Project Constellation is two year strategic partnership for youth in field of innovation. It involves 5 partner organizations from 3 European countries - Latvia, Slovenia and Croatia. The context of the Project Constellation is high number of NEET youngsters in EU member countries. In 2016, more than 6,3 million young people (aged 15-24 years) were NEETs in the EU. In 2011 the direct economic loss across the EU to the high proportion of NEETs was estimated at 153 billion eur or 1,2% of EU's gross domestic product. The main objective of Erasmus+ project Constellation is to build capacity of youth workers and formal educators working with youth in rural areas in high potential of becoming NEET youngsters. It also includes: - to raise awareness of marginalized youth, especially, NEET youngsters among project target groups; - to set a cross-sectorial cooperation between non-formal and formal education; - to make a research on patterns of youth that can easily pull them into NEET group; - based on this research make an Educational Resource Kit (including methodology and tools) how prevent youngsters in high risk of becoming NEET; - to create an online e-Assistant for youth workers and educators for preventing youngsters becoming NEET; - during Training to create guidelines for youth workers and educators, how to prevent youngsters becoming NEET. As the result of the Project Constellation there are created innovative tools: online E-assistant and Educational Resource Kit for youth workers and educators. The Project Constellation directly involves around 275 people (participants with fewer opportunities 155) and indirectly around 700 stakeholders in Europe and partner countries. It also includes reaching associated partners and they networks. The main target groups of the Project Constellation are potential NEET youngsters, youth workers and educators and involved stakeholders. The long term benefit of the Project Constellation are increased quality of youth work and educators by equiping them with innovative tools how to prevent youngsters becomming NEET. In result the project Constellation increases opportunities to be socially included into the society and decreases number of NEET youngsters as well increases the well being of each partner community and whole EU.
Project Constellation is 20 months strategic partnership for youth in field of innovation. It involves 5 partner organizations from 3 European countries - Latvia, Slovenia and Croatia. The context of the Project Constellation is high number of young people who experience NEET situation in EU member countries. In 2016, more than 6,3 million young people (aged 15-24 years) were NEETs in the EU. In 2011 the direct economic loss across the EU to the high proportion of NEETs was estimated at 153 billion eur or 1,2% of EU's gross domestic product. After the crise of Covid 19 the number of young people in NEET situation could increase even more significatly. The main objective of Erasmus+ project Constellation is to build capacity of youth workers and formal educators working with youth in rural areas in high potential of expierencing NEET situation. The main objective includes: - raising awareness of marginalized youth, especially, youngsters in NEET situation among project target groups; - setting a cross-sectorial cooperation between non-formal and formal education; - carring out a research on patterns among youth who experience NEET situation; - creating n Educational Resource Kit (including methodology and tools) how prevent youngsters in high risk of experiencing NEET situation. As the result of the Project Constellation there are created innovative tools: research among young people who experience NEET situation and Educational Resource Kit for youth workers and educators. The Project Constellation directly involved around 600 people instead of 275 people (participants with fewer opportunities 155) and indirectly around 700 stakeholders in Europe and partner countries. It also includes reaching associated partners and they networks. In reality we have directly involve around 600 people and indirectly more than 5000 people and stakeholders. And project visibility online have reached more than 20000 people. The main target groups of the Project Constellation are potential NEET youngsters, youth workers and educators and involved stakeholders. The long term benefit of the Project Constellation are increased quality of youth work and educators by equiping them with innovative tools how to prevent youngsters becomming NEET. In result the project Constellation increases opportunities to be socially included into the society and decreases number of NEET youngsters as well increases the well being of each partner community and whole EU.