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Stimulating youth employment and connectivity between young people from the EU and the Western Balkans by acquiring business skills and career guidance for the jobs of the future

2019-1-BG01-KA105-0614252019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: BG|RS|MK · Grant: €17,200
Entrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationEU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyAccess for disadvantaged

Objectives

Based on the Europe 2020 Strategy, focusing on raising employment levels in Europe, the 3/8 areas of action in the EU Youth Strategy 2019 - "Employment and Entrepreneurship", "Education and Training" and "Creativity and Culture”, the EU Strategy for the Western Balkans, the Sofia Declaration (# EU2018BG) and the European Council Decisions (28-29 June 2018), focusing on creating more opportunities and a positive perspective for young people, the Bulgarian Memory Foundation, Republic of Bulgaria, the Association for Macedonian-Bulgarian Friendship, Republic of Macedonia, (FYROM) and the GLAS Association, Republic of Serbia propose a project titled "Stimulating youth employment and connectivity between young people from the EU and the Western Balkans by acquiring business skills and career guidance for the jobs of the future". The idea for the project emerged at a Bulgarian Memory Foundation Seminar "Entrepreneurship and High Technology" with the participation of young people aged 15-24. from Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova, who, during a feedback session, share and unite around the need for: *parallel building of digital and business skills to compete in the labour market, *educational and career orientation in the context of the jobs of the future *building an entrepreneurial culture, adaptability to change and initiative *creating sustainable links between young people in the Balkans as bearers of European values and European self-awareness. In view of the above, the aim of this project is to provide 60 participants, at the transition between secondary and higher education, from the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria with a 5-day youth exchange to build a complex of digital, soft and business skills contributing to: * their educational and career orientation in the context of the jobs of the future and, respectively, * the increase of youth employment levels and * the connectivity of the young people in the Balkans. Project sub-objectives are to: * Develop knowledge and skills in young people to support their subsequent educational and professional development, in the context of the jobs and skills of the future; * Motivates participants through the example of inspiring personalities; * Encourage links between young people from an EU Member State and Western Balkan countries through intercultural dialogue; * Build basic economic literacy, allowing young people to structure and value their ideas in a business plan, and then search for opportunities for their practical realization. * Develop universal skills and help build an entrepreneurial culture, increasing their employability and motivating them to entrepreneurship and initiative in different areas.

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