"<< Objectives >>The partnership of 4 youth organisations from Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Portugal during 1 year seeks to: - Equip young people (especially those with fewer opportunities) with competencies required for working remotely and starting an online career; - Promote inclusiveness create conditions for more young people with fewer opportunities to enter the online workforce; - Update competencies (including digital) of youth workers in helping young people become more employable in online job market.<< Implementation >>4 Living Library events: real stories of people who work online shared to youngsters with fewer opportunities; 4 2-days events Peer Learning ""Teach Me in 1 Hour"" per country: young people learn practical skills needed for online employment; 4 Speed Dating events: pairing employers with young people who look for jobs; 1 international mobility for youth workers; Developing a methodology for supporting online employment of youngsters; Dissemination<< Results >>Young people with economical, educational and geographical obstacles become more competent in obtaining a job online, improve digital skills (360 people directly + others via dissemination); Youth workers become online career coaches and improve digital competencies (4 orgs directly + more via dissemination); A methodology on supporting online employment of young people with fewer opportunities – disseminated at the local, national and European level.New partnerships."

<< Objectives >>A consortium of 5 partners: Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, currently involved in mitigating the humanitarian crisis in Europe due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine aims to achieve the following:-Assist the process of integration of refugees in Europe; -Provide the newcomers with the opportunities for entrepreneurship learning, including the digital one, and networking; Update the competencies of NGOs in it;-Promote the European democratic values, solidarity and inclusion.<< Implementation >>5 series of workshops (one in each country) on entrepreneurial learning, digital competencies, online employment;5 networking events between the newcomers and representatives of decision makers and other stakeholders locally;1 international Seminar on best practices for entrepreneurial learning and inclusion1 methodology for grassroots organisations on entrepreneurial learning and inclusion<< Results >>- 350 refugees are better integrated in local communities in Europe, and know how to start a business, including a digital one. They have contacts in business, social, governmental, and cultural areas which help them to continue the process of integration and support their business and social initiatives. - 5 NGOs become more professional, learn to better support career and entrepreneurship initiatives; they become more knowledgeable about digital tools (and more via dissemination).

<< Objectives >>Raise awareness about ecologically sustainable behaviors and climate change among young people Improve quality and innovation of youth work by introducing the method of gamification in non-formal educationIncrease the digital competencies of young people and youth workers via developing digital materials and games about fighting climate change, loss of biodiversity, supporting food security.<< Implementation >>A board game on fun environmental learning in English, Hungarian, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, and Bulgarian;Project website with the game extension;A project staff mobility – for 15 youth workers – to improve competencies in environmental protection, and game-based learning; Let’s EcoPlay local workshops with at least 100 people (youngsters and youth workers)<< Results >>More aware youth workers and communities of the importance of games in learning about the environment; Better digital skills among the youth workers;At least 50 young people will play the game in the physical format; at least 50 educators, coaches, and public institutions in education and environmental protection will learn about the game and will use it in practice; new potential cooperation at the local and regional level; encouragement in the field of international cooperation.

As a result of the rapid developments in the recent years, career management has become one of the key administrative function. The literature review conducted in the study suggested that the business world is on the edge of a new paradigm change called industry 4.0 revolution, human resources management has too many responsibilities to face. Although industry 4.0 offers new opportunities, it has some downfalls as well. The current education and training system is developed according to the requirements demanded by Industry 3.0. Thus, the current graduates, employees, and managers are equipped with an outmoded skill and competency kit. The aim of the project was to offer a career planning tool. After the literature review, the project team decided to include industry 4.0 within the project. In the end project achieved the objectives stated in the project proposal form adding Industry 4.0 perspective. Thus the project produced innovative educational materials and developed a mobile application by which potential employees, employees, and managers can evaluate their skills and competencies based on the requirements demanded by the Industry 4.0 revolution.The project achieved in producing 3 interrelated intellectual outputs. The first intellectual output is the Need Analysis, which covers both literature review on career planning and research on career planning adding Industry 4.0 perspective. Industry 4.0 introduces new technologies such as sensors, cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things or smart networks that will influence the manufacturing processes, and that Industry 4.0 demands new competency and skillset from employees. Second intellectual output is the Career Planning Guide which is developed based on the research findings for graduates, employees and managers. The intellectual outputs are used as an antecedent of the stage where third intellectual output, the Mobile Application is designed. The target group includes employees, the individuals who are going to start working in the near future and the managers. Thus, need analysis, the career guide and the mobile application are developed for 3 target groups. By adding competencies required by industry 4.0 point of view, we have achieved in our proposed output that we have designed a career guide and mobile application according to the current developments in labor market. The literature review and survey have been conducted, based on the results of the needs analysis a career planning guide at three levels (the initial, intermediate and advanced career planning) have been produced, and finally the mobile application has been developed on the basis of the career guide, at three levels in each partner organizations’ mother language. The users of the mobile application can select a level based on their current status, and a language according to their preferences, and they can start carrying out their career planning. The mobile application scores the users' competencies required by industry 4.0 and offers suggestions based on the self-evaluation of the user. For instance, a graduate selects the initial level in order to develop his/her career plan. Likewise, an employee selects the intermediate level, and a director will conduct his/her career planning by selecting the advanced level in the mobile application.The final results of the project and the potential longer-term benefits are:The project achieved to rise awareness in industry 4.0 among the students as near future employees, experts as the current employees and managers. The student are now able plan their curriculum according to the competencies worthy in a industry 4.0 setting. Current employees are now aware that it would be difficult for them to find a new job in industry 4.0, and they should gain new competencies, that their skills, competencies, education and training may not be sufficient enough until they retire. The managers are now aware that there is current trend in the business world, and they should plan their human resources in the near future.The results of the projects offers tools for the potential and current employees plan their own careers.The mobile application offers tools to self-evaluate the current competencies of the employees. The mobile application can be used to determine the weaknesses and strengths of the employees. Overcoming the weak competencies is supposed to help increase in productivity in the long run.The mobile application supports information about the current developments in the business world and scores the users’ competencies. The scoring system can be used to determine the areas in which the user has the potential to succeed in business life.The scores calculated by the mobile application suggests the areas in which more or new training is needed, which can be used for future training plans.The mobile application offers an option to add competency score calculated in a CV and CV can be emailed by the mobile application.

<< Background >>Gen Z Digital Workforce: Improving online employability and resilience of young people with fewer opportunities is a 2-years initiative between 5 organisations (You(th) Develop Denmark (coordinator), Uniamoci Onlus (Italy), SFERA International (N.Macedonia), Innovaform (Hungary), My Madeira Island (Portugal)). The target group of the project is young people (also currently abbreviated as Generation Z or Gen Z), especially those with fewer opportunities as the materials will be developed specifically for them, and such groups will participate in the project activities. The project targets young people from remote and rural areas, migrants, representatives of minorities, those with health issues and disabilities, those with economic and educational barriers as they can leverage remote work opportunities for their benefit now.The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented socio-economic changes in Europe.According to Eurostat’s update, in March 2021, 2.951 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU. Compared with March 2020, youth unemployment increased by 319 000 in the EU. The aim of this project is to contribute to the reduction of unemployment in the EU, focusing on supporting people with fewer opportunities. The priorities which this project covers, aim to pilot education and training systems that promote employability, upskilling, and innovation as well as increase social mobility and equality towards special groups.The project addresses the direct needs of the partnership and our target groups.1.Europe is having now unprecedented levels of youth unemployment, and at the same time normalizes the concept of remote work making more jobs available online. This project aims to equip young people with the competencies needed for receiving and retaining a job online, and developing hard and soft skills for self-organized work, including resilience. The priority is given to young people with fewer opportunities (migrants, those with health issues and disabilities, those from remote and rural areas). The interest of the partnership is to obtain competencies and tools to provide support to young people they work with so that they could transition to employment and retain it. 2.Young people with disabilities and people with a migrant background, as well as people living in rural and remote areas, people facing socio-economic difficulties need support in their involvement in the socio-economic life of their communities and at the European level. This project focuses on the inclusion of such groups, and the consortium partners are greatly interested in updating competencies, reinforcing the need among their local partners, stakeholders and international networks to continue this movement for the sake of diversity and equal access to opportunities of young people from various backgrounds around Europe.3.Digital-first is the priority of education and social and youth work for the next years, and the project focuses on increasing the digital competencies of young people, partner organisations, its partners and stakeholders and spreading the project results on the European level to any entities working with young people, employment and inclusion.4.Increasing youth work’s quality and the ability to respond to current challenges. This project is directly connected with one of the priorities of the Programme, namely capacity-building of youth workers in their online and offline practices, as well as support to the development and sharing of methods to reach marginalized young people. 5.Increasing the sense of initiative, civic participation, and lifelong learning for all the project participants, partners, and stakeholders. These crucial for 21-century skills are required by young people and adults due to the changing conditions and the need to adapt to whatever may come next, be able to congregate in stronger groups and fight the challenges, being directly involved in decision-making processes.<< Objectives >>The objectives of the project are:-Create a curriculum for young people with fewer opportunities and adults that work with youngsters (NGOs, trainers, facilitators, HR managers in SMEs, employment agencies, career offices, etc.) which will prepare and guide young people in building an online career and increase their employability, digital competencies, and resilience;-Promote inclusiveness in remote work and create conditions for more young people with fewer opportunities to enter the online workforce;-Update and improve competencies of non-profit associations, career counselors in universities, colleges, and VET, and specialists of employment agencies in helping young people become more employable in the current job market;-Increase the capacity of NGOs to help young people to boost their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship;-Increase the opportunities for NGOs, employment agencies, and career offices to support young people with fewer opportunities in their struggle to become more competitive in the online job market;-Enlarge their understanding and responsiveness to the social, linguistic, and cultural diversity of e-work, promote innovative pedagogies and methods for teaching, learning, and assessment, and support educators and learners to use digital technologies in creative, collaborative, and efficient ways;-Create a more modern and professional environment inside the organization: ready to integrate good practices and new methods into daily activities;-Promote the idea of remote work as a new norm and an opportunity for those who don’t have much access to the regular job market.<< Implementation >>Over 2 years’ period, the project will have the following activities:3 Transnational project meetings (a kick-off in Denmark, a mid-term in Hungary, a closing conference in N.Macedonia, with the representatives of all project partners)Production of Project Results:PR1 Youth Employment in Post-COVID Digital Age Survey&Report. 100 young people interviews (at least half – young people with fewer opportunities)100 SMEs who tend to involve remote workers5 large employment agencies. The survey and report will provide an insight into remote work each of the countries (and some European-level conclusions may be extrapolated), the profile and the needs of young people (including those with fewer opportunities) who seek employment and their preparedness for remote work. The report will serve as the knowledge base for stakeholders involved in work with young people with fewer opportunities and those caring for employment and socio-economic development of their communities. PR2 “E-learning materials on online employment for young people with fewer opportunities”E-learning materials disseminated at local, regional, national and European levels to stakeholders in the area of youth affairs and employment.Pilot testing: 50 young people with fewer opportunities take part in Pilot testing of the curriculumPR 3: Methodology “Supporting online career of young people with fewer opportunities” developed and spread according to the dissemination plan – at the local, regional, national and European levels. Expected outreach: at least 100 stakeholders around Europe who will use the materials in their work (more details in the dissemination plan).LTT 1: Youth workers’ mobility “Digital Tools for Online Career Coaches” hosted in Portugal, 20 participants-youth workers. 20 youth workers/career coaches from 5 European countries will firstly obtain new competencies in digital youth work and creating e-learning materials for youth. They will become more professional youth career coaches and will be more confident about performing e-tutoring online.LTT 2: YE Online Career Bootcamp hosted in Italy, 15 young people with fewer opportunities and 10 youth workers and accompanying persons.Young people will increase their competencies in acquiring online employment; they will deepen their competencies in career retention, also learn more about resilience and supporting own mental health.Multiplier events: 1 in each country = 5 in total, with at least 30 local, 5 international and 20 virtual participants - the project results are disseminated among the interested audience.2-months dedicated dissemination activities: a network of organisations involved in supporting employability of young people with fewer opportunities will be built by the consortium as a result of the project and leveraged for further activities of the partners beyond this project.Production of the website, photo, video, text content and other supporting materials; internal meetings and documentation.<< Results >>The project aims to change the dynamics of how nowadays young people, also known as Generation Z, especially those with fewer opportunities, can leverage the current socio-economic changed due to COVID-19 and the increasing number of remote work positions – for their own employability. We expect to enable youth workers and other stakeholders who work with youth affairs and employment with competencies and methodologies to support such young people with fewer opportunities from their regions with career coaching and guidance, as well as improving their resilience to societal challenges and mental well-being.Project outcomes:PR1 Youth Employment in Post-COVID Digital Age Survey&Report. The survey and report will provide an insight into remote work each of the countries (and some European-level conclusions may be extrapolated), the profile and the needs of young people (including those with fewer opportunities) who seek employment and their preparedness for remote work. The report will serve as the knowledge base for stakeholders involved in work with young people with fewer opportunities and those caring for employment and socio-economic development of their communities. PR2 “E-learning materials on online employment for young people with fewer opportunities”E-learning materials disseminated at local, regional, national and European levels to stakeholders in the area of youth affairs and employment.PR 3: Methodology “Supporting online career of young people with fewer opportunities” developed and spread according to the dissemination plan – at the local, regional, national and European levels. Expected outreach: at least 100 stakeholders around Europe who will use the materials in their work (more details in the dissemination plan).LTT 1: Youth workers’ mobility “Digital Tools for Online Career Coaches”20 youth workers/career coaches from 5 European countries will firstly obtain new competencies in digital youth work and creating e-learning materials for youth. They will become more professional youth career coaches and will be more confident about performing e-tutoring online.LTT 2: YE Online Career Bootcamp Young people will increase their competencies in acquiring online employment; they will deepen their competencies in career retention, also learn more about resilience and supporting own mental health.An online community of 100 young people built who go through the Pilot Course created. They continue international communication, participate in other activities beyond the project.Multiplier events: 1 in each country = 5 in total: the project results are disseminated among the interested audience.Dissemination results: a network of organisations involved in supporting employability of young people with fewer opportunities will be built as a result of the project and leveraged for further activities of the partners beyond this project.Young people with fewer opportunities are expected to obtain competencies for remote employment, they will become more confident, increase their sense of initiative, build meaningful connections with their tutors and peers from other countries, increase their digital and language skills. The participating organisations will become more equipped to continue their activities in the area of non-formal education in the new format - digital; the consortium will also strengthen the cooperation between the participants; the open project materials will help to support new talents and foster entrepreneurship; the project will also increase the sense of initiative, active participation, multiculturalism among young and adult participants.