CONTEXTEarly leaving from education and training (ELET) is a serious issue in many EU countries and has attracted the attention of many researchers, policy-makers and educators. Although the situation varies between countries and the underlying reasons for leaving early differ from student to student, the process leading up to it has a number of common elements.According to the report of Eurycide and Cedefop, “Tackling Early Leaving from Education and Training in Europe: Strategies, Policies and Measures” (2014), one out of seven young Europeans leaves the education system presenting a lack of skills and qualifications necessary to prepare them for the labor market. Currently, more than 4 million young people in Europe are classified as early school leavers, only 40% of whom are employed.In the last two years, due to the pandemic, this problem has been emphasized, especially as regards Italy, one of the worst countries in Europe.Research shows that leaving education early leads to reduced opportunities in the labor market and an increased likelihood of unemployment, socio-economic disadvantage, health problems, as well as reduced participation in political, social, and cultural activities.On the other hand, abundant research indicates that a higher level ofn education can lead to a series of positive outcomes for the individual as well as for society. The benefits of young people staying longer in school are improved employment prospects, higher salaries, better health, less crime, improved social cohesion, lower public and social costs, and higher productivity and growth.Dealing with the underlying causes of early leaving and developing ways to overcome them has become a central issue in Europe.OBJECTIVESThe overall goal of motivatEyoUth is to develop a multi-intervention program for youth and youth workers and focus on the early school leaving phenomenon, to reduce the factors that create it and draw direct and indirect actions towards the target groups. MotivatEyoUth is based on two key pillars: Early School Leaving (ESL) Prevention and Intervention; through the project, prevention actions for youth prone to present high-risk behaviors was developed, as well as intervention measures and actions for youth classified as Early Leavers from Education and Training” (ELET), to prevent, remedy and reduce Early School Leaving. TARGET GROUPThe main target groups of the project have been young people between 14 -18 years old and youth 18-24, classified as Early Leavers from Education and Training & experts; teachers, educators, youth workers, trainers, social workers, healthcare professionals, coaches, social workers etc.It is estimated that more than 1200 youth and experts have been involved, directly and indirectly within the project activities, and around 90.000 have been achieved, through dissemination activities, during the three years of the project.ACTIVITIESFour main Intellectual Outputs are been designed and developed: O1: Experts Programme Toolkit O2: Online game “Journey to your Future” O3: ICT Tool for Competence Assessment O4: Online educational platform The project results are available in English, Italian, Greek, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish languages. They are developed in such a way and method so as to have the availability to be transferred and adjusted appropriately to other EU countries in the future.RESULTS AND IMPACT Youth involved in the project have been developing digital skills; they have been motivated and encouraged to continue on education and training through innovative material, tools, and activities; they have been developing their interest in Educational opportunities and other opportunities in entering the labor market Experts and other stakeholders have increased their awareness of ESL, the factors that create it, and the risks that derive from it; they have new educational tools and methods that will be applicable in their daily work and will support them in addressing the risks and issues raised by ESL/ELET (both for prevention as well as intervention purposes); they have been the development of their digital skills and opportunity to make better use of digital technology. Partner organizations have updated, improve & widen their educational and training offer, putting their competitiveness ahead; they have new tools that will be applicable to their daily work; they have exchanged know-how and define the best practices in the field of ESL/ELET so as to incorporate them into the project products; they have participated in an international network across diverse professional fields and gain expertise in a demanding and important field.

ECHE project fostered the provision and assessment of entrepreneurial skills for Cultural Heritage Entrepreneurship (CHE) and digital competences by supporting personalised learning approaches, collaborative learning and strategic use of ICT.Through the involvement of various communication channels, the project has achieved set priorities and had expanded its outreach beyond the project duration, with stakeholders and project participants interested in the using the project results.Each partner has reached at least 1000 participants through dissemination activities, social media and workshops.Participants involved in the ECHE project have expressed over 90% satisfaction resulting from their involvement in the project.Partners have reached youth, trainers and educators at different levels, and where great support have been local universities and youth centers along with representatives of public authorities. Partners have promoted, raised awareness and disseminated information on the importance of developing CHE competences for a better future. Involved youth had the possibility to increase their competence and received support for improving their situation on the labour market with the use of digital tools; this was also enabled through the close cooperation between public authorities, partners and the unemployed/youth. Trainers have increased their competences in delivering training to the youth with the use of new methodology; as well as extended their expertise on sectorial consultancy regarding effective intercultural education schemes supporting the professional activities of trainers with trainees. Moreover, the educators have increased their general knowledge on blended learning, as well as the practices, policies and education system of European countries. The policy-makers were addressed through the Policy paper (IO3), prepared by the University of TARTU emphasising the different ways in which youth can be involved in the CHE activities in the coming years.More than 300 youth have been reached in partner countries, through direct face-to-face, online workshop collaboration and the testing of the game and the mobile app. Further to the spreading of the Policy Paper by Tartu Uni, partners contacted local policy-makers and NGOs in their territory. Disseminated solutions were further used by partners to multiplying the audience effect.Partners have been involved in a variety of activities for the creation of conditions to promote social entrepreneurship education for youth. Developed have been results that focused on transversal but personalised approaches for the benefit of youth development. The approaches that were finally delivered have taken into consideration the peculiarities and differences in countries, to in the end have results for the benefit of a wider audience and not only for CHE. However, it is through CHE that the young participants have developed creativity, design thinking, leadership, social and digital skills to improve their situation on the labour market. Project results, to be used either in digital (game, app) or non-digital form (policy papers, guidelines) are relevant for developing competences in ECHE target groups.Partners have involved youth and youth workers into all stages of the project. Most of the young participants had limited opportunities – they were either unemployed (including refugees, asylum seekers and NEETs), living in remote areas or having economic obstacles. The participants were involved in development of project’s products, especially the game. They tested the APP and the game and provided feedback. They also participated in trainings (50 young people in 3 workshops in each partner country). In addition, two youth workers took part of LTTA in Tartu. Participants: had the opportunity of exchanging experience, increasing knowledge on CHE, receiving new tools, methods and resources for upskilling, but also enhancing digital competences, as well as raising awareness on cultural diversity, especially for tourism and creative industries contexts. Participating organisations: have exchanged valuable knowledge with the Consortium members, increased their expertise in relevance to CHE, but also developed the competences of staff for implementation of international projects and extended their capacities for delivering training for the purpose of distance learning, while increasing motivation in the youth.Other relevant stakeholders: have received new tools related to CHE, increased their intercultural awareness, as well as understanding of international educational, social and cultural systems, policies and practices, as well as reinforced interaction between practice and policy.

"CONTEXTThe education context is changing progressively, education based on open technology will be ""necessary"" and not only ""desirable""in a short while, and this counts towards all age groups. We need to ensure that especially young people are equipped with the essential digital skills for their future.“Opening up Education” aspire to open minds to new learning methodologies to ensure that people have a better chance of finding work and develop more business skills.Internet is changing the ways in which education is transmitted. It is expected that over the next ten years the e-learning market will increase by fifteen times, representing 30% of the whole education market.The benefits of these developments should be made available to all European citizens.It is important that educators and policymakers shape this transformation rather than endure it passively.The European Commission works with EU countries to develop their school education systems.European Schoolnet is a network made up of 34 European education ministries.It aims to bring about innovation in teaching and learning to their stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers and industrial partners. It strives to demonstrate how ICT can support change in teaching and learning.It is clear that the principal challenge of these years is not only the improvement of the quality education and training system, but the improvement of education through the digitization.NEEDS• More quality in teaching and learning• Expand the knowledge and understanding of the educational practices of the countries involved• Modernization of Schools• Need to Active participation by studentsGOALSFor teachers, students and school system:- Improving the pedagogical skills and the didactic instruments;- Promoting co-operation to ensure the quality of education;- Promoting innovative work practices, learning and discussion;- Create synergy between the active organizations in the field of Education, Local governments and participant organizations toencourage a better quality of education;BENEFICIARIESThe proposed project will implement a series of initiatives aim to different target groups:- Students age 6-15- Teachers of Science, Mathematics, computer experts and innovative teaching methods- Schools- Farmers, designers, creators and nutritionists- Organizations Participants- StakeholdersDURATION24 monthsPROJECTThanks to innovative teaching methods (TEAL), we will be able to experience a didactic that moves away from the traditional method, favoring the attention of the learner, giving space to his need for active participation and demonstration of his opinion.Specifically, the project consists of a path that will lead students to develop knowledge and basic skills, with which they will be able to install and maintain small gardens with a designer and maker.These knowledges will be acquired by students through frontal workshops and lessons held by farmers, designers, nutritionists through education 3.0 (TEAL).These experts will contribute with their different skills to provide students the knowledge and know-how that will enable them to build and manage autonomously their Vegetable Garden.All laboratory works, tutors’expreriences and the students' answers will be used as reference material for the realization of a mobile application.The goal is to design and implement a specific game -app that allows them to build and manage their personal GARDEN independently wherever they live. The role play involves and binds the player's life with that of his garden, starting from its creationuntil the repetition of the seasonal cycle, by means of suggestions, reminders, tutorials, pertinent blogs, etc.EXPECTED RESULTSO1. planning and realisation of an educational path based on the construction of urban gardens for domestic use, with objectives and multidisciplinary methods in theoretical / practical mode, using TEAL methodology.O2. planning and prototyping of a game-app, to be tested during the pilot test."

"<< Background >>GreenEnter4Future project combines two of the most important challenges in 2st century. Activate, involve youth in solving environmental issues, which have harmful effects of human activities as the next generation will basically design our future and the future of a whole planet and empower Youth Workers to help counter the dramatic increase of unemployment situations among young people – with the mission to generate educational value, green employment horizons for long-term capacity building, from the dynamic interaction between these two groups. As stated by the European Commission, social innovation is not something you do to citizens but with citizens.As EU citizens, we all have a duty to protect and improve the environment because it means living better. Numerous aspects of our daily life are directly related to the environment: children's asthma, floods, traffic congestion, the dream of a clean beach, etc. The environment and climate change is priority for the protection of the environment. Youth must be aware of the negative impacts climate change (DG CLIMA, EIONETsdg13_50) has for individual and community health as they are the generation who will suffer the greater consequences (Arjen Wals), thus they must have more say in environmental decisions and policies. Turning the spotlight on the growing urgency of the climate crisis was highlighted by Fridays for Future movement that took off, leading to an increasing number of young people around the world to participate with this intention. Fighting climate change is ""the challenge that will define our generation, a political and moral obligation"": (President of EU Commission) continues to reiterate the centrality of the environment in the action of his Executive.Therefore green growth is at the heart of EU policy to ensure that Europe’s economic growth is environmentally sustainable. EU, in the last 30 years has multiplied its initiatives: policies, regulations, controls, anti-pollution interventions, research on environmental innovations, awareness actions etc. Youth will primly benefit from entrepreneurial learning. Whether or not they go on to create green businesses, social or other enterprises, young people who benefit from entrepreneurial learning, develop business knowledge, essential skills including digital, green and attitudes including creativity, initiative, tenacity, teamwork, understanding of risk and a sense of responsibility. This is the entrepreneurial mind-set that helps entrepreneurs transform ideas into action.EU 2020 strategy for growth aims to create ""smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"", and have set clear objectives to guide European environment policy until 2020 and a vision beyond that, of where to be by 2050: protect, conserve and enhance the EU’s natural capital, turn the EU into a resource-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon economy; and safeguard EU citizens from environment-related pressures and risks to health and wellbeing.Furthermore, environmental protection and innovation help to create new business and employment opportunities, which stimulate further investment. UN Environment Program for the green economy translates into ""an improvement in human beings and social equity, significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.Green startups represent the major driver of change, transformation of the global economy towards a more sustainable economic model. It is essential for young Europeans to understand the importance of active engagement in the protection of the environment, and that green business are an opportunity to find jobs and help make the world a better place.<< Objectives >>Becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times. To achieve this, the EU Commission presented the EU Green Deal, the most ambitious package of measures that should enable European citizens and businesses to benefit from the sustainable green transition. The project aims to improve global environmental standards, stresses the need to empower youth workers who will then empower youth in eco-friendly entrepreneurship, fast track to transition in the green economy not only to restore after the pandemic but to provide new opportunities to the younger generations, with more collaborative business models. Green startups find their natural outlet in different sectors.Among the most receptive areas to start green startups we find the sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries, urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development, and promoting creativity. The new generation will be trained on the potential growth in green alternative tourism, innovation in agriculture and food chains. However, there is an untapped potential to take a path that can create other green jobs. Green companies need qualified personnel in order to expand their markets who very often fail to meet their demand.Climate change is here but not everyone can feel the impact yet. Youth workers turn to digital technologies to help youth better “experience” it. With our Green Online Game, youth will feel the impact of climate change with well-explained illustrated ways in order to be mobilised to fight the climate crisis. Youth workers will be trained to empower youth with green skills, eco friendly entrepreneurship as crucial factors for the development of cohesive, healthy societies.OBJECTIVES- Define sustainable development approaches providing training panorama for green business, circularity and employment opportunities;- Develop and share tools to empower youth with key green, new media, digital skills applied in green economy and development of youth entrepreneurial spirit;- Train youth workers to develop their professional competencies and to provide youth, eco friendly start-ups with specific knowledge in fast tracking green economy, reducing environmental risks and promote social equity;- To promote European climate legislation, for a cleaner energy generation;- To create synergy among stakeholders to restore youth's financial health and build eco friendly initiatives. TARGET GROUP:The project is addressed at strengthening and validating competences of youth, future start-uppers, young entrepreneurs, NEET, youth workers, trainers, experts, educators, staff, stakeholders (policymakers, green businesses, consumers) for environmental change, support investments and related growth.Around 300 unemployed youth and 100 youth workers will benefit of the project activities. The total number of people who are indirect beneficiariesis approximately of 1000, including the local and online community.<< Implementation >>The activities of the project are multidimensional and vital for creating ""smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"". They will introduce practical innovations in the area green economy with startups in sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries and urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development and promoting creativity.C1 ""Green Your Future"" training:-extremely EU demonstrated network with initiative plans for forming a transnational community of youth workers as an important infrastructure;-training on how to educate youth, NEET, develop activities for key skills applied to green economy;-a unique educative experience for participants to become familiar eco youth friendly approaches;-competence in using projects’ outputs;- exchange, share valuable experiences;-certification.Green Your Future training is addressed to Youth Workers and other professionals who work with and empower young people Green entrepreneurship dealing with the youth!The training activities will be delivered primarily by the experts/youth workers of the partner organisations who are experienced in green startups in sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries and urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development and promoting creativity.The training will define different sustainable development approaches for youth entrepreneurship, evaluate the level of knowledge and competence in the field, develop and share tools for the implementation of sustainable business models. The training fosters the alignment of business practices to EU objectives of sustainable and smart growth, especially with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Local Territorial Training:The local territorial training in all partner cities will be the multiplying practice to partners local communities to empower youth with sustainable development approaches through the comprehensive educational panorama of the project.To achieve project's goals and meet the project's needs the following activities are designed to:-to empower youth with a spirit of green entrepreneurship from early on in life;-initiative, confidence, calculated risk-taking, creativity, organisation, tenacity;-develop youth's full potential and to successfully enter the job market;-meet the role models - entrepreneurial testimonials from young green start-uppers;Dissemination activities:Every partner will organise one national dissemination event in every project town to disseminate and exploit the IOs.Moreover, Multipliers Events in all partner countries will take place to disseminate the IOs and results on a wider scale.The main objective of the events is to spread the project results, facilitate dialogue, and create a learning experience between target groups with the support of innovative tools. Intellectual Outputs Covered:- Toolkit - Be the Climate Change Ambassador- MOOC - Build your Green FutureThe multiplier event will involve at least 30 local participants and 10 online participants.National institutions, regional and local authorities, schools, teachers, civil society organisations, media, and social networks will be invited to contribute actively to engaging them in a constructive dialogue with the partnership.Partners will make their participation in the Erasmus programme widely known within the organisation to create opportunities for participants to share their mobility experience with their peers. Partners will make their participation in the Erasmus programme known in their community and in the wider public, informing all participants about the source of the fund by creating Erasmus+ clubs, social media page, leaflets/ flyers to promote the project among youth.<< Results >>The objectives set of ""GreenEnter4Future"" we will be reached through:O1 Toolkit ""Be the Climate Change Ambassador"" addressed to young persons:-Green Online Game to mobilise youth to fight the climate crisis with impact on their daily lives;-Digital green skills for employment, start a green business ideas and anticipate changes in workplaces of the future;The toolkit will also:-provide a comprehensive educational panorama with practical digital tools for green entrepreneurship education;-introduce youth in a fun way to European policies about environmental issues;-understand climate change;-develop entrepreneurial ideas;O2 MOOC ""Build your Green Future"" addressed to youth workers/experts/educators:-increase the impact at the European level;-empower youth workers to deliver innovative training and practical education for youth's future career opportunities;-youth workers' practices how to empower youth to develop sustainable business models, use their full potential to successfully enter the job market; -key skills applied in green economy;-provide guidelines through existing assessment and certification to increase their employability via non-formal and informal learning.The MOOC is the key tool and instrument for youth workers to lead youth in green market to seize job opportunities and to create synergies and collaboration in green sector. It will facilitate knowledge and transnational cooperation to empower involved territories to learn from others, create solutions to be applied elsewhere at National, European and international level. It is the sustainable development of approaches in a training panorama for green business, circularity and employment.WEBSITE OF THE PROJECT-will serve as an open education digital space for the material developed throughout the project;-easily traced for overcoming physical and time limitations;-equal access to good quality education, everyone will have access to the training material and resources;-addressed to large audiences;-developed materials will be uploaded into different sections, according to the target group; -different levels of access and admins will be applicable;-interactive sources will be included within each module;-user-friendly, with tutoring availability, and relevant user guide;-all project outputs are flexible and easily adaptable to be transferred to other sectors and to other EU countries.Other results:1) Pilot testing of IOs, templates, guidelines and recommendations.2) Dissemination Plan, leaflet, brochure, newsletters, social media key messages; 3) Exploitation strategy at partnership level and national level;4) Evaluation/Quality control/Monitoring activities and products;5) Workplan/Handbook/reports;6) GREEN peer committees structures;7) Video testimonials and podcasts."

"CONTEXT The labor market is constantly evolving. The skills and qualifications required change over time. In order to face change, you need to be equipped with different skills.Europe's digital transformation will see an acceleration with the rapid development of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, cloud computing and blockchain (""chain of blocks""). Digitization affects the way people live, interact, study and work. Although from the digital transformation many opportunities are emerging, currently the greater risk is given by a poorly prepared society to face the future. OBJECTIVES- promote a high level of employment through the creation of a competent, qualified and adaptable work force for economic change;- support and strengthen the development of key competences for all, starting from a young age and throughout life;- promote the acquisition of skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), taking into account links with economic sustainability and the environment;- facilitate the acquisition of skills by promoting multiple learning approaches and contexts, also with the appropriate use of digital technologies in education, training and learning;- provide support to all learners, including those in disadvantaged conditions or with specific needs, so that they express their full potential;- Provide innovative tools and skills to trainersTARGET GROUP - Trainers/Staff of the participating organizations- people who have lost their jobs and need to update their skills- recent graduates in scientific and technological field- students- long-term unemployed- Trainers- VET organizations, local authorities, companies, employment centers, policy makers, professionals and researchersACTIVITIESIn line with the most advanced processes in the world of makers, Arduino, 3D printers, digital manufacturing, and 4.0 industry, the project aims to provide high-quality digital skills, and to encourage entry or return to the world of work.To achieve these goals and focus on innovation, the partnership has identified a specific field of intervention: the recovery of obsolete machinery through Arduino.This will happen thanks to the development of 3 main IO:O1 Experts Program Toolkit.The objective of this IO is to create a training material that provides the project’s target groups with high quality knowledge and skills needed to modernize existing machineries in order to make them “smart” and more adapted to the nowadays requirements of the manufacturing industry.O2 ICT Tool for Competence Assessment (incl. User’s guide of the ICT tool).The main aim of the ICT tool for Competence Assessment will be to evaluate the knowledge and starting skills of the target group, identification of the needs of the specific target groups that need to be addressed in order to provide them with useful skills so that they can enter the world of work O3: Gamified e-learning PlatformThe ""Gamified e-learning Platform"" will serve as an open education digital platform for the provision of the training material developed throughout the project.In this way the target group formed will be able to exploit the knowledge acquired to modernize the machinery present in various production sectors and no longer used. Will be able to enter / return to the labor market, thanks to new innovative skills that will acquire in the field of electronics, computer science, interaction design, ect.IMPACTThe project aims to increase of the capacity and competency level of the target groups; increase in specialized professionals in the sector and improvement of working conditions; change of mentality towards social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity; increase of competencies linked to the professional profile; development of relevant digital competences and skills for needed to modernize existing machineries in order to make them ""smart""; improvement of recognition processes and validation of skills acquired by non-formal and informal learning activities with the use of European reference tools; greater exchange of innovative practices in the field of vocational training and labor policies; increased mobility in the workplace and sharing of the underlying principles of circular economy"