<< Objectives >>The project aims to increase the capacity of youth organisations and youth workers to activate NEETs&concretely:-Provide tools &resources to digitally skill-up NEETs-Provide financial literacy&economic empowerment to the NEETs so that they are part of the job market and make contributions towards economic development-Enable the social inclusion of NEETs so as to counter negative social behaviors-Ensure the democratic engagement of the NEETs in local&European governance issues.<< Implementation >>The project encompasses 5activities oriented to increase a general capacitation of youth workers&youth organizations competencies, the production of quality results&the successful dissemination&exploitation of this results to help increased NEETs inclusion. Concretely, 1) Peer learning activity 1: Digitally & economically activated2) Peer learning activity 2: Socially & democratically activated3) Project management& toolkit&videos development4) Training4NEETs5) 4 exploitation activities<< Results >>Tangible results:-Toolkit for youth workers with non-formal education activities to and best practice to empower NEETs in the digital, economic, social and democratic sphere. -4 videos for dissemination purposes showcasing the importance of youth work in the digital, economic, social and democratic engagement of NEETs. Non-tangible results:-Increased capacity of youth workers&youth organisations to empower NEETs&build synergies across Europe-Increased activation&inclusion of NEETs

<< Objectives >>The project seeks to promote a model of inclusion of disadvantaged young people, especially those in marginalised communities, by tapping into the potential of social entrepreneurship for revitalisation, solution of local challenges and economic boost. Contextually, it seeks to upskill youth workers (including those of the consortium) to enable them to be agents of change in their local communities and pass their newly acquired knowledge and skills to the young people they daily interact with.<< Implementation >>The project will start with the programme co-design, the creation of a multi-stakeholders' network and international forum. Subsequently, learning materials will be developed through webinars and conveyed in audio-visual pills, followed by matching up sessions. International learning activities for youth workers and young people together with a 6-months coaching will follow while the mobile app is developed. Finally, results are presented through a webinar, a policy brief and in a conference.<< Results >>The project will result in an increase in knowledge and skills for all the youth workers and young people involved that will ultimately lead to the creation of a collaborative space for seasoned social entrepreneurs and aspiring ones. The results are also intended at an advocacy and policy-level with the recognition of social entrepreneurship as a tool for social inclusion in youth worn and possibly beyond.

"<< Background >>Covid-19 could keep leading to the emergence of a ""lockdown generation"", as the crisis hits young people’s job prospects. According to ILO, the pandemic is having a ""devastating&disproportionate"" impact on youth employment, while the most recent figures show that young people face major obstacles in continuing training&education, moving between jobs&entering the labor market. Before the pandemic, EU youth unemployment (15-24)was 14.9%. In April 2020, it rose to 15.7%. The EC's summer 2020 economic forecast predicts that the EU economy will shrink 8.3% in 2020, the deepest recession in the EU's history. According to the ""Financial literacy&Inclusive growth in the EU"" policy contribution among many other studies, financial literacy is key to ensure economic access, growth&empowerment. However, it is a field not always ensured especially among the youngest generation. Individuals below 25 years score lowest at OECD reports on financial literacy as well as lower-income groups, women&less-educated youngsters.This way this project is focused on strengthening the employability of young people by supporting them to acquire&develop competencies&skills on financial literacy aiming at palliating the effects of the COVID-19 crisis&fostering social&labor market inclusion&employability through an increased entrepreneurial spirit& mindset. Is through the enhancement of these entrepreneurial competencies that young people are expected to better contribute to tackling challenges&identified problems in their daily lives ensuring a proactive mindset that helps their access to the labor market well as prepared employees or self-employedIn this context of supporting young people's development of competencies&skills, additional financial literacy should be provided to youth organizations. According to the study ""Sharpening financial education"" performed by VISA&JA Europe, while, on average 83% of the survey respondents believe that the non-formal education sector is the right setting to equipping young people with the needed financial skills as well as the right sector to provide the necessary financial skills for becoming an entrepreneur. However&despite acknowledging the need for better financial education as an empowering youth tool, youth workers do not feel necessarily equipped with the financial competencies&the innovative teaching non-formal methodologies to successfully reach&empower youngsters in the field.This way the project is aiming to contribute to the quality&innovation of the youth sector by developing tools&providing training to develop the financial skills of youth workers. This will help the youth sector to increase its recognition as a valid&prepared sector to empower the employability of young people through financial literacy&entrepreneurial mindset&skillsFinally the project has a great focus on social inclusion. The OECD 2018 PISA report, highlighted how socio-economically advantaged students performed better in financial literacy than disadvantaged students&how up to 10%of performance differences in financial literacy could be explained by socioeconomic status. Giving young people the education&tools to better navigate the increasingly complex financial world is one of the preconditions to achieving inclusive growth.One of the5Europe, 2020 targets is “lift at least 20 million people out of poverty by 2020”.The headline indicator to measure progress is the rate of people at risk of poverty in each country.Findings suggest that countries performing better at financial literacy have lower shares of the population at risk of poverty. Actively investing in financial education&literacy programs might serve as one of the tools to reach the Europe 2020 targetsWith this aim, the project will be developing&testing non-formal innovative methodologies&activities oriented to disadvantaged youth groups as final beneficiaries to catch up with financial technologies&promoting inclusive growth&employment through financial literacy<< Objectives >>Covid-19 is leading and could keep leading to the emergence of a ""lockdown generation"", as the crisis hits young people’s job prospects. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the pandemic is having a ""devastating and disproportionate"" impact on youth employment, while the most recent figures show that young people face major obstacles in continuing training and education, moving between jobs, and entering the labor market.To help to palliate this issue, financial literacy is key to ensure economic access, growth, and empowerment. However, it is a field not always ensured especially among the youngest generation, and despite acknowledging the need for better financial education as an empowering youth tool, youth workers do not feel necessarily equipped with the financial competencies and the innovative teaching non-formal methodologies to successfully reach and empower youngsters in the field.YouthProAktiv is an informal coalition collecting the views&needs of more than 42 youth organizations representing 23 EU&non-EU countries. Our biannual General Assemblies are conceived to be a space where we all meet to discuss the different needs of both youth work&youth workers across countries, establishing partnerships&synergies to address these issues. In our past General Assembly in May 2020, held online due to the remaining effects of the European lockdown related to the COVID-19 sanitary crisis, many of our members, express their will to invest&work on programs that could help their youth workers being better prepared to engage&empower the disadvantaged youth groups they work with for better social& labor inclusion both as prepared employees or self-employed.This way, the general objectives of this project are:- Increasing the financial literacy of youth workers directly working with disadvantaged youngsters.- Increasing social&labor market inclusion and entrepreneurial skills of disadvantaged young people by boosting their competencies&skills on financial literacy through non-formal education tools and methodologies.Specifically, the project is aiming to achieve:- Better quality and recognition of youth work by improving the financial literacy of youth workers and its integration in youth work practices.- Developing and sharing effective methods to help youth workers in reaching out to disadvantaged young people through financial literacy activities.- Increasing general societal literacy and awareness of financial concepts as crucial for employment creation and life-long upskilling.- Fostering cross-sectoral cooperation to allow greater synergies across different stakeholders and sectors to ensure the empowerment and inclusion of young people, specifically by developing policy recommendations to boost entrepreneurial activity through an increase of financial literacy.- Promoting inclusive growth and employment opportunities in Europe in the current context of COVID-19.<< Implementation >>To ensure the effective achievement of the objectives&expected results, the project is structured in 2 main types of activities:MAIN ACTIVITIES:1. Activities for the development of results, through which we are aiming at the development of:a)Practical guide on Financial Literacyb)Toolkit for youth workers on ""Financial Literacy through non-formal education tools&activities""c)Series of policy recommendations on new ways to empower the youth through financial literacyd)MOOC ""Financial Literacy in the digital era""Through these activities we aim to:-Increasing:. the financial literacy of youth workers directly working with disadvantaged youngsters..social&labor market inclusion&entrepreneurial skills of disadvantaged young people-Better quality&recognition of youth work by improving the financial literacy of youth workers&its integration in youth work practices.-Developing&sharing effective methods to help youth workers in reaching out to disadvantaged young people through financial literacy activities.-Increasing general societal literacy&awareness of financial concepts as crucial for employment creation& life-long upskilling.- Promoting inclusive growth&employment opportunities in Europe.2. Training activitiesThrough the 2 LTT activities designed we aim at:-Increase youth workers':.professional competencies through deep&informed training on financial literacy..knowledge&practice on non-formal innovative activities, tools&methodologies to empower disadvantaged youngsters on financial literacy..motivation&satisfaction in youth workers' daily work.-Better understanding of the different interconnections that non-formal education can establish with the formal education sector as well as other cross-sectoral sectors.-Increased motivation to work&operate transnationally.-Increasing youngster's social&labor market inclusion&entrepreneurial skills of disadvantaged young people by boosting their competencies&skills on financial literacy.-Development of youngsters' entrepreneurial mindset and increased their entrepreneurial skills and competencies.-Increase youngster's feeling of social responsibility that linked to the entrepreneurial mindset and skills is aiming at providing entrepreneurial solutions to tackle social and economicchallenges.-Boosted youngster's motivation to continue with their professional formation and education after the finalization of the project.-Increased youngster's self-empowerment, self-motivation&self-esteem&motivation for engagement within the structures of their youth organizations.-Improvement of participant's foreign language3. Dissemination activitiesThrough the ME planned the aim is to achieve:-Better quality&recognition of youth work by improving the financial literacy of youth workers&its integration in youth work practices.-Increasing general societal literacy&awareness of financial concepts as crucial for employment creation&life-long upskilling.-Fostering cross-sectoral cooperation to allow greater synergies across different stakeholders&sectord to ensure the empowerment&inclusion of young people, specifically by developing policy recommendations to boost entrepreneurial activity through an increase of financial literacy.- Promoting inclusive growth&employment opportunities in Europe.MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:1.All different activities performed under the project management&implementation tasks are directly oriented to the smooth&successful implementation of all main&other complementary activities ensuring the professionalization of standards&procedures.2.Through the 5TPM, the aim is to promote proper management&execution of the project activities putting the focus into suitable preparation as well as monitoring&evaluation processes.3. Evaluation of exploitation&sustainability results meeting, through this meeting, the Consortium will evaluate the achievement of those positive impacts that require at least 6 months framework to produce accountable impacts.<< Results >>Throughout the project,Quantitative results:1.Implementation of 2 LTT with the main aims of a)Increasing youth workers' professional skills&competencies in financial literacy b)Increasing youth worker's competencies&practice to better engage disadvantaged youth groups c)Increasing social&labor market inclusion&entrepreneurial skills of disadvantaged young people by boosting their competencies&skills on financial literacy d)Testing&improving the results of the results1&2 as well as better preparing the development of results3&42.Report of efforts&results derived from C1&C2 including the feedback&improvements report regarding the content of results1&2 as a result of the testing phase implemented through the LTT activities C1&C2.3.5 TPM& its produced agendas&minutes4. 1ME &its produced report of efforts&results5.Lists of associate partners, contacts&stakeholders developed for communication&dissemination purposes (subject to the GDPR regulation)6. Report of efforts&results derived from the development of results1,2,3&4Qualitative results:- Increased:.financial literacy of youth workers directly working with disadvantaged youngsters..capacity of youth organizations to operate transnationally through greater experience in EU project management..financial literacy of youth workers directly working with disadvantaged youngsters.disadvantaged youngsters' entrepreneurial mindset, skills&competencies.motivation of disadvantaged youngsters for engagement within the structures of their youth organizations&for continuing with their training after the project life-Better preparation of youth workers to reach out to disadvantaged young people through financial literacy activities.-Improvement of foreign language competencies (English) of both youth workers&disadvantaged youngsters.After the completion of the project, Quantitative:1.Practical guide on Financial Literacy2.Toolkit for youth workers3.Series of policy recommendations on new ways to empower the youth through financial literacy 4. A MOOC on ""Financial Literacy in the digital era""5.Implementation of exploitation training activities aiming to reach 30 youth workers&40 disadvantaged youngsters per country in at least 15 partner&associate countries).6.Creation&arrangement with key local stakeholders of at least 8 internship/employment opportunities at the local level in partners countries7.Support of 2 entrepreneurial ideas provided by participating disadvantaged youngsters by each partner.Qualitative:1.Increased quality&recognition of youth work through:-Betterment of youth workers' professional competences&skills related to financial literacy.-Development of:.effective methods to help youth workers in reaching out to disadvantaged young people..new pedagogical approaches for non-formal education settings effective in engaging disadvantaged targeted groups-Greater general recognition of youth work as a capable&efficient sector to foster the financial empowerment&employability of young people-Greater awareness of:.the role of youth work&non-formal education in the inclusion of disadvantaged youth groups&societal financial empowerment.the youth work sector as a contributing sector to tackle the negative economic effects of COVID-19 among the youth2. Increased rates of labor market inclusion&empowerment of disadvantaged young people through:- Boost of their:. competencies&skills in financial literacy through non-formal education tools&methodologies. .entrepreneurial mindset, skills&competencies.- Promotion&dissemination of policy recommendations on new ways to empower the youth through financial literacy.- Effective empowerment of their self-confidence, motivation&technical skills to better tackle the negative economic effects of covid-193. Increasing general societal literacy&awareness of financial concepts as crucial for employment creation&life-long upskilling through a)MOOC b)new cross-sectoral synergies& cooperation."

According to recent Eurobarometer data requested by the EC, only 26% of EU citizens think information received via social networks is reliable and 85% consider fake news to be a real problem in their country and a threat to democracy. This project is primarily based on fieldwork experience and a review of literature, regulatory and voluntary reference standards conducted by the Consortium with the aim of establishing a tool of indicators and protocols, based on the GRI indicator model, that can be used in the field of higher education and adapted to non-formal education, to measure the veracity and transparency of information content.The objectives of the project are, 1.The development of innovative practices and the creation of new teaching tools (SCAI) designed for the digital age, with the overall objective to strengthen the quality of European higher education in the field of information.2. Enhancing cooperation between European higher education institutions, by means of quality-centered training on audiovisual information. 3. Crafting new high-quality skills and competencies in the field of communication and analysis of information 4. Fostering collaboration between higher formal education institutions and non-formal education in the fight against fake news.5. Using media literacy to help information professionals, as well as youth and society in general, to counter the phenomenon of fake news (new problems, new tools).This project presents 5 types of key participants:1. Experts and researchers who will participate in the tool’s development and validation.2. Selected experts of the sector, who will develop part 1 and 2 of the questionnaire.3. Expert evaluators to use the protocol for analyzing television news.4. Those who will take part in the different planned dissemination activities.5. Those who will take part in the planned training teaching and learning activities. The project will include a total of 28 disadvantaged participants.This project is geared on the basis of three Main types of activities (1. Intellectual output (SCAI), 2. Multiplier events and 3. Intensive learning courses) and two types of Complementary activities (1. Project and implementation management 2. Transnational meetings) designed for full and effective achievement of the objectives and expected results.The research and educational methodologies to be applied during the project activities will include, among others: the Delphi Method, Collective Intelligence, Cooperative Work and Design Thinking.The expected qualitative results after the completion of the project are:1. General awareness of the higher education sector of the need to counter the phenomenon of fake news at the academic level. 2. General awareness of the benefits stemming from cooperative work and collaboration between formal education and non-formal education to counter fake news.3. Support for innovation and creativity in the higher education sector, through the creation of a strong partnership between the academic institutions involved in the project. Such cooperative framework could pave the way for future projects.4. Social awareness with a special emphasis on youth, and as regards the need for greater media literacy efforts in order to ensure awareness and informed consumer decision making.The expected quantitative results upon completion of the project are:1. The creation of an SCAI, a tool to facilitate the recognition and validation of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired through the formal education pathway of professionals and experts on information from the higher education sector, the non-formal education sector, and the professional praxis.2. The creation of a youth-oriented Practical Ideas Toolkit on how to use the SCAI to counter fake news. The Toolkit users would be youth workers and experts in informal learning and teaching methodologies.3. The creation of a new Consortium for the development of a European SCAI. The expected overall impact is:1. Enhancing quality in higher education information field through tools (SCAI), designed to empower information professionals to counter the fake news phenomenon. Central to this process will be the development of skills and abilities to inform and work for the development of a truthful, independent and high-quality information society. 2. The real involvement of educators, information professionals, industry, policy-makers and more widely youth and society in the fight against fake news by means of information quality analysis and verification tools.

"<< Objectives >>""Building bridges for youth empowerment"" has as main goal the improvement of the work with the young people and the increase of the impact in the community of the youth centers partners in the project.The project has the following objectives:- promoting the exchange of good practices of the 5 youth centers from Europe partners in the project-connecting people from local communities so that the 5 youth centers included in the project to become open spaces for all categories of young people.<< Implementation >>The project has the following activities:-Design thinking course and community participation for all project partners. The course will be held in Ramnicu Valcea by a trainer with experience in the youth field-Building networks for youth centers. Each Center will organize two community meetings in which young people can connect with key people in the community.-Sharing good practices. Each Center will host the partners for 4 days-Final meeting-Evaluation and Follow up<< Results >>-20% increase in the number of young people with reduced opportunities who attend partner youth centers in the next 2 years- at least 3 youth centers that implement entrepreneurial plans for the sustainability of the centers in the next year after the end of the project-achieving at least one partnership between the 5 youth centers in the next year after the end of the project-improvement by 30% of the work with the young people and the relationship with the community for all the partners"