The overall expected objective was to foster the understanding and development of entrepreneurship as a competence. Since EntreComp is a widely recognized framework and has been proven to have broad and effective applicability for developing entrepreneurial competences in formal and non-formal education, working with young people and adults, the project team went a step further and adapted EntreComp to the context of the circular economy, in particular working with NEETs. Specific objectives were to: - Create synergies that support learning and strengthen training of adult organizations - Empower adult educators with tools to engage NEETs and low-skilled adults in the circular economy, supporting them to take advantage of the opportunities that CE can provide to develop their own entrepreneurial initiatives - Generate a measurable impact through the adult education community and stakeholders, helping them to develop an ecological awareness and a stronger connection between training and the labour market.
The main concern at the time of the project application was how the economic consequences of COVID-19 would affect these low-skilled young people. 16.4% of young people aged 20-34 in the EU in 2019 were not in the NEET situation, but the situation worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, the European Commission wants to make sure that the EU's green transition is integrated into the core of youth employment initiatives. In the future, a special focus will be placed on the circular economy (CE), a future-oriented agenda that will create new workplaces and open up new opportunities in the coming years, but is not yet a widely known concept among young people and society. The CE is an emerging solution, as the European Union needs to change the way it consumes and desires goods and build a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and competitive economy. Starting from these premises, the project partners put training platforms on the market aimed at young people without qualifications and competency units and innovative training material both in terms of the subject (CE, Entrepreneurship) and practical examples shared in the tool aimed at adult educators to address the new needs that have aris