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Online Vocational Training Course on Children Ergonomics for Product Designers 1st January 2012 - 31st December 2013 |
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E-Child is an
that creates an online vocational course that assures the European designer education and training in ergonomics applied to children.  This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.
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What do we want to do?Enabling the designers to match the product innovation needs of the children's product industries
Increasing the competitiveness of European children's product industries in the world market Working as a platform to connect European actors in the field of children's products |
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objectives
European industries developing products addressed to children (e.g. footwear, apparel, childcare, furniture, textiles or carriage) gather over 10.000 companies and employ 350.000 people in Europe.Over last years, product differentiation strategies followed in these sectors have been based on assuring products' safety (i.e. compliance with safety standards). However, focus on safety no longer provides a protectable advantage since standards are already met by cheaper products from overseas competitors. |
In this sense, the overall aim of the E-Child project is the development and implementation of an online course addressed to the European design professionals in the field of children products. E-Child will provide knowledge and skills in up-to-date methods for the application of children's ergonomics to the product development activities that will lead to an increase of competitiveness of the European companies leaning on a highly skilled and knowledge-based workforce. |
 E-Child will provide
knowledge and skills in up-to-date methods |
outcomes
The E-Child course will gather all the needs derived from the child-product interaction including:physical (fitting, anthropometry, growth) physiological (thermal comfort, perspiration) motor aspects (adaptation to movement) psychological (cognitive capacity) combinations of the previous (usability and safety) |
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| At the end of the project, the course will be available in these languages: Bulgarian, English, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The participating industrial and professional associations will keep the course as part of our training portfolio. E-Child will be focused on the following sectors: Children's wear and textiles
Footwear Childcare products: pushchairs car seats baths changing units cradles high chairs rocking chairs swing and carriers |
partners
 Children's Fashion Europe (CFE) Contact person / Andrés Bosch andres@childrensfashioneurope.com San Vicente 16 46002 Valencia, SPAIN Tel/ +34-96-3910334 Fax/ +34-96-3155484 www.childrensfashioneurope.com |
 Asociación Española de Productos para la Infancia (ASEPRI) Contact person / Lores Segura Lores@asepri.es Calle San Vicente 16 46002 Valencia, SPAIN Tel/ +34-96-3925151 Fax/ +34-96-3918370 www.asepri.es |
 Nova CHILD Contact person / Véronique Legrand veronique.legrand@novachild.eu 34 rue Nationale 49321 Cholet Cedex, FRANCE Tel/ +33-241-495723 www.novachild.eu |
 Bulgarian Association of Apparel and Textile Producers and Exporters (BAATPE) Contact person / Anastassya Simeonova a.simeonova@bgtextiles.org Dragan Tzankov Blvd., WTC 36 1057 Sofia, BULGARIA Tel/ +359-2-9693161 Fax/ +359-2-9693181 www.bgtextiles.org |
 Finnish Association of Designers (Ornamo) Contact person / Petra Ilonen petra.ilonen@ornamo.fi Annankatu 16 B 35-36 00120 Helsinki, FINLAND Tel/ +358-9-68777422 www.ornamo.fi |
 Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV) Contact person / Clara Solves clara.solves@ibv.upv.es Camino de Vera s/n, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Edificio 9-C 46022 Valencia, SPAIN Tel/ +34-963-879160 www.ibv.org |
 Swedish Telepedagogic Knowledge Centre (STPKC) Contact person / Kennet Lindquist Magasinsgatan 4 61130 Nyköping, SWEDEN Tel/ +46-155-214222 Fax/ +46-155-287872 www.pedagogic.com |
 Instituto de Economía Publica (IEP) Contact person / Francisco Loras floras@iepinfo.eu Marques de Soleto 5 46002 Valencia, SPAIN Tel/ +34-96-3515585 Fax/ +34-96-3514810 |
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Wanna learn more?
Contact us! Project Manager / Andrés Bosch Address / Calle San Vicente 16 46002 Valencia, SPAIN email / andres@childrensfashioneurope.com tel / +34-96-3910334 |
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