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FACilitating youths' with and without disabilities, Employment and work MOBility

2019-2-EL02-KA105-0051142019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: EL|HU|BG|TR|ES|IT · Grant: €24,083
Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Access for disadvantaged

Objectives

In recent years, high levels of unemployment have been recorded at European and national level in particular as a result of the economic crisis and social changes (refugee flows, massive population movements, job losses). According to EURO-STAT data, in January 2019, 3.375 million young people (under 25) were unemployed in the EU28, of which 2,383 million were in the Euro area. Compared to January 2018, although youth unemployment has fallen by 184,000 in the EU28, youth unemployment rates are still the highest for countries as Greece (39.1% ), Italy (33 , 0%) and Spain (32.6%) and the lowest for counties as Germany (6.0%), Czech Republic (6.1%) and the Netherlands (6.5%). For people with disabilities, unemployment rates are much higher (2017) than the general population, 43% for Greece, 38.6% for Spain and 37.8% for Italy. Lastly, taking into account the gender factor, the unemployment rate for young women is 53.7% whereas for men is 37.7%. This program was designed to discuss the issue of unemployment, labor mobility in a national and European environment and the emigration of educated and skilled professionals from one country to another (brain drain). The aim of the project is to discuss the issue of unemployment, job mobility and brain drain in order to gain knowledge and experience that will facilitate the access of young people to the labor market, (I) by proposing procedures that facilitate access to market mobility, in a national and international level, (II) by identifying tools / databases and ways to handle labor market requirements and offers, (Iii) presenting ways of writing a sound curriculum in which the candidate's knowledge, skills, experiences will be highlighted; (iv) familiarizing young people and workers with young people with the interview process in order to be able to present the strengths of their personality, enhancing in that way their professional profile and V) concentrating the content and methods on those communicative and social skills that are necessary for a smooth entry of the worker into the new work environment. Side goals: a. learn from each other, young and youth workers, by observing, discussing policies, implementing the proposed workshops, assessing methods, innovative practices, b. through non-formal learning processes and structured interaction activities to develop life values such as: respect for human rights, solidarity, acceptance, volunteering, social justice and more, c. include people at risk of exclusion (participation of people with disability), d. developing critical thinking, encouraging young people to take initiatives to promote diversity (intercultural osmosis) in the workplace, e. develop competence to advise and encourage young people to take initiatives and promote diversity (intercultural osmosis) in the workplace, f. learn at a practical level the value of cooperative, cross-thematic and experiential methods, g. Develop or improve participants' linguistic and digital skills, h. to ensure recognition of the skills gained from the specific activity that will be certified with the Youth Pass which will be awarded, j. Building networks and partnerships to ensure that after the program is completed, the results will be disseminated and that all participants will act as multipliers of the outcomes. k. improving their professional and personal development to support their participation as active citizens in and beyond Europe.

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