<< Background >>Consortium has identified following problems:P1/3. Consequently, young people leaving the schools or high studies too soon appear as school dropouts and this mechanism works even more when the economic system is unable to absorb the young labor force.However, early school leaving, even if it involves an individual responsibility,is related to dysfunctions in the school and the education system, which is unable to carry the young people sufficient levels of training, with the goal of opening access roads to employment:school failure appears as a consequence of the failure of the education system itself and requires a reflection on its organization and direction.P2. Low quality and efficacy of career guidance causes a low level of interest in choosing a type of schooling or studies by young people. While planning their education, young people take into consideration the information from media, Internet, and their peers. In effect, 20% of students are not satisfied with the chosen secondary school (CBOS 2011). According to researches conducted among lower secondary school students (KOWEZIU 2012) about 30% of them took into consideration: convenient setting of the school (good transport connections); opinions of their peers, families or teachers. And only 20% of school students based their decisions upon current situation on the labor market.P4.Lack of a complex tool for careers diagnosis. On a current market there is no system that would enable making a complex diagnosis in an easy and quick way without the necessity of using a set of different psychological tests. The aim is to create a diagnostic tool that would consist of 8 multidimensional layers, combined in a one, consistent system. Thanks to using career tree, which makes the questioning more individualized, the examination administered with the use of the system will be quick, and will ensure reliability and accuracy of the results, at the same time. The main target group of the project are secondary and vocational school students (with their parents) as well as post high educations youngsters having problems with decision about the professional career. The students/youngsters and adults will follow different paths of their examination consisting of questions tailored to their age and life situation. The decision about “branch” of the career tree to be followed will be made on the basis of the answers given to introductory questions. It means that the choice of further questions as well as their form will follow from the introductory examination.PARTNERS NEEDS-Offering high level career guidance to youth-Possessing modern tool for career guidance-Increasing the level and quality of offered courses and education materials-Cooperating with partners possessing great expertise in career guidance and developing on-line<< Objectives >>The main aim of the project is to raise the quality of the process aimed to define capacities, aptitudes and professional interests of secondary/VET/high/post-high (youngsters till 26years) students and adults, and conducting career guidance and career planning through creation of a modern (standardized on a representative group) modular system for analysis,diagnosis and education guidance of career that would support the work of career counselors.The main reason for this project to be implemented is to integrate in the educational sector the option for students to learn about different jobs and fields and to assess their skills and abilities in order to make an informed decision about their future career.The goal of the project is to make available in Norway, Poland, Greece and Italy a free, online tool that can be accessed by any student/young that has an Internetconnection and that can help to underline their strengths. This kind of assessment is rarely present in the partner countries educational system, so the usefulness of such a tool would probably have impact both in higher educational institutions and in the labour market. If students have an informed opinion starting from high school about their strengths, weaknesses and what standards have to be met for specific jobs, their decision about university should be easier to be made and after finishing their studies, it would be easier for them to get a job in the field they studied for. The main result of the project will be online tool - for high school and post-high schools students/youngsters until 26 years old (especially those having problems with decision aboutthe professional career) as well as vocational advisors, psychologists, HR staff which will help to diagnose the profile of candidate.The tool will consist of at least 8 modules which will be updated, adapted to new partner's countries and translated into national languages.Online tool - combined with project website will be main source of all project outcomes, as it will help with:- project dissemination,- exploitation of the project's results- building the cooperation with schoolsThe main aim of the project is to raise the quality of the process aimed to define capacities, aptitudes and professional interests of secondary/VET/high/post-high (youngsters till 26 years) students and adults, and conducting career guidance and career planning through creation of a a modern (standardized on a representative group) modular system for analysis, diagnosis and education guidance of career that would support the work of career counselors.The system will consist of min 8 modules:1)professional interests2)structure and values3)personal capacities,4)temperamental aptitudes,5)cognitive6)interpersonal7)business and enterprise skills,8)possessed qualifications<< Implementation >>Consorcium will implement activites listed below:IO1.Model of predispositions and leading competencies for professionsIO2.Modular system for diagnosis, analysis and education guidance of career - elements/layers of online toolIO3.Graphical and technical design of the toolIO4.Methodical guidebook for career counselorIO5.Practical manual for teachers and vocational advisors - usability of the tool4 Transnational project meetings C1.TRAIN THE TRAINER: Training for vocational advisors - usability of the toolE1.The multiplier event pursues two main OBJECTIVES:a. Present all outputs and encourage stakeholders to use them.b. Foster discussion and communication among VET and businesses and discuss new trends and approaches.With these aims, the event is addressed at the following stakeholders:a) VET teachers in public education system, vocational advisors, coachers,b) stakeholders: public authorities responsible for education systemc) possible indirect target group -teacher in general education, adult education or academic teachers, HR staffIndicative agenda:a) Welcomeb) Challenges of skills mismatches in Europec) Presentation of project outcomes and resultsd) Presentation of short term impact based on implementation of the tool in high schoolsAt least 2 months before the event will take place task leader + dissemination leader + Leader of the project define final agenda of the event as well as roles' division and presentationsfor the event. There will be official invitation prepared, published on partners' websites, project official website social medias as well as sent to all possible stakeholders and partners ofthe consortium members.<< Results >>• Number of the evaluation questionnaires completed by evaluators and target groups and the appreciation rate of the end-users who took part in the pilot testing,• Number of schools/VET centers/Training institutions participating the pilot testing,• Number of schools/VET centers/Training institutions participating in validation,• Number of people taking part in pilot testing of the system• Number of people taking part in validation,• Number of institutions directly or indirectly involved in the project by the end of the project periodQualitative• Increase involvement of schools/VET centers/Training institutions in offering high level career guidance services, in the process of improvement of methods of career guidance.• Increase the readiness of schools/VET Centers/Training institutions having in their offer career guidance, to include new technologies, systems into process of career guidance.The long term indicators: Quantitative• number of institutions who declare the exploitation of the system on the daily basis,• number of psychologists, career counselors who declare the exploitation of the system on the daily basis,• number of training organizations/schools/universities/labor offices/ companies who declare that the system would help them to enrich their guidance,• number of local/regional/national organizations involved during or after the project completion as the result of their interest in the project and its results,• number of people/organizations/schools/universities/training institutions/VET Centers involved in the dissemination events organized during or after the project completion.Qualitative• Increase of satisfaction of people using the system, concerning career guidance and education support given with the help of the tool;• Increase of knowledge of people using the system (psychologists, career counselors) concerning difficulties that young people are facing while entering the labor market;• Increase the readiness of universities/secondary schools/labour offices/career guidance companies/training institutions/VET Centers, to include new technologies into process ofcareer guidance;• Increase of the awareness of necessity to improve career guidance services among institutions that have in their offer such activities.Actions which will be taken to measure the indicatorsDuring each activities undertaken during the implementation of the project, partners will gather all information, which can be used to measure quantitative indicators e.g: number ofpeople/institutions taking part in testing process, number of institutions that will be informed about project activities and show their interest in project, number of different sorts of reportsprepared during the project etc. During the testing of the system, all institutions/people taking part in it, will also fill some questionnaires with qualitative questions about their opinionabout the system (its usefulness in the future, and didactic potential), about their readiness to use it/ including it in their training offer etc. This will allow to measure qualitativeindicators.Some representatives of target groups will be questioned on their level of skill, knowledge, experiences, expectations both at the beginning and towards the end of the project. Allindicators will be measured on regular basis, so that to make sure that all planned results are achieved in proper way.

Need for youth surrounding community empowerment is essential in the current societal situation where risks of social exclusion, inability to find employment and sense of uselessness and idleness among young people are high. Unemployment, particularly over a long period of time, can lead to problematic political and social consequences. Without job security, young people become vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion. To take a more proactive approach, youth workers need to stay alongside young people, continuously upgrade their professional knowledge and skills, and conduct practice research in order to support young people more efficiently in overcoming the challenges of their transition to adulthood. Youth worker professionalism, supportive institutional profile and service design are essential in this process. Skilled professionals with relevant preparation and toolkit as well as multi-stakeholder partnerships at the local level are the key factors for successful results in youth work targeted to NEET youngsters. The need for multi-stakeholder partnerships brings new challenges and requirements to institutions profile. It is essential to think about what would be the profile of well-structured multi-stakeholders network and which should be the profile of a youth worker specialized to work with NEET youngsters? To improve services for NEET youngsters, the current situation should be analyzed, practitioners should evaluate themselves as youth workers and youth institutions in NEET supporting process and through this process find out an effective design of service that support NEET youngsters in the best possible way. As Youth Guarantee is a program covering the whole European Union, experiences, needs, problems, challenges can be mutually exchanged and discussed and solutions created transnationally. By sharing and comparing different experiences and practices, we can visualize the profile of a professional NEET youth specialized youth worker and profile of institution providing NEET youth service. During the Community Guarantee project the following activities were implemented: • Forming local level working groups and sustainable collaborations engaging relevant partners (e.g. different service providers, unemployment office, representatives from educational institutions, local government, representatives of employers, previous NEET youth, etc.) • 3 transnational project meetings for project partners • 4 international study visits for youth workers and specialists working with NEET youngsters• 1 international seminar in Estonia for youth workers and specialists working with NEET youngsters to discuss the collected knowledge and work on designing an efficient service model for the NEET youth • National study visits and local activities to evaluate and analyze national services • The final conference in Estonia as a multiplier event • Profile of an effective model of NEET youngsters support service completed as an Intellectual Output The aim of the project was to meet and analyze different realities and to create a functional profile of Community Guarantee – a document describing the concept of effective and multi-dimensional NEET youngster support service. Through common discussions, local and international study visits, practice sharing, collecting the best practices and noticing current weak points, researching case studies and theoretical material about NEET youngsters empowerment, profile manual was created. Different stakeholders gave their input through round tables, notes during study visits, seminars, questionnaires in order to build a practice-based and evidence-based model. The developed service model shows different aspects of one service, including behind the scenes parts of a service that make it work efficiently. The service model helps everyone to get involved in delivering professional and efficient service, as well as understand their role and ensure a coherent experience for the user. The final Intellectual Output of the project, Profile of effective support service for NEETs, is an electronic publication made available for anyone willing to provide qualitative services for NEET youngsters.

"NextGen4SC (Next Generation for Supply-Chain) forms a project aiming to strengthen the professional profile of young people willing to work in the supply chain sector, supporting them by providing tools & methods (like open education & innovative digital practices) to develop such high-quality skills & competences, promoting this way the quality youth work. Two were the agents motivated this consortium’ synthesis to plan & develop such project: 1) the high rates of Youth unemployment in EU-28l according to Eurostat (March 2018: 1st place for Greece: 43,2% , 3rd place for Italy with 31,9% & 5th place for Cyprus with 22,4%) and 2) the fact that the supply-chain sector claims for well-trained young professionals to carry out positions of responsibility; It seems to appear a great demand of supply-chain experts’ personnel, highly qualified & well prepared by means that achieving excellence in logistics is vital for EU-competitiveness. Even there is a great offer of senior-level staff with supply-chain skills & competencies, in contrary there is a great demand by businesses to find entry- level experts, mostly young. Based in current statistics, reviews & analysis, there are several indications that countries can reach higher levels of logistics competences than their economic output per capita predicts. Considering the stated challenges, NextGen4SC consortium, defined its target groups as following: 1) Generation Z, 2) Employers,3) Youth stakeholders, 4)Company stakeholders, 5)Economy (local, regional, national & European) stakeholders. Within firms, skills need to be nurtured & developed through improved provision of training. There is need for the development & enhancement of career paths for lower skilled young workers. To meet the demand for skilled workers, the relatively poor image of the supply-chain sector needs to be improved. Motivated by this, the consortium aims to increase the number of qualified & certified specialists to work in supply-chain sector around Europe as well as to support low-skilled unemployed young people to upgrade their skills, providing them with better job placement opportunities. The fundamental element of the "" NextGen4SC"" project is the aim to create a “Win-to-Win” background for youth working in the supply chain market, supporting them & empowering their involvement & competitiveness to the job sector, facilitating their preparation as the next generation of the supply Chain staff, to win the employment bet. The innovative character of this project is that is addressed not only to youth workers. The other interesting & innovative aspect is that is pursued the establishment of e-incubators, which using the digital technologies trends, which will lead to new relationships between partners & local entrepreneurial ecosystems, regional authorities & the labour market. All those, will lend their support to mentor NextGen4SC beneficiaries as either entrepreneurs or youth workers, to gain the enhanced skills & competences demanded by a 21st Century Supply-chain market. NextGen4SC focus to create this winning situation through activities as: 1)Encompassing the use of technology in order to create a training methodology, addressed to Generation Z, to prepare a successful training approach for Junior-Level supply-chain staff, that will best service the interests of their workplace.2) Following a blended-training method, engaging the participants through exercises, role play, case study discussions and team work presentations, the aims is to develop a train-the-trainer training curriculum to prepare the Gen Z entry level new entrants to the Supply Chain sector. 3) Creating an open & free for access online platform operating as Network/ Information Hub, will enable access to a plethora of targeted information focused in supply-chain addressed both youth & employers. Amongst the general outcomes of the project are considered the improvement of the job-matching procedure within Youth & Business in Europe, the contribution to the decrease of Youth Unemployment in EU-level, the facilitation of information finding (+access), the facilitation of creating links between youth-business world.The impact of NextGen4SC project is not limited to the partnership level, but is wider as project’s results are expected to foster not only the local business development but generally the European as well as the cooperation transnationally. The society will also have benefits as the younger people will contribute to enhance the skilled labor force which correspond better to the labor market needs & will have the potential to strengthen the social inclusion & improve equal work opportunities."

The #SUYSEproject has trained 82 young people at risk of social exclusion in how to start up their own social enterprise. This was done through an innovative training methodology and the creation of a MOOC that is now available for free on the Online Social Platform ( http://oer.makingprojects.org/oer/suyse-starting-up-young-social-entrepreneurs/ ).The project has also produced a Training Guide for the creation of social start-ups. The project was implemented by partners from 4 EU countries: ITD and AVALON from Spain, Eduforma form Italy, McScence from the UK, and Business Incubator - Gotse Delchev from Bulgaria. All project material is available on the website http://www.suyse.eu/ in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Bulgarian. The SUYSE project has been implemented to counteract the devastating effects of the social and economic crisis on employability, especially among young people. The labor market tends to offer increasingly fewer wage-earning jobs. Social start-ups are an innovative way to combine economic growth and inclusion of disfavoured people, promoting social values and new jobs. They are lead by social entrepreneurs and they generate social value: watching for the rights and interests of the most vulnerable people; responding to the ecological crisis; and eradicate discrimination against certain social groups. These approaches promote sustainable solutions at short and long-term. According to the European Commission, social start-ups now account for 10% of all Europe new business creation.OBJECTIVES of the SUYSE project were to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit; to offer training and guidance in order to increase the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; to lower the unemployment rate among young people; to create enterprises with social and environmental aims.They will acquire social entrepreneurs' competences as well as soft skills in order to create their own jobs and in this way, lower the unemployment rate among young people.ACTIVITIES of the SUYSE project included: partners co-developed the curriculum and 5 modules content in 5 languages; they adapted and uploaded the content for the MOOC to the online social platform; 10 educators took part in the Train the Trainers week in Barcelona, to revise the MOOC and agree the local pilot training process; 82 young people at risk of social exclusion took part in pilot training in the 4 partner countries; at the end of the training, study visits or internships were organized to share experience of a social start-up at first hand; all training participants received an ECVET certificate; partners organized an international conference in Barcelona and local/regional multiplier events in Italy, Bulgaria and the UK. The events were an occasion to present the online social platform with the free course and the training guide for the creation of social start-ups, available online in 5 languages. The guide explains the SUYSE methodology and includes a collection of best practices and quotes from participants, illustrating in this way the impact that the training has had on their life. The SUYSE innovative methodology included 3 phases of activities: 1. Module and curriculum co-creation, where partners did research about existing material around the subject of: social innovation; social business plan; fundraising; communication and dissemination; local and transnational networks; and legal, economic and tax issues. Each one became a module with theoretical and practical content, and good practices as well as exercises, recorded in different formats for the MOOC (videos, PPTs, lesson plans etc.).2. Participative work & Guidance: Training participants got to know each other in face to face sessions to exchange opinions and ideas. A team of mentors provided them with guidance.3. Deep working immersion: Students participated in study visits or internships, to learn at first hand from social entrepreneurs about their experience, and to be able to ask questions and network.The SUYSE project has had an important IMPACT on its target group and stakeholders: young people at risk of social exclusion, trainers, youth work practitioners, NGOs and local government services addressing inclusion and employment. All these agents have been reached and engaged by the SUYSE activities, and have received the online course and training guide with information to easily replicate or adapt the SUYSE methodology. The young people who took part in the training learned how to implement a social start-up. This will have effects in their communities and in the local economic growth. They are multipliers of the project impact when they tell others about the project and by setting and example with their own actions. In the mid and long term these young participants, from the different countries will apply their newly learned skills and contribute to a more socially aware society.

<< Background >>DIS-employability is a 24-month Strategic Partnership in the field of Youth Education involving several European entities working with disabled people. It aims at providing disabled people with useful employability skills through the development of critical thinking for promoting their inclusion in the labour market.Critical thinking is considered an important methodology for the development of employability skills. People with a high level of critical thinking and reasoning are likely to be innovative, bringing new ideas and creative solutions to even the most difficult business challenges.“UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” recognizes the right to work and employment as a fundamental right. The project will address and overcome systemic barriers to participation in education and the labour market that concern disabled people.According to Eurostat data, in 2010 in Europe, approximately 100 million EU citizens live with a disability. Their wellbeing is affected by various barriers, such as inaccessible physical environments and transportation, the unavailability of assistive devices and technologies, non- adapted means of communication, gaps in service delivery, and discriminatory prejudice and stigma in society.Furthermore, the Report on Disability and Work, elaborated by the International Labor Organization on 2019, showed that lower employment and education levels cause that the poverty rate for those with disabilities is 70% higher than the average, while the unemployment rate of around 4 million people in the European Union who have Intellectual and relational Disabilities is more than twice as high as for the general populationBased on this context,there is a clear need to target initiatives at these vulnerable people. Disabled people must overcome the barriers experienced as a result of the disability, and provide them with useful skills to tackle the challenges faced in the labour market because of their situationTarget groups are:Direct:Joint Staff: Youth workers who work in the field of Youth education in critical thinkingBlended Mobility of Learners: disabled people aged 18+ coming from disadvantaged urban and rural communities and Educators/Trainers providing or interested in providing support to their social inclusionIndirect: education institutions, NGOs, cultural businesses and associations, Arts centres/groups, Organizations of disabled people, Organizations/public agencies providing services fordisabled people<< Objectives >>DIS-employability aims at providing disabled people useful employability skills through the development of critical thinking for promoting their inclusion in the labor market.<< Implementation >>The activities foreseen by the project are:- short-term joint staff training event- five multiplier events (one in each partner country)<< Results >>DIS-employability will deliver the following tangible results: • Report, visible on project Web Platform, of research across partner countries identifying the needs and barriers of young people with disability (physical as well as cognitive) related to employability context as well as mapping the existing offer • Educational format based on NFE conceived as a term of reference for stakeholder institutions to put in place a specific educational offer aimed at training operators working with the youth target in implementing/supporting co-creation programmes in providing useful skills involving young people with and without disabilities.The format will be focused on activities aimed to enhance critical thinking, such as: thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, self-reflection, knowing how to learn, problem identification and solving, and analyzing information • International Piloting successfully implemented with the involvement of educators/trainers from partner organizations (5 educators/trainers per country/partner). • Local Programmes implemented in each partner country with the involvement of 15 learners per country. • 1 Guidebook providing orientation and methodological guidance for operators in the implementation of enhancing critical thinking skills programmes involving disabled people 18+ • 1 Web Platform in multiple languages including E-Modules for the self-development of operators in the field across partner countries and in Europe. • 1 Multiplier Event implemented per each partner country with the participation of 30 individuals among the general public, disabled young people and stakeholders Besides the tangible results, the project will achieve also some important intangible result, i.e.: • Policy-making authorities provided with meaningful insights for the improvement of sectoral policies/offer in the field of youth education and disability employment. • Operators from partner countries provided with the competences to be active in supporting the social inclusion and empowerment of disabled young people through providing employability skills through the enhancement of critical thinking • Disabled young people in partner countries sensitized to greater participation in education, social and working life • General public to develop more inclusive attitudes towards disability • Consolidate framework of cooperation