The project LEARN & EARN aims to carry out trasnational activities in order to find solutions to face the current youth unemployment crisis.There are many reasons behind this crisis:lack of specific skills,lack of ambition,a school curriculum neglecting employability and entrepreneurial education in favor of more traditional education system.Young people in this time of economical tense situation in Europe wonder how their lives in the future will look like and ask themselves questions such as"How can I prepare best to meet my future challenges" "What skills will I need?"“How can I create my own job?”This project will help students to find an answer to these questions and to enhance their employability, through a training course on career guidance strategies and entrepreneurship addressed to 16-18 pupils. Moreover students,working in a multicultural setting,will have the opportunity to meet and have an insight into other cultures and will be prepared for their future lives in a European context focusing on the labour market,on the entrepreneurship opportunities in their own and other countries.All this will contribute to widen their horizons into new cultures and future job opportunities and readiness to travel and work abroad.Part of the students of the partner schools come from a disavantaged social and cultural environment,some live in areas with a high rate of unemployment or are with migrant backgrounds;all this inhibit them from obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary for their future employability.So the main project objectives are:provide guidance to help students explore their education and career options,improve their knowledge of the labor market and employers need,build and develop the 21st century skills,improve their entrepreneurship mindset letting them to be more creative and self-confident and to improve their attractiveness for employers,encourage innovative business start-ups and learn how to do a business plan,improve ITC and foreign languages skills and let feel them part of Europe. In order to achieve these aims,a training program on career guidance and entrepreneurship held by international experts in the participating schools will be offered to students to develop their capacity to obtain and/or create work.The training program,including lessons,workshops,visits at companies,interviews to entrepreneurs,will be held during the LTTAs in the various countries. The workshops will be based on the interaction between experts and students.Students’ involvement will be enhanced by encouraging them to ask questions, explore new ideas,be innovative and creative and have fun at the same time.They will work in international groups using cooperation skills such as sharing, discussing their interests and comparing their opinions.They will be encouraged to widely use ITC through:web searches, use of softwares,applications,e-platforms,DropBox and Google Drive to share files. The visits to the companies will give them a deeper insight into working conditions in Europe and the opportunity to compare the behavioural patterns expected in a place of work in their own and other countries The interviews with entrepreneurs will be planned in a dynamic way and will foster good relationships between students and entrepreneurs. In such a way we will be able to not just show the theoretical work involved in starting a business but also to discover the qualities of businessmen and secret of their success. After each training course,students will work on the preparation of the final result,an e-Book containing the following items:How to write an outstanding Europass CV-Dos & Dont’s in a job interview-Career Guidance in UE-How to set up a business-Skills necessary to become a successful entrepreneur "Business Plan- A Step-by-Step Guide"-“Business glossary".Students will also produce 5 Business plans for their startups that will be included in the e-Book as samples. The e-Book will be a very useful resource tool for the future dissemination, a simple and easy guide that can be embedded in the curriculum of the schools.All the material produced will be on line on each school website and on the project website.Pictures and comments about the project will be posted on Facebook and Instagram and the results will also be published on E-twinning and on the Erasmus+ Platform.The project will be advertised through leaflets and posters with the Erasmus+logo and the project logo and will be distributed and exhibited on the showcases of the companies, associations, local schools and universities,public institutions,cultural centres of the 5 involved countries. A deep insight into occupational opportunity, an increased knowledge of the world of work,the acquisition of business management skills will have a positive impact on the students attitude towards their future.Working in a multicultural setting,will let them improve their communication skills in the English language and understand the value to be part of Europe.
The project LEARN & EARN aimed to carry out transnational activities in order to find solutions to face the current youth unemployment crisis.There are many reasons behind this crisis: lack of specific skills, lack of ambition, a school curriculum neglecting employability and entrepreneurial education in favor of more traditional education system.Young people in this time of economical tense situation in Europe wonder how their lives in the future will look like and ask themselves questions such as "How can I prepare best to meet my future challenges" "What skills will I need?” “How can I create my own job?” This project helped students to find an answer to these questions and to enhance their employability, through a training course on career guidance strategies and entrepreneurship addressed to 16-18 pupils. Part of the students of the partner schools come from a disadvantaged social and cultural environment, some live in areas with a high rate of unemployment or are with migrant backgrounds; all this inhibit them from obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary for their future employability. So the main project objectives were: provide guidance to help students explore their education and career options improve their knowledge of the labor market and employers need build and develop the 21st century skills improve their entrepreneurship mindset letting them to be more creative and self-confident and to improve their attractiveness for employers encourage innovative business start-ups and learn how to do a business plan improve ITC and foreign languages skills and let feel them part of Europe. In order to achieve these aims, a training program on career guidance and entrepreneurship held by international experts in the participating schools was offered to students to develop their capacity to obtain and/or create work. The training program, including lessons, workshops, visits at companies and interviews to entrepreneurs, was held during the LTTAs in the various countries. The workshops were based on the interaction between experts and students. Students’ involvement was enhanced by encouraging them to ask questions, explore new ideas, be innovative and creative and have fun at the same time. They worked in international groups using cooperation skills such as sharing, discussing their interests and comparing their opinions. They were encouraged to widely use ITC through: web searches, use of softwares, applications, e-platforms, DropBox and Google Drive to share files. The visits to the companies gave them a deeper insight into the working conditions in Europe and the opportunity to compare the behavioural patterns expected in a place of work in their own and other countries. The interviews with entrepreneurs were planned in a dynamic way and fostered good relationships between students and entrepreneurs. In such a way we could not just show the theoretical work involved in starting a business but also discover the qualities of businessmen and the secret of their success. All this contributed to widen students’ horizons as they had the opportunity to have an insight into other cultures, be prepared for their future lives in a European context focusing on the labour market, on the entrepreneurship opportunities in their own and other countries. Moreover they had the chance to improve their communication skills in the English language and understand the value to be part of Europe. After each training course, students worked on the preparation of the final result, an e-Book containing the following items: Career Guidance in UE How to write an outstanding Europass CV Dos & Dont’s in a job interview How to set up a business Skills necessary to become a successful entrepreneur Business Plan- A Step-by-Step Guide Business glossary Students also produced 4 Business plans for their startups that have been included in the e-Book as samples. The e-Book is a very useful resource tool for the dissemination, a simple and easy guide that can be embedded in the curriculum of the schools. All the material produced is on line on each school website and on the project website. Pictures and comments about the project have been posted on Facebook and Instagram and the results have been published on E-twinning and on the Erasmus+ Platform. Moreover, the future memory of the project will be available in our Erasmus+ corners in the hall of each school where all information about the project: photos, posters, as well as the link to the project website will be visible.