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Find Your Way

2021-2-CY02-KA152-YOU-0000392132021Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: CY|LT|ES|EL|RO|PL · Grant: €23,259
Youth employabilityEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationKey competences development

Objectives

In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, youth unemployment remains a major concern. The youth labor market is extremely vulnerable to economic cycles, and youth are impacted more negatively than adults during periods of economic uncertainty. The pandemic has shown that in order to survive in a new "normal," people must be able to adjust to ever-changing workplaces and maintain the ability to upgrade and renew their skills on a regular basis. Youngsters with lower skills inevitably entered the growing ranks of Youth NEETs or found themselves in forced labour with low pay and poor working conditions. This project aimed to eliminate the common misconception that Covid-19 only affects adults and the elderly, and addressed the needs of youth who are suffering from the virus's social and economic effects by developing youth skills that will be in high demand in the post-coronavirus world. As a result, the project's main goals were to: (1) assess labor market changes during and after the pandemic; (2) develop youth soft skills and improve competencies that are likely to be in high demand in the post-coronavirus world; (3) increase youth employment opportunities in participating countries; and (4) improve youth understanding of entrepreneurship and the crucial skills needed for business creation, and (5) improve the ability to adapt to change and encourage self-employment of those who became unemployed because of the pandemic. Partner organizations conducted a need analysis (by surveying youth in partner countries). It was found that a majority of youth wanted to: 1) find their way to high-quality employment; 2) develop their employability skills related to that (digital literacy, problem-solving skills, global citizenship, entrepreneurship, and so on); and 3) discover new (or improve existing) methods for better supporting those who lost their jobs during pandemic. As a result, the entire YE program was planned so that the aforementioned needs of participating youth were fulfilled. Most of the activities were devoted to learning new ways of working with unemployed youth and NEEts and developing current methods. Participants returned to their organizations with (new or improved) tools after the YE. 1) They have learned new (NFE) ways of working with NEETs and promoting their integration process since the project was using non-formal education methods. 2) The participating organizations also gained a better understanding of unemployment in Europe and how to support youth employment. They learned new and creative non-formal education approaches that they are using in their professional lives while becoming even better professionals who can use a variety of methods depending on the people or groups with whom they are working.

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