An increasingly fast-changing world requires us to continuously upgrade our skills. Already in 2020, the World Economic Forum reported that 50% of the world's workforce will need to re-skill by 2025. This statement is becoming a fact – if we want to be competitive in the labour market, we need to constantly develop our skills. This is fostered by the trend, which has been progressing for several years in Europe, of confirming various skills, even small ones.

According to a report by the National Information Processing Institute (OPI) entitled "Microcredentials as a new direction for the development of higher education," much could be gained from the implementation of microcredentials by Polish higher education institutions, their employees, as well as students and graduates.