUS programmes, of a set of leading indicators and the association of the respective targets to achieve in the application’s period. This project proposal considered one graduate, a student that completes a TeSP, Bachelor, Master, SAP, Post-graduation, or other micro-credential courses acknowledge with an IPCA certificate or by European credit units (ECTS credits). In the scope of the three complimentary programmes (XXXXXXXX, XXXXxxXXXX and SUSTENDEV) we also show leading indicators associated with the ability to implement pedagogical innovation practices and methodologies, to engage young and adult students in I&D activities and in businesses’ projects, to fight school dropout and align all the learning and research practice with the social sustainability good practices. In the last column it is identified the alignment of each of the leading indicators with the notice’s national targets described above.
