Project: Youth work for inclusive youth employment and entrepreneurship
Duration: 1.8.2019 – 31.1.2020
Reference Nr. 2019-2-DE04-KA105-018242
Grant Amount: 21,767 EUR
Donor: JUGEND für Europa, German National Agency for the Erasmus+ programme
Youth Work for Inclusive Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship was a European training course designed to empower youth workers to combat youth unemployment, particularly among young people with fewer opportunities.
The project focused on equipping youth workers with tools, knowledge, and non-formal education (NFE) methodologies to help youth improve their employability and entrepreneurial capacities. It brought together partners from 9 countries with a shared mission to reduce youth exclusion and enhance social inclusion through strategic, well-planned youth work and EU-supported programmes.
Participants were not only learners but also multipliers, bringing their new skills back to their communities to create long-lasting impact. The project emphasized peer learning, local and European cooperation, and sustainable actions aimed at inclusive youth employment.
Partners:
YOUTH POWER GERMANY EV (DE)
DRUSTVO ZA OPOLNOMOCENJE MLADIH – MOC MLADIH (SI)
UDRUGA ZA UNAPRJEDENJE SUVREMENIH ZIVOTNIH VJESTINA OSTVARENJE (HR)
STICHTING MASTERPEACE (NL)
INSTITUT ZARAZVOJ MLADIH MAGISTERPAX MOSTAR (BA)
CENTAR ZA RAZVIJANJE OMLADINSKOG POTENCIJALA (RS)
SOS TELEFON ZA ZENE I DJECU ZRTVE NASILJA (ME)
YOUTH POWER/UNG KRAFT (SE)
ACT FOR SOCIETY CENTRE (AL)
Explore Youth Employment Trends:
To discuss youth unemployment and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people with fewer opportunities across Europe.
Promote Shared Understanding of Inclusion:
To align on key concepts and values in inclusive youth work.
Identify Needs of the Target Group:
To define and understand the needs of excluded youth and how to support them toward inclusion.
Understand EU Policies:
To learn how EU social inclusion and employment policies impact project and candidate countries.
Exchange Good Practices:
To share successful employment and entrepreneurship initiatives that reduce youth unemployment.
Build Youth Workers’ Skills:
To equip youth workers with tools to design long-term programmes on inclusive employment and entrepreneurship.
Support Local Action:
To encourage youth workers to implement NFE activities that empower unemployed youth locally.
Promote Erasmus+ Opportunities:
To introduce Erasmus+ Youth in Action and inspire future projects with marginalized youth.
The training course will:
Improve the professional and personal capacities of youth workers
Strengthen partner organisations through new ideas and collaborations
Equip participants with tools to implement inclusive youth employment initiatives
Lead to the creation of at least 5 local/national and 4 European-level follow-up projects
Promote European values, youth cooperation, and inclusion at organisational, local, and European levels
Support participants in combating prejudice and social exclusion by working directly with marginalised youth
Multiplication Effect:
9 multiplication workshops in partner organisations post-training
At least 45 additional youth workers reached indirectly
Development and application of at least 4 new Erasmus+ projects targeting youth unemployment
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