"We have to prevent losing youth. Especially in times of crisis. Covid-19 affects young people's chances not only in education and social environments, but especially in the transition from school to training to work. Data and facts across Europe indicate that young people in particular are hit by the crisis when they enter the training and professional world. There are many indications that this is not a short-term effect.The strategic partnership “Simply Digi” is addressing this challenge. Against the background of difficult access for young people from school to training and companies, due to restrictions on opportunities to real contact with the world of work, innovative approaches, methods and procedures are developed, piloted and implemented that enable the possibility of realistic, practice-oriented experience with professional world of work even under restricted conditions. This can only succeed with innovative, flexible use of digital, virtual instruments. In order to achieve results in time, this project does not focus on the development of large new technical system solutions, but on the simplest possible, but innovative, integrated, intelligent use of digital instruments in combined, blended, hybrid methods and processes. “Simply” does not mean “simple”, but “simply effective” at the best.The project pursues these goals in particular:• To enable young people to gain insight into occupations and the world of work using digital tools, even under restricted distance conditions• To develop, test and use innovative approaches to virtual and distance contacts between young people, consultants, companies, trainers, parents and teachers• Create ""bridges"" between schools and companies that enable young people and companies to articulate and present one another in an authentic digital and personal mannerTo achieve these goals, partners from Austria, Germany and Italy come together to jointly develop solutions that can be also implemented in other European countries under different conditions.A decisive experience from Covid-19 measures is that real experiences of young people in the world of work are much more difficult and sometimes impossible under recent conditions. However, these represent a central element of any goal-oriented preparation for vocational training and working life.The innovative developments in the “Simply Digi” project are therefore aimed to create as realistic experiences as possible for young people at the transition from school to vocational training and world of work, even under difficult conditions, using digital and virtual, also combined and hybrid innovative methods and processes.This requires the involvement of all stakeholders in these processes, in addition to the young people, teachers, educational and career counsellors, pedagogues and trainers in companies.This is done in several ways during the phases of the project:First, a short phase of survey concerning status quo in the countries, with regard to digitization and career transition, based on the preparatory research;In the second phase, existing real and digital methods are new and innovatively combined, adapted to the several different conditions, and new approaches are developed where they are missing;In the third phase, manuals for the methods and procedures and their use and implementation are developed under different framework conditions, together with teachers in school, with trainers and responsible persons in companies;In the fourth phase, a modular training concept for teachers in schools as well as for trainers and responsible persons in companies will be created and implemented.Results and effects are expected from this in several ways:Improved opportunities for a successful transition from school to training and world of work, even under difficult conditions, using digital and virtual opportunities for real work experiencesSupport of school and teachers in the preparation and transition of students from school to vocational training in companies and world of workSupport of companies in contacting and addressing young people who might be interested in training in companies,Avoidance of economic and social problems caused by unsuccessful transition processes from school to vocational training and world of work for young people, companies and society.Even if the “Simply Digi” project is being applied in times of the Covid-19 pandemic, its perspective extends far beyond that. The project concept is based on the assumption that many of the experiences that are gained in terms of health, economy, education, social and digital aspects during the pandemic crisis can be used effectively and beneficially in the long term beyond.""Simply Digi"" wants to contribute to this."