The main objectives of the project were to produce the planned resources and carry out the activities in a high quality, high impact and sustainable manner, reaching a large audience. Goals as defined over the priority section were (1) to strengthen the employability of young people, with special attention to marginalized youth, (2) addressing digital readiness, resilience and capacity of youth and youth workers, (3) increasing quality and innovation of youth work, blending a creative and technical perspective and skill sets. Project partners set out to build an innovative and profound knowledge hub and then use it to inspire and educate youth and youth workers and spread the word of the knowledge hub to increase the good it can do. In order to achieve the objective, a number of different qualitative and quantitative indicators were set in the areas of promotion, trainings and impact. Examples for quantitative indicators are: 12 youth educators will be trained in delivering the In-service training programme. Reached: 14. 18 young people, with special emphasis on marginalized youth will complete the Transnational Film-making Masterclass. Reached: 18. 120 stakeholders will attend the MEs. Reached: 168.
The Corona crisis and changes in the educational system have lead to a lack of commitment to school in combination with a sense of being less prepared to enter the work force. Youth that lack skills may enter the workforce early, but not in a thriving, receptive area but in ones with growing unemployment rates. During Covid, professionals and businesses that were tech savy and shifted their activities online and creatively in a swift manner suffered less. Video creators seem to be more likely to recover from crisis than solely traditional job professionals. This supports the statement that the video format has become the main and most powerful media format of recent years, and this tendency was only intensified by the pandemic. As such, video creation skills have become a great advantage and skill set of any person entering the labour market or planning their own business. These skills can be used to support endangered youth communities in self-expression, but also professional networking, job searching, branding, life-long learning, sales etc..